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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. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ward E Strang, Fairfield, CT (US);
Carol Z Howard, Oxford, CT (US);
Thomas M McDonald, Monroe, CT (US);
Assignee:
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 82 ; 439947 ;
Abstract
An arrangement for accurately positioning a spring arm of a contact element on a mating component, such as a printed circuit board. More particularly, disclosed is an electrical contact spring arm which incorporates structure for accurately positioning the electrical contact element spring arm structure in slots formed in a printed circuit board or suitable support in a rapid and highly accurately positioned automatic manner.