Hermaphroditic socket/adapter
CA 2579155 C · Owner: Advanced Interconnections Corporation · Inventors: Murphy, James V.; Goodman, Glenn
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A hermaphroditic terminal assembly for connecting electrical devices includes an insulating support member for supporting female sockets and male pins a , number of female sockets, and a number of male pins. An intercoupling component for connecting electrical devices includes two hermaphroditic terminal assemblies configured such that the first hermaphroditic terminal assembly can be mated with the second hermaphroditic terminal assembly.
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- Filed August 9, 2005 and granted July 17, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 9, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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