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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:
Oct. 24, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl G Reed, Clemmons, NC (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 79 ; 439 81 ; 439 83 ; 439676 ;
Abstract
An electrical device intended for surface mounting has an insulating body and leads extending from the body. Each lead has an integral spring portion and an end portion. The insulating body has an aligning or locating stop and the lead adjacent to its end is biased against the locating stop by the integral spring. The locating stop thus ensures that the extreme ends of the leads will be in aligned coplanar relationship. The terminals are also formed with an integral spring which spring biases the lead portions against the stop means and spring biases a retention barb further into retentive condition.