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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Frederick W. Montague, Jr., Cleveland, OH (US);
Brian Smith, Cleveland, OH (US);
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An asymmetrical-force connector system includes a socket having a longitudinally-oriented shaft bore defining a bore axis. A spring-receiving cavity is coaxial with the bore axis and extends laterally around the shaft bore. The spring-receiving cavity has an inner circumference that is open to the shaft bore. A toroidal canted coil spring is located at least partially within the spring-receiving cavity. The toroidal canted coil spring has an inner spring circumference. A connector pin including a maximum shaft circumference is configured for selective sliding insertion into the shaft bore longitudinally from the front housing face. A v-groove extends laterally inward from the maximum shaft circumference toward the pin axis and defines a minimum shaft circumference. The connector pin is located in a maintenance position within the shaft bore when at least a portion of the toroidal canted coil spring laterally extends into the v-groove beyond the maximum shaft circumference.