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Panel mounting system for electrical connectors

US5338226A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 1993
Grant dateAug 16, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B57/20
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is provided for mounting an electrical connector to one side of a panel or other planar substrate. The connector includes a housing having a mounting face with a mounting boss projecting therefrom. The boss includes an enlarged head portion. The panel includes an aperture shaped for receiving the enlarged head portion therethrough such that the boss is rotatable in the aperture from a first insertion position and a second mounted position of the housing whereat the enlarged head portion overlaps the opposite side of the panel. Resilient detent latches on the housing snap into detent recesses in the panel automatically when the housing is in its second mounted position to lock the housing thereat.

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