Patent · US Expired

Electrical connector assembly

US4114976A · kind A · utility

19Cited by

5References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation · US

Inventors

Gerald J. Selvin · Tecate Mission Road, US
Leland W. Oliver · Scottsdale, US
Stephen K. Yamamoto · Los Angeles, US
Clarence V. Hogan · Burbank, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 1977
Grant date	Sep 19, 1978
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R43/20
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact retaining clip is fixed in an insulator cavity by the use of discontinuities around the clip which can be wedged or embedded in the insulator. Preferably a probe is inserted into the clip to expand it. The clip and/or the probe may be heated prior or during insertion or by heating after insertion of the clip but before expansion of the clip.

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