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US 1,103,939 · App. 29/834,605 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Vertical electrical connector

Inventors: Chadrick Paul Faith (Corydon, IN); Gary Ellsworth Biddle (Carlisle, PA); Randall Eugene Musser (Enola, PA); Jonathan Earl Buck (Hershey, PA)
Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
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Patent No.
US 1,103,939
App. No.
29/834,605
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a vertical electrical connector, as shown and described.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 29689688 · May 1, 2019
Continuation 29579623 · Sep 30, 2016
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