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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:
Feb. 14, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sherif Abdullah, Plesantson, CA (US);
Gary A Baribeau, Troy, WI (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ;
Abstract
An electrical terminal having a supporting body, a transversely perforate cap, and an enclosed tubular contact member having a bifurcate contact element in line with a wire cutting edge. Contact is established and excess wire removed by a twisting motion applied to the cap. Modular cross connect structure employing such terminals is described.