Electrical connector position assurance system

Electrical connector position assurance system

A connector position assurance system is provided for an electrical connector (12) adapted for mating with another mateable connecting device (14). The connector includes a housing (48) having a guideway (52,56) and a stop surface (74) near the guideway. A primary flexible locking arm (58) on the ho...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III, PILL, ANTHONY J, HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
Online-Zugang:Volltext bestellen
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
container_end_page
container_issue
container_start_page
container_title
container_volume
creator MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III
PILL, ANTHONY J
HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK
description A connector position assurance system is provided for an electrical connector (12) adapted for mating with another mateable connecting device (14). The connector includes a housing (48) having a guideway (52,56) and a stop surface (74) near the guideway. A primary flexible locking arm (58) on the housing includes a latch (68) for mechanically interlocking with a cooperating latch (44) of the mateable connecting device. A connector position assurance (CPA) device (16) is slidable along the guideway between a first position allowing movement of the locking arm (58) and mating of the connector (12) with the mateable connecting device (14), and a second position blocking movement of the locking arm away from a latched position. The CPA device (16) includes a flexible stop arm (20) engageable with the stop surface (74) on the housing to prevent the CPA device from moving from its first to its second position. The mateable connecting device (14) includes an actuator (36) for moving the flexible stop arm (20) of the CPA device (16) out of engagement with the stop surface (74) automatically when the connector (12) is fully mated with the mateable connecting device (14), thereby allowing movement of the CPA device (16) from its first position to its second position indicating full mating of the connector.
format Patent
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>epo_EVB</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_epo_espacenet_EP0984522B1</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>EP0984522B1</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-epo_espacenet_EP0984522B13</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNrjZNBzzUlNLinKTE7MUUjOz8sDcvKLFAryizNLMvPzFBKLi0uLEvOSUxWKK4tLUnN5GFjTEnOKU3mhNDeDgptriLOHbmpBfnxqcUFicmpeakm8a4CBpYWJqZGRk6ExEUoA8Ngq3Q</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Open Access Repository</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>patent</recordtype></control><display><type>patent</type><title>Electrical connector position assurance system</title><source>esp@cenet</source><creator>MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III ; PILL, ANTHONY J ; HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK</creator><creatorcontrib>MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III ; PILL, ANTHONY J ; HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK</creatorcontrib><description>A connector position assurance system is provided for an electrical connector (12) adapted for mating with another mateable connecting device (14). The connector includes a housing (48) having a guideway (52,56) and a stop surface (74) near the guideway. A primary flexible locking arm (58) on the housing includes a latch (68) for mechanically interlocking with a cooperating latch (44) of the mateable connecting device. A connector position assurance (CPA) device (16) is slidable along the guideway between a first position allowing movement of the locking arm (58) and mating of the connector (12) with the mateable connecting device (14), and a second position blocking movement of the locking arm away from a latched position. The CPA device (16) includes a flexible stop arm (20) engageable with the stop surface (74) on the housing to prevent the CPA device from moving from its first to its second position. The mateable connecting device (14) includes an actuator (36) for moving the flexible stop arm (20) of the CPA device (16) out of engagement with the stop surface (74) automatically when the connector (12) is fully mated with the mateable connecting device (14), thereby allowing movement of the CPA device (16) from its first position to its second position indicating full mating of the connector.</description><edition>7</edition><language>eng ; fre ; ger</language><subject>BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ; CURRENT COLLECTORS ; ELECTRICITY ; LINE CONNECTORS</subject><creationdate>2003</creationdate><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&amp;date=20030514&amp;DB=EPODOC&amp;CC=EP&amp;NR=0984522B1$$EHTML$$P50$$Gepo$$Hfree_for_read</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>230,308,777,882,25545,76296</link.rule.ids><linktorsrc>$$Uhttps://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&amp;date=20030514&amp;DB=EPODOC&amp;CC=EP&amp;NR=0984522B1$$EView_record_in_European_Patent_Office$$FView_record_in_$$GEuropean_Patent_Office$$Hfree_for_read</linktorsrc></links><search><creatorcontrib>MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>PILL, ANTHONY