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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. 22, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark R Thumma, Oberlin, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439188 ; 439637 ;
Abstract
A pair of shorting contacts (116,116) on mated electrical terminal members (110,110). The shorting contacts are edges of angled surfaces (36) on the respective electrical terminal members which are laterally reversed mirror images of each other. The respective edges confront each other in a substantially transverse configuration. Initial engagement between the respective edges is at an initial point contact (125) at a high stress. The edges thereafter wipe against one another and come to engage at a final point contact. The path from the initial point contact to the final point contact constitutes a line between the respective electrical terminal members.