Electrical and mechanical cable connector permitting relative rotation between connector components
US5616887A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/6593
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical and mechanical cable connector is constructed for maintaining an electrical grounding circuit in electrical installations on board of an aircraft. For this purpose the connector has two bodies positioned coaxially to each other and rotatable to each other but restrained against relative axial movement by a spring ring. One of the two bodies has a plurality of contact springs formed by cutting axial slots integrally into a portion of the one body. The body with the contact springs rests at least partly in or on the respective support body. Both bodies have a common central axis and contact pressures are effective radially inwardly or radially outwardly relative to the common central axis and are axially distributed along the central axis, whereby both bodies are electrically interconnected to maintain the grounding circuit.
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