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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659100 | Electrical connector | 05/08/2012 |
| 8047858 | Electrical connector An electrical connector comprises a dielectric spacing element having elongate through holes and a forward end surface; a plurality of parallel, elongate conductive contacts arranged in respective through holes of the spacing element, the conductive contacts providi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7845963 | Axial anti-rotation coupling A mechanism of low cost and easy mounting, provides resistance to rotation of a coupling nut (14) of an electrical connector about the barrel (12) of the connector, and provides a higher resistance to rotation in one direction (U) than the opposite dir... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7875364 | Electrically conductive connector housing part An electrically conductive connector housing body (16, 17) of aluminum or an aluminum compound, and a surface layer on the aluminum which comprises an adhesive layer in the form of a chemical nickel-plating, a corrosion protection layer, and a metallic passiv... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7833651 | Battery holder A battery holder frame (12) that facilitates the removal of a fully installed battery (30) (electrical cell). The frame has top (20), bottom (22), opposite side (24, 26), and back walls (28) that form a cavity (14) th... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7607923 | Electrical connecting device An electrical connecting device for two electrical components which, when assembled, have electrical contact areas facing each other. The electrical connecting device comprises: a plurality of metallic connecting elements, each connecting element having first and se... | 10/27/2009 |
| D601965 | Connector with pins | 10/13/2009 |
| D601964 | Connector with sockets and flange | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597588 | Coax connector with spring contacts Coaxial contacts of a second connector (14) are in the form of static pads (34, 36), while coax contacts of a first connector (12) are in the form of spring contacts (40, 42) with pins (52) that engage the static pads. The first co... | 10/06/2009 |
| D601504 | Connector with pins and flange | 10/06/2009 |
| D601092 | Connector with sockets | 09/29/2009 |
| D593038 | Electrical socket contact | 05/26/2009 |
| 7511368 | Carrier device for electronic chip A surface mount electronic chip (10) is mounted on a holder (70) and electrically connected to holder terminals (74,76, 80) by the use of a carrier device (30). The carrier device has clips (36) mounted on walls of the carrier fram... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7384271 | Compressive cloverleaf contactor A wire (12) is bent into a row of contactors (14) that are each of miniature cloverleaf shape with each cloverleaf having a plurality of loops (21-24), the cloverleafs are then cut apart at cuts (40) to electrically isolate them fr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381089 | Coaxial cable-connector termination A high frequency coaxial cable having a foil (7a) between the cable insulator (5) and cable braid (7b), is terminated to a coaxial connector (40) in a manner that allows fast and easy cable preparation and results in a termi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7322859 | Electrical connector A bayonet electrical connector has a spring loaded safety pin for locking the bayonet coupling. The pin projects into a recess, and a sleeve surrounds the part having the recess. The sleeve has a tab which projects into the recess, the sleeve being slidable to make ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7271359 | Float switch assembly A fluid height sensor (10) includes a float (14) with an arm (20) fixed to a shaft (40) that extends into a cavity (30) in a housing (12). A switch assembly (32) in the housing includes a switch (50) formed by ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255590 | Plug connector device for multicore flat cables A plug connector device (10) for multicore flat cables (15), has a plug (11) which can be fixedly joined to one end of a flat cable in a mechanical fashion, and a plug socket (12) which can be run through by the flat cable (15) suc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244146 | High density RF connector system A coaxial connector has inner and outer contacts (34, 36) connected to inner and outer conductors (20, 22) of a coaxial cable (14), in a contact arrangement of small diameter (A), so each coax contact arrangements can carry high frequency signal... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238906 | Electrical switch of the normally closed type The invention proposes a switch (10) comprising a casing (12) which carries a pair of fixed contact elements (48), a contact bar (96) which is movable between a rear closure position and a front opening position, and a member (60) ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234970 | Smart card connector with fraud protection A smart card connector with signal blade contacts having signal tails (34a) lying at the rear end of the connector frame, and with the connector being provided with a shield structure (110) that prevents a person from fraudulently contacting the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220931 | Switching device with integrated light source A switching device which includes a lighting source (18) having an SMC (surface mounted component) type light emitting diode, which includes a pair of connection members (52) with base portions (82) each soldered or otherwise joined to a plate (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7202429 | Switch with light supported in operating member A switching device includes a vertically moveable operating member (14) with a cavity (66) in which a light (20) lies. The light is supported on tongues (80) of a pair of sheet metal energizing members (70A, 70B). Each energ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201603 | Pivoting strain relief wire guide A wire guide includes first and second tubes (14, 16) having first and second perpendicular axes (22, 26), with the second tube having a backshell (40) that is pivotable about the first axis on the first tube rear end, so wires (30) can b... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7157650 | Electrical switch device with lateral activation A casing (1); a first conductive track (31) and a second conductive track (27); a first conductive dome (3) which is resiliently deformable so as to be able to pass to a configuration, in which it forms an electrical contact between the f... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156668 | PCB retention mechanism A circuit board (14) is installed and locked in place in a connector housing (12) which has a board-receiving slot (24) defined by side guides (44, 46) that closely engage upper and lower surfaces of the board during its forward insertion... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156560 | Optic fiber alignment retainer assembly An alignment assembly (20) is provided for holding alignment sleeves that each aligns the ends of a pair of optic fiber ferrules (22, 26) projecting from two mating connectors (12, 14), which assures that the mating connectors will always be mat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7106303 | Trackball control device A trackball device in which the exposed top of a trackball (30) can be moved to pivot a pair of coding shafts (32L, 32T) about perpendicular axes, with control signal generators that detect such pivoting used to control a function such as a curs... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086785 | Optical fiber cartridge with easily installed body A self-contained fiber optic cartridge (300) includes a body (310) with a bore (342) that receives a fiber optic cable (30) and which is then bonded by epoxy (340) to the cable, with the body then installed in a passage (343... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7052186 | Secondary latch sleeve for connector connections A plurality of connectors (12, 14) of the type that has a primary latch with a handle (50) that can be depressed so the connector can be pulled out of a receiver passage (20, 22), and a secondary latch with a sleeve (60, 62) that can be s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048589 | Short smart card connector A connector with a cover element (80) lying in a forward position over an insulative support (40), allows a smart card to be inserted despite obstructions lying closely behind the connector. The card is initially inserted at a downward-forward incline ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029306 | Electrical connector for the simultaneous connection of two superposed smart cards A compact smart card connector that can hold and connect to two smart cards (Cs, Ci) includes a base plate (42) that holds base contacts (46) and a cover plate (44) that holds cover contacts (54) and that is pivotally connected to the bas... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029184 | Fiber optic strain relief An optical fiber connector includes a housing (12) with a terminus-holding housing (14) portion that holds a plurality of optical fiber termini (24) with optical cables trailing therefrom. A pair of metal sleeves are crimped to the strength memb... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014507 | Filtered connector that blocks high frequency noise A filtered connector is provided of the type that includes an inductor (40) and capacitors (51, 52) connected in a pi filter arrangement to each contact (20) of the connector to attenuate high frequency noise, is enhanced to better block very hi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6984140 | Smart card connector with ejection spring A smart card connector has a housing (11) formed by an insulative contact holder (12) and a sheet metal cover (14) that has an upper plate (46) lying above an upper face of the contact holder, to form a card-receiving cavity (30) b... | 01/10/2006 |
