.~ Resilient or spring-biased socket or clip type terminal
DEFINITION
Classification: 439/867
Resilient or spring-biased socket or clip type terminal:
(under subclass 865) Electrical connector or connector having surfaces or edges between which another metallic connector or contact is adapted to be disposed and releasably secured in order to form a readily separable electrical joint, at least one of the surfaces or edges is forcibly urged or forcibly moved toward another surface or edge so that the said another connector or contact is grasped, gripped, or clamped between the surfaces or edges, the clamping of securing force being caused by the action of an elastic body tending to return to its normal shape after being distorted.
(1) Note. The documents in this subclass disclose but do not claim a resilient or spring-biased socket or clip type terminal; such terminals when claimed, may be found, for example, in subclasses 842+ above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
816+, particularly subclasses 842+ for a similar type of uninsulated connector or contact in which no conductor sheath engaging means is claimed.
