Terminal position device apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for securing sealed male connectors
CA 2422386 A1 · Owner: Buchter, Bradley Scott · Inventors: Foltz, Keith Richard; Hall, John Wesley Jr.; Buchter, Bradley Scott
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Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for terminal position assurance are shown, comprised of a housing with pin contact and terminal position assurance, means. The terminal position assurance means as it is installed within the , housing provides a tab that engages a finger within the housing thereby driving the , finger into a, recess within the pin contact and so seating the pin contact within the housing. If more, than one pin contact is within the housing more than one tab and finger are , provided. The terminal position assurance means further contains a recess for retrieval so it may be, retrieved in the event of maintenance disassembly, etc. on the connector.
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- Filed March 17, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 17, 2023.
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