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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7959444 | Retractable adapter The present invention provides a retractable adapter for connecting a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle. The retractable adapter may include a lower housing, an upper housing and a retractable mechanism to store the wiring harness when not in use with the towed vehi... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7425132 | Power adaptor with retractable plug A power adaptor of the present invention has a single power cable connecting between an adaptor body and an electric device. The power cable can be conveniently retrieved or dispensed by a cable winder for easy management. The plug for plugging into a power source i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7364108 | Connection structure and reel A contact structure in a cable winding reel is disclosed which maintains rotary contact between two cables connected, at one-side ends thereof, to electric/electronic appliances, namely, one cable which is wound on a rotating body, and the other cable which is maint... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7297001 | Wire winding device with transmission line which are pulled at one end A wire winding device with transmission line is pulled at one end. The retaining end module and the telescopic end module are fixed together. The transmission line of the transmission line can be received in the spacing layer. In use only one end of the transmission... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291017 | Power interface device for trailer hitches A power adaptor includes an elongated and portable body having a pair of axially opposed end portions. The body includes a pair of diametrically offset L-shaped arms protruding outwardly therefrom. Another of the body end portions and the L-shaped arms define a plur... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285111 | Apparatus and methods for transportable medical fluid administration The exemplary embodiment of the present invention would provide an apparatus for concealed transport of a medical fluid administration device. The medical fluid administration device would be capable of infusing medical fluids to, or collecting medical fluids from, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264478 | Retractable wiring harness reel A retractable wiring harness device attaches to the trailer frame near the trailer hitch and contains a length of retractable wiring harness which extends from a housing member to install within the wiring connection on a towing vehicle, the trailer wiring harness w... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255595 | Electrical connection device with a position limiting button The present invention provides an electrical connection device, which includes a position holding bar, a switching device sleeved outside of the position holding bar, and a wire twining device with position limiting button. The wire twining device comprises an activ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241146 | Shore power wire harness A wire harness for a truck, truck and trailer, a recreational vehicle or bus includes a rear removable connector positioned adjacent to the rear of the vehicle, a first cable attached to the bottom of the vehicle having one end attached to the rear removable connect... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232312 | Rotary connector having an integral fuse A rotary connector including a first part, a second part rotationally coupled to the first part to form an interior of the rotary connector, and an electrical cable housed within the interior of the rotary connector. An over current protection device is housed withi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230181 | Cord holding device and method of use A cord holding device and method of use. An embodiment of the device includes a sheet of material having a turned end. The turned end is selectively positionable between a closed orientation and an open orientation. In the open orientation, an opening is formed betw... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7198513 | Ceiling mount electrical fixture An electrical fixture consistent with certain embodiments has a light fixture and a mount used to attach the light fixture to a ceiling. An electrical outlet is electrically connected to a source of line voltage by an electrical cable. A retraction mechanism, dispen... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189106 | Electric adapter organizer An organizer for organizing and storing one or more of adapters provided with rechargeable devices includes an AC power supply to provide access to electricity for the adapters to permit one or more of the adapters to operate simultaneously; a mechanism for storing ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172456 | Electric cable organizing apparatus An electric cable organizing device is comprised of at least one, preferably a pair, of brackets to which is attached an electric outlet strip, such as a power strip which receives the plug ends of electric cords. An outlet strip is attached to two spaced apart brac... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168576 | Tool-less cable management attachment bracket and method of use A cable management attachment bracket is disclosed that includes a bracket body with a first attachment tab, a second attachment, and a cable management assembly (CMA) connection point for hingedly connecting with a CMA. The first attachment tab extends from a front... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7136266 | Leakage current detection interrupter extension cord with cord diagnostics In the present invention the basic detection and interruption components of an Immersion Detection Circuit Interrupter (IDCI), in combination with the line, neutral and shield conductors of an extension or appliance cord provides a new improved type of detector, a L... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125256 | Reorientable electrical outlet A reorientable electrical outlet having a housing cavity in a stationary housing and a rotatable electrical female receptacle seated therein is disclosed. Preferably, the rotatable female electrical receptacle includes a set of electrical conductors situated in elec... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121834 | Reorientable electrical receptacle A reorientable electrical expansion outlet is disclosed having a housing with a housing cavity and rotatable electrical female receptacles seated therein. A plug is provided for connection to another outlet for expanding the other outlet. Preferably, each rotatable ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097047 | Cable management flip tray assembly A system and method for providing a cable management flip tray assembly includes a flip tray mounting bracket and a flip tray. The flip tray is moveable between a first, generally vertical, position and a second, generally horizontal, position that facilitates acces... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090432 | Spill response system A spill containment and remediation system. A reel for a boom is mounted in the upper part of a weatherproof housing. The lower region of the housing is leakproof and can store recovered liquid spill. A boom or dike is mounted on the reel. The housing has an opening... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078621 | Grounding system for floating roofs in flammable storage tanks Lightning at or near the site of an oil storage tank can cause a charge build up in the tank. This charge must be discharged to ground at rapid speeds to prevent arcing, sparks and fire. The tank has a metal floating roof which can be used to discharge the charge to... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7052281 | Cable winding device with direct cable to electrical component connection Cable winding devices and mechanisms for providing direct cable to electrical component connections without brush contacts are disclosed. Electronic controls may be provided directly on the cable winding device. The cable winding device generally includes two cable ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7035085 | Bus-line partition plate A bus-line partition plate mounted in a case of a computer and defining with one side panel of the case a bus-line receiving space for receiving bus-lines, for example, bus-lines of computer apparatus and/or power cords in good order without the use of binding wires... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7001210 | Wire winding device for receiving network wires or telephone wires A wire winding device for receiving network wires or telephone wires is disclosed. The round post of the lower cover passes through the via hole of the circuit board, the central hole of the conducting plate, the via hole of the insulating plate; the buckling hole o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000746 | Electric cord reel An electrical cord reel includes a metal housing of rectangular shape which is adapted to be mounted set in a wall or on the surface of the wall. The electric cord is mounted on a retractable reel mounted within the housing and may be connected to a source of electr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6960727 | Electrical apparatus with cover for retractably housing an electrical cable connected thereto An AC adapter has a deformable cover located on an outer surface of the housing and defines an interior cavity between the inner surface of the cover and the housing surface for manual retraction and housing of the electrical cable when the electrical apparatus is n... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6902069 | System and method for rack cable management A cable management assembly includes a first arm assembly pivotally connected with a second arm assembly. Each arm assembly includes a slide lock which may tool-lessly couple to a slide lock receptacle attached to a rack slide chassis member or a rack slide stationa... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6623294 | Adapter with manually retractable cable assembly and electrical plug assembly An electrical adapter having a manually retractable cable assembly where the electrical contacts of the retractable cable assembly are disposed along an axis of rotation to minimize the friction between the cable and contacts therein when the cable is ext... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6532653 | Foldable connector assembly for miniature circuit card A PCMCIA card includes a support, circuit components for providing faxmodem functions with respect to the support, a housing containing at least part of the support, a retractable cord mechanism at least partly contained in the housing for connecting the ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527581 | Network converter and base applied in universal serial bus The present invention discloses a network converter and its base applied in USB. The USB network converter of the present invention comprises a converting body and a base. The converting body includes a PCB whose one end has a network port and the other e... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6503097 | Electrical outlet cord support A spool support for supporting an elongated electrical cord around an electrical outlet. The spool support defines: a planar open main frame having a central window, for through engagement by the electrical outlet, and a peripheral edge wall, surrounding ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6358073 | Wiring assembly A vehicle wiring assembly for supplying power to a sliding door even when the door is open. The assembly includes a cable having a first end attached to the vehicle and a second end attached to a predetermined position on the sliding door. The assembly al... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6287141 | Apparatus for winding and storing communication wire An uninterrupted communication rotary shaft device comprises a housing, a rotary shaft set, a rotary disk, two communication wires, and a spiral spring. The rotary shaft set is engaged with the rotary disk and is formed by insulating disks of an odd numbe... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6077108 | Patch panel with retractable patch cord A patch panel is provided comprising a patch panel housing, a first electrical connector a second electrical connector connected to the patch panel housing and an electrical interconnect for connecting the first electrical connector and the second electri... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6048211 | Reversible cable reel A reversible cable reel which includes two cover shells having a respective center shaft axially connected to each other, two cable wheels respectively mounted around the center shafts inside the cover shells, two spiral springs respectively mounted aroun... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6036499 | Electrical connector for a cable reel A coupling system suitable for use with a transmission cable is described. The system includes a contact unit operably connected to a reel assembly having a base and a reel rotatably mounted to the base for winding the transmission cable. The contact unit... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5980107 | Apparatus having means for the transmission of electrical energy and/or of signals An apparatus has an arrangement for the transmission, via conductors, of electrical energy and/or signals from an apparatus part to electrical devices which are displaceable relative to the apparatus part. The arrangement has a rotatable reel onto which a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5738548 | Wall mounted receptacle with retractable extension cord A wall mounted receptacle with retractable extension cord including a housing with a primary mounting plug unit having a pair of prongs fixed to and extending perpendicularly from the housing for inserting within a conventional electrical receptacle. Furt... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5733141 | Travel home cable television antenna connector assembly A travel home cable television antenna connector assembly having a take-up reel that is activated to spring bias a first length of coaxial cable to be coiled within a housing of the take-up reel and that allows the first length of cable to be pulled from ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5700150 | Electrical outlet type extension cord reel with auxiliary outlet The apparatus is a stackable electrical outlet connector type extension cord reel comprising a body, means extending from the back of said body to secure it onto a duplex electrical wall outlet receptacle by contact with each one of the electrical contact... | 12/23/1997 |
