US Patent Issued to Molex on July 28 for "Terminal position assurance member, electrical connector comprising the same, and electrical connector assembly comprising the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,249, issued on July 28, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Terminal position assurance member, electrical connector comprising the same, and electrical connector assembly comprising the same" was invented by Jang Bum Jin (Incheon, South Korea), Jong Deok Park (Siheung-si, South Korea) and Sa Cheol Hong (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector according to a disclosed embodiment includes a housing having a terminal receiving opening, and a TPA member mounted outside the terminal receiving opening to fix a position of a terminal. The TPA member includes first and second side cantilever arms ...