Releasable self-locking clip arrangement interfacing with threaded

Abstract

A connector plug housing for an electrical connector assembly includes a plug body having a male end, a tubular shroud having a female end adapted to be received on the male end of the plug body, first and second complementary threads respectively formed on the male end of the plug body and the female end of the tubular shroud for providing a threaded connection therebetween by screwing the female end of the tubular shroud relative to and on the male end of the plug body, and a releasable self-locking clip arrangement provided on the plug body and tubular shroud in an interfacing relationship with the first and second threads thereon. The self-locking clip arrangement includes an elongated resiliently deformable spring clip actuatable between an outward relaxed condition and an inward depressed condition such that locking of the tubular shroud on the plug body is accomplished solely by screwing the female end of the tubular shroud relative to and on the male end of the plug body whereas unlocking and releasing of the tubular shroud from the plug body is accomplished by depressing the spring clip from the outward relaxed condition to the inward depressed condition followed by unscrewing the female end of the tubular shroud relative to and from the male end of the plug body. Depressing the spring clip is accomplished by a user applying pressure thereto separate from and independent of the user unscrewing of the tubular shroud from the plug body.