Modular connector
AssigneeOsram Sylvania Inc.
InventorsAlbert Skopic, Donald Burger
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Abstract
A modular connector is provided that includes a plurality of modular components that are connectable together. Such components or modules include a conductive bracket that may be grounded, a cover attachable to the bracket, a conductive insert that is extendable through the bracket and into the cover, an insulator that is extendable into the insert, and a contact that is insertable into the insulator to insulate the contact from the insert. The insert engages the bracket and is therefore grounded when the bracket is grounded.
Claims23
A modular connector, comprising at least a first plurality of modules connectable together, each plurality of modules comprising:
- a first module in the form of a bracket having at least one aperture extending therethrough;
- a second module in the form of a cover having an opening extending therethrough, said bracket and said cover being structured and arranged for attachment of said cover to said bracket such that said aperture is adjacent said opening;
- a third module in the form of an insert having a first bore extending therethrough, said insert being structured and arranged for insertion through said aperture and into said opening;
- a fourth module in the form of an insulator having a second bore extending therethrough, said insulator being structured and arranged for insertion into said first bore;
- and wherein said insulator comprises a plurality of protuberances, said bracket comprises a plurality of holes extending therethrough, and said cover comprises a plurality of recesses therein, said plurality of modules being structured and arranged such that each of said plurality of protuberances is extendable through a respective hole of said plurality of holes and insertable into a respective recess of said plurality of recesses for attachment of said insulator to said cover, and
- a fifth module in the form of a contact structured and arranged for insertion into said second bore.
A modular connector, comprising at least a first plurality of modules connectable together, each plurality of modules comprising:
- a first module in the form of a conductive bracket comprising a first wall having at least one aperture extending therethrough in the direction of a first axis from a first wall surface to an opposite second wall surface;
- a second module in the form of an insulative cover comprising a base having an opening extending therethrough in the direction of a second axis from a first base surface to an opposite second base surface, and a first tubular wall extending from said second base surface, said first tubular wall extending in the direction of a third axis coincident with said second axis, said first module and said second module being structured and arranged for attachment of said first base surface to said first wall surface such that said first axis is coincident with said second axis;
- a third module in the form of a conductive insert comprising a second tubular wall having a flanged end and extending in the direction of a fourth axis, said third module being structured and arranged (a) for insertion of said second tubular wall through said aperture and into a bore formed by said first tubular wall such that said first, second, third and fourth axes are coincident, and (b) for engagement of said flanged end with said second wall surface;
- a fourth module in the form of an insulator comprising a third tubular wall extending from a bottom portion in the direction of a fifth axis, said fourth module being structured and arranged (a) for insertion of said third tubular wall into a bore formed by said second tubular wall such that said first, second, third, fourth and fifth axes are coincident, and (b) for engagement of said bottom portion with said second wall surface;
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- a fifth module in the form of a contact structured and arranged for insertion into a bore formed by said third tubular wall, said contact comprising at least a portion that is coincident with said first, second, third, fourth and fifth axes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.