US 12,413,008 B2
Temporary header retention feature
Thomas Robert DeWitte, Troy, MI (US); David James Rhein, Troy, MI (US); and Pushkar S. Kolhatkar, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,886.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,608, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329000 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/74 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/516 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H01R 13/743 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical header for mounting to an object, comprising:
a body including a base, a first end defined on a first side of the base and adapted to mate with a mating connector, and a second end defined on a second side of the base and adapted to be inserted into an opening formed in the object in an insertion direction; and
an elastic locking element arranged on the second end of the body and adapted to secure the header within the opening of the object, the elastic locking element sized and shaped to be elastically biased by the object in a direction transverse to an insertion direction of the header during removal of the header from the opening, the elastic locking element includes a first leg, having:
a base arranged proximate the second end of the body:
a lead-in portion extending obliquely outward from the base relative to the insertion direction of the header into the opening of the object;
a lead-out portion extending obliquely inward from the lead-in portion relative to the insertion direction; and
a free end extending from the lead-out portion in a direction toward the base.