Instrument plug locking device

Details Instrument plug locking device Instrument plug locking device

1986-09-17

1987-08-18

McQuade, John

Electrical connectors

With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...

Retaining means

439369, H01R 13639

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046872710

ABSTRACT:
A locking device for retaining in position an electrical connection plug pumped into a socket in a measuring instrument. The device is a molded plastic adapter releasably secured to the instrument. The device has a hinge and a tab that extends transversely over the socket. The tab is provided with a hole which the plug crosses through, whose edge opposite the hinge cooperates with the plug to retain the plug in the socket. The hinge may be deformed to shift the tab laterally to release it from the plug.

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patent: 3643205 (1972-02-01), Elkins
patent: 3659248 (1972-04-01), Mann et al.
patent: 4227762 (1980-10-01), Scheiner
patent: 4319733 (1982-03-01), Hanna et al.

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