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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:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Chadbourne, Merrimack, NH (US);
Assignee:
Framatome Connectors USA Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/101 ;
Abstract
An electrical wedge connector with a wedge and a shell. The shell is a one-piece sheet metal member with a conductor piercing section. The conductor piercing section comprises a tab of the sheet metal member at an end of the shell that is folded about 180° inward against an interior side of the shell. The tab has a section that projects in an inward direction generally perpendicular to the interior side and has teeth at an end edge thereof.