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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:
Mar. 01, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wendell L Griffin, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
Wells Electronics, Inc., South Bend, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 339 / ; 3391 / ;
Abstract
A zero insertion force connector block including a base with side walls, a row of terminals extending along each side wall, a pair of free-floating follower members positioned in the base between the rows of terminals and a rotary cam having cam lobes in the interface between the followers, radial arms extending from the lobes and a handle extending along the block joining the ends of the arms such that rotation of the handle forces the followers apart to stress the terminals and form electrical connections between the terminals and leads inserted into the block.