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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:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Richard Paglia, Springfield, MA (US);
Weixing Chen, Changzhou, CN;
Minghua Gu, Changzhou, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a sleeve. The electrical connector has opposite first and second ends. The first end is rotatable with respect to the second end and configured to couple to a mating connector. The second end is configured to terminate a cable. The sleeve is molded over the first end such that the sleeve is fixed to the first end, and the sleeve and the first end of the connector together rotate with respect to the second end of the connector. Also, the sleeve has an outer gripping surface.