Electrical connector with improved contact
AssigneeImo Delaval Inc.
InventorRichard A. McNiel
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprises a plug having an elongate prong releasably received in a hollow receptacle and retained for electrical contact by a retainer. An improvement of that electrical contact is achieved by tensioning the prong in the receptacle against the retainer. A spring may be tensioned for that purpose in the receptacle between that receptacle and the prong.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising in combination:
- a plug having an electrically conducting elongate prong;
- a receptacle having an electrically conducting hollow portion for receiving said prong for electrical contact of a conductor connected to said prong with a conductor connected to said hollow portion;
- means for releasably retaining said prong in said hollow portion, including a retainer coupled to said plug and to said receptacle externally of said plug and said receptacle and spaced from said prong;
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- means for tensioning said retainer coupled to said plug and to said receptacle, including a spring tensioned in said hollow portion against said prong.
In an electrical connector wherein an elongate prong releasably received in a hollow receptacle is retained for electrical contact, the improvement comprising, in combination:
- a retainer spaced from said prong and from said receptacle for releasably retaining said prong in said receptacle;
- a spring positioned in said receptacle to tension said retainer via said prong for improved electrical contact.
In a method of providing electrical connection via a hollow receptacle and an elongate prong releasably received in said hollow receptacle and retained for electrical contact by a retainer, the method of improving said electrical contact by locating said retainer at all times spaced from said hollow receptacle and from said prong and by tensioning said retainer via said prong in said receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.