Appeal 2007-3245
Application 11/153,772
1 1. An electrical power blade connector, comprising:
2 a dielectric housing having a mating cavity for receiving a
3 mating connector inserted into the cavity through an open front end
4 thereof in a mating direction, a pair of blade support arms projecting
5 forwardly within the cavity, the support arms being spaced laterally of
6 the mating direction, and a dielectric separation wall spanning the pair
7 of blade support arms; and
8 a pair of blade terminals supported between the pair of blade
9 support arms on opposite sides of the separation wall.
10 Kain
11 3. The Examiner found that Kain describes (Fig. 1) a connector with
12 an electrical power blade connector 1, a dielectric housing 6 with mating
13 cavity 8 for receiving mating connector 5 [sic – 2], placing particular
14 emphasis on the area shown as “6” in Fig. 1 (Answer 3).
15 4. The Examiner further found that Kain shows a dielectric separation
16 wall spanning the pair of blade support arms (Fig. 1 at 6), and a pair of blade
17 terminals (as also seen in Fig. 2 as 7) (Answer 3).
18 5. The Examiner further found that Kain describes a hybrid connector
19 containing power as well as signal contacts, both identified as 7 and
20 connected to contacts 9a and 9b of the mating connector (Answer 4-5).
21 6. Kain describes a hybrid connector with both electrical power
22 contacts and signal contacts as follows:
23 With reference to FIG. 1, the connector assembly 1 is a
24 hybrid connector that has the electrical contacts 7 comprising
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