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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert D Ball, Tucker, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kearney-National, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339111 ; 3392 / ;
Abstract
An electric terminal bushing having a hollow tubular contact engageable with the contact pin of an electric elbow type connector is arranged so as substantially to reduce the arcing time during a switch closing operation and includes means for slidably mounting the hollow tubular contact within the bushing between normal and interim positions, and spring means arranged to move said contact toward its normal position following movement of said contact toward its interim position during a circuit closing operation.