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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:
Dec. 01, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A Pinyan, Apex, NC (US);
Michael E Grice, Cary, NC (US);
Roy K Thompson, Cary, NC (US);
Marc Moisson, San Carlos, CA (US);
Emanuele Scalco, Cary, NC (US);
Erwin De Bruycker, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas M Wilson, Sanford, NC (US);
Jan Vansant, Leuven, BE;
Geert Swinnen, Langdorp, BE;
Annie Lequesne, Keerbergen, BE;
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439411 ; 439416 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises a telecommunications terminal block with integral but separate test port captured cap feature as well as a method of manufacturing same in an automated fashion. The block permits the electric connection of various size gauges of wires without the severing of the smallest gauges of wire or ruining the block when initially contacting on the largest gauge wire.