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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE41698 | Box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome A box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome is introduced to have a housing and at least a dome structure. The housing further include a bracket plate. The dome structure further includes a collar shaft at one end for forming a revolvable pair with the bracket plate... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7641488 | Connecting configuration for flexible wired circuit board and electronic device A connecting configuration for a flexible wired circuit board includes a first terminal member, a second terminal member, and a flexible wired circuit board having a conductive pattern for electrically connecting the first terminal member and the second terminal mem... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7530825 | Harness installation structure A harness installation structure includes a link arm (2) that pivotally supports a movable body (1) to a fixed body (4), a wire harness (14) that is installed to extend from the fixed body (4) to the movable body (1) along t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524201 | Low-cost cable connecting system for movable/separable electronic devices A system for electrically connecting first and second electronic devices wherein the devices are movable relative to each other. The system includes an electric cable having end segments and a medial segment therebetween wherein each of the end segments connects to ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7384301 | Anti-wear flexible flat cable An anti-wear FFC (flexible flat cable) according to the present invention is made up of a plurality of covered wires parallel to each other in side-by-side relationship. The anti-wear FFC is folded and forms a plurality of planes lengthwise. The anti-wear FFC includ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381897 | Power supply apparatus for sliding structure Providing a power supply apparatus for a sliding structure, which can prevent a wiring harness from penetrating into an opening when the sliding structure is opened half, and sound noise when the sliding structure is closed, the power supply apparatus for the slidin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7337581 | Guide assembly for sliding doors or pivotable sliding doors of vehicles and sliding door or pivotable sliding door Guide assembly for sliding doors or pivotable sliding doors for vehicles having at least one door displaceably supported at the vehicle by means of connecting members disposed vertically above each other. The guide assembly includes: upper guide means and lower guid... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7300024 | Display module for non-stable environments A display module that includes a minimum of free space, and can pivot and remain stable at every pivot angle is presented. The display module generally includes a frame, a display unit, and a bearing. The bearing pivotably mounts the display unit to the frame and in... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273202 | Combined supporting base A combined supporting base includes a base body, a fixing device, an elasticity device and a supporting frame having a hook. The base body has a first through hole, while the fixing device has a second through hole. The fixing device is rotatably disposed within the... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7097481 | Slack absorbing device of electric wires The slack absorbing device of electric wires includes: electric wires for constituting a wiring harness; a casing that receives the electric wires and has an opening through which the electric wires are guided into and guided out from the casing; a biasing member th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7057109 | Guide protector for harness, wire-excessive portion absorbing structure therewith, and fixing method of guide protector for harness The guide protector for harness includes a guide main body and a cover, said guide main body for slidably inserting, from one side to the other side, an electric wire drawn from a wire-excessive portion absorbing device of absorbing the portion of the excessive leng... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040537 | Flat cable arrangement for a scanner A scanner. The scanner comprises a flat cable and a cable holder. The flat cable comprises a first end and a second end. The second end moves to or away from the first end along a first path. The cable holder is disposed at a restricting point between the first end ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042738 | Power-supply wiring device and harness layout structure by the power-supply wiring device A power-supply wiring device, which protects electric wires between a sliding and fixed structures, and absorbs wire length change by sliding motion of the sliding structure, and a harness layout structure with the power-supply wiring device are provided. The power-... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6997081 | Method and structure for mounting a terminal connector to a transmission case A method is provided to mount a terminal connector, which gathers wirings that extend from a control valve unit, to a transmission case, which includes a mount portion with a mount hole, and which encloses the control valve unit. The method includes: (a) inserting t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992897 | Electronic apparatus and information processing apparatus There is provided an electronic apparatus that can solve the problem with the prior art that a removable electronic device is removed while the removable electronic device is in operation, leading to unfavorable results. A disk unit is removably attached to the main... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975436 | Image reading apparatus A flat cable 121 is plugged in a connector 125 on a USB connector board 123 at one end, and plugged in a connector 128 on a mainboard 122 at the other end, and put approximately one round, thereby the flat cable 121 is provi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6921057 | Rotary supporting base for a display device In a rotary supporting base, a stationary lower base member has a top surface formed with a ring-supporting region that is confined by an outer periphery concentric with and surrounding an inner periphery, and is formed with an engaging unit on the inner and outer p... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6905035 | Accessory organizer An apparatus can be used for organizing clothing accessories such as jewelry, neckties, scarves, and other items. The apparatus can hang from a closet rod and has a slidable track so that the items hanging from hooks attached to the slidable track can be easily acce... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6881902 | Wiring harness arrangement assembly for sliding door of car A pivotal harness guide 3 is provided in a side of a car body 1 or a sliding door, and a corrugated tube 4 is secured to the harness guide. The corrugated tube 4 may be held turnably in a circumferential direction of the corrugated tube | 04/19/2005 |
