Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137118 | Armored electrical connector An electrical connector which facilitates electrical interconnection of adjacent lighting fixtures and includes a female connector half and male connector half, each having first and second horizontally disposed passageways formed therein. The male connector half fu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123535 | Charging connector for electric vehicle Provided is a charging connector for an electric vehicle including a connector housing having at least two terminal pin mounting openings, at least two terminal pins inserted into the terminal pin mounting openings such that front ends of the terminal pins are expos... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8075323 | Connector having a plug arranged above a plate-like terminal A connector includes first and second connector parts to be connected to each other. A plate-like terminal provided in the first connector part is maintained at a power supply voltage or a ground potential. A plug connected to a signal line is supported by a first i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7980866 | Plug-in connector comprising a modified insulator duct for shielding electromagnetic radiation A plug-in connector (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″) is provided that includes an insulator duct (2, 2′, 2″, 2′″) which forms one or more additional openings (3, 3′, 3″′) for conducting terminals (4, 4′, 4″, 4′″) and at leas... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7918673 | Connector assembly having signal and ground terminals Each of a pair of signal terminals (TC+ and TC−) includes a signal terminal link portion (uCON) that links a first signal terminal end portion (u1) and a second signal terminal end portion (u2). A ground termi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914305 | Backplane connector with improved pin header A backplane electrical connector having a pin header that includes a one-piece housing supporting a plurality of columns of edge coupled differential signal pairs of contacts each separated by a ground contact. The pin header housing base is formed with a plurality ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7744385 | High speed cable termination electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly comprises a header and a plurality of electrical cable terminations. Each of the cable terminations includes an electrically conductive housing, at least one signal contact positioned within an interior of the housing and electricall... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7666009 | Shared hole orthogonal footprints Disclosed are an electrical connector and a method for providing transmit and receive electrical signal contacts to reduce or minimize total crosstalk. Such methods may be particularly suitable for connectors having larger near-end crosstalk aggressors than far-end ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7618268 | Electrical connector with reliable mating frame mating with another connector An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) for receiving a number of contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing has a rear portion (11) and a pair ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7544070 | Electrical connector defining a power plane An electronics cabinet is provided comprising an electrical connector in electrical communication with a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a PCB power plane, the connector comprising a plurality of power contacts defining a connector power plane adapted for rec... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7479020 | Electronic control module having an internal electric ground An electronic control module for electrical components of a vehicle. The electronic control module has an internal electrical ground. The module comprises a housing having an open end and a side wall extending from the open end. The side wall has a slot formed along... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7445470 | Electrical connector with improved housing An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulated housing (10), a plurality first contacts (40) and second contacts (30) retained in the insulated housing and a metallic shell (20) assembled to surround the insulated housing. Th... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442057 | MIMO RF connector assembly A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a first housing including a base plate and a tongue portion including a pair of first and second halves, and a number of first contacts protruding through th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438581 | Socket having printed circuit board body portion A high speed socket includes an insulative housing and a printed circuit board body portion. The PCB body portion includes a PCB and surface mount contacts. Each surface mount contact has a first end portion for making contact with an integrated circuit held in the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422451 | Electrical connector with ground contacts An electrical connector assembly includes a socket (1) and a header (2), each including an insulating housing (11,21), a plurality of contacts (12,22) and a pair of grounding contact (13,23). The housing of header defines a pair of... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7364464 | Electrical docking connector An electrical connector for engaging with a mating connector comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts in the housing and a metallic shell covering the insulative housing. The metallic shell comprises a frame with at least one tab arranged at the fro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357673 | Shielded cage assembly for electrical connectors An integrated wall stacked shielded cage assembly is provided for electrical connectors. The cage assembly has multiple bays for receiving electrical components. At least two arrays of bays are provided, and the arrays are separated by an intervening space. Assembly... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353059 | Medical device with low EMI leakage A medical device is configured to attenuate emission of electromagnetic radiation and comprises a housing, a circuit assembly mounted in the housing, and a panel coupled to the housing and to the circuit assembly. The panel comprises a first conductive region on an ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347719 | Electrical connector with strain relief features A preferred embodiment of a connector system includes a first electrical connector for mounting on a first substrate. The first electrical connector has a housing, and a contact mounted on the housing. The connector system also includes a second electrical connector... