Locking electrical connector

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1985-02-15

1986-12-09

McQuade, John

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339 75M, H01R 13631

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046276815

ABSTRACT:
A locking electrical connector in which male contacts (22) and female contacts (17,18) are adapted to be locked together in coupled relationship. The female contacts comprise resiliently movable legs (19,20) for receiving the male contact (22) therebetween, and a movable wedging member (24) is provided for pressing the legs against the male contact to lock it in coupled position. In one form of the invention, the wedging member (24) is selectively manually movable into and out of wedging contact with the female members, and in another form the wedging member (64) is automatically moved into wedging or locking position upon insertion of the male member into the female contact.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3891289 (1975-06-01), Hanke
patent: 4080032 (1978-03-01), Cherian et al.
patent: 4178053 (1979-12-01), Eifort
patent: 4314736 (1982-02-01), Demnianiuk
patent: 4391408 (1983-07-01), Hanlon et al.

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