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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2020
Glenair, Inc., Glendale, CA (US);
Zachary W. Taylor, Paso Robles, CA (US);
Robert T. Johnson, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Daniel M. Mitchell, Lake Forest, CA (US);
GLENAIR, INC., Glendale, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes conductive male and female contacts and insulating inner and outer sleeves, and connects first and second electrical wires end-to-end. The contacts can be attached to corresponding conductors of the first and second wires. The male contact includes an elongated pin; the female contact includes a receptacle. Inserting the pin into the receptacle results in mechanical engagement of, and electrical continuity between, the assembled contacts. The assembled contacts can be positioned within the compressible inner sleeve, which extends beyond the ends of the assembled contacts. The inner sleeve, with the assembled contacts therein, can be positioned within the rigid outer sleeve, which extends at least as far as the inner sleeve. Compression of the inner sleeve by the ends of the outer sleeve frictionally engages the ends of the inner sleeve with the corresponding wires.