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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1993
William C Boteler, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Abstract
A male electrical plug assembly includes an elongated body, a mounting flange, a terminal holder and a terminal retainer, all being made of an insulating material. The elongated body has a plurality of locating elements defined on an exterior surface on one end portion thereof and an annular shoulder defined thereon adjacent to the external locating elements. The mounting flange is adapted to fit over the elongated body and abut against the annular shoulder and has an internal annular wall with a plurality of recesses defined therein being alignable with the external locating elements of the elongated body. The terminal holder is adapted to fit over the elongated body in abutting relation against the mounting flange and has a plurality of cavities and a plurality of slots aligned with the cavities. The cavities and slots are alignable with the internal recesses of the mounting flange and the external locating elements of the elongated body. The terminal retainer is attachable to an opposite end of the elongated body so as to clamp the mounting flange and terminal holder therebetween. The assembly also includes a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the cavities of the terminal holder and a plurality of elongated electrical contact elements mounted to the external locating elements on the one end portion of the elongated body and extendable therefrom through the internal recesses of the mounting flange and the cavities and slots of the terminal holder and into the electrical terminals disposed in the cavities.