Electrical connectors – With supporting means for coupling part – Comprising or for use with supporting panel
Patent
1992-06-12
1993-07-27
Desmond, Eugene F.
Electrical connectors
With supporting means for coupling part
Comprising or for use with supporting panel
29739, 439 82, H01R 1373
Patent
active
052306399
ABSTRACT:
An eyelet (64) for securing a first member (22) to a second member (12) through aligned apertures (28,30) includes a tubular shank portion (66), an inverted portion (68) at a first end of the shank portion and a generally cup-shaped portion (70) at a second end of the shank portion remote from the first end. The cup-shaped portion (70) remains outside the apertures (28,30) when the eyelet (64) is inserted therethrough and has its sidewall (76) formed with an interference portion. A tool (94) for use with the eyelet includes a plunger (82) surrounded by and slidably received in a collet (84) which is longitudinally divided into a plurality of segments. At the end of each of the collet segments there is a grip head (96) having an outer surface shaped complemental to the inner surface of the sidewall (76) of the cup-shaped portion of the eyelet. A first camming surface (98) on the plunger and a second camming surface (100) on the interior of each of the collet segments are arranged so that as the plunger is extended out of the collet the collet is radially expanded. Thus, the grip heads engage the inner surface of the sidewall of the cup-shaped portion of the eyelet and cooperate with the interference portion of the sidewall so that the eyelet is gripped by the tool both radially and longitudinally.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4715112 (1987-12-01), Jackson et al.
patent: 4884336 (1989-12-01), Waters et al.
AMP Incorporated
Desmond Eugene F.
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