Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7780467 | Poke-in connector A connector having a housing and a contact are described. The connector includes an electrically conductive contact and a housing. The housing has a cavity to receive and secure the contact, a first alignment feature for receiving a first conductive cable into the c... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7563126 | Terminal board component and screwless connector The terminal board component is composed of a box traversed by electrical current-carrying elements (30), with an end surface (110) bearing mechanical (111) and electrical (114) connection elements allowing its attachment to a modular com... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288002 | Coaxial cable connector with self-gripping and self-sealing features A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a rearward cable receiving end and a gripping ferrule fixed within the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body. The gripping ferrule includes at least one flexible finger deflected in a radially i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281942 | Releasable wire connector A releasable wire connector has a housing and a cap slidably engaging one another and enclosing an electrical contact. The contact has inner and outer flexible fingers disposed opposite wire ports in the housing and cap. The fingers engage conductors inserted into t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7246015 | Alternator tester An alternator tester is provided for testing an alternator of a vehicle while the alternator is coupled to the vehicle. A sensor is configured to couple to the vehicle and sense a signal related to operation of the alternator. A memory contains data related to opera... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7229310 | Circuit board assembly with wire comb An approach for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards. A wire comb is mounted adjacent one or more ends of the circuit board to permit a way to space apart individual wires, to hold them in place; and to permit welding or soldering of ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7198510 | Kelvin connector for a battery post A Kelvin connector for coupling to a post of a battery includes a first contact having a surface which at least partially conforms to and is adapted to engage and electrically connect to a surface of the post. The connector also includes a second contact having a su... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150659 | Method for electrically contacting a cable, cable connector and connector terminal block The cable connector for making an electrical contact with a cable (1) having a cable conductor (2), comprises a guiding means (4) for receiving one end (1a) of the cable (1) in an initial state (O), a contact element (6 | 12/19/2006 |
| 7126341 | Automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic device An automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic apparatus includes first and second electrical connections configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of an automotive vehicle which includes a battery. Digital samples are obtained during operation o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106070 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7034541 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7003410 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003411 | Electronic battery tester with network communication An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery includes test circuitry configured to provide a battery test output related to a condition of the battery. A memory stores a battery tester address of the battery tester, and communication circuitry transmit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998847 | Electronic battery tester with data bus for removable module An electronic battery tester is provided for testing storage batteries. Battery test circuitry is configured to couple to the storage battery and measure a condition of the battery. A removable module is configured to couple to the battery tester to add increased fu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6933727 | Electronic battery tester cable A cable for use with an electronic battery tester includes first and second electrical connections configured to couple to terminals of a battery. A memory is configured to store digital data. Electrical terminals are configured to couple the cable to the electronic... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6906523 | Method and apparatus for testing cells and batteries embedded in series/parallel systems A “three-point” measurement technique effectively removes system effects to determine impedance, admittance, resistance, or conductance of an individual cell, battery, or interconnecting conductor embedded in a series or series-parallel electrochemical battery o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6746286 | Push-in wire connector A connector for connecting electrical conductors includes a housing, a generally rectangular electrically conductive busbar and a pressure spring. The housing defines an enclosure and a plurality of front ports which provide access to the enclosure. Receptacles form... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6669515 | Apparatus for securing cable An apparatus is disclosed for clamping cable. The apparatus is a barrier that clamps and/or adheres to the cable. The barrier has a base, and the base has a diameter greater than an aperture through which the cable passes. The base of the barrier hinders ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6561839 | Process for forming shallow isolating regions in an integrated circuit and an integrated circuit thus formed The formation of the isolating region includes ion implantation in the voluminal part, followed by annealing of said implanted voluminal part (7) of the substrate (1).... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6520800 | Device for linking and connecting a line A device for an electrical conduit (20), a heating conductor (21), or heating cable, with a cross subdivided, tubular casing (6) is furnished. The device exhibits two casing parts (8,9,58) disengageably connected to each other, a bush part (42) and at lea... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6491540 | Center-filled supplement gum A gum, lollipop and lozenge having at least two separate components, the first component having desirable taste characteristics and the second component having a diet control composition incorporated therein.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491531 | Plug-in connector for an ignition system in a motor vehicle A plug-in connector between an ignition coil and a spark plug is designed so that the longitudinal tolerances cause no undesired coupling of the plug-in connector to the spark plug. When the plug-in connector is brought together with the ignition coil to ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6428343 | Electrical connector for power conductors An electrical connector is disclosed for the electrical connection between insulated power conductors and a printed circuit board. The electrical connector is defined by an insulated housing having a plurality of side-by-side cavities to receive the elect... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6336824 | Screwless junction box connection A screwless junction box or terminal connector includes a housing containing a chamber in which are mounted an electrical contact and a clamping spring, the clamping spring being operable to bias a conductor toward electrical engagement with the contact, ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6305974 | Connecting structure for conducting wires of ceiling fan A Connecting structure for conducting wires of ceiling fan, including a fixing bracket fixed on a ceiling or a wall, a base seat disposed on a motor of the ceiling fan and a connecting rod connected between the base seat and the fixing bracket. A fixing s... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305967 | Connector assembly having means for penetrating the insulation and establishing electrical connection with the wires A connector assembly for penetrating the insulation and establishing electrical connection with insulated electrical wires or conductors, thereby eliminating the need to strip the insulation away from the insulated wires, including a pair of mateable hous... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6257919 | Electrical connector with improved locking means A locking connector is provided for electrically interconnecting first and second electrical conductors. The connector includes an enclosure that accommodates an electrical contact component electrically interengaged with the first conductor. At least two... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6224238 | Lamp holder for terminal arrangement for Christmas tree light A lamp holder and terminal arrangement, which includes a lamp holder, the lamp holder having a front receiving chamber, which holds a bulb, and two separated longitudinal insertion holes, and two terminals extended from a a respective electric wire and re... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6128181 | Electric component unit An electric component unit capable of keeping an operator from feeling a difference in force required for inserting a connection conductor into an electric component unit during insertion of plural connection conductors different in diameter. A terminal f... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5529522 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for securing a cable having a insulation and a cover engaged on the insulation, the electrical connector includes a clamping member , a spring, a cone, another clamping member and a pusher engaged in a cylindrical body. The clampin... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5375523 | Pyrotechnic device A pyrotechnic device comprises a receptacle which contains a charge of pyrotechnic material and an electric fuse to initiate the charge. The receptacle is formed of a plastics housing which has an area formed of lines of weakness adapted to rupture on act... | 12/27/1994 |
| 4673233 | Waterproof splice connector having high tensile pullout resistance A waterproof splice connector for pairs of electrical leads having a high tensile pullout resistance, suitable for use in splicing blasting cap leads, in which the each of the electrical leads are received in opposite ends of a respective one of a pair of... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4179583 | Electro-mechanical low backlash cable connector An electro-mechanical, low backlash cable connector having a plurality of ring washers disposed within a connector housing. A plurality of spacer washers disposed between each pair of spring washers imparts independent operation to each spring washer and ... | 12/18/1979 |
