Lightweight entertainment connector
AssigneeBurndy Corporation
InventorRocco J. Noschese
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Abstract
An electrical connector having a housing, quick release latches, and a hood. The hood allows an electrical cable to exit the hood in three different directions. The quick release latches are located on opposite ends of the housing and allow the connector to be easily snap-lock connected to a second connector and easily released from the second connector by depressing the latches. The use of the hood, the size and shape of the housing, and the simplicity of the latches combine to provide a lightweight connector that can be used in aircrafts for entertainment systems.
Claims16
An electrical connection system comprising:
- a first electrical connector having a first housing, a plurality of first contacts, and latch hooks, the first housing having a receiving area with the latch hooks located inside of the receiving area and facing each other from opposite ends of the receiving area;
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- a second electrical connector removably matingly connected to the first electrical connector in the receiving area, the second electrical connector having a second housing, a plurality of second contacts, and deflectable latches at opposite ends of the second housing, the latches each having a section with a hole, the latch hooks being located in respective ones of the holes, wherein the sections of the latches having the holes are inwardly deflectable towards the second housing to remove each of the latches from engagement with its respective latch hook, and wherein the housing has a center section and two enlarged end sections, the end sections extending past a leading face of the center section.
An electrical connector and cable assembly comprising:
- an electrical cable having a plurality of electrical conductors;
- a plurality of contacts connected to first ends of the conductors;
- a housing surrounding the contacts and having hood interlock sections;
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- a hood fixedly connected to the housing, the hood having two half sections fixedly connected to each other sandwiching a rear end of the housing and having housing interlock sections connected to the hood interlock sections, the hood further comprising a hole with the cable extending therethrough, wherein the hood sandwiches only the rear end of the housing, the rest of the housing being located in front of the hood, the hood interlock sections being located along the rear end of the housing and the housing interlock sections being located along a front end of the hood, and wherein the housing has a center section and two enlarged end sections, the end sections extending past a leading face of the center section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.