US PATENT SUBCLASS 439 / 626
.~ Plural-contact coupling part

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625  DF  WITH INSULATION OTHER THAN CONDUCTOR SHEATH {10}
626.~ Plural-contact coupling part {7}
627  DF  .~.~> For direct simultaneous contact with plural battery or cell terminals
628  DF  .~.~> Single-contact connector for interposition between two plural-contact coupling parts (e.g., adaptor)
629  DF  .~.~> For coupling to edge of printed circuit board or to coupling part secured to such edge {1}
638  DF  .~.~> Two or more plural-contact coupling parts combined in one integral unit {6}
656  DF  .~.~> With common means securing plural conductors to separate contacts {1}
658  DF  .~.~> Having separate through-passageways for enabling securement of intermediate portion of conductors thereto {1}
660  DF  .~.~> Plural-contact coupling part comprises receptacle or plug {12}

DEFINITION

Classification: 439/626

Plural-contact coupling part:

(under subclass 625) Electrical connector comprising an electrically insulating body carrying a plurality of current-carrying contacts* in a relatively fixed spaced-apart relation one with another, but electrically insulated one from another, the insulating body and the contacts together forming a unitary coupling part* specially adapted to mate or interengage with a complementary plural-contact-counterpart*, so that, when the contacts are electrically engaged in one to one relationship with the complementary counter-contacts* carried by the counterpart, a readily separable electrical coupling joint having at least two mutually insulated electrical paths is formed.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

226+, for a coupling part specially designed to receive a fluorescent or neon lamp.

296+, for a coupling part having either (a) separate means to forcibly bring together into coupled relationship the coupling part and its complementary counterpart or (b) means separate from the current-carrying parts of the coupling part to maintain the coupling part in coupled relationship with its complementary counterpart.

578+, for an electrical connector specialized for use with coaxial cable.

623, for a cable composed of plural, mutually insulated conductors, each conductor separately carrying a conductor end terminal and having no other insulating body for supporting the end terminals.

709+, for an insulating body having plural, mutually insulated, electrically conductive connectors, terminals, contacts, or conductor-securing means in which the insulating body and the current-carrying parts together do not form a coupling part, and therefore the current-carrying parts neither receive nor join with plural contacts carried by a unitary insulting body specifically designed to be coupled thereto.

723+, and all of the subclasses following subclass 723 which are indented under 625, for an electrical connector combined with insulation other than a conductor sheath, which connector includes only a single electrically conductive path, connector, terminal, contact, or conductor securing means or includes only (in subclasses 723+) plural, electrically interconnected connectors, terminals, contacts, or conductor securing means.