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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1995
David Maurice Wolla, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Keith Robert Denlinger, Lancaster, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A plug housing assembly (10) with an outer socket (20), and inner socket (30), a primary latching member (40), a secondary lock member (60) and electrical contact assemblies (80). The inner socket (30) includes contact receiving apertures (34) for receiving latching beams (44) of the primary latching member. The secondary lock member (60) is inserted transversely relative to the contact insertion direction into inner socket (30) so that walls (65a) of contact chamber (65) will engage a sleeve (82) of electrical contact assembly (80), and bottom wall (66a) of latch chamber (66) of secondary lock member (60) will be disposed adjacent to latching beams (44) so that the beams (44) are secondarily locked into place.