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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438597 | EMC clamp for three exit backshell An electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) clamp for an electrical connector which allows in one embodiment the reduction of a 12x cabling system to four 3x cabling system. The construction of another embodiment is compatible with the Infiniband technology especially wh... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7393241 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus has two housings. One of the housings serves as a first housing and has a guide channel that vertically guides a vertically extending cable. The first housing also has a wing that covers a side of the guide channel except a vertically extendi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7357664 | High definition digital interface and the assembly process thereof The present invention discloses a high definition digital interface and the assembly process thereof. The interface comprises: a terminal; a plastic middle member; a plastic wire-threading member; and a plastic wire-guiding member, wherein the plastic members are fa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7270571 | Cable cord locating element A cable core locating element includes a base formed of a plurality of clamping slots for clamping one of many cores of a cable each, with a free end of the core projected from a front side of the base. When the free ends of the forward projected cores are stripped ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7195515 | Wire harness leading-out structure In a wire harness leading-out structure in which a harness notch groove is formed in a case body, and a water stop cover is slidingly inserted into the harness notch groove, and a wire harness outlet port for the passage of a wire harness therethrough is formed by t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192315 | Terminals for bulb sockets The present disclosure relates to terminals that are utilized in bulb sockets for automotive lamp assemblies. The embodiments of the bulb sockets disclosed provide for superior alignment, electrical connection, and stabilization of the bulb in the bulb socket. Exemp... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189103 | Wire comb overlying spark gap An approach is provided 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 s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7147503 | Electrical connecting device having a cover with a latch An electrical connector comprises a male connector component supporting connecting terminals, which are electrically connected to to-be-connecting terminals of a female connector element, and a cover element attached to the male connector component to the connecting... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7059892 | Electrical connector and backshell An electrical connector assembly includes a connector housing holding a plurality of electrical contacts and a backshell including a backshell housing having a connector receiving end and a cable exit end. The connector housing is coupled to the connector receiving ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052308 | Receptacle retainer for snap-in style receptacles A retaining device for a surface mounted electrical receptacle that includes: a substantially flat base plate, wherein the base plate connects to the receptacle; and a plurality of legs extending outwardly and upwardly from the base plate. The plurality of legs are ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7011543 | Electric connector An electric connector having a housing in which there are disposed, side by side, a plurality of wire holding portions for holding the insulations of insulated wires. Each wire holding portion has: a pair of wire holding pieces disposed as facing each other to form ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011553 | Cable connector having a retainer which serves to hold a cable, to protect a connecting portion, and to prevent undesirable releasing of a contact In a connector to be connected to a cable having a core wire, a retainer is fitted into a rear portion of an insulator holding a contact. The core wire is crimped by a wire crimping barrel formed to the contact. The cable is clamped in cooperation with the retainer ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998993 | Photoresist pump dispense detection system A detection circuit that includes a first relay coupled to a solenoid valve for sensing an operation state of the solenoid valve, a second relay coupled to the first relay adapted for activating in response to activation of the first relay, a sensor for detecting an... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6929503 | Mounting structure for lamp wires of a back light module A mounting structure for lamp wires of a back light module to mount at least two lamp wires extending from a plastic frame. The mounting structure includes a fixed bar portion and a tabling portion connected together by a connecting portion to form a lamp channel th... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910904 | Compressor with terminal assembly having dielectric material A hermetically sealed compressor assembly including a housing, an electric motor located in the housing, a compression mechanism located in the housing and operatively coupled to the motor, and a terminal assembly comprising a cup-shaped terminal body and having ele... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902438 | Connector A root portion of the terminal connecting section of one of the male terminals that projects outward is provided with a fitting section to be fitted into a female holder. The fitting section of the male holder is fitted into the insertion hole of the female holder. | 06/07/2005 |
| 6875046 | Electrical connector with twisted pair strain relief A cable connector includes a plurality of terminals mounted inside an insulative housing and having solder sections extending outwardly of the housing for connection with a bulk cable having twisted pairs of wires. A twist pair strain relief device is disposed adjac... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6857913 | Electrical connector having a wire receiving portion A connector (10)includes a housing (12) and a receiving portion (14). The housing defines a plurality of ports (120) for receiving a plurality of wires (20). The receiving portion includes a pair of opposite end walls (140) ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6824427 | Coaxial probe interconnection system A coaxial probe interconnection system includes a carrier assembly and a probe holder. The carrier assembly contains first coaxial connector halves. Each first coaxial connector half is terminated to an associated coaxial cable. The probe holder assembly contains co... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6802744 | Wire management member and electric cable connector with wire management member An electric cable connector includes a connector housing, a cable, and a wire management member. The connector housing includes a plurality of terminals, the terminals each having a tail extending out of one end of the connector housing for electrically soldering to... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6790087 | Electrical connector having a wire guide The present utility model provides an electric connector that includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals and a base. The electric connector can be electrically connected to a cable, or plugged into another complementary electric connector. T... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6786758 | Securing device for immobilizing plural electric wires A securing device for immobilizing plural electric wires is disclosed. The securing device includes a notched supporting member having first and second support sides, and a signal concavity for each of the plural electric wires for allowing the plural electric wires... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6652325 | High data rate electrical connector A connector device that can reliably carry high data rates is described. The device disclosed offers multiple termination mediums and a variety of electrical packaging applications. The connector device ensures a high degree of wire position control throu... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6648697 | Connector A connector includes a plastic body having a metal case put over an outer portion of a front end thereof, an insertion plate connected to a rear end of the plastic body, an interconnecting cable including two rows of conducting wires separately set onto u... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6604952 | Printed circuit board connector A printed circuit board connector 10 has a plurality of terminals 3 which connect the connector 10 to a printer circuit board and protrude outside from a rear wall surface 12a of a connector housing 12. Tip end portions of the terminals are bent into an L... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604861 | Cable management system for fiber optic connector assemblies A cable management system is provided for a fiber optic connector assembly. The system includes a receptacle and a plurality of fiber optic connector modules received by the receptacle. The modules terminate a plurality of fiber optic cables with lengths ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6585528 | Wire spacer for high speed cable termination A wire spacer (10) is used to reduce the cost of terminating wires (3) of a cable (2) to a cable termination connector assembly (1). The connector assembly includes the wire spacer, a dielectric housing (20), a conductive shroud (30), a printed circuit bo... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6580867 | Support for small-diameter filamentary elements and a bundle of filamentary elements held together by the support The filamentary elements are of a diameter that is less than or equal to 1 millimeter. The support comprises longitudinal channels each intended to house a respective filamentary element, each channel being defined by two longitudinal walls interconnected... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6512179 | Transmission cable strain relief device A cable strain relief device is provided and includes a first support structure, the first support structure having a first support length, a first support width and a first support height and wherein the first support structure includes at least one firs... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6512876 | Fiber splice tray A fiber splice tray for optical fiber splices capable of holding multiple single fiber splices, ribbon fiber splices and combinations thereof having a base, a plurality of adjacent opposed retention members extending upwardly from the base and a plurality... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6483980 | Holding device for dense wavelength division multiplexers A holding device (200) used for a DWDM module. The holding device comprises a base (201), a plurality of projections (209), a plurality of C-shaped grooves (205) interleavingly defined between the projections, and a plurality of C-shaped slots (210) defin... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6464530 | Strain relief for cables A strain relief for a plurality of cables comprises two portions which act together to clamp the cables in position without the use of tools in a manner which is intuitive to a user. The first portion has hook elements projecting from a surface, each hook... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6454596 | Electrical conductor strain relief for a printed circuit board An electrical conductor strain relief for connecting electrