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Electrical connector assembly

  • US 4,462,653 A
  • Filed: 11/27/1981
  • Issued: 07/31/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical connector assembly including a pair of connector housings which are moveable along a primary axis from an uncoupled position to a coupled position, a coupling ring rotatably mounted to one of said connector housings for drawing the other connector housing therewithin, and means for resisting rotation of the coupling ring, said resisting means characterized in that:

  • one of said connector housings includes a first surface (72);

    said coupling ring includes a second surface (82) disposed in confronting relation to the first surface (72);

    a plurality of equally spaced protuberances (74) extending outwardly from one of said surfaces (72), each said protuberance being comprised of an elastically deformable material anda plurality of equally spaced sockets (84) extending inwardly from the other of said surfaces (82), each of said protuberances (74) and said sockets (84) being generally hemispherically shaped, the protuberances (74) being received within respective of the sockets (84) and each being required to elastically deform to advance into its next adjacent socket upon application of an external torque tending to rotate the coupling ring, whereby as the coupling ring is rotated each protuberance elastically deforms and advances to its next succeeding socket.

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