A marine connector comprising a socket 30 and plug. The socket comprises: a hollow casing; a diametrically disposed locking rod 41; an actuating mechanism and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism, which may use a resilient member like a spring 42, applies a biasing force to move the rod to a locked position, which can be overridden by the actuating mechanism, which may be hydraulic 44 or manual 45, to move the rod to an unlocked position. The plug unit has a hollow body (which may have protruding keys) that slides into the socket and has a pair of diametrically opposed axial keyhole slots formed from an elongated channel with an enlarged closed end. The rod is received and guided by the elongated channel during assembly and eventually abuts the enlarged closed end. The rod may have transverse recessed channels which align with the elongated channels in the unlocked configuration.
Marine connector apparatus
2024-03-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H01R Elektrisch leitende Verbindungen , ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile |