Bayonet connector
AssigneeZorya LLC
InventorsTanna Ellis, Courtney E. Woodfield, LJ Wilde, Zachary S. Ellis
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Abstract
A bayonet connector and assembly. The bayonet connector has a threaded protrusion or connector coupled to a bayonet protrusion with a body and a plurality of nubs spaced from the end of the body and spaced radially from each other. There is a screw head and a radial lip that trap an elastic washer. The plurality of nubs are asymmetric and have noses and tails with the noses having shallower tapers than the tails such that the nose presents a more gradual engagement with the traps of the bayonet receiver. The bayonet receiver receives the body and plurality of nubs of the bayonet protrusion axially and on a rotational action to receive and secure the plurality nubs nose-first.
Claims20
A male-male bayonet connector, comprising:
- a. a male threaded protrusion having a proximal end and a terminal end;
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- b. a male bayonet protrusion extending from the proximal end of the threaded protrusion and including:
- i. a body having a first end, a second end spaced from and opposite thereto, and a middle region between the first end and the second end, the first end being coupled to the proximal end of the threaded protrusion;
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- ii. a plurality of nubs extending laterally from the body, each of the plurality of nubs protruding radially from the middle region of the body and spaced axially from each of the first end and the second end and spaced radially from each other.
A bayonet connector assembly, comprising:
- a. a connector having a proximal end and a terminal end;
- b. a bayonet protrusion extending from the proximal end of the connector and including:
- i. a body having a first end, a second end spaced from and opposite thereto, and a middle region between the first end and the second end, the first end being coupled to the proximal end of the threaded protrusion;
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- ii. a plurality of nubs extending laterally from the body, each of the plurality of nubs protruding radially from the body and spaced radially from each other, the plurality of nubs each including:
- 1. a nose disposed at a leading end of the nub;
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- 2. a tail disposed opposite the nose at a trailing end of the nub, wherein the tail is larger than the nose;
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- c. a bayonet receiver shaped to receive the body and plurality of nubs of the bayonet protrusion axially and on a rotational action to receive and secure the plurality nubs nose-first via elastic deflection of a portion of the bayonet receiver to snap-fit the plurality of nubs.
A bayonet connector assembly, comprising:
- a. a threaded protrusion having a proximal end and a terminal end;
- b. a bayonet protrusion extending from the proximal end of the threaded protrusion and including:
- i. a body having a first end, a second end spaced from and opposite thereto, and a middle region between the first end and the second end, the first end being coupled to the proximal end of the threaded protrusion;
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- ii. a plurality of nubs extending laterally from the body, each of the plurality of nubs protruding radially from the body and spaced radially from each other, the plurality of nubs each including:
- 1. a nose disposed at a leading end of the nub;
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- 2. a tail disposed opposite the nose at a trailing end of the nub, wherein the tail is larger than the nose;
- c. a bayonet receiver shaped to receive the body and plurality of nubs of the bayonet protrusion axially and on a rotational action to receive and secure the plurality nubs nose-first, wherein the bayonet receiver includes:
- i. a cavity having an aperture thereto shaped and sized to receive the body and the plurality of nubs;
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- ii. a plurality of traps disposed within the cavity that are elastically deformable, positioned to each receive one of the plurality of nubs, and shaped to snap-fit the respectively received plurality of nubs on rotational action relative to the bayonet protrusion, wherein the plurality of traps have a smaller entrance than the size of the tail of each the respective plurality of nubs;
- d. a screw head disposed between the threaded protrusion and the bayonet protrusion at the proximal end of the threaded protrusion and extending radially therefrom;
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- e. a radial lip extending radially from the body between the screw head and the plurality of nubs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.