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Polarizing adapter sleeves for electrical connectors

  • US 4,229,064 A
  • Filed: 10/25/1978
  • Issued: 10/21/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with an electrical connector comprising a pair of mateable components, one of said connector components including a cylindrical shell of one diameter, and the other of said components including a shell of smaller diameter than said one diameter shell, and said other connector component further including a coupling ring of larger diameter than said one diameter shell so that said smaller diameter shell will fit within said one diameter shell and said coupling ring will fit over said one diameter shell, said one diameter shell having a circumferential groove extending therearound and said coupling ring also having a circumferential groove extending therearound, a first sleeve encircling an exterior portion of said one diameter shell having a predetermined keyway pattern, and a second sleeve encircling an exterior portion of said coupling ring having a predetermined key pattern complementing the keyway pattern of said first sleeve, said first sleeve including a cylindrical body freely and rotatably encircling said one diameter shell and having a plurality of resilient fingers extending therefrom with the free ends of said resilient fingers releasably engaging in the circumferential groove of said one diameter shell so that said first sleeve can be manually attached to, and manually removed from, said one diameter shell, and said second sleeve including a cylindrical body freely and rotatably encircling said coupling ring and having a plurality of resilient fingers extending therefrom with the free ends of said last-mentioned resilient fingers releasably engaging in the circumferential groove of said coupling ring so that said second sleeve can be manually attached to, and manually removed from, said coupling ring.

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