Electrical ribbon connector and hood

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H01R 13/58 (2006.01) H01R 13/516 (2006.01) H01R 13/506 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1116711

ELECTRICAL RIBBON CONNECTOR AND HOOD ABSTRACT The present invention is directed generally to an im- proved electrical connector and an associated hood used to house or enclose the terminating section of the connector. Prior art electrical connectors are limited in the manner in which the pro- tective hoods are assembled and disassembled from the connector body which, in turn, limits the way in which the connector can be mounted or located within the associated electrical or tele- phonic equipment. Moreover, in those connector constructions which incorporate self latching hood structures, it is sometimes difficult to unlatch the hood from the connector body and special tools are required in some instances to facilitate the disassem- bly of the hood from the connector body. The present invention overcomes these deficiencies of the prior art by providing a pro- tective hood which is assembled to or disassembled from a locked position on the connector insert member by either a sliding or pivoting technique. The hood is also automatically locked or secured in its final assembled position, and the locked or latched structure may be easily disengaged using a simple prying device such as a screwdriver. The connector body or insert mem- ber also includes retent structure for maintaining the plug and receptacle connectors in fully mated assembly but which also pre- vents contaminants from reaching the interior of the fully mated connectors.

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