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US 4,305,180 AGranted
Bayonet coupling nut
AssigneeInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
InventorLawrence Schwartz
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Abstract
A bayonet coupling nut is disclosed in which a metal element having at least one bayonet slot formed therein is mounted within a cylindrical nut body. The body may be formed of metal or plastic, and the bayonet slot-forming element is formed from a stamped sheet metal strip or a suitably formed wire. The element is inherently resilient, thus eliminating the need for a separate wave spring as in prior bayonet coupling nuts.
Claims13
An electrical connector bayonet coupling nut comprising:
- a generally cylindrical nut body having a bore extending from the front to the rear of said body;
- at least one bayonet slot-forming element mounted on the wall of said bore;
- said element comprising a pair of spaced, generally parallel legs joined at one end by a bight defining a bayonet slot therein;
- both said legs extending rearwardly at an acute angle with respect to said front of said body and said slot opening in the direction of said front of said body, said legs having an arcuate configuration conforming to the wall of said bore;
- the forward portions of said legs being fixed axially in said bore;
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- the rear portions of said legs being resilient and free to flex axially toward said front of said body when a bayonet pin is pushed into said slot.
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A bayonet coupling nut comprising:
- a nut body having a bore therethrough;
- a bayonet ring mounted coaxially within said bore having a forward edge and rear edge;
- said ring embodying a plurality of bayonet slots opening at said forward edge and integral spring means imparting resilience to the edges of said slots in the axial direction of said ring;
- said spring means comprising a second slot in said ring associated with each said bayonet slot;
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- each said second slot embodying a first region extending in substantially the same direction as its corresponding bayonet slot;
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- a second region opening at one of said edges of said ring.
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A bayonet coupling nut comprising:
- a nut body having a bore therethrough;
- a bayonet ring mounted coaxially within said bore having a forward edge and rear edge;
- said ring embodying a plurality of bayonet slots opening at said forward edge and integral spring means imparting resilience to the edges of said slots in the axial direction of said ring;
- said body being formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced, arcuate, inwardly extending flanges in front of said forward edge of said ring for retaining said ring in said bore;
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- said ring being positioned in said bore so that the openings of said bayonet slots at said forward edge lie between said flanges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.