Electrical connector
OwnerDaniel Marksinventor
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprises dielectric material defining a passageway, a conductor element having a surface portion that is spaced from, but presented towards, the central axis of the passageway, and a composite rod of dielectric material and conductive material. The rod comprises an elongate core of dielectric material and an elongate body of conductive material secured to and extending lengthwise of the core. The rod can be inserted into the passageway along the central axes of the passageway. When the rod is fitted in the passageway, the body of conductive material engages the surface portion of the conductor element, so that electrically-conductive contact is established between the conductor element and the body of conductive material.
Claims9
An electrical connector comprising means defining a passageway, at least four conductor elements each having a surface portion that is spaced from, but presented towards, the central axis of the passageway, said surface portions being substantially equiangularly distributed about the central axis of the passageway and each extending at least partly between first and second planes that are perpendicular to said central axis, and the connector also comprising a composite rod that can be inserted into the passageway along the central axis of the passageway, the rod comprising an elongate core of dielectric material and at least four elongate bodies of conductive material secured to and extending lengthwise of the core, said bodies being substantially equiangularly distributed about the central axis of the core so that when the rod is fitted in the passageway and extends through said two planes, the bodies of conductive material engage the surface portions of the conductor elements respectively and electrical-conductive contact is established between the conductor elements and the bodies of conductive material.
An electrical connector comprising means defining a passageway, first and second conductor elements each having a surface portion that is spaced from, but presented towards, the central axis of the passageway, said surface portions of the first and second conductor elements being spaced apart along said central axis, third and fourth conductor elements each having a surface portion that is spaced from, but presented towards, the central axis of the passageway, said surface portions of the third and fourth conductor elements being spaced apart along said central axis, and a composite rod that can be inserted into the passageway along the central axis of the passageway, the rod comprising an elongate core of dielectric material and at least four elongate bodies of conductive material secured to and extending lengthwise of the core, the bodies of conductive material being substantially equiangularly distributed about the central axis of the core, and each being of restricted peripheral extent about the rod, and a first two bodies of conductive material being shorter than a second two bodies of conductive material so that when the rod is fitted in the passasgeway and is in a first longitudinal position, the rod can be placed selectively either in a first rotational portion in which one of said bodies of conductive material engages said surface portions of the first and third conductor elements and provides electrical connection therebetween while the second and fourth conductor elements remain mutually electrically isolated, or in a second rotational position in which one of said bodies of conductive material engages said surface portions of the second and fourth conductive elements and provides electrical connection therebetween while the first and third coniuctor elements remain mutually electrically isolated, the rod having a second longitudinal position such that in one rotational position of the rod the first and third conductor elements are connected by one of the bodies of conductive material and the second and fourth conductor elements are connected by another body of conductive material and in another rotational position of the rod both the first and third conductor elements and the second and fourth conductor elements are mutually electrically isolated.
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