J</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK</creatorcontrib><title>Electrical connector position assurance system</title><description>A connector position assurance system is provided for an electrical connector (12) adapted for mating with another mateable connecting device (14). The connector includes a housing (48) having a guideway (52,56) and a stop surface (74) near the guideway. A primary flexible locking arm (58) on the housing includes a latch (68) for mechanically interlocking with a cooperating latch (44) of the mateable connecting device. A connector position assurance (CPA) device (16) is slidable along the guideway between a first position allowing movement of the locking arm (58) and mating of the connector (12) with the mateable connecting device (14), and a second position blocking movement of the locking arm away from a latched position. The CPA device (16) includes a flexible stop arm (20) engageable with the stop surface (74) on the housing to prevent the CPA device from moving from its first to its second position. The mateable connecting device (14) includes an actuator (36) for moving the flexible stop arm (20) of the CPA device (16) out of engagement with the stop surface (74) automatically when the connector (12) is fully mated with the mateable connecting device (14), thereby allowing movement of the CPA device (16) from its first position to its second position indicating full mating of the connector.</description><subject>BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS</subject><subject>CURRENT COLLECTORS</subject><subject>ELECTRICITY</subject><subject>LINE CONNECTORS</subject><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>patent</rsrctype><creationdate>2003</creationdate><recordtype>patent</recordtype><sourceid>EVB</sourceid><recordid>eNrjZNBzzUlNLinKTE7MUUjOz8sDcvKLFAryizNLMvPzFBKLi0uLEvOSUxWKK4tLUnN5GFjTEnOKU3mhNDeDgptriLOHbmpBfnxqcUFicmpeakm8a4CBpYWJqZGRk6ExEUoA8Ngq3Q</recordid><startdate>20030514</startdate><enddate>20030514</enddate><creator>MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III</creator><creator>PILL, ANTHONY J</creator><creator>HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK</creator><scope>EVB</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20030514</creationdate><title>Electrical connector position assurance system</title><author>MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III ; PILL, ANTHONY J ; HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-epo_espacenet_EP0984522B13</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>patents</rsrctype><prefilter>patents</prefilter><language>eng ; fre ; ger</language><creationdate>2003</creationdate><topic>BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS</topic><topic>CURRENT COLLECTORS</topic><topic>ELECTRICITY</topic><topic>LINE CONNECTORS</topic><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>PILL, ANTHONY J</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK</creatorcontrib><collection>esp@cenet</collection></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext_linktorsrc</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>MOON, CLARENCE ROBERT III</au><au>PILL, ANTHONY J</au><au>HIGGINS, MICHAEL PATRICK</au><format>patent</format><genre>patent</genre><ristype>GEN</ristype><title>Electrical connector position assurance system</title><date>2003-05-14</date><risdate>2003</risdate><abstract>A connector position assurance system is provided for an electrical connector (12) adapted for mating with another mateable connecting device (14). The connector includes a housing (48) having a guideway (52,56) and a stop surface (74) near the guideway. A primary flexible locking arm (58) on the housing includes a latch (68) for mechanically interlocking with a cooperating latch (44) of the mateable connecting device. A connector position assurance (CPA) device (16) is slidable along the guideway between a first position allowing movement of the locking arm (58) and mating of the connector (12) with the mateable connecting device (14), and a second position blocking movement of the locking arm away from a latched position. The CPA device (16) includes a flexible stop arm (20) engageable with the stop surface (74) on the housing to prevent the CPA device from moving from its first to its second position. The mateable connecting device (14) includes an actuator (36) for moving the flexible stop arm (20) of the CPA device (16) out of engagement with the stop surface (74) automatically when the connector (12) is fully mated with the mateable connecting device (14), thereby allowing movement of the CPA device (16) from its first position to its second position indicating full mating of the connector.</abstract><edition>7</edition><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext_linktorsrc
identifier
ispartof
issn
language eng ; fre ; ger
recordid cdi_epo_espacenet_EP0984522B1
source esp@cenet
subjects BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
title Electrical connector position assurance system
url https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-19T22%3A42%3A03IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-epo_EVB&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:patent&rft.genre=patent&rft.au=MOON,%20CLARENCE%20ROBERT%20III&rft.date=2003-05-14&rft_id=info:doi/&rft_dat=%3Cepo_EVB%3EEP0984522B1%3C/epo_EVB%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true