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Pinboard assembly

Assignee: TE Connectivity Corp
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Filing: 1962-05-31
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Granted: 1965-03-23
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Expires: 1982-05-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert G Trump

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 22:50
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/02; H01R13/10; H01R13/11; H01R13/111; H01R31/00; H01R31/08; H01R31/085; H01R9/00; H01R9/22; H01R9/28; H02; H02B; H02B1/00; H02B1/20; H02B1/207; H01R13/20

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 149 words
IN AN ASSEMBLY FOR CONTACT MEMBERS THE COMBINATION INCLUDING UPPER, LOWER AND INTERMEDIATE BOARD MEMBERS RETAINED IN A SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION BY RIVET MEMBERS; THE UPPER BOARD MEMBER INCLUDING AN INNER ARRAY OF APERTURED POCKETS SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDED BY NONAPERTURED POCKETS; THE INTERMEDIATE BOARD MEMBER INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF APERTURES ALIGNED WITH EACH OF THE POCKETS OF THE UPPER BOARD MEMBER; THE LOWER BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDING AN INNER ARRAY OF NON-APERTURED POCKETS AND PERIPHERALLY DISPOSED APERTURED POCKETS AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE APERTURES OF THE INTERMEDIATE MEMBER, A SET OF CONDUCTIVE STRIPS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND INTERMEDIATE MEMBERS AND A SET OF CONDUCTIVE STRIPS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE LOWER AND INTERMEDIATE MEMBERS, EACH SAID STRIP INCLUDING A MEMBER OF U-SHAPED SPRING FINGERS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY INTO THE BOARD MEMBER POCKETS AND FREE THEREFROM FOR UNRESTRICTED MOVEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE CONDUCTOR PINS INSERTED IN SAID ASSEMBLY THROUGH ALIGNED POCKETS OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER MEMBERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 149 words
IN AN ASSEMBLY FOR CONTACT MEMBERS THE COMBINATION INCLUDING UPPER, LOWER AND INTERMEDIATE BOARD MEMBERS RETAINED IN A SANDWICH CONSTRUCTION BY RIVET MEMBERS; THE UPPER BOARD MEMBER INCLUDING AN INNER ARRAY OF APERTURED POCKETS SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDED BY NONAPERTURED POCKETS; THE INTERMEDIATE BOARD MEMBER INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF APERTURES ALIGNED WITH EACH OF THE POCKETS OF THE UPPER BOARD MEMBER; THE LOWER BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDING AN INNER ARRAY OF NON-APERTURED POCKETS AND PERIPHERALLY DISPOSED APERTURED POCKETS AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE APERTURES OF THE INTERMEDIATE MEMBER, A SET OF CONDUCTIVE STRIPS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND INTERMEDIATE MEMBERS AND A SET OF CONDUCTIVE STRIPS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE LOWER AND INTERMEDIATE MEMBERS, EACH SAID STRIP INCLUDING A MEMBER OF U-SHAPED SPRING FINGERS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY INTO THE BOARD MEMBER POCKETS AND FREE THEREFROM FOR UNRESTRICTED MOVEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE CONDUCTOR PINS INSERTED IN SAID ASSEMBLY THROUGH ALIGNED POCKETS OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER MEMBERS.

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