The Bendix Corporation

Allied Corporation

Amphenol Corporation

David L Frear

David O Gallusser

Stephen Punako

David W MacAvoy

Valentine J Hemmer

Charles P Fischer

Heath Allen Johnson

Clifford Joseph Westrick

Gary C Toombs

R Amelia Piscitelli

Clifford R Waldron

Herbert K Uhlig

Gordon T Collins

Karl W Yonkers

Joseph M Buck

Robert Goebeler

Edward J Bright

Donald L Pfendler

An electrical connector has both grounded cables, such a coaxial or triaxial cables, and ungrounded cables or lines. A metallic outer connector body ( ) has bores ( ) for the grounded cables, which are held in place in the connector body with retainer clips ( ). The retainer clips snap into place in spaces ( ) inside the outer connector body and the contacts snap into the retainer clips. The center of the outer connector body accepts an inner connector body , which is dielectric.

Electrical connector having mixed grounded and non-grounded contacts

An anti-decoupling arrangement for an electrical connector (as well as an electrical connector incorporating such an anti-decoupling arrangement) is made up of just three operative components: a spiral lock clutch, at least one spring ring, and ratchet teeth or serrations formed on an inside surface of the coupling nut. The ratchet teeth are in the form of serrations formed into the inside diameter of a recessed area of the coupling nut in which all of the components reside, and each spring ring is a self-supporting ring that has spring cantilevers with engaging tines of a given number located around its outer circumference, the engaging tines engaging the serrations in a radial direction. The engaging tines thus provide a torque/ratchet mechanism when they glide over the radial cuts of the tooth ring in the uncoupling direction, and stay engaged which forces the spiral lock clutch to expand and slide smoothly over the plug shell with minimal torque in the coupling direction.

Anti-decoupling arrangement for an electrical connector

An anti-decoupling arrangement for an electrical connector includes a spiral lock clutch, a spring ring, and a separate ratchet wheel or tooth ring having a plurality of radial cuts, all surrounding the connector shell and sandwiched between a flange or shoulder on the connector shell by a conventional snap ring. The tooth ring is situated in a space between the thread of the coupling nut and the flange or shoulder that forms the inner surface of a recessed area with the coupling nut. The shell includes two grooves, one for the spiral lock clutch and the other for the snap ring, that are behind the flange or shoulder towards the rear of the connector, the shell providing axial alignment of all components except the spring ring. The tooth ring also includes extensions that cooperate with a notch or slot in the coupling nut so that the tooth ring rotates with the coupling nut, while the spring ring includes an extension in engagement with a notch in the spiral lock clutch so that the spring ring is locked against angular rotation relative to a spring ring. Preferably, the spring ring member is a self supporting ring that has spring tines or beams of a given number located angularly around its radial wall. These tines provide the ratchet mechanism when the tines glide over the radial cuts of the tooth ring in the uncoupling direction. This provides a free running clutch in the coupling direction and a torque/ratchet mechanism in the uncoupling direction. Alternatively, the decoupling assembly may be flipped by 180 degrees, the tooth ring being replaced by teeth extending axially from an inwardly extending flange in the coup ling nut.

A contact for crimp termination to a twinaxial cable is disclosed. The contact includes an outer assembly and an intermediate/inner assembly concentrically disposed within the outer assembly. The intermediate/inner assembly includes a concentric arrangement of permanently affixed components for receiving the two conductors of the twinaxial cable, and for retaining said conductors to effect the termination.

Contact for crimp termination to a twinaxial cable

A manually operable releasable retention arrangement in one connector housing includes a receptacle comprised of a pair of split semi-cylindrical segments each pivotally mounted to a drive shaft and adapted to threadably engage a threaded member on a second connector housing. Rotation of the drive shaft causes the segments to interengage with the threaded member whereby to hold the housings together but rearward axial movement of a forwardly biased operating sleeve circumposed about the receptacle brings an annular groove thereon into register with outward annular ribs on the segments allowing the ribs to be received in the groove and the segments to pivot relative to their mounting whereby to release the threaded member.

Releasing electrical connector assembly

A spring member (40) is integrally molded to a radial flange (36) of a coupling nut (30), the spring member including a detent tooth (42) and having one end thereof being formed into the flange and the other end free to flex radially inward and outward to engage successive ratchet teeth (14) around the outer periphery of a plug shell (12) to which the coupling nut is rotatably mounted.

Electrical connector having a molded anti-decoupling mechanism

Electrical connector housing

This invention is an electrical contct that includes an inner sleeve (10) that is stamped and formed from a single sheet of metal and is characterized by a plurality of apertures (11) in the sleeve (10) that have an axis of symmetry (11a) or a straight side (13) that is at an acute angle with the central axis (10a) of the sleeve.

Electrical contact

A spring member (40) is integrally molded to a radial flange (36) of a coupling nut (30), the spring member including a detent tooth (42) and having one end thereof being formed into the flange and the other end free to flex radiallyinward and outward to engage successive ratchet teeth (14) around the outer periphery of a plug shell (12) to which the coupling nut is rotatably mounted.

Method of making a coupling nut for an electrical connector having a

An interfacial seal for electrical connector assembly characterized by sealing towers (21) on a first insert (10) that are axially compressed and radially expanded by the forward end (43) of respective socket contacts in a second insert (20) so that the walls of each tower (21) are in pressure tight contact with the wall (32) of respective passages (33) in the second insert (30).

Electrical connector assembly having an interfacial seal

A coupling nut (300) comprises outer and inner coupling sleeves (320, 330) mounted for rotation about a connector shell (100) having a plurality of ratchet teeth (150) formed on the outer periphery of an annular shoulder thereof, a plurality of equiangularly disposed, radially biased, lock pins (350) being carried by inner coupling sleeve (330) during coupling and being adapted to be cammed radially inwardly by outer coupling sleeve (320) into a locked relation with the ratchet teeth.

Coupling nut for an electrical connector

A coupling nut (300) constrains a lock ring (400) to be moved into biased abutment against forward facing flank (222) of external thread (220) on a receptacle shell (200) as a result of the coupling nut being rotated about a plug shell (100) to which it is mounted, the lock ring (400) including a plurality of deflectable leaf spring fingers (406) adapted to engage said forwardly facing flank (222), uncoupling being resisted by a cam section of forwardly facing flank (222) being required to deflect leaf spring finger (406) downwardly and overcoming oppositely biased friction between rearward facing flanks (224, 324) tightened by coupling nut (300) when at the full mate position.

Electrical connector assembly having an anti-decoupling device

The invention is an electrical connector that has a forwardly removable coupling ring (30). The coupling ring (30) is characterized by annular members (31, 32) that are connected together by one or more removable fasteners (50, 51) and held in place in front of the housing flange (11) by a snap ring (40) located in a groove (12) in the housing (10).

Forwardly removable coupling ring for an electrical connector

In order to retard the rotation of a coupling nut (40) mounted to an electrical connector housing (10) an annular ring (50) comprised of a rubber having a durometer of about 70 is located in pressure tight contact between the housing (10) and coupling nut (40).

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Afton, NY, United States of America

David L Frear