CONNECTOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ELEMENT ASSEMBLY

• US 3,646,502 A
• Filed: 08/24/1970
• Issued: 02/29/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
• Original Assignee: Harold Gregory Hutter, William Max Erich Zerlin
• Inventors: Hutter, Harold Gregory, Zerlin, William Max Erich
• Primary Examiner(s): Champion, Marvin A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Staab, Lawrence J.
• Application Number:
  US05/066,351
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 339/89,90,177R,177E,276R,276T 285/382,382.4,386 29/437,444,509
• US Class Current: 439/322
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/621 Bolt, set screw or screw clamp
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49204 Contact or terminal manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/4986 Outwardly deforming internally fitted rod
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49915 Overedge assembling of seated part

Abstract

A body construction for a connector element which permits for easy captivation of a coupling ring on the connector body. The ring has a flange with a predetermined inner diameter while the body has an enlarged end section with a diameter larger than that of the flange inner diameter, at least one center section of diameter slightly less than the flange inner diameter, and an end section of reduced diameter. The center section includes a portion which is adapted to be bent up at an angle to the axis of the element when the flange of the coupling ring is over the center section to captivate the flange between the enlarged end section of the body and the bent-up portion of the body center section. Binding of the coupling ring as it is rotated may be eliminated by providing a slight undercut for the portion of the body section which is bent up.

Claims

1. A connector element comprising:

a coupling ring having a flange with a predetermine inner diameter; and

a body having an enlarged end section of diameter larger than said flange inner diameter, a first center section of diameter slightly less than said flange inner diameter and of width slightly greater than that of said flange, a second center section slightly undercut from said first section, and an end section of reduced diameter, said second center section including a portion adapted to be bent up at an angle to the axis of the element when said flange is over said first center section to captivate said flange between said enlarged end section and said bent-up portion.

2. A connector of the type described in claim 1 wherein said bent-up portion is bent up at approximately a 45* angle.

3. A body member adapted to have a ring mounted for rotation on it, said ring being adapted to coact with said body with a flange having a predetermined inner diameter and a predetermined width, said body comprising a first cylindrical section having an outer diameter greater than said flange inner diameter;

a second cylindrical section adjacent said first section, said second section having a diameter slightly less than said flange inner diameter and a width substantially equal to said flange width;

a third cylindrical section adjacent said second section, said third section having a diameter slightly less than said second section and a predetermined width;

a fourth cylindrical section adjacent said third section, said fourth section having a diameter less than said third section, a shoulder being formed between said third and fourth sections; and

a groove formed in said shoulder at a point below the surface of said third section, said groove being to a depth substantially equal to the width of said third section, said groove forming a thin circumferential ring in said third section which is adapted to be bent up at an angle to the axis of said body by a suitable tool when said ring flange is positioned over said second section to captivate said ring flange between said bent-up ring and said first section.

4. A member of the type described in claim 3 wherein said circumferential ring is adapted to be bent up at approximately a 45* angle.