Safety connector
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorJeffrey C. BISHOP
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Abstract
A safety connector (2) comprising: a first member (4) and a second member (6) movably coupled to one another; wherein the first and/or second members (4, 6) comprise a retention mechanism (14a, 14b, 16); wherein the retention mechanism (14a, 14b, 16) has a first configuration which prevents relative movement between the first and second members (4, 6) and a second configuration which allows relative movement between the first and second members (4, 6); and wherein the retention mechanism (14a, 14b, 16) changes from the first configuration to the second configuration when a force between the first and second members (4, 6) exceeds a predetermined threshold force.
Claims19
A safety connector comprising:
- a first member and a second member movably coupled to one another;
- wherein the first and/or second members comprise a retention mechanism;
- wherein the retention mechanism has a first configuration which prevents relative movement between the first and second members and a second configuration which allows relative movement between the first and second members;
- and
- wherein the retention mechanism changes from the first configuration to the second configuration when a force between the first and second members exceeds a predetermined threshold force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.