Electrical connector receptacle

Details Electrical connector receptacle Electrical connector receptacle

1990-08-20

1991-08-20

Paumen, Gary F.

Electrical connectors

With supporting means for coupling part

Supporting means comprising face plate or closure member for...

439557, 439676, H01R 1374

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050410180

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector receptacle, of the telephone jack type, includes a housing of dielectric material having an opening into a plug-receiving cavity in its front end. The receptacle further includes cantilever flexible mounting members on opposite side surfaces thereof which are adapted to deflect into the plug-receiving cavity when the receptacle is inserted or removed from an appropriately-dimensioned opening in an associated coverplate. In one embodiment, the flexible mounting members include wedge-shaped protrusions that interact with the coverplate to deflect the flexible mounting members into the cavity. In this embodiment, the receptacle further includes a stop member that prevents it from being pushed completely through the opening in the coverplate. In another embodiment, the flexible mounting members include holes that mate with protrusions in the coverplate. In this embodiment, a stop member is not required. In all embodiments, the presence of a plug within the plug-receiving cavity precludes the flexible mounting members from deflecting into the cavity and thus interlocks the receptacle and coverplate together.

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