US 2018/0006417 A1Published application

Receptacle assemblies

AssigneeR&S Shaeffer Properties LLC

InventorsRicky David Shaeffer, Jared Tanner Shaeffer

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Abstract

A receptacle assembly includes a receptacle housing, a housing opening, a first receptacle connector, and a second receptacle connector. The receptacle housing includes a first cavity that extends from a first end to a central structure. The housing opening is defined at the first end. The first cavity and the housing opening are sized and shaped to enable insertion of a plug assembly constructed to comply with the Society of Automotive Engineers J2863 standard. The first receptacle connector includes a first portion that extends from the central structure into the first cavity. The second receptacle connector includes a second portion that extends from the central structure into the first cavity. The first and the second receptacle connectors are sized and are disposed such that they are configured to both be inserted into a single connector cavity of the plug assembly and such that they are electrically insulated from one another.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A receptacle assembly for a vehicle-trailer wiring connector assembly, the receptacle assembly comprising:

a receptacle housing that includes a first cavity, the first cavity extending from a first end of the receptacle housing to a central structure of the receptacle housing;
a housing opening defined at the first end, wherein at least a portion of the first cavity and at least a portion of the housing opening is sized and shaped according to the Society of Automotive Engineers (“SAE”) J2863 standard;
a first receptacle connector with a first portion that extends from the central structure into the first cavity;
and
a second receptacle connector with a second portion that extends from the central structure into the first cavity, wherein the first receptacle connector and the second receptacle connector are sized and are disposed with respect to each other such that the first receptacle connector and the second receptacle connector are configured to both be inserted into a single connector cavity of a plug assembly in which the connector cavity is sized and shaped to comply with the SAE J2863 standard and wherein the first receptacle connector and the second receptacle connector are configured such that the second receptacle connector is electrically insulated from the first receptacle connector.

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A receptacle assembly for a vehicle-trailer wiring connector assembly, the receptacle assembly comprising:

a receptacle housing that includes a first cavity that is sized and shaped according to the Society of Automotive Engineers (“SAE”) J2863 standard;
a first receptacle connector disposed in the first cavity;
a second receptacle connector disposed in the first cavity;
a third receptacle connector disposed in the first cavity;
a fourth receptacle connector disposed in the first cavity;
a fifth receptacle connector disposed in the first cavity;
a sixth receptacle connector disposed in the first cavity, wherein the first receptacle connector, the second receptacle connector, the third receptacle connector, the fourth receptacle connector, the fifth receptacle connector, and the sixth receptacle connector are disposed in the first cavity in a hexagonal arrangement that is in accordance with the SAE J2863 standard;
and
a seventh receptacle connector disposed in the first cavity, wherein the first receptacle connector and the seventh receptacle connector are sized and are disposed with respect to each other such that the first receptacle connector and the seventh receptacle connector are configured to both be inserted into a first connector cavity of a plug assembly in which the connector cavity is sized and shaped to comply with the SAE J2863 standard and wherein the first receptacle connector and the seventh receptacle connector are configured such that the seventh receptacle connector is electrically insulated from the first receptacle connector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/414,246Filed 24 Jan 2017
Priority: 29 Jun 2016
Published: 4 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B60D 1/64
Involving supply lines, electric circuits or the like: couplings or joints therefor
H01R 27/02
Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts: for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar…
H01R 31/06
Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart: intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter
H01R 2201/26
Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications: for vehicles

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