US 12,347,960 B2
System and method for locking electrical terminals
Marcello Farinola, Turin (IT); Cinzia Alferi, Turin (IT); and Alessandro Genta, Turin (IT)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.R.L, Turin (IT)
Filed by TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l., Turin (IT)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,606.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000010583 (IT), filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344858 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/436 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4362 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable inlet assembly for an inlet housing, comprising:
a cable inlet cover covering an inlet for at least one cable; and
a locking element slidable between an unlocked position and a locked position, including:
at least one opening adapted to receive a terminal of the at least one cable;
a first coupling element coupled with a second coupling element of the cable inlet cover, a displacement of the cable inlet cover along a first direction contacts and slides the locking element along a second direction, distinct from the first direction, between the unlocked position and the locked position for locking a position of the terminal.