Quick detachable electrical connector
AssigneeInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
InventorJohn W. Anhalt
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Abstract
A quick detachable electrical connector is disclosed in which a resilient hood on the receptacle connector member surrounds the forward portion of the plug connector member. Lugs on the plug connector member snap into recesses in the hood to latch the connector members together. The hood is connected to the body of the receptacle member by longitudinally extending ribs. In one embodiment of the invention, the hood is circular and is rotated to ride up over the latching lugs to release the lugs from the recesses, thereby allowing the connector members to be disengaged. In a second embodiment, the hood is formed in the shape of a parallelogram, the short sides of which are squeezed to cause the hood to release from the latching lugs on the plug connector member.
Claims16
A quick detachable electrical connector comprising:
- first and second axially mating connector members;
- said first connector member comprising a body having forwardly extending resilient hood means thereon, said hood means having a forward end surrounding said second connector member when said members are mated and a rear end fixed against rotation on said body;
- said second connector member and said hood means embodying cooperating latch and recess means for releasably locking said members together;
- said hood means being capable of torsional displacement relative to said body, and thus said second connector member;
- said latch and recess means becoming disengaged upon said torsional displacement of said hood means whereby said connector members may be axially disengaged;
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- said latch and recess means automatically locking said members together upon axial mating of said members and without torsional displacement of said hood means.
A quick detachable electrical connector comprising:
- first and second axially mating circular connector members;
- at least one latch element extending outwardly from said first connector member;
- said second connector member comprising a generally cylindrical body having a forwardly extending resilient, generally circular hood surrounding said first connector member, said hood having a recess therein receiving said latch element;
- a plurality of relatively thin longitudinally extending flexible ribs connecting said hood to said body;
- said hood being rotatable a limited distance relative to said body, and thus said first connector member,;
- said ribs being torsionally flexed when said hood is rotated relative to said body;
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- said latch element and recess having adjacent surfaces generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said body, one of said surfaces embodying cam means allowing said hood to ride up over said latch element upon rotation of said hood said limited distance to thereby release said latch element from said recess whereby said connector members may be axially disengaged.
A quick detachable electrical connector comprising:
- first and second axially mating rectangular connector members;
- at least one latch element extending outwardly from said first connector member;
- said second connector member comprising a body having a forwardly extending resilient hood surrounding said first connector member, said hood having a recess therein receiving said latch element;
- each said body and said first connector member having a generally rectangular cross-section providing top and bottom walls and a pair of sidewalls normal to said top and bottom walls;
- said hood having the cross-section of a parallelogram providing top and bottom walls parallel to said body top and bottom walls, and sidewalls being disposed at an acute angle relative to said body sidewalls;
- said recess being located in one of said top or bottom walls of said hood and said latch element being located on the corresponding top or bottom wall of said first connector member, said one top or bottom wall of said hood being movable in a plane parallel to the top and bottom walls of said body when said hood is squeezed by applying pressure to the sidewalls thereof;
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- said latch element and recess having adjacent longitudinally extending surfaces one of which embodies cam means allowing said hood to ride up over said latch element when said sidewalls of said hood are squeezed to thereby release said latch element from said recess whereby said connector members may be axially disengaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.