Patent ID: 8079868
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a first connector member having an open annular end portion and a first electrical element, wherein said open annular end portion is adapted to receive an annular insert of a second connector member in a tight-fitting manner; a second connector member having a second electrical element and an annular insert having an open end disposed about said second electrical element, said annular insert further including an upraised annular rim portion disposed on an outer surface and extending about the circumference of said annular insert; and wherein said first and second electrical elements are in electrical contact when said second connector member's annular insert is inserted in said first connector member's annular end portion; an annular outer sleeve fixedly disposed on and extending about an outer surface of said first connector member and having a plurality of spaced outer apertures disposed about its circumference; an annular inner sleeve disposed on and extending about an outer surface of said first connector member and axially movable on said first connector member and having a plurality of spaced inner apertures disposed about its circumference, wherein said inner sleeve is disposed between said first connector member and said outer sleeve; a resilient annular retainer spring disposed in said open end portion of and attached to said first connector member and adapted to receive the second connector member's cylindrical insert and engage its upraised annular rim portion for locking said first and second connector members together, and an annular actuator sleeve disposed about the open end portion of said first connector member and axially movable on said first connector member, wherein said actuator sleeve is disposed adjacent to and between said inner sleeve and said retainer spring; wherein a pair of outer and inner radially aligned apertures are adapted to receive in engagement a flat end of a blade of a tool in a first orientation, and wherein when said tool is axially rotated to a second orientation, said annular inner sleeve is engaged and axially displaced by the blade of said tool so as to engage and axially displace said actuator sleeve into engagement with said annular retainer spring for radially expanding a portion of said annular retainer spring out of engagement with the upraised annular rim portion of the second connector member's cylindrical insert and releasing said first connector member from said second connector member.