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US 2014/0273655 A1Published application
Plug Relief For Electrical Jack
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsDouglas P. O'Connor, Shadi Abu Ghazaleh
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Abstract
An electrical jack includes a housing having an opening in a front face thereof. A cavity in the housing receives a plug inserted through the opening. A plurality of contact pins are disposed in the housing. A relief pocket is disposed rearwardly of the front face. First and second guide rails are disposed in the housing to guide a non-complementary plug into the relief pocket to substantially prevent damage to the plurality of contact pins.
Claims20
An electrical jack, comprising:
- a housing having an opening in a front face thereof;
- a cavity in said housing for receiving a plug inserted through said opening;
- a plurality of contact pins disposed in said housing;
- a relief pocket formed rearwardly of said front face;
- and
- first and second guide rails disposed in said housing to guide a non-complementary plug into said relief pocket to substantially prevent damage to said plurality of contact pins.
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An electrical jack, comprising:
- a housing having an opening in a front face thereof;
- a cavity in said housing for receiving a plug inserted through said opening;
- a plurality of contact pins disposed in said housing;
- and
- a relief pocket in said cavity formed opposite of said plurality of contact pins, said opening being configured to guide a non-complementary plug inserted in said cavity to said relief pocket to substantially prevent damage to said plurality of contact pins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.