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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980884 | Structure for connecting flexible substrate and terminal fitting A structure for connecting a flexible substrate and a terminal fitting is provided, the terminal fitting including: an upper plate; a lower plate; and a barrel which is formed in an upstanding manner on the lower plate, and is inserted into a hole formed in the flex... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7833046 | Electrical connector An electrical connector to be connected to a flat conductive member includes a housing including an upper wall and a lower wall; a terminal including a contact portion for contacting with the flat conductive member; and an engaging protrusion for engaging the flat c... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7704094 | Connection structure connecting an LED component The present invention has an object of providing a connection structure capable of easily connecting an LED component to a flat cable. An LED unit 1 includes an upper case 7, a pierce terminal 6, a lower case 9 and an intermediate termina... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7581979 | Flat circuit device The present invention is to provide a terminal and a mounting method thereof, which can fit in a conductor of a flat circuit device without increase in cost. A FFC has a conductor of a belt-shape and a covering portion for covering the conductor. The conductor has a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7513792 | Chained-terminals body, method of manufacturing the same, and crimper for crimping the same Providing a chained-terminals body, which can be crimped to a flat circuit body in one process even if a terminal pitch thereof is small, the chained-terminals body is formed by piling a pair of chained-terminals sub-bodies. Each of the pair of chained-terminals sub... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7462062 | Crimping terminal and flat circuitry having same The present invention is to provide a terminal for a flat circuitry. The terminal assuredly crimps a conductor of the flat circuitry and provides an improved electric connection. An electric connection portion of a crimping terminal includes a bottom wall for placin... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7422468 | Electrical contact with stapled connection A flexible flat connector cable electrical contact including a first connection section adapted to be connected to an electrical conductor of a flexible flat conductor (FFC) cable; and a second connection section electrical coupled to the first connection section an... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410384 | Electrical contact with stapled connection A flexible flat connector cable electrical contact including a first connection section adapted to be connected to an electrical conductor of a flexible flat conductor (FFC) cable; and a second connection section electrical coupled to the first connection section an... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7351093 | Connector A connector, to which a flat band cable having a plurality of conductive channels is connected at one side, and a counterpart connector is connected at another side, is disclosed. The connector includes an electrically insulative block and a contact member that is i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338310 | Piercing terminal and connector using same A piercing terminal having electric connection with a conductor of a flat circuit body such as a flexible flat cable (FFC) and a connector utilizing the same. The connector includes multiple piercing terminals and a connector housing. Each piercing terminal has an e... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329141 | Method for shielding flat circuit body, shielded flat circuit body, and wiring harness A method of shielding a flat circuit body and a wiring harness including the shielded flat circuit body, the shielded flat circuit body of the wiring harness includes a FFC having insulator covering around a conductor, a shield film covering the FFC and a connecting... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326080 | Connector The connector includes: a connector housing for receiving terminal fittings; a rear holder which includes a plurality of holders made of synthetic resin for positioning an electric wire attached to the terminal fitting between the holders, the rear holder being moun... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316581 | Terminal fitting and method of attaching the same The terminal fitting includes: an electric contact part to be connected to a mating terminal fitting; and an electric wire connecting part including a bottom wall and a pair of caulking pieces rising up from the bottom wall, the pair of the caulking pieces caulking ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311014 | Sensor and sensor assembly The invention relates to a sensor comprising a sensor element (1) for detecting a physical variable, said sensor comprising two electric contact surfaces (2), and comprising a sensor body (3), on one end of which the sensor element (1) an... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303429 | Terminal and connector using the same A terminal and a connector using the same are provided. The terminal includes a contact portion having a number of contact protrusions for making electrical contact with terminal portions of a cable; a support portion connected to the contact portion via a connectio... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7273388 | Wiring harness, connector, and method of assembling the wiring harness Providing a method of assembling a wiring harness and the wiring harness and a connector allowable to reduce required hours and a cost for assembling the wiring harness, the wiring harness includes a FFC and the connector. The FFC has a plurality of conductors and a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261569 | Connection structure of printed wiring board A connecting structure is for a printed wiring board to be electrically connected to a FPC. The FPC includes a substrate and electro-conductive portions. The printed wiring board includes an insertion opening provided on an edge surface thereof, and line connecting ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252535 | Flat circuit body with terminals, method of manufacturing the same, die system for manufacturing the same and manufacturing apparatus for the same Providing a method of manufacturing a flat circuit body with terminals with small number of steps of process, a terminal pressure welding apparatus includes a pair of dies having respectively a recess, in which claws of a piercing terminal penetrating through a cond... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234840 | Lighting element and lighting element fixture with said element The invention relates to a lighting element comprising an insulating plate and two rows of LEDs which are fixed to the top and bottom of said plate. The LEDs are connected in series or in parallel and both ends of said plate are provided with electrical contacts whi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207837 | Connector and a mounting method therefor A circuit board connector (1) has a housing (10), male terminals (20) and fixing members (30). Each fixing member (30) is formed by bending a metal plate into an L-shape to define a mounting portion (31) to mount the fixing ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201602 | Terminal fitting for surface mounting A wire connection portion of a terminal fitting to be connected to a cable for surface mounting includes: a bottom wall extended from the electrical contact portion for overlapping with a flat conductor of a cable for surface mounting; crimping blades vertically ext... