Geometrical instruments
Patent
1978-07-10
1980-01-08
Abrams, Neil
Geometrical instruments
H01R 1342
Patent
active
041825420
ABSTRACT:
A connector assembly and method of making the same. A connector member, which may be either a socket or pin, has a front mating portion adapted to engage a reciprocal mating portion of a second connector; a tubular electric wire retaining portion into which a wire is inserted and held; and a rear elliptically cross-sectioned retention portion which is resiliently deformable to a circular cross section. The connector member is inserted into a circular cross-sectioned passageway in an insulating support assembly, the passageway having a central region with a larger diameter to define an interior protruding shoulder. As the connector member is inserted into the insulating support assembly passageway, the rear retention portion is deformed to a circular cross section conforming to the interior surface of the passageway. When the end passes the interior protruding shoulder, the rear retention portion returns to an elliptically cross-sectioned shape with the shoulder thereafter preventing withdrawl from the passageway. A chamfered, longitudinally split tube tool may be inserted to force the rear retention portion into a circular shape whereupon the connector member may be moved past the shoulder and removed from the insulating assembly.
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Abrams Neil
Matrix Science Corporation
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