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Multi-piece connector and receptacle therefor

CA 1295386 C · Owner: Prestolite Wire Corporation · Inventors: Grandy, Mark E.

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A connector and receptacle therefor used preferably to link a number of remote devices in daisy chain fashion by the joining of a plurality of separate cable segments. The cable segments may contain electrical conductors optical conductor, fibers, or a hybrid thereof. Each cable segment ends with a connector. Each cable segment is serially linked to the next through a joining of pairs of connectors to form a unified connector. By the formation of the unified connectors the plurality of cable, segments are serially joined into what is effectively a single piece harness. Each remote device is connected to a unified connector through a receptacle which receives the unified connector. In order …

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  • Granted February 4, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 4, 2009.
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FiledNovember 21, 1988
GrantedFebruary 4, 1992
Term endedFebruary 4, 2009
Patent numberCA 1295386 C
Classification (IPC)H01R13/66 +2 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedNov 21, 1988Patent grantedFeb 4, 1992Term endedFeb 4, 2009

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