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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, Inc., St. Augustine, FL (US);
Joseph W. Chvala, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Amphenol Cable and Interconnect Technologies, Inc., St. Augustine, FL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for coupling with a terminal conductive structure includes a terminal assembly that mates with a separate socket assembly in a rotational interface. The terminal assembly terminates in a conductive element, such as a tongue, configured for coupling with a conductive structure, such as a terminal block or power strip, for example. The separate socket assembly has a portion for receiving a conductor of a cable. The terminal assembly includes a pin that fits into a socket portion of the socket assembly for mating the terminal and socket assemblies to form a rotational interface. To secure the assemblies together an outer groove is formed on an outer surface of the terminal assembly and an inner groove is formed in an inner surface of the socket portion. An expandable ring is positioned in the outer groove and is compressed to fit inside of the outer groove for mating the terminal assembly pin and the socket portion. When the assemblies are mated, the grooves align for allowing the ring to decompress into at least part of the inner groove to secure the mated terminal and socket assemblies together in the rotational interface.