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SNAP-IN CONTACT ASSEMBLY FOR PLUG AND JACK TYPE CONNECTORS

  • US 3,845,453 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1973
  • Issued: 10/29/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with a coaxial cable connector of the type having;

  • a cylindrical housing that includes a central passage, a forward mating portion, and a rear portion;

    an electrical contact having a wire receiving end, an opposite mating end, and a recess in the outside of said contact; and

    an insulator mounted in said housing central passage and disposed to retain said contact within but electrically insulated from said housing, the improvement wherein the insulator comprises;

    a sleeve comprised of electrically nonconducting material surrounding the entire electrical contact, said sleeve having a forward end portion, a rear end portion, an axial slot in said rear end portion so that said rear end portion of said sleeve is radially compressible, a first rearwardly facing shoulder on said front portion of said sleeve that engages the front end of said housing, a second forwardly facing shoulder on said rear end that engages the rear end of said housing, so that the engagement of said shoulders with said ends of said housing prevents axial movement of said sleeve and an internal projection in said sleeve that extends into the recess in said contact to prevent axial movement of said contact mounted within said sleeve whereby said sleeve and said contact may be removed from the front of said housing by radially compressing said rear portion of said sleeve so that said forwardly facing shoulder on said rear portion of said sleeve disengages the rear end of said housing to permit removal of said sleeve from the forward mating portion of said housing.

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