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Connector for printed circuit boards

Granted 20 Aug 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Keiji Kuroda, Daichi Miyamoto · Examiner: Joel Sincavage · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/141,460
filed 8 May 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D461769
granted 20 Aug 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view; FIG…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation;

FIG. 5 is a left-side elevation;

FIG. 6 is a right-side elevation;

FIG. 7 is a rear perspective view of the connector; and,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of contacts fixed therein.

The claimed design is directed to the appearance of the connector in its assembled state as shown in FIGS. 1-7. The contacts are shown separately in FIG. 8 for the purpose of clarifying design aspects of the assembled connector that are not be apparent from the other views.

The present design is characterized in that, in addition to parallel grooves formed in side faces, the connector has two contacts fixed therein wherein one of the contacts has a longer body and a shorter arm as compared with the other contact, and in that bent ends of the arms are remote from each other and exposed in different sides, viz: one on the front face and one on the rear face.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/133

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