Nova Patents
USRE35508E

Plug terminator having a grounding member

Claim Score by NHIP

Read claim 1, the broadest

Abstract

A terminator for multiple electrical conductors has a forwardly projecting ground contact provided on the ground structure thereof. A corresponding receptacle has a die cast frame to which nosepieces are attached. Cantilevered contact elements extend from contact blocks and are received in windows provided in the nosepieces.

Term

Term ended

Expired 8 December 2014, 11.8 years ago.

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  2. Filed
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  5. Today

7 claims: 1 independent, 6 dependent

  1. 1.
    1. In a terminator for multiple electrical conductors of the type having PA1 a metallic ground structure formed of a baseplate with a plurality of upstanding walls thereon cooperating to define a predetermined number of channels arranged in side-by-side relationship across the ground structure, the baseplate having a forward edge thereon;PA1 an insulated support structure having a plurality of forwardly extending fingers thereon, the number of fingers corresponding to the number of channels on the baseplate, each of the fingers being received in one of the channels;and PA1 at least one electrical contact element being disposed on each of the fingers, each of the contact elements being connectable to one of the conductors so that, in use, the ground structure is connectable to a predetermined electrical potential whereby the electrical contact elements are electrically isolated from each other;PA1 the improvement comprising;PA2 at least one grounding contact projecting forwardly past the forward edge of the baseplate of the metallic ground structure.