Interstage electrical connector

Details Interstage electrical connector Interstage electrical connector

H - Electricity

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H01R 13/62 (2006.01) H01R 13/71 (2006.01) H01R 13/637 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1113563

ABSTRACT The present invention is directed to electrical connectors and more particularly to interstage connectors for guided missile stages. Specifically, the present invention relates to a connector wherein the contact members supported within the connector component housings may be engaged and disengaged independently of the engagement and disengagement of the housings. Most prior interstage connectors utilize pin and socket type electrical contact members which are aligned parallel with the connector's central axis. Thus, the connector contact members are subject to damage or shorting if the contacts are not engaged and disengaged along a line substantially parallel with the central axis of the connector component housings. In the connectors of the present invention, actuator means are provided for engaging and disengaging the connector contact members independent of the engagement and dis- engagement of the connector housings and include a movable insert member disposed within a second housing for movement between mating and non-mating positions. The contact members supported within the second housing each include a terminal portion, an active contact portion carried by the insert member for engagement with a first housing contact member, and an extendable portion for maintaining electrical connection between the active and terminal portions as the insert member is moved between its mating and non-mating positons. The actuator means further include a latching mechanism for moving the insert member to its mating position to securely interengage the connector contact elements, and a separation assembly for disengaging the connector contact members prior to disengagement of the connector housings.

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