Electrical connector
OwnerClifton F. Stuartinventor
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Abstract
A plug and socket type electrical connector is provided with a cover assembly for protecting connector structure from the elements and structure for facilitating the selective electrical engagement and disengagement of the connector elements, preferably by providing cooperating locking elements on the cover assembly and the electrical plug as well as a rotary lever assembly which is operable to effect plug disengagement.
Claims20
A connector apparatus for connecting a motive power source to a load comprising:
- a plug means adjacent one end of a power conveying conduit;
- a mating connector adapted for selective engagement and disengagement of said plug means in motive power conveying relationship therein;
- said mating connector including a mounting flange means which is cooperable with fastener means for mounting said mating connector adjacent a surface;
- disengagement means carried by said mating connector and selectively movable with respect thereto into operative engagement with said plug means when said plug means is engaged with said mating connector;
- said disengagement means including pivotally movable means which is selectively movable with respect to said mating connector in contact with said plug means to effect disengagement of said plug means from said mating connector;
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- spring bias means continuously biasing said pivotally movable means in a pivotal direction opposing the direction of pivotal motion thereof which effects such disengagement.
In a plug and socket assembly for conveying motive power between a power source and a load the combination comprising:
- a plug means;
- a socket means having an opening adapted to receive said plug means in operative engagement therein;
- closure means selectively movably retained with respect to said socket means for movement between a closed position and a clear position;
- said closure means being selectively movable to said closed position, when said plug is disengaged from said socket, to position a sealing means adjacent one side thereof in sealing engagement with said opening and thereby isolate motive power conveying elements located within said opening from the exterior environment, and being selectively movable to said clear position to permit insertion of said plug into said opening;
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- plug disengagement means movably retained by said closure means and selectively movable with respect thereto into engagement with portions of said plug to effect disengagement of said plug from said socket opening.
In a plug and socket assembly for conveying motive power between a power source and a load, the combination comprising:
- a plug means;
- a socket means having an opening adapted to receive said plug means in operative engagement therein;
- one of said plug and said socket means having pivot axis means and an elongated plug disengagement means with a pivot connection to said pivot axis means and operable upon pivotal movement thereof to disengage said plug means from said socket means by moving said plug means axially outward of said socket means;
- said elongated plug disengagement means including a handle portion spaced longitudinally in one longitudinal direction from said pivot connection and a pair a of laterally spaced legs spaced longitudinally in the opposed longitudinal direction from said pivot connection;
- said plug disengagement means being pivotally movable about said pivot axis means with said plug means received between said legs;
- and contact means cooperable with said legs upon pivotal movement thereof to effect such disengagement of said plug means from said socket means.
In a plug and socket assembly for conveying motive power between a power source and a load, a disengagement apparatus cooperable therewith to effect prealigned disengagement of such a plug from such a socket comprising:
- an elongated, rigid means having a handle portion adjacent one longitudinal end thereof and a bifurcated portion comprised of a pair of laterally spaced apart legs adjacent the opposite longitudinal end thereof;
- mounting means received between the said laterally spaced legs;
- pivot axis means pivotally connecting said mounting means to said elongated means intermediate said longitudinal ends;
- said mounting means being adapted to mount said elongated means on such a plug adjacent the portion thereof which is inserted into such a socket in operative engagement therewith;
- and retention means cooperable with said mounting means to rigidly, releasably secure said mounting means with respect to such a plug member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.