Through-wall electrical connector
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsLothar A. Post, Harald Schmitt
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Abstract
An electrical connector housing fixable within an opening of a wall comprising an inner housing and an outer housing, the inner housing having a terminal receiving passageway therein, characterized in that in response to relative movement between the housings resilient members which have passed through the opening are expanded outward preventing the housing from backing out of the wall, thereby providing a through-wall housing that is easily inserted and affixed to a wall from one side thereof.
Claims15
An electrical connector fixable within an opening through a wall comprising an inner housing having at least one terminal receiving passage therein and an outer housing mounted thereupon, the electrical connector having a back-up shoulder extending outward beyond the opening to interfere with the wall to prevent overinsertion characterized in that the electrical connector includes at least one resiliently expansive retention member having a first position where the retention member passes through the wall and a second position, achieved by relative movement between the inner and outer housings, wherein the retention member overlaps the wall to retain the connector therewith.
The electrical connector of any one of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the outer housing is formed as a pair of opposing C-shaped members having their free ends interconnected.
A connector for forming an interconnection through an opening in a wall comprising:
- a first housing having a terminal receiving passageway therethrough;
- a second housing mounted upon the first housing;
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- a retention mechanism for retaining the connector in the wall that includes a resiliently expansive retention member fixed to one of the housings that is spaced forwardly in the direction of insertion of the connector into the opening from a retention shoulder that extends outward from the connector beyond the opening to prevent over insertion, wherein said resiliently expansive retention member has a first position that fits through the opening and a second position, achievable in response to relative movement of the first and second housings, outward beyond the opening, in order to captivate the panel.
The electrical connector for mounting in an opening of a panel comprising
- a first connector housing having a plurality of terminal receiving passageways therethrough and having at least one biasing tab thereupon;
- a second connector housing mountable upon the first connector and having a resiliently expansive member included therewith at a position from a back-up shoulder such that the panel may fit therebetween, the resiliently expansive member located to be biased outward beyond the opening in response to relative movement of the two housings that causes the biasing tab to cooperate with the resiliently expansive member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.