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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
Alfred Sorvino, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christopher P. Owan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
An in-line multi-plug self-aligning electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle, and a pair of connectors that matingly engage the receptacle. The receptacle has an alignment feature on a mating face of an end of the receptacle which mates with mates with the connectors. In an exemplary embodiment, the alignment feature is a wedge-shaped protrusion which corresponds in cross-sectional shape to one of the connectors. The receptacle may be cylindrical, and the connectors may be complimentary such that when engaging the receptacle they together form a cylindrical shape. The connectors may be coupled to different components. In an exemplary embodiment one of the connectors is electrically connected to a motor of a missile fin actuator and the other of the connectors is electrically connected to a potentiometer of the actuator.