Umbilical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED HOUSING HAVING A BASE WITH A CENTRAL OPENING THERETHROUGH AND A WALL UPSTANDING ABOUT THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID BASE; (B) A CONDUIT SECTION DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND CARRIED BY SAID BASE IN REGISTRY WITH SAID OPENING AND CONCENTRIC WITH SAID WALL; (C) A HAMMER DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID HAMMER HAVING A PORTION THEREOF ARRANGED FOR SLIDABLE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE END OF THE HOUSING REMOTE FROM THE BASE; (D) A SPRING DISPOSED IN OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID BASE AND SAID HAMMER FOR NORMALLY BIASING SAID HAMMER IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE BASE; (E) A COCKING MEANS CARRIED BY THE HOUSING AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE HAMMER FOR MOVING SAID HAMMER TOWARD SAID HOUSING BASE AGAINST THE BIAS OF THE SPRING; (F) A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ELEMENT CARRIED BY THE CONDUIT SECTION REMOTE FROM SAID BASE, SAID ELEMENT BEING SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID CONDUIT SECTION AND PROVIDED AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF WITH A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL TERMINAL SOCKETS; (G) A LOCK RELEASABLY CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING ADJACENT THE END REMOTE FROM THE BASE, SAID LOCK PROVIDING MEANS TO RESTRAIN THE HAMMER AGAINST THE BIAS OF THE SPRING; AND (H) A SECOND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ELEMENT ADAPTED TO BE SLIDABLY RECEIVED AND RETAINED WITHIN THE END OF SAID HOUSING REMOTE FROM THE BASE, SAID SECOND ELEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL TERMINALS ADAPTED TO BE MATINGLY RECEIVE WITHIN SAID SOCKETS, SAID SECOND ELEMENT BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONTACTED BY SAID HAMMER WHEREBY ON RELEASE OF SAID LOCK, THE HAMMER, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAID SPRING BIAS, WILL FORCEABLY MOVE SAID SECOND ELEMENT SO AS TO CAUSE SAID SECOND ELEMENT TO SEPARATE FROM SAID FIRST CONNECTOR ELEMENT.