Electrical connectors – Contact separation by snap or quick-break action
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-02
2011-12-27
Nguyen, Khiem (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
Contact separation by snap or quick-break action
C439S352000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08083532
ABSTRACT:
A female contact comprising two opposing elongated blades pivotally connected defining a gap there between to receive a male prong, the blades having at least one angularly directed extension resiliently engaging a shaped surface configured to regulate restraining forces on a male prong during insertion, retention and extraction from the gap, thereby self activating an abrupt release of the prong in response to a predetermined extraction force applied in a substantial range of lateral angles.
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Nicholson Rufus Andrew
Weston Perry Xavier
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