Hermaphroditic electrical connection

Details Hermaphroditic electrical connection Hermaphroditic electrical connection

1993-02-23

1993-11-30

Bradley, Paula A.

Electrical connectors

Adapted to cooperate with duplicate connector

Contact intermeshable with duplicate mating contact

439291, H01R 2327

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052660460

ABSTRACT:
A hermaphroditic electrical connection includes a pair of like electrical terminals. Each terminal has a front terminal mating end and a rear conductor connecting end. The front terminal mating end includes forwardly extending spaced-apart contact arms and a generally planar contact blade. The contact blade of each terminal is adapted to be slidingly received between the contact arms of the other terminal. The contact blade and at least one of the contact arms of each terminal include complementary interengaging guides extending longitudinally in a mating direction of the terminals for laterally aligning the contact blades and the contact arms during mating of the terminals. The contact arms are configured with opposing longitudinal side edges spaced-apart more closely than lateral mid-portions of the contact arms to define four points of contact between the contact arms and the contact blade.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2744244 (1956-05-01), Schumacher et al.
patent: 3634811 (1972-01-01), Teagno et al.
patent: 4061406 (1977-12-01), Kunkle
patent: 5035639 (1991-07-01), Kilpatrick et al.
patent: 5104332 (1992-04-01), McCoy

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