Reverse clip cap terminal connector
View Patent ↗A fitting for a terminal connection in a core-adjuster assembly has a generally annular isolator with a generally central bore defining a connector pin socket and a reverse clip cap socket, and a reverse clip cap configured to be received substantially concentrically by the reverse clip cap socket of the isolator and defining a connector pin end socket.
1. A fitting for a terminal sub-assembly, adapted to receive a connector pin, comprising:
a generally annular isolator having a generally central bore defining a connector pin socket adapted to receive the connector pin, and a reverse clip cap socket; and
a reverse clip cap configured to be received substantially concentrically by the reverse clip cap socket of the isolator and defining a connector pin end socket configured to engage the connector pin, and having a deflectable wall with a configuration for securing the connector pin to be received into the connector pin socket of the isolator,
wherein the reverse clip cap and the isolator are operative to interlock when the fitting is mated with the connector pin.
2. The fitting of claim 1 , wherein the connector pin socket and the reverse clip cap socket define opposite ends of the central bore of the isolator.
3. The fitting of claim 1 , wherein the reverse clip cap in assembly with the isolator is substantially coaxial with the connector pin socket.
4. The fitting of claim 1 wherein the isolator is made of a soft plastic.
5. The fitting of claim 1 wherein the reverse clip cap is made of hard plastic.
6. The fitting of claim 1 wherein reverse clip cap is configured to snap fit into the reverse clip cap socket of the isolator.
7. A terminal sub-assembly, adapted to be mounted on a connector pin, comprising:
a housing defining a laterally extending isolator socket,
a generally annular isolator configured to be received substantially concentrically by the isolator socket of the housing and having a generally central bore defining a connector pin socket, adapted to receive the connector pin, and a reverse clip cap socket; and
a reverse clip cap configured to be received substantially concentrically by the reverse clip cap socket of the isolator and defining a connector pin end socket configured to engage the connector pin, and having a deflectable wall with a configuration for securing the connector pin to be received into the connector pin socket of the isolator, that in assembly with the isolator is substantially coaxial with the connector pin socket,
wherein the reverse clip cap and the isolator are designed to interlock with one another when the terminal sub-assembly is mated with the connector pin so as to prevent extraction of the connector pin from the terminal sub-assembly and
wherein the housing is a core adjuster comprising:
an outer body defining a slideway;
a slider longitudinally slidably mounted in the slideway of the outer body, defining a laterally extending isolator socket; and
a lock for releasably fixing the longitudinal position of the slider in the slideway.
8. The terminal sub-assembly of claim 7 , wherein the generally annular isolator is configured to be received substantially concentrically by the isolator socket of the slider.
9. The terminal sub-assembly of claim 7 wherein the core adjuster further comprises a connector rod extending longitudinally from the housing.
10. An assembled terminal sub-assembly adapted to mate with a connector pin comprising:
a housing defining a laterally extending isolator socket;
a generally annular isolator seated substantially concentrically in the isolator socket of the housing and having a generally central bore defining a connector pin socket, adapted to receive the connector pin, and a reverse clip cap socket; and
a reverse clip cap seated substantially concentrically in the reverse clip cap socket of the isolator and defining a connector pin end socket adapted to engage the connector pin, and having a deflectable wall with a configuration for securing the connector pin received into the connector pin socket of the isolator, that is substantially coaxial with the connector pin socket,
wherein the reverse clip cap and the isolator have corresponding configurations such that when the connector pin is inserted into the connector pin end socket of the reverse clip cap the deflectable wall is pressed against the central bore of the isolator thereby engaging the corresponding configuration interlocking the reverse clip cap and the isolator and securing the connector pin.