Arrangement with two half-plugs for securing in a wall

• US 6,361,362 B1
• Filed: 06/04/1998
• Issued: 03/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation (Meggitt PLC)
• Original Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation (Meggitt PLC)
• Inventors: Machill, Andreas, Kressmann, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Luebke, Renee
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hammond, Briggitte R.
• Application Number:
  US09/011,047
• Time in Patent Office: 1,391 Days
• Field of Search: 439/555, 439/557, 439/157, 439/347, 439/559, 439/271, 439/273, 439/544, 439/545
• US Class Current: 439/555
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62905 comprising a camming member H01R13/62933 and H01R13/641 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/743 integral with the housing

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement with two half-plugs for securing in a wall, in which the first half-plug (1) has two elastic arms (2,3) on opposite sides. It also has a stop (5) as far as which the half-plugs may be inserted into an aperture in the wall (6). Each of the two elastic arms (2,3) has an engagement projection (7,8) fitted in such a way that the projections engage on the opposite side of the wall (6) to the stop (5) if the first half-plug (1) is inserted into the wall as far as the stop (5). The second half-plug (9) also has two projecting arms (10,11) which are fitted in such a way that, when the half-plugs (9,1) are fitted together, the arms (10,11) engage in the space between the elastic arms (2,3) and the plug housing and secure the first plug by fixing the spring arms in the wall. One half-plug (9) has an actuating slide (12) with pins (13,14) and the other half-plug (1) has a corresponding guide slot (15,16), so that, when the actuating slide (12) is operated to secure the half-plugs (1,9), the pins (13,14) are moved through the guide slot (15,16). The projecting arms (10,11) of the second half-plug (9) are designed so that the pins (13,14) engage in the guide slot (15,16) only once the arms (10,11) are already engaged in the intermediate space.

Claims

1. An assembly comprising two connector halves for mounting to a panel, a first connector half having guide grooves, and a second connector half having pins, the pins being moved through the guide grooves in order to connect the two connector halves, the connector housing of the first connector half, the first connector half having at least one stop which extends from the first connector housing, the at least one stop cooperates with the panel to properly position the first connector half relative to the panel, the at least one resilient arm having a latching nose which is fitted in such a way that the latching nose and the at least one stop cooperate to maintain the panel therebetween, the second connector half having at least one projecting arm which is fitted in such a way that when the two connector halves are joined the at least one projecting arm is positioned between and engages the at least one resilient arm and an first connector housing and prevents the movement of the at least one resilient arm away from the panel, whereby when the two connector halves are joined together, the first connector half is secured to the panel by the operation of the at least one resilient arm, the at least one stop and the at least one projecting arm, and the pins engage in the guide grooves.

2. An assembly comprising two connector halves for mounting to an opening of a substrate, a one of the connector halves having an actuating slide having a pin, and an other of the connector halves having a guide groove which corresponds to the pin, the pin being moved through the guide groove during actuation of the actuating slide in order to connect the two connector halves, the other of the connector halves having at least one resilient arm which extends to a side from a first connector housing of the other of the connector halves, the one of the connector halves having a stop which cooperates with the substrate proximate the opening to properly position the other of the connector halves relative to the substrate, the at least other resilient arm having at least one latching nose which is fitted in such a way that the at least other latching nose and the stop cooperate to maintain the substrate therebetween when the one of the connector halves is properly positioned in the opening of the substrate, the one of the connector halves having at least one projecting arm which is fitted in such a way that when the two connector halves are joined that at least one projecting arm is positioned between the at least one resilient arm and the first connector housing and prevents the at least one latching nose of the at least one resilient arm from disengaging the substrate, and the at least one projecting arm of the one of the connector halves being constructed in such a way that the pin engages in the guide groove when the at least one projecting arm is positioned between the at least one resilient arm and the first connector housing.

3. The assembly according to claim 2, whereby the other of the connector halves has at least one resilient arm on two opposite sides, and the one of the connector halves correspondingly has at least one projecting arm on two opposite sides.

4. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the at least one projecting arm of the one of the connector halves is constructed in such a way that the pin does not engage in the guide groove until the at least one projecting arms has already been inserted partly between the at least one resilient arm and the first connector housing.

5. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the pin and free ends of the at least one projecting arm are located in the same plane, and a mating opening of the guide groove is located in the plane of the substrate.

6. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the actuating slide and the one of the connector halves have complementary latching structures which cooperate with the actuating slide to latch the actuating slide in two positions, an entrance position, in which the pin can be inserted in the guide groove, and an end position, in which the pin is positioned in the guide groove and the two connector halves are connected.

7. The assembly according to claim 6, wherein the latching structures are constructed in such a way that, from the entrance position, the actuating slide can be removed from the other of the connector halves only with difficulty, and the actuating slide can easily be moved between the entrance position and the end position.

8. An assembly comprising two connector halves for fixing in a wall, a first connector half having an actuating slide that engages a second connector half where actuation of the actuating slide connects the two connector halves, the second connector half has at least one resilient arm which extends to the side from a second connector housing of the second connector half, a stop is positioned proximate the at least one resilient arm, the stop cooperating with the wall to properly position the second connector half therein, the at least one resilient arm has at least one latching nose that latches on a first side of the wall opposite a second side of the wall with which the stop cooperates with when the second connector half is inserted into the wall up to the stop, and the first connector half has at least one projecting arm that, when the two connector halves are joined, the at least one projecting arm engages in a clearance between the at least one resilient arm and the second connector housing to fix the at least one resilient arm, where the at least one projecting arm of the first connector half is constructed in such a way that the at least one projecting arm must be positioned in the clearance in order for the actuating slide to engage the second connector.

9. The assembly according to claim 8, wherein the second connector half has at least one resilient arm on two opposite sides, and the first connector half likewise has at least one corresponding projecting arm on two opposite sides.

10. The assembly according to claim 8, wherein the at least one projecting arm of the first connector half is constructed in such a way that pins provided on the actuating slide do not engage guide slots positioned on the second connector half until the at least one projecting arm has been inserted partly into the clearance.