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EP 0 111 553 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 27.06.1984 Bulletin 1984/26 (21) Application number: 83902221.0 (22) Date of filing: 14.06.1983

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01H 85/ 143( . ) H01R 13/ 53( . ) H01H 85/ 20( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1983/000926 (87) International publication number: WO 1984/000078 (05.01.1984 Gazette 1984/01)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR LI NL SE (30) Priority: 14.06.1982 US 19820388310 21.07.1982 US 19820400509 (71) Applicant: RAYCHEM CORPORATION (a California corporation) Menlo Park California 94025 (US)

(72) Inventors: CLABBURN, Robin James Thomas Swindon Wiltshire (GB) FRITSCHE, Joel Leigh Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US) HUSEBY, Thomas Signor Palo Alto, CA 94301 (US) LARSSON, Peter Lars Mountain View, CA 94043 (US) LINK, William Trevor Berkeley, CA 94075 (US) (74) Representative: Jones, David Colin, et al  Raychem Limited Intellectual Property Law Department Faraday Road Dorcan Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 5HH Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 5HH (GB)