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16. Exhibit A: Copy of front page of Airborn patent
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United States Patent [19]
Fitzsimmons et al.
[11] Patent Number: 5,203,813
[45] Date of Patent: Apr. 20, 1993
[54] LOW ENTRY FORCE CONNECTOR SOCKET METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
[75] Inventors:
Peter Fitzsimmons, Allen, Tex.; Mark S. Glasmeire, Moorpack, Calif.; John L. Grant, Sherborn, Mass.; Jean L. Meek, Lindale, Tex.; William J. Merritt, Moorpack, Calif.. . .
[73] Assignee: Airborn, Inc., Addison, Tex.
[21] Appl. No.: 740,927
[22] Filed: Aug. 6, 1991
[51] Int. Cl.5..............H01R 43/20
[52] U.S. Cl. ..............29/876; 439/843; 439/847
[58] Field of Search .........439/840, 841, 842, 843, 439/851, 847; 29/874, 876, 877, 878, 879, DIG. 8
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
3,023,789 3/1962 Bonhomme .
3,107,966 10/1963 Bonhomme .
3,381,262 4/1968 Jeanrenaud .
3,470,527 9/1969 Bonhomme .
3,557,428 1/1971 Bonhomme .
3,858,962 1/1975 Bonhomme .
4,087,152 5/1978 Kolm ................ 439/843
4,203,647 5/1980 Bonhomme .
4,572,606 2/1986 Neaumann et al. .
4,614,029 9/1986 Neaumann et al. .
4,867,709 9/1989 Monitor et al. ................ 439/843
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
113023 8/1961 Fed. Rep. of Germany .... 439/842
Primary Examiner - David L. Pirlot
Attorney, Agent, or Firm - H. Dale Langley, Jr.
[56] ABSTRACT
Disclosed is a low entry force connector socket having a cage with a wire basket formed within it by contact wires which are fixed to the cage in notches on the end rims thereof, and which wires are rotationally offset within the cage to form the wire basket for engaging a connector pin. The wires are mounted in the cage by being hooked on notches provided in the end rims of the cage, and are moved to their rotationally offset orientation in a series of stages, following which they are fixed in position and the external portions of the socket are mounted to enclose the cage while a tool pin is positioned
in the wire basket to establish the desired connecting force of the socket.
9 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets
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