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Multispeed motor connector

  • US 3,210,578 A
  • Filed: 01/12/1962
  • Issued: 10/05/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A MULTISPEED ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING A COMMON TERMINAL LEAD FOR CONNECTION TO A SINGLE-PHASE LINE AND A PLURALTIY OF OTHER TERMINAL LEADS FOR ALTERNATIVE INDIVIDUAL CONNECTION TO THE LINE FOR OPERATION OF THE MOTOR AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID MOTOR TO A LINE COMPRISING A FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE MOTOR, SAID FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER HAVING A CENTRAL TERMINAL ELEMENT CONNECTED TO SAID COMMON TERMINAL LEAD AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTER TERMINAL ELEMENTS EACH CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF OTHER TERMINAL LEADS, AND A SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER TO BE REMOVABLY CARRIED THEREBY, SAID SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER HAVING TWO TERMINAL ELEMENTS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SINGLE-PHASE LINE, ONE OF THE TERMINAL ELEMENTS OF THESE SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER BEING POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE CENTRAL TERMINAL ELEMENT OF THE FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER IN ANY TERMINAL OF THE SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER AND THE OTHER TERMINAL ELEMENT OF THE SECOND CONNECTOR MEMBER BEING POSITIONED TO BE SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH ANY ONE OF THE OUTER TERMINAL ELEMENTS OF THE FIRST CONNECTOR MEMBER.

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