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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Thomas H. Di Stefano, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas H. Di Stefano, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Centipede Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment is a connector for making electrical connection to a bulbous terminal, the connector including: a metal tube with a cylindrical wall extending from a mating end, wherein: (a) two or more slots perforate the wall and extend from the mating end along the tube; (b) two or more apertures perforate the wall and are disposed in a circumferential array disposed a distance from the mating end; and (c) each of the two or more slots transects one of the two or more apertures to divide the mating end of the tube into resilient prongs.