Patent ID: 7628648

Claim:
A terminal position assurance device, comprising: a housing extending along and about a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction, a lateral axis defining a lateral direction and a transverse axis defining a transverse direction, the longitudinal axis, the lateral axis and the transverse axis perpendicularly intersecting one another to form a Cartesian coordinate system, the housing having a U-shaped member, a top wall, a bottom wall extending parallel to the top wall and a pair of side walls disposed apart from and extending generally parallel to one another and interconnecting the top and bottom walls to form a generally parallelepiped configuration to define a housing cavity extending in the longitudinal direction, the U-shaped member having a base extending in the transverse direction and a pair of arms extending generally parallel to each other in the lateral direction and generally perpendicularly to the base member with each arm having a fixed arm portion and a free end latch portion integrally connected to the fixed arm portion, the base integrally formed with one of the pair of side walls and respective ones of the fixed arm portions integrally formed with respective ones of the top and bottom walls, respective ones of the free end latch portions and the top and bottom walls being separated from one other by a slot formed therebetween; and a matrix body disposed in the housing cavity and having a plurality of matrix tubes with each matrix tube defining a matrix passageway therethrough in the longitudinal direction, the U-shaped member disposed forward of the matrix body in the longitudinal direction to form a U-shaped recess portion of the housing cavity disposed forwardly of the matrix body wherein, each one of the free end latch portions has a locking tab extending in the longitudinal direction and projecting into the U-shaped recess portion.