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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7695316 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, and a connecting member. The first electrical connector includes an insulative main body with a receiving recess defined therein. The second electrical connector i... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7637775 | Connector carrier having quick release An electrical connector assembly comprises a carrier and an electrical connector with an insulative housing. The carrier has a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending downward from peripheral of the base and jointly defining a cavity. The carrier includes a plur... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7311555 | Flippable seal member coaxial cable connector and terminal A seal member for a coaxial cable connector has a generally tubular seal body with a first and second section, the first and second sections being movable about a hinge portion between first and second resting states. The seal member has an internal surface that in ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306486 | Connector A connector has a housing (12) and a frame (15). The housing (12) has a wall (58) and a lock (19) that is resiliently deformable outward in the thickness direction of the wall (58). The lock (19) engages an interlocki... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7255587 | Electric plug and electric plug socket A plug (10) for connecting to a plug socket comprises a plug contact region (18) having one or more contacts for producing one or more electrical connections between the plug (10) and the plug socket. The plug also comprises a latch spring (3... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248481 | Circuit board and system with a multi-portion socket Circuit board and system with multi-portion sockets, and signal methods practiced thereon are described herein. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7217150 | Connector arrangement with staggered mating An improved electrical connector. The connector includes a first connector (1) having a housing (5) for receiving first contact elements (9) and a slider (19) slidably disposed on the housing (5) for receiving second contact elemen... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210963 | Devices and methods for connecting housings The described embodiments provide mobile electronic devices and associated methods for securely maintaining a connected relationship between device housings. These embodiments include a first housing having at least one first engagement portion and a second housing ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172443 | Electrical connector set An electrical connector set is disclosed to include an electrical connector, which has an electrically insulative housing houses a plurality of metal contact pins, the electrically insulative housing having a dovetail groove at each of two distal ends thereof, and t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7033214 | Connector for electrical conductors that include a contact/locking end-fitting at their end to be connected A connector for electrical conductors that have, on their ends to be connected, contact/locking end-fittings designed to be inserted into electrically insulated locking members that are retained inside a connector body or case, characterized in that the method for r... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021974 | Modular electrical device A modular base for an electrical device and an electrical device including same and also removable modules are disclosed. The modular base comprises a plurality of base components adapted to be arranged relative to each other to define a backplane comprising a plura... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6976887 | Lever-fitting connector assembly The lever-fitting connector assembly includes a first connector. The first connector includes a first terminals arranged at intervals. The first connector includes a hood enclosing the first terminals. The assembly includes a second connector fitted to the hood. The... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971887 | Multi-portion socket and related apparatuses A multi-portion socket, related components, and systems having such socket/components are described herein. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964138 | Wall panel system An improved wall panel system is disclosed. The system includes wall panel assemblies, each assembly having a pair of side frame members having slotted channels, top and bottom steel tubes and fork connectors for attachment to the side frame members, a top cap, lowe... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951490 | Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for an adjustable pin header assembly A moveable pin header assembly including a first header with a retention arm, and a second header with an opening for receiving the retention arm. The retention arm may be securely fastened within the opening, but may move longitudinally therein. ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6935902 | Coupler device for power supply facility A power supply facility includes a housing, a coupler device coupled to the housing with a cable, and having a number of prongs, another coupler device coupled to the housing with a cable and having a number of prongs, and a connecting device for selectively connect... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6881101 | Modular electrical device A modular base for an electrical device and an electrical device including same and also removable modules are disclosed. The modular base comprises a plurality of base components adapted to be arranged relative to each other to define a backplane comprising a plura... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6881073 | Electrical connector Disclosed is an interposer assembly that can be located between an integrated circuit package and a circuit carrying element for establishing communication there between. The interposer assembly includes a frame defining a window that holds together a plurality of p... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6796837 | Connector with lock piece that longitudinally deforms A connector housing (30) has a cavity (31) and a resiliently deformable lock (40) cantilevers forwardly from a wall (35) of the cavity (31) for engaging a locking surface (24) of a terminal fitting (10) inserted into ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6780064 | Modular analytical system having at least two modules connected by a connecting plug The invention concerns an analytical system in which at least two modules are in contact with one another by a connecting plug, and a connecting plug which is suitable for connecting modules. When two modules are connected by the connecting plug a part of the plug e... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6739919 | Wiring base and electrical connection box An electrical connection box is comprised of a wiring base group constituted by a minimum number of wiring bases required to realize a wiring pattern suitable to specifications of the connection box. Each wring base includes a base body, wing portions provided on an... