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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Lou Castagna, Middletown, PA (US);
John Anthony Fulponi, Harrisburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (,) includes a housing having a plurality of contacts (,) mounted therein and at least one screw member (,) attached to the housing for securing the housing to a mating connector (,). The screw member (,) includes a head (,) with a ratchet (,) disposed along a forward end (,) thereof. The housing includes at least one protrusion (,) adapted to engage the ratchet (,) of the screw member. The housing further includes at least one spring member (,) adapted to provide axial compression between the ratchet (,) and the housing protrusion (,) to assure the ratchet (,) remains engaged to the protrusion (,) thereby preventing the screw member (,) from inadvertently becoming loosened.