Patent ID: 7722379

Claim:
A connector device comprising: a first connector element including: a ferrule having a chamber formed therein, and having a first end portion and a second end portion, a receptacle having a compartment formed therein, and having a housing provided on one end portion thereof, and having a space formed in said housing, said housing being fitted within said chamber of said ferrule, an insulating member received and fitted in said compartment of said receptacle and including a bore formed in said insulating member, a sealing ring fitted in said space of said housing and engaged with said housing and said receptacle, a sleeve received and fitted in said chamber of said ferrule and engaged with said housing for anchoring and retaining said housing within said chamber of said ferrule, and including a peripheral lip extended from a first end portion of said sleeve to engage with said sealing ring and to anchor and retain said sealing ring between said housing and said sleeve, and said sleeve including a second end portion, a locking ring attached to said second end portion of said sleeve and including a plurality of blades extended therefrom and inclined relative to said sleeve, and an actuating member attached to said second end portion of said ferrule, and including an actuator extended radially therefrom for engaging with said blades of said locking ring and for anchoring and retaining said sleeve and said housing within said chamber of said ferrule, and a second connector element including a tubular member engaged into said sleeve and engageable with said receptacle for limiting said tubular member to move relative to said receptacle, and engaged with said sealing ring, said tubular member including a swelling extended radially and outwardly therefrom for engaging with said blades and for allowing said swelling to be moved over said blades and for allowing said blades to selectively engage with said swelling of said tubular member and to latch and anchor said tubular member to said receptacle and said sleeve, and said ferrule and said actuating member being movable relative to said sleeve and said housing to actuate said actuator of said actuating member to move said blades radially and outwardly relative to said tubular member and to allow said swelling of said tubular member to be moved over said blades and to allow said tubular member to be selectively disengaged from said sleeve and said housing of said first connector element.