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 |
| 8052488 | Cable connector To prevent an inflow of resin at the time of integral molding and prevent the outer shape from upsizing, there is provided a cable connector including a connector body formed of an insulating material and formed with a plurality of terminal through holes; connecting... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8011834 | Optical connector plug An optical connector plug includes an approximately square cylindrical rear cover of an insulating member fitted over an outer surface of a stop ring, and a cylindrical front cover which is urged frontward by an elastic member and is slidable back and forth at an ou... | 09/06/2011 |
| D631016 | Electrical connector | 01/18/2011 |
| 7806728 | Electrical connector with crimp contact An electrical connector is offered which has a crimp contact connected with a connector cable, the crimp contact being held in position to a connector housing without rattling. The crimp contact has sidewall surfaces of U-shaped cross section. The sidewall surfaces ... | 10/05/2010 |
| D621364 | Electrical connector | 08/10/2010 |
| 7731539 | Connector for memory card In order to provide a connector for a memory card that seeks the reduction of the number of parts and the reduction of costs, there is provided a connector for a memory card including an insulating housing having plural power contacts and signal contacts lined up, a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7677936 | Plug connector having retainer attached mold case To prevent damage by an external force in a retainer attached mold case of a plug connector including an insulating member having aligned containing holes containing contacts, a shield case surrounding the insulating member, a substantially cylindrical mold case inc... | 03/16/2010 |
| D606943 | Female type electrical connector | 12/29/2009 |
| D606941 | Electric connector | 12/29/2009 |
| D605138 | Shell for electric connector | 12/01/2009 |
| D605129 | Electrical cable connector | 12/01/2009 |
| D604697 | Electric connector with cable | 11/24/2009 |
| D600643 | Housing for an electric connector | 09/22/2009 |
| D597947 | Electric connector | 08/11/2009 |
| 7559700 | Shading member-equipped optical connector plug A shading member-equipped optical connector plug is compact while having the compatibility to engage existing connector receptacles. The connector plug includes a shading member having a shutter housing enclosing a plug frame slidably on an outside thereof. The shut... | 07/14/2009 |
| D591245 | Locking cover for electrical cable connector | 04/28/2009 |
| 7488223 | Cable connecting connector To provide a cable connecting connector having connection strength between a conductor and a contact by reducing the resistance at the time of collectively soldering cables with different diameters, it is configured of a horizontally elongated insulating housing, a ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7479026 | Cable-equipped connector To improve connector installation density and utilize space effectively, a cable-equipped connector is capable of coupling separation-prevention lock screws at any position around the other connector. The cable-equipped connector includes a connector body, a cable c... | 01/20/2009 |
| D584234 | Electric connector | 01/06/2009 |
| D583324 | Electric connector | 12/23/2008 |
| D582854 | Electric connector | 12/16/2008 |
| D580869 | Electric connector for printed circuit board | 11/18/2008 |
| 7445499 | Press-fit contact To prevent damage to a printed circuit board due to concentration of contact pressure during press-fitting of press-fit contacts into through-holes of the board with narrow pitches, a press-fit contact includes a bulge portion formed wide substantially at a center i... | 11/04/2008 |
| D579416 | Electric connector | 10/28/2008 |
| D576104 | Electric connector | 09/02/2008 |
| D550629 | Memory card connector | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249972 | Electrical connector receptacle with lock nut An electrical connector receptacle having a simple connector housing structure, a secure grounding connection of a metal shell to ground, and excellent durability, includes a connector housing having a pair of locking sections with nut-storing-sections formed therei... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210954 | Electrical connector plug with lock screws To form a ground path to ground in a metal shell of an electrical connector plug with lock screws to have a simple structure of a connector housing having secure and durable performance, the connector plug includes an insulative connector housing having a rectangula... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7114995 | Modular jack To reduce number of parts and reduce cost in a multi-pin modular jack provided with a mis-insertion prevention mechanism that prevents insertion of a modular plug having number of pins different from the modular jack the mis-insertion prevention mechanism includes a... | 10/03/2006 |
| D525944 | Electric connector | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066637 | Imitation flame generating apparatus and method A space that closely approximates the state of an actual flame is reproduced without depending on temporal periods. Namely, by reproducing a spatiotemporal pattern of a flame, the light source can be caused to emit warm light, whereby a compact and inexpensive imita... | 06/27/2006 |
| D519081 | Interface connector receptacle | 04/18/2006 |
| D517493 | Electric connector | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008235 | Coaxial connector and ground pad that mounts said coaxial connector A coaxial connector has improved grounding capacity for high frequency waves and improved resistance against the peeling off of grounding terminals from ground pads and ground pads that mount the coaxial connectors and that have improved resistance against the peeli... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6888726 | PC card case and PC card An improved PC card case includes a casing body and a cover plate to cover the extended part of the casing body. The cover plate and the extended part are fastened together by non-unlatching, counter-hook latch means. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6872095 | Card slot connector A card slot connector is to be mounted onto a printed circuit board for making a required electrical connection between a card and a printed circuit. The connector comprises a housing of a synthetic resin material and a metal shell applied to one side of the housing... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6843686 | High-frequency electric connector having no ground terminals An electric connector includes an insulating housing having slots arranged crosswise in vertical columns and horizontal lines, and signal terminals received in the slots. The signal terminals are paired to be received in each and every slot. The slots are staggered ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6824400 | Surface mount connector A surface mount connector whose male or female part is to be mounted onto a printed circuit board having conductor pads on its surface so arranged in two lines on either side of a given midline that the first line of conductor pads is closer to the midline than the ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6790088 | Electric connector provided with a shield plate equipped with thrust shoulders A shielded electrical connector includes a connector body having contact pieces embedded therein and an “L”-shaped shield plate applied to the connector body with its horizontal and vertical sections lying on the top surface and rear side of the connector body, ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6776535 | One-piece construction of plug frame for optical connector component A plug frame for an optical connector component comprising a ferrule for receiving an end portion of a core optical fiber of a fiber optic cable and a plug frame for floatingly supporting the ferrule. The plug frame is configured as a one-piece component. This allow... | 08/17/2004 |
