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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:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian R Vicich, Louisville, KY (US);
John K Hynes, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Samtec, Inc., New Albany, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29843 ; 29842 ; 29845 ; 439876 ;
Abstract
A fastener for an electrical connector. The fastener (10) includes a fastener body (12) having an opening (16) therethrough for receiving a pin (21). The fastener body (12) includes a plurality of gripping elements (14) protruding into the hole (16) for securing the fastener (10) to the pin (21) when disposed therebetween. The fastener (10) is then soldered to the pin (21) and to a mounting surface (34), such as a printed circuit board, by known soldering techniques.