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SEPARABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

  • US 3,663,926 A
  • Filed: 01/05/1970
  • Issued: 05/16/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A separable electrical connector comprising two connector units each having a tubular housing, the housings having electrically insulating inserts therein and one said housing being adapted to telescope within the other, means for preventing rotation of the two housings relative to each other, contacts mounted in the inserts and being mateable when the housings of the units are fully connected in aligned relationship, a nut mounted for rotation on said one housing and restrained from axial movement forwardly toward the other housing by engagement between the forward surface of a first, radially inwardly directed annular flange on the nut and the rear surface of a second, radially outwardly directed annular flange on said one housing, a thread on the other housing receivable in the nut whereby turning of the nut in one direction draws the housings together toward fully connected relationship, and releasable means comprising engaging ratchet-like teeth on said surfaces of the first and second flanges.

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