US Patent Issued to Lear on Aug. 11 for "Electrical connector with terminal housing and terminal positions assurance" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,409, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Electrical connector with terminal housing and terminal positions assurance" was invented by Jiayun Chen (Shanghai), Jianwei Guo (Shanghai) and Chao Fang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector includes a terminal housing with one or more terminal cavities and a slot. The electrical connector also includes a terminal position assurance. The terminal position assurance includes a base, two sliders that extend from the base in an assurance direction, and a lock arm that extends from the base in the assurance direction. The terminal positio...