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PUSH-LOCK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

  • US 20160190742A1
  • Filed: 08/19/2015
  • Published: 06/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For use in a push-lock electrical connector including generally cylindrical male and female connector members having respective plural conductive pins and conductive sockets adapted for mutual engagement in forming electrical connections and an insulator insert in said male connector member attached to said conductive pins for maintaining said conductive pins in fixed position within the connector, said insulator insert comprising:

  • a generally cylindrical housing having a base portion attached to said conductive pins and a peripheral, resilient, cylindrical lateral wall extending from said base portion and disposed about said conductive pins and defining an opening adapted to receive a female connector member in a tight-fitting manner, wherein said lateral wall includes at least one elongated slot therein allowing said lateral wall to move outward in a resilient manner upon the application of an outwardly directed force to said lateral wall; and

    an elastic electrically insulating thin layer of material disposed on an inner surface of the lateral wall of said cylindrical housing and spanning the at least one elongated slot therein to allow said lateral wall to expand radially outward to receive female connecting members having a range of outer diameters in a tight-fitting manner and provide a continuous layer of insulation about the interconnected pins and sockets.

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