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Granted Patent B2
US 7,344,406 · App. 11/382,959 · Granted Mar 18, 2008

Wiring harness connector for a truck topper

Assignee: Astoria Industries of Iowa
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Patent No.
US 7,344,406
App. No.
11/382,959
Granted
Mar 18, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wiring harness connector having a wire divider with a housing that receives wiring from an electrical system of a truck. The wire divider is connected to an electrical adapter that has pins that electrically and physically connect to the wiring system of the truck. The electrical adapter additionally is electrically connected to both a male and female receptacle such that corresponding male or female receptacles may be connected to the electrical system of a truck topper or an auxiliary device.

Claims (11)

1. A wiring harness connector comprising:

a wire divider having a housing and at least one cavity disposed within the housing adapted to receive wires from a wire system;

said wire divider having a pair of inverted U-shaped channels with a key entry having an opening disposed between and adjacent to the at least one cavity;

a position assurance device having rails and an indentation wherein the rails slide within the inverted U-shaped channels and the indentation snaps into the opening of the key entry to connect to the wire divider to ensure the correct position of the wires;

an electrical adapter having at least one pin disposed within a cavity of the wire divider;

a primary wire electrically connected to a prong and disposed through the electrical adapter and electrically connected to a first electric receptacle.

2. The wiring harness of claim 1 wherein the primary wire is electrically connected to an auxiliary wire that is connected to a second electric receptacle.

3. The wiring harness of claim 2 wherein the first electric receptacle is a male receptacle and the second electric receptacle is a female receptacle.

4. The wiring harness of claim 1 wherein the primary wire and auxiliary wire are contained within a sleeve.

5. The wiring harness of claim 1 wherein the wire divider has a pair of cylindrical cavities terminating in first and second slots of size and shape to receive a first and second pins from the electrical adapter.

6. The wiring harness of claim 1 wherein the electrical adapter has a set of rails and an indentation that align the electrical adapter within the housing of the wire divider to secure the wire divider and electrical adapter together.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2006
From: WOLD, ROBERT J.
To: ASTORIA INDUSTRIES OF IOWA, INC.
Reel/Frame 017609/0313 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE LAST NAME OF INVENTOR WAS SPELLED WOLD AND SHOULD BE SPELLED WOLF PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 017609 FRAME 0313. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 12, 2006
From: WOLF, ROBERT J.
To: ASTORIA INDUSTRIES OF IOWA, INC.
Reel/Frame 017611/0455 →
Continuity (1)
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