The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Michael Santos Finona, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
James Edward Novacoski, Yucaipa, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A break-away apparatus for electrical and optical connectors ( ) includes front and rear fittings ( ) with peripheries that have pairs of aligned fastener-receiving holes, and a plurality of fasteners ( ) that each lies in a pair of holes and holds the peripheries of the fittings together. Each fastener is a screw with a shank having a threaded front end that engages threads in the hole of the front fitting, and includes a screw head ( ) at the rear of the shank which lies against a rearwardly-facing shoulder ( ) on the rear fitting, to thereby prevent fitting separation. A bore ( ) extends along the axis of the shank, and a rear end portion of the shank has a groove ( ), resulting in a break-away portion of the fastener that has a ring-shaped cross-section. The ring-shaped coss-section permits tightening of the screw but results in the screw breaking when a predetermined force is applied to allow separation of the fittings.