Electrical connectors – Connector movable between accessible and inaccessible positions
Patent
1992-01-22
1992-12-29
Schwartz, Larry I.
Electrical connectors
Connector movable between accessible and inaccessible positions
439139, 439310, H01R 1354
Patent
active
051747723
ABSTRACT:
A mechanical coupling system wherein a spline screw system is used to connect two bodies, a work attachment mechanism and a work attachment fixture. A kinematic clamp first guides and mates the attachment mechanism to the attachment fixture. The kinematic clamp includes three round roller members equidistantly located around the periphery of the bodies and three correspondingly located V-shaped grooves located on the periphery of the other body. A motor driven spline screw in the attachment mechanism then engages a spline bolt head in the attachment fixture and includes a threaded shank upon which is mounted a translatable nut which is adapted to translate up and down the shank but not rotate. The nut carries one or more electrical connectors which travel upwardly during a connecting sequence and cams open a set of dust covers which operate to engage an opposing set of dust covers adjacent complementary type electrical connectors on the attachment mechanism. A mechanical and electrical interconnection process between the bodies occurs sequentially.
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Clohan, Jr. Paul S.
Daulton J. R.
Marchant R. Dennis
Miller Guy M.
Schwartz Larry I.
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