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The uneven broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded area(s) represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines represent unclaimed portions of the connector; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a connector, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 26, 2025
Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
Assignee: Molex, LLC (Lisle, IL)
Inventors: Krishnaprasad Darbal Somanath (Bangalore), Gautam Sharma (Patna), Harsha Thyagaraj (Bangalore), Sreenath A (Kerala), Shivasharan Basavaraj Mahajanshetty (Bangalore), Patrick J Killian (Woodridge, IL)
Primary Examiner: Richard Edgar
Assistant Examiner: Robin Hammonds
Application Number: 29/995,274