公开(公告)号：US20250047027A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18481210

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH

Inventor： Christian Perry Brandt ,  James Michael Raudenbush

IPC: H01R13/428 ,  H01R13/627 ,  H01R13/631

Abstract: A connector assembly includes an electrical connector having a housing and a contact held in a contact channel and terminated to a cable. The housing has a contact retention latch latchably coupled to the contact. The electrical connector includes a TPA device coupled to the housing and movable between a preset position and a set position. The contact retention latch is deflectable when the TPA is in the preset position. The TPA blocks the contact retention latch in the set position to block deflection of the contact retention latch. The connector assembly includes a support bracket supporting the electrical connector. The electrical connector has six mechanical degrees of freedom relative to the support bracket.

公开(公告)号：US20250047037A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18481215

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH

Inventor： Christian Perry Brandt ,  James Michael Raudenbush

IPC: H01R13/631 ,  H01R13/428 ,  H01R13/627

Abstract: A connector assembly is provided and includes an electrical connector that includes a housing having a contact channel and a contact held in the contact channel. The contact is terminated to an end of a cable. The cable extends from the housing. The electrical connector includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device coupled to the housing and operably assuring proper positioning of the contact in the contact channel. The electrical connector includes a mating end. The connector assembly includes a support bracket configured to support the electrical connector. The support bracket includes an opening. The electrical connector is suspended from the support bracket and received in the opening with the mating end forward of the support bracket for mating with a mating electrical connector. The electrical connector has six mechanical degrees of freedom relative to the support bracket.

公开(公告)号：US20240178615A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US17994509

申请日：2022-11-28

Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH

Inventor： Christian Perry Brandt ,  John Wesley Hall

IPC: H01R13/629 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R13/52 ,  H01R13/627

CPC classification number: H01R13/629 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R13/5205 ,  H01R13/6275 ,  H01R2107/00 ,  H01R2201/26

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a cavity extending between a mating end and a cable end. The housing has contact channels extends along channel axes. The electrical connector includes a contact assembly received in the cavity having contacts received in the corresponding contact channels. Each contact has a retention feature. The electrical connector includes a TPA device received in the cavity that extends along an axis parallel to the channel axes. The TPA device includes locking lobes each configured to interface with the retention feature of the corresponding contact to hold the contact in the housing. The TPA device is rotatable about the axis relative to the housing between a clearance position and a blocking position. Each locking lobe interfaces with the corresponding retention feature in the blocking position.

公开(公告)号：US20230086860A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17941108

申请日：2022-09-09

Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH ,  TE Connectivity Germany GmbH

Inventor： Christian Perry Brandt ,  John W. Hall ,  Guenther Mumper

IPC: H01R13/514

Abstract: A connector comprises a first housing and a second housing each receiving a plurality of electrical terminals. The second housing is connected to the first housing, and is movable relative thereto in an insertion direction of the connector with respect to a mating connector. A latch selectively fixes the first housing in a staggered position relative to the second housing in the insertion direction.