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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
Craig H. Baker, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Clyde T. Carter, Shermans Dale, PA (US);
Alexander S. Fater, Worcester, MA (US);
Urs F. Nager, Hudson, NH (US);
Christopher P. Palagi, Upton, MA (US);
Christine Mary Svelnis, Boylston, MA (US);
Mark A. Wojcicki, Holden, MA (US);
Craig H. Baker, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Clyde T. Carter, Shermans Dale, PA (US);
Alexander S. Fater, Worcester, MA (US);
Urs F. Nager, Hudson, NH (US);
Christopher P. Palagi, Upton, MA (US);
Christine Mary Svelnis, Boylston, MA (US);
Mark A. Wojcicki, Holden, MA (US);
Anderson Power Products, Sterling, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrical socket contact with a plurality of tines for mating with a pin contact. At least one tine functions as an initial arc receiving tine while another tine functions as an axially extending pin contacting tine. The pin contacting tine has a shorter axial length than the arc receiving tine so that the arc receiving tine produces a make-first/break-last electrical contact.