IP Library Granted Patent US 9,692,163
Granted Patent B1
US 9,692,163 · App. 15/251,592 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Crush rib housing for postive lock receptacle

Inventors: Michael Edward Didonato (Harrisburg, PA); David T. Humphrey (Red Lion, PA); Raymond L. Landon, III (Elizabethtown, PA)
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
H01R13/115H01R4/185H01R4/48H01R4/70
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Patent No.
US 9,692,163
App. No.
15/251,592
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A receptacle connector that includes a positive lock receptacle, wherein the positive lock receptacle includes a wire receiving portion; and a housing insertion portion, wherein the housing insertion portion further includes a first electrical contact roll and a second electrical contact roll; and a housing adapted to receive the positive lock receptacle, wherein the housing includes: an insulating housing body; and a first crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body and a second crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body, wherein the first and second crush ribs engage and secure the first and second electrical contact rolls respectively upon insertion of the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle into the housing.

Claims (35)

1. A receptacle connector, comprising:

(a) a positive lock receptacle, wherein the positive lock receptacle includes:

(i) a wire receiving portion; and

(ii) a housing insertion portion, wherein the housing insertion portion further includes a first electrical contact roll and a second electrical contact roll; and

(b) a housing adapted to receive the positive lock receptacle, wherein the housing includes:

(i) an insulating housing body; and

(ii) a first crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body and a second crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body,

(iii) wherein the first and second crush ribs engage and secure the first and second electrical contact rolls respectively upon insertion of the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle into the housing.

2. The connector of claim 1 , further comprising a cap, where in the cap connects to the housing and encloses the positive lock receptacle therein.

3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the wire receiving portion of the positive lock receptacle further includes a first carrier strip, an insulation crimp, a wire barrel crimp, an ergonomic retaining wall, and a second carrier strip.

4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle further includes a locking dimple and a release latch.

5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes a mating end for mating with other connectors and receptacle insertion end for receiving the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle.

6. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes a positive lock CAM, a first contact stop, a second contact stop, and a third contact stop formed therein.

7. A receptacle connector, comprising:

(a) a positive lock receptacle, wherein the positive lock receptacle includes:

(i) a wire receiving portion; and

(ii) a housing insertion portion, wherein the housing insertion portion further includes a first electrical contact roll and a second electrical contact roll;

(b) a housing adapted to receive the positive lock receptacle, wherein the housing includes:

(i) an insulating housing body, wherein the insulating body further includes a plurality of retaining tabs formed thereon; and

(ii) a first crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body and a second crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body,

(iii) wherein the first and second crush ribs engage and secure the first and second electrical contact rolls respectively upon insertion of the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle into the housing; and

(c) a cap, wherein the cap includes a plurality of retaining arms formed thereon that cooperate with the retaining tabs formed on the insulating housing body for connecting the cap to the housing and enclosing the positive lock receptacle therein.

8. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the wire receiving portion of the positive lock receptacle further includes a first carrier strip, an insulation crimp, a wire barrel crimp, an ergonomic retaining wall, and a second carrier strip.

9. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle further includes a locking dimple and a release latch.

10. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the housing further includes a mating end for mating with other connectors and receptacle insertion end for receiving the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle.

11. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the housing further includes a positive lock CAM, a first contact stop, a second contact stop, and a third contact stop formed therein.

12. A connector housing, comprising:

(a) an insulating housing body, wherein the insulating housing body is adapted to receive a positive lock receptacle that includes first and second electrical contact rolls; and

(b) first and second crush ribs positioned within the insulating housing body,

(c) wherein the first and second crush ribs are adapted to engage and secure the first and second electrical contact rolls respectively upon insertion of the positive lock receptacle into the housing.

13. The connector housing of claim 12 , wherein the housing further includes a mating end for mating with other connectors and receptacle insertion end for receiving the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle.

14. The connector housing of claim 12 , wherein the housing further includes a positive lock CAM, a first contact stop, a second contact stop, and a third contact stop formed therein.

15. The connector housing of claim 12 , wherein the housing further includes a plurality of retaining tabs formed thereon.

16. The connector housing of claim 15 , further comprising a cap, wherein the cap further includes a plurality of retaining arms formed thereon that cooperate with the retaining tabs formed on the housing for connecting the cap to the housing and enclosing the positive lock receptacle therein.

17. The connector housing of claim 12 , wherein housing includes material that provides electrically insulating properties to the housing.

Assignments (7)
MERGER Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 060885/0482 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 7, 2021
From: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 056514/0015 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2021
From: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
To: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 056514/0048 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE AND TO ADD AN INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 041579 FRAME: 0579. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Apr 4, 2017
From: HUMPHREY, DAVID T.; LANDON, RAYMOND L., III; DIDONATO, MICHAEL
To: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042153/0153 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2017
From: HUMPHREY, DAVID; LANDON, RAYMOND L., III
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041579/0579 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 12, 2017
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041350/0085 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2016
From: DIDONATO, MICHAEL E.
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040419/0056 →