Patent ID: 6540565
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
A connector for use in metrology comprising:a coupling including a housing and a contact receptacle positionable in the housing; a plug including a housing and a contact receptacle positionable in the housing of the plug, the plug engageable with the coupling; means for aligning the housings of the coupling and the plug when the coupling and the plug are engaged including a first key disposed on the housing of the coupling and a first channel disposed on the housing of the plug; means for aligning the contact receptacles of the coupling and the plug when the coupling and the plug are engaged including a second key disposed on the contact receptacle of the coupling and a second channel disposed on the contact receptacle of the plug, where the first key and the first channel of the housings aligning means engage before the second key and the second channel of the contact receptacle aligning means engage when the coupling and the plug are urged together; and means for sealing the coupling with respect to the plug when the coupling and the plug are engaged.