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US 12,627,097 B2Granted
Electrical equipotential connection device
AssigneeLatelec
InventorJay Nicholas
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Abstract
An electrical equipotential connection device having: a connector (1) that includes: a first electrical connector element (2); at least one resilient tab (4); a socket (9) that includes: a contact surface (12); a second electrical connector element (20); at least one housing (14) suitable for cooperating with the at least one resilient tab (4); a disconnection track (17) adjacent to the housing (14) and extending substantially parallel to the insertion direction (21). The connector (1) is rotatable with respect to the base (9), about the insertion direction (21), between: a stable locking position in which the resilient tab (4) is inserted into the housing (14); an unlocking position in which the resilient tab (4) is resiliently deformed and disposed on the disconnection track (17).
Claims6
An electrical equipotential connection device comprising:
- a connector (1) having a first electrical connecting element (2) including a contact rod projecting from a flange (3);
- and at least one elastic tab (4) protruding from the flange (3), the contact rod is made of a conductive material and extends outside the connector by a crimping portion (7), the crimping portion (7) connects the contact rod to a braided cable (6), a sealing device (8) is located at a base of the contact rod (2) inside the flange (3);
- a socket (9) made of a conductive metallic material, the socket (9) having:
- a head (10) and a threaded portion (11), the head (10) includes at a base and around the threaded portion (11) a contact surface (12) designed to mechanically and electrically connect the contact surface (12) to a structure with a reference potential, which is desired to connect the braided cable (6), the contact surface (12) is surrounded by an O-ring (13);
- a second electrical connecting element (20) electrically connected to the contact surface (12), and coupled with the first electrical connecting element (2) in an insertion direction (21), the second electrical connecting element (20) includes a bore (20) for passing the contact rod to connect with the contact surface (12);
- wherein the socket (9) has:
- at least two recesses (14) designed to cooperate with said at least one elastic tab (4);
- and a disconnection track (17) adjacent to the recesses (14), situated between the two recesses (14), the disconnection track (17) extends along a first stage (18) of the socket (9) and along a second stage (19) of the socket (9), being situated between two facets (24) of a rotation actuation imprint;
- wherein the at least one recess (14) has a bottom wall (15) and two oblique lateral walls (16) connecting the bottom wall (15) with the disconnection track (17);
- wherein the first electrical connecting element (2) and the second electrical connecting element (20) rotate one inside the other during the rotation of the connector (1) relative to the socket (9) between:
- a stable locking position in which the elastic tab (4) is engaged in one of the recesses (14) and an unlocking position in which the elastic tab (4) is elastically deformed and is disposed on the disconnection track (17);
- and
- wherein the electrical equipotential connection device maintains a same equipotential at all positions of the connector relative to the socket.
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An electrical equipotential connection device comprising:
- a connector (1) having a first electrical connecting element (2);
- and at least one elastic tab (4);
- a socket (9) having:
- a contact surface (12) associated with a fastening (11) designed to mechanically and electrically connect the contact surface (12) to a structure;
- a second electrical connecting element (20) electrically connected to the contact surface (12), and coupled with the first electrical connecting element (2) in an insertion direction (21);
- wherein the socket (9) has:
- at least two recesses (14) designed to cooperate with said at least one elastic tab (4);
- and a disconnection track (17) adjacent to the recesses (14), situated between the two recesses (14), radially away from the recesses (14), and extending substantially parallel to the insertion direction (21);
- and
- wherein the connector (1) rotates relative to the socket (9), around the insertion direction (21), between:
- a stable locking position in which the elastic tab (4) is engaged in one of the recesses (14) and an unlocking position in which the elastic tab (4) is elastically deformed and is disposed on the disconnection track (17);
- wherein the socket (9) has, in the axial direction, a first stage (18) on which said at least one recess (14) is situated, and a second stage (19) having a rotation actuation imprint-;
- wherein the at least one elastic tab (4) has at its end a tooth (5) having a stop surface (29), and in that the socket (9) has a collar (28) between the first stage (18) and the second stage (19), the stop surface (29) of the tooth (5) being designed to abut against the collar (28) so as to stop the translational movement in the insertion direction (21);
- and
- wherein the rotation actuation imprint has facets (24) and in that a fillet (27) connects at least one facet (24) to the collar (28).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.