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US 6,471,543 B1Granted
Electrical connectors
AssigneeMatra BAe Dynamics (UK) Ltd.
InventorsDavid Balcombe, John Boocock
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Abstract
A connector (6) includes a device (11) for securing it to a bulkhead or panel (14) of an enclosure. The device comprises a steel retaining clip (11) which is pushed over each jackpost (9) of the connector (6) and engages in a slot (10). the clip retains the connector (6) against the bulkhead (14) while a mating connector is attached, without the need for any nut and bolt arrangement or bulkhead fixing screws.
Claims13
An electrical connector for mounting within a bulkhead, said electrical connector comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a retaining clip, said chassis carrying electrical connection means and at least one jackpost for engagement with a co-operating part of a mating connector, said jackpost having a slot therein for receiving the retaining clip which, in use, rests on an edge of the bulkhead.
An electrical connector capable of being mounted within a bulkhead, said electrical connector comprising:
- a chassis, said chassis carrying electrical connection means;
- at least one jackpost for engagement with a cooperating portion of a mating connector, and
- at least one retaining clip, said jackpost having a slot therein for receiving said retaining clip which, when located in said slot, rests on an edge of said bulkhead and retains said electrical connector in position on said bulkhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.