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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hermenegildo A Espiritu, Cerritos, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 339D / ;
Abstract
A self-locking connector is disclosed in which locking of the mating halves of the connector is achieved near complete mating of the connector. The locking mechanism includes a resilient locking ring mounted behind the threads on the coupling nut of the plug connector member. The locking ring is formed with inwardly extending teeth which are engageable with recesses formed in the outer surface of the receptacle connector shell in front of the screw threads thereon.