Cable terminator
CA 2210666 C · Owner: Kempf, Andrew J. · Inventors: Kempf, Andrew J.; Knaus, Gary A.; Dean, Michael R.
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The present invention comprises a terminator which features an internal termination resistor and capacitor mounted on a substrate which is in electrical and mechanical communication with a center terminal pin at one end, and the connector body at the other end. The body of the terminator is grounded via the connection of the terminator to a cooperating connector. The present invention includes a support insulator which protects the internal components of the terminator by preventing transmission of tensile torsional, and bending stresses through the terminal into the termination chip assembly. The stresses are absorbed by means of a supportive insulator which frictionally supports a …
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- Filed July 16, 1997 and granted February 6, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 16, 2017.
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