Patents Examined by Eugene G. Bryd
  • Patent number: 6083023
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a male connector body having a set of fixed male terminals and a female connector body having a set of female terminals having flexible, parallel contact arms. A pair of clamp bars are movably mounted to a housing which is attached to the female connector body so as to position the clamp bars adjacent the respective outer surfaces of the flexible arms. Actuation pins project from opposite ends of the clamp bars to engage channels in the housing and permit movement of the bars toward one another. The ends of the pins distal from the clamp bars project beyond the opposite ends of the housing so that they may engage cam slots formed on the male connector body as the bodies are inserted into mating engagement with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Shashidhar M. Kamath