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6699068 | Stacked connector assembly A stacked connector assembly (10) includes a first connector (12) and a second connector (14) vertically stacked on the first connector. The first connector includes a first housing (16) and a number of first terminals (20) arranged in the first housing. ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6652327 | Terminal/pin block for multipin electronic plug A terminal/pin block for making a multipin electronic plug has a rigid dielectric plate lying in a plane and having a pair of edges and two opposite faces. Respective centering formations formed on the faces project away from the plane and the centering f... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6632105 | Input/output connector having firmly assembled insulative housing and shell An input/output connector (1) has an insulative housing (10), a plurality of conductive contacts (20) retained in the insulative housing for surface mounting to a printed circuit board and a shell (30). The insulative housing has a hole (130) extending in... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6503094 | Connector supporting structure and coupling structure According to a connector supporting structure of the invention, a connector has a concave portion formed from an outer side face of a connector housing up to a position leading to a terminal accommodating chamber is supported with a bracket having a conve... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6503108 | General purpose connector and connecting method therefor The object of the present invention is to provide a general purpose connector with which development costs can be reduced and inventory can be easily controlled even when a plurality of terminal arrangements are required. In order to achieve this object, ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6375517 | Joining connector system A joining connector system comprises: one connector having an engaging piece protruded on a connector housing thereof; and another connector having an engaging groove to which the engaging piece fits and which is formed in a connector housing thereof, the... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6280253 | Method and apparatus for selectively connecting electrical circuits and components An electrical connection and power distribution assembly 10 including a dynamically configurable array of substantially identical terminal members 12, 14 which are disposed upon a dielectric surface 66, which may be selectively connected to a plurality of... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6193550 | Coupling connector A coupling connector includes: a connector housing of a first connector having an engagement piece formed by projecting an outer wall thereof; and a connector housing of a second connector having an engagement groove formed on an outer wall thereof. In th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6146598 | Initiator unit having a self locking two wire connector for pyrotecnic generators The present invention relates to a two-wire pyrotechnic initiator unit intended for motor-vehicle safety. The initiator unit comprises a socket molded over electrodes which are connected, on the one hand, to a pyrotechnic ignition device and, on the other... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6099366 | Terminal and connection structure between terminal and wire A terminal has a lower plate and an upper plate and is accommodated in a groove portion of a connector housing. A covered wire is inserted between the lower plate and upper plate. When a cover is mounted over the groove portion, a protrusion of the cover ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6059615 | Modular cable to board power connector An element of an electrical connector in which a plurality of axial segments are positioned in side by side relation. A transverse passageway extends through the axial segments and a rail is positioned in the transverse passageway to link the segments tog... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5827091 | Method of transporting a wiring harness A method of preventing damage to the metal contacts of multiple contact connectors in wiring harnesses during shipment and preinstallation handling. The method comprises the steps of providing essentially identical connector bodies with complemental, mult... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5727969 | Low-insertion-force connector assembly A first connector (6) has a plurality of connecting bodies (2, 3, 4) slidable in the connector-engaging direction and one or more joinder members (5) for sequentially joining the plurality of connecting bodies. Flexible extended arms (21) are provided in ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5685743 | Connector housing for an air bag connector and a method for contacting a connector housing A connector housing for an air bag connector and a method for contacting an air bag connector. A connector housing having at least two sections is provided with locking elements for a pre-lock-in position and a final lock-in position. In the pre-lock-in p... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5427549 | Electrical cable assembly with improved latch An electrical cable and organizer assembly (10) with an improved latch (50) is disclosed. The connector (20) includes contacts (16, 18) that are terminated to the conductors (22) of the cable (14), and a connector housing (20) that is overmolded so that i... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5240434 | Connector An object of the present invention resides in providing a connector which assures that clearance between an engagement projection of a flexible engagement piece projecting from the inner wall of each terminal accommodating chamber of a connector housing a... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5201674 | Wiring connector A connector comprising an upper housing and a lower housing connected with each other vertically and each having terminal accommodating chambers arranged in parallel with each other therein and a cover interposed therebetween with projections extending up... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5190476 | Pluggable electrical connection block and connector incorporating such a block A pluggable electrical connection block comprises a rectangular housing having parallel sideways therein and a plurality of flat slabs of elongated cross-section made of insulating material, each in one slideway. Each slab is formed with a single row of p... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5118304 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical terminal for forming an electrical connector assembly has an electrical wire connecting portion and a tubular terminal connecting portion extending forward from the electrical connecting portion. First and second axes are defined in the cros... | 06/02/1992 |
