US 12,322,892 B2
Electrical connector having terminal position assurance
Chang-Ho Lee, Gyeongsan-si (KR); and Keun Taek Lim, Gyeongsan-si (KR)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd., Gyeongsan (KR)
Filed by Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd., Gyeongsan (KR)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,332.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0064156 (KR), filed on May 18, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0046463 (KR), filed on Apr. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376424 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/424 (2006.01); H01R 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/424 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a connector body comprising a body terminal passageway configured to accommodate a terminal and a block accommodating part configured to communicate with the body terminal passageway;
an assembly block detachably connected to the connector body, rotatable about the connector body while maintaining a state in which the assembly block is connected to the connector body while an external force is applied, and configured to rotate at a predetermined angle or more to be separated from the connector body and be insertable into the block accommodating part;
a connection leg configured to connect the connector body and the assembly block; and
a space configured to accommodate a part at which the assembly block and the connector body have been connected to each other when the assembly block is separated from the connector body.