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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1975
Norman Richard Anderson, Cicero, IL (US);
Bunker Ramo Corporation, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
A circular electrical connector of the type having mating plug and receptacle members, one of the members being spring mounted on a rigid rack and the other being mounted on heavy electronic equipment to be housed in the rack and electronically interconnected to external conductors through the connector, the members being equipped with horizontally positioned alignment support means which prevent mating engagement of the members until they are in proper axial alignment. The alignment means also support the weight of the equipment associated with the plug or receptacle member to prevent damage to the electrical contacts housed therein. The alignment means are located radially outwardly of the mating shells of the connector so as to permit connection of the receptacle member to a test connector having a standard coupling ring with helically shaped bayonet pin accommodating slots. The alignment means are supported on or adjacent to lugs which are movable in slots in a rigid housing around the spring to restrain rotational movement of the mating shell and contacts housed therein while permitting the desired longitudinal spring action. The receptacle member is equipped with bayonet pins which fit into longitudinally straight guide slots on the plug member.