Bizarre Patents
Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4732628 | Method of sealing and repairing electrical cables An exposed portion of an electrical cable is sealed by applying a sealant material to the exposed cable and then placing the ends of a split unitary cover over the sealant material in overlapped disposition. The cover is then compressed into contact with ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4725242 | Electrical connector having cam actuated wire holding means An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a cavity therein for sealably receiving a rubber bush. At the bottom wall of the cavity the housing supports a movable plate having a plurality of holes therein for receipt of a respective plu... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4721478 | Water sealed electrical connector A water sealed electrical connector for assembly to a wire terminated by a conductive contact includes an insulative housing having a cavity extending in a front surface thereof and a hole communicating with the cavity and extending into a rear portion of... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4720953 | Partition with built-in floor-cable riser An office wall partition is disclosed which has provisions for accommodating a floor-cable riser. The partition includes a gutter-shaped baseboard having an opening therein to admit the floor-cable riser. The partition is particularly useful with undercar... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4718863 | Jumper cable having clips for solder connections A flat multiconductor jumper cable comprises a plurality of elongate substantially parallel and transversely spaced conductors surrounded by a casing of insulation. At one or both ends of the jumper cable, exposed portions of the conductors are formed in ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4717058 | Cutting tool for cutting divisible strips of contact elements A tool for cutting divisible strips of frangible material having pre-break lines disposed at predetermined spacings comprises an elongate channel support within which a slider captively slides. The support is adapted to receive a divisible strip therein t... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717357 | System and method for electrical power installation A flat multiconductor cable power distribution system has a discrete wire multi-phase feeder, a main flat cable having at least four conductors, the cable being connected to the feeder to have plural phase energization. An insulation-piercing adapter over... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4711511 | Latching apparatus for an electrical connector A latching apparatus is provided for an electrical connector of the type having a housing including a plurality of electrical contacts therein. The latching apparatus comprises a deflectable arm that is pivotally supported on the connector housing, the pi... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711507 | Electrical connector and latching apparatus therefor An electrical connector for particular use in the data communications industry includes an improved latching mechanism for engagement with a like electrical connector or with an apertured panel of a terminal box or the like. The latching mechanism include... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4702706 | Electrical connecting device including socket therefor An electrical connecting device for disengageable connection to conductors of an electric component comprises an integrated circuit (IC) package having a plurality of leads in dual-in-line configuration. A socket included in such device comprises an insul... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4698457 | Strippable shielded electrical cable assembly A flat multiconductor electrical cable assembly is disclosed. The cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical conductors surrounded in an insulative casing. An insulative sheet overlies the insulative casing and separates a wire mesh ground shield t... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4695679 | Flat multiconductor cable for undercarpet wiring system The flat multiconductor cable contains live, neutral and ground conductors lying generally parallel to each other and in side by side, single-plane relation. The live and neutral conductors are sealably surrounded by a relatively hard, polyetherimide mate... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4691083 | Venting apparatus for electrical cable An apparatus for venting or draining an electrical cable is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support pad for disposition over a vent opening placed in the cable. An elongate vent tube extends from the support pad over the cable opening. An outer housin... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4688707 | Method and apparatus for cleaving optical fiber An optical fiber cleaving tool is disclosed wherein a housing insertably receives an optical fiber extending from a fiber optic ferrule. A cleaving module is contained in a housing for scoring the fiber. A fiber pulling element grasps the fiber at a locat... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4685981 | Method and apparatus for providing a spacer to a cable splice A method and apparatus for providing a sealed cable splice area is disclosed. The cable splice area is wrapped with an open cell spacer web. An adhesively coated liner is separately wrapped around the cable and the spacer web to form a pocket around the s... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4682836 | Electrical connector and cable termination apparatus therefor A cable termination sub-assembly is provided for electrically terminating insulated conductors of an electrical cable exteriorly of the housing of a shielded electrical connector, the sub-assembly being adapted for attachment to the housing subsequent to ... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4679827 | Raintight and oiltight connector for flexible conduit A raintight and oiltight connector is disclosed for securing an electrical conduit for an electrical enclosure. The connector includes first and second housing members which are rotatably attached and supports the conduit at one end and can be screw inser... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4676850 | Method of making an electrical cable for undercarpet wiring systems The flat multiconductor cable contains live, neutral and ground conductors lying generally parallel to each other and in side by side, single-plane relation. The live and neutral conductors are sealably surrounded by a relatively hard, polyetherimide mate... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4676571 | Leaded chip carrier connector A chip carrier connector for mounting to a printed circuit board is disclosed. The connector includes a housing for supporting the chip carrier and a cover moveably supported thereover for retentively accommodating the chip carrier in the connector. The c... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4673242 | Movable closure for optical elements A closure for optical element terminations, which alternately covers and uncovers the exposed optical element. The closure includes a shroud which covers the housing containing the optical element. The shroud is movable between position opening and closin... