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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Jeff Frederick, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Derek Changsrivong, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Pere Pla-Junca, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Peter J. Balsells, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Richard Dawson, Orange, CA (US);
Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly having a housing and a shaft; at least a groove in the housing or on the shaft; one of the housing and the shaft has a first component and a second component; there being at least a first groove configuration and a second groove configuration resulting from two different relative positions of the first and second components; the first and second groove configurations resulting in a first insertion force and a first removal force of the shaft into and from the housing and a second insertion force and a second removal force of the shaft into and from the housing, respectively.