One-piece dual-barrel electrical connector

• US 3,263,202 A
• Filed: 05/22/1963
• Issued: 07/26/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles A. Kelley, Edward R. Meeks, Russell N. Dean
• Original Assignee: Charles A. Kelley, Edward R. Meeks, Russell N. Dean
• Inventors: Dean, Russell N., Meeks, Edward R., Kelley, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US04/282,363
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• US Class Current: 439/724
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/432 by stamped-out resilient tongue snapping behind shoulder in base or case
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/02 Intermediate parts for distributing energy to two or more circuits in parallel, e.g. splitter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/92
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/907 Contact having three contact surfaces, including diverse surface

Claims

1. A CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A UNITARY, ONE PIECE STRUCTURE FORMED FROM A SINGLE BLANK AND HAVING TWO LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING HOLLOW BARRELS EACH FOR THE RECEPTION OF AT LEAST ONE CONNECTOR PIN, AND A FLAT CONTINUOUS WEB EXTENDING BETWEEN AND INTERCONNECTING SAID BARRELS, SAID BARRELS HAVING PARALLEL AXES, SAID WEB BEING SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE PLANE DEFINED BY SAID AXES, EACH SAID BARREL HAVING A MEETING LINE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FOR ITS FULL LENGTH AT THE JUNCTION WITH SAID WEB, SAID CONNECTOR ALSO COMPRISING TAB MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE FREE EDGE OF EACH SAID BARREL AT SAID MEETING LINE, SAID TAB MEANS EXTENDING PARALLEL WITH AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WEB, SAID ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN AND EACH SAID BARREL HAVING AT LEAST ONE MOUTH FOR THE RECEPTION OF SAID CONNECTOR PIN.