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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:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
David C Giroux, Gorham, ME (US);
David W Mendenhall, Greenville, RI (US);
Assignee:
Augat Inc., Mansfield, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439188 ; 439513 ; 439 43 ;
Abstract
A fully programmable connector is provided in which selected ones of the connector contacts can be electrically shorted within the same connector housing body. The housing body includes a plurality of identical cells each containing an electrical contact and each configured to contain a shorting clip. One or more shorting clips are retained in intended cells of the housing body to short circuit the corresponding contacts.