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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Alex Robert Rengifo, Oceanside, CA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A circular connector assembly having a plug shell, a coupling ring and a housing and a method of retaining the housing. The plug shell has a flexible insert-receiving retention portion and a flange provided proximate the flexible insert-receiving retention portion. The flexible insert-receiving retention portion has an insert-receiving opening. The coupling ring has an internal threaded portion and an engagement portion. The internal threaded portion is configured to cooperate with the flange. The engagement portion is dimensioned to resiliently deform the flexible insert-receiving retention portion when the engagement portion is provided in contact with the flexible insert-receiving retention portion. The insert is inserted into and maintained in the plug shell by the flexible insert-receiving retention portion.