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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367833 | Connector with anti-rotation and anti-return mechanisms A connector is provided having functions for sensing the half-fitted state and improved compactness and workability through a simple construction with few components. The connector includes: a first connector part (2) having a first housing fitted with a cont... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7232349 | Receptacle A receptacle includes: a receptacle housing defining a pair of prong-inserting slots for extension of a pair of prongs of a plug therethrough and into the receptacle housing; a pair of conductive terminals mounted in the receptacle housing and adapted to be connecte... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207834 | Electrical mounting structure An electrical mounting structure includes a first electronic device having a first connector; a second electronic device having a rear plate, the rear plate having at least one via hole and a second connector for being connected to the first connector of the first e... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204703 | Epicardial pacer extension cable system The invention provides an extension cable system for connecting electrodes to a medical device such as an External Pacing Generator. The system further provides a connector separator for maintaining electrode receiving connectors in a fixed relationship relative to ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7140902 | Securing device and method The connector is capable of securing a cord to an outlet, of securing extension cords, and/or of securing an extension cord to the cord of a power tool. The device may have a female receptacle and a male plug, only a female receptacle, or only a male plug. The femal... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7113400 | Housing structure of electronic control unit and mounting structure of the same A housing for enclosing an electronic control unit is constructed of a resinous cover and a metallic case having heat conductivity higher than that of the resinous cover. An air intake module is mounted on an engine inside an engine compartment. The air intake modul... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7033203 | Connector and components therefor The invention relates to a connector pair (1,2), for detachably connecting two cable ends (3,4), cords, optical fibers or hoses, which will not disconnect when a pulling force is applied to a cable. For that purpose the first connector (1) is pr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7001202 | Reusable power cord retaining device A retaining device retains a pair of electrical power cords, one cord having a plug which is joined to a socket of the other cord. The device has first and second receptacles, each with a first open end and a second open end, and an opening extending from the first ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6964576 | Enabling components to be removed without hot swap circuitry A processor-based system may function without expensive hot swap circuitry by preventing component swapping with power applied to the system. The access to a swappable component may be arranged so that the component can not be removed with a power carrying cable plu... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6935902 | Coupler device for power supply facility A power supply facility includes a housing, a coupler device coupled to the housing with a cable, and having a number of prongs, another coupler device coupled to the housing with a cable and having a number of prongs, and a connecting device for selectively connect... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923670 | Plate locking system for mated electrical connectors and methods thereof An electrical connection system includes a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, and a locking plate. The second electrical connector having one of a projecting boss and a boss opening. The locking plate is connected to the first electrical conn... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921281 | Structure of power line fixing module in electronic apparatus A structure of a power line fixing module for an electronic apparatus. The structure includes an electronic-apparatus housing having a first side plate having a first fixing hole, a power line having a connector at one end thereof, a fixing medium cooperating with t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6755631 | Securing means for a compressor's terminal box A cover apparatus has a cover main body held to a compressor by using a clip to cover a terminal and electrical parts connected to the terminal, the clip having an elasticity. The cover main body has a an internal passageway or pass portion formed in an inner portio... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746158 | Pull detach mechanism for fiber optic transceiver module A delatch mechanism includes wedges that reside in pockets adjacent to a post on a module when the module is latched in a cage. Pulling on a handle pulls the wedges out of the pockets so that the wedges rise and lift a tab. Pulling the delatch mechanism to a limit o... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6676433 | Connector An elastic portion (24) is provided at a bottom surface of a fitting hole (22) formed in a housing (21) of a female connector (20). When a housing (31) of a male connector (30) reaches a reference position (B) during a connector-fitting operation, a botto... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6509678 | Clamping structure assembly of projection lamp A clamping structure of projection lamp comprises a shade assembly, a lamp cup and a clamping tongue. The shade assembly has an insulating body with two grooves on two outer walls thereof. The lamp cup has two leads connected to the shade assembly. The la... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6338649 | Battery cable disconnector A battery cable disconnector enables a battery to be disconnected and reconnected quickly and easily without tools. The disconnector includes a female lug connector and a male lug connector adapted to be detachably connected together, each of the connecto... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6176729 | Cord-to-cord restraining device A cord-to-cord restraining device for maintaining electrical cords and the like in plugged together electrical connection comprising a base member, a clip, an eyelet, and a hook. The base member has a front end, a rear end, a top side, and a bottom side. ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6142799 | Electrical plug connection An electrical plug connection has a first plug part having first contact elements and a second plug part having second contact elements. The plug parts being moved in a common plane toward one another until a contact position is reached in which the conta... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6142787 | Electrical connector assembly with mating assist lever An electrical connector assembly includes a connector having a housing adapted for mating with an appropriate complementary mating connector. A pivot post is fixed to and projects from the housing. A lever is pivotable about the pivot post between operati... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5685732 | Adjustable extension cord retaining device preventing accidental disengagement of male to female adaptor plugs An extension cord retaining device for preventing accidental disengagement of male and female extension cord adapters. A first planar shaped member includes a flattened body portion and a first pair of angularly extending and spaced apart gripping members... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5616046 | Connection device for securing two engaged members A method for achieving a substantially waterproof connection between first and second parts using a resilient elongate tubular member formed from a single unitary piece of a substantially water impermeable material. The elongate tubular member has first a... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5593312 | Electrical cord lock A locking device for maintaining a mating connection between female and male ends of electrical cords is provided including a locking member which is a flat rigid element. Structure in the locking member is provided for receiving enlarged plug and socket ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5443397 | Electric connector plug retainer The electric connector plug retainer (10) holds a male electric plug (12) in engagement with a female electric plug (14). The electric connector plug retainer (10) includes a first ring section (40) with a central aperture (48) for the passage of an elect... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5402319 | Avionics line replaceable unit with frameless spring ramp circuit card retainer An avionics line replaceable unit (LRU), of the type having numerous electronic circuit cards disposed therein in a parallel fashion. The cards being securely held in place when the cover of the LRU is screwed on thereby actuating a spring which transfers... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5283499 | Igniter and cable connector assembly An improved igniter and cable connector assembly for turbine engines. An igniter mounting adapter is secured to the engine. The igniter slides into a hole through the adapter and is retained by an enlarged head on the igniter. An annular seal is positione... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5174781 | Connector bail latch First and second connectors are provided, wherein when the connectors are mated a wire bail on the first connector is pivoted to a position over the second connector, which more securely retains the bail and facilitates its release. The bail (20B, FIG. 1)... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5022866 | Electrical plug and socket connector with U-shaped locking hoop An electrical plug and socket connector with a U-shaped locking hoop has cylindrical rollers provided at the side parts and the overlapping parts of the locking hoop. The rollers are provided with a central slot and an axle and are snapped into the side p... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4925399 | Cord clip A cord clip for maintaining electrical connection of a male electrical plug on a first conductor to a mating female electrical plug on a second conductor wherein the clip is composed of a first and second telescopically engaged tubular length with a tensi... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4795361 | Clamping apparatus for coupling waveguides to one another There is disclosed a clamping device which comprises a U-shaped spring secured to a spring retainer in a pivotable manner. The spring retainer is a sub-assembly which consists of two plates forming a slot when sandwiched together to accommodate the spring... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4773874 | Power cord clip A single piece resilient strip (10) has a back portion (12) and two opposite end portions (14 and 16) curling toward each other to form generally a C-shaped member. Outer tips (18 and 20) of the C further curl inwardly toward the back portion of the C in ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4700997 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for removably attaching a flat electrode to a conducting cable is shown. Flat, conductive upper and lower jaws are connected at the rear by flexible, resilient spring means, and are spaced apart at the front. The jaws are mounted w... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4647130 | Mounting means for high durability drawer connector A high durability drawer connector is capable of blind mating and has a receptacle connector half having a plurality of spring arm contact terminals extending forwardly of a mating face, and a plug connector half having a like plurality of contact termina... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4627681 | Locking electrical connector A locking electrical connector in which male contacts (22) and female contacts (17,18) are adapted to be locked together in coupled relationship. The female contacts comprise resiliently movable legs (19,20) for receiving the male contact (22) therebetwee... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4623209 | Safety female plug connector The safety socket of this invention is characterized in that each insertion opening is tapered from its mouth inwards and, in each case, is defined by a fixed part whose face defining the insertion opening is substantially parallel to the direction of ins... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4607903 | Connector assembly When a socket connector is inserted into an opening of a pin connector, a pin contact of the pin connector makes resilient contact with a socket contact of the socket connector to establish electrical connection therebetween. The pin connector has integra... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4557047 | Retainer for molded case circuit breakers Molded case circuit breakers having rear mounted line connectors are provided with retainer clips and plates to prevent easy removal of the breakers from electric panel box load stab connectors. The breakers can be removed for replacement however, without... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4544216 | Automatically releasable locking electric plug To hold a plug and socket together, a three-prong plug including two active prongs and a grounding prong is provided with an additional locking member which is recessed into the grounding prong. The grounding prong on the male portion of the plug has a V-... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4526432 | Electrical connector assembly for flat cables The invention is an electrical connector assembly (10) for coupling flat cable conductors (60) to electrical terminals (40). The invention comprises a receptacle (12) having a dielectric surface (31) with a pattern of first contact pads (33) extending the... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4427249 | Low height ADS connector The present invention relates to a connector for mechanically retaining and electrically connecting an ADS (active device substrate) to a PCB (printed circuit board). More particularly, the invention comprises an insulating housing in which a number of co... | 01/24/1984 |
