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Safety locking electrical cable connector body and cap

Assignee: Harvey Hubbell Inc
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Filing: 1961-02-07
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Granted: 1964-04-28
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Expires: 1981-02-07
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Joseph F Healy

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 12:14
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/46; H01R13/52; H01R13/527; H01R13/62; H01R13/639; H01R13/64

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 487 words
AN ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTOR COMPRISING; A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CONNECTOR CAP; AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CONNECTOR BODY; SAID CONNECTOR CAP INCLUDING A BODY OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A FRONT TRANSVERSE FACE; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN SAID CONNECTOR CAP BODY, EACH INCLUDING A CONTACT PORTION AND A TERMINAL PORTION, THE TERMINAL PORTIONS BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECT INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTOR WIRES OF A MULTI-WIRE CABLE THAT IS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO DEVICE TO BE POWERED; AN ELONGATED LATCHING BLADE HAVING AN OPENING RIGIDLY CENTRALLY MOUNTED ON SAID CONNECTOR CAP BODY AND PROJECTING LONGITUDINALLY AWAY FROM ITS FACE; SAID CONNECTOR BODY INCLUDING A BODY OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL INCLUDING A FRONT TRANSVERSE FACE; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN THE INSULATING BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY, EACH INCLUDING A CONTACT PORTION AND A TERMINAL PORTION, THE TERMINAL PORTIONS BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECT INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTOR WIRES OF A MULTI-WIRE CABLE THAT IS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER; THE CONTACT PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE CONNECTOR CAP BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FACE OF THE CONNECTOR CAP BODY AND ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE CONTACT PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE CONNECTOR BODY WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FACE OF THE INSULATED BODY THEREOF ON RELATIVE CLOSING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR CAP AND SAID CONNECTOR BODY; AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINAL EXTENDING LATCHING SPACE FORMED TRANSVERSELY CENTRALLY IN THE INSULATED BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY, ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE FACE THEREOF AND ALIGNED WITH SAID LATCHING BLADE; A LATCHING PIN MOUNTED IN THE INSULATED BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY FOR LIMITED CONTROLLED MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; SAID LATCHING PIN NORMALLY BEING DISPOSED IN A RETRACTED POSITION ELECTRICALLY OPERATED SOLENOID MEANS FOR MOVING SAID LATCHING PIN TO A PROJECTING POSITION WHEN ENERGIZED WHOLLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE INSULATED BODY; SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE TERMINAL PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN THE INSULATED BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY WHEREBY IT IS ENERGIZED WHENEVER THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER ENERGIZES THE LAST MENTIONED TERMINAL PORTIONS; SAID LATCHING PIN HAVING MEANS WHICH EXTENDS INTO SAID LATCHING SPACE WHENEVER SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS IS ENERGIZED AND IS POSITIONED TO ENGAGE MEANS ON SAID LATCHING BLADE TO PREVENT LONGITUDINAL CLOSING MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR CAP AND BODY TO EFFECT ENGAGEMENT OF THE CONTACT PORTIONS IF THE CONNECTOR IS DISCONNECTED WHEREBY THE CONNECTOR CANNOT BE CONNECTED WHEN THE CONNECTOR IS DISCONNECTED AND THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER ENERGIZES THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY, AND TO BE DISPOSED IN SAID OPENING TO PREVENT LONGITUDINAL SEPARATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR CAP AND BODY TO EFFECT DISENGAGEMENT OF THE CONTACT PORTIONS IF THE CONNECTOR IS CONNECTED WHEREBY THE CONNECTOR CANNOT BE DISCONNECTED WHEN THE CONNECTOR IS CONNECTED AND THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER ENERGIZES THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 487 words
AN ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTOR COMPRISING; A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CONNECTOR CAP; AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CONNECTOR BODY; SAID CONNECTOR CAP INCLUDING A BODY OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A FRONT TRANSVERSE FACE; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN SAID CONNECTOR CAP BODY, EACH INCLUDING A CONTACT PORTION AND A TERMINAL PORTION, THE TERMINAL PORTIONS BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECT INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTOR WIRES OF A MULTI-WIRE CABLE THAT IS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO DEVICE TO BE POWERED; AN ELONGATED LATCHING BLADE HAVING AN OPENING RIGIDLY CENTRALLY MOUNTED ON SAID CONNECTOR CAP BODY AND PROJECTING LONGITUDINALLY AWAY FROM ITS FACE; SAID CONNECTOR BODY INCLUDING A BODY OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL INCLUDING A FRONT TRANSVERSE FACE; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN THE INSULATING BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY, EACH INCLUDING A CONTACT PORTION AND A TERMINAL PORTION, THE TERMINAL PORTIONS BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECT INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTOR WIRES OF A MULTI-WIRE CABLE THAT IS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER; THE CONTACT PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE CONNECTOR CAP BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FACE OF THE CONNECTOR CAP BODY AND ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE CONTACT PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF THE CONNECTOR BODY WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FACE OF THE INSULATED BODY THEREOF ON RELATIVE CLOSING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR CAP AND SAID CONNECTOR BODY; AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINAL EXTENDING LATCHING SPACE FORMED TRANSVERSELY CENTRALLY IN THE INSULATED BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY, ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE FACE THEREOF AND ALIGNED WITH SAID LATCHING BLADE; A LATCHING PIN MOUNTED IN THE INSULATED BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY FOR LIMITED CONTROLLED MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; SAID LATCHING PIN NORMALLY BEING DISPOSED IN A RETRACTED POSITION ELECTRICALLY OPERATED SOLENOID MEANS FOR MOVING SAID LATCHING PIN TO A PROJECTING POSITION WHEN ENERGIZED WHOLLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE INSULATED BODY; SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE TERMINAL PORTIONS OF THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN THE INSULATED BODY OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY WHEREBY IT IS ENERGIZED WHENEVER THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER ENERGIZES THE LAST MENTIONED TERMINAL PORTIONS; SAID LATCHING PIN HAVING MEANS WHICH EXTENDS INTO SAID LATCHING SPACE WHENEVER SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MEANS IS ENERGIZED AND IS POSITIONED TO ENGAGE MEANS ON SAID LATCHING BLADE TO PREVENT LONGITUDINAL CLOSING MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR CAP AND BODY TO EFFECT ENGAGEMENT OF THE CONTACT PORTIONS IF THE CONNECTOR IS DISCONNECTED WHEREBY THE CONNECTOR CANNOT BE CONNECTED WHEN THE CONNECTOR IS DISCONNECTED AND THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER ENERGIZES THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY, AND TO BE DISPOSED IN SAID OPENING TO PREVENT LONGITUDINAL SEPARATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTOR CAP AND BODY TO EFFECT DISENGAGEMENT OF THE CONTACT PORTIONS IF THE CONNECTOR IS CONNECTED WHEREBY THE CONNECTOR CANNOT BE DISCONNECTED WHEN THE CONNECTOR IS CONNECTED AND THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER ENERGIZES THE CONTACT-TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES OF SAID CONNECTOR BODY.

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