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US3299393A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrical circuit connector

Assignee: Q T CIRCUITS CO
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Filing: 1964-02-18
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Granted: 1967-01-17
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Expires: 1984-02-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George F Kelley
  • 👤 Clois W Tedford

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 06:14
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K7/00; H05K7/02; H01; H01R; H01R9/00; H01R9/22; H01R9/28; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0286; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/10272; H05K2201/1031; H05K2201/10325; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/325; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 179 words
AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A MOUNTING MEMBER OF RIGID ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF INSULATING BLOCKS OF RESILIENT MATERIAL EACH SECURED TO THE SURFACE OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER IN PARALLEL ADJACENT SIDE BY SIDE RELATIONSHIP, EACH SAID BLOCK BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART APERTURES EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER SURFACE THERETHROUGH, THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH APERTURE BEING FLARED OUTWARDLY, A PLURALITY OF TERMINAL MEMBERS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OPERABLY CONNECTED THROUGH SAID APERTURES WITH THE UPPER END THEREOF RECESSED BELOW THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING STRIP WHEREBY AN ELECTRICAL MEMBER INSERTED INTO THE APERTURE AND AGAINST SAID TERMINAL MEMBER OPERABLY CAUSES SAID ELECTRICAL MEMBER TO BE RESILIENTLY AND FRICTIONALLY HELD AGAINST THE TERMINAL MEMBER FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREWITH, A BUS BAR STRIP OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL INSERTABLY CONNECTED BETWEEN ADJACENT PAIRS OF RESILIENT BLOCKS WHEREBY AN ELECTRICAL MEMBER INSERTED BETWEEN SAID STRIP AND THE SIDE WALL OF SAID ADJACENT INSULATING STRIP OPERABLY CAUSES SAID ELECTRICAL MEMBER TO BE FRICTIONALLY AND RESILIENTLY HELD AGAINST THE BUS BAR STRIP TO CREATE AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 179 words
AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A MOUNTING MEMBER OF RIGID ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF INSULATING BLOCKS OF RESILIENT MATERIAL EACH SECURED TO THE SURFACE OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER IN PARALLEL ADJACENT SIDE BY SIDE RELATIONSHIP, EACH SAID BLOCK BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART APERTURES EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER SURFACE THERETHROUGH, THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH APERTURE BEING FLARED OUTWARDLY, A PLURALITY OF TERMINAL MEMBERS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OPERABLY CONNECTED THROUGH SAID APERTURES WITH THE UPPER END THEREOF RECESSED BELOW THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING STRIP WHEREBY AN ELECTRICAL MEMBER INSERTED INTO THE APERTURE AND AGAINST SAID TERMINAL MEMBER OPERABLY CAUSES SAID ELECTRICAL MEMBER TO BE RESILIENTLY AND FRICTIONALLY HELD AGAINST THE TERMINAL MEMBER FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREWITH, A BUS BAR STRIP OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL INSERTABLY CONNECTED BETWEEN ADJACENT PAIRS OF RESILIENT BLOCKS WHEREBY AN ELECTRICAL MEMBER INSERTED BETWEEN SAID STRIP AND THE SIDE WALL OF SAID ADJACENT INSULATING STRIP OPERABLY CAUSES SAID ELECTRICAL MEMBER TO BE FRICTIONALLY AND RESILIENTLY HELD AGAINST THE BUS BAR STRIP TO CREATE AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREWITH.

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