ELECTRICAL COUPLER Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: electrocable equipment mounted by an operator in a hard clothing and extreme operating conditions, for example, in an extra-vehicular suit outside the space station.

SUBSTANCE: the electrical coupler consists of several groups of simultaneously joined parts and excludes hand orientation and preliminary joining of each electrical connection. The electrical coupler consists of joined components, one of which has "n" connectors, in whose bodies the contact fields are installed, lock of the open and closed positions, and the other of which has n mating connectors, in whose bodies the mating contact fields are installed. The body of each connector enters, respectively, the body of the mating connector. Provision is made for component of fixation of the guaranteed clearance between the jointed parts and the components of combination of the axes of the joined parts and their angular position. A mechanism for movement of the connectors is introduced in one of the joined components, it is made in the form of a bracket with a cylinder are made diametrically oppositely two slots along the generating line of the cylinder surface. A plate is installed on the cylinder for movement along the cylinder axis, the plate has a bush enveloping the cylinder, in its wall two holes are made diametrically oppositely, the holes lie in the plane passing through the longitudinal axes of the cylinder slots, made in the bracket are "n" holes, axes of the bush holes and n holes made in the plate for the body connectors. The axis of plate motion passes through the slots in the cylinder wall and the holes in the bush wall. Part of the bracket enveloping the cylinder along its generating surface is made in the form of a clamp, whose longitudinal plane is perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder slots.

EFFECT: improved human engineering characteristics and enhanced density of location of the electrical couplers on the preset area due to reduced working zone of the coupler, as well as reduced working time for operation of jointing of a great number of couplers due to the reduced quality of operations.

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