Patent · US Expired

Panel mountable electrical connector

US5238427A · kind A · utility

28Cited by
5References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1992
Grant dateAug 24, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 1, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/745
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector is provided for mounting in an opening in a panel or the like and includes a housing having a body portion positionable in the opening in the panel. A separate mounting device, independent of the connector housing, is positionable in a receptacle in the housing. The mounting device includes a panel stop projecting from the body portion of the housing for abutting one side of the panel at the opening. The mounting device further includes a flexible locking arm projecting from the body portion of the housing for passing through the opening when the body portion of the housing is positioned thereinto and for engaging an opposite side of the panel at the opening.

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