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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5964392 | Wire dereeling unit and marking unit for a wire processing machine A wire processing machine is disclosed having a wire feed unit (14) that draws wire (22) from an endless source (20). A wire processing unit (12) receives the wire from the feed unit for performing a manufacturing operation therewith, the wire being inter... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5609491 | Electrical connector for printed circuit board assembly An assembly for connecting inputs and outputs to a printed circuit board subassembly is disclosed. The assembly includes an electrical connector 2 that includes a housing 4 and a plurality of terminals 6 located in openings 28 extending between a mating f... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5498174 | Electrical connector with spring leg retention feature An electrical connector (2) comprises an insulating housing (4) supporting a row of electrical terminals (6). Each terminal (6) has a mating portion (18) and solder tail (20). The solder tail (20) constructed as a spring leg consists of a first portion (2... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5438160 | Sealed, shielded and filtered header receptacle A header receptacle (10) which is protected against moisture and both conducted and radiated electromagnetic interferences. A flange (12) has a cured in place first sealant (20) disposed on the back side (14) of the flange wherein the first sealant (20) c... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5432679 | Pressure equalizer for an integrated circuit chip interconnected to circuitry on a thin film membrane An integrated circuit chip module assembly (10) is disclosed that electrically interconnects the bond pads of the various integrated circuit chips (20) in the module to circuitry (42) on a thin film multilayer membrane (22). The module assembly includes a... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5425661 | Electrical connector housing with improved contact insertion An electrical connector (10) having a housing (12) of resilient plastic material of a type molded in a closed mold with bores defined by core pins; the housing including at least a bore (22) extending therealong leading from an insertion segment (36) of a... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5403215 | Electrical connector with improved contact retention A contact (10) has an intermediate body portion (11) provided with respective side edges (14, 15) formed with a protruding convex portion (16) and a recessed concave portion (17), respectively. The contacts (10) are slidably inserted into respective chann... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5383792 | Insertable latch means for use in an electrical connector An electrical connector (2) has a dielectric housing with contact terminals (22) which extend therethrough. The contact terminals (22) are provided to electrically connect a mother board (4) to a daughter card (6). A board-receiving opening (20) is provid... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5382177 | Connector housing with improved latch members A connector housing includes a pair of latch arms along sides thereof which extend forwardly to latch with corresponding latching means of a housing of a mating connector. Each latch arm is joined integrally to the housing sides by flexible hinge joints w... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5374203 | Edge connector and board latching device for a connector An edge connector (1) having metal latching devices (5) to latch and unlatch a circuit board (4) is disclosed. More particularly the latching devices (5) include a latching section (53) for latching the board (4) and an unlatching section (54) for releasi... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5340337 | Protective sleeve for cantilevered spring contacts and method of making the same A protective sleeve (100) for a pair of cantilevered spring contacts (15, 16) is formed by a blanking, forming and bending process (rather than a deep-drawn process) thereby providing a superior product at less cost. During the blanking process, a hole (1... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5334048 | Electrical connector with board retention device A panel mount connector (10) has a housing (20) with a first mounting surface or shoulder (42) and a mounting post (30) extending therefrom. The mounting post (30) has a deformable web (50) which is deformed as the housing (20) is inserted onto the panel ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5328386 | Wire organizer for ballast connector A wire organizer for bundling discrete insulated wires in a cable configuration for mass insertion into an electrical ballast connector. The wire organizer includes a lower housing assembly (20) having a wire yoke (26) mounted across the bottom wall, the ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5307562 | Method for making contact Two-piece socket contact assemblies and methods for manufacturing these assemblies are provided. The manufacturing process includes providing a blank strip of indefinite length, piercing the strip to provide a plurality of apertures, profiling a contact b... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5280257 | Filter insert for connectors and cable A filter insert (40) includes filters (43) having electrodes (48, 60) and contacts (54, 64) axially, mechanically engaging contact post members (28) of a connector (20) to provide filtering extending between signal and ground conductors in the form of con... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5275032 | Method and apparatus for controlling the crimp height of crimped electrical connections The shut height of a crimping die set (9) for crimping an electrical terminal (T) on an anvil (22) to a lead (L) is adjustable stepwise by means of a disc (60) which can be driven by a servo motor (M1) to a plurality of angular positions each setting a th... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5273448 | Shorting spring concept A shorting contact for an electrical system has a first circuit body having at least one shorting spring and a second circuit body having at least one shorting spring. The circuit bodies are mounted adjacent and opposite one another internally in a plug h... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271739 | System for attaching wire shield to plug A system for attaching a wire shield and a cover cap to the rear of an electrical plug. The plug is provided with four U-shaped members extending outwardly from the periphery of the plug casing, two on each of the opposite sides of the casing, near its co... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5269712 | Low-force receptacle contact and method of making same A receptacle contact is provided in which small, noble-metal contacts are provide on the distal end portions of one or more cantilevered resilient beams located within a receptacle shell, by forming openings in the shell wall adjacent to the distal end po... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5266054 | Sealed and filtered header receptacle An electrical header receptacle (10) is provided to be connected to a printed circuit board (11) and to be mounted in an enclosure (12). A housing (13) has a well (20) formed on the first side (16) of the base (15) of the housing (13). A metal shield (25)... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5263872 | Electrical shorting system A member (13) with a shorting contact (14) thereon is disposed in a receptacle housing (11). The shorting contact (14) is in mating electrical contact with an interface (15). When a header (12) is inserted into the receptacle housing (11), an inclined por... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5253399 | Method and apparatus for processing a plurality of wire leads An apparatus and method for the high speed manufacture of a plurality of leads allows for the manufacture of various lengths of leads, as well as leads utilizing different wire gauges. The lead making apparatus has a plurality of wire gripping devices whi... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5252079 | Method of manufacture of a contact guide A method of manufacturing a guide plate for use in a chip carrier socket or other electrical connector provides the precision required for close-center line spacing while minimizing the cost associated with production. A block of ceramic or the like is gr... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5240441 | Electrical wire connector An electrical wire connector of the type having a wedge with converging side surfaces forcible into a C-shaped member between converging ears thereof, includes concave channel portions of the wedge side surface opposing arcuate inner surfaces of the ears ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240439 | Electrical contact An electrical contact adapted for plugging connection is provided with locking lances projecting therefrom in obliquely outward direction and engaging a locking shoulder of a contact receiving chamber when said contact is inserted into said contact receiv... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239282 | Electrical blade fuse The electrical blade fuse is sealed at both the bottom and the top so that the fuse material, once melted, cannot become dislodged to short out other electrical circuits or to short out the terminals of the fuse itself. A cap of the fuse encloses the fuse... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5231274 | Card reader A card reader (2) especially for use in connecting gold plated pads on a subscribers identity module card (4) to respective tin plated pads on a printed circuit board (6) in a car telephone handset, comprises an insulating frame (8) having spigots (26) fo... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5209681 | Electrical contact with the anti-solder wicking tab An electrical contact has a tab provided in passage which extends through the contact. The tab is dimensioned to provide a barrier, past which solder cannot flow. Consequently, as the contact is mounted to a printed circuit board, the tab prevents the sol... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209675 | Electronic module socket with resilient latch A socket (20) for interconnecting an electronic module (2) to circuit board (14) includes an insulative housing (30) having a plurality of terminals (22) applying a moment to the module (2). A latch (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) is positioned within a po... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5201664 | Alignment member for use with surface mount contacts An electrical connector for surface mounting to a printed circuit board has circuit board mating legs of terminals which extend from a housing of the connector. An alignment member cooperates with the mating legs of the terminals to maintain the mating le... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5199891 | Cable strain relief for shielded electrical connector An electrical connector (4) terminated to signal wires (SW) of a shielded electrical cable (C) having a drain wire (DW), has an insulating housing (8) containing electrical terminals having contacts (40) electrically connected to the signal wires of the s... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5199885 | Electrical connector having terminals which cooperate with an edge of a circuit board An electrical connector has first terminals which are surface mounted to respective sides of a substrate and second terminals which extend through an edge surface of the substrate to make electrical connection to an opening provided in the substrate. As t... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5199900 | Panel mount electrical connector An electrical connector assembly has a frame member which is positioned on a housing and is movable between an terminal insertion position and a terminal lock position. The frame member has resilient fingers with extend into terminal receiving cavities of... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5188545 | Electrical socket terminal The terminal (2) comprises a stamped and formed metal pin socket (6) comprising a base (12) from which extend two contact springs (14) each comprising an L-cross section forward portion having identical parts (18 and 20) which extend at right angles to ea... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5181865 | Electrical connector with secondary locking An electrical connector assembly has a frame member which is positioned on a housing and is movable between an terminal insertion position and a terminal lock position. The frame member has resilient fingers with extend into terminal receiving cavities of... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5173058 | Zero insertion force electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed which can electrically terminate flexible cable to a printed circuit board. The connector includes an insulating housing having a plurality of terminals which extend forwardly towards the front face. The terminals are ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5159156 | Terminal housing integral carrier strip which produces no loose piece slugs A plurality of housings are attached by a carrier strip which does not produce loose piece material which can damage the work station to which the housings are to be delivered. The carrier strip has carrier projections which extend from each respective ho... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5157827 | Method of inserting teminals into the housing of an electrical connector A high density connector for electrically connecting a high density cable to a matable electrical connector has a housing with a plurality of terminals provided therein. The terminals have sharp outer edges which enable the terminals to cooperate with a p... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5151046 | Electrical terminal which has overstress protection An electrical connector for connecting a first printed circuit board to a second printed circuit board has terminal contacts which provide a reliable electrical connection. The contact terminals are positioned adjacent to a board receiving recess, and are... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5147214 | Electrical terminal which has overstress protection An electrical connector for connecting a first printed circuit board to a second printed circuit board has terminal contacts which provide a reliable electrical connection. The contact terminals are positioned adjacent to a board receiving recess, and are... | 09/15/1992 |
