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US3155446A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Multiple conductor connector

Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1962-05-09
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Granted: 1964-11-03
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Expires: 1982-05-09
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kowaleski Clarence
  • 👤 Pferd William

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 06:21
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R24/00; H01R24/28; H01R13/00; H01R13/58; H01R13/595; H01R13/64; H01R2107/00; H01R24/20

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 213 words
A MULTIPLE WIRE CONNECTOR COMPRISING A MATING PAIR OF INSULATING BLOCKS INCLUDING A MULTIPLICITY OF REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL TERMINALS IN EACH OF SAID BLOCKS, AND A RETAINING BAR ASSOCIATED WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID BLOCKS, SAID TERMINALS CONTAINED IN ONE BLOCK BEING IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE TERMINALS IN THE OTHER, SAID TERMINALS HAVING SPRING CONTACT SURFACES AND BEING GENERALLY USHAPED IN CROSS SECTION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID TERMINALS, THE LATTER HAVING CANTILEVER SPRINGS ORIGINATING AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE U-SHAPED SECTION AND BENT AT AN ANGLE TO PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THE U-SHAPED SECTION THEREBY FORMING THE SPRING CONTACT SURFACE, THE FREE END OF SAID CANTILEVER SPRING BENT BACK TOWARDS AND INTO THE U-SHAPED SECTION TO PROTECT THE CANTILEVER SPRINGS, BOTH SIDES OF THE U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION INDENTED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SECTION IN A PORTION UNDER THE PROJECTED SPRING, SAID INDENTATIONS CLOSING THE CROSS SECTION TO A DEGREE NARROWER THAN THE CANTILEVER SPRING THEREBY PREVENTING THE SPRING FROM BEING FORCED DOWN IN BETWEEN THE SIDES OF SAID SECTION, SAID TERMINALS HAVING RESTRAINING MEANS ON ONE END AND FIXING MEANS ON THE OTHER, SAID LATTER MEANS CLAMPED TO SAID BLOCKS BY SAID BARS PREVENTING EXTRACTION OF SAID TERMINALS FROM SAID BLOCKS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 213 words
A MULTIPLE WIRE CONNECTOR COMPRISING A MATING PAIR OF INSULATING BLOCKS INCLUDING A MULTIPLICITY OF REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL TERMINALS IN EACH OF SAID BLOCKS, AND A RETAINING BAR ASSOCIATED WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID BLOCKS, SAID TERMINALS CONTAINED IN ONE BLOCK BEING IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE TERMINALS IN THE OTHER, SAID TERMINALS HAVING SPRING CONTACT SURFACES AND BEING GENERALLY USHAPED IN CROSS SECTION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID TERMINALS, THE LATTER HAVING CANTILEVER SPRINGS ORIGINATING AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE U-SHAPED SECTION AND BENT AT AN ANGLE TO PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THE U-SHAPED SECTION THEREBY FORMING THE SPRING CONTACT SURFACE, THE FREE END OF SAID CANTILEVER SPRING BENT BACK TOWARDS AND INTO THE U-SHAPED SECTION TO PROTECT THE CANTILEVER SPRINGS, BOTH SIDES OF THE U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION INDENTED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SECTION IN A PORTION UNDER THE PROJECTED SPRING, SAID INDENTATIONS CLOSING THE CROSS SECTION TO A DEGREE NARROWER THAN THE CANTILEVER SPRING THEREBY PREVENTING THE SPRING FROM BEING FORCED DOWN IN BETWEEN THE SIDES OF SAID SECTION, SAID TERMINALS HAVING RESTRAINING MEANS ON ONE END AND FIXING MEANS ON THE OTHER, SAID LATTER MEANS CLAMPED TO SAID BLOCKS BY SAID BARS PREVENTING EXTRACTION OF SAID TERMINALS FROM SAID BLOCKS.

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