Connector for automotive bridge rectifier assembly

Abstract

A connector for a re-manufactured automotive alternator includes a first terminal blade and a second terminal blade within a connector housing. The connector housing receives a mating housing. The first terminal blade and the second terminal blade are flexibly coupled to a common base by at least one respective bend. The first and second terminal blades are adapted to mate to mating connectors within the mating housing. The bend that couples the two blades to the common base flexes to allow the first and second terminal blades to move to adapt to varying positions of the mating connectors within the mating housing.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A connector for a re-manufactured automotive alternator, comprising: 
 a connector housing to receive a mating housing; and    a first terminal blade and a second terminal blade within the connector housing, each of the terminal blades flexibly coupled to a common base by at least one respective bend, the terminal blades adapted to mate to mating connectors within the mating housing, the bend flexing to allow the first and second terminal blades to move to adapt to varying positions of the mating connectors within the mating housing.    
     
     
         2 . The connector of  claim 1 , wherein the bend has a semicircular shape.  
     
     
         3 . A connector for a re-manufactured automotive alternator, comprising: 
 a connector housing to receive a mating housing; and    a first terminal blade and a second terminal blade adapted to mate to mating connectors within the mating housing, the terminal blades corrugated to increase an effective thickness of the blades to adapt the blades to varying widths or positions of the mating connectors within the mating housing.    
     
     
         4 . The connector of  claim 3 , wherein the corrugated terminal blades comprise at least one crest and one trough.