Electrical connector assemblies
CA 2322351 A1 · Owner: Smiths Industries Public Limited Company · Inventors: Parry, Ian Charles; Dent, Peter
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Electrical busbar terminal assemblies are known having several interconnected sockets in a housing so that power on a contact inserted in one socket can be distributed to, contacts inserted in others of the sockets. In the present invention the sockets are hyperboloid, spring sockets mounted on a metal bar spaced along its length. The sockets extend along, respective bores of an insulating lower body and the bar extends along the bottom of the body, being covered by a cover plate. The two end sockets are larger than the others and receive, input power contacts so that power is distributed from these sockets via the bar to contacts, inserted in the other sockets. Catches with inturned …
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- Filed October 5, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 5, 2020.
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