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US 1,056,855 · App. 29/937,846 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Electrical contact arrangement

Inventors: Chadrick Paul Faith (New Albany, IN); Gary Ellsworth Biddle (New Albany, IN); Randall Eugene Musser (New Albany, IN); Jonathan Earl Buck (New Albany, IN)
Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
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Patent No.
US 1,056,855
App. No.
29/937,846
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an electrical contact arrangement as shown and described.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 29865977 · Aug 23, 2022
Division 29689687 · May 1, 2019
Continuation 29579623 · Sep 30, 2016
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