Moving locking connector
AssigneeECA Medical Instruments
InventorsJohn Nino, David Ivinson
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Abstract
A twisting sleeve or collar which is cylindrical and has an elongated guide or channel fluidly connecting the outer annular wall with the inner annular wall of the sleeve is disclosed. A connector having at least one open end and an elongated slot with a floor and a pin guide through the floor is further disclosed. The pin guide is open to the inside of the connector. Between the sleeve and the slot is a pin, having a pin head visible through the elongated guide, and two opposing spring arms of a size and shape to fit in said slot, and a pin body which movably fits inside pin guide.
Claims10
A method of reversibly locking a tool-mounting, the method comprising:
- placing the distal end (37) of a movable pin assembly (30) having a pin body (36), a pin head (38) with the extended distal end, a first curved spring arm (32) and a second curved spring arm (34) extending therefrom into a pin guide (27) of an elongated connector (20);
- the elongated connector configured with an open end (24) forming a tool guide (26) a slot (25) sliding a movable sleeve (500) having a L shaped pin catch guide (600) onto the elongated connector;
- and,
- wherein the arms are asymmetrical, with one arm above the other arm,
- wherein the pin head is configured as a guide that extends above the spring arms and is a size and shape to fit in the L-shaped pin catch thereby restricting sleeve movement to axially (1050) along a first catch region (602) to a corner (605) and then to rotating (1100) from the corner to a second catch region (604).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.