GB1046817A - Electrical connectors - Google Patents

Abstract

1,046,817. Two-part couplings. ELECTROOCEANICS. Oct. 1, 1964, No. 40027/64. Heading H2E. An electrical connector has an elongate plug 44, Fig. 2, of insulating material having at least one contact 46 arranged in its surface intermediate its ends, which engages tightly in a corresponding elongate socket 26 to make contact with corresponding contacts 30, either the plug, the socket, or both being of insulating material, and the socket having an opening additional to the one through which the plug enters through which any water in the socket can be ejected on insertion of the plug. The contacts 46 and 30 are in the form of split rings which may be arranged in the surface of the mating members, or may be partially embedded in the insulating material. The plug 44 is reinforced by conducting member 48. Shoulder 58 abutting against end 56 ensures alignment of the contacts regardless of whether the plug is inserted into the right- or left-hand side of the socket. The cross-sectional area of the plug may be slightly larger than that of the socket. In a further embodiment, Fig. 4 (not shown), a plurality of coaxially arranged contacts may be provided. The reinforcement of the plug may be provided by tubes 160, 162 connected to one of the contacts 147, the leads to the other contacts 145, 146 extending along the axis of the tube. In a final embodiment, Fig. 8 (not shown), a series of plug members, as described in the first embodiment, may be connected together to form a multi-pin plug to engage in a corresponding socket, correct engagement being ensured by a locating pin and socket.