Locating tool for power pins and receptacles

U.S. Patent Number: 5383268

Abstract: Disposable tools for locating a power receptacle or a power pin within the corresponding port therefor in a header housing are disclosed. The tool for positioning a receptacle within a port includes a base having a positioning contour and a plug having an axis therethrough extending from the base. The plug is sized such that when the positioning contour on the base is engaged against at least two opposed lead-in surfaces about the port the plug extends into the barrel of the first receptacle to align the axis of the same with the axis of the port. The tool for positioning a pin within a port includes a sleeve having a central bore extending therethrough and an outer positioning surface thereon. The power pin is receivable in and retainable by the sleeve. The sleeve is sized such that when the positioning surface thereon engages against at least two opposed surfaces of the port the axis of the pin is retained in a predetermined relationship with the housing.

Inventors: Clark; Stephen L. (Dillsburg, PA)

Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE)

Application Number: 08/034,829

Issued: 1995-01-24

Expired: 2007-01-24

Classes: 29/747 ; 29/271; 29/281.5; 29/281.6; 29/759

Field of search: 29/747,759,271,281.5,281.6,739

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