Geometrical instruments
Patent
1982-04-05
1984-06-12
Briggs, William R.
Geometrical instruments
339 75R, 339 91R, H01R 1362
Patent
active
044537930
ABSTRACT:
A releasable locking mechanism is provided for a rectangular connector in which matching grooves are formed in the outer and inner surfaces respectively of the elongated sides of the shells of the plug and receptacle halves of the connector. Elongated wires are positioned in each of the plug shell grooves. Actuating devices are located at opposite ends of the plug shell which act against inwardly extending legs on the ends of the wires for shifting the wires outwardly to become partially lodged in the grooves in the receptacle shell thereby positively locking the connector members together. The actuating devices may be retracted to allow unmating of the connector halves.
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Nieman Gerald R.
Panek George J.
Briggs William R.
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Kristofferson T. E.
Peterson T. L.
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