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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:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Marks, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Albert Kupferschmidt, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439719 ; 439713 ;
Abstract
An arrangement of fanning strip and terminal block having mutually engageable interlocking structures which allow for mounting of the fanning strip upon and disconnection of the fanning strip from the terminal block from one side of the terminal block only. In practical constructions, the interlocking structures are rails and complementary slots. These may be of any suitable cross-section, e.g. L-shaped or dovetail shaped.