Electrical connectors – Self aligning contact – Contact mounted in floating nonconductive holder
Patent
1988-08-31
1990-04-10
Desmond, Eugene F.
Electrical connectors
Self aligning contact
Contact mounted in floating nonconductive holder
439560, 439701, H01R 13514
Patent
active
049156411
ABSTRACT:
A drawer connector is provided with modular components to facilitate the replacement of those portions of the drawer connector that are subject to the greatest wear. The drawer connector comprises mateable female and male panel mount drawer connector housings having mateable terminals press fit or otherwise lockingly engaged therein. The conductive leads are not permanently terminated to the terminals of the drawer connector. Rather, the conductive leads are terminated to modular connector terminals or terminal assemblies which in turn are lockingly but releasably mounted to the respective rear sides of the panel mount assemblies of the drawer connector. Thus, the panel mount assemblies can be discarded and replaced upon the damage of the frequently connected and disconnected terminals therein, while still retaining the time and labor intensive termination work on the conductive leads. Alignment of the drawer connector housings is facilitated by a frangible float collar formed unitarily with at least one of the housings. The float collar is severed from the remainder of the housing as the housing is connected to the panel. However, the size and relative disposition of the float collar relative to the remainder of the housing permits a controlled floating therebetween.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4596436 (1986-06-01), Kraemer et al.
patent: 4647130 (1987-03-01), Blair et al.
patent: 4812133 (1989-03-01), Fleak et al.
Miskin Michael J.
Zahlit Wayne A.
Desmond Eugene F.
Hecht Louis A.
Molex Incorporated
Weiss Stephen Z.
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