Quick connect tapered joint used with minimum manipulation and force. Split ring retainer holds locking ring in place. Minimal force required to position male in female joint, at which time split-ring retainers are triggered to release split locking rings. Originally developed to assemble large space structures, joint is simple, compact, strong, lightweight, self alining, and has no loose parts.
Self-Alining Quick-Connect Joint
NASA Tech Briefs ; 7 , 3 P
1983-03-21
Miscellaneous
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English
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