Connector

- Sony Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the connector including my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the connector including my new design;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a top, front, and right side perspective view of a third embodiment of the connector with the broken line showing of the connecting means being for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of this embodiment and the bottom, rear, and left side being identical to those shown in the first embodiment.

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D194501 February 1963 Maurer
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4679013 July 7, 1987 Farrar et al.
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Foreign Patent Documents
677222 November 1964 ITX
Patent History
Patent number: D400858
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 1, 1995
Date of Patent: Nov 10, 1998
Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo)
Inventor: Teiyu Goto (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Lavone D. Tabor
Law Firm: Foley & Lardner
Application Number: 0/45,891
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Array Of Identical Repeating Ports Or Contacts (i.e., In-line Array) (D13/147)
International Classification: 1303;