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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. 04, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bob Mouissie, Berlicum, NL;
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
335205 ; 200 / ; 200 5109 ;
Abstract
A connector comprising a carrier body with at least two contact elements and a magnetically actuatable switching device. The switching device is arranged to electrically connect or disconnect the two contact elements when the connector mates with or disconnects from another connector. Control means activate the switching device. The control means includes a movably disposed tracer finger. In a preferred embodiment, the switching device includes a reed relay which is activated by a permanent magnet.