Electrical connectors – Having resilient housing for sealing with coupled connector – Housing comprising resilient latching means
Patent
1988-06-22
1990-03-27
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Having resilient housing for sealing with coupled connector
Housing comprising resilient latching means
439650, 439576, 439488, 439206, 439135, H01R 1352
Patent
active
049116525
ABSTRACT:
A portable power distribution system for distributing electrical power under low light, emergency conditions is disclosed herein. The system generally comprises a plurality of power distribution cables, a plurality of power outlet blocks, each of which is connectable to one of the power distributing cables, wherein each block has at least one electrical receptacle on a first side, and a resilient, water-tight housing that is curved on a second side opposite to the first side and which includes a weight for gravity-biasing the receptacle away from a skyward, water-collecting orientation, and a plurality of connector assemblies, each of which has matable male and female connectors for interconnecting the power distribution cables and the power outlet blocks. Each of the male and female connectors has a resilient housing preferably integrally and solidly formed from an elastomeric material for forming a shock and water resistant covering around its conductive member. Moreover, the male and femal connectors of each connector assembly are matable by the application of a relatively low compressive force, but yet are disengagable only by the application of a relatively high tensile force, so that the system may be quickly and easily assembled, but will not disconnect as a result of the application of inadvertent tensile or compressive forces to the electrical connectors. Finally, the male and female connectors of each connector assembly have an integrally molded strip of luminescent strip material incorporated within their housing both to render the connectors easily visible, and to provide a visual guide for properly aligning the conductive members of each prior to the mating thereof.
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Sale: Duraline "Rollover Outlet Block" sold more than one year before 6/22/88.
Arnold Robert J.
Mackey Ronald A.
Savoca Paul F.
Abrams Neil
J.B. Nottingham & Co.
Nguyen Khie M.
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