US PATENT SUBCLASS 439 / 712
.~.~ Modular or multipart insulating body

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439 /   HD   ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS

625  DF  WITH INSULATION OTHER THAN CONDUCTOR SHEATH {10}
709  DF  .~ Insulating body having plural mutually insulated terminals or contacts (e.g., terminal block) {7}
712.~.~ Modular or multipart insulating body {4}
713  DF  .~.~.~> Relatively movable insulating body parts
714  DF  .~.~.~> Formed of three or more thin, flat, superposed layers, plates, or sheets of insulation
715  DF  .~.~.~> Modular insulating block or board {2}
718  DF  .~.~.~> Having protective cover formed from insulating material

DEFINITION

Classification: 439/712

Modular or multipart insulating body:

(under subclass 709) Electrical connector either (a) including means for enabling the connector to be separably joined to or assembled with one or more other connectors which are substantially identical in structure to the first

connector so that an assembly composed of any desired number of substantially identical connectors may be built up, or (b) wherein the body of insulation is segmental, divided, or otherwise composed of an assembly of two or more sections.

(1) Note. Usually, a "modular" connector (commonly known as a "modular" terminal block or board) carries only current-carrying bus or commoning bar, and the bus or commoning bar in turn carries two or more electrically interconnected terminals, contacts, or conductor-securing means thereon. However, whenever this "modular" block or board is assembled with one or more other "modular" blocks or boards which are similar to the first, the resultant assembly of "modular" terminal blocks or boards forms a composite insulating body carrying a plurality of mutually insulated terminals, contacts, or conductor-securing means.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

599, 634+, 684, 686+, 695+, and 701, for a coupling part having a multipart insulating body.

707, 724 and 731, for an electrical connector having a multipart insulating body.