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US 4,469,386 AGranted
Tamper-resistant terminator for a female coaxial plug
AssigneeViewsonics, Inc.
InventorAbram Ackerman
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Abstract
A coupling device includes a housing, a coupling cap within the housing, first means for rotatably engaging the cap with the housing, second means for engaging the cap with the coupling, third means for engaging a workpiece to the cap, and fourth means for providing tool access from the housing to the third means.
Claims7
A coupling device for selectively preventing and enabling access to a coaxial plug comprising:
- a housing,
- a coupling cap within said housing,
- means for retaining said cap within said housing, said cap and housing being rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis when said cap is so retained within said housing,
- means for engaging said cap with said plug, said cap being formed with spaced-apart tool-engagement means, and
- said housing being formed with spaced-apart slot means that can be aligned with said tool-engagement means in such a manner that spaced-apart fingers which are formed on a rigid tool and respectively capable of passing through said slot means are respectively engageable with said tool-engagement means for selectively engaging said cap with and disengaging said cap from said plug, and further comprising
- a deformable baffle between said slot means and said tool-engagement means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.