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US 2020/0028296 A1Published application
Electrical connector with field serviceable shell assembly
AssigneeHirel Connectors Inc.
InventorsSaul Ibarra, Willis A. Williams
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Abstract
A connector comprises an external mounting flange that provides a housing in which a gimbal shell assembly sits and pivots. An internal recessing shell is capable of having an electrical connection with the gimbal shell assembly, wherein when the gimble shell assembly is disengaged, no electrical connection exists between internal recessing shell and gimbal shell assembly. A center screw is capable of being torqued to disengage and reengage the gimble shell assembly.
Claims8
A connector, comprising:
- an external mounting flange that provides a housing in which a gimbal shell assembly sits and pivots;
- an internal recessing shell capable of having an electrical connection with the gimbal shell assembly, wherein when the gimble shell assembly is disengaged, no electrical connection exists between internal recessing shell and gimbal shell assembly;
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- a center screw that is capable of being torqued to disengage the gimble shell assembly.
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