Power cord slide connector coupling
AssigneeLippert Components, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. TIEDGE, Mark KINDER
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Abstract
A power cord slide connector coupling includes a power cord, a low-profile connector coupled with the power cord, a receptacle including a housing with a concave opening sized to receive the low-profile connector in an insert direction, and a plug disposed in the receptacle and configured to electrically engage the low-profile connector. The plug includes contact members that are positioned such that with the low-profile connector in the concave opening, the plug engages the low-profile connector by displacing the low profile connector in a connect direction, perpendicular to the insert direction.
Claims18
A power cord slide connector coupling comprising:
- a power cord;
- a female connector coupled with the power cord, the female connector including a plurality of contact openings associated with internal wiring, the contact openings having an offset stepped configuration;
- a receptacle including a housing with a concave opening sized to receive the female connector;
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- a plug disposed in the receptacle and including a plurality of pins corresponding to the contact openings in the female connector, wherein the plurality of pins are arranged in a reverse offset stepped configuration in complement with the offset stepped configuration of the contact openings.
A method of connecting a power cord with a female connector to a plug disposed in a receptacle, the female connector including a plurality of contact openings associated with internal wiring and having an offset stepped configuration, the plug including a plurality of pins corresponding to the contact openings in the female connector arranged in a reverse offset stepped configuration in complement with the offset stepped configuration of the contact openings, the method comprising:
- (a) inserting the female connector into the receptacle in an insert direction with the contact openings aligned with and spaced from the pins;
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- (b) displacing the female connector in a connect direction, perpendicular to the insert direction, to thereby engage the contact openings with the pins.
A power cord slide connector coupling comprising:
- a power cord;
- a low-profile connector coupled with the power cord;
- a receptacle including a housing with a concave opening sized to receive the low-profile connector in an insert direction;
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- a plug disposed in the receptacle and configured to electrically engage the low-profile connector, the plug including contact members, wherein the contact members are positioned such that with the low-profile connector in the concave opening, the plug engages the low-profile connector by displacing the low-profile connector in a connect direction, perpendicular to the insert direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.