Harness connector having a power and signal cartridges

US9484657B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9484657-B2
Application numberUS-201414547348-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 19, 2014
Priority dateNov 19, 2014
Publication dateNov 1, 2016
Grant dateNov 1, 2016

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A harness connector includes a harness housing having a signal cavity and a power cavity defined by housing walls. At least one of the housing walls has a locking rail extending therefrom into the corresponding signal cavity or power cavity. Signal harness cartridges are received in the signal cavity, each holding a plurality of signal terminals. Each signal harness cartridge has a locking slot configured to receive a corresponding locking rail in a position directly behind the signal terminals to secure the signal terminals in the signal harness cartridge. A power harness cartridge is received in the power cavity that holds a plurality of power terminals. The power harness cartridge has a locking slot configured to receive a corresponding locking rail in a position directly behind the power terminals to secure the power terminals in the power harness cartridge.

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What is claimed is: 1. A harness connector comprising: a harness housing having a signal cavity and a power cavity defined by housing walls, at least one of the housing walls having a locking rail extending therefrom into the corresponding signal cavity or power cavity; a plurality of signal harness cartridges received in the signal cavity, each signal harness cartridge holding a plurality of signal terminals terminated to ends of signal cables, each signal harness cartridge hav…

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What does patent US9484657B2 cover?
A harness connector includes a harness housing having a signal cavity and a power cavity defined by housing walls. At least one of the housing walls has a locking rail extending therefrom into the corresponding signal cavity or power cavity. Signal harness cartridges are received in the signal cavity, each holding a plurality of signal terminals. Each signal harness cartridge has a locking slot…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Tyco Electronics Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01R13/4223. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).