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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry L. Neblett, Pinckney, MI (US);
David A. Lescamela, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Thomas E. Zielinski, China, MI (US);
Guenter Rohr, Schwindegg, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/900 ; H01R 1/373 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/900 ; H01R 1/373 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly has a male connector and a female connector. The male connector has electrical contacts for conducting AC or DC current. The female connector includes electrical contacts for coupling with the male electrical contacts for conducting the AC or DC current. A mechanism to eliminate current arcing during disconnection of the male and female connectors is coupled with at least one of the male or female connectors.