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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. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark W Sheridan, Mansfield, OH (US);
Clifton Wade, III, Florissant, MO (US);
Phillip W Hill, Paragould, AR (US);
Assignee:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439884 ; 439849 ;
Abstract
A male electrical terminal plug for attachment with a female electrical receptacle having a tab with opposite top and bottom surfaces, opposite distal and proximate ends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tab, opposite side ends or edges perpendicular to the lateral axis of the tab, and a portion of the top surface area of the tab between opposite lateral side edges of the tab being sloped or angled relative to the remaining portion of the tab top surface from a base potion of the tab toward a beveled leading edge of the distal end of the tab.