US 12,237,608 B2
Electrical connector assembly with flexible and rigid terminal locking features
Jack Farrell, Streetsboro, OH (US); Siddhan Manickam, Salem (IN); and Dinesh Kumar Manoharan, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/896,344.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/353,959, filed on Jun. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411892 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/424 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 43/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/424 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); H01R 43/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
an electrical terminal defining a pair of retaining ridges;
a connector housing having a terminal cavity extending therethrough from a first opening to a second opening and a fixed terminal lock nib that projects inwardly into the terminal cavity from a rigid first wall to engage a first ridge of the pair of retaining ridges of the electrical terminal; and
a terminal retainer inserted within the connector housing proximate the first opening and removably retained to the connector housing by a flexible retaining arm, wherein the terminal retainer further includes a flexible terminal lock arm having a moveable terminal lock nib that projects inwardly into the terminal cavity from the flexible terminal lock arm to engage a second ridge of the pair of retaining ridges of the electrical terminal, thereby inhibiting removal of the electrical terminal from the terminal cavity through the second opening.