US PATENT SUBCLASS 338 / 72
.~.~ Resistor with intervening connector between contact and element (e.g., taps)

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338 /   HD   ELECTRICAL RESISTORS

68  DF  MECHANICALLY VARIABLE (E.G., RHEOSTAT) {24}
70  DF  .~ In or on lamp socket {4}
72.~.~ Resistor with intervening connector between contact and element (e.g., taps)

DEFINITION

Classification: 338/72

(under subclass 70) Subject matter wherein the resistor, a plurality of otherwise electrically separate conducting structures, are each electrically connected to an elongated resistance element along its length, and a terminal movable among the conducting structures to constitute a contact on such structures as defined in subclass 185 below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

185+, for mechanically variable resistors generally with an intervening connector between the contact and element, e.g., taps. See also the Search Notes under this subclass for a field of search for resistors of this type.