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US4983131A
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Pre-molded electrical plug body
Assignee: Woods Industries Inc
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Filing: 1990-01-11
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Granted: 1991-01-08
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Expires: 2010-01-11
Abstract
Abstract A pre-molded electrical plug body to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires, comprising a pair of identical pre-molded electrical plug body pieces mated together, each piece having blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical blades, a pair of posts nested together with corresponding posts of the mating piece to form a central pillar around which electrical plug wires are led to the male electrical blades, and a pair of pins received into corresponding recesses of the mating piece that cooperate with the pair of posts to arrest therebetween electrical plug wires led to the male electrical blades; and a method of manufacturing an electrical plug having a body formed from two identical pre-molded pieces.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernardo L. Esteban
- 👤 Efrain B. Hernandez
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 10:56
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/46; H01R13/502; H01R13/504; H01R2103/00; H01R24/00; H01R24/28; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49204; Y10T29/49208; Y10T29/4922
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A pre-molded electrical plug body to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires, comprising a pair of identical pre-molded electrical plug body pieces mated together, each piece having blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical blades, a pair of posts nested together with corresponding posts of the mating piece to form a central pillar around which electrical plug wires are led to the male electrical blades, and a pair of pins received into corresponding recesses of the mating piece that cooperate with said pair of posts to arrest therebetween electrical plug wires led to the male electrical blades.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A pre-molded electrical plug body to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires, comprising a pair of identical pre-molded electrical plug body pieces mated together, each piece having blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical blades, a pair of posts nested together with corresponding posts of the mating piece to form a central pillar around which electrical plug wires are led to the male electrical blades, and a pair of pins received into corresponding recesses of the mating piece that cooperate with said pair of posts to arrest therebetween electrical plug wires led to the male electrical blades.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The pre-molded electrical plug body of claim 1 wherein said pair of posts are trapezium-shaped.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The pre-molded electrical plug body of claim 1 wherein said pins are rectangularly-shaped.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
A pre-molded electrical plug body piece to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires when mated with an identical pre-molded electrical plug body piece, comprising blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical blades, a pair of central posts around which electrical plug wires are led to the male electrical blades, and a pair of pins cooperating with said pair of posts to arrest therebetween electrical plug wires led to the male electrical blades.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
A pre-molded electrical plug body piece to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires when mated with an identical pre-molded electrical plug body piece, comprising blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical blades, a pair of central posts around which electrical plug wires are led to the male electrical blades, and a pair of pins cooperating with said pair of posts to arrest therebetween electrical plug wires led to the male electrical blades.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The pre-molded electrical plug body of claim 4 wherein said pair of posts are trapezium-shaped.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The pre-molded electrical plug body of claim 4 wherein said pins are rectangularly-shaped.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of forming a pre-molded electrical plug body to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires, comprising the steps of providing a pair of identical pre-molded electrical plug body pieces to be mated, each piece having blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical blades, a pair of posts to nest together with corresponding posts of the mating piece to form a central pillar around which electrical plug wires are led to the male electrical blades, and a pair of pins to be received into corresponding recesses of the mating piece that cooperate with said pair of posts to arrest therebetween the electrical plug wires led to the male electrical blades; inserting male electrical blades and electrical plug wires within one of said pre-molded electrical plug body pieces; mating the other pre-molded electrical plug body piece to the piece within which male electrical blades and electrical plug wires have been inserted; and welding the mated pre-molded electrical plug body pieces together.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of forming a pre-molded electrical plug body to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires, comprising the steps of providing a pair of identical pre-molded electrical plug body pieces to be mated, each piece having blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical blades, a pair of posts to nest together with corresponding posts of the mating piece to form a central pillar around which electrical plug wires are led to the male electrical blades, and a pair of pins to be received into corresponding recesses of the mating piece that cooperate with said pair of posts to arrest therebetween the electrical plug wires led to the male electrical blades; inserting male electrical blades and electrical plug wires within one of said pre-molded electrical plug body pieces; mating the other pre-molded electrical plug body piece to the piece within which male electrical blades and electrical plug wires have been inserted; and welding the mated pre-molded electrical plug body pieces together.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said providing step includes providing a pair of pre-molded electrical plug body pieces to be mated in which said pair of posts are trapezium-shaped.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said providing step includes providing a pair of pre-molded electrical plug body pieces to be mated in which said pair of pins are rectangularly-shaped.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1994-01-07 | 1994-07-09 | 1995-01-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1998-01-07 | 1998-07-09 | 1999-01-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2002-01-07 | 2002-07-09 | 2003-01-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |