US PATENT SUBCLASS 439 / 263
.~ Contractile receptacle

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439 /   HD   ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS

259  DF  COUPLING PART WITH ACTUATING MEANS URGING CONTACT TO MOVE LATERALLY WITH RESPECT TO REST OF COUPLING PART AND TOWARD MATING PART {5}
263.~ Contractile receptacle {1}
264  DF  .~.~> For dual inline coupling part, e.g., DIP

DEFINITION

Classification: 439/263

Contractile receptacle:

(under subclass 259) Coupling part comprising a female coupling part having an opening to receive a male coupling part including means to vary the size or position of the opening while urging the contact to move.

(1) Note. Included herein is a device wherein a single contact is actuated to grip a mating contact as well as a device wherein a plurality of contacts are actuated to grip an assemblage of contacts against the reactive force of a similar opposing assemblage of contacts.