US PATENT SUBCLASS 439 / 775
METALLIC CONNECTOR OR CONTACT HAVING MOVABLE OR RESILIENT SECURING PART

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775METALLIC CONNECTOR OR CONTACT HAVING MOVABLE OR RESILIENT SECURING PART {15}
776  DF  .~> Stirrup type for simultaneously securing two spaced-apart locations along the length of a conductor thereto
777  DF  .~> Adjustable angular joint between separate connectors or conductor securing means
778  DF  .~> Externally threaded, bifurcated bolt for joining conductors having like cross-sectional shape {2}
781  DF  .~> Bolt or screw between and transverse of parallel conductors {1}
783  DF  .~> Cam or wedge between conductors
784  DF  .~> Screw-threaded securing means coaxial with elongated conductors joined in axially aligned relationship
785  DF  .~> Parallel elongated conductors between and transverse of plural screws (e.g., U-bolt)
786  DF  .~> Resilient or spring-operated securing means joining plural conductors {1}
789  DF  .~> Hinged jaw type having alignable conductor receiving bores
790  DF  .~> Single operator for securing and joining plural conductors {1}
796  DF  .~> Duplicate receiving means having independently operated securing means for joining plural conductors {1}
799  DF  .~> Circumferentially tensioned flexible strap or band {1}
801  DF  .~> Screw-thread operated securing part {10}
816  DF  .~> Spring actuated or resilient securing part {14}
863  DF  .~> Clamping cam or wedge {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 439/775

METALLIC CONNECTOR OR CONTACT HAVING MOVABLE OR RESILIENT SECURING PART:

(under the class definition) Electrical connector or contact consisting solely of metallic material and specialized or particularly adapted to electrically and mechanically secure, by means of the binding action of a forcibly urged displaceable member, either conducting bodies together or a conducting body thereto.

(1) Note. The displaceable member may be urged, for example, by a force multiplier such as a screw or nut or may be urged by the inherent elasticity of a spring means in returning from a distorted to an undistorted condition.

(2) Note. The connectors in this and the indented subclasses do not recite in the claims any part which by disclosure is of insulating material. Also, the conductors and connectors claimed herein form but a single electrical path rather than plural paths electrically insulated from one another. For connectors which recite in the claims structure which by disclosure is insulation other than a conductor sheath see subclasses 625+ above, especially subclasses 626+ and 709+ for connectors having multiple insulated electrical paths, contacts or connectors, and subclasses 723+ and those following for connectors combined with insulation which have a single electrical path.

(3) Note. See section IV of the class definition of this class (439) for the location of other patents relating to joints, per se.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

387+, for an electrical connector having a cutter-type contact.

476.1+, for an electrical connector including a handle or distinct manipulating means. 625+, for an electrical connector including insulation other than a conductor sheath, and see (2) Note above.

626+, and 709+, for an electrical connector including insulation and which has plural, mutually insulated electrical paths, and see (2) Note above.

723+, and those following which are indented under subclass 625 for an electrical connector including insulation and which has only one electrical path, and see (2) Note above.

725+, for an electrical connector having a movable insulated part for securing a conductor or mating connector thereto.

754+, for a metallic clamp-type connector particularly adapted to be secured to a storage battery terminal.