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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth J. Smajda, Elkridge, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/623 (2006.01); B61G 5/10 (2006.01); H01R 13/635 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/623 (2013.01); B61G 5/10 (2013.01); H01R 13/635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A railcar power connector includes a connector body defining a central opening configured to receive a portion of a cable, and a spring member having a protrusion moveable relative to the connector body between a locked position where the protrusion is configured to be secured to a mating connector and a released position where the protrusion is configured to be released from a corresponding recess of a mating connector. The protrusion moveable from the locked position to the released position upon a predetermined axial force applied to the spring member.