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Electrical connector assembly suitable for a bed footboard

US7986242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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70References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stephen A. Dixon · Hamilton, US
Douglas J. Menkedick · Guilford, US
William L. Jacques, II · Mount Pleasant, US
James W. Jones · Metairie, US
James K. Findlay · Fishers, US
Jack Wilker, Jr. · Shelbyville, US
Eugene E. Osborne · Hebron, US
Carl W. Riley · Milan, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 2007
Grant date	Jul 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S5/94
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector subassembly associated with a removable component, and a second connector subassembly associated with a host component to which the removable component is removably connectable. One and only one of the first and second connector subassemblies is floatable relative to its associated component.

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