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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128426 | Electrical terminal device An electrical terminal device includes an insulation displacement connector section and a terminal section. The insulation displacement connector section has a connector slot formed therein which is configured to receive a first wire conductor. The terminal section ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7927127 | Electrical terminal device An electrical terminal device includes an insulation displacement connector section and a terminal section. The insulation displacement connector section has a connector slot formed therein which is configured to receive a first wire conductor. The terminal section ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7819690 | Electrical connector for piercing a conductive member A connector (50) is useful for making an electrically conductive connection with at least one conductive member. A disclosed example has one use for making such a connection with a tension member (32) in an elevator load bearing assembly (30). A... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7527517 | Terminal and connector A connector, including a housing and a terminal received in the housing. The terminal includes a wire connecting portion which connects to a wire and an extension portion which is extended from the wire connecting portion. The extension portion has a conductive port... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7462059 | Connector A connector which is excellent in transmission characteristics and at the same time capable of facilitating cable-connecting operations. One contact group is comprised of a ground contact including a first contact portion and a first connection portion, a first sign... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7364476 | Electrical connecting terminal assembly A connecting terminal (10) for a busbar is provided and can include an electrically insulated housing (20), in which an electrically conductive clamp body (40) is provided with a first clamp screw (41) for fixing a connector cable (50 | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354295 | Terminal and connector A connector includes a plurality of terminals and a connector housing, receiving the terminals. Each of the terminals includes a terminal connecting portion, having a tubular shape, and receiving a mating terminal, a wire press-contacting portion including a press-c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341473 | Contact element and additional conduction chamber for a plug or socket A contact (1) for a plug or socket of a quick-connect plug connection, the contact (1) being held mounted in a contact holder (2) having a region for press-fit gripping a conductor, a wire holder (7) having at least one wire seat (7.1 | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322847 | 110-style connecting block with balanced insulation displacement contacts An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318687 | Connection between components An assembly comprises a male component and a female component which connect together to form a mechanical connection, the female component being adapted to at least partially receive an end portion of the male component. The female component has at least one bore wh... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303449 | Spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors having contact spring with insertion depth equal to or less than insertion width A spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors, has at least one housing chamber in a bushing housing, for accommodating a one-piece contact spring, the contact-giving spring tongues of which are bent out of a flat sheet-metal punched part, at least on one side, ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278875 | Press-contacting terminal A press-contacting terminal includes a terminal connection portion for electrical connecting to a mating terminal, and a wire connection portion that is extended from the terminal connection portion in a first direction. The wire connection portion includes a base p... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264504 | Female multiple connector for electrical plug-type connectors A female multipole connector for electric plug-type connectors, particularly for weak current, having contact springs accommodated in guide channels of a plate-shaped basic body, so as not to become loose. The contact springs are directly, mechanically, and rigidly ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261585 | Press-contact connector A press-contact connector 10 has a first member 20 which accommodates a plurality of terminals 21 having press-contact blades 21a and a second member 30 which is attached to the first member 20 and holds a plurality o... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7241190 | Female electrical terminal and electrical connector comprising the same The present invention relates to female electrical terminals comprising a connection section for connection to a conducting wire and an opposing contact section for mating with a complementary male terminal. A flexible contact element is disposed within at least a p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234961 | Connector arrangement including insulated conductor tap-off means An electrical connector arrangement taps off electrical current from a plurality of coplanar parallel input insulated conductors and supplies the same to a plurality of output conductors, respectively. A rectangular base member is provided having a horizontal upper ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214103 | Connecting a solenoid to a lead frame A lead frame has slots therein for bayonet type connection to electrical terminals provided on a solenoid valve or group of valves. Projections on the lead frame are disposed between the slots and upon bayonet connection to the terminals closely interfit a web dispo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210956 | Contact A contact for establishing electrical connection with an electrically conductive wire, the contact being manufactured from a planar material and having a base and a pair of elongate blades extending from the base and defining there between a channel within which a w... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192318 | Contact element with spring tongue A contact element has a contact body. A contact arrangement is attached to the contact body. The contact arrangement has a spring tongue. The spring tongue has a free end with a locking face for securing the contact element in a contact housing. The locking face is ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179134 | Electric connector for electrically connecting a wire of one article to a contact of another article An electric connector for electrically and mechanically connecting two articles, each having a conductive part, is able to reduce the number of electric connectors used in a connecting structure, to reduce the connecting work so as to reduce the costs of the connect... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7153173 | Electric connector An electric connector is connected to a conductive part, e.g. an electric wire, of a first article, and is fitted onto the first article and/or a second article. The contact of the electric connector directly contacts a conductive part of the second article with a s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7128583 | Grounding element A grounding element attached to a tab having a hole. A spring portion is connected to one side of a bottom of the grounding element and extends in a first direction, and a latching portion is connected to another side of the bottom. When the grounding element is att... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118404 | Insulation cutting and displacing contact element An insulation cutting and displacing contact element comprises a substantially U-shaped insulation displacement portion and a clamping portion. The insulation displacement portion has a base with a wire insertion opening. The base has first and second legs extending... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112081 | Hermaphroditic electrical coupling assembly A molded housing of suitable, non-conductive material encasing and segregating a plurality of spring-loaded terminal connector tabs that embody stab connections to receive wire in the rear of the housing for the purpose of conducting current through the insulated te... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108541 | Press-contacting terminal apparatus A press-contacting terminal includes a bottom plate, and press-contacting blades each projecting from the bottom plate and having a wire insertion portion formed therein. When a wire is forced into the wire insertion portion, the press-contacting terminal cuts a she... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094071 | Junction box including connector deformation means A junction box containing at least one electrical terminal is connected for displacement between unfastened and fastened positions relative to a carrier element, whereby during movement of the housing toward the fastened position, a U-shape contact spring is progres... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090545 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting (A) has a receiving portion (17) with a contact surface (18) for contacting a male tab (T). The contact surface (18) is widest at the front end and substantially narrowed toward the back. A rate at which a contact area of the ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077687 | CONNECTING DEVICE TO BE SOLDERED TO CIRCUIT BOARDS FOR CONNECTION OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, A METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE CONNECTING DEVICE AND A DEVICE FOR CONNECTING CONDUCTORS TO THE CONNECTING DEVICE The invention relates to a connector for soldering to boards for terminating an electrical conductor, consisting of a cuboid of conductive material, comprising in its surface at least one recess and a longitudinal groove into which the conductor can be urged to make... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074054 | SMT terminal block Terminal blocks adapted for placement on a printed circuit board using SMT techniques are disclosed herein. A terminal block in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention can include a main body, a terminal block header including a number of... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074076 | Electrical miniplug connector An electrical miniplug has a dielectric body formed with an upper array of coplanar seats and a lower array of seats interleaved with the upper seats and lying in a lower plane offset from the upper-seat plane. Respective upper contacts are each unitarily formed wit... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070445 | Cable assembly Provided is a communications cable assembly and method of making the same. The cable includes a plurality of conductive wires coated with an insulative jacket and bound within a cover. Located at a first end of the cable is a first connector that includes a pluralit... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059890 | Device for contacting an electrical conductor The invention relates to a device for contacting an electrical conductor, having a base body (1), having a closing element (2) with a receptacle area (3) for receiving the conductor, having an insulation piercing connector (4) held in the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059889 | Splice block for interconnecting electrical conductors A splice block for interconnecting conductors, which include wire and insulation covering the wire. A container having openings through which conductors can access an interior of the container contains multiple connectors. Each connector includes a housing having a ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056146 | Insulation displacement contact and electric connector using the same An insulation displacement contact includes a pair of insulation displacement blades and a pair of resilient contact pieces. The pair of insulation displacement blades are opposite to each other with their bases connected to each other such that there is formed, by ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040906 | Connection structure between bus bars and relay terminals A connection structure is between bus bars and relay terminals in an electrical connection box to be mounted on an automobile. Each bus bar is produced by punching an aluminum-based metal plate into a desired circuit configuration. An end of each bus bar is bent so ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021956 | Insulation displacement terminal An insulation displacement terminal is formed entirely of an integral metal sheet. The terminal includes first and second plate-like insulation displacement groove-forming portions opposed to each other in a first direction along which an insulated wire extends. Eac... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001204 | Transmitting jack with prong-type conductive pieces In the transmitting jack, a housing has a seat for mounting multiple metallic electrically conductive pieces, and has a passage seat for extending therethrough of transmitting lines in a communication line. The transmitting lines are located in slots provided on the... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969271 | Snap pin connector A printed circuit board interconnect assembly for use in an automobile comprising a male portion and a female portion. The female portion of the interconnect assembly contains crimped spring clip terminals inside a plastic housing. The male portion of the interconne... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969272 | Pressure welding connecting terminal and pressure welding connector receiving the same In a pressure welding connecting terminal, a wide plate part 15a is formed at one side of a base plate 15 while a narrow plate part 15b that leads to the wide plate part 15a is formed at the other side of the base pla... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6890210 | Cable connector assembly with IDC contacts A cable connector assembly (1) includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3), a number of wires (4), and a cover (5) mounted to the housing. The insulative housing has a number of passageways (24) in a front p... | 05/10/2005 |
