U.S. patent number 3,824,524 [Application Number 05/328,186] was granted by the patent office on 1974-07-16 for electrical connector assembly.
This patent grant is currently assigned to AMP Incorporated. Invention is credited to Douglas Wade Glover.
United States Patent |
3,824,524 |
Glover |
July 16, 1974 |
ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a high voltage connector for
installation in a panel cutout in the field, wire connection to the
connector being made by crimping individual wires to individual
contact members and locking each of the contact members into the
connector housing by means of locking tines on the contact member
and shoulders in the housing. The housing further includes a pair
of ears for locking the housing into the panel and a flange on each
housing portion to hold the housing portions together when mated.
The connector is formed from polarized male and female members
which connect together.
Inventors: |
Glover; Douglas Wade
(Harrisburg, PA) |
Assignee: |
AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg,
PA)
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Family
ID: |
27254870 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/328,186 |
Filed: |
January 31, 1973 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
439/282; 439/680;
439/557 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H01R
13/6271 (20130101); H01R 13/53 (20130101); H01R
13/62 (20130101); H01R 13/64 (20130101); H01R
13/432 (20130101); H01R 13/50 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
H01R
13/53 (20060101); H01R 13/62 (20060101); H01R
13/627 (20060101); H01R 13/428 (20060101); H01R
13/432 (20060101); H01R 13/64 (20060101); H01R
13/50 (20060101); H01r 013/52 () |
Field of
Search: |
;339/59-61,65,66,91,126,184,217,211 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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1,929,470 |
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Feb 1970 |
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DT |
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739,101 |
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Jul 1966 |
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CA |
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Primary Examiner: McGlynn; Joseph H.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kita; Gerald K.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A high voltage electrical connector, comprising:
a pair of polarized mateable housing portions of insulating
material,
one of said housings having a continuous outer wall and open at one
end,
a hollow tubular member extending forwardly from a wall closing the
other end of the housing spaced from the inner wall of the housing
and terminating intermediate the ends thereof,
the tubular member having a radially inwardly extending flange at
its free end with a central opening therethrough,
a first elongated cylindrical contact member extending through the
opening and terminating within the housing,
a locking tine on the contact member on one side of the flange and
a shoulder thereon located on the opposite side of the flange,
the other of the housings being of an outer dimension to be snugly
received within the one housing and an inner dimension to snugly
receive the tubular member when inserted through an opening in one
end thereof,
an outwardly extending wall about the other housing spaced
rearwardly from the one end thereof a distance equal to that
between the forward end of the first housing and its closing end
wall, so that a waterproof enclosure is provided when the housing
portions are mated with the outwardly extending wall about the
other housing seated against the open end of the one housing,
and a second cylindrical contact member within the second housing
portion mateable with the first contact member,
said second cylindrical contact member extending toward, but
terminating a distance spaced from the open end of the second
housing portion and provided with a tine on one side of a shoulder
on the inner wall of the second housing and a stop member on the
opposite side of the shoulder.
2. A high voltage electrical connector as set forth in claim 1
including means to lock said housing portions together comprises a
locking detent in each of said housing portions, said detents
riding over each other when said housing portions are mated.
3. A high voltage connector according to claim 1 wherein the one
housing is provided with an outwardly extending flange thereabout
and a resilient tine spaced therefrom for locking it within an
opening in a wall.
Description
This invention relates to a high voltage electrical connector for
use in a panel and, more specifically, to an electrical connector
capable of easily receiving field installed wires, installable in
panels such as on electronic filters and relatively inexpensive to
manufacture.
