Appeal 2007-0955
Application 10/297,899
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants invented a plug connector with two superimposed
connecting parts: a first connecting part only for the input terminals, and a
second connecting part only for the output terminals. In one embodiment,
the first connecting part includes a separate terminal connector strip for each
input terminal. The strip includes at least as many connecting points as there
are possible associated output terminals. Each output connection is
connected to the associated input connection via a connecting point on the
corresponding terminal connector strip. Such a construction, among other
things, reduces complexity of the connecting parts themselves thus reducing
manufacturing costs.1 Claim 11 is illustrative:
11. A plug connector for a control device, comprising:
a plug input having at least two input connections;
a plug output having at least two output connections; and
at least one connecting part for interconnecting the at least two input
connections and the at least two output connections, the at least one
connecting part including a first connecting part and a second connecting
part for decoupling the plug input from the plug output, the first connecting
part including the at least two input connections and the second connecting
part including the at least two output connections, the first connecting part
and the second connecting part being arranged on top of one another so that
respective associated connections are connected to each other at an
intersection point by a contact region, wherein the first connecting part
includes a separate terminal connector strip for each of the at least two input
connections, which provides at least as many connecting points as there are
possible associated output connections, so that each of the at least two output
connections is connected to an associated input connection via a connecting
1 See generally Specification page 2, line 3 – page 3, line 19.
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