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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Xavier Retailleau, Cholet, FR;
Christian Le Tortorec, Cholet, FR;
Matthieu Deffois, Cholet, FR;
Damien Pelissier, Cholet, FR;
Adam Saaidy, Villabe, FR;
Xavier Retailleau, Cholet, FR;
Christian Le Tortorec, Cholet, FR;
Matthieu Deffois, Cholet, FR;
Damien Pelissier, Cholet, FR;
Adam Saaidy, Villabe, FR;
Thales, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Abstract
A connection assembly is provided. The connection assembly includes a socket with connection pins, a plug with matching connection pins and a locker for locking the plug relative to the socket while the matching pins are engaged. The lock includes a bolt having a barrel provided with balls movable between a locking position projecting in relation to the barrel and a position retracted inside the barrel, and a rod for retaining the balls in the locking position. The locker also includes a shaft arranged in the plug or the socket for at least partially receiving the bolt and having a groove for receiving the balls in the locked and projecting position. The bolt further includes a spring for returning the rod toward the ball-retaining position, and the rod has a cam surface pushing the balls back into the locked position when the spring urges the rod towards the retaining position.