Electrical connector
US3930709A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/53
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical connector includes complementary contact elements, one contact element being supported for axial movement in its housing as part of a contact assembly also including a piston and a member evolving arc-quenching gas upon being subjected to an arc. Such contact assembly is disposed in a passage having an encircling electrically conductive wall and a piston thereof is responsive to evolved gas to displace the contact assembly. A resilient contactor is situated radially outwardly of the contact assembly and radially inwardly of the conductive wall for resiliently engaging the contact assembly and wall for providing electrical continuity therebetween.
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