Self-aligning multiple electrical connector
Abstract
Abstract A SELF-ALIGNING MULTIPLE CONTACT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR OF THE PLUG-IN TYPE COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER AND AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF OPPOSED ELONGATED CONTACT MEMBERS HAVING A ROCKING TYPE CONTACT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORT MEMBER ADJACENT ONE END, THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID CONTACT MEMBERS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY AWAY FROM THE SUPPORT MEMBER. A TENSION SPRING INTERSONNECTS THE CONTACT MEMBERS OF EACH PAIR AT AN INTERMEDIATE POINT OUTWARDLY OF THEIR POINTS OF ROCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORT. A TIE PLATE INTERCONNECTS THE CONTACT MEMBERS OF EACH PAIR AT A POINT INWARDLY OF THEIR POINTS OF MAKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUPPORT MEMBER. THE TIE PLATE IS SLIDABLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE SUPPORT WHEREBY THE OUTER ENDS OF EACH PAIR OF CONTACT MEMBERS CAN SHIFT TRANSVERSELY TO ACCOMMODATE SLIGHT MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE CONNECTOR AND A CONDUCTIVE MEMBER ONTO WHICH IT IS BEING PLUGGED.
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- 👤 David B Powell
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