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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033876 | Connector pin and method An electrical connector and method includes a connector and a conforming element proximate to or in contact with the mating end of the connector so as to prevent distortion of a matable end. The matable end of the connector may be of a female or male type and may be... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7955144 | Banana plug with a body with a contact segment extended into an adjoining cage The invention relates to an electrical plug connector, in particular a banana plug, having a base body (2) and having a contact pin (3) which is arranged on the front face of the base body (2), with the base body (2) having a connecting c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955143 | Electric contactor and electronic equipment Disclosed herein is an electric contactor including, a guide pin, and a contact, wherein the guide pin is made of a conductive material and has a head portion and a shaft portion connected to the head portion, a tip of the shaft portion connected to the head portion... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7780489 | Spring contact for an electrical plug connection and plug connection A spring contact for an electrical plug connection, which at one end has at least two opposing spring-elastic contact legs for receiving a counterpart contact that can be inserted between the two contact legs in an insertion direction along a central longitudinal ax... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7766705 | Connector arrangement A connector arrangement comprises a rigid inner conductor (107), a dielectric sleeve (111) arranged around the inner conductor and a rigid outer conductor (109) arranged around the sleeve. A surface of at least one of the inner conductor, the sl... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7731549 | Plug-type connector for use on a glow plug and having an integral projecting blade contact A plug-in connector for connecting to a glow plug in a diesel engine has a circular cross section and a plastic base body on which at least one strip contact is coaxially provided. The strip contact has a longitudinally extending slit and at least one protruding pro... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7658657 | Single-pole electrical connector having a steel retaining spring A male plug of a single-pole electrical connector assembly includes a non-conductive housing and a conductive contact having first and second ends disposed in the housing. The first end is adapted to receive an electrical cable and the second end is adapted to engag... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7641523 | Power connector assembly A power connector is provided which includes an insulating housing having a plurality of contact receiving passages, each of said plurality of contact receiving passages receives a contact pair having a pair of independent conductive contacts, each of said independe... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7527535 | System for electrical contacting In a system for the electrical contacting of at least one connection element of an electronic circuit in a hermetically sealed housing with a conductor element having a base plate for holding the at least one connection element, the conductor element is provided wit... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7488222 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7452249 | Electrical power contacts and connectors comprising same Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a seco... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7445528 | Connector assemblies Systems for electrically coupling two or more devices include a receptacle connector assembly and a male connector assembly. The receptacle connector assembly includes one or more socket assemblies each having a socket with an at least partially conductive inner sur... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442096 | Male electrical connector An improved single-pole, male, electrical connector for use in industrial applications involving very high currents (e.g., in excess of 1,000 amps) and a method for making and adjusting the connector are disclosed. The connector has a male pin with a slot along most... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7425139 | Fixation structure for fixing a lamp on a printed circuit board In a fixation structure for fixing a lamp on a printed circuit board (PCB), a connection end of the lamp is received within a connection hole of the PCB and a sleeve having approximately cone shape is disposed between the lamp and the PCB. When the connection end of... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7374436 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7354282 | Electrical connector having blade terminals An electrical power blade connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating cavity for receiving a mating connector inserted into the cavity through an open front end thereof in a mating direction. A pair of blade support arms project forwardly within the cavi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335043 | Electrical power contacts and connectors comprising same Preferred embodiments of power contacts include two or more opposing contact beams of a first type that are spaced apart along at least a portion of the length thereof when the power contact is in an unmated state; and two or more opposing contact beams of a second ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329158 | Push-lock terminal connection assembly A male terminal has spring elements bent back from a rounded end above a flat portion of the terminal and separated by a centrally located opening. An aperture extends through the flat portion under the opening. Elongated ridges protrude from an underside of the fla... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322847 | 110-style connecting block with balanced insulation displacement contacts An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314377 | Electrical power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309242 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309251 | Connection contact of an electric connector A groove is formed on a connecting section surface of an electrically conductive terminal, this groove is subjected to a bending deformation into a convex shape toward the surface side from the backside of a connecting section to form a bent convex section on the su... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270573 | Electrical connector with load bearing features Complementary contact and contact block designs are disclosed that help prevent movement of a contact received in the contact block when an electrical connector is press-fit or otherwise connected to a printed circuit board. A protrusion may be included on one or bo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264500 | Portable electronic apparatus with battery engaging terminal A portable electronic apparatus comprises a frame having a recessed portion for receiving a battery. The recessed portion has a bottom portion that has an upper surface on which the battery seats. A circuit board is disposed beneath the frame and has two locking hol... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249981 | Press-fit pin A press-fit pin is press-fitted into a conductive through-hole disposed on a substrate such as a printed circuit board. The press-fit pin includes a contact portion, a shoulder portion, a press-fit portion, and a tip portion. The contact portion along with the shoul... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247050 | Press-fit electrical contact An electrical contact having a body portion and an curvaceous tail portion extending from the body portion is disclosed. The tail portion may include first and second curved portions defining first and second points of contact, respectively. The first and second poi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234236 | Method for producing a contact part The invention relates to a method for producing a conductive contact part for a detachable electric plug-in connection. Said method provides a contact element comprising a bushing part, sections of which contain longitudinal slits and which has ribs distributed arou... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229318 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array is arranged in a first pattern of signal contacts and ground contacts. The second linear array is arranged in a second pattern of signal ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226296 | Ball grid array contacts with spring action An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector is disclosed for providing improved solder ball connection with a substrate. The contacts may be compressed, enabling solder balls of the connector to abut with the substrate prior to reflow. During reflow, the c... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223115 | Cross-connect systems with connector blocks having balanced insulation displacement contacts An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214104 | Ball grid array connector An electrical connector having a leadframe assembly and a connector housing is disclosed. The leadframe may include a lead frame and an electrical contact extending at least partially through the lead frame. The connector housing contains the leadframe assembly in e... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214106 | Electrical connector Electrical connectors are adapted to provide a reliable electrical connection to mating elements of a mating connector. The connector can have sockets that accept mating elements of the mating connector. Conductors of the connector are associated with each socket an... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214109 | One-piece multi-shank contact spring for miniature plug connectors A one-piece, multi-shank contact spring for miniature plug connectors, particularly for high-frequency signals, having a region that contacts a plug-in lead. The contacting region (A) extends all the way to the free end of a plugged-in plug-in lead. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195497 | Retention member for connector system A retention member aligns and stabilizes one or more insert molded lead assemblies (IMLAs) in an electrical connector. The retention member provides for alignment and stability in the x-, y-, and z-directions. Such a retention member may be in connection with a righ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186133 | Connector with rotatable cable exit A cable connector includes a housing having a mating end and a cable exit end. A ferrule is rotatably retained in the housing proximate the cable exit end. The ferrule is rotatable within a predetermined range with respect to the housing. The housing includes an arc... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182643 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes a linear array of electrical blade contacts is disclosed. Each contact may have a free-ended mating portion that extends from a mate surface of a dielectric base. The first linear array may include a first signal contact, a seco... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182648 | Optical-electric connector with improved contact having coil spring An optical-electric connector (1) has an insulative housing (10), a plurality of contacts (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) received in the housing, and an optical-electric converter (30) assembled in the housing. The housing defines a receiving space... | 02/27/2007 |
