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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. 19, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A. Norte, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ; H05K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ; H05K 1/00 ;
Abstract
The high-voltage surge performance of a Centronic connector (,) is improved through increasing the free-air distance (,″) between adjacent pins (,″) by tapering the portions of pin bodies (,″) that extend outwardly from the insulating molding (,) of the connector. The bodies may taper either monotonically (FIG.,) or concavely (FIG.,). Additional improvement is obtained by extending the tapered pin-body portions into the molding (FIG.,) and/or by making the molding with ribs (,) that extend outwardly between adjacent pins (FIG.,) or by thickening the molding.