Electrical plug and mating pair of electrical connectors having a location slot for engagement
AssigneeFusion Components Limited
InventorIan Gray
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Abstract
An electrical plug comprising: a connector body having a first and second axial end, the first axial end electrically connectable in use to a jack; a ferrule extending from the second axial end of the connector body, to which a cable is electrically and/or physically connectable in use; and an elongate sleeve rotatably mounted on the connector body and having a first and second axial end, wherein the first axial end of the sleeve has at least one bayonet slot for engagement, in use, with a respective lug of a jack, and the second axial end of the sleeve terminates at the second axial end of the connector body, such that the sleeve substantially encloses the connector body.
Claims30
An electrical plug comprising:
- a connector body having a first axial end and a second axial end, the first axial end electrically connectable in use to a jack;
- a ferrule extending from the second axial end of the connector body, to which ferrule a cable is electrically and/or physically connectable in use;
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- an elongate sleeve rotatably mounted on the connector body and having a first axial end and a second axial end, wherein the first axial end of the elongate sleeve has at least one bayonet slot each for engagement, in use, with a respective lug of the jack, and the second axial end of the elongate sleeve terminates at the second axial end of the connector body, such that the elongate sleeve substantially encloses the connector body, wherein the second axial end of the elongate sleeve is provided with at least one location slot for engagement, in use, with an insertion tool.
A method of manufacture of an electrical plug configured for engagement with a jack connector, the method comprising:
- providing a connector body having a first axial end and a second axial end, the first axial end electrically connectable in use to the jack connector;
- providing a ferrule extending from the second axial end of the connector body, to which a cable is electrically and/or physically connectable in use;
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- rotatably mounting a sleeve on the connector body, the sleeve having a first axial end and a second axial end, wherein the first axial end of the sleeve has at least one bayonet slot each for engagement, in use, with a respective lug of the jack connector, and the second axial end of the sleeve terminates at the second axial end of the connector body, such that the sleeve substantially encloses the connector body, wherein the second axial end of the sleeve is provided with at least one location slot for engagement, in use, with an insertion tool.
A mating pair of electrical connectors comprising:
- a jack having a jack body with a lug radially extending from the jack body;
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- an electrical plug comprising:
- a connector body having a first axial end and a second axial end, the first axial end electrically connectable in use to the jack;
- a ferrule extending from the second axial end of the connector body, to which ferrule a cable is electrically and/or physically connectable in use;
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- an elongate sleeve rotatably mounted on the connector body and having a first axial end and a second axial end, wherein the first axial end of the elongate sleeve has a bayonet slot for engagement, in use, with the lug of the jack, and the second axial end of the elongate sleeve terminates at the second axial end of the connector body, such that the elongate sleeve substantially encloses the connector body, wherein the second axial end of the elongate sleeve is provided with a location slot for engagement, in use, with an insertion tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.