US PATENT SUBCLASS 439 / 387
CONTACT COMPRISING CUTTER (SEVERING, PIERCING, ABRADING, SCRAPING, BREAKING OR TEARING)

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439 /   HD   ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS

387CONTACT COMPRISING CUTTER (SEVERING, PIERCING, ABRADING, SCRAPING, BREAKING OR TEARING) {10}
388  DF  .~> Adapted to engage tapered post (e.g., storage battery terminal)
389  DF  .~> Insulation cutter {3}
427  DF  .~> Axially penetrating the elongated conductor {2}
431  DF  .~> Comprising screw, screw operated cutter, or screw means to move conductor against cutter {2}
434  DF  .~> Annular cutter
435  DF  .~> U-shaped clamp
436  DF  .~> Resiliently biased {1}
442  DF  .~> Crimped
443  DF  .~> Having slot edge for cutting
444  DF  .~> Piercing into support structure

DEFINITION

Classification: 439/387

CONTACT COMPRISING CUTTER (SEVERING, PIERCING, ABRADING, SCRAPING, BREAKING, OR TEARING):

(under the class definition) Electrical connector including a penetrating contact, i.e., a member for engaging and making electrical contact with another device, wherein that member also serves to forcibly separate one portion of the second or a third device from another portion thereof.

(1) Note. Included herein is:

(a)

Severing - subdividing one portion of the other device from another portion thereof.

(b)

Piercing - penetrating the other device to form an opening

therein or therethrough.

(c) Abrading - engaging the other device to grind away a portion thereof by the action of a crystalline tool.

(d)

Scraping - subjecting the other device to a surface action by a sharp blade to remove a portion thereof or a coating thereon.

(e)

Breaking - subjecting the other device to bending forces exceeding the strength thereof.

(f)

Tearing - subjecting the other device to tensile forces exceeding the strength thereof.