COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH AXIAL INTERLOCK

• US 3,569,903 A
• Filed: 08/07/1969
• Issued: 03/09/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alexander R. Brishka
• Original Assignee: Alexander R. Brishka
• Inventors: Brishka, Alexander R.
• Application Number:
  US04/848,301
• Time in Patent Office: 579 Days
• US Class Current: 439/352
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6277 comprising annular latching means, e.g. ring snapping in an annular groove
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45634 Operator includes camming or wedging element
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/59 Manually releaseable latch type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/591 having operating mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/606 Leaf spring

Abstract

An electrical connector with a male member, a female member with a bore, and slots forming spring jaws in said female member to form an electrical connection between the members, and means are provided to lock the mated parts against axial displacement. The outer end of the bore is flared diagonally outwardly and a tubular member slidable on the female member contacts the diagonally flared outer end of the bore and cams the jaws outwardly to release the parts.

Claims

1. A connector formed with mating male and female members with means at their outer ends for connection with cable terminals, the female member having a bore and longitudinal slots extending from its inner end, the slots forming jaws, the inner faces of said bore and the outer face of the male member being of such proportions as to effect an electrical connection when the parts are mated, one of said faces having an annular slot and the other being provided with an annular rib received in said slot to lock the members against axial displacement, the outer end of said bore being flared diagonally outwardly and means for spreading the jaws outwardly to permit disengagement and comprising a tubular member slidable on and enclosing the female member and having at its forward end an internal sleeve which contacts the diagonally flared outer ends of the bore upon being moved longitudinally and cams the jaws outwardly.

2. The structure described in claim 1 wherein the jaws are set inwardly a sufficient distance to exert a constrictive action on the male member and improve the electrical conductivity of the connector.

3. The structure described in claim 1 wherein the internal sleeve is formed in the same piece with the tubular member.

4. The structure described in claim 1 wherein the internal sleeve is separately formed and the inner end of the tubular member is rolled inwardly to form a flange limiting outward movement of the internal sleeve.

5. The structure described in claim 1 wherein the annular slot is on the inner annular face of the bore and the rib is on the outer annular face of the male member. 6 The structure described in claim 5 wherein the rib has a chamfer on its outer end.

7. The structure described in claim 1 wherein the annular slot is on the outer face of the male member and the rib is on the inner annular face of the bore.

8. The structure described in claim 7 wherein the rib has a chamfer at its forward end.