Signal connector

- Molex Incorporated
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Description

FIG. 1 is a rear and upper left perspective view of a signal connector showing a first embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the left side of the connector illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the right side of the connector illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a rear and upper left perspective view of a signal connector showing a second embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is an elevational view of the left side of the connector illustrated in FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is an elevational view of the right side of the connector illustrated in FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a front elevational view thereof.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1-7 show features of the connector which form no part of the design of the first embodiment. The broken lines in FIGS. 8-14 show features of the connector which form no part of the design of the second embodiment.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D376582 December 17, 1996 Mitani et al.
D390828 February 17, 1998 Aramaki
4619493 October 28, 1986 Kikuta
4737888 April 12, 1988 Bodnar et al.
5158473 October 27, 1992 Takahashi et al.
5676569 October 14, 1997 Davis
5681185 October 28, 1997 Briski et al.
5772453 June 30, 1998 Tan et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D413101
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 13, 1998
Date of Patent: Aug 24, 1999
Assignee: Molex Incorporated (Lisle, IL)
Inventors: Hazelton Peter Avery (Batavia, IL), Gene Whetstone (Wheaton, IL), Michael Gardner (Wheaton, IL)
Primary Examiner: Joel Sincavage
Attorney: Charles S. Cohen
Application Number: 0/84,969
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Array Of Identical Repeating Ports Or Contacts (i.e., In-line Array) (D13/147)
International Classification: 1303;