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ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

  • US 3,848,950 A
  • Filed: 09/07/1972
  • Issued: 11/19/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1972
  • Status: Expired
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1. An electrical connector including the combination of a plug section, a first set of electrical contacts on said plug section, a receptacle section effective to mate with said plug section, a second set of electrical contacts on said receptacle section, one of said sets of contacts being movable within its section between a first position wherein the contacts therein mate with the contacts in the other set when said sections are mated and a second position wherein the contacts therein do not mate with the contacts in the other set, and a set of mating threads on one of said sections to mesh with each other, said threads having a high pitch to cause the movable set of contacts to move from the second position into the first position in response to partial rotation in one direction and to cause the movabLe set of contacts to move from the first position into the second position in response to a partial rotation in an opposite direction.

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