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United States Patent | 8,357,000 |
Albrecht , et al. | January 22, 2013 |
An electrical make-break connection for an apparatus having a recoiling portion and a non-recoiling portion may include a non-recoiling assembly fixed to the non-recoiling portion and a recoiling assembly fixed to the recoiling portion. Each of the non-recoiling and recoiling assemblies may include a mounting bracket and an electrical contact assembly disposed in the mounting bracket. Each contact assembly may include one or more electrical conductors. The non-recoiling contact assembly may float in its mounting bracket. Part of the mating surface of the recoiling contact assembly may be more elastic than part of the mating surface of the non-recoiling contact assembly. Elastic deformation of the recoiling mating surface by the non-recoiling mating surface may provide a fluid seal for the make-break connection.
Inventors: | Albrecht; Jeffrey Allen (Rotterdam, NY), Wakulenko; Alex (Cohoes, NY), Badawi; Mohammed (Niskayuna, NY), Finn; Evan (Berkeley Heights, NJ), Nicoll; Joseph (East Greenbush, NY), Madigan; Lisa (Melrose, NY), Mysliwiec; Robert (Cohoes, NY) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: |
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington,
DC)
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Family ID: | 47521676 | ||||||||||
Appl. No.: | 13/248,140 | ||||||||||
Filed: | September 29, 2011 |
Current U.S. Class: | 439/248 |
Current CPC Class: | F41A 19/69 (20130101); F41A 25/00 (20130101); H01R 13/2421 (20130101); H01R 13/6315 (20130101); H01R 13/521 (20130101); H01R 13/703 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | H01R 13/64 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | ;439/248,247,700 |
4917619 | April 1990 | Nishiwaki |
5234353 | August 1993 | Scholz et al. |
7467961 | December 2008 | Kuo |
7518389 | April 2009 | Goto |
8210861 | July 2012 | Tanis et al. |
8231398 | July 2012 | Rosenberger |
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