Flexible connector

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1984-12-21

1986-04-29

Kundrat, Andrew V.

Joints and connections

With adjunctive protector, broken parts retainer, repair,...

Releasably captive nut or bolt

4034051, F16B 4100

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045853665

ABSTRACT:
A flexible connector includes a molded body of a soft material integrally molded with a connector body and connecting at least one cable, and locking screws passing through mounting lugs of the molded body and threadedly engaging internal threads of a mating device such as a receptacle. The connector comprises sleeves each fitted in the mounting lug and having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of a screw-threaded portion of the locking screw. Each sleeve is formed on its inside with at least one latch protrusion by calking at a location corresponding to a shank of the locking screw having an outer diameter less than the outer diameter of the screw-threaded portion so as to prevent the screw-threaded portion of the locking screw from passing through the sleeve, thereby reliably holding the locking screws in the mounting lug so as to prevent loosening and inadvertent removal of the locking screws, and positively connecting the connector to the receptacle without the possibility of undertightening of the locking screws and without any risk of damage of the mounting lugs.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1409606 (1922-03-01), Steudahl
patent: 2886354 (1959-05-01), Bjorklund
patent: 3129472 (1964-04-01), Hensel
patent: 3560132 (1971-02-01), Gulistan
patent: 4212224 (1980-07-01), Bragg, Jr. et al.

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