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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:

James W. Gibboney, Jr., Conyers, GA (US);

Inventor:

James W. Gibboney, Jr., Conyers, GA (US);

Assignee:

Christmas Northeast, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 11/30 (2006.01); H01R 13/60 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic repulsion-based coupler for an electrical connector includes a housing with two passages formed therein, a male terminal having a magnetic top on one of the passages, and a female terminal having a top made of a material attracted to a magnet in the other passage of the housing. Two such housings form an electrical connector for passing electric power from one conductor to another while preserving polarity when the couplers self-align. Self-alignment occurs when their opposing male terminals repel each other and are each attracted to the female terminals of the opposing couplers. Each passage in the housing of a coupler is formed to receive only the male or female terminal.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Gibboney, Jr., James. (2015). Magnetic repulsion-based coupling in an electrical connector (U.S. Patent No. 8936472). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8936472

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