Electrical connector
CA 1292528 C · Owner: Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company · Inventors: Strand, Jerome E.
Overview
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An electrical connector for removably attaching a flat electrode to a conducting cable is shown. Flat conductive upper and lower jaws are connected at the rear by flexible, resilient spring means, and are spaced apart at the front. The jaws are mounted within a housing and, are surmounted by a slide actuator having a finger movable member passing through a slot in a housing roof. The actuator slides on a guide means having a front planar surface and a rear planar surface higher than the front planar surface, the two planar surfaces connected by a ramp in a transition area. In the forward position the, actuator compresses the jaws together on the surfaces of the flat electrode to tightly …
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- Granted November 26, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 26, 2008.
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