Electrical connectors – Adapted to cooperate with duplicate connector – With coupling movement retaining means in addition to...
Patent
1986-07-17
1987-12-08
McQuade, John
Electrical connectors
Adapted to cooperate with duplicate connector
With coupling movement retaining means in addition to...
29869, 439507, 439347, 439557, 439607, H01R 13639
Patent
active
047115076
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector for particular use in the data communications industry includes an improved latching mechanism for engagement with a like electrical connector or with an apertured panel of a terminal box or the like. The latching mechanism includes a movable arm pivotally mounted integrally with the housing of the connector. The arm comprises a latch on the front end facing the mating end of the connector. A lever captively supported on the housing includes a cam for engagement in a first position with a cam surface on the back portion of the movable arm to dispose the arm in an inclined relation with the latch located closely adjacent the housing so that the latch may be placed for connection another component. When the lever is slid to a second position, a locking spacer thereon engages the front portion of the arm to move the latch away from the housing and cause engagement of the latch with the other component. In the second position, the locking spacer substantially prevents further movement of the latch thereby maintaining the latch in a locking disposition relative to the other component.
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Research Disclosure, Jan. 1981, FIGS. 1-4.
Publication (author unknown), No. GA27-3579-1, 5 pages, date unknown.
Abbruzzese Salvatore J.
McQuade John
Rodrick Robert M.
Thomas & Betts Corporation
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