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Enclosure for spliced cable having improved hinge assembly

  • US 6,544,070 B1
  • Filed: 08/01/2000
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical connector of the type for interconnecting at least two wires, comprising an enclosure having at least two housing parts hinged together along one side edge thereof, said hinged side edge further comprising a latch assembly comprised of an arcuate projection and a complementary receiving opening, said arcuate projection being spaced from, and having a concave surface facing, said hinged side edge and being freely rotatable into and out of said opening upon rotation of said housing parts, said opening having an arcuate surface for cooperable contact with said concave surface of said arcuate projection, said arcuate projection, when in the closed position, being in cooperable contact with said arcuate surface to remove the load from said hinged side edge.

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