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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177574 | Electrical connector capable of preventing solder wicking The invention relates to an electrical connector capable of preventing solder wicking. The electrical connector has an insulating body that includes a plurality of containing grooves and conductives terminals installed in the containing grooves, a solder stop portio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167664 | Receptacle connector A receptacle connector includes a body; a conductive member received in the body and having a bottom, in which a soldering portion extends from the bottom, the bottom is bent upwards to form a base, an angle is formed between the planes of the base and the bottom, t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167652 | Shielded connector having a shielding body with an insulating paint layer received in slots of an insulating body A shielded connector. In one embodiment, the shielded connector includes: a seat, including a plurality of receiving slots, in which a shielding body is formed on at least a part of an inner surface of the receiving slot by physical-plating and an insulating paint l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8147256 | Electrical connector and terminal thereof An electrical connector and a terminal are disclosed. The terminal, comprising: a base having an upper end and a lower end; a flexible arm extending upward from the upper end of the base; a retaining portion extending upward from the upper end of the base, wherein a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8137121 | Fastener and electric connector device having the same A fastener for securing a chip module onto a circuit board includes a fixing bracket mounted on the circuit board; a pressing frame covering the chip module; a lever having a driving portion and a shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion is formed by extending and b... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137114 | Board-to-board electrical connector A board-to-board electrical connector includes a male plug having a first insulating body and a plurality of male terminals arranged in rows therein, each male terminal has a protrusion which includes a front guide section and a lower bottom supporting section protr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8118603 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulting main body having a plurality of receiving holes, and a plurality of pins located in the receiving holes. Each pin has a base portion, a welding portion and a flexible arm. The flexible arm has a first bend portion bent a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109767 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed and includes a body and a cover. The body has a first through hole and an area for conducting and accommodating solder between the first through hole and the edges of the body. The cover is movably disposed on the body. The color... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8079872 | Individually shielded terminals within insulating lumps An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminal units, a plurality of insulating lump units, and a plurality of shielding units. The insulating body has a plurality of receiving holes arranged thereon. Each of the insulating lump units h... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075345 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a main body, a tongue board located at the front end of the main body, a plurality of first pins and second pins which are located on the main body and extended into the tongue board. One side of the tongue board forms an operation s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070505 | Electrical connecting device An electrical connecting device is disclosed and includes a printed circuit board, an electrical connector, and a fixing gum. The electrical connector is used for electrically connecting a chip module onto the printed circuit board and has at least one gum positioni... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052436 | Electrical connector with stable retaining terminals An electrical connector includes an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving slots running through the insulating body; a plurality of terminals respectively received in the receiving slots; and a plurality of solder balls, in which each of the solder balls ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047864 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is provided, in which each conductive terminal is respectively provided with a first connecting portion at left and right sides of a contact pin of a chip module. A first contact arm and a second contact arm respectively extend upwards from e... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039944 | Electrical connection device and assembly method thereof An electrical connection device and assembly method thereof includes a substrate with a plurality of contacting portions arranged on a surface thereof; a chip module having a plurality of terminals inclining in one direction and compressed and contacted with the con... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038474 | Assembled electrical connector An assembled electrical connector includes an insulating housing and at least two sets of electrical conducting terminals. The insulating housing has a main body, a first tongue and a second tongue extending from the main body and perpendicular to the main body. The... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8021180 | Electrical connecting device The present invention discloses an electrical connecting device adapted to receive a chip unit. The electrical connecting device includes an insulation base, a terminal set, a circuit board, a cover and a driving mechanism. The insulation base is formed with a termi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7980886 | Socket device having identification function The invention provides a conducting device having identification function, which includes a device body, a socket part disposed on the device body, a first identification unit and a second identification unit disposed on the device body. Compared with the prior art,... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972180 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating body having an accommodating base and at least one tongue plate extending forwardly from the accommodating base. The tongue plate has at least one accommodating space in communication with the accommodating base. Each a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967618 | Memory card connector A memory card connector is used for being plugged with a memory card. The memory card connector includes an insulating body having a plugging slot and two pivoting bases, two locking parts, and a plurality of conducting pins received in the insulating body. The memo... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963791 | Zero insertion force electrical connector with a metal reinforcer with a head with a driving element A ZIF electrical connector includes: an insulative base having connected non-accommodating and accommodating areas, and the accommodating area includes containing holes; conductive terminals, each being contained in the containing hole; an insulative upper casing co... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959466 | Individually filtered terminals and shielded circuit board through-holes An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of shielding layers, and a plurality of insulating layers. The insulating body has a plurality of terminal-receiving holes. The shielding layers are mounted on the terminal-re... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959446 | Electrical element and electrical connector An electrical element is revealed. At least one receiving hole disposes on an insulating body. A conductive layer disposes on surfaces of the receiving hole. At least one soldering body mounts in the receiving hole correspondingly and contacts with the conductive la... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7938658 | Card edge connector with a fastener with a detent portion with a snap-fitting surface The card edge connector includes: an electrical receptacle formed with an abutting surface; two fasteners pivoted to the electrical receptacle, wherein each of the fasteners is formed with a snap-fitting surface that makes contact with the fastened surface to form a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7918681 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a base having a through hole, a cover body slidably located on the base, a plurality of pins received in the base, a pushing piece installed on the upper surface of the cover body and having an opening, and a driving device for pushi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7891984 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes at least one first insulating substrate having first tongues, at least one second insulating substrate having second tongues, and a plurality of contacts. One end of the first tongue connects to the first insulating substrate. There ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887373 | Connector socket A connector socket for engaging with a first plug and a second plug with different widths is disclosed. The connector socket includes an insulation base, and a metal casing embracing the insulation base. A first engagement space and a second engagement space are def... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7874875 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for electrically connecting an element to a circuit board includes at least two adjacent insulation bodies, a plugging slot located on the insulation bodies for being plugged with the element, and a set of conductive terminals disposed on the... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871297 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly of the invention comprises a butt plug with a contact portion and an electrical connector capable of matching the butt plug. One side of the contact portion has at least one engaging point. The electrical connector comprises an insul... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7854622 | Electrical connecting device The present invention discloses an electrical connecting device adapted to receive a chip unit. The electrical connecting device includes an insulation base, a terminal set, a circuit board, a cover and a driving mechanism. The insulation base is formed with a termi... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7828578 | Electrical connector terminal having two contact portions and two leaning portions extending from a base An electrical connector and a terminal thereof are disclosed. The base portion of the terminal extends upwards to form two flexible arms. Each of the two flexible arms extends towards each other to form a leaning portion. There is a gap between the two leaning porti... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828562 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a base having a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of conducting pins respectively located in the through holes. There is a convex block located at the side wall of the base for each of the through holes. Each of the conduct... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7791443 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating body, which has plural front and rear rows of accommodating troughs for receiving electrical conductive terminals, and two protective blocks protruded upwardly. The accommodating portion has a first accommodating portio... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7766670 | Electrical connection device An electrical connection device is used for electrically connecting an electronic element having solder balls, and includes an insulating body and a plurality of pins. The insulating body has a plurality of receiving slots formed by a plurality of first rib boards a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7753707 | Electrical connecting assembly An electrical connecting assembly includes an insulating base, terminals, a PCB, a cover, and a driving unit. The insulating base has receiving holes and a first hole. The terminals are disposed in the receiving holes. The PCB has a first connecting area and has a s... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736169 | Chip module sliding connector The electrical connector includes a body having a terminal-receiving area, at least one terminal disposed in the corresponding terminal-receiving area, a cover sliding along a sliding route and assembled on the body. The top surface of the cover has an insertion are... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731507 | Electric connector An electric connector is disclosed to include an electrically insulative housing, which has solder ball receiving portions, terminals respectively mounted in the housing corresponding to the solder ball receiving portions, each terminal having an endpiece, which def... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7650695 | Method of assembling conductive terminals of a plurality of electrical connectors and electrical connector module assembled thereby A method of assembling conductive terminals of a plurality of electrical connectors includes the steps of: (1) providing at least two overlapping housings each of which has a terminal receiving portion including fixing holes and guiding holes each partially overlapp... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7628655 | Electrical connector and inserting method thereof An electrical connector includes an insulating body with a main body portion in which a first receiving space is concavely formed. Spaced first terminal passages extend in a top surface of the first receiving space. A second receiving space is formed in the front en... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7625245 | Low-profile electrical connector and device thereof A low-profile electrical connector mounted on a circuit board includes an insulating body. The insulating body includes a main body portion, a middle portion and a tongue plate. The main body portion has a slot concavely formed in a front end thereof, and at least o... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7585174 | Conductive component, electrical connector, and chip module A conductive component capable of electrically connecting two objects is proposed. The conductive element includes an elastic body that is provided with at least two conductive particles therein. When the conductive component is pressed, a portion of the conductive ... | 09/08/2009 |
