Vibration-resistant fastener replaces pinned or threaded fastener. Collet latch preloads joined components. When mechanism fully locked, actuating lever 90 degrees from starting position and held by locking tab engaged in ratchet notch. Latch connected or disconnected almost instantly, without tools.
Preloading Collet Latch
NASA Tech Briefs ; 16 , 3
1992-03-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
NTRS | 1967
|Deepwater high-capacity collet connector
Tema Archive | 1999
|Deepwater High-Capacity Collet Connector
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999
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