US3221291A
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Electrical test-point connector
Assignee: Raytheon Co
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Filing: 1963-10-18
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Granted: 1965-11-30
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Expires: 1983-10-18
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Albert R Pratt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:23
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R9/00; H01R9/22; H01R9/24; H01R9/2491; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/72; H01R12/722; H01R12/728
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
A UNITARY LIMITED-ENTRY RESILIENT-CONTACT ELECTRICAL TEST-POINT CONNECTOR, COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE CONDUCTIVE MEMBER EMBODYING A BASE MEMBER, OPPOSED SIDE PORTIONS BENT AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE BASE MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND PROVIDING A PAIR OF RESILIENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT MEMBERS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREBETWEEN AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE AN INSERTED ELONGATE CONDUCTOR OF UP TO A SELECTED MAXIMUM TRANSVERSE DIMENSION WITHOUT EXCEEDING THE MECHANICAL ELASTIC LIMIT OF THE MATERIAL OF SAID CONTACT MEMBERS, A PAIR OF APERTURED PLATE MEMBERS INTEGRAL WITH SAID CONTACT MEMBERS AND BASE MEMBER AND EXTENDING FROM THE ENDS OF THE BASE MEMBER AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES THERETO AND DISPOSED ATHWART THE PATH OF INSERTION OF SUCH ELONGATGE CONDUCTOR ON RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONTACT MEMBER, THE APERTURE IN ECH OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS BEING IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SUCH PATH AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO SAID SELECTED MAXIMUM DIMENSION, AND A PLURALITY OF SPACEDAPART CONNECTOR MEMBERS INTEGRAL WITH SAID BASE MEMBER AND CONTACT MEMBERS FOR CONNECTING THE LATTER TO AT LEAST ONE EXTERNAL CIRCUIT, THE CONNECTOR MEMBERS BEING STRUCK-OUT PORTIONS OF THE BASE MEMBER INTEGRAL WITH THE RESPECTIVE PLATE MEMBERS AND EXTENDING THEREFROM IN COMMON PLANES THEREWITH IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID PATH OF INSERTION OF THE CONDUCTOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
209 words
A UNITARY LIMITED-ENTRY RESILIENT-CONTACT ELECTRICAL TEST-POINT CONNECTOR, COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE CONDUCTIVE MEMBER EMBODYING A BASE MEMBER, OPPOSED SIDE PORTIONS BENT AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE BASE MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND PROVIDING A PAIR OF RESILIENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT MEMBERS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREBETWEEN AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE AN INSERTED ELONGATE CONDUCTOR OF UP TO A SELECTED MAXIMUM TRANSVERSE DIMENSION WITHOUT EXCEEDING THE MECHANICAL ELASTIC LIMIT OF THE MATERIAL OF SAID CONTACT MEMBERS, A PAIR OF APERTURED PLATE MEMBERS INTEGRAL WITH SAID CONTACT MEMBERS AND BASE MEMBER AND EXTENDING FROM THE ENDS OF THE BASE MEMBER AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES THERETO AND DISPOSED ATHWART THE PATH OF INSERTION OF SUCH ELONGATGE CONDUCTOR ON RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CONTACT MEMBER, THE APERTURE IN ECH OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS BEING IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SUCH PATH AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO SAID SELECTED MAXIMUM DIMENSION, AND A PLURALITY OF SPACEDAPART CONNECTOR MEMBERS INTEGRAL WITH SAID BASE MEMBER AND CONTACT MEMBERS FOR CONNECTING THE LATTER TO AT LEAST ONE EXTERNAL CIRCUIT, THE CONNECTOR MEMBERS BEING STRUCK-OUT PORTIONS OF THE BASE MEMBER INTEGRAL WITH THE RESPECTIVE PLATE MEMBERS AND EXTENDING THEREFROM IN COMMON PLANES THEREWITH IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID PATH OF INSERTION OF THE CONDUCTOR.
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