Geometrical instruments
Patent
1982-01-06
1984-02-07
McQuade, John
Geometrical instruments
339DIG2, 403349, H01R 13625
Patent
active
044299389
ABSTRACT:
A locking device for interfitting connector members, particularly an electrical plug and receptacle/connector, for automatically locking the members in an axially interconnected relationship. The members include interfitting cylindrical male and female portions with the female portion having a plurality of integral leaf springs spaced apart from each other around the interior surface thereof. In addition, this interior surface includes a plurality of spaced apart locking tabs. The outer surface of the male portion includes a plurality of spring activating grooves and a plurality of locking tab receiver grooves at circumferentially spaced locations therearound adapted to cooperatively register with the leaf springs and locking tabs, respectively. As the male portion is axially received by the female portion, activating means associated with the activating grooves cause the leaf springs to be moved from a normal condition to a biasing condition tending to coaxially rotate the male and female portions relative to each other. When a predetermined axial relationship between the male and female portions is reached, the locking tabs enter tab locking zones associated with the tab receiver grooves as a result of limited relative rotation between the portions under the influence of the leaf springs. The tab locking zones cooperate with the locking tabs for retaining the male and female portions in a desired interconnected relationship.
REFERENCES:
patent: 931327 (1909-08-01), Manzel
patent: 3725840 (1973-04-01), Hesse
patent: 4241969 (1980-12-01), D'Amato
McQuade John
Midland-Ross Corporation
Switzer H. Duane
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