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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:
May. 19, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clifton G Hampton, Bedford, TX (US);
Thomas A Dellinger, N. Richland Hills, TX (US);
Assignee:
Siecor Corporation, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 42 ; 339 40 ;
Abstract
An electrical jack having a jack door biased so as to block the opening of a passage within the jack housing when the jack is not in use and which unblocks the passage in response to insertion of a plug within the passage. The jack door may contain slots for slideably receiving electrical contacts embedded in a dielectric body within the housing. When a plug is inserted the electrical contacts engage electrically with the plug. Upon removal of the plug the jack door is urged to reblock the passage.