Connector
AssigneeLode Group Limited
InventorPhilip Melling
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Abstract
A connector is described having a female part defining a recess, a male part including a section receivable within the recess of the female part, and a lock pin insertable into an opening provided in the female part. The lock pin is engageable with the section of the male part when the male part is located within the recess to retain the male part within the recess. The female part is provided, around a periphery of the opening, with a stabilizing recess. The lock pin includes a feature receivable within the stabilizing recess, engageable with a base of the stabilizing recess to limit the distance by which the lock pin can be inserted into the opening.
Claims10
A connector comprising a female part defining a recess, a male part including a section receivable within the recess of the female part, and a lock pin insertable into an opening provided in the female part, the lock pin being engageable with the said section of the male part when the male part is located within the recess to retain the male part within the recess, wherein the female part is provided, around a periphery of the opening, with a stabilizing recess, and the lock pin includes a feature receivable within the stabilizing recess, engageable with a base of the stabilizing recess to limit the distance by which the lock pin can be inserted into the opening, wherein the lock pin is resiliently attachable to the said section of the male part, the lock pin being provided with a pip resiliently receivable, in use, by resilient deflection of the said section, within a recess provided in said section.
A connector comprising;
- a female part having a body defining an elongate recess with a transverse opening extending into the recess,
- a male part including a section having a pair of spaced apart flexible projecting fingers receivable within the recess of the female part to latch the male and female parts together when inserted, and
- a lock pin removably insertable into the opening provided in the female part, the lock pin being oriented between the pair of spaced apart flexible projecting fingers when the male part is located within the recess to retain the male part within the recess,
- wherein the female part is provided, around a periphery of the opening, with a stabilizing recess, and the lock pin includes a feature receivable within the stabilizing recess, engageable with a base of the stabilizing recess to limit the distance by which the lock pin can be inserted into the opening,
- wherein the lock pin has an annularly projecting rib resiliently receivable within a recess provided in the pair of spaced apart flexible projecting fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.