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US3173741A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrical connectors

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-04-17
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Granted: 1965-03-16
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Expires: 1982-04-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Edmond C Crowther

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 06:16
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/28; H01R4/38; H01R4/40; H01R4/30; H01R4/34; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/71; Y10T403/7129; Y10T403/7141

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 190 words
AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED TO ACCEPT ONE OR MORE WIRES IN RELEASABLY CLAMPED RELATION, SAID CONNECTOR INCLUDING A BASE, AT LEAST ONE EAR BENT UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE AND SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR PRESENTING AN ABRUPT SHOULDER SURFACE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BASE, SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR BEING RECEIVED ON THE SIDE OPPOSITE SAID SHOULDER SURFACE SO AS TO PRESENT A LIMITED SURFACE AREA AT ITS EXTREMITY OPPOSITE SAID BASE, SCREW THREADED MEANS POSITIONED CENTRALLY OF SAID BASE IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR, A CLAMPING MEANS ROTATABLY ASSEMBLED TO A SCREW THREADED FASTENER INCLUDING A BODY GENERALLY ELONGATED IN SHAPE HAVING NOTCH MEANS OPENING OUTWARDLY FROM AN EDGE OF SAID CLAMPING MEANS TO FORM LATERALLY EXTENDING ABUTMENT MEANS, SAID CLAMPING MEANS AND ITS ASSOCIATED ABUTMENT MEANS ADAPTED TO EXTEND LATERALLY AND COOPERATIVELY ENGAGE THE SHOULDER SURFACE ON SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR WHEN SAID SCREW THREADED FASTENER WITH WHICH IT IS ASSEMBLED IS TELESCOPICALLY ASSEMBLED WITH THE SCREW THREADED MEANS POSITIONED CENTRALLY OF SAID BASE WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID SCREW THREADED FASTENER WILL BRING SAID CLAMPING MEANS INTO NONROTATABLE JUXTAPOSED RELATION RELATIVE TO SAID BASE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 190 words
AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED TO ACCEPT ONE OR MORE WIRES IN RELEASABLY CLAMPED RELATION, SAID CONNECTOR INCLUDING A BASE, AT LEAST ONE EAR BENT UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE AND SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR PRESENTING AN ABRUPT SHOULDER SURFACE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BASE, SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR BEING RECEIVED ON THE SIDE OPPOSITE SAID SHOULDER SURFACE SO AS TO PRESENT A LIMITED SURFACE AREA AT ITS EXTREMITY OPPOSITE SAID BASE, SCREW THREADED MEANS POSITIONED CENTRALLY OF SAID BASE IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR, A CLAMPING MEANS ROTATABLY ASSEMBLED TO A SCREW THREADED FASTENER INCLUDING A BODY GENERALLY ELONGATED IN SHAPE HAVING NOTCH MEANS OPENING OUTWARDLY FROM AN EDGE OF SAID CLAMPING MEANS TO FORM LATERALLY EXTENDING ABUTMENT MEANS, SAID CLAMPING MEANS AND ITS ASSOCIATED ABUTMENT MEANS ADAPTED TO EXTEND LATERALLY AND COOPERATIVELY ENGAGE THE SHOULDER SURFACE ON SAID AT LEAST ONE EAR WHEN SAID SCREW THREADED FASTENER WITH WHICH IT IS ASSEMBLED IS TELESCOPICALLY ASSEMBLED WITH THE SCREW THREADED MEANS POSITIONED CENTRALLY OF SAID BASE WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID SCREW THREADED FASTENER WILL BRING SAID CLAMPING MEANS INTO NONROTATABLE JUXTAPOSED RELATION RELATIVE TO SAID BASE.

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