Patent ID: 7857643
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable connector of a three-terminal XLR type, comprising: a) a movable element slidable between a retracted end position, wherein said cable connector is configured as a three-terminal XLR type plug for connection to a mating connector having an XLR socket, and an advanced end position wherein said cable connector is configured as a three-terminal XLR type socket for connection to a mating connector having an XLR plug, said movable element having first, second, third, and fourth channels opening onto a plug-in-side front face of said movable element wherein said four channels are arranged at the corners of a square, wherein said first and second channels lie at diagonally opposing corners and said third and fourth channels lie at diagonally opposing corners of said square; b) first, second, and third contact pins slidably disposed in respective of said first, second, and third channels wherein, in said retracted end position of said movable element where said movable element moves backward from an engaging position, said contact pins project from said plug-in-side front face of said movable element such that said first, second, and third contact pins may be engaged by respective first, second, and third sockets of a mating connector having an XLR socket, and wherein, in said advanced end position of said movable element where said moveable element moves forward to said engaging position, said first, second, and third contact pins are completely covered in said channels; and, c) first, second, and third socket contacts wherein said first and second socket contacts are arranged in said first and second channels and said third socket contact is arranged in said fourth channel such that in said advanced end position of said movable element, said first, second, and third socket contacts may be engaged by respective of first, second, and third contact pins of a mating connector having an XLR plug when said first, second, and third contact pins are inserted into said first, second, and fourth channels of said movable element.