Abstract: An electrical connector is shown having a housing and a secondary lock member which is movable between a terminal insertion position and a terminal lock position. A primary locking latch of the connector housing is defined by an arch-shaped member having upstanding posts which flank the terminal receiving passageway and have a depending cantilever latch arm extending forwardly therefrom and extending into the terminal passageway. The latch is resiliently movable in multiple directions during the terminal insertion, as the posts can be movable in a longitudinal direction while at the same time the latch arm can be resiliently moved in a cantilevered beam fashion depending from the arch member. The slidable secondary lock is moved into a position behind the arch member, and secondarily locks the terminal in place, while at the same time provides a backup to the arch members of the locking latch.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including matable first and second housings configured to receive electrical contacts. The electrical connector assembly includes a lever member having a cam arm engaging the first and second housing to connect the first and second housings to join corresponding electrical contacts. The second housing has a blocking member on an end wall that engages the lever member if the lever member is not in an insertion position as the first and second housings are placed into the initial mating position.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is disclosed having an insulative housing and insulative terminal positioning assurance member. The terminal positioning assurance member has a prelatched position where corresponding latches abut, preventing inadvertent activation and locking of the terminal positioning assurance member. The terminal includes a projection which engages the terminal positioning assurance member, allowing the terminal positioning assurance member to move to a fully locked position.

Abstract: A socket and plug connector are shown where the socket connector has a plurality of tab terminals positioned on a printed circuit board, and a shroud in surrounding relation thereto. The shroud housing does not have a floor, and thus the shroud wall can extend to the printed circuit board. An alignment plate is positioned over the tab terminals and is movable from an upper position where the alignment plate member protects the tab terminals and holds them in an array, to a lower position where the alignment plate member floats to a position adjacent to the printed circuit board to receive the plug connector.

Abstract: A grounding device comprising a ground lead and a support bushing wherein the ground lead and the support bushing comprise a unitary structure.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first housing having a first set of electrical contacts and a second housing having a second set of electrical contacts. The first and second housing are configured to be matable with one another to mate the first set of contacts with the second set of contacts. The first and second housings are movable between an initial position wherein the first and second sets of electrical contacts are unmated and a final position wherein the respective first and second sets of electrical contacts are fully mated. A lever member is rotatably mounted to the first housing and configured to engage the second housing when rotated. The lever member is configured to move the first and second housings between the initial and final positions as the lever member is rotated when the lever and the second housing are initially aligned.

Abstract: A grounding device comprising a ground lead and a support bushing wherein the ground lead and the support bushing comprise a unitary structure.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including matable first and second housings configured to receive electrical contacts. The electrical connector assembly includes a lever member having a cam arm engaging the first and second housing to connect the first and second housings to join corresponding electrical contacts. The second housing has a blocking member on an end wall that engages the lever member if the lever member is not in an insertion position as the first and second housings are placed into the initial mating position.

Abstract: An article of manufacture, method, and system for communicating with circuit boards, which has a grounding element with first and second portions, and the first portion is a forked member adopted for providing contact to a circuit board, and the second portion is adopted to provide contact to a grounding feature.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including matable first and second housings configured to receive electrical contacts. The electrical connector assembly includes a lever member having a cam arm engaging the first and second housing to connect the first and second housings to join corresponding electrical contacts. The first housing has a latch assembly engaging the lever member when the lever member is in a final engaged position. The first housing has a locking member that holds the cam arm in an insertion position. The first housing has a wire shield with feet and a tab that is retained in slots and a catch on the first housing. The electrical contacts have retention features that are retained in an encapsulate in a chamber abutting the second housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including first and second housings configured to mate with one another to join corresponding electrical contacts when moved between initial and final positions. The electrical connector includes a lever member engaging and moving the first and second between the initial and final positions as the lever member is rotated about a rotational axis. The lever member includes a cam arm having a pivot post received by the first housing and first and second notches. The first housing includes a post slot for rotatably and slidably retaining the pivot post relative to the rotational axis and a first rack engaging the first notch. The second housing has a second rack engaging the second notch. The first and second racks and notches cooperate to move the first and second housings between the initial and final positions as the lever member is rotated.

Abstract: An electrical connector configured for connection to a substrate includes a housing which carries a plurality of electrical contacts. Each contact has a contact interface interconnectable with a reciprocal contact interface carried by a substrate. A contact guide has a plurality of apertures positioned to align and mate with the contact interfaces of the contacts. The housing includes a single locking mechanism configured to mate with both the contact guide and the substrate for securing the contact guide and the substrate to the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for pin installation are shown, comprising one or more support surfaces above a pin array. These support surfaces permit a press fit mechanism to install the array by applying a force normal to the pin heads of the array and above the pin tails. A liquid curing to solid such as epoxy may be used to provide the surface. Alternatively a solid surface may be used.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprising includes a housing having a plurality of terminal receiving passages. Each terminal passage has an opening configured to permit an electrical terminal to be inserted into the passage and a deflectable latch for securing the terminal within the passage. A terminal position assurance device (TPA) is matable with the housing for movement between a partially engaged position and a fully engaged position. The TPA defines an overstress features that cooperates with the latches when the TPA is at its preset position to prevent the latches from deflecting beyond a predetermined point as the terminals are inserted into and/or removed from the passages. The overstress features may include wedge members that are insertable into the housing at locations adjacent the latches. The terminal passages may be arranged in adjacent pairs. In this configuration, the housing includes a longitudinal gap extending between the terminal latches of given pair of adjacent passages.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including first and second housings configured to be matable with one another to join electrical contacts. The first and second housings are movable between initial and final positions, at which the electrical contacts partially and fully mate, respectively. The electrical connector includes a lever member that engages the first and second housings, moving the first and second housings between the initial and final positions. The lever member includes a cam arm having first, second, and third gear surfaces. The second housing includes first and second mating posts that are configured to engage the first, second, and third gear surfaces at first, second, and third distances, respectively, from the rotational axis as the lever member rotates through a range of motions to move the first and second housings between the initial and final positions. The first, second, and third distances are all different.

Abstract: An input/output electrical connector header 102 includes at least two rows of terminal pins 140 which can be connected to two separate printed circuit boards 106 and 108. The same header 102 provides input and output for both printed circuit boards 106, 108. The terminal pins 140 in each of the rows extend through openings 130 in the same header housing wall 126. A separable interconnection is made between pins in a second terminal row and a second printed circuit board 108 at the rear of the header 102. This separate connection can be established by a separate multiposition connector 114, 214, 314 or 414 containing receptacle contacts 116, 216, 316, 416 respectively. In other embodiments, this separate connector 514, 614, 714 and 1214, includes the terminal pins in the second terminal row in the separate connector.

Abstract: A connector assembly for commonly connecting a plurality of wires comprises a stamped and formed one-piece electrical connecting device having a plurality of U-shaped members arranged in two parallel rows. The opposed edges of adjacent U-shaped members define wire-receiving slots. The U-shaped members have arms which have openings therein forming beams in each of the arms which are deformed in a controlled manner when wires are inserted into the slots. A housing assembly is also disclosed comprising a housing body and a cover. When the cover is assembled to the housing body, the wires are inserted into the slots and the wires are clamped by the cover and the housing body.