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Printed cable connector

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-08-29
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Granted: 1964-09-22
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Expires: 1981-08-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Hans G Martineck

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 19:58
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/77; H01R12/771; H01R12/774; H01R12/78; H01R13/00; H01R13/02; H01R13/025; H01R13/64

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
AN ELECTRICAL DOUBLE ENDED SOCKET, COMPRISING: (A) A HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH; (B) A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID OPENING; (C) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING INWARDLY TURNED HOOK ENDS AND A PROJECTING RIDGE PORTION MIDWAY BETWEEN ITS ENDS; (D) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT SLOPING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID RIDGE PORTION INTO A CREST AND THEN INWARDLY TO SAID HOOK ENDS, SAID CREST LOCATED RELATIVELY NEARER THE HOOK ENDS THAN THE RIDGE PORTION; (E) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING ITS TRANSVERSE SURFACE OUTWARDLY CURVED; (F) SAID INTERNAL SURFACE DEFINING SAID OPENING HAVING A TRANSVERSE NOTCH SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY OF SAID OPENING WHICH RECEIVES THE RIDGE PORTION OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; (G) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG ITS LENGTH WITHIN A SEPARATE LONGITUDINAL SLOT WITHIN THE INTERNAL SURFACE DEFINING SAID OPENING; (H) SAID LONGITUDINAL SLOTS EXTENDING FROM THE OPENING TO THE ADJACENT SURFACES OF THE HOUSING SO AS TO FORM A PLURALITY OF SHOULDERS WHICH THE HOOK ENDS OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS EXTEND BEHIND; AND (I) A PORTION OF EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT ADJACENT ITS CREST EXTENDING ABOVE ITS LONGITUDINAL SLOT WITHIN THE INTERNAL SURFACE SO AS TO CONTACT THE ELECTRIC CONTACTS OF A PLUG ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED WITH SAID OPENING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
AN ELECTRICAL DOUBLE ENDED SOCKET, COMPRISING: (A) A HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH; (B) A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID OPENING; (C) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING INWARDLY TURNED HOOK ENDS AND A PROJECTING RIDGE PORTION MIDWAY BETWEEN ITS ENDS; (D) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT SLOPING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID RIDGE PORTION INTO A CREST AND THEN INWARDLY TO SAID HOOK ENDS, SAID CREST LOCATED RELATIVELY NEARER THE HOOK ENDS THAN THE RIDGE PORTION; (E) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING ITS TRANSVERSE SURFACE OUTWARDLY CURVED; (F) SAID INTERNAL SURFACE DEFINING SAID OPENING HAVING A TRANSVERSE NOTCH SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY OF SAID OPENING WHICH RECEIVES THE RIDGE PORTION OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; (G) EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG ITS LENGTH WITHIN A SEPARATE LONGITUDINAL SLOT WITHIN THE INTERNAL SURFACE DEFINING SAID OPENING; (H) SAID LONGITUDINAL SLOTS EXTENDING FROM THE OPENING TO THE ADJACENT SURFACES OF THE HOUSING SO AS TO FORM A PLURALITY OF SHOULDERS WHICH THE HOOK ENDS OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS EXTEND BEHIND; AND (I) A PORTION OF EACH SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT ADJACENT ITS CREST EXTENDING ABOVE ITS LONGITUDINAL SLOT WITHIN THE INTERNAL SURFACE SO AS TO CONTACT THE ELECTRIC CONTACTS OF A PLUG ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED WITH SAID OPENING.

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