Magnetic jumper for bypassing electrical circuits

• US 8,016,599 B1
• Filed: 09/27/2010
• Issued: 09/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: S & S Magjumper LLC
• Original Assignee: Steve Fisher, Steve Melby
• Inventors: Fischer, Steve, Melby, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Prasad; Chandrika
• Application Number:
  US12/924,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20110244697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• Field of Search: 439/38, 439/507, 439/509, 439/510
• US Class Current: 439/38
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/06 Measuring leads; Measuring probes G01R19/145, G01R19/165 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/06788 Hand-held or hand-manipulated probes, e.g. for oscilloscopes or for portable test instruments end pieces terminating in a probe H01R11/18
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/30 End pieces held in contact by a magnet
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6205 Two-part coupling devices held in engagement by a magnet
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/20 for testing or measuring purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/20 using a crimping sleeve H01R4/01 takes precedence

Abstract

A magnetic jumper for bypassing electrical circuits. The jumper includes a magnet at each end of a wire. Each magnet can be attached to a terminal of a low voltage electrical circuit in order to bypass that circuit for testing and troubleshooting purposes. The magnetic jumper works with almost any terminal that has steel screws.

Claims

1. A magnetic jumper for bypassing electrical circuits, said jumper comprising:

at least one wire, each of said wires having a barrel attached at each end;

a magnet disposed at each end of each of said wires, each of said magnets being fitted into one of said barrels;

means for non-conduction of electricity provided at each end of said wires.

2. The jumper of claim 1 wherein said jumper comprises one wire having a magnet at each end.

3. The jumper of claim 1 wherein said jumper comprises a first wire having a magnet at each end and a second wire having a magnet at each end, one of said magnets being in common on said first wire and said second wire.

4. The jumper of claim 1 wherein said magnets protrude beyond the ends of said barrels so as to allow said magnets to be attached to recessed terminals as well as to exposed terminals.

5. The jumper of claim 1 wherein said magnets extend only slightly beyond the ends of said barrels.

6. The jumper of claim 1 wherein said means for non-conduction is a molded end of non-conductive material disposed at each end of said wire.

7. The jumper of claim 1 wherein said means for non-conduction is a heat-shrink tube fitted over said barrel at each end of said wire.

8. The jumper of claim 1 wherein said means for non-conduction is a non-conductive coating applied to said barrel and to part of said wire at each end of said wire.

9. A magnetic jumper for troubleshooting low voltage terminals, said jumper comprising:

a single conductor multi-strand wire;

a magnet attached at each end of said wire, each of said magnets being pressed into a barrel that is crimped over said wire at each end thereof, each of said magnets protruding beyond an end of its respective barrel that is distal to said wire so as to allow each of said magnets to be adapted for temporary attachment to either a recessed terminal or an exposed terminal of a low voltage electrical circuit to provide an alternate electrical path in order to bypass said circuit for testing and troubleshooting purposes;

means for non-conduction of electricity provided at each end of said wire, said non-conduction means being selected from a group that includes a molded end of non-conductive material, a heat-shrink tube fitted over said barrel, and a non-conductive coating applied to said barrel and to an adjacent part of said wire.

10. The magnetic jumper of claim 9 adapted to be a three-way jumper, said jumper comprising a first wire having a magnet at each end as in claim 9, and additionally having a second wire connected to said magnet at one of said ends of said first wire in a configuration known as a daisy chain or Y-configuration, said second wire having an additional magnet connected thereto at an end opposite said magnet that said second wire has in common with said first wire.