Patent ID: 8215884
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking mechanism to inhibit rotational movement of a nut of a first cable connector that is threadingly engaged with a mating second cable connector, the nut having at least one recess in its outer surface along an edge, and being rotatably mounted on a fixed housing of said first cable connector, said mechanism comprising: a component adapted to removably surround at least a portion of the housing of said first cable connector, said component comprising at least one first element insertably engageable with a corresponding at least one second element positioned on said housing of said first cable connector; and a projection, rigidly mounted on said component, said projection adapted to engage the at least one recess of the nut when said component is engaged with and secured to the outer surface of the housing of said first cable connector, wherein said at least one first element is a bore and said corresponding at least one second element is a boss adapted to be inserted into said bore.