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Snap-on electrical connector for electrical cord having mating plugs

  • US 4,917,625 A
  • Filed: 10/18/1988
  • Issued: 04/17/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for mechanically and electrically connecting a pair of electrical cords, said cords having a mating male plug and female connector each of which is formed with shoulder means, said device comprising a retainer having:

  • (a) at least two opposed retainer members each of which is in the form of an elongated strip of springable material;

    (b) locking heads on the strips adapted to interengage with the shoulder means of the mating plug and female connector responsive to insertion of the plug and connector between the strips; and

    (c) means providing a connection between the strips and spacing the strips apart a distance sufficient to permit insertion of the plug and connector into engagement with the locking heads thereof, said plug and connector being interengageable directly with each other in mating, electrical contact and wherein the shoulder means of the plug and connector are spaced apart a distance sufficient to engage said locked heads when the plug and connector are so interengaged with each other, said device further including a third strip having a locking head thereon, said plug and connector having shoulder means engaging the locking heads of all three strips when the plugs are in electrical contact.

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