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Abstract

The device comprises a male plug and a female receptacle, each of which has a housing with an electrically insulative central tubular component and a cavity extending through and adapted to receive an electrical conduit. When the plug and receptacle are joined together, electrical conduit ends disposed in the plug and receptacle are electrically interconnected. Both the plug and receptacle also include components for securing the conduits in place and components for thermally sealing the conduits therein against atmospheric conditions. The male plug has flexible fingers extending from its front end while the receptacle has its tubular member dimensioned such that it spreads the fingers as the plug and receptacle are joined together. The receptacle tubular member has recesses into which the finger ends snap to hold the plug and receptacle together. Tabs slide over these recesses to releasably lock the fingers in the recesses. The fingers are retractable from the recesses, thus permitting uncoupling of the plug and receptacle, by sliding the outer sleeve of the receptacle rearwardly against an internal spring and carrying with it the locking tabs to a rear unlocked position. The device is simple, durable and highly effective. It is utilized in interconnecting nuclear reactor cable components and in other high temperature corrosive environments. The device is also useful in high frequency electrical conductor applications.

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