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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl C Petersen, Mentor, OH (US);
Richard P Stelling, Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Framatome Connectors USA Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439744 ;
Abstract
A contact retainer for retaining a contact to a housing. The contact retainer has stop surfaces for cooperating with stop surfaces on the housing and on the contact to hold the contact to the housing. One of the stop surfaces on the contact retainer comprises a hook shaped flange having a free edge. The press edge of the flange faces an end of the contact retainer.