Cable connector

US6840822B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US

Inventors

• John Wesley Hall · Harrisburg, US
• Hurley Chester Moll · Hershey, US
• Michael Fredrick Laub · Harrisburg, US
• Charles Randall Malstrom · Lebanon, US
• Dmitry Zhmurkin · Millersburg, US
• John Mark Myer · Millersville, US
• John P. Huss, Jr. · Harrisburg, US
• Nathan Lincoln Tracy · Harrisburg, US
• Sean Patrick McCarthy · Palmyra, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R9/0503
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A cable connector is provided. The cable connector includes a connector housing having a cavity for receiving a contact along an axis, and the cavity has a protrusion therein. The protrusion extends through the axis so that as the contact is inserted into the cavity along the axis, the contact is deflected by the protrusion until the contact moves past the protrusion into a locked position. The contact has a body section with at least one wing extending therefrom. The wing contacts the protrusion as the contact is inserted into the cavity along the axis causing the contact to rotate about the axis.