With increased costs of labor and material, the art is constantly
attempting to not only provide electrical connectors of high
quality and reduced cost, but is also constantly attempting to
provide electrical connectors which can be installed with minimum
labor requirement. Often cost must be sacrificed for labor saving
and vice versa.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an
electrical connector for use in the field in about the 10KV range
which can be installed in the field into a panel and have wires
connected thereto in a minimum period of time, the connector being
relatively inexpensive to produce in addition. Briefly, the above
is accomplished by providing a pair of polarized, interfitting
housing members, one of the members being lockable onto a panel by
mere insertion therein, the housing members being held within each
other by a pair of overlapping locking detent members. The interior
of each housing portion includes either a pin or socket receiving
hollow tubular portion coaxial therewith, each hollow portion
having a shoulder for locking onto a locking tine formed in each of
the pin and socket positioned therein. Wires are connected to the
pin and receptacle by standard crimping techniques and the wires
extending from the rear of each housing portion are sealed by a
heat shrinkable material or the like which extends around the wires
and the rear of the housing portion.
It is therefore and object of this invention to provide an
electrical connector which is easily installed and yet inexpensive
to manufacture.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an electrical
connector which can be installed with a minimum of labor or tooling
in the field.
It is a yet further object of this invention to provide a high
voltage electrical connector which is relatively small in size.
The above objects and still further objects of the invention will
immediately become apparent to those skilled in the art after
consideration of the following preferred embodiment thereof, which
is provided by way of example and not by way of limitation,
wherein:
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector
in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view in elevation of the female electrical connector
portion of FIG. 1 positioned in a panel;
FIG. 3 is a view as in FIG. 2 with the connector portions
mated;
FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line 4--4 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a view taken along the line 5--5 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a view taken along the line 6--6 of FIG. 4; and
FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line 7--7 of FIG. 4.
Referring first to FIG. 1, there are a male housing portion 1 and a
female housing portion 3 of the electrical connector. The housing
portions are preferably formed of thermoplastic polyester such as
VALOX, sold by General Electric Company though other suitable
material could be used. Wires 5 extend into housing portion 1 via
plug portion 7 of the housing 1. The housing portion 1 also
includes a locking detent 9 which locks with a locking detent 11
(FIGS. 4, 5 and 7) of housing 3 for locking the housing portion
together when mated. The female housing portion 3 includes a pair
of ears 13 for locking said housing portion into a panel. Wires 15
enter the rear of housing portion 3 via plug portion 17 of the
housing 3. The barrel 19 of the housing portion 1 is shaped to
conform to the shape of the aperture 21 of housing portion 3 in
order to polarize the housing portions and permit connection in
only one direction.
The housing portion 3 is locked into a panel 23 by means of the
ears 13 and the flange 25 thereon as shown in FIG. 2 whereupon the
housing portion 1 is inserted therein as shown in FIG. 3.
Referring now to FIG. 4, there is shown the interior of the housing
portions 1 and 3. The wire 5 is crimped to a socket 27. The socket
27 has a tine 29 which locks onto the shoulder 31 of the housing
portion. The housing 27 includes a funnel shaped forward portion 43
to lead the pin 35 (to be discussed later) thereinto. The wire 5 is
externally crimped onto socket 27 and the socket is then inserted
into housing portion 1 from the rear thereof until the tine 29
locks onto the shoulder 31. A shoulder 33 of the socket 27 prevents
further forward movement of the socket after locking.
Referring now to the interior of the female housing portion 3,
there is shown the wire 15 which is crimped to the pin 35. The pin
35 has a tine 37 thereof for locking onto shoulder 39 of the
housing portion 3. The pin 35 also includes a shoulder 41 for
preventing forward travel of pin 35 after the tine 37 has locked
onto shoulder 39. The wire 15 is crimped to the pin 35 externally
and the positioned in the housing 3 as shown.
As best shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, when the housing portions 1 and 3
are mated, the pin 35 and socket 27 connect together electrically,
the housing portions being locked together by the overlapping of
locking detents 9 and 11 therein.
It can be seen there there has been provided a relatively
inexpensive connector which can be assembled and installed in the
field with a minimum of labor or tooling.
Though the invention has been described with respect to a specific
preferred embodiment thereof, many variations and modifications
will immediately become apparent to those skilled in the art. It is
therefore the intention that the appended claims be interpreted as
broadly as possible in view of the prior art to include all such
variations and modifications.
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