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Devices, methods, and combinations for securing electrical connectors together

US4043627A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1975
Grant dateAug 23, 1977
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Expiry dateOct 28, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49117
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Devices, methods, and combinations for securing electrical connectors, wherein one of the connectors has a pair of mounting holes for facilitating mounting to a panel having cooperating mounting holes therein and an intermediate slot to permit passage of a portion of an electrical connector therethrough, can utilize a device which includes a flexible and sturdy planar member having a pair of mounting holes therein oriented so as to co-align with holes in the one connector and the panel. The planar member has a cooperating slot at least as large as the panel slot, and is formed so that two substantive portions can be folded at right angles in a U shape along parallel lines extending from opposite sides of the slot, the folded portions having inner surfaces facing each other with a space therebetween for housing the other connector. In one embodiment, a first strip of fastening means is affixed to the outer surface of one of the portions distant from the slot, and a second strip of cooperating fastening means is affixed to the inner surface of the other of the portions distant from the slot. One strip contains hook elements, the other contains loop elements. The planar member is form…

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