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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338313 | Motor-vehicle electrical connector assembly A wire having a conductive core surrounded by an insulation sheath is fitted to an electrical connector having a housing formed with a longitudinally extending passage and a contact part in the passage. The contact part has a front end having pair of sides adapted t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7244895 | Electrical feedthrough for varied environmental conditions A cost efficient electrical feedthrough is provided for forming a hermetic seal with a container and allowing a desired number of inputs to be connected between varied environmental conditions. The electrical feedthrough can be employed for environmental conditions ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223111 | Electrical connector An electrical connector that has an array of conductors each having a contact point to make contact with a mating conductive surface. Upon engaging the contact points in a sliding manner with the mating surface, the conductors are displaced, which, in turn, tensions... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7077662 | Contact woven connectors A contact connector is provided that has at least one loading fiber and a plurality of conductors. Each conductor may have at least one contact point. Each conductor may contact a single loading fiber, and each loading fiber may be capable of delivering a contact fo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7056139 | Electrical connector An electrical connector that has an array of conductors each having a contact point to make contact with a mating conductive surface. Upon engaging the contact points in a sliding manner with the mating surface, the conductors are displaced, which, in turn, tensions... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6769812 | Method and apparatus for forming an optical module with optical and electrical connections facing one direction An optical module includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, a first optical connector disposed on the body to face the proximal end of the body, a first shelf extending from the body, and a first electrical connector disposed on the first shelf to face... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6736682 | Electrical plug-in connector element and system An electric plug connecting element and an electric plug connecting system. With the use of a complementary plug connecting element, the plug connecting element enables a disconnectable electric plug connection and includes a housing and a cable, which is run into t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6568961 | Wireform contactor assembly A wireform contactor assembly provides a self-retained cantilever-type sliding electrical contactor that is easy to assemble, solderable, and easily separated into electrically isolated contact legs using a severable connecting portion to join a pair of g... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6464546 | Electrical contacts A hyperboloid electrical socket contact has a tubular ferrule with several oblique slots extend along its length. Resilient contact wires extend along the slots so that they project inwardly into the bore through the ferrule midway along their length to f... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6375473 | Electrical interconnection for an electro-hydraulic brake system using wire form buttons An electrical connector includes a plurality of conductors having first and second ends. The first end of each of the conductors is electrically connected to a first printed circuit board. The second end of each of the conductors is received in a bore whi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6210210 | Flat conductor termination device An electrical connection termination device includes a box contact which accommodates a flat conductor of a flat cable. The flat cable includes an insulative layer substantially covering the flat conductor. The box contact includes a box structure at one ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6007356 | Water tight quick connect electrical connector A water tight quick connect electrical connector is provided for electrically coupling the ends of two conductors together. The connector includes a cylindrical plastic sleeve and a pair of generally cylindrical inserts insertable in the open ends of the ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5843567 | Electrical component containing magnetic particles There is disclosed an electrical component having an axial direction and two ends for making electrical contact with another component comprising a plurality of electrically conductive fibers in a matrix, the plurality of the fibers being oriented in the ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5803770 | Connector for electrical cable and method of making A female electrical connector (164') is carried on an electrical cable (24') including plural electrical conductors (28'). The female connector includes an insulative housing (34a', 34b') defining a blind cavity (36') therewithin and an axial opening outw... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5674095 | Connector plug for low-voltage electrical applications The present invention provides a novel terminal for an end of a cable that includes at least two electrical conductors. One especially suitable cable is one that includes the common constantan and copper conductors employed in thermocouple applications. I... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5651695 | Connector for electric wires A connector (9) for electrically connecting a cable (10) including a bundle of electric wires (13) to a printed circuit board where the connector includes a connector body (1), a housing (12) formed to support wires of the cable integrally with one anothe... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5564951 | Electrical cable connector and method of making A disposable blood pressure sensor assembly (10) includes a blood pressure sensor module (12), an electrical cable (18) extending from the blood pressure sensor module (12), and an electrical connector (20) carried on the electrical cable (18). The electr... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5496191 | Cord assembly and method for making A cord assembly including an insulated electric cord containing a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated solid wire conductors and terminated by a plug having an inner part and an outer part. Terminal end portions of the conductors wrapped about an inner... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5464354 | Parallel and series plugs and wiring segments for ballon display A male connector plug has an electrically insulative and resilient body having a first end and a plug end and first and second bores therebetween. Each of a pair of electrically conductive pins or tines are frictionally fitted in a respective bore and tra... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5372525 | Connector for fastener for Christmas light strings A connector and fastener are used particularly for a Christmas light string. The connector has a wire holding portion and a socket-engaging portion. Locking keys are formed on the wire holding portion and receiving holes are formed on the receiving portio... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5350318 | Biomedical electrical connector using a socket receptacle having a resilient sheath A two component leadwire system is disclosed for electrical connection between biomedical electrodes and electrical equipment for diagnostic or therapeutic use. One leadwire component has a bayonet terminus and can be rugged for reuse. The second leadwire... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5281176 | Contact member with composite sintered metal paste strip having 1-5 wt % carbon diffusion bonded therein A contact member according to the invention effectively controls the production of sparks even at a high current, has a simple structure and is appropriate for use as a small contact brush as in a micromotor. A method of manufacturing a strip material for... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5250756 | Pultruded conductive plastic connector and manufacturing method employing laser processing A high voltage connector is formed of a composite pultruded member that has an inner core including a plurality of high resistance electroconductive strands carried in a resin binder. The inner core is surrounded by an outer nonconductive shell, and exten... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5147510 | Flat multicore wire and method of forming the same wire A flat multicore wire of the present invention has an end structure in which a group of round wires are disposed in a plane-like fashion in parallel with each other at predetermined intervals. In which coatings of the end portions of the group of round wi... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5098313 | Connector for multi-conductor cables A connector for joining multi-conductor cables comprising first and second mating connector elements which are fixed to first and second multi-conductor cables. The first connector element holds bared sections of the conductors of the first cable in a spa... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5094632 | Connector for Christmas light strings and fasteners therefor A connector for Christmas light strings includes a wire-holding portion for receiving and holding two conducting wires and a socket-engaging portion for engaging with a conventional socket. The wire-holding portion includes two half casings each having tw... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5070789 | Electric exploding bridge wire initiators An exploding bridge wire (EBW) initiator assembly is provided which is particularly adapted for the initiation of an attached length of low energy shock wave conductor. The EBW comprises a hollow tube having an exploding bridge wire in one end of the tube... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5051108 | Connector An electrical connector comprising an improved socket having a longitudinally extending crimped area that reduces the area of contact of a conventional pin therewith.... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5049093 | Card edge electrical connector A radio-frequency connector (10) comprises a connector member (12) and a coaxial cable (20) coupled to the connector member (12). The connector member (12) includes a ground contact (19) and a slot (16) for receiving a card-shaped object (14). The coaxial... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5015197 | Electrical connector and cable utilizing spring grade wire An electrical connector 63 includes at least one length of wire 54 having an insulating means 55 with at least one portion 58 of the wire 54 extending free from the insulating means 55 and a housing 62 adapted to hold the free end 58 and a length of the i... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4869681 | Front plug system with lagging end contact arrangement A front plug system with a lagging end contact arrangement. The front plug system for flat components includes a front element (1) with front plug connector (20) which can be plugged on by a swinging motion. If the front plug connector is plugged on until... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4842544 | Method and apparatus for terminating high-speed signal transmission cable A connector and method of termination for high speed signal cable of small physical dimension. The connector embodies a wire manager plastic fixture (22) into which the fine signal and ground wires (18,20) of a cable (10) are inserted and folded back in a... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4834677 | Male and/or female electrical connectors Electrical snap-fit coupling elements designed for economy of manufacture and simplicity of assembly and use. The present elements comprise female connectors, including male/female connectors, including male/female adaptors, female connector extensions an... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4825876 | Encapsulated blood pressure transducer An apparatus and method for providing a blood pressure transducer suitable for use in a catheter line, for monitoring blood pressure. Two embodiments of the blood pressure transducer (20, 120) are disclosed, both of which include connectors (24) suitable ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4815990 | Flexible circuit having termination features and method of making the same A flexible circuit having termination features incorporated as an integral part thereof and a method of making the same is presented. In accordance with the manufacturing process of the present invention, the end portion of a flexible circuit of standard ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4797112 | Wire holders and harnesses incorporating wire holders Wire holder for holding discrete wires in side-by-side parallel coplanar aligned relationship comprises a rectangular frame having oppositely-facing major surfaces and oppositely-facing minor surfaces. Side-by-side wire-receiving cavities extend into one ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4780604 | IC-incorporated memory card A memory card includes a card body having an integrated circuit incorporated therein, and having a plurality of internal and external electric signal-connection terminals. The respective terminals of the integrated circuit are electrically connected to a ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4746300 | Mounting panel for removable elements A mounting panel is provided for removable elements, in particular for educational toys, for forming simple "in the air" electronic assemblies of the "Eiffel tower" assembly type, from elementary components, comprising a support pierced with holes opening... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4719321 | Wire locator and strain relief device A wire locator and strain relief device comprises a pair of plastic strip members. Locking means hold the strip members together, the strip members together defining a plurality of parallel, coplanar channels, each for receiving separate, insulated wires,... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4500152 | Universal outlet An electrical outlet receptacle receives conductor wires without crimping. A receptacle body of electrical insulating material has a face with a number of cantilever portions and projections extending from one side of the face. Cooperating cam surfaces ar... | 02/19/1985 |
