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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047868 | Stud-type junction block A stud-type junction block assembly having a mounting member and a body constructed from a highly conductive material. A non-conductive or insulating sheath may be provided over a portion of the body. The body defines a bore configured to receive and retain at least... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7717741 | Junction bolt, junction element, and electrically conductive coupling device Junction bolt having a shank and a foot arranged at one end of the shank and intended for attachment of the junction bolt to a part, the shank includes an outer surface forming a surface of contact for attachment of a junction element. The outer surface of the shank... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7361841 | Terminal cover with hinge A bussed electrical center (BEC) has a lateral appendage for a positive battery terminal to be used for jump starting purposes. A cover for the terminal is hingedly attached to the lateral appendage of the BEC by way of a relatively rotatable axle and bearing combin... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347733 | Electric junction box An electric junction box including a case, an input bus bar, an output bus bar and a fuse which are accommodated within the case, wherein an input electric wire and an output electric wire are electrically connected to the input bus bar and the output bus bar, respe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341479 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector therein is provided. The protective cover comprises a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for rece... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322851 | Coaxial cable connector A coaxial cable connector including a plurality of arms, each arm having: a lever, a gripper having inwardly extending teeth, the gripper being on an opposite side of a longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable connector from the lever, and a joint connecting the lever... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7300316 | Electrical connecting assembly An electrical connecting assembly has an electrical appliance and a connector. The electrical appliance has at least one surface, a positive electrode plug and a negative electrode plug. The plugs are mounted separately on the surface. The connector connects to the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294020 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical terminal for electrical connections formed from a metal stamping and including a coil spring interface. Broadly, the inventive electrical terminal includes a female terminal body having at least one opening for receiving ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7233474 | Vehicle electrical protection device and system employing same An electrical protection device is provided. The device can be removably attached to or mounted inside of a power source, such as a vehicle, e.g., automobile, battery and can employ a replaceable fuse element. The device includes an overcurrent protection element, s... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229327 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical power system comprising a plurality of battery modules in series connection between adjacent battery modules, wherein each of the battery modules comprises a positive male terminal, a negative male terminal, and a socket ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201995 | Battery positive cover A battery positive cover (20) is provided for a battery terminal and a wire harness. The battery positive cover (20) has inclined portions (36, 38) that can be pressed from an outer side of a sectionally U-shaped wire harness-mounting part (2... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182626 | Electrical connector with improved latch means A electrical connector includes a dielectric housing member for mounting a plurality of terminals. A cover member is engaged with the housing member and combines therewith to define an interior cavity for receiving thereinto a plurality of electrical wires for termi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176780 | Fuse unit A fuse unit includes first and second fuse devices. Each of the fuse devices includes a attaching portion to be attached to a battery terminal of a battery, a housing provided on the attaching portion and having a cavity which is opened forward and backward of the h... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150660 | High current automotive electrical connector and terminal A terminal 20 for use in connecting a battery cable 9 to a rectangular blade 4 on a battery 2 includes a terminal body 22 and a spring member or multiple contact band 70. The spring member 70 is fabricated from a mate... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138580 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector. The protective cover includes a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for receiving a plurality of ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7116559 | Snap-in cluster attachment Disclosed is a device and method of attaching a housing unit, particularly an instrument cluster housing, to an IP retainer without the necessity of attaching the bottom edge of said housing with fasteners such as screws and the incumbent requirement for fastener dr... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108943 | Structure of connecting battery terminals to bus bars In a structure of connecting battery terminals 101 and 102 to bus bars 16 and 17 wherein the plus terminal 102 and the minus terminal 101, projecting from an upper surface of a battery 100, are connected respectively ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7052332 | Connecting pole for an accumulator A connecting pole for an accumulator having a pole sleeve (1) which can be inserted in a sealed manner into a plastic housing part (8) of an accumulator housing and makes electrical contact with a cell connector (2), and having connecting elemen... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046115 | Fuse box A fuse box includes a lower cover and an upper cover mounted on an intermediate case to form a box. A large-capacity fuse having an input terminal and an output terminal projecting in substantially opposite directions from one side surface of a body of the fuse is a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6939167 | Battery connecting member and method of mounting it to a battery A battery-connecting member (1) has a base (2) for accommodating a fuse (10) and a casing (3) for accommodating the base (2). The base (2) includes a battery terminal (7), busbars (8A, 8B) and the fuse (... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935906 | Electric connector An electric connector using a probe-type contact(s) is provided to prevent it from having contact failure and is characterized in that it comprises a housing having at least one through hole, a probe-type contact(s) inserted into the through hole(s), and a terminal ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932650 | Fused battery terminal connector A battery terminal connector having at least one ferrule at one end of the connector; a body portion at the other end of the connector; a generally flat base portion between the ferrule and the body portion; and a removable fuse, having two terminals, and positioned... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934164 | Fuse box A fuse box includes a lower cover and an upper cover mounted on an intermediate case to form a box. A large-capacity fuse having an input terminal and an output terminal projecting in substantially opposite directions from one side surface of a body of the fuse is a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921302 | Overmolded snap connector A substantially annular electrical contact (12) has an inside dimension (14) and an outside dimension (16). A preferred material for the contact (12) is phosphorus-bronze. The inside dimension (14) is provided with a plurality of c... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6902434 | Battery fuse bus bar assembly A battery fuse assembly for a storage battery having a threaded post terminal is provided. The fuse assembly includes a bus bar having a planar surface and a first opening extending therethrough, at least one threaded terminal stud extending from the planar surface ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6869310 | Battery connector A battery connector is constituted by a battery terminal, a fitting portion, a terminal cover, an opening portion and an operation member. The battery terminal is connected to a wire and has the fitting portion which has an aperture enough to be loosely fitted to th... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6828058 | Battery connecting portion-protecting cover Insertion piece portions 25, each having a retaining portion 25a formed at a distal end thereof, is formed on that portion of a cover opening/closing portion 17 disposed near to a hinge portion 17. A cover body portion 11 ha... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6817893 | Plug connector for connection with a battery terminal The invention relates to a plug connector for making an electrical connection with a battery terminal. The plug connector comprises a housing formed by joining an upper shell and a lower shell with a contact lying within the housing. The contact has a helical spring... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6723920 | Fuse box mounting structure A fuse box is placed on an upper surface of a battery box through a supporting plate. Through-holes into which battery posts are inserted are formed at predetermined positions of the supporting plate. A positioning emboss portion is projected from the supporting pla... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705889 | Terminal protecting cap A terminal protecting cap for containing a terminal fitting, includes a base member and a capping member. The base member includes a bottom face, on which the terminal fitting is placed, and a peripheral wall, extended from the bottom face so as to surround the term... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6576838 | Protective cover and fuse box A side wall 58 of a fuse unit 52 is provided with a guide groove 59 positioned close to a rotating portion 31 and a concave portion 60 positioned apart from the rotating portion 31. The guide groove is constituted by a wide portion 59a having an inclined ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6551147 | Battery terminal provided with a current sensor A battery-side terminal (2) includes a fastening ring (5) to be fixed to a battery post (1), and a connecting piece (8) extends from the fastening ring (5). A current sensor (4) includes a sensor portion (4A) formed with a slit (14) through which the conn... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6512177 | Protection cover for a battery terminal and a battery terminal A protection cover includes a lid (32) and a cover (37) which have interfering portions (36, 41), which do not interfere with each other while the cover (37) is being displaced from an exposing position to a protecting position, if the lid (32) is mounted... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6426465 | Protective cover for battery connection terminal, and assembly of the protective cover and battery connection terminal A protective cover has a body in which an electrical wire connection part of a battery connection terminal is installed and a cover piece covering a clamping part of the terminal and hinged to the body. The cover piece contains a pair of elastically defor... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6386902 | Terminal protection cap A hollow tubular part (14) constituting a part of a terminal protection cap (11) has a cap part (13) and a large-diameter portion (15) located adjacent the cap part (13). A tapered portion (16) is continuous with the large-diameter portion (15); and a sma... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6376771 | Protective cover for battery terminal A protective cover that fits with battery terminals of different sizes includes a main body 11 having a side wall 12A capable of being opened or closed via hinges 13, a battery terminal being inserted from the side when the side wall 12A is in an open sta... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6328604 | Connection structure for battery unit Connection structure of a battery unit for connecting respective terminals of a plurality of cells that are encased in cell cases, wherein positive and negative terminals of the cells respectively extend through the cell cases. The connecting structure in... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6276960 | Electrical power connector system A power connector system includes a female connector and a male connector. The female connector includes a female terminal in a female housing. The female terminal is in the form of a U-shaped channel defining a recess. A U-shaped contact member in the ch... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6153329 | Battery terminal cover A battery terminal cover is provided for a battery in an automotive vehicle. The battery terminal cover includes a base portion operatively connected to a terminal lead and a retention portion disposed within the base portion to allow the battery terminal... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6010375 | Connection construction for a battery and an electrical connection box A connection construction is provided to connect electrical connection paths of a battery and an electrical connection box using a connection plate. The connection construction for connects a battery post 11a projecting from the upper surface of a battery... | 01/04/2000 |
