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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167650 | Formed gasket for an electronic connector Described is an electronic connector. The electronic connector has a substrate body for housing electronic pins and a cable. The substrate body is fabricated from a first material, such as hard plastic and has at least one passage from its exterior to its interior. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152563 | Electrical connector having a spin ring, a pre-mold and an over-mold An electrical connector assembly is provided and includes an electrical conductor, an electrical connector having an electrical connector front and rear, wherein the electrical connector rear includes an electrical connector termination connected to the conductor, a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8029318 | Electric power plug and method of producing the same An electric power plug comprises blades, a bridge and a plug body. The bridge includes sleeves for covering the roots of the blades and a core for holding the lower ends of the blades. The blades and the core are integrally molded. The plug body is molded so that th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7955128 | Electrical power system, method and assembly having nonconductive support bar A method, system and assembly for transferring electrical power adapted to provide power to a grounded aircraft is provided. The assembly comprises a first and second insulated electrical conductor and a plug body, attached to ends of these conductors. A first conta... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7927140 | Connector having an overmold configured for receiving a user's hand An overmold for an electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes a connector body that communicates with a device and an overmold that substantially covers the connector body. The overmold includes an outside surface that has a plurality of depressions f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7901247 | Electrical connectors and sensors for use in high temperature, high pressure oil and gas wells An electrical connector having no glass seals, while having a single electrical conductor embedded in a thermoplastic body, with a section of the electrical conductor also being enclosed within a insulating ceramic bushing, wherein the electrical conductor has an en... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7892025 | Sealed connector assembly A sealed connector system and components thereof is disclosed. The sealed connector system has a sealed cable assembly and a printed circuit board header assembly. The sealed cable assembly has a cable housing and a cable terminated thereto. A cover, as described ab... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7862375 | Electrical connector for a roll-up heating The roll-up heating (1) for a floor, or wall, comprises an insulating layer (10), a heating element (11) and a cladding (12). The insulating layer (10) is intended for laying on a floor (2) and the heating element (11... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7789704 | Connector with contacts having portions shaped and arranged for ease of soldering A connector has a dielectric housing having a base. The base has a protruding platform at a front surface thereof. A peripheral dimension of the protruding platform is smaller than that of the base. At least one connecting unit is mounted to the dielectric housing w... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7731531 | Power cord A power cord which prevents breakage of a plug or cord/conductors even when treated roughly, and thus has a longer life. The power cord includes a plurality of cores of a synthetic resin, each for covering a connection section of a single blade among a plurality of ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7713087 | Terminal structure and vacuum pump A vacuum pump casing has an opening that is covered and sealed by a cover member. The cover member is formed of molded resin with connector pins molded therein. The connector pins project outwardly from opposite sides of the cover member and are connected outside th... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7455552 | Overmolded electronic assembly with metal seal ring An improved overmolded electronic assembly includes a backplate, a circuit substrate on the backplate, at least one electronic component mounted on the circuit substrate, conductive traces on the circuit substrate which together with the electronic component(s) defi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7435129 | Cable connector assembly and method for making the same A cable connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing, a cable (6) electrically connecting with the contacts, a retention member (4), a pull tape (7 | 10/14/2008 |
| 7371104 | Cable assembly with improved insulative member A cable assembly (1) includes an insulative housing (2), a number of terminals (3), a cable (5) and an insulative member (4). The housing defines a plurality of slits (25) therein. The terminals received in corresponding sli... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370413 | Method of making an electrical connector An electrical connector has a hard base part forming at least one rearwardly and forwardly open seat and formed with a transverse passage extending across the seat generally at the rear seat end, a respective contact in the seat having a front end and a rear end, a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351082 | Electrical connector including silicone elastomeric material and associated methods An electrical connector may include a connector body having a passageway therethrough. The connector body may include a first layer adjacent the passageway, a second layer surrounding the first layer and comprising an insulative silicone elastomeric material, and a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347731 | Submersible accessory connector An accessory connector (102) and a method (200) for providing a robust submersible seal is provided. The method can include over molding (202) a high-temperature plastic (122) around a plurality of interconnect pins (112) to produc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331822 | Receptacle connector A receptacle connector includes a insulative housing having an engaging portion, and a guiding position shield having a locking member wherein the engaging portion is defined as a rectangular groove and the locking member has a barb formed by stamping inward from a ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333391 | Universal seismic cable connector A hermaphroditic connector for a multiple conduit cable assembly comprises a cylindrical protective collar surrounding an inner cylindrical core. The collar is axially secured to the inner core but partially rotatable about the core. The distal end of the collar is ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326091 | Connecting device A connector for electrical or optical conduits that provides a field configurable keying of the insulator plugs relative to each other and relative to the connector casings. A separate relative keying means is included that is separate from the case keying or locati... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314384 | Electronic modules having an integrated connector detachment mechanism Embodiments of the invention are concerned with optical and electrical transceiver modules and, more specifically, to transceiver modules having an integrated cable detachment mechanism. In one example embodiment, a transceiver module includes a housing, a connector... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309256 | Flat flexible cable assembly with integrally-formed sealing members A flat flexible cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having one or more substantially rectangular conductors encompassed within an insulating sheath. An overmold encapsulates and is secured to a portion of the flat flexible cable in an area in which the ins... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300315 | Structure of interface card connector A structure of an interface card connector includes a connector body and a plurality of terminals provided on the connector body. The bottom surface of the connector body is divided into a terminal zone and a space zone along the transverse direction. The distal end... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294799 | Smooth keyboard with low key height A smooth keyboard with low-key height for association with a keyboard control circuit includes a top enclosure having a generally impenetrable surface, the surface comprising a plurality of keys and a seal edge. A pliable webbing surrounded the keys such that there ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291044 | Cable assembly with wire spacer A cable assembly (1) includes an insulative housing (10) with a number of passageways (121, 122), a number of terminals (50) received in the passageways of the insulative housing, an alignment plate (20) assembled on the rear end o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285015 | Multiconductor flat ribbon cable plug connector A connector has a longitudinally rearwardly open housing having a forwardly open contact chamber. A flat multiconductor cable projects longitudinally forward in the housing into the contact chamber and is connected there to respective contacts. A spacer extends long... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264506 | Terminal-movable connector A terminal-movable connector includes first support members which are disposed within an inner housing, and are fixed respectively to terminals in such a manner that each first support member is interposed between the inner housing and the corresponding terminal, an... | 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 |
| 7260891 | Connector overmold spacer A connector assembly includes a terminal crimped to an electrical conductor. The terminal is retained in a terminal area of a connector housing. A cable seal is positioned within an opening of the connector housing that leads to the terminal area. A spacer at a rear... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261582 | Cable connector assembly with internal printed circuit board A cable connector assembly (100) includes a front housing piece (1), a printed circuit board (3) electrically connected with a number of cables (4) and assembled to the front housing piece (1), a rear housing piece (2) enclo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247044 | Repeatably releasable cable connector A cable connector has male and female connector portions that slide together in a mating direction. The housing of one connector portion has a shoulder with a surface roughly perpendicular to the mating direction. The other connector portion has a resilient retainer... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243937 | Bicycle control apparatus A bicycle control apparatus comprises a mounting member structured to be attached to a bicycle, a control unit structured to be mounted to the mounting member and a battery unit structured to be detachably mounted to the control unit above the control unit. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234980 | Loadbreaking electrical connector probe with enhanced threading and related methods A loadbreak electrical connector may include a housing having first and second intersecting passageways therein, and a conductive member to be received in the first passageway. The conductive member may have a first end to receive a cable end, and have a transverse ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234949 | Mounting structure of a circuit board connector The mounting structure of the circuit board connector 1 which is conductively connected with a circuit board 3 installed in a case 2 and fixedly mounted to the case 2 comprises a connector housing 4 for joining the circuit board co... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210944 | Connector A connector for electrically connecting to a mating connector has a circuit board, a cable, and a support member. The circuit board has a front portion, a mid portion, and a rear portion. The front portion has a plurality of conductive pads for electrically contacti... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204713 | Apparatus for converting a dive light into a canister light The present invention relates to a converter for converting a dive light into a canister light. The converter comprises a first adaptor for mating in a waterproof fashion with a head of a dive light, a second adaptor for mating in a waterproof fashion with a battery... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201593 | Jumper assembly for an electrical distribution system An electrical jumper assembly for an electrical distribution system, where the electrical jumper assembly includes at least one conductor carrier generally having a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of conductors in the at least one conductor carrier. A first ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199571 | Probe apparatus for use in a separable connector, and systems including same A probe apparatus disclosed for use in a separable connector includes an insulating body and spaced apart first and second electrical conductors in contact with the insulating body. The first and second electrical conductors have adjacent surfaces configured such th... | 04/03/2007 |
