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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7510421 | Pivoting strain relief bar for data patch panels A pivoting strain relief bar assembly that is comprised of a patch panel rotatably coupled to a strain relief bar, where the patch panel and strain relief bar are also coupled to a conventional rack capable of supporting telecommunications or other electronic equipm... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7467967 | Cable assembly with improved stress relief A cable assembly includes a main cable, at least one sub-cable extending from the main cable, a stress relief formed of a first insulative material integrally molded with a joint of the main cable and said at least one sub-cable and a cover formed of a second insula... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7429187 | Cable strain-relieving mechanism A strain-relieving apparatus for a cable, comprising a housing and a shroud. A cable is inserted into a port on a device, such as an electronic device. The shroud is permanently affixed to the cable, and attaches to and rotates within the housing to lock the shroud ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422469 | Audio plug and method of making thereof An audio plug and the method of making thereof are disclosed. The audio plug includes a terminal connected to a cord, a first molding formed between the terminal and the cord, a second molding formed on the first molding, a ring disposed on the second molding, and a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410387 | Strain relief for a flat flexible cable A flat flexible cable with electrical conductors is disclosed for use in a vehicle. One or more of the conductors is configured to be attached to an external electrical device at an attachment point. The cable includes a region free from electrical conductors and an... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407408 | Flexible circuit connector assembly with strain relief An electrical connector assembly has a flexible circuit with a central portion that carries a contact field. Slots extending towards the central portion define a pair of strain arms that attach the flexible circuit to a clamp member. Forces transmitted to the strain... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7371106 | Strain-relief device for a plug-in connection in communications and data systems A strain relief device includes a telecommunications connector, a base member, a latching member, and a closure member. The telecommunications connector includes a housing at which the telecommunications cable can be terminated. The base member includes a body defin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354297 | Connector fixing structure A male connector to be connected to a female connector provided at a housing accommodating a vehicle-mounted electrical device includes a contact point to be connected to a contact of the female connector, a cable connected to the contact point, and a shield shell c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347719 | Electrical connector with strain relief features A preferred embodiment of a connector system includes a first electrical connector for mounting on a first substrate. The first electrical connector has a housing, and a contact mounted on the housing. The connector system also includes a second electrical connector... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341482 | Strain relief for ball grid array connectors Strain relief devices for electrical connectors are disclosed and include an insert for insertion into a housing. The insert may include spring beams that deflect during insertion into the strain relief housing. When the insert is fully received in the housing, a sl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334485 | System, method and computer-readable medium for locating physical phenomena A method, system and computer product for detecting the location of a deformation of a structure includes baselining a defined energy transmitting characteristic for each of the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors attached to the structure. Each of the plural... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337256 | Distributed control system with multiple control levels and/or downloading A field controller for use in a distributed control system including an area controller and at least one field controller. The field controller manages at least one controlled device in an industrial process operation. The field controller comprises a processor modu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7285017 | Cable connector and method of assembling a cable to such a cable connector The invention relates to a cable connector including a housing having a die-cast base substantially extending between a front side and a rear side of the connector. The connector further includes a die-cast first housing part mounted to the die-cast base such that t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278876 | Connector in which two housings holding a cable are firmly engaged with each other A connector includes two housings coupled with each other to hold a cable therebetween. One of the housings includes a cable receiving portion for receiving the cable, a restricting portion adjacent to the cable receiving portion, a first wall portion formed outside... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275953 | Wire comb A wire comb for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards that is mounted adjacent one or more ends of a circuit board to permit the individual wires to be spaced apart yet held in place during an over molding process; and to permit connec... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268300 | Connector for inverter A connector includes an apparatus-side connector housing attached to a casing of an inverter. The apparatus side-connector housing has a plurality of busbars. Each of the busbars has on one end portion a terminal fitting portion where a mating connector of the appar... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267572 | Stain-relief device for a plug-in connection in communications and data systems A strain relief device for a plug connector includes a base member, a latching member, and a closure member. The latching member is selectively received within the base member. The closure member is selectively received within the base member. The closure member is ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7217151 | Electrical connector with strain relief features A preferred embodiment of a connector system includes a first electrical connector for mounting on a first substrate. The first electrical connector has a housing, and a contact mounted on the housing. The connector system also includes a second electrical connector... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7189103 | Wire comb overlying spark gap An approach is provided 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 s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184422 | Access point having a variety of mounting positions An access point includes a housing, two sliding slots, and two sliding platesdetachably installed on the slide slots. One of the sliding slots has two openings for hanging the housing of the access point on hooks positioned on a wall. One of the sliding plates can b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163417 | Multi-conductor connector plug A connector plug intended for a multi-conductor cable (12) with a set o power conductors (30) and set of signal conductors (31) and comprising a casing (10) with a rear cable receiving opening (11), a number of contact elements ( | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161085 | Thin flat twisted-pair gap cable and gap navigator unit A thin flat twisted-pair gap cable and gap navigator unit reduces the diameter of twisted-pair wire, aligns them side by side, and fuses and fixes them in place with two plies of tape so as to flatten the conventional round twisted-pair cable in order to pass the co... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156694 | Electrical outlet plug strip An electrical outlet plug strip comprising an elongated horizontally disposed housing having a horizontally disposed upper wall member, a vertically disposed inner wall member, a horizontally disposed bottom wall member, and an angularly disposed outer wall member w... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140907 | Strain-relieving device for card connected cables In some embodiments, a module may have a slot for an input/output card. While cables may be connected to the card in the module, external forces acting on the cable and/or module may result in the cable pulling the card out of the module, damaging the connector or c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7114987 | Strain-relief device for a plug-in connection in communications and data systems The invention relates to a strain relief device (1) for a plug connect for communications and data technology, comprising a base part (10) for holding at least part of the plug connector, and a cable (51) which can be connected to the plug conne... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107097 | Articulated neural electrode assembly Apparatuses, devices, and/or systems that may be configured for placement at one or more cortical and/or other neuroanatomical sites to provide electrical stimulation and/or monitor neuroelectric activity within a patient. In one embodiment, an implantable articulat... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105961 | Lead terminal structure of resolver A lead-wire-fixing attachment for fixing a lead wire is provided in a lead-wire-fixed portion arranged in a stator core, and a lead wire is connected to a stator-winding mounting board by way of a through-hole provided at the upper end of the lead-wire-fixing attach... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090526 | Lead-through terminal Lead-through terminal with a terminal casing (1) made of insulating material, at least one metallic outer conductor connecting element (3) arranged in the terminal casing (1) or protruding out of the terminal casing (1) and at least one m... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7052305 | Power cord protecting fitting and electrical appliance A power cord protecting fitting applied to a power cord has a connecting member connected to an electrical appliance at one end thereof, and an insertion plug plugged in a wall outlet at another end thereof. The power cord protecting fitting is fixed to the electric... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052292 | Grounding structure of an electrical connector The present invention relates to a grounding structure of an electrical connector suitable for high frequency transmitting. The high frequency connector mainly has a connecting part being combined with a plurality of grounding lines to improve the electrical charact... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6998734 | Systems and methods for providing high density connections for a network device A signal conductor includes first and second connectors connected to the ends of a cable. The second connector includes a signal processing element that processes signals transmitted between the first and second connectors. In another implementation consistent with ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6964580 | Cable strain-relief member for a PC fan The present invention is to provide a cable strain-relief member for a PC fan, comprising a pressing part, two locking parts at both ends of the pressing part, and two releasing parts at the two joint portions between the pressing part and the locking parts. Accordi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6956493 | Portable sensing light A motion-sensing light includes a power cord with a plug to be plugged into an electrical outlet. In one embodiment, the light is moisture-resistant, allowing the light to be used outdoors with a suitable electrical outlet. The light may be mounted on a wall with na... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951475 | Cable strain relief device A cable strain relief device (1) for strain-relieving connection to a contact partner of at least one cable (2) which has at least one electrical lead (3), the at least one cable (2) having an attached extrusion-coated strain-relieving el... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6932640 | HDMI connector A HDMI connector is disclosed to include an insulative casing holding first terminals and second terminals at two different elevations, an insulative locating board set in between the first terminals and second terminals, top and bottom cove boards respectively cove... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6887104 | Cable end connector assembly and the method of making the same A cable end connector assembly (1) includes a dielectric housing (2), a plurality of contact units (3), a plurality of wires (6), and a cover (5). The housing includes an upper wall (20), a lower wall (21), and a pair... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6869306 | Serial ATA interface connector A Serial ATA interface connector includes a connector body holding a set of terminals of two different lengths alternatively arranged in parallel, each terminal having a vertically extended conductor holder defining a Y-shaped retaining notch, a Serial ATA interface... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6835073 | Junction box A junction box 10 includes an upper casing member 11 and a lower casing member 16 and is provided with a side opening 11c to which a fuse module 17 is attached. The fuse module 17 contains an insulation board 27 | 12/28/2004 |
| 6786758 | Securing device for immobilizing plural electric wires A securing device for immobilizing plural electric wires is disclosed. The securing device includes a notched supporting member having first and second support sides, and a signal concavity for each of the plural electric wires for allowing the plural electric wires... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6692290 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting is provided, by which the terminal fitting can be securely connected electrically to an electric wire. A pressure-welding terminal as the terminal fitting has a wire connecting part, to which an electric wire is press-fit. The electric ... | 02/17/2004 |
