Electrical connector
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
- a first terminal member and a second terminal member engageable therewith, each terminal member including a planar face portion, said terminal members being configured so that the face portions thereof are in a superposed relationship when said terminal members are engaged;
an electrically conductive contact plate disposed so as to be between, and in contact with, the face portion of said first terminal member and the face portion of said second terminal member, when said terminal members are engaged, said contact plate being compressible in a direction perpendicular to one of said face portions when it is in contact therewith; and
locking means for reversibly retaining said first and second terminal members in engagement including a tab associated with one of said terminal members and a ramp associated with the other of said terminal members;
said ramp being operative to engage with said tab and prevent further rotational movement between said engaged terminal members.
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Abstract
An electrical conductor establishes electrical contact between planar faces of a first terminal and a second terminal. The connector includes a resilient contact plate disposed between the faces, and locking assembly for retaining the terminals in engagement. A sealing gasket may be included, and the connector may be configured to join a number of separate wire pairs.
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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a first terminal member and a second terminal member engageable therewith, each terminal member including a planar face portion, said terminal members being configured so that the face portions thereof are in a superposed relationship when said terminal members are engaged; an electrically conductive contact plate disposed so as to be between, and in contact with, the face portion of said first terminal member and the face portion of said second terminal member, when said terminal members are engaged, said contact plate being compressible in a direction perpendicular to one of said face portions when it is in contact therewith; and locking means for reversibly retaining said first and second terminal members in engagement including a tab associated with one of said terminal members and a ramp associated with the other of said terminal members;
said ramp being operative to engage with said tab and prevent further rotational movement between said engaged terminal members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electrical connector comprising a first terminal member and a second terminal member engageable therewith, each terminal member including a generally circular, planar, face portion, said terminal members being configured so that the face portions thereof are in superposed relationship when said terminal members are engaged;
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an electrically conductive, generally circular contact plate disposed so as to be between, and in contact with the face portion of said first terminal member, and the face portion of said second terminal member, when said terminal members are engaged, said contact plate being axially compressible; an elastomeric sealing member disposed about the periphery of one of said face portions, said sealing member being engageable with the other of said face portions when said terminal members are engaged, and being operable to seal said planar face portions from an ambient atmosphere; and a locking tab projecting radially from one of said face portions, and a locking ramp projecting tangentially from the other of said face portions, said tab and ramp being configured so that when said first and second terminals are disposed so that the face portions thereof are in said superposed relationship, and when said face portions are rotated relative to one another, said ramp engages said tab and axially biases said face portions toward one another. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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