.~ To receive contact from first direction or from second axially distinct direction
DEFINITION
Classification: 439/224
To receive contact from first direction or from second axially distinct direction:
(under subclass 217) Electrical connector adapted to engage an elongated cooperating connector positioned along a first predetermined axis and adapted to engage an elongated cooperating connector lying along a second predetermined axis that is not coextensive with the first axis.
(1) Note. Not included herein is a terminal device to which a cooperating connector may be secured from an infinite number of directions (rather than from a finite number of
distinct directions). Also not included herein is a device for receiving a cooperating connector from directions exactly 180 deg. opposite.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
218, for a coupling part for receiving a mating part from a first direction or for receiving a coupling part from a second direction exactly 180 deg. opposite.
