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EP 0 258 414 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.03.1988 Bulletin 1988/10 (21) Application number: 87901947.0 (22) Date of filing: 25.02.1987

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01R 13/ 52( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1987/000401 (87) International publication number: WO 1987/005157 (27.08.1987 Gazette 1987/19)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 25.02.1986 JP 19860038377 26.05.1986 JP 19860119102 (71) Applicant: THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION Memphis Tennessee 38119 (US)	(72) Inventors: SONOBE, Toshimitsu Tokyo 158 (JP) YAMAMOTO, Masahiro Yokohama Kanagawa 241 (JP) (74) Representative: Howick, Nicholas Keith, et al  CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)