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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7445526 | Electrical connector having a U-shaped protective spring An electrically-conductive terminal adapted for use in an electrical connector includes a horizontal upper surface containing a downwardly extending first bore in which is mounted a U-shaped protective spring. The spring has a bulging generally circular bridging por... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445487 | Auxiliary connector for a row of terminals An auxiliary connector device connects a conductor with an electrical component mounted in a terminal block upon which the connector device is mounted, including a contact arrangement extending through aligned outlet and entry openings contained in the auxiliary con... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7408766 | Mounting and connecting means for electrical components A power supply system for supplying electrical power to at least one load includes a base plate, a support rail and a power supply module fastened to the base plate, at least one bus bar module, and a rail mounting device for mounting the bus bar module on the suppo... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408110 | Housing containing a passage for an electrical conductor A sealed electrical junction box includes a sectional housing containing a chamber and having an end wall that contains at least one access passage in which is mounted a sealing bush containing a longitudinal through bore. An annular internal sealing rib on the acce... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407407 | Tap-off connecting arrangement for multi-conductor cables A connector arrangement for connecting the insulated conductors of a flat cable with an output load includes insulation-piercing contacts that extend upwardly from the horizontal upper surface of the rectangular base member of a connector housing. When a housing cov... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407406 | Connector tap-off arrangement for continuous conductors A connector arrangement for tapping off current from a plurality of insulated input conductors includes a rectangular base member having a horizontal planar upper surface provided with a plurality of parallel seats receiving the insulated conductors, a frame mounted... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404735 | Junction box including connectors and surrounding housings A junction box assembly includes a support board, a connector supported at one end by the support board, a separate tubular guide sleeve arranged concentrically about the connector, and a cover having an open bottom chamber receiving the connector, and a top wall co... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7369059 | Electrical apparatus having status indicating means An electrical power distribution device such as a junction box or the like includes a status indicator that also serves not only to indicate the status of energization of a connector mounted in a first housing opening, but also to illuminate a translucent indicia-be... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367852 | Connecting and switching arrangement A terminal block connecting arrangement includes a first terminal block having a first electrical contact, an electrical device having a second electrical contact, a test terminal block arranged between the electrical apparatus and the first terminal block for displ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367832 | Adapter for attaching an insertion device to a cable fitting An adapter assembly for connecting a multi-contact electrical plug within a cable support arrangement includes an elongated adapter body containing a through passage and having a rectangular first end portion containing a chamber for receiving the electrical plug, a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347718 | Connector means for electrical apparatus, particularly plugs A connector arrangement includes a housing containing at least one open-topped chamber in which is mounted a stationary upwardly-directed knife device, and a rectangular carrier member arranged for downward insertion within the chamber, thereby to displace an insula... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347716 | Connector arrangement for multi-conductor cables A connector arrangement for connecting the insulated conductors of a flat cable with a plurality of tap-off branch conductors includes a plurality of insulation-piercing contacts that extend upwardly from the horizontal upper surface of the rectangular base member o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347015 | Conductor marking device with receiving pockets A marking device for identifying an electrical conductor includes a planar generally annular marker body containing at least one opening for receiving the conductor, and a plurality of coplanar outwardly extending portions containing mutually isolated pockets for re... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341483 | Protective sleeve arrangement for electrical connectors An electrical distributor assembly includes a plug member connected with a socket member that is mounted on, and extends slightly above, the top surface of a distributor housing, characterized by the provision of an axially displaceable protective sleeve mounted con... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327052 | Modular connecting system for protecting an electrical load in a bus system An electrical distribution system includes a plurality of separate consumer modules for supplying power to a plurality of consumer loads, respectively. Each of the consumer modules includes an overload fault detection device for automatically interrupting the supply... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325438 | Crimping tool for plug connectors having cable shield clamp means A crimping tool is provided for crimping upon on a shielded data cable a plug connector having a body portion, and a cable shield clamping portion that is initially angularly arranged in an open loading position, characterized by the provision of a pair of operating... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326073 | Adapter housing for connecting insert devices to a cable fitting A locking device attaches to a first end of a plug-supporting housing a telecommunications plug having a cable that extends through a longitudinal bore contained in the housing. The locking device includes at least one locking plate having a first end portion connec... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311543 | Bus module system including an internal bus bridge connector A bridge connector arrangement includes a bridge member moveable between engaged and disengaged positions relative to a pair of adjacent electrical modules, thereby to connect and disconnect rows of female terminals on the modules, The bridge member carries a plural... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287999 | Electrical connector including conductor engaging means An electrical connector for insulated conductors includes a housing containing a chamber and having a conductor opening communicating with the chamber, a bus bar mounted in the chamber adjacent the conductor opening, a compression spring mounted in the chamber for b... