Patent · US Expired

Connector mounting mechanism

US5876252A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

3References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Whitaker & Company · US

Inventors

Joachim Hahn · Oberursel, DE
Dietrich Wilhelm Kumpel · Gerolzhofen, DE
Patrik Müller · Gothenburg, SE
Udo Pech · Lützelbach, DE
Jörg Thomas · Dietzenbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 1996
Grant date	Mar 2, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/514
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A connector assembly comprises a mounting portion for mounting the connector to a complementary portion which could be either another connector or a member fixed to a structure such as an automobile's bodywork. The mounting portions comprise interengaging T-shaped walls and T-shaped profiles that are longitudinally slidably interengaged. The mounting portion walls comprise interleaving recesses and extensions and that enable the mounting portions to be interengaged by placing the mounting portions one against each other and then sliding them in opposing directions by only a short travel. The latter enables longitudinally slidable T-profiles to be used but nevertheless over short travel which is advantageous for certain applications to reduce cable length surplus.

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