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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. 11, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L. Swan, Wixom, MI (US);
David J. Berels, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jerome Ng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Stephen J. Wisner, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/387 ; H01R 1/103 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/387 ; H01R 1/103 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector having a terminal blade that has two spaced legs between which a spring contact strip is received. An L-shaped tab extends from one leg to the other to lock the two legs together in a spaced relationship. The spring contact strip has locking tabs that are received in openings in the terminal blade to hold the contact strip in the blade. Lead in tabs and stops are provided on the contact strip to aid in assembly of the contact strip to the terminal blade.