Plug connector
AssigneeIDEAL Industries, Inc.
InventorsNathan T. Smith, Brian F. Davies
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Abstract
A plug connector includes a back shell defining a sleeve having a projection and a locking bale. A connector shell defining a collar is configured to receive the sleeve of the back shell. The collar includes an axial channel to receive the projection of the back shell and a circumferential channel coupled to the axial channel to allow rotation of the back shell relative to the connector shell. A resilient latch is located over the circumferential channel and arranged to be resiliently deflected by the bale when the back shell is rotated about the longitudinal axis between an inserted position and a locked position. The latch including a retention mechanism to retain the bale when fully rotated into the locked position.
Claims22
A plug connector comprising:
- a back shell defining a sleeve, the sleeve comprising a projection and a bale;
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- a connector shell defining a collar configured to receive the sleeve of the back shell, the collar comprising:
- an axial channel to receive the projection of the back shell and a circumferential channel operative coupled to the axial channel to allow rotation of the back shell relative to the connector shell;
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- a resilient latch is mounted along the circumferential channel and arranged to be resiliently deflected by the bale when the back shell is rotated about a longitudinal axis between an inserted position and a locked position, the latch including a retention mechanism to retain the bale when fully rotated into the locked position.
A connector comprising:
- a back shell defining a sleeve, the sleeve comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced projections and at least one bale;
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- a connector shell defining a collar configured to receive the sleeve of the back shell, the collar comprising:
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial channels to receive the plurality of projections of the sleeve of the back shell and a plurality of circumferential channels, each circumferential channel operative coupled to one of the axial channels to allow axial insertion of the collar into the sleeve and to allow rotation of the back shell relative to the connector shell about a longitudinal axis;
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- a resilient latch is mounted along at least one of the circumferential channels, the latch being arranged to be resiliently deflected by the bale when the back shell is rotated about a longitudinal axis toward a locked position, wherein the latch comprises a retention mechanism to retain the bale when fully rotated into the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.