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335033 | Coupling a small form factor transceiver to a circuit board module using a form factor converter A system includes a circuit board module having a device mounting section. The system further includes a small form factor transceiver and a form factor converter. The form factor converter is configured to concurrently connect to (i) the circuit board module and (i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336083 | Connecting sleeve for a bus bar connection in a gas-insulated switchboard system A connecting sleeve generally used for a bus bar connection is produced from an insulating elastic material, often an elastomer material, having insulating properties which are deteriorated by partial discharges and decrease over the operating time of the switchboar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331830 | High-density orthogonal connector A high-density orthogonal connector is disclosed and may include electrical contacts that are configured to receive contacts from an orthogonal header connector while minimizing signal skew and signal reflection. The electrical contacts in the connector may define c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322855 | Array connector having improved electrical characteristics and increased signal pins with decreased ground pins An electrical connector includes a connector body, a plurality of rows and columns of conductive pins disposed along the length direction and the width direction of the connector body so as to form an array of signal pins located in a pin field, at least two rows of... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320623 | Connector with protection against electrostatic charges accumulated on a mating connector In a connector including a fitting portion to be fitted to a mating connector, signal contacts are disposed in the fitting portion in a first row. A ground plate includes a plurality of ground terminals disposed in the fitting portion in a second row parallel to the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318757 | Leadframe assembly staggering for electrical connectors An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a plurality of identical leadframe assemblies received in the connector housing. Each of the leadframe assemblies may define a leadframe mating sequence. The leadframe assemblies may be arranged relative to... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316585 | Reducing suck-out insertion loss An electrical connector including a lead frame assembly of a first dielectric material that includes a pocket filled with a second dielectric material. A first ground reference, which may be either a ground contact or conductor or a virtual ground defined between si... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314377 | Electrical power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310875 | Connector for high-speed communications A high speed electrical connector is provided that comprises a substantially planar dielectric, a substantially planar ground plane, and a signal conductor. The ground plane is disposed on one planar surface of the planar dielectric and the signal conductor is dispo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311532 | Crosstalk shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data communication A shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data engineering has a number of shielding plates and at least one base rail allocated to the shielding plates. To simplify the process of fitting the shielding device inside a connection strip, the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309242 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309257 | Hinged leadframe assembly for an electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed with a connector housing and a leadframe assembly received in the connector housing. The leadframe assembly may include a dielectric leadframe housing and first and second electrically-conductive contacts extending through the le... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303401 | Electrical connector system with header connector capable of direct and indirect mounting A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector system for electrically connecting an electrical device and a substrate includes a header connector. The header connector has a contact. The contact includes a pin for engaging the electrical device; an intermediate ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303445 | Connector and a connector assembly A male connector (M) is provided with a receptacle (10) and a female connector (F) is provided with a housing (40) that can fit into the receptacle (10) from the front. Mounting grooves (18) are formed by recessing both side walls (16 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303410 | Connector in which a balance in physical distance between a ground contact and a pair of signal contacts can be maintained In a connector having a contacting portion side and a terminal portion side, a plurality of contact members are held by a housing to form on the contacting portion side a single row and forming on the terminal portion side two opposite end rows and a center row betw... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300313 | Electrical connector having staggered contacts A connector includes a housing with a plurality of contact cavities arranged in a matrix having M columns and N rows of contact cavities. Each of the contact cavities extend between a contact loading side and a mating side of the housing. Contacts are received withi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284990 | PCB and connector design A circuit board (PCB) and connector design, which provides for better electrical connection between the PCB and its host, especially for when used in high-speed optical systems. The PCB has an electrical flex embedded within it. The flex is connected to electrical c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286330 | Power supply device and method having a spark prevention function Disclosed is power supply device and method having a spark prevention function. The power supply device having a spark prevention function includes output connectors to which an external device is coupled to be supplied with electric power; and an output controller ... | 10/23/2007 |
