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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
James D'Addario, Old Westbury, NY (US);
Assignee:
J. D'Addario & Co., Inc., Farmingdale, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/360 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/360 ;
Abstract
A coupler for use with at least two banana plug connectors includes two preferably cylindrical portions molded together as a flexible unit. Apertures in the cylindrical portions are able to receive protrusions extending from each of the banana plug connectors to form a frictional fit between the coupler and the connectors. The frictional fit retains the connectors together, which prevents accidental shorting of the connectors and enables the connectors to assume various rotational and/or linear relationships with respect to each other to accommodate different spacings and orientations of corresponding female connectors.