Electrical connectors – With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in... – Retaining means
Patent
1987-03-23
1988-11-29
McQuade, J. Patrick
Electrical connectors
With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...
Retaining means
439372, H01R 13639
Patent
active
047878584
ABSTRACT:
In a plug and socket as for a computer wherein the plug has tabular projections on opposed ends and the socket has wire latches pivotally mounted between raised members into bores therethrough for releasably engaging slots in the projections to hold the plug in the socket, a replacement latch for replacing one or both of the wire latches. A pivot rod is disposed through and between the bores in the raised members. A body portion is disposed between the bores in the raised member and pivotally mounted on the pivot rod with an engaging lip extending inward to snap over the projection, when the plug is seated in the socket, in a first locking position to hold the plug in the socket. The body portion is pivotable from the first position to a second retracted position wherein the engaging lip is removed from engagement with the projection so that the plug can be removed. An optional operating arm is carried by the body portion. An auxiliary member of spring metal is disposed under the body portion and includes a bias leaf spring operably connected to the body portion for urging the body portion towards the first position and a detent member operably connected to the body portion for releasably holding the body portion in a rotationally more distant third position against the bias force of the bias spring.
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Digital Equipment Corporation
McQuade J. Patrick
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