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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
William G. Mahoney, Suwanee, GA (US);
Robert R. Riggsby, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
William G. Mahoney, Suwanee, GA (US);
Robert R. Riggsby, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment a self-contained seizure mechanism comprises a plunger, a spring, and a retainer guide having means for movably securing the plunger to the retainer guide. The retainer guide may have a receiving slot for receiving wings of the plunger and fingers for retaining the wings to the retainer guide and archways to guide a stinger conductor into contact with a crown of the plunger. The plunger and retainer may be snap-fit together to provide a seizure assembly that may be dropped in a receiving hole of a node housing and positioned to engage a stinger conductor and urge the stinger conductor into contact with a connector button on a lock nut.