The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Samtec, Inc., New Albany, IN (US);
Inventors:
John Allen Mongold, Todd, PA (US);
Brian R. Vicich, Prospect, KY (US);
Donald Christopher Knowlden, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Samtec, Inc., New Albany, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/91 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/91 (2013.01); H01R 12/721 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector includes a body, a slot within the body configured to receive a substrate and including a first end and a second end, contacts arranged along the slot between the first end and the second end, and a biasing mechanism arranged at the first end to align the substrate as the substrate is inserted into the slot so that substrate is in contact with the second end when the substrate is fully inserted into the slot.