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Electrical connector

Granted 9 Aug 2022 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Samtec, Inc. · originally Samtec

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Inventors: Jean Karlo Williams Barnett, Eric Zbinden, Jignesh H. Shah · Examiner: Shawn T Gingrich · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/797,618
filed 1 Jul 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D960107
granted 9 Aug 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, left, front perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, left, front perspective view of an electrical connector according to one embodiment of our design;

FIG. 2 is another top, left, front perspective view thereof

FIG. 3 is a bottom, right, rear perspective view of thereof;

FIG. 4 is another bottom, right, rear perspective view of thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top, left, front perspective view of an electrical connector according to another embodiment of our design;

FIG. 12 is another top, left, front perspective view thereof

FIG. 13 is a bottom, right, rear perspective view of thereof;

FIG. 14 is another bottom, right, rear perspective view of thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line portions in the drawings illustrate portions of the electrical connector that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/147

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Examiner
Shawn T Gingrich
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D886066-SS12 Jun 20206 Dec 2017grantedSecurement member of electrical connector
USUS-D924170-SS16 Jul 202130 Apr 2020grantedElectrical connector
USthis patentUS-D960107-SS19 Aug 20221 Jul 2021grantedElectrical connector
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
TWTW-D201568-SS21 Dec 20196 Jun 2018publishedA set of securement members for electrical connector
TWTW-D209420-SS21 Jan 20216 Jun 2018publishedA part of an electrical connector
TWTW-D212748-SS21 Jul 20216 Jun 2018publishedA part of an electrical connector

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