Electrical connector
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorRichard D. Dennis
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprising a plug, a socket, and a switching mechanism. The plug includes a plurality of outwardly extending blades defining parallel blade axes, and the socket defines a plurality of receptacles for receiving the blades. The socket has two longitudinally spaced positions for forming two different electrically conductive circuits with the plug. The switching mechanism is provided for moving the socket along the blades axes away from the first socket position, then along the longitudinal axis of the plug, and then back along the blade axes toward and into the second socket position.
Claims9
An electrical connector comprising:
- a first connector member defining a longitudinal axis;
- a second connector member movable between a first position forming a first electrically conductive circuit with the first connector member, and a second position longitudinally spaced from the first position and forming a second electrically conductive circuit with the first connector member;
- wherein a selected one of the first and second connector members includes a plurality of outwardly extending blades defining parallel blade axes, and the other one of the first and second connector members defines a plurality of receptacles receiving the blades and defining receptacle axes parallel to the blade axes;
- switching means including a plate secured to the first connector member, a handle, means connecting the handle to the plate for movement between first and second handle positions, and means connecting the second connector member to the handle for moving the second connector member along the blade axes away from the first position, then along the longitudinal axis of the first connector member, and then along the blade axes toward and into the second position and means for guiding movement of the second connector member between the first and second positions thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.