US 12,062,870 B2
Single conductor connector guard
Ken W. Wagner, Santa Ana, CA (US); Scott Carlton Peterson, Westminster, CA (US); and Chris M. Dodge, Anaheim, CA (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,363.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246385 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/518 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/639 (2013.01) [H01R 13/518 (2013.01); H01R 13/6397 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for guarding a set of connectors used to electrically connect a set of conductors, the apparatus comprising:
a body; and
an inner chamber within the body defined by a planar base, spaced apart first and second sidewalls extending orthogonally from an inner side of the base, a pair of spaced-apart end walls extending from the inner side of the base, and a lid,
wherein the lid is pivotally attached to the first sidewall and positionable between an open position with a side of the lid distal to the second sidewall and a closed position with the side of the lid proximate to the second sidewall and with the lid covering the inner chamber,
wherein the end walls each comprises dividers spaced apart from adjacent ones of the dividers to define a set of guide slots therebetween each with a width greater than an outer diameter of each of the conductors, and
wherein the width of the guide slots is less than an outer diameter of a body of each of the connectors, whereby the connectors are physically retained when received in the inner chamber by the dividers of the end walls and the lid when in the closed position.