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Connector

Assignee: Malco Manufacturing Co Inc
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Filing: 1962-12-13
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Granted: 1965-09-28
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Expires: 1982-12-13
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Frank A Kukla

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 14:36
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/02; H01R13/10; H01R13/11

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 173 words
A FEMALE TERMINAL CONNECTOR OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE WIRE WRAP POST OF AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL WHEREIN THE POST IS SQUARE IN CROSS-SECTION SO AS TO DEFINE FOUR CORNERS, COMPRISING: TUBULAR BAREL MEANS FOR SLIPPING ONTO THE WIRE WRAP POST AND ATTACHMENT MEANS FOR JOINING SAID CONNECTOR TO CONDUCTOR MEANS, SAID BARREL MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF BARREL JOINED BY SUBSTANTIALLY RESILIENT MEANS, EACH OF SAID BARREL SECTIONS DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE CIRCULAR CYLINDER WITH A SEAM FORMED THEREIN TO PERMIT RADIAL EXPANSION OF THE SECTION, THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID BARREL SECTIONS NORMALLY BEING SLIGHTLY ANGULARLY DISPLACED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WHEREBY SAID RESILIENT MEANS TO DEFORMED SLIGHTLY WHEN SAID BARREL MEANS IS SLIPPED OVER A WIRE WRAP POST AND SAID BARREL SECTIONS ARE BROUGHT INTO AXIALLY ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP, SAID BARREL SECTIONS BEING SIZED TO EXPAND RADILLY WHEN THEY ARE SLIPPED OVER THE POST, AND RAISED MEANS ON SAID BARREL MEANS FOR ORIENTATING SAID SEAMS AWAY FROM CORNERS OF A POST WHEN SAID BARREL SECTIONS ARE SLIPPED OVER THE POST.

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