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Banana type electrical receptacle

US6022226A · kind A · utility

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37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1998
Grant dateFeb 8, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R2101/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical receptacle mountable on and positionable within a substrate has an electrically conductive element that includes a conductive member with deformable electrical leads extending therefrom. The deformable electrical leads have first and second portions with the first portion extending outward from the conductive member and the second portion being adjacent to and approximately parallel with the conductive member. A body of electrically insulating material encapsulates the conductive member about the exterior surface of the conductor with the electrically insulating material having an exterior surface on which is formed support ribs and alignment ribs with the support ribs providing initial support for the electrical receptacle over an aperture formed in the substrate and the alignment ribs providing positioning alignment of the electrical receptacle within the aperture of the substrate. The conductive member may be an elongated tubular shaped conductor or a coaxially disposed, longitudinally split or laterally split conductor suitable for use in a banana type receptacle.

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