Patent · US Expired

Through-wall electrical connector

US5626493A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

2References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Whitaker & Company · US

Inventors

Lothar Post · Düsseldorf, DE
Harald Schmitt · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 1, 1995
Grant date	May 6, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2107/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector housing fixable within an opening of a wall comprising an inner housing and an outer housing, the inner housing having a terminal receiving passageway therein, characterized in that in response to relative movement between the housings resilient members which have passed through the opening are expanded outward preventing the housing from backing out of the wall, thereby providing a through-wall housing that is easily inserted and affixed to a wall from one side thereof.

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