Patent ID: 6578967
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
A connector assembly comprisinga first connector including a cylindrical surface having grooves therein, the grooves each having an axial entry portion, a circumferential portion extending from the axial entry portion and an axial seating portion extending from the cylindrical portion and displaced circumferentially from the axial entry portion, the axial entry portion and the axial seating portion extending from the circumferential portion in opposite directions; a second connector axially engageable with the first connector and including radial pins aligned for engagement with the grooves; an angular interlock including a first engaging surface on the first connector and a second engaging surface on the second connector, the first connector and the second connector having a first engagement with the radial pins in the axial entry portion of the grooves and the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface being angularly disengaged, a second engagement with the radial pins in the circumferential portion and the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface being angularly disengaged and a third engagement with the radial pins in the axial seating portion and the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface being angularly engaged; an axial lock including a locking element on one of the first and second connectors and a catch on the other of the first and second connectors.