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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:
Apr. 18, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen K Yamamoto, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 3391 / ; 3402 / ;
Abstract
An electrical connector having means providing a signal when the connector members are fully interengaged. The signal means includes a pair of contacts in the two connector members which are axially spaced apart a distance greater than that of the power contacts in the two members so that the power contacts will become electrically coupled prior to the signal contacts when the connector members are mated. The signal contacts are preferably fixedly mounted in the connector insulators and conductors are releasably coupled to the rear portions of such contacts.