Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4461074 | Apparatus for assembling electrical cables to electrical connectors Energizing a solenoid causes mechanical means to close a pair of jaws and crimp a cable in a U-shaped cable clamp mounted to a multi-contact connector positioned for termination in an electrically powered termination tool. A movable carriage carries termi... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4399503 | Dynamic disk buffer control unit A programmable control unit for disk memory and controller comprising a microprocessor (MPU), random access memory (RAM) used as a buffer to cache disk resident data used by a data processing system (DPS), and a configurable data path (CDP) which couples ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4373372 | Apparatus for assembling electrical cables to electrical connectors A hand tool for assembling electrical cables to an electrical connector which has a cable clamp for clamping a cable in position for termination with conductive contact means on the connector. The tool includes a pair of roller members mounted on a base f... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4370015 | Coaxial tap connector An electrical connector includes a connector body having a U-shaped alignment cavity configured for snugly receiving a coaxial cable and an elongate contact extending into the cavity from a point disposed along the base thereof, the contact being adapted ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4368942 | Keyed connector to prevent intermating with a standard connector A keyed high voltage connector of this invention is adapted to prevent connection to a standard connector having a standard shaped shell and which retains a standard contact mounting insert with a standard length contact supporting portion defined by end ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4368517 | Aircraft landing display system A landing display system for indicating to the pilot of an aircraft the relationship between his aircraft and a landing runway includes an aircraft symbol providing attitude information with respect to a reference horizon, a velocity vector indicative of ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4367011 | Optical fiber connector and means and method for centering optical fibers A fiber optic connector is disclosed, along with a means and method of centering or properly positioning optical fibers with respect to the connectors, for optically coupling a pair of fiber optic cables or a single fiber optic cable and a light source or... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4365859 | Coaxial tap connector An electrical connector includes a connector body having a U-shaped alignment cavity configured for snugly receiving a coaxial cable and an elongate contact member extending into the cavity from a point disposed along the base thereof, the contact member ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4353372 | Medical cable set and electrode therefor A pair of ECG cable sets are adhesively secured to disposable body electrodes, and also plug into a junction box which in turn is connected to an ECG machine. Each cable set is formed by printed circuit techniques. A pair of flat support sheets of insulat... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4351343 | ECG Patient monitoring lead assembly A multi-contact, feed through connector within a junction box connects patient monitoring electrode leads to a bulk cable which is coupled to ECG apparatus. Access to the interior of the junction box is provided for purposes of replacing the electrode lea... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4350409 | Connector keying device This invention relates to the field of electrical connectors, and particularly concerns electrical connectors with multiple contacts requiring keying of the mating connector parts. With prior art devices, when more than one connector pair is used in a sys... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4349241 | Electrical connector assembly having enhanced EMI shielding An electrical connector assembly having plug and receptacle members and a bayonet-type coupling mechanism is constructed to provide improved shielding from electromagnetic interference (EMI). The shells of the plug and receptacle members abut in metal-to-... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4342496 | Contact assembly incorporating retaining means A connector for a cable having an inner element. The connector includes a support member having a cable-receiving opening at one end thereof. The support member has a passageway extending therethrough which communicates with the cable-receiving opening. T... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4339171 | Fiber optic cable retainer member A hermaphroditic fiber optic connector for use in an assembly for aligning mating ends of at least one pair of optical fibers is disclosed. The connector includes a terminating member having a passage therein dimensioned for receiving one of the optical f... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4337135 | Barrel plating apparatus A metal plating process and apparatus is disclosed and includes a plurality of pre-plating stations comprising tanks or reservoirs containing various cleaning and rinsing solutions. A pulse plating or gold flash station including a plating tank is provide... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336977 | Crimped connector assembly for fiber optic cables A connector assembly is disclosed for crimping onto a fiber optic cable or the like which has one or more single optical fibers and a strength member surrounding the optical fibers. A connector body is provided for receiving the optical fibers of the cabl... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4334730 | Insulated from ground bulkhead adapter A coupling suited for insulated from ground mounting through an opening in a panel. The coupling includes an outer shell dimensioned and shaped to extend through the opening in the panel. The outer shell has an interruption in the outer surface thereof. T... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4334353 | Apparatus for assembling electrical cables to electrical connectors A hand operated tool for assembling electrical cables to an electrical connector which has a cable clamp for clamping a cable in position for termination with conductive contact means on the connector. A connector is properly located in position for recei... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4335384 | Logarithmic amplifier calibration means A logarithmic amplifier calibrator having a signal generator providing an exponentially decaying calibration signal and a pulse generator providing a sample pulse each time the calibration signal has decayed by a predetermined decibel (db) increment. More... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4332257 | Medical clip and electrode constructions Terminal clip and electrode constructions are disclosed for use with lead wires of instruments such as medical monitoring instruments which employ electrodes for attaching to a patient. The terminal clip includes a conductive member having a hook portion ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4330172 | Optical fiber connector having transversely mateable plug portions A separable in-line fiber optic connector adapted for coupling a pair of optical fibers or a single optical fiber and a light source or detector. The fiber connector includes a terminal plug member having a through hole extending axially therethrough for ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4327609 | Apparatus for removing the insulation from electrical wires An apparatus for removing the insulation from the end of an insulated electrical wire. A common disadvantage of this type of apparatus is that by clamping the insulation of the conductor on two sides, indentations and possibly even damage to the insulatio... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4326107 | Communication system and means for interconnection of same A novel communication system and means for interconnecting communication trunk lines to multiple communication terminals is disclosed. The interconnection apparatus includes multi-circuit connectors coupled to the trunk lines and connector members coupled... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4322121 | Screw-coupled electrical connectors The invention relates to screw-coupled electrical connectors. It is known to provide screw-coupled electrical connectors with means for providing an indication of the fact that the two parts are approaching or have reached the fully mated condition and fo... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4319802 | Stain relief for fiber optic connectors A device for providing strain relief for a cable extending into a connector. The device includes a body having a cable receiving opening extending therethrough and having structure for securing the cable substantially about the periphery thereof. The secu... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4318586 | Distributive couplers for fiber optics A distributive coupler for use with at least one set of optical fibers includes a fiber optic terminal for supporting the end portions of each set of optical fibers. In a reflective mode, the coupler is adapted for use with one set of optical fibers by di... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4318215 | Conductor terminating apparatus An apparatus for simultaneously terminating a plurality of insulated conductors in the insulation piercing contacts of a multiple contact electrical connector is disclosed. The apparatus includes means for mounting a connector in conductor receiving posit... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4318175 | Addressing means for random access memory system A method and apparatus for addressing memory locations in a random access memory system having m address lines and 2 Exp(m+n) address locations. The random access memory system is divided into a plurality of 2 Exp(n) memory modules, each memory module hav... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4314356 | High-speed term searcher A method and apparatus for high-speed searching of a byte stream for predetermined words or terms. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for use in combination with a data source supplying a stream of binary signal... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4313030 | Electrical penetration apparatus and method of making same An electrical penetration apparatus is described for mounting within a containment wall of a nuclear reactor installation to pass electrical currents while avoiding the outward leakage of radioactive gasses, which can be constructed at relatively low cost... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4305638 | Coaxial connector with gasketed sealing cylinder A coaxial connector for a coaxial cable of the type having an inner conductor encircled by an annular insulating layer, an outer conductor, and an insulating jacket has a metal body with a rear opening for receiving the cable. A rear clamp nut threadingly... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4305184 | Control of skew, bow and yield in circularly knit pile fabric Control of skew, bow and yield in circularly knit pile fabric is accomplished by providing the fabric tube as knit and before longitudinal slitting with identification mark means so aligned with respect to selected longitudinally spaced courses that after... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4303296 | Modular interface connector An improved modular interface connector and connector assembly incorporating such connectors for interconnecting telephones and telephone signal equipment, and particularly for electrically connecting multi-conductor cables to a plurality of conductors el... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4301454 | Channelized receiver system A channelized receiver system for use in conjunction with a scanning antenna wherein a received rf signal is provided to a plurality of filters each of which has a passband corresponding to a portion of a search bandwidth. The filter output signals are pr... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4301537 | Means and method for maintaining synchronization of a spread spectrum or other receiver clock A system for synchronizing a clock signal generated by a lower stability clock generator to a received incoming signal whereby a higher stability clock generator is synchronized to the lower stability clock generator when the clock signal is synchronized ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4298951 | Nth Root processing apparatus A square root processing apparatus wherein an unknown number is sequentially squared and compared to a number whose square root is to be determined. The result of each comparison determines the state of a bit in the square root being determined. More spec... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4296992 | Electrical connector assembly The invention is a connector assembly consisting of an elastomeric insert member held within a rigid shell by a retaining ring which engages both the shell and the insert. The assembly includes a passageway between the insert member and the shell permitti... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4295698 | Electrical connector housing An electrical connector housing for removably retaining an electrical contact consisting of a dielectric body with a passageway having a flexible latch which cooperates with a forward stop and abutment shoulders to lock the contact in the housing without ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4293180 | Resilient biasing means This invention relates to electrical and optical fibre connectors. In the past, the terminal ends of electrical conductors or optical fibres retained in a connector have not reliably maintained a desired separation of the ends of optical fibres or a secur... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4291931 | Shear plane separable connector A system is provided for disconnecting a retained electrical connector on a missile launcher, from a launched connector on the missile, as the missile begins moving during launch, which is simple, reliable, and reusable. The retained connector, which is s... | 09/29/1981 |