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4666537 | Method of sealing and repairing electrical cables An exposed portion of an electrical cable is sealed by applying a sealant material to the exposed cable and then placing the ends of a split unitary cover over the sealant material in overlapped disposition. The cover is then compressed into contact with ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4657330 | Field installable modular telephone connector An electrical connector for use as a telephone plug or jack is assembled without need of special tooling and comprises a housing for receiving an insert member. The insert member supports a plurality of contacts thereon, each contact having a first end fo... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4644647 | Device for cleaving an optical fiber in a ferrule An optical fiber cleaving tool is disclosed wherein a housing insertably receives an optical fiber extending from a fiber optic ferrule. A cleaving module is contained in a housing for scoring the extending fiber. The cleaving module is moveably supported... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4637136 | Method and apparatus for wiring system installation A connection zone location and selection device is provided for application to first and second flat multiconductor cables secured to one another in overlapped relation. In such arrangement, the secured cables define a matrix of connection zones each havi... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4636271 | Forming a wire marker sleeve A tubular wire marker sleeve is disclosed. The sleeve includes a central portion which is flattened by ultrasonic welding to form a releasable bond and end extents which are unflattened facilitating insertion of an electrical wire into the sleeve. Plural ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636577 | Solar panel module and support therefor A solar panel module for directly mounting to a roof surface comprises a plurality of solar panels and a low profile, elongated frame including a generally flat, rectangular base having a plurality of substantially planar surfaces for supporting the under... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636022 | Cassette connector An electrical connector is provided for making electrical connection to a cassette having a plurality of exteriorly accessible terminals. The connector includes a housing having a cavity therein, the cavity being formed for oblique receipt of the cassette... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4627678 | Electronic package assembly and accessory component therefor An accessory circuit component for an electrical package is disclosed. This circuit component includes a conductive path for connecting an accessory component to selected contacts of the electrical package. The conductive path includes portions thereof wh... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4624520 | Coaxial cable clamp A connector for impedance matched, low capacitance connection to coaxial cable is disclosed. The connector includes a conductive housing which supports in electrical isolation an insulation displacing electrical contact. A clamping element forces the cent... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4624522 | Receptacle for flat multiconductor cable A receptacle for use with flat conductor cable is provided with a grounding contact that can be urged into electrically conductive contact with the cable grounding conductor and protective shield on such cable independently of the means by which other con... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4624515 | Electrical connector with grounding clip An electrical connector for terminating shielded flat multi-conductor cable is divided. The connector includes a housing having a metal connector shell. A conductive clip is provided which engages in unison contacts of the connector associated with the gr... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4621421 | Method of making an electrical terminal A method of forming an electrical terminal is disclosed. A longitudinal extent of stock tubular material is provided. An end portion thereof is divided into two leg extents each having an unsupported extent extending from the tubular material. The legs ar... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4619487 | Flat cable connector with grounding clip An electrical connector for terminating shielded flat multi-conductor cable. The connector includes a housing having a metal connector shell. A conductive spring clip is provided which contacts the metallic shielding of the cable and the metal shell of th... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4619494 | Shielded electrical connector A shielded electrical connector is provided for electrical attachment to a shielded electrical cable of the type including a plurality of electrical conductors and a shielding braid surrounding the conductors. The connector includes an electrically insula... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4618209 | Lead member and method of fixing thereof A lead member comprises a plurality of leg pieces, an interlink plate for holding the leg pieces spaced from each other at predetermined intervals to thereby interlink respective one ends of the leg pieces. Terminal portions are provided at the respective... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617732 | Method for termination of flat cable Termination of flat cable is effected with connectors fed individually from a reel having a wound substrate with connectors releasably secured thereto. The connectors are seated in a crimping device and elongate such cable is fed to the crimping device al... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4618203 | Isolated ground device for flat undercarpet cable An adapter is provided for making electrical connection to a flat, multiconductor isolated ground cable. The cable, containing either four or five conductors, includes a neutral conductor, a ground conductor, an isolated ground conductor and at least one ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4616102 | Flat conductor electrical cable assembly An electrical cable assembly for use in particular with undercarpet wiring systems has a flat multiconductor cable encased in electrical insulation, an insulative film extending lengthwise on the cable and an electrically conductive member overlying the f... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615927 | Strip for holding and protecting electrical contacts The contacts (4) have a body (4a) intended to pass through an opening in a card (5) and to be brazed on one side (5a) thereof, and a head (4b) of larger width than the body (4a), intended to be positioned on the other side (5b) of the card, this head (4b)... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4614028 | Electrical assembly and method for arranging a plurality of electrical conductors in a pattern Flat multiconductor cable is prepared for pitch change mass termination by use of a connector housing having conductor retention channels arranged in the pattern of such pitch change and an assembly tool which collectively forces the conductors of the cab... | 09/30/1986 |
