公开(公告)号：US20210021078A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US16517051

申请日：2019-07-19

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： David J. Deckant ,  Sivakumar Niranjan ,  Rathnakumar Ramaswamy

IPC: H01R13/514 ,  H01R13/627

Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of a connector includes a terminal configured to establish an electrically conductive connection with another component and a shroud surrounding the terminal. The shroud includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall that is transverse to the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall have a sidewall dimension in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the terminal. The shroud includes a first transition between the first sidewall and the second sidewall in the form of a hollow cylindrical sector having a first angular measurement of more than 90 degrees. The transition has a transition dimension that is less than the sidewall dimension.

公开(公告)号：US10985492B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16517051

申请日：2019-07-19

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： David J. Deckant ,  Sivakumar Niranjan ,  Rathnakumar Ramaswamy

IPC: H01R3/00 ,  H01R13/514 ,  H01R13/627

Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of a connector includes a terminal configured to establish an electrically conductive connection with another component and a shroud surrounding the terminal. The shroud includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall that is transverse to the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall have a sidewall dimension in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the terminal. The shroud includes a first transition between the first sidewall and the second sidewall in the form of a hollow cylindrical sector having a first angular measurement of more than 90 degrees. The transition has a transition dimension that is less than the sidewall dimension.

公开(公告)号：US10566728B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US16174359

申请日：2018-10-30

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari ,  Sivakumar Niranjan ,  Bart Caldwell

IPC: H01R13/436 ,  H01R13/533 ,  H01R13/639

Abstract: An electrical connector-assembly includes a first-housing and a second-housing. The first-housing has first-walls that include opposed gear-racks extending beyond an outer-surface. The opposed gear-racks are configured to engage a mate-assist device. The first-walls include opposed locking-fins extending beyond the outer-surface. The opposed locking-fins have first-fins and second-fins. The second-housing includes the mate-assist device which is moveable from an unlocked-position to a locked-position and is pivotable about the lateral-axis. The mate-assist device has gear-teeth configured to engage the opposed gear-racks of the first-housing. The second-housing has a skirt configured to slideably engage the outer-surface of the first-housing. The skirt includes flex-locks configured to engage the first-fins and retain the second-housing in a prestage-position. When the mate-assist device is moved from the unlocked-position to the locked-position, the second-housing is moved from the prestage-position to a seated-position, whereby the flex-locks engage the second-fins, thereby inhibiting a movement between the second-housing and the first-housing.