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Dual-direction connector and method for cable system

  • US 9,065,185 B2
  • Filed: 12/31/2009
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dual orientation connector assembly comprising:

  • a central conducting pin having a first portion shaped as a thin tubular pin at a first end and a second portion shaped as a wider cylindrical portion at the second end;

    a seizing spring element having at least a central element and several supporting legs; and

    at least one isolating element encircling a portion of said wider portion of said central conducting pin,wherein said wider portion of said central conducting pin has engraved on an outer face of said wider portion two elongated recesses stretching across the outer face through a center of said wider portion, from side-to-side in a right angle with respect to one another,wherein said seizing spring element is shaped to provide substantial pressure to a central conductor when said wider portion is received in the seizing spring element and said central conductor is inserted along one of said recesses.

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