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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 12, 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 assembly for use with conductors includes a pin assembly with a pin and a socket assembly to mate with the pin assembly. The socket assembly includes a socket body configured to receive the pin. A finger collar surrounds the socket body, and a locking collar surrounds and is rotatable on the finger collar. The locking collar moves between an unlocked position and a locked position. The finger collar includes one or more flexible fingers configured to flex to engage the pin assembly when it is mated with the socket assembly. The locking collar includes one or more windows that are in alignment with respective flexible fingers so the flexible fingers lex through the locking collar to engage the pin assembly and flex and grasp the pin assembly. The locking collar is further rotatable to the locked position that moves the windows out of alignment with the respective flexible fingers and prevents further flexing of the flexible fingers away from the pin assembly to lock the socket assembly in engagement with the pin assembly.