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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187011 | Tamper resistent electrical device A protective shutter assembly for use within a cover assembly of an electrical wiring device, the shutter assembly including a first and second shutter members positioned proximate the cover assembly and each of the first and second shutter members are at least part... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187012 | Electrical cord with tamper resistent mechanism An electrical cord including a plug on a first end and at least one socket on a second end opposite the first end, a protective shutter assembly disposed within the at least one socket, the shutter assembly including a first and second shutter members positioned pro... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8100705 | Safety door for a rotatable power supply socket A safety door for use with a rotatable power supply socket having a mounting base with plugging holes therein. The safety door includes first, second and third sliding parts, and an elastic assembly. The safety door includes three rectangular plugging holes, a left-... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7985085 | Locking protective doors for electrical sockets An electrical socket with locking protective doors comprises an upper cover with first and second upper ports. A bottom case couples with the upper cover and has socket terminals. A middle frame may comprise mounting brackets. Adjustable, lockable large and small pr... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7942681 | Safety receptacle with tamper resistant shutter The disclosed embodiments are directed to a protective shutter assembly that includes a registration member having longitudinal and lateral axes, first and second shutter members slidably mounted in the registration member, each shutter member including a ramp membe... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934935 | Locking door for an electrical outlet An electrical socket with a locking protective door may comprise an upper cover comprising first and second upper ports, and a bottom case configured to couple with the upper cover. The bottom case may comprise a pair of socket terminals. A middle frame may be betwe... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931482 | Safety socket structure A safety socket structure includes a casing, two control pieces, and two contact pieces. The casing is provided with two insertion holes and two through-holes. The interior of the casing is formed with connecting positions corresponding to the insertion holes. The t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7914307 | Socket with movable lids for shielding plug holes A socket featuring movable lids for shielding plug holes is characterized by accommodating a set of movable lids: a first lid, a second lid and an elastic member in a cavity of its panel, where the first lid and the second lid are used to barricade the first notch a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7857640 | Electric connector equipped with multiple layers of safety structure An electric connector equipped with multiple layers of safety structure includes an insulation case, an electric connection terminal set and a safety mechanism. The insulation case has a front panel with a plurality of slots. The safety mechanism has a safety gate s... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7833030 | Safety shield for electrical receptacles The present invention provides a safety shield that can be fitted in an electrical receptacle, such as an outlet or a ground fault circuit interrupter, to cover the plug blade slots on the electrical receptacle. The safety shield comprises a base box containing a le... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7798827 | Intrinsically safe electrical outlet The present invention provides an intrinsically safe electrical outlet, which is fitted with a shell accommodating a live wire stub and a live wire conductive clip; a protective device is disposed on the live wire stub' the protective device has a shell, wherein the... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7775812 | Connection device to which electric device is connected and having dust-proof function The convenience of operation is improved and the occurrence of connection failure between a connection-target terminal of an electric appliance and a connection terminal is reduced without requiring a complicated arrangement such as a fitting structure. A microphone... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7749003 | Electrical connector A lid member that opens/closes an opening of a receptacle connector has a wiping portion that wipes off adhering moisture by rotating to follow contact disposition surfaces upon insertion of a plug connector. Wiper members for wiping off small quantities of moisture... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7704085 | Cover module of electronic device and control method thereof A cover module of an electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The cover module includes a body, a flexible connecting element, and a flip cover. The body has an opening exposing the connector. A sidewall of the opening has a first fixing structur... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7654835 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a housing having a plurality of terminals received within and a shell encircling the housing therein. The shell has a mating opening at one end thereof. A dustproof cover is assembled in the shell and positioned between the mating op... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651347 | Tamper resistant mechanism with circuit interrupter A tamper-proof receptacle is provided wherein the receptacle comprises sliding shutters disposed between phase and neutral terminals of the receptacle and openings in the face of the receptacle. The shutters are connected to circuit interrupting circuitry such that ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651348 | Electric socket having automatic aperture shutter An electric socket includes a casing having two apertures and a shutter member, which has two bores, provided under the casing. The shutter member may be moved between a first position, in which the shutter member closes the apertures of the casing, and a second pos... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645148 | Tamper resistant assembly for an electrical receptacle An electrical receptacle includes a front cover having a rib and a protrusion connected thereto, a back housing secured to the front cover and a tamper resistant assembly disposed between the front cover and the back housing. The tamper resistant assembly includes a... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7645149 | Tamper resistant assembly for an electrical receptacle An electrical receptacle includes a front cover having a rib and a protrusion connected thereto, a back housing secured to the front cover and a tamper resistant assembly disposed between the front cover and the back housing. The tamper resistant assembly includes a... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7628624 | Electrical card connector with an improved guiding member An electrical card connector (10) for receiving at least a first electrical card (100), includes an insulative housing (1) having a base portion (11), an arm portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion, and a receiving s... