Global Patent Index - EP 0887895 A1

EP 0887895 A1 19981230 - Hermaphroditic locking mechanism

Title (en)

Hermaphroditic locking mechanism

Title (de)

Hermaphroditische Verriegelungseinrichtung

Title (fr)

Mécanisme de verrouillage hermaphrodite

Publication

EP 0887895 A1 19981230 (FR)

Application

EP 98401401 A 19980610

Priority

FR 9707665 A 19970619

Abstract (en)

The mechanism consists of two locking rings (10,20) each forming a sleeve (13,23) surrounding a part of the connector. Each ring has a guide groove (12,22) extending in an arc round the sleeve and made in the thickness of the sleeve wall, and a tongue (11,21) which engages with the groove in the opposite ring. A spring inside the coupling pushes the two rings apart so that projections on the ends of the tongues are locked in matching recesses in the grooves.

IPC 1-7

H01R 23/27

IPC 8 full level

H01R 24/84 (2011.01); H01R 13/625 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01R 24/84 (2013.01); H01R 13/625 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE ES IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0887895 A1 19981230; FR 2765034 A1 19981224

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98401401 A 19980610; FR 9707665 A 19970619