Electrical connector with interlock
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsJohn Brower, Zhenhong Li
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Abstract
An electrical connector including at least one locking member movably engageable with at least one locking feature provided on a second electrical connector, at least one latch rotatably movable between a locked position for preventing movement of the at least one locking member and an unlocked position for allowing movement of the at least one locking member and a sensor for sensing a voltage level on the electrical connector, wherein when the voltage level is sensed to be above a defined level, the at least one latch is moved to the locked position and when the voltage level is sensed to be below the defined level the at least one latch is moved to the unlocked position.
Claims21
An electrical connector comprising:
- at least one locking member movably engageable with at least one locking feature provided on a second electrical connector;
- at least one latch rotatably movable between a locked position for preventing movement of the at least one locking member and an unlocked position for allowing movement of the at least one locking member;
- and
- a sensor for sensing a voltage level on the electrical connector,
- wherein when the voltage level is sensed to be above a defined level, the at least one latch is moved to the locked position and when the voltage level is sensed to be below the defined level the at least one latch is moved to the unlocked position.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a first electrical connector comprising,
- at least one locking feature;
- and
- a second electrical connector comprising,
- at least one locking member movably engageable with the at least one locking feature,
- at least one latch rotatably movable between a locked position for preventing movement of the at least one locking member and an unlocked position for allowing movement of the at least one locking member, and
- a sensor for sensing a voltage level on the first electrical connector,
- wherein when the voltage level is sensed to be above a defined level, the at least one latch is moved to the locked position and when the voltage level is sensed to be below the defined level the at least one latch is moved to the unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.