Title: Test connector with electrically conductive hook for testing electrical circuits of highway vehicles

Abstract: A test connector for checking electrical circuits of a vehicle or the like, such as the circuits between a truck and a towed trailer or between two sections of a semitrailer highway vehicle, including an elongated dielectric body enclosing a plurality of indicator lamps visible through lenses on an indicator panel having indicia thereon identifying the particular circuits. Male or female contacts from the vehicle may be plugged into a mating electrical connector for coupling each of the lamps into a corresponding electrical circuit to be tested. An electrically conductive hook extends from the body to provide a means for supporting the connector to the vehicle and an electrical ground connection between the test connector and the vehicle.

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Inventors: Yonce, Everett R. (Oakland, CA, US)

Application Number: 505168
Filing Date: 1974-09-11
Publication_date: 1976-03-16
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Primary Class(es): 324/504 439/101, 439/490
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US Patent Ref:

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Primary Examiner: Strecker, Gerard R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Bielen, Jr.; Theodore J., Peterson; Richard Esty