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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4898543 | Self-aligning electrical connector An electrical connector having plug and receptacle parts which can be mated with the parts oriented over a wide angular range relative to one another. The male contacts each include a pair of spaced apart, elongated blades which are received with a simila... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4867706 | Filtered electrical connector A filter connector comprising a conductive housing containing a pin array traversing corresponding holes in a grommet, a dielectric body, a planar capacitor array, ferrite inductor beads mounted on at least some of the pins, a non-conductive body to insul... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4833476 | Electromagnetic field measuring technique to assess shielding effectiveness A threat field sensor has a hollow metal enclosure with imperforate side walls except for a single aperture that is small as compared with the wavelength of interfering electromagnetic energy. A coaxial conductor is located in the enclosure cavity and has... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4828512 | Connector for flat electrical cables The invention is directed to a connector for two flat electrical cables having the same plurality of conduits. The electricity passes from one conduit to the corresponding conduit by way of a dielectric insert having holes therethrough, with electrically ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4820201 | Cable shield termination for an electrical connector A grounding plate having a flanged edge wall continuously around its periphery is press fit into the open end of a connector part shell. The plate provides a continuous intimate contacting relationship between the plate flange and the inner wall of the co... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4814713 | Coaxial test fixture for determining shielding effectiveness of a device against interfering electromagnetic fields A non-intrusive, annular, broad range current sensor is located about the transmission line at the shorting location of the shielding device. Effectiveness of the shielding of the device can be readily determined for any particular predetermined frequency... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4804917 | Current detection device having an extended frequency range of response A current detection device has an annular dielectric substrate with a thin (e.g., less than one skin depth at maximum frequency) resistive foil laid down on the substrate outer surface and extending completely thereabout. Annular metal rims are affixed to... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4799759 | Fiber optic connector A contact for an optical fiber has a ferrule onto one end of which a tip is releasably fitted. The end wall of the tip includes an opening of predetermined diameter within which a bare fiber of only very slightly less diameter is to located. The optical f... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4743207 | Space compatible electrical connector A plug and receptacle electrical connector releasably engageable to interconnect corresponding pairs of cable wires through included electrical contacts has one of the connector parts with a coded set of keys on an outer surface and the other connector pa... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4733931 | Optical fiber coupler and method of making An optical signal coupler has a pair of graded index lenses joined at a common face by a semi-reflective film (e.g., dichroic coating). Opposite sides of the lens system are provided with a pair of fibers having their ends at predetermined points such tha... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4734051 | Electrical connector butt contact An electrical connector part has its connector end covered by a metal shield or grid plate having openings individually aligned with electrical contacts. The electrical contacts are of the "butt" variety having spring-loaded parts which shieldingly cover ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4732449 | Beam splitter A support structure for the beam splitter consists of three parts unitarily arranged. A central part has a relatively large V-groove extending along a surface between opposite edges and two identical end parts each have a pair of parallel smaller V-groove... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4726782 | Anti-decoupling device for an electrical connector The inner end surface of the outer end portion of an electrical connector coupling ring has a set of teeth extending circumferentially about the coupling ring. A metal ring has a bore sufficient to enable it being received onto the connector plug and an o... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4717351 | Redundant electrical connector release One connector part has an outer locking shell spring-loaded to move axially and with an interior circumferential cavity which can be aligned with locking fingers when the locking shell is subjected to a predetermined amount of separating force enabling th... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4707044 | Butt contacts for an electrical connector One end of an electrical connector first contact is a metallic cylinder which is hollow to receive a cable wire for soldered or crimping securement. A second contact has a body portion constructed substantially the same as the first contact except that it... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4703986 | Butt contact for an electrical connector having EMI shielding An electrical contact for use in a releasable connector part having a closed-end metal shell with resilient springlike sidewalls, the shell closed-end contactingly covering an opening in a shield plate when the connector is unmated. When mated, a correspo... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4702543 | Environmental seal and alignment means for an electromagnetically formed backshell A cylindrical rubber or elastomeric gasket which is L-shaped in cross-section having an outwardly extending rim or flange is initially located between a cylindrical backshell and a connector part which the backshell is to be magnetically clamped. The inte... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4603934 | Face seal pressure apparatus for electrical connectors In a plug and receptacle connector, directly couple to the threads of the coupling ring with threads on the driven portion of the connector (e.g., plug), without a coupling nut, and insert a spring intermediate at least one of the threads on the coupling ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4059332 | Snap action breech lock connector A multi-contact electrical connector having a plug section and a receptacle section is provided with a breech lock for releasably securing the separate sections of the connector together. Toggle action biasing means such as a conical disc spring and high ... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4006638 | Altimeter-encoder An aircraft altimeter-encoder is provided with an altitude sensitive barometric or aneroid bellows which simultaneously drives a visual altitude indicator and an altitude digital encoder. The indicator includes one or more pointers that register with a di... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3945703 | Snap action connector An electrical connector having a breech lock is provided with a snap action or over-center spring such as a Belleville Washer. This is effective to positively bias all of the working parts of the connector into the fully mated or unmated positions. It is ... | 03/23/1976 |
