Enhanced detent guide track with dog-leg

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H01R 13/639 (2006.01) H01R 13/622 (2006.01) H01R 13/187 (2006.01) H01R 13/631 (2006.01) H01R 13/64 (2006.01) H01R 13/641 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1118860

A-919 APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES LETTERS PATENT TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Be it known that I, David J. Ball, a citizen of the United States of America and residing at 17311 Castellamare #3C, Pacific Palisades, County of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful improvements in ENHANCED DETENT GUIDE TRACK WITH DOG-LEG of which the following is a specification: ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An electrical connector having a receptacle means including a receptacle shell and a plug means including a plug housing, coupling means in- cluding a plug housing engaged with a coupling nut for rotation of the coupling ring, the coupling nut having threaded engagement with the plug housing and the coupling ring having a breech lock means engageable with cooperable breech lock lands on the receptacle shell, the plug means and receptacle means being adapted to be fully electrically mated and locked by rotation of the coupling housing through about 90 degrees. An arcuate detent member of about 180 de- grees keyed to the plug housing for relative axial movement received within an annular groove in the plug housing for resilient forcible selective engagement of opposite radially outwardly enlarged ends of the arcuate detent member with two sets of radially outwardly formed recesses in the coupling ring. When the coupling ring is rotated to full locked position of the plug and receptacle means, ends of the arcuate member are forcibly snapped into one set of recesses to indicate locked and fully mated position by sound and by feel. Rotation of the coupling ring in the opposite direction unlocks the plug and receptacle means and the detent member is released from the first set of recesses to engage a second set of recesses in the coupling ring to audibly and tactilely indicate unlocked position. The resilient arcuate member comprises an enlarged center portion having the radially outwardly enlarged ends extending on either side thereof which is designed to mate with and ride in a recess on the plug housing with an enlarged portion of the recess defining a dog-leg in the path of the axial travel of the plug housing. The enlarged portion or tang makes audible contact with a terminal wall of the dog leg producing an intensified audible snap in the fully mated and locked position of the connector. -2-

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