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Self docking electrical connector

  • US 6,244,884 B1
  • Filed: 02/16/2000
  • Issued: 06/12/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A self-docking electrical connector, comprising:

  • first and third fixed contacts respectively mounted on male and female bodies, said female body including a recess for receiving at least a portion of said male body; and

    a slidable plate including intermediate contacts fixed thereto, said plate sliding in response to insertion of said male body into said female body from a disconnected position, wherein said third and intermediate contacts are spaced apart in said disconnected position, and wherein said third and intermediate contacts positively engage each other in a connected position.

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