Patent ID: 6641433
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An adapter for coupling an existing connector of a multi-wire interconnect system to a different ambient condition detector than the one for which the existing connector was designed, the adapter comprising:a non-conductive housing which carries a first set of electrical conductors and a second set of electrical conductors wherein the number of the second set of conductors is the same as the number of the first set of conductors, wherein members of the first set exhibit an electro-mechanical plug-type profile for engagement with socket elements of the existing connector and wherein members of the second set exhibit an electro-mechanical socket-type profile for engagement with a second plug carried by the ambient condition detector wherein the existing connector and the second plug are incompatible and are not mutually engageable, wherein the first set of electrical conductors includes a plurality of rigid conducting prongs which extend axially from the housing and are engageable with the existing connector.