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Electrical contact

Granted 8 Apr 2003 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP · originally Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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Inventors: Bradley E Clements, Joseph M White · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/145,446
filed 23 Jul 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D472880
granted 8 Apr 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an oblique view of an…

FIG. 1 is an oblique view of an electrical contact showing the new design.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the electrical contact of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an oblique view of an alternate embodiment of the electrical contact of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a top view of the electrical contact of FIG. 3.

The broken line showing the through-plated hole and surrounding metal in FIGS. 1 through 4 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/154

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Pendency
1.7 y
624 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Robert M. Spear
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