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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward J Falk, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439188 ; 200 5109 ; 439333 ;
Abstract
A connector has a tubular body with first and second insulating bodies held therein. The first body is at the front, exposed end of the connector and has electrically conductive components for receiving the blades of a plug. The rear of the first body and the front of the second body have axially extending switch contacts which are brought into contact by rotation of the first body. Rotation is prevented by a locking ring nonrotatably coupled to the first body and engaging lugs at the front end of the connector. The locking ring is released from the lugs by axial force supplied by full insertion of the plug.