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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. 20, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jurgen Bock, Markgroningen, DE;
Peter Ruhle, Weinstadt/Schnait, DE;
Jochen Franz, Reutlingen, DE;
Walter Suchy, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Festo AG & Co., Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 82 ; 439 83 ;
Abstract
A plug connector having a main body, which has at least one connecting unit including an opening delimited at the side of an elongated transversely elastic gripping rib. The opening constitutes a plug socket, into which a plug element may be inserted and acted upon by the gripping rib. The gripping rib has a concave shaped longitudinal edge portion facing away from the plug socket such that the width of the gripper rib increases toward the two ends of the rib.