Kenneth D Long

US Patent:

20020086575, Jul 4, 2002

Filed:

Dec 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/752789

Inventors:

Gary Marpoe - Kernersville NC, US
Kenneth Long - Kill Devil Hills NC, US

International Classification:

H01R013/627

US Classification:

439/352000

Abstract:

An electrical connector housing assembly is provided having a plug assembly and cap assembly matable with one another to form a wire to wire, wire to board or wire to device connection. The plug assembly is formed with a latching member thereon, while the cap assembly is formed with a connector position assurance device (CPA) thereon. The overall envelope of the connector housing assembly is reduced by dividing the latch member and CPA between the plug and cap housings. Keying features are formed integrally with plug and cap terminal position assurance devices (TPAs) to ensure proper orientation between the plug and cap and to further assure that each plug is connected to the corresponding cap. The overall envelope is further reduced by forming the keying features internal to the housings upon the TPAs.

US Patent:

57724547, Jun 30, 1998

Filed:

Aug 29, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/705504

Inventors:

Kenneth Wade Long - Winston-Salem NC

Assignee:

The Whitaker Corporation - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

H01R 909

US Classification:

439 83

Abstract:

The invention comprises a contact terminal having a body with a forward end, a rearward end, an insulation crimping section, and a conductor crimping section. The body has a first stop member to engage insulation on a wire and prevent the insulation from being inserted further forward into the body. A second stop member engages an upper surface of a circuit board to prevent the body from being inserted further forward into a through hole in the circuit board. The second stop member being further forward on the body than the first stop member. When the body is inserted into the through hole in the circuit board, the first and the second stop members maintain the insulation on the wire spaced away from the circuit board thereby protecting the insulation from exposure to heat during soldering.