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US 5,474,464 AGranted
Electrical adaptor
AssigneeRutland Gilts Limited
InventorRichard Drewnicki
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AssigneeRutland Gilts Limited
InventorRichard Drewnicki
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An electrical adaptor or connector (1) comprising a housing (2), a carrier member (5) rotatably mounted on the housing, a plurality of selectable pin arrays (7) disposed on the carrier member and adapted whereby rotation of the carrier relative to the housing brings the pin arrays into their operative condition one at a time, a plurality of socket arrays (6) on the housing and an apertured member (4) rotatably mounted on the housing whereby rotation of the member (4) brings a selected one of the plurality of socket arrays (6) into an operative condition, one at a time. The member (4) is held in each indexed position by detent member (15). The pins of the plurality of selectable pin arrays (7) are pivotally mounted on the carrier member (5) so that they can be moved from a retracted inoperative position to an outwardly extended position in which they also become electrically connected to the socket array.
An electrical connector comprising a housing having at one end a plurality of selectable pin arrays and at the other end a plurality of selectable socket arrays, a carrier member on which the plurality of pin arrays is disposed, the carrier member being adapted to be mounted on the housing in a plurality of relatively rotated positions to bring a selected one of the pin arrays into a position in which they can be moved into their operative condition one at a time, and
An electrical connector according to claim 7, wherein the overall axial length of the housing (2,4,5) is less than its diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.