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7241165 | Electrical connector for flat cables and contact element therefor A sectional electrical connector for flat cables includes separable lower and upper horizontal sections formed from a relatively hard synthetic plastic material, at least one electrical contact having a horizontal bus bar portion mounted in the lower section, and a ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234961 | Connector arrangement including insulated conductor tap-off means An electrical connector arrangement taps off electrical current from a plurality of coplanar parallel input insulated conductors and supplies the same to a plurality of output conductors, respectively. A rectangular base member is provided having a horizontal upper ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232324 | Electrical connector bridge arrangement with release means A plug-in electrical bridge connector includes a pair of parallel bridge contacts that extend through contact openings contained in an insulated bus bar housing arrangement for electrical engagement with bus bars mounted in chambers contained therein, respectively. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230820 | Distributor means for connecting electrical apparatus with a plurality of voltage sources A distributor is provided for selectively connecting with a plurality of voltage sources a plurality of electrical load devices, such as the sensors or actuators of an electrical and mechanical installation. A pair of voltage supply connectors mounted on a housing i... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207824 | Electrical connector with quick release means An electrical plug connector arrangement includes a male plug member that is normally locked in engagement with a female socket member by a plurality of radially inwardly directed spring fingers that engage the threads of an externally threaded portion of the plug m... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179137 | Electrical connector arrangement An electrical connector arrangement includes slidably connected upper and lower connector body sections, at least one pair of first contacts carried by the upper body section, at least one pair of second contacts of the pin type carried by the lower body section ben... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170758 | Modular housing including support rail connecting means A module connecting arrangement for mounting a module on a support rail includes a horizontal rectangular housing containing a longitudinal chamber, and a bottom surface that contains a recess for transversely receiving the support rail, the recess being in communic... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7104833 | Electrical connector with release means An electrical connector includes a housing having a chamber in which are mounted a bus bar, and a leaf spring that normally biases the end of a conductor that is inserted into the chamber into electrical engagement with the bus bar. A release member is connected wit... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096760 | Insulation stripping tool A pliers-type stripping tool includes a base, a pair of pivot levers pivotally connected with the base, a pair of clamping members connected for relative longitudinal displacement on one of the pivot levers, a pair of cutting members connected for relative longitudi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094071 | Junction box including connector deformation means A junction box containing at least one electrical terminal is connected for displacement between unfastened and fastened positions relative to a carrier element, whereby during movement of the housing toward the fastened position, a U-shape contact spring is progres... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066756 | Apparatus for contacting a conductive surface by means of a pin connector A plug connector and printed circuit board assembly and method include a snap-on fastening arrangement wherein a row of resilient contacts on the plug connector are brought into engagement with a corresponding row of strip contacts carried by a planar surface of the... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063557 | Electrical connector with operating means An electrical connector includes a connector body that contains an open-topped chamber in which is mounted a stationary, upwardly-directed insulation-severing electrical contact, together with an operating member for displacing an insulated conductor laterally downw... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059891 | Electrical connecting and fastening apparatus An electrical connecting and fastening apparatus includes a guide arrangement for respectively connecting a plurality of conductors of a hollow cable with a plurality of stationary contacts mounted in circumferentially spaced relation within a bore contained in one ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057105 | Electrical distribution box An electrical distribution box includes a housing having a front wall containing an opening surrounded by a flange portion, a plurality of side and end walls cooperating with the front wall to define a chamber communicating with the front wall opening, and a lid con... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055361 | Pliers-type handtool having a crimping station A pliers-type handtool is provided for crimping an electrical connector upon one end of an insulated conductor, including a crimping drum that is mounted on a fixed member for rotation between first and second positions, and an actuating lever that is reciprocated b... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7008260 | Cross-connector means for electrical junction boxes and the like An electrical cross-connector arrangement is provided for connecting to an electrical junction box or the like a plurality of connecting terminals, modules or pin-and-socket connectors, including a comb-like member having a plurality of resilient flat finger portion... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997028 | Crimping tool A crimping tool includes a crimping drum that is rotatably supported within a housing for displacement between a plurality of crimping positions, thereby to position a selected one of a plurality of crimping dies opposite a window through which the bare end of an in... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976866 | Junction block assembly A connector junction block of flat thin design is adapted for connection with one or more insulated electrical conductors, and includes base and cover members that cooperate to define a chamber, and an operating member that is mounted in the chamber for movement bet... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6961233 | Module for electrical apparatus, particularly, a field bus module A field bus module assembly includes a generally rectangular base module adapted for mounting on a fixed support, an input/output module, and a connecting module for connecting the input/output module with the base module, the base module including a lateral project... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6895836 | Pliers-type handtool having insulation removing means A pliers-type handtool includes fixed and movable handle members pivotally connected intermediate their ends, a movable jaw member pivotally connected with the fixed handle member jaw end, and a toggle device connecting the movable jaw member with the movable handle... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6893286 | Connector apparatus adapted for the direct plug-in connection of conductors An electrical connector arrangement includes a resilient contact adapted for direct engagement with the bare wire of an insulated conductor without the use of any assembly tool, characterized in that the resilient contact includes a first leg having a first end cont... | 05/17/2005 |
