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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6015313 | Lamp assembly Lamp assembly (10) including an array of lamps (44) connectable to electrical power sources by contacts (40,42), and aligned with lenses (14) of a display panel (12) upon mounting of the lamp assembly to the panel, to illuminate the lenses. Contacts (40,4... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5967806 | Electrical connector arrangement An arrangement (10) of electrical connectors (12,112) and a circuit board (50) upon which they are mounted includes a strip (30) of ground contacts (34) disposed between selected ones of the connectors (12,112) and adjacent side surfaces (20) thereof. Eac... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5944551 | Electrical connector An electrical connector generally comprising a housing, a terminal member and a clamping member. The housing has a first open end, a generally closed second end including a conductor passage, and an internal cavity extending between the ends. The terminal... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943026 | Boot assembly for an antenna A boot assembly (40) for an antenna (30) includes an elongate sleeve (42) and an end cap (60), the sleeve (42) having an opening defining an annular recess (44) dimensioned to receive the end cap (60) and be secured thereto in an adhesive joint. One of ei... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5915985 | Traveling electrical connector The electrical connector (24) of the present invention includes a coupling (26, 26') for attaching the connector (24) to an equipment cabinet (10) that will permit a certain amount of movement of the connector along the mating axis (64) after mating with ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5895284 | Latching system A latching system for latching first and second connectors (120,20) together along a mating axis includes a pair of latch arms (126) spaced a selected distance apart along a common side (124) of a first housing (122) and extending to free ends (127) proxi... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5893767 | Electrical connector having a switch Connector (20) includes switches (32,132) each having a movable switching terminal (34,134) with a spring arm (40,140) engaged by a stationary terminal (54,154) at a switch point when the connector is unmated. Upon connector mating, switching terminal (34... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5882228 | Self-terminating electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (10) includes a housing (24) having an inner terminal (50) with a spring biasing member (54), an outer conductive shell (14), and an electrical component (60) having electrodes (62) on ends thereof disposed in a recess (28... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5876221 | Surface mount contact assembly for printed circuit board The assembly of contacts for printed circuit boards 1, 1a consists of contacts 2, 2' and a housing 4, 4' fabricated by insert molding method. The mounting sections 8, 8' have lugs which fit into openings made in pads of the printed circuit board 50 in a s... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5876241 | Horizontal battery connector A connector 20 for disk-shaped batteries 90 including a housing 22 with a battery receiving cavity 48, opposed end walls 30 having spring arms 32 that extend outwardly from the cavity 48 for retaining the battery 90 in the housing 22, and terminals 50 con... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5842872 | Modular right angle board mountable coaxial connector A right-angle coaxial electrical connector (22) mountable to a circuit board includes a housing (24) having a plurality of contact-receiving passageways (32) and at least two coaxial contacts (36, 38) disposed in the same column defining a stacked configu... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5836792 | Board mountable electrical connector A connector (10) including a housing (12) and a plurality of terminals (40) extending in respective passageways (30) through the housing (12) from a mating face (14) to a board-mounting face (16) , the terminals (40) having board-mounting sections (60) ex... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833482 | Pivotable electrical connector A pivotable connector assembly includes first and second matable connectors (20, 20) adapted to be brought into mated engagement by rotating the connectors in a first angular direction about a center of pivoting, and adapted to be disengaged by rotating t... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830008 | Panel mountable connector A electrical connector (10) adapted to be inserted into and retained in a panel opening (46) includes a dielectric housing (12) having flanges (22) extending outwardly from opposed sides (16) thereof proximate a panel mounting face (14), each flange (22) ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5825334 | Flexible antenna and method of manufacturing same An antenna (20) including a continuous planar conductor (22) in a coaxial connector. The planar conductor (22) is made by stamping an array of slots (30) in a continuous sheet of metal with ends of adjacent slots (30) being offset from each other in an al... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5807119 | Mechanical coupling device A device (20) for coupling first and second electrical connectors (40,70) comprises a dielectric member having a plurality of openings (32) extending therethrough, a first portion (34) of the openings (32) being adapted to grip corresponding exposed body ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5795191 | Connector assembly with shielded modules and method of making same An electrical connector assembly (10) includes an insulating housing (12) and assembled thereto a plurality of terminal modules (30) and electrically conductive shields (60) therebetween. Each terminal module (30) includes an alternating pattern of first ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5750973 | Card reader A card reader 20 includes a dielectric housing 22, a plurality of resilient connector elements 70 disposed along the bottom wall 28 of the housing 22 and adapted to establish electrical connection between contact pads 104 of a circuit board 102 and contac... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5735039 | Method of removing electrical terminals from a circuit board A method of removing electrical terminals (14) having a compressible compliant section (16) disposed within a circuit board through-hole (46) in an interference fit, the terminal insertion end (18) projecting from the through-hole (46) and beyond a remote... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733148 | Electrical connector with programmable keying system An electrical connector (12) including an insulative body (14) defining at least one row of terminal sites (36) containing respective terminals (40), the body (14) defining a connection face (16) and an opposed face (18) extending between opposed first an... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5726867 | Card holder for computers and related equipment A card holder (10) for a card (11), such as a PCB, includes a bottom member (13) and a top cover (14) which easily snap together to enclose the card (11) therebetween. The bottom member (13) may be made from a precision hot-flow semi-solid aluminum forgin... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5718592 | Surface mountable electrical connector assembley A surface mountable electrical connector (20) includes an insulating housing (22) having a coaxial subassembly receiving cavity (54) extending thereinto to a cavity bottom (56) proximate the mounting face (28); a coaxial subassembly 60) having center and ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5609502 | Contact retention system A contact retention system using a self-seating contact (56) includes a housing (22) having at least one contact receiving passageway (30) and a contact (56) associated therewith. Contact (56) has leading and trailing end portions (62, 80) and an intermed... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5586907 | Battery connector A connector 60 for disk-shaped batteries 40 including a housing 62 with a battery receiving cavity 74, opposed endwalls 66 having spring arms 68 that extend outwardly from the cavity 74 for retaining the battery 40 in the housing 62, a surface mountable p... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5584708 | Straddle electrical connector A straddle connector avoids scraping off the solder from the conductive pads by the connection sections of electrical contacts during the connection of the connector to a circuit board. The straddle connector 10 comprises a housing 20 having an opening 21... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5564931 | Card edge connector using flexible film circuitry A surface mountable card edge connector 10 includes a housing 16 having a transverse base 18 and opposed endwalls 28; a generally C-shaped outer shell member 44; a generally C-shaped inner support member 60; two resilient members 76 disposed in channels 7... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5545051 | Board to board matable assembly A connector assembly (20) includes a plug connector (22) having a housing (24) and an array of first contacts (40), the housing including latch projections (36) extending laterally from at least both of the opposed sides (30) or both the opposed ends (32)... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5535513 | Method for making surface mountable connectors The present invention is directed to a method for making a connector 20 having co-planar contact surfaces including the steps of: providing a housing 22 having a plurality of contact-receiving slots 30, each having stop surfaces 32 that are precisely co-p... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5478260 | Grounding for electrical connectors An electrical connector assembly 20 for a card reader including a housing 24 having opposed major and minor sides 26,30 defining a card receiving mouth 32, a plurality of conductive electrical terminals 36 disposed in the housing 24 and having portions 38... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5470241 | Retention mechanism for memory cards A card securing mechanism for retaining a card 90 in a reader includes a cam 66 pivotally mounted to a guide arm 20 associated with a side edge 94 of a card 90. The cam 66 is mounted at the entrance 34 of a card-receiving channel 30 proximate and beside a... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5470259 | Grounding shroud for surface mounted electrical connector A conductive ground shroud (50) for use with an electrical connector (22) having a plurality of electrical terminals (36) with surface mountable contact sections (42) for electrically engaging circuitry (84) on a circuit board (80). The shroud (50) provid... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5445539 | Electrical wiring device for power control with low voltage input The electrical wiring device 20 for power control having low voltage input includes a first electrical connection element 46 for interconnection to conductors in a first group, a second electrical connection element 50 for interconnection to conductors in... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5423699 | Electrical connector An electrical connector 50 of the type having a C-shaped body member 52 having laterally opposing arcuate ears 60 extending therealong from a wide to a narrow end, the wide end being adapted to receive a wedge member 72 having opposed converging side surf... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5421752 | Method of making a pin grid array and terminal for use therein A grid array 10 of terminals 20 secured with a fusible electrically conductive material 34 usable in conjunction with a source of constant amplitude high frequency alternating current of known frequency is formed by the steps of: selecting a plurality of ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5421747 | Connector assembly A sealed terminal block assembly (10) includes a harness assembly (78) having first electrical terminal members (30) terminated to wires (74) of a cable (72); a housing (12) molded around the harness assembly (78), with each first terminal member (30) ass... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5421068 | Fastener assembly A fastener assembly 20 having a hook 68 for connecting a first article 78 to a continuous cable 70 includes first and second matable members 22,24, each having a body portion 26 at a cable-proximate end thereof, the body portion 26 having a work arm 32 an... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5399099 | EMI protected tap connector The filtered tap connector 10 includes a body member 12, having a pair of contact members 40 secured therein; a pusher member 50 receivable into a large recess 18 of the body member 12, the pusher member 50 having wire engaging surfaces 52 adapted to enga... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5395250 | Low profile board to board connector A low profile connector 20 including a receptacle 22 and a plug 70, each having a housing 24,72 with respective arrays of contacts 44,92 secured therein, the contacts 44,92 being of thin metal set on edge in the housings 24,72 and including edge contact s... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5395269 | Method of sealing electrical connectors using a broad spectrum light and heat curable composition An electrical connector of the type having a housing with terminals extending from apertures thereof, is sealed at the aperture entrances around the extending terminal portions. The sealant material is polymerized of a major proportion of at least one vin... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5396062 | Receptacle having an internal switch with an emitter and a receiver A power receptacle 10 includes a housing 12 having a cover plate 46 therefore and securable thereto, an associated pair of receptacle contacts 70 mounted within the housing 12, the contacts 70 each having pair of arms 74 having openings 78 therethrough to... | 03/07/1995 |
