US3848957A - Electrical connector insert retainer - Google Patents
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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
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- This invention is concerned with coupling devices commonly referred to as quick-connect electrical connectors. More specifically, it is concerned with a connector assembly that includes an insert retainer that allows standard size connector housings to use oversized inserts.
- Electrical connector assemblies conventionally include a plug and receptacle, each of which has an insert of dielectric material provided with multiple openings within which electrical contacts are retained.
- the insert is introduced from the rearward end of a metallic shell where it is held in place by means of a nut.
- the invention is an electrical connector assembly characterized by an insert retainer (1) that retains an insert in a connector shell (100) which would normally be too small to retain the insert (10).
- an electrical connector assembly of the type having a housing (100) and an insert (10) disposed in the housing includes an insert retainer for retaining the insert (10) within the housing (100), the insert retainer comprising: a sleeve (1) having a central axis and a plurality of axially extending fingers (4) disposed around the periphery of one end of the sleeve (1), each of the fingers (4) terminating in an end portion that includes a radial projection (2) that extends in the direction of the central axis of the sleeve; and at least one other radial projection (3) that extends in the direction of the central axis of the sleeve (1), said at least one other projection (3) axially spaced from the projections (2) at the ends of the fingers (4).
- FIG. 1 illustrates an insert retainer
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the insert retainer shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a connector assembly incorporating the principles of this invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an insert retainer for an electrical connector assembly.
- the insert retainer is generally a sleeve, which is the same configuration as the insert, and is shown in a projected view to illustrate the features of the insert retainer.
- the insert retainer generally comprises a sleeve 1 which includes a plurality of axially extending fingers 4 disposed in spaced relationship around the periphery of one end of the sleeve 1.
- Each of the fingers 4 includes an end portion that has a projection 2 thereon that extends from the finger 4. Spaced from the projection 2 on the end of the fingers 4 are other porjections 3.
- the projections 2 and 3 extend radially inwardly towards the central axis of the sleeve.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an end view of the insert retainer shown in FIG. 1. This view illustrates that the projections 2 and 3 extend away from the fingers 4 in the same direction.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a connector assembly which utilizes the insert retainer 10 in both the plug 200 and the receptacle portion of the connector assembly.
- a con- 1 nector assembly generally includes a plug 200, recepta cle 100 and a coupling nut 30 which retains the plug and receptacle together once the contacts therein are mated.
- the receptacle 100 portion of the electrical connector assembly includes an'insert 10 mounted within the receptacle 100, and a plurality of contacts 50 mounted in the insert.
- the insert 10 includes: a front face 19; a rear face 18; a plurality of bores 17, extending through the insert 10 from the front face 19 to the rear face 18; and an annular recess 11 around a portion of the outside surface of the insert 10.
- the insert retainer Disposed around the insert 10 is the insert retainer.
- the insert retainer is arranged around the insert 10 so that the projections 3 extend into the recess 11 in the insert 10; and so that the projections 2 extend over a portion of the rear face 18 of the insert 10.
- the projec tions 2 and 3 allow the sleeve 1 to lock onto the insert 10 and precisely located the insert within the connector shell 100.
- the shell or receptacle 100 portion of the connector assembly includes an annular recess 101 around the inside portion of the receptacle 100.
- the recess 101 provides a path between the fingers 4 of the insert retainer so that an epoxy resin, injected between the fingers, to bond the insert retainer and insert to the receptacle 100 may flow behind the insert retainer fingers 4.
- a liquid epoxy be injected into the receptacle recess 10] and between the fingers 4 so that when the epoxy cures to the rigid state, the insert, the insert retainer and the receptacle shell 100 are bonded together. It is the function of the insert fingers 4 to keep a portion of the insert spaced from the inner wall of the shell 100 so that a liquid epoxy may be injected into the recesses 101 or 201, whereby the curing of the epoxy will bond the insert 10, the insert retainer 1, and the shell 100 together.
- the plug 200 portion of the connector assembly may be similarly assembled.
- the plug shell 200 includes an annular groove 201 around the periphery thereof for receiving a bonding agent and the insert includes an annular groove 21 around the periphery thereof for receiving the projections 3 which extend radially from the sleeve I mounted around the insert '20.
- a connector assembly comprising:
- a shell having a forward end, a rear end, and a central passage therethrough;
- an insert having a front face, a rear face, a groove around the outside of the insert between the front face of the rear face, and a plurality of axially aligned passages extending between said front face and said rear face;
- said mounting means including:
- a sleeve having a central axis and a plurality of axially extending fingers disposed around the periphery of one end of said sleeve, each of said fingers terminating in an end portion that includes a radial projection that extends in the direction of the central axis of said sleeve.
- said sleeve includes at least one other radial projection that extends in the direction of the central axis of said sleeve, said at least one other projection axially spaced from said projections at the ends of said fingers.
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Cited By (2)
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US4080034A (en) * | 1976-06-10 | 1978-03-21 | Amp Incorporated | Insulation piercing tap assembly |
US6309256B1 (en) * | 1999-05-20 | 2001-10-30 | Kawasaki Electric Wire Co., Ltd. | Electric plug |
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US2760172A (en) * | 1953-02-10 | 1956-08-21 | Coop Ind Inc | Electrical connectors |
US3066272A (en) * | 1958-10-01 | 1962-11-27 | Whitney Blake Co | Axially mating electrical connector |
US3394339A (en) * | 1965-10-07 | 1968-07-23 | Gray & Huleguard | Connector |
US3763460A (en) * | 1970-09-25 | 1973-10-02 | Vibro Meter Ag | Cable plug |
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US2760172A (en) * | 1953-02-10 | 1956-08-21 | Coop Ind Inc | Electrical connectors |
US3066272A (en) * | 1958-10-01 | 1962-11-27 | Whitney Blake Co | Axially mating electrical connector |
US3394339A (en) * | 1965-10-07 | 1968-07-23 | Gray & Huleguard | Connector |
US3763460A (en) * | 1970-09-25 | 1973-10-02 | Vibro Meter Ag | Cable plug |
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US4080034A (en) * | 1976-06-10 | 1978-03-21 | Amp Incorporated | Insulation piercing tap assembly |
US6309256B1 (en) * | 1999-05-20 | 2001-10-30 | Kawasaki Electric Wire Co., Ltd. | Electric plug |
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Owner name: ALLIED CORPORATION, A CORP. OF NY Free format text: MERGER;ASSIGNOR:BENDIX CORPORATION, THE,;REEL/FRAME:004765/0709 Effective date: 19850401 Owner name: CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK AGENC Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:AMPHENOL CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:004879/0030 Effective date: 19870515 |
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