Electrical connector with shorting contacts which wipe against each other

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PATENT NO 5277607
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08006069

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A pair of shorting contacts (16,16) on mated connector bodies (10,10). The shorting contacts are protrusions on the respective connector bodies which are laterally reversed mirror images of each other. The respective protrusions confront each other in a substantially transverse configuration. Initial engagement between the respective protrusions is at an initial point contact (25) at a high stress. The protrusions thereafter wipe against one another and come to engage at a final point contact (26). The path from the initial point contact to the final point contact constitutes a line between the respective connector bodies.

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WHITAKER CORPORATION THE4550 NEW LINDEN HILL ROAD STE 450 WILMINGTON DE 19808

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pickles, Charles S North Attleboro, MA 24 759
Thumma, Mark R Oberlin, PA 10 420

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