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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 01, 2015
Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corporation, Garner, NC (US);
Anand Chandrakant Dhotre, Pune, IN;
Vinayak Manohar Chavan, Pune, IN;
Ashok Alilughatta Sathyanarayana, Pune, IN;
SIGMA ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Garner, NC (US);
Abstract
A connector comprises: a connector body comprising an inlet end and an outlet end with a bore extending therethrough, the connector body further comprising a leading end portion positioned at the inlet end and a threaded portion at the outlet end of the connector body and a connector main body portion positioned between the leading end portion and the threaded portion; a generally annular bearing case having a tapered surface positioned in the leading end portion of the connector body, the bearing case formed with at least one recess and wherein the tapered surface has a hollow portion therein and includes a bearing case axis; and at least one locking element positioned in the at least one recess of the bearing case and movable along the bearing case axis.