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199487 | Modular wiring harnesses A system for making up wiring harnesses includes a base harness having a set of flexible multi-conductor cables and a set of supplementary wiring harnesses adapted to connect in a particular location of said base harness. The connection area does not have a multi-co... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7165991 | Connector A connector is disclosed. A plate contact member is fixed to a housing of the connector. The contact member includes an FFC connection contact section. The FFC connection contact section is formed in a U-shape, and includes a base section on which a triangular proje... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7131856 | Intermeshing insulation-piercing elements for an insulation-piercing connector An electrical connector includes a first jaw having a first set of insulation-piercing elements and a second jaw having a second set of insulation-piercing elements. The first and second sets of insulation-piercing elements are arranged such that at least one row of... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125278 | Pierce joint terminal, and assembly of pierce joint terminal and circuit member A pierce joint terminal includes a base. The terminal includes a contact raised from an outer periphery of the base and configured to pierce a circuit member to be crimped for establishing electric contact with a conductor within the circuit member. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104838 | Electrical connector attachment An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a shield connected to the housing. The shield includes connection sections which are adapted to extend through holes in a substrate and be deformed to fixedly and stationa... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7047636 | Method of connecting a connecting member and a flat circuit member A method in which a claw portion of a connecting member penetrates a first piercing portion of a flat circuit member in a thickness direction thereof. In the case of connection to the flat circuit member having a thick conductor portion, the claw portion is bent suc... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048592 | Fastener device for elongated, flat objects, in particular flat conductor strips A device for fastening objects such as flat conductor strips to a substrate comprises a pedestal and separate object holders. Each object holder has an object holding portion and a fastening portion by which the object holder is attached to the pedestal. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040914 | Electric connecting terminal An electric connecting terminal (21) is connected to a flat circuit body (1) by causing tips of one pair of piercing portions (25, 26) erected on both side edges of a plane portion (23) to penetrate through a coating (5) and a cond... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7030322 | Cover device for lines in vehicles A covering device for the interior of a motor vehicle protects an occupant from coming in contact with the supply lines installed in the vehicle, electric lines being situated as film conductors between two layers of the covering device. This permits simple assembly... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011553 | Cable connector having a retainer which serves to hold a cable, to protect a connecting portion, and to prevent undesirable releasing of a contact In a connector to be connected to a cable having a core wire, a retainer is fitted into a rear portion of an insulator holding a contact. The core wire is crimped by a wire crimping barrel formed to the contact. The cable is clamped in cooperation with the retainer ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001205 | Electrical connector module with housings for receiving forwardly-inserted female contacts The object of the invention is an electrical connector module comprising housings (16) for receiving forwardly-inserted female contacts (18), each contact comprising a forward cage (20) and a rear blade (24) provided with pins (26)... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997746 | Crimp connector A crimp connector includes an electrically conductive curved member having an inner surface and a leading edge extending away from and back toward the inner surface. The leading edge, curved member, and inner surface define a first volume for receiving a conductive ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995318 | Method for testing integrity of electrical connection of a flat cable multiple connector assembly A method for testing an electrical connection to a flat electrical cable. The cable includes a flexible sheath having first and second ends and multiple conductors embedded in the sheath. For each conductor, first and second electrical contacts are in communication ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994565 | Electrical contact assembly with insulative carrier, stapled contact attachment and fusible element An electrical contact assembly including a contact terminal and a fusible element. The contact terminal has a base and two cantilevered deflectable contact arms extending from at least one lateral side of the base. A first one of the contact arms extends in a downwa... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971767 | Lighting element and lighting fixture fitted with said element The invention relates to a lighting element comprising an insulating plate (2) and two rows of LEDs (3, 4) which are fixed to the top and bottom of said plate. The LEDs are connected in series or/in parallel and both ends of said plate are provided wit... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966793 | Electrical connector having a cover for registering cables with contacts An electrical connector is provided that includes a plurality of contacts having cable engaging ends that are configured to engage respective conductors in corresponding cables. The electrical connector includes a housing that holds the contacts parallel to one anot... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6960723 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting (10) is made of a metallic plate material stamped out into a specified shape and has a substantially flat main body (13), a substantially flat coupling (16) extending from an outer peripheral edge of the main body (13),... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953352 | Electrical connection for fuel injectors An electrical connection arrangement for a fuel injector includes an electrical interface that is supported by the fuel injector body portion. The electrical interface preferably includes at least one deformable connector member. During assembly, the deformable conn... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932642 | Low insertion force connector The present invention includes a low insertion force connector assembly capable of providing an electrical interface to a circuit board. The connector assembly includes a housing and electrically conductive terminals mounted in the housing. The connector assembly fu... | 08/23/2005 |
