Invention Grant
US08770986B2 Devices, kits, and methods for supplementing retaining forces on matable devices such as electrical connectors
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用于在诸如电连接器的可装配设备上补充保持力的装置,套件和方法
- Patent Title: Devices, kits, and methods for supplementing retaining forces on matable devices such as electrical connectors
- Patent Title (中): 用于在诸如电连接器的可装配设备上补充保持力的装置,套件和方法
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Application No.: US13439395Application Date: 2012-04-04
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Publication No.: US08770986B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Richard Furness , Wojciech Mysliwiec
- Applicant: Richard Furness , Wojciech Mysliwiec
- Applicant Address: US FL Melbourne
- Assignee: Harris Corporation
- Current Assignee: Harris Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Melbourne
- Agency: Fox Rothschild, LLP
- Agent Robert J. Sacco
- Main IPC: H01R11/30
- IPC: H01R11/30

Abstract:
Kits, devices, and methods are provided for increasing a retaining force on a first device configured to mate with a second device to establish an electrical connection between the first and second devices. The first device can be, for example, a plug-type electrical connector (15), and the second device can be, for example, a receptacle connector. Magnets (100) can be mounted on or proximate one of the connector (15) and receptacle (16), and a ferromagnetic element in the form of a plate member (14) can be mounted on or proximate the other of the connector (15) and receptacle (16) so that magnetic attraction between the magnetic elements (100) and the ferromagnetic element (14) urges the connector (15) toward the receptacle (16) when the connector (15) and the receptacle (16) are mated. Existing electrical connectors can thus be retrofit so as to increase the retaining force thereon.
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