US 11,916,333 B2
Quick connect device with transverse release
Ran Roland Kohen, Aventura, FL (US)
Assigned to SKYX Platforms Corp., Johns Creek, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/432,155
Filed by SKYX Platforms Corp., Johns Creek, GA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/019010
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/172390, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,889, filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0190518 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/635 (2006.01); H01R 24/38 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6276 (2013.01) [H01R 13/635 (2013.01); H01R 24/38 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for releasing a connection between an electric plug and a socket connectable to an electrical signal,
the socket including a socket body having at least one internal cavity therein, at least one electrically conductive contact terminal disposed within the cavity for establishing an electrical connection between the electrical signal and the socket, and a cylinder having an internal ridge,
the plug comprising a plug body having at least one electrically conductive ring insertable into the internal cavity of the socket to form an electrical connection between the electrically conductive ring and the electrically conductive contact of the socket, a spindle having a portion insertable into the socket cylinder, one or more balls movable within the insertable portion of the spindle and displaceable radially to be positionable adjacent the internal ridge of the socket when the spindle portion is inserted into the socket, a rod movable within the spindle portion and including one or more recesses positionable in a releasing first position adjacent to the one or more balls, and positionable in a locking second position away from the one or more balls, when the rod is slid axially within the spindle, the balls moveable away from the internal ridge of the socket when the rod is in the first position,
the device comprising:
a cam follower connectable to an end of the rod;
at least one slide support affixed with respect to the plug body;
a lever supported by and slideable within the at least one slide support, the lever including a cam surface contactable with the cam follower when the lever is slid within the at least one slide support, whereby the lever can be slid to push the cam surface against the cam follower to move the follower and thereby move the rod to position the rod into the first position,
wherein the rod is urged into the second position by a rod biasing element, and
wherein the lever is urged by a lever biasing element into a position whereby the cam follower follows the cam surface to cause the rod to be moved by the rod biasing element into the second position.