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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:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
David H Romatzick, Jr, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Burndy Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439188 ; 200 511 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector comprising a housing, a plurality of first electrical contacts, a shuttle movably mounted inside the housing, and a plurality of second electrical shunt contacts stationarily mounted on the shuttle. The shuttle is movable between two positions to move the shunt contacts into and out of electrical contact with the first electrical contacts. The shuttle has a cam surface that is adapted to be moved along the slot by a second mating electrical connector to move the shuttle and shunt contacts.