Electrical and/or optical contact comprising a body and a cable sleeve configured to prevent unwanted unlocking of a connection, connector or adaptor housing such a contact
AssigneeRadiall
InventorRomain Vincent
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Abstract
An electrical and/or optical contact includes a body and a cable sleeve that prevents unwanted unlocking of a connection, connector, or adaptor housing such a contact. An electrical and/or optical contact (1, 4) incorporates a means for temporarily retaining the cable sleeve to which a pushing/pulling force is applied in order to intentionally lock/unlock the one or more contacts of the connector in its or their receiving cavity. This retaining means is dimensioned so as to generate a force that balances the pulling force exerted on the sleeve, as long as said pulling force remains below a predetermined threshold.
Claims15
An electrical and/or optical contact, comprising:
- at least one central body extending along a longitudinal axis, said at least on central body having:
- a front portion designed to house and hold at least one electrically conductive element and/or an optical ferrule intended to be connected to one end of a cable;
- the front portion having at least one means for locking/unlocking the connection between the contact and a cavity into which it is intended to be inserted;
- a rear portion designed to house the end of the cable;
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- a sleeve designed to house the cable and to move rearwards/forwards with respect to the central body, the sleeve having at least one means for temporarily retaining the sleeve on the central body or on a component of the connector that is fixed with respect to the body, the temporary-retention means being active in the event of a pulling force (F1) below or equal to a predetermined threshold (F2) being exerted on the sleeve, in order to prevent the unlocking means, which disconnects the contact, from being activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.