| 6805565 | Box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome A box adaptor with a revolvable socket dome is introduced to have a housing and at least a dome structure. The housing further include a bracket plate. The dome structure further includes a collar shaft at one end for forming a revolvable pair with the bracket plate... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6781058 | Cable guide assembly for a vehicle sliding door A cable guide assembly for use in connection with a vehicle sliding door. The cable guide assembly controls the movement of a cable carrier housing an electrical cable. The electrical cable is connected to components inside the sliding door and connected to componen... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6773281 | Strain relief for flexible circuit A flex circuit strain relief that routes and restrains flex circuits between a movable component and a stationary component. One end of the flex circuit is connected to the movable component that moves linearly up-and-down. The flex circuit strain relief routes the ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6747208 | Slack absorber of wire harness In a slack absorber of wire harness structured such that a leaf spring (29) to which a proximal portion (129) is mounted and a wire harness (32) arranged along the leaf spring (29) within a protector case (21), a support portion ( | 06/08/2004 |
| 6682353 | Connection assembly for connecting an electric system of a vehicle to electric components of a sliding door of the vehicle There is described a connection assembly for connecting an electric system of a vehicle to at least one electric component of a sliding door of the vehicle connected by at least one articulated arm to a carriage running along a relative longitudinal rail ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6544057 | Cable management slide A cable management slide system that flexibly follows the displacement of a module into and out of a cabinet housing to allow the rear access ports of the module to be connected to adjacent modules through connectors that are laterally and forwardly posit... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6517365 | Wiring assembly for supplying power to a sliding door A vehicle wiring assembly 10 for supplying power to a sliding door 8 even when the door 8 is open. The assembly 10 includes a wire bundle 12 having a first end 14 attached to the vehicle and a second end 16 attached to a predetermined position on the slid... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6515229 | Structure of installing wire harness for sliding door A structure of installing a wire harness for a sliding door includes a harness protective tube 2 in which electric wires are contained to compose the wire harness. The harness protective tube 2 is curved at the sliding door side and installed at a vehicle... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6425779 | Flexible tape conductor An electrical termination arrangement 70 including a multiple lead conductive flexible tape 14 has first and second ends, the first end being operatively associated with a first member. A stamped terminal has pins 73 corresponding to multiple leads 17 of ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6287134 | Processor-removing tool for removing a processor from a right angle connector The present invention provides a processor-removing tool for removing an Intel Slot 1 processor from a right angle Slot 1 connector. The Slot 1 connector is installed on a horizontally oriented motherboard over which the processor can be horizontally inse... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6196855 | Guiding mechanism for guiding flat cable between two traveling modules A guiding mechanism for guiding flat cable connected between two traveling modules of an image scanning device is disclosed. Two traveling modules are movable along two guide rods within the housing of the image scanning device by a predetermined speed ra... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6176715 | Electrical connection An electrical connection for the tie-up of a motor vehicle sliding door to a frame-fixed cabling (44) has an elastic and insulated conductor (10) which is arranged in a vehicle guide (12) which is fixed to the vehicle body and into which a follower (16) o... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6161894 | Flexible electric cable for sliding vehicle door A vehicle has a body with a track beneath a side opening and a sliding side door for closing the side opening that has a roller assembly that engages the track. A flexible electric cable that connects electrical components on the sliding side door to a po... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5765938 | Sleeve retention for flexible core of a flashlight A flashlight includes a flexible core comprising a pair of conductive wires which electrically connect a source of power to a power using implement. A flexible spine surrounds the pair of conductive wires and includes a plurality of interconnected univers... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5593010 | Process and device for supplying energy to workstations circulating on a chain A process for the simultaneous, constantly available provision of amounts of energy and/or signal-transmission media to a plurality of workstations circulating in the shape of an oval is described. A supply line, connected to all the workstations, is circ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5517392 | Sleeve retention for flexible core of a flashlight A flashlight includes a flexible core comprising a pair of conductive wires which electrically connect a source of power to a power using implement. A flexible spine surrounds the pair of conductive wires and includes a plurality of interconnected univers... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5371569 | Mounting apparatus of flexible printed circuit board A mounting apparatus of a flexible board which connects a first electrical member, movable in an optical axis direction, to a second electrical member, which is movable relative to the first electrical member. The apparatus includes a cylindrical support ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5194011 | Rotating flexible interconnect The invention is a flexible interconnection which is used to transmit electrical signals across a rotatable mechanical coupling in a mechanical system. The mechanical system includes a first member defining a first surface and a second member defining a s... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4921432 | Wire conducting rotary coupling employing protective skirt A rotary coupling for conducting rotational movement across a plurality of electrical wires is disclosed herein which applies a minimum amount of stress on the wires. The coupling generally comprises first and second concentrically disposed tubular member... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4902150 | Printing apparatus with an elongated signal-transmitting flexible member A printing apparatus comprises a movable carriage mounted with a printing mechanism that reciprocates along a printing line on a platen, and a control unit, which is provided on a printer body in a stationary manner and sends control signals to the printi... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4804331 | Device for installing printed circuit board A device for electrically connecting first and second members movable relative to each other, includes a flexible printed circuit board located between the first and second relatively movable members. The flexible printed circuit board has a first side pi... | 02/14/1989 |
