US 12,438,304 B2
Housing of an electrical connector
Daniel Stack, Winston Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,500.
Prior Publication US 2024/0136762 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0235111 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/50 (2006.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6272 (2013.01) [H01R 13/50 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing, comprising:
a dielectric body having a plurality of terminal receiving passageways extending through the dielectric body along a longitudinal direction, the dielectric body has a latch section in which a plurality of walls of the dielectric body that each define one of the terminal receiving passageways are separated from one another by a gap in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the walls are deflectable toward one another in the lateral direction into the gap, the walls in the latch section each have a retention surface perpendicular to the longitudinal direction that extends circumferentially and continuously around the one of the terminal receiving passageways, the walls each have an expansion feature in the latch section, the expansion feature of one of the walls in the latch section faces the expansion feature of the other of the walls in the latch section in the lateral direction, the walls in the latch section each have a pair of webs extending from the retention surface, the expansion feature of each of the walls has an expansion recess forming a partial web in one of the pair of webs.