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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2005
Charles Linsday Bates, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Charles Linsday Bates, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A plurality of connectors () of the type that has a primary latch with a handle () that can be depressed so the connector can be pulled out of a receiver passage (), and a secondary latch with a sleeve () that can be slid forward to wedge a part under the handle so it cannot be depressed. The same slidable sleeve is used to normally connect a pair of connectors, while allowing a connector-to-be-serviced of the pair to be disconnected from the other one while said other one continues to lie in a receiver passage and carry signals. The sleeves are identical and each has a tongue and groove () at its opposite sides, and also has engaged detents at its opposite sides. The groove is open at its front and rear ends.