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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:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Opfer, Chicago, IL (US);
Buddy B McGlone, Lombard, IL (US);
Assignee:
S&C Electric Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439-6 ; 174 86 ; 403306 ;
Abstract
A flexible connection arrangement is provided for two conductors that accommodates all possible forms of misalignment between the two conductors. The connection arrangement utilizes spherical joints formed by facing hemispherical protuberances at each end of two movable links.