Female connector plug including a lock
AssigneesLegrand SNC, Legrand France
InventorsJulien Guitard, Didier Revol
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Abstract
Some embodiments are directed to a connector-type female plug including a body; a module including a plurality of slots, each of the slots configured to receive an end of a strand of a cable and arranged so as to be plugged into by a rear face of the body; a lever pivotably mounted on the body in such a way as to be able to move between an open position and a closed position attained after lowering the lever in such a way as to grasp a rear face of the module and to push same into a completely plugged-in position; and a lock that can move along a sliding mechanism between a locked position, in which the lock is arranged in such a way as to hold the lever in the closed position, and an unlocked position.
Claims20
A female plug, comprising:
- a body configured to be connected by a front face to a complementary male plug and including a plurality of insulation displacement contacts;
- a separate connection module including a plurality of slots, each of the slots being configured to receive an end of a strand of a cable and arranged so as to be plugged into by a rear face of the body in such a way as to push each strand against the corresponding insulation displacement contact;
- a lever pivotably mounted on the body in such a way as to be able to move between an open position and a closed position attained after lowering the lever in such a way as to grasp a rear face of the module and to push the module into a completely plugged-in position;
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- a lock configured for movement by sliding along a sliding guide between a locked position, wherein the lock holds the lever in the closed position, and an unlocked position.
A female plug, comprising:
- a body configured to be connected by a front face to a complementary male plug and including a plurality of insulation displacement contacts;
- a separate connection module including a plurality of slots, each of the slots being configured to receive an end of a strand of a cable and arranged so as to be plugged into by a rear face of the body in such a way as to push each strand against the corresponding insulation displacement contact;
- a lever pivotably mounted on the body in such a way as to be able to move between an open position and a closed position attained after lowering the lever in such a way as to grasp a rear face of the module and to push the module into a completely plugged-in position;
- a lock configured for movement by sliding along a sliding guide between a locked position, wherein the lock is further configured to hold the lever in the closed position, and an unlocked position;
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- a display which indicates the locked position or the unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.