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7597568 | Electronic device and dust-proof mechanism thereof An electronic device and a dust-proof mechanism thereof are disclosed. The electronic device is electrically connected to a charger and includes a power source, a housing with a hole and a sliding track and a dust-proof mechanism. The dust-proof mechanism includes a... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7588448 | Airtight electrical socket The invention relates to an electrical socket (110) that is water and/or airtight. In particular, the invention relates to a water and/or airtight electrical socket (110) for portable electronic devices (500). The invention involves sealing elem... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588447 | Safety receptacle with tamper resistant shutter The disclosed embodiments are directed to a apparatus that includes a frame and a shutter device located within the frame, the shutter device being configured to simultaneously block openings for at least a hot connector element and a neutral connector element of an... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7556513 | Compact shutter assembly for receptacle A shutter assembly for a receptacle including a plate, a card disposed adjacent the plate, a shutter disposed between the plate and the card, a first biasing member for providing lateral movement of the shutter, the first biasing member abutting a first extension of... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7527508 | Sliding safety structure for power supply receptacles A sliding safety structure for power supply receptacles located on a path of a plug prong inserting to a receptacle electrode includes a control dock which has a directing stem, a safety gate slidably located on the directing stem and an elastic element which has tw... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7455538 | Electrical wiring devices with a protective shutter Electrical wiring devices with user accessible connections and a shutter system for preventing unwanted objects from being inserted into the devices to the user accessible connections is provided. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7452221 | Tamper resistant assembly for an electrical receptacle A tamper resistant assembly provides tamper resistance to an electrical receptacle. The tamper resistant assembly includes a base member having first and second grooves. Each groove has a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first p... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7438567 | Safety mechanism, electrical outlet containing same, and method of manufacturing same A safety mechanism capable of blocking an opening to an electrical connection in an electrical outlet includes a safety barrier coupled to the electrical outlet at a pivot point and a biasing member adjacent to the safety barrier. The safety barrier is rotatable bet... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7367823 | Fiber optic module A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including termination modules positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right pane... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355117 | Tamper-resistant electrical wiring device system A tamper-resistant electrical receptacle disclosed herein includes a cover assembly having at least one pair of apertures, a cover, and at least one slider that rests in the cover behind one pair of the apertures. The slider is held in a first position where it cove... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341465 | Electrical card connector having an anti-mismating mechanism An electrical card connector (100) for electrically connecting with an electrical card (6) includes an insulator (1) defining a receiving space (14), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulator, a pair of latching portions (... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335037 | Electrical connector which is equipped with a rapid disconnection system The invention relates to an electrical connector which is equipped with a rapid disconnection system. In order to reduce damage caused to the electrical connector by electric arcs, the inventive connector comprises a release (15) and a spring (16). Acc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7312963 | Protective device with tamper resistant shutters The present invention is directed to a protection device that includes line terminals coupled to a power source disposed in an electric power distribution system. The protection device is configured to protect a portion of the power distribution system from at least... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312394 | Protective device with tamper resistant shutters The present invention is directed to a protective shutter assembly for use within a cover assembly of an electrical wiring device. The assembly includes a frameless shutter sub-assembly movable between a closed position and an open position. The frameless shutter su... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294002 | Connector device A connector device is provided with a box-shaped casing (50), a female housing (30) mounted into the casing (50) and displaceable between an initial position and an end position, and a slide (70) that is in the form of a frame having an o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267581 | Methods and apparatus for maintaining contact with an outlet prong connector A plug stabilizing apparatus includes a prong connector well-secured by a receptacle chamber. The connect has a prong portion, a clip portion, and a neck support situated therebetween, wherein the clip portion is configured to accept a prong having substantially the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264489 | Dual connector assembly with pivoting keep-out member A connector assembly for an electronic device saves space and cost. It includes first and second sockets defining first and second insertion paths for receiving mating plugs. A pivoting keep-out member has first and second blocking surfaces and can be pivoted betwee... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261598 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes: a terminal element; a grounding element; an insulating housing; a metal shell enclosing the insulating housing; and two solder terminals extended outward from the metal shell. Wherein the grounding element has at least a supporting ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7232319 | Computer side plate which can be quickly assembled or disassembled A computer side plate which can be quickly assembled or disassembled is provided with inverted hooks and hook seats on the side plate of computer, which are locked on a movable plate at a top end of computer casing and on a bottom edge of computer casing, respective... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229327 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical power system comprising a plurality of battery modules in series connection between adjacent battery modules, wherein each of the battery modules comprises a positive male terminal, a negative male terminal, and a socket ... | 06/12/2007 |
