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(11) EP 0 161 835 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.09.1988 Bulletin 1988/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.11.1985 Bulletin 1985/47

(21) Application number: 85302821

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 25.04.1984 GB 8410523

(71) Applicant: FKI Electrical Components Limited
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(72) Inventors:
  • Chard, Ronald
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  • Peake, Anthony Charles
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(54) Plug-and-socket connector with a resilient coupling strip


(57) A connector member 8 for use with a mating member 1 provided with radial bayonet studs 6 has a body part 11 of a moulded plastics material enclosing a number of contacts 13. The body part has a number of entry slots 17 for the bayonet studs and retention means with a snatch safety feature are provided by a slotted resilient strip 7 located in an annular recess 18. The body part 11 has an internal region of substantially solid cross section having axially directed holes in which the contacts are a sliding fit and a thickened region in each contact is supported between the solid central region and a plastic insert 29 (not shown) which is held in place by a clamp nut 33.






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