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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:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Chadbourne, Merrimack, NH (US);
Assignee:
Framatome Connectors USA, Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439783 ;
Abstract
A wedge connector with a shell and a wedge. The shell has insulation piercing sections to pierce through insulation of electrical conductor cables. The wedge has a frame and piercing supports movably attached to the frame. The piercing supports pierce through insulation of the cables such that conductors in the cables are directly contacted by both the shell and the wedge.