HALTERUNG EINES EINSCHUBS IN EINEM ELEKTRISCHEN VERBINDER.

摘要

A tubular sleeve of a deformable plastic is longitudinally slotted to define a plurality of laterally separated axially weakened longitudinal columns (62) the respective forward leading edges (64) of which being inserted into an annular passageway (32) formed between an insert (20) disposed in a shell (10) so that the columns curl about and the column medial portions (66) collapse in an accordian-like fashion whereby to radially interferencingly wedge and lock the columns in the passage and thereby to retain the insert in the shell. The curling could be 180 DEG causing the leading edges to retreat coaxially rearward or be 270 DEG causing the leading edges to loop about and be driven radially outward, the leading edges in either possibly engaging its rearward medial portion.