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US3359527A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Portable insulated electric distribution apparatus

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-08-23
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Granted: 1967-12-19
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Expires: 1985-08-23
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Oliver M Hart

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 00:33
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R25/00; H01R25/003; F; F21; F21S; F21S4/00; F21S4/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 239 words
PORTABLE INSULATED ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS COMPRISING A BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS EMBEDDED WITHIN A PORTION THEREOF, SAID BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL DEFINING AN UNOBSTRUCTED CAVITY OPENING OUTWARDLY THEREOF, SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS EXTENDING WITHIN SAID UNOBSTRUCTED CAVITY AND BEING LOOSELY RECEIVED THEREWITHIN, SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH SO AS TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY OF THE CAVITY FOR ATTACHING THE CONDUCTORS TO AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MEANS, A READILY REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MEANS SNUGLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID CAVITY AND HELD IN PLACE SOLELY BY FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID CONNECTOR MEANS WITH SAID CONDUCTORS, SAID CONNECTOR MEANS INCLUDING A MOLDED SECOND BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE FORMED THEREIN AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE FORMED THEREIN DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING GROOVE AND INTERSECTING SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING GROOVE, SAID BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL DEFINING AN ANNULARLY EXTENDING RIB EXTENDING INTO SAID CAVITY AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RIB EXTENDING INTO SAID CAVITY DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING RIB, SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING RIB FITTING SNUGLY WITHIN SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING GROOVE IN THE CONNECTOR MEANS FOR HOLDING THE CONNECTOR MEANS IN OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RIB EXTENDING INTO SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE IN SAID CONNECTOR MEANS FOR ALIGNING SAID CONNECTOR MEANS WITHIN SAID CAVITY AND FOR PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN THE CONNECTOR MEANS AND SAID FIRST-MENTIONED BODY MEANS WHEN THE CONNECTOR MEANS IS IN OPERATIVE POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 239 words
PORTABLE INSULATED ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS COMPRISING A BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS EMBEDDED WITHIN A PORTION THEREOF, SAID BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL DEFINING AN UNOBSTRUCTED CAVITY OPENING OUTWARDLY THEREOF, SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS EXTENDING WITHIN SAID UNOBSTRUCTED CAVITY AND BEING LOOSELY RECEIVED THEREWITHIN, SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH SO AS TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY OF THE CAVITY FOR ATTACHING THE CONDUCTORS TO AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MEANS, A READILY REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MEANS SNUGLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID CAVITY AND HELD IN PLACE SOLELY BY FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID CONNECTOR MEANS WITH SAID CONDUCTORS, SAID CONNECTOR MEANS INCLUDING A MOLDED SECOND BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE FORMED THEREIN AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE FORMED THEREIN DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING GROOVE AND INTERSECTING SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING GROOVE, SAID BODY OF INSULATION MATERIAL DEFINING AN ANNULARLY EXTENDING RIB EXTENDING INTO SAID CAVITY AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RIB EXTENDING INTO SAID CAVITY DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING RIB, SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING RIB FITTING SNUGLY WITHIN SAID ANNULARLY EXTENDING GROOVE IN THE CONNECTOR MEANS FOR HOLDING THE CONNECTOR MEANS IN OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RIB EXTENDING INTO SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE IN SAID CONNECTOR MEANS FOR ALIGNING SAID CONNECTOR MEANS WITHIN SAID CAVITY AND FOR PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN THE CONNECTOR MEANS AND SAID FIRST-MENTIONED BODY MEANS WHEN THE CONNECTOR MEANS IS IN OPERATIVE POSITION.

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