Replaceable contact connector
CA 2136504 C · Owner: Itt Corporation · Inventors: Gerow, John Brian
Overview
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A connector system is described wherein the most vulnerable parts of the front mating ends of a pair of connectors can be easily replaced in the field. The first connector (12, Fig. 2) includes a shell (20) a main , insulator (22), within the shell and main contacts (24) lying in the main insulator and having, socket front ends (30). A first insert module (32) has an insert insulator (36) and, insert contacts (38) with pin type rear ends. The first module is inserted into the, shell of the first connector to mate with the main contacts. If the front ends (40), of the insert contacts are damaged the connector can be repaired in the field by merely removing the first module and replacing …
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- Filed November 23, 1994 and granted May 30, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 23, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 23, 2016.
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