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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4284311 | Mechanical central buffer coupling for rail vehicles An electrical cable coupling, in particular for a mechanical buffer coupling of a rail vehicle, comprising first and second coupling heads each including a contact carrier with a recess therein. One of the coupling heads includes two spaced centering pins... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4274690 | Jumper cable arrangement for a vehicle A vehicle having a storage battery and a metal body panel has the body panel connected to one of the poles of the storage battery. There are two apertures in the body panel. One aperture receives a conducting bushing having a first head and stem with a re... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4272118 | Electric connection to sun visor for automotive vehicles, or the like The invention concerns a novel electric connection to a light source, or the like, on a sun visor for a vehicle. At one edge of the sun visor body, there is a pivot pin that is supported in a preferably plastic support that is held in the sun visor body. ... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4249125 | Portable device for testing and/or temporarily correcting circuits in a vehicle electrical system A body member has a number of electrically conducting inlet-outlet connectors or contacts arranged for plug-in attachment with junction portions of a vehicle electrical system having individual power circuits and associated light circuits. A separate visu... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4229062 | Ignition lock unit with anti-theft protection An ignition lock unit with a disassembly which can be cancelled only by means of an associated key rotated into a predetermined position and with a coupling connected to cable ends which is adapted to be mounted over the coordinated contact pins of the ig... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4174873 | Electrical connector for a vehicle A vehicle having an internal storage battery and a body panel is provided with electrical connectors or fittings having portions extending through first and second openings in the body panel. Each fitting includes a conducting stem having an axial recess ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4158802 | Rechargeable battery powered electric car and recharging station therefor A rechargeable battery powered electric vehicle comprising an electric motor powered by a rechargeable storage battery in combination with a recharging station comprising extendible electrodes for supplying recharging power for the vehicle's storage batte... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4146282 | Vehicle battery accessory device A vehicle battery accessory apparatus utilizes a first pair of electrical conductors, having the first ends thereof provided with clamps suitable for convenient coupling to the terminals of the battery, a storage reel upon which the major length of a seco... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4121066 | Circuit breaker adapter A circuit breaker adapter that is mounted with any conventional electrical connector receptacle to the truck-trailer body. The circuit breaker adapter is constructed so that it is secured by existing mounting bolts of the connector receptacle in order to ... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4079304 | Battery jumper system for vehicles A battery booster system for use in starting an engine of a vehicle with a defective battery and interconnecting the same with a vehicle having a charged battery, which system includes a receptacle unit mounted on one vehicle and electrically connected to... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4067635 | Plug holder for head bolt heaters The invention comprises a holder or support for the outlet plug of an electric heater for an engine of a vehicle. The holder has a pair of parallel plates adapted to be fixed on opposite sides of a front bumper of the vehicle. A pivotally mounted plate is... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4015887 | Lamp circuit connector for trailers Connector device for connecting the lamp circuit of a trailer vehicle with the lamp circuit of a tractor vehicle comprising a circular base member having a hub, circular walls, and different diameter non-conducting plastic rings rotatably disposed one wit... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3986095 | Apparatus for recharging a self-running vehicle for loading and/or unloading a working machine, employing as a power source a storage battery An apparatus for recharging a storage battery employed in a self-running vehicle, for example, a cart, a carrier or the like for transporting loads. The recharging is carried out without interrupting the loading, unloading or transporting work. A plug mea... | 10/12/1976 |
