GB1209559A - Multicontact electrical connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

1,209,559. Two-part couplings. HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. 23 July, 1968 [21 Aug., 1967], No. 35118/68. Heading H2E. A multi-contact electrical connector comprises two metal shells 10 and 12 in which are mounted two inserts 24 and 22 respectively of insulating material in which are provided a plurality of bores 50 and 48 respectively for reception of a conductor 62 and contact elements. Insert 22, of rigid material, carries the contact elements, for example a pin 58 co-operating with a socket element 56 which is connected to conductor 62. Conductor 62 passes from the connector through bore 50 in resilient insert 24, the bore being equipped with annular ridges 64 to grip the conductor, and through bore 52 in a further rigid insert 26 of insulating material. Each of inserts 22, 24, 26 is equipped with a central longitudinal bore 28, 30 and 32 respectively for reception of a bolt 36. Bore 28 is provided with an enlarged portion 34 for reception of a hexagonal nut for co-operation with bolt 36 to hold the assemblies together. Shells 10 and 12 may be brazed together at their abutting flanges 14 and 16 respectively. In order to ensure correct alignment of inserts 22, 24, 26 in the shells 10, 12 the inserts are provided with longitudinally extending grooves (44) and with indentations (46) which co-operate respectively with ridges (40) and projections (42) on the shells (Figs. 1 and 2, not shown). In an alternative embodiment, the connector may be made from four sections in which the contact elements are mounted in a third section similar to that enclosed by shell 12 and disposed adjacent the end of this section, and with a fourth section similar to that enclosed by shell 10 adjacent the end of the third section.