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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
James Christopher Coyne, New Providence, NJ (US);
James T. LaGrotta, Boonton, NJ (US);
Richard Thomas LaGrotta, Livingston, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A power connector for receipt and releasable engagement with a wire to effect a transmitting power electrical connection to the wire. The power connector includes a connector housing having a wire insertion side with an opening for receiving the wire. A spring contact is disposed within the housing and includes an attachment end for attaching the spring contact to the connector housing and a contact end for contact with the wire. The spring contact includes a substantially C-shaped segment extending between the attachment end and contact end. The C-shaped segment is dimensioned to be maintained under compression and so that the spring contact applies a contact force against an inserted wire at the contact end with a force sufficient for supporting the conducting of electricity between the wire and contact end. The C-shaped segment is further oriented so that when a lateral force is imparted to the C-shaped segment from the wire-insertion side of the housing, the contact force applied against the wire is reduced to thereby reduce the force required to disengage and remove the wire from the connector housing.