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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Galen M. Martin, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Michael J. Engler, Kernersville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3648 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3648 ;
Abstract
An article of manufacture, method, and system for communicating with circuit boards, which has a grounding element with first and second portions, and the first portion is a forked member adopted for providing contact to a circuit board, and the second portion is adopted to provide contact to a grounding feature.