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A pin and socket connector consisting of at least one connector half having a terminal retainer and a terminal housing which can be secured in a pre-staged and a final assembly position is disclosed. The terminal retainer includes a latching arm which engages the coupling fastener on the terminal ho

A pin and socket connector consisting of at least one connector half having a terminal retainer and a terminal housing which can be secured in a pre-staged and a final assembly position is disclosed. The terminal retainer includes a latching arm which engages the coupling fastener on the terminal housing in a pre-staged position and subsequently in a second fully assembled position. Terminals are removable from the terminal retainer in the pre-staged configuration but are positively secured within the connector when the terminal housing and the terminal retainer are in the fully assembled position.

대표청구항 ▼

An assembly comprising a plurality of terminals and a terminal housing and a terminal retainer intermatable to form a first connector half for interconnection to a mating second connector half; the terminal housing and the terminal retainer each comprising one-piece molded insulative members; the te

An assembly comprising a plurality of terminals and a terminal housing and a terminal retainer intermatable to form a first connector half for interconnection to a mating second connector half; the terminal housing and the terminal retainer each comprising one-piece molded insulative members; the terminal housing and the terminal retainer each having a plurality of aligned cavities, each pair of aligned cavities containing a single terminal, the assembly being characterized by a two position latch means for retaining the terminal housing and the terminal retainer in first and second positions, the latch means comprising at least one flexible arm insertable into a coupling flange having open ends and a closed envelope, the coupling flange having two end walls and an outer wall spaced from one side of the terminal housing, and two spaced latching bosses, the first latching boss extending inwardly from the interior of the outer wall and the second latching boss being opposed thereto, whereby the flexible arm can be inserted through the coupling flange, the flexible arm having a shoulder positionable between the first and second latching bosses in the first position and insertable beyond the second latching boss camming the flexible arm outwardly into the second position to bring the shoulder into engagement with the outer wall in the second position.