Connector with automatic protection cap
US4775327A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/631
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic protection cap assembly for plug and receptacle connectors including a laterally fixed apertured plate and a laterally slidably apertured plate in each connector. The plates of the receptacle connector are axially movable. Opening and closing cams having inclined ramp surfaces are fixed on laterally opposite sides of the housing of the receptacle. A latch mounted on the slide plate of the receptacle is insertable into a latch recess in the plug housing, and the latch and latch recess cooperate for moving the slide plate to its closed position by axially moving the plate assembly of the receptacle upon demating of the assembly.
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