Appeal No. 2005-1571 2
Application No. 10/263,275
a plurality of conductor fasteners in respective
conductor receiving passageways;
said body also having a multi-size transformer stud
receiving passageway extending inwardly from an end thereof, and
at least one stud fastener receiving passageway therein
intersecting the multi-size transformer stud receiving
passageway; and
at least one stud fastener in the at least one stud
fastener receiving passageway;
the multi-size transformer stud receiving passageway
being defined by a smooth arcuate bottom, and a plurality
of successively larger threaded stud landings with a lowermost
threaded stud landing being bifurcated by the smooth arcuate
bottom, and each successive threaded stud landing being
bifurcated by a prior threaded stud landing, the threaded stud
landings being compatible with different size threaded
transformer studs.1
34. A method for making a slip-fit electrical connector for
a threaded transformer stud comprising:
forming, in a body, a plurality of transverse conductor
receiving passageways, and a plurality of conductor fastener
receiving passageways intersecting respective transverse
conductor receiving passageways;
forming, in the body, a transformer stud receiving
passageway extending longitudinally inwardly from an end thereof
[by drilling] at least one bore and forming at least one set of
threads along surfaces of the at least one bore using helical
interpolation; and
forming, in the body, at least one stud fastener
receiving passageway intersecting the transformer stud receiving
passageway.2
1 Considered in light of the underlying disclosure, the recitations in
independent claims 1 and 13 of the conductor fasteners would more be more
accurate if they defined the locations of the fasteners as being in the
conductor fastener receiving passageways rather than in the conductor
receiving passageways.
2 In the event of further prosecution before the examiner, claim 34
should be amended to include the bracketed wording shown above to correct an
evident typographical omission. Steps also should be taken to correct (1) the
lack of foundation in claim 8 for the recitation of a “second” radius of
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