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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:
Apr. 28, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven B Bogiel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Mark M Data, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Robert W DeRoss, Naperville, IL (US);
Timothy R McClelland, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
David M Skowronski, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439290 ; 439287 ; 439291 ; 439851 ; 439856 ;
Abstract
An electrical terminal structure is provided by a pair of hermaphroditic terminals. In one form of the invention, each terminal is bifurcated to define a pair of elongated semi-cylindrical arms of different diameters defining pairs of elongated spaced edges to provide a four-point contact array. In another form of the invention, a pair of hermaphroditic terminals each are trifurcated to define a central semi-cylindrical arm and two outside arms, combining to provide a six-point contact array.