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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177578 | Wiring connector Provided is a wiring connector, including a insulating housing, a wiring contact and a rotary push member. The insulating housing disposes a limiting portion in a receiving cavity and forms and inserting hole on the limiting portion. The wiring contact is mounted in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8052463 | Harness-routing protector An object is to provide a harness-routing protector with a simple configuration that can be readily fabricated at low cost and can be readily attached to a harness so that the harness, which has a difficulty in maintaining a bent shape, can be readily routed without... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7972167 | Electrical connector with a flexible blade-shaped housing with a handle with an opening The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical c... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7942690 | Cable positioner A cable positioner is formed integrally with a connector and/or a plug, or is shaped and sized to matingly engage a connector and/or a plug. The connector cable positioner can define at least one groove. The groove is sized to secure the cable in a desired position ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7556523 | Wall outlet The invention relates to a wall outlet comprising a base part having at least one first opening which is used to receive an electric cable, and a cover. The cover or the base part comprise at least one second opening wherein an electric socket can be inserted. A cab... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7507109 | Strain relief assembly A spot cleaning apparatus comprises a fluid distribution system, a fluid recovery system, an agitation system, and a controller system to automatically monitor and control inputs and outputs to said systems for removal of spots and stains from a surface without atte... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7445489 | Locking construction and a connector provided therewith An insertion area for an unlocking jig (D) differs depending on whether unlocking is effected using a first fulcrum portion (22) as a fulcrum or using a second fulcrum portion (27) as a fulcrum. Since this enables an unlocking operation to be carried o... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438588 | Encoder and encoder cover with strain relief An encoder includes a base member and a cover attachable to the base member. The cover includes a surface with an opening and a strain relief device associated with the opening. The strain relief device includes at least one extension member extending from the surfa... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435901 | Cord management device A cord management device (100) includes: a receptacle (110) defining an interior space (120) and including: (a) a stationary portion (111); and (c) a cord management feature (113) coupled to the stationary portion, the cord managem... | 10/14/2008 |
| RE40375 | Back-end variation control cap for use with a jack module A back-end variation control cap configured for use with a jack module including a plurality of insulation displacement connectors, the cap being configured for routing a plurality of twisted conductor pairs. The cap includes an upper portion, a bottom portion, a pl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374445 | Shielded electrical harness with an angled connector, and its method of fabrication A bundle includes wire segments forming a branch fitted with an angled coupling including: a base having the ends of the wire segments fastened thereto; an angled rigid casing surrounding the wire segments and havi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7329151 | Connector assembly with strain relief member A cable connector assembly (100) includes a housing (2), a signal contact (31), a ground contact (32) assembled to the housing, a circuit board (4) assembled to the housing and electrically connecting with the contacts, a cable ( | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318743 | Electrical terminal connector and method of fabricating the same An electrical terminal connector and method of fabricating the same is provided. The electrical terminal connector includes an angled insulating housing, a conducting terminal and a cylindrical crimp ferrule positioned therein. Two ends of the insulating housing hav... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7270571 | Cable cord locating element A cable core locating element includes a base formed of a plurality of clamping slots for clamping one of many cores of a cable each, with a free end of the core projected from a front side of the base. When the free ends of the forward projected cores are stripped ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272428 | Wireless electrocardiograph system and method A method and system for wireless ECG monitoring is provided. An electrode connector, transmitter and receiver operate with existing electrodes and ECG monitors. The electrode connector includes connectors for attaching to disposable or reusable single electrodes. Th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7264499 | Power entry assembly for an electrical distribution system A power entry assembly for an electrical distribution system, the power entry assembly includes at least one conductor carrier and a housing connected to the at least one conductor carrier. The housing includes a first orientation relative to the at least one conduc... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255610 | Molded part and electronic device using the same An integrally multiple-molded part for electronic devices is provided capable of absorbing and relieving the internal stresses of a multiple-molded part, preventing the occurrence of clearances between the bonding side face of each electrical connection terminal and... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7223119 | Cable connector assembly and system The invention relates to a cable connector assembly including cover means and connecting means, wherein the cover means include wall portions and an opening adapted to accommodate the connecting means. At least one of the wall portions is at least partially curved f... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220144 | Multimedia outlet box The present disclosure relates to relates to a telecommunications outlet box including a peripheral wall that is primarily curved except for a portion in which a connector access opening of the box is defined. The present disclosure also relates to a telecommunicati... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215991 | Wireless medical diagnosis and monitoring equipment A medical diagnosis and monitoring system having at least one sensor for detecting an electrical, physical, chemical, or biological property of a patient such as, but not limited to, EEG- and EKG-signals, respiration, oxygen saturation, temperature, perspiration, et... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198506 | Connector A connector 11 includes a housing 12, a connector insertion portion 12f arranged in the housing 12 for insertion of a wire-side connector 30 at an end of an electric wire 31, and a connector connection portion (input ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186151 | Electrical connector, wire harness, and method for arranging wire harness An electrical connector connected to a flat cable, a wire harness, and a method for arranging wire harness is disclosed. Arranging the wire harness is easy and simple, the cost is low, and the degree of freedom in the housing construction is high. The electrical con... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7156687 | Insulation displacement connection connector assembly with cable positioning recesses An insulation displacement connection (IDC) connector assembly includes an IDC connector and external cables. The cables are inserted in the IDC connector through passageways disposed in a surface of the IDC-connector to be terminated to the IDC connector. A positio... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7125279 | Cable connector assembly and system The invention relates to a cable connector assembly including cover means and connecting means, wherein the cover means include wall portions and an opening adapted to accommodate the connecting means. At least one of the wall portions is at least partially curved f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112086 | Electrical cable assembly having cable guide A cable assembly (100) includes a connector (1) having a mating interface (200) to mate with a mating connector and a rear passage (201), a cable (4) having conductors (40) passing through the rear passage to electrically co... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7086875 | Current-rail adapter A device (10) is shown and described for at least indirectly connecting a light fixture with a power track (11) and having a housing (38) holding at least one angularly movable control shaft (21 or 22) and formed of at least two ho... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7044786 | Connector and method of assembling a connector A connector has a terminal accommodating space (12) and a wire accommodating space (22). A terminal fitting (35) is accommodated in the terminal accommodating space (12) and a wire (30) is connected with the terminal fitting (35... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004782 | Connecting device for electrical connection of a socket of an electrical apparatus with a power cord plug The connecting device (1) for electrical connection of a socket (2) of an electrical apparatus (3) with a socket plug (4) of a power cord (5) includes a cord receptacle (19) provided with curved first and second receptacle s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6957981 | Electrical connector An electrical connector formed by insert molding a portion of a cord having plural electric wires, and a portion of a metallic terminal having electric wire connection parts connected to the ends of the respective electric wires individually and electrically in a co... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935893 | Electrical connector with terminal position assurance device An electrical connector includes a housing having a front mating end, a rear terminating end and at least one terminal-receiving passage extending in a direction defining an insertion axis extending between the ends. The passage has a rear open end communicating wit... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918179 | Method of deforming flexible cable sections extending between rigid printed circuit boards A method for preforming of two or more flexible cables in an arrangement consisting of a combination of rigid printed circuit boards and flexible cable sections extending therebetween. Moreover, also provided is an apparatus for the preforming of two or more flexibl... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6869309 | Enclosed battery assembly for an uninterruptible power supply An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system using a battery pack may be potentially hazardous in its design, and in particular when users themselves connect or disconnect the battery from the UPS while the UPS is still active. A battery cap is provided that attache... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6840795 | Connector There is provided a connector which is capable of routing a flat cable in a desired arbitrary direction and at the same time preventing the flat cable from being broken. A concave portion is formed in a housing, and a convex portion is formed on a cable-holding memb... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6830489 | Wire holding construction for a joint connector and joint connector provided therewith A joint connector has wire holders (15a, 15b, 15c) that project in a wire draw-out direction from wire draw-out portions (14b) of housings (12a, 12b, 12c) where wires (... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6773296 | Connector A connector includes, a wire holder having an arcuate outer-surface-side half member to which an outer surface of a bent part of a wire is fitted; an inner-surface-side half member to which an inner surface of the bent part of the wire is fitted; and an unification ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6767241 | Back-end variation control cap for use with a jack module A back-end variation control cap configured for use with a jack module including a plurality of insulation displacement connectors, the cap being configured for routing a plurality of twisted conductor pairs. The cap includes an upper portion, a bottom portion, a pl... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6739906 | Cell for protecting a stripped end of a cable with sealant A housing (2, 4) for protecting an electrical cable (18) having a sheath and at least one core (20a, 20b) comprises a cell (8) for containing the stripped end of the sheath, an open cylinder (7) containing a se... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6719149 | Accommodation apparatus for communication devices An accommodation apparatus facilitates the attachment, exchange, operation, and wire configuration of a plurality of communication devices, such as a media converter, and a power unit. The accommodation apparatus comprises a support part fixed to an external frame, ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6699064 | Connector housing design for strain relief of wires A connector assembly including at least one connector coupled to a connector housing and, at least one trough disposed on two opposing sides of the housing, such that a wire coupled to the at least one connector passes through both troughs. The troughs op... | 03/02/2004 |
