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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. 08, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter M Werner, Downingtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174 / ; 174 / ; 403314 ; 403374 ;
Abstract
An explosively operated electrical connector for mechanically gripping and electrically interconnecting a pair of electrical cables. More particularly, the connector includes a C-member with converging, inwardly facing channels, a complementary wedge member and an explosively driven ram positioned in a housing on the C-member for driving the wedge member into wedging engagement with cables positioned in the channels.