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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Edward Kain, Glendale, AZ (US);
John Edward Lucius, Glendale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/364 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/364 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly ( ) for establishing a mated electrical connection with a plug-in unit ( ), has an electrical connector ( ) mounted on rails ( ), and a resilient spring mechanism ( ) urged in compression in response to movement of the connector ( ) rearwardly to realign its position when mated with an inaccurately aligned plug-in unit ( ).