CONNECTOR FOR LATCHING AND CARRYING CURRENT CAPABILITIES WITH TOOLESS CONNECTION

摘要

A tooless electrical connector (10) includes a housing (12) having a bore (14) with a groove (16) disposed on an inside surface (18) of the bore (14) with the groove (16) establishing a shoulder (20) between a groove bottom (22) and a bore inside surface (18). A flat spring (46) is provided and disposed in the groove (16) for defining a spring cavity (48) between the flat spring (46) and the shoulder (20) and a circular canted coil spring (26) is disposed in the spring cavity (48). A pin (52) having a circumferential groove (84) is provided for receiving the coil spring (26) upon insertion of the pin (52) into the bore (14) and a plurality of primary radial fingers (76) formed in the flat spring (46) retain the coil spring (26) in the cavity (48) before insertion of the pin (52). A plurality of secondary radial fingers (78) formed in the flat spring (46) prevent axial movement between the housing (12) and the pin (52) with the coil spring (26)within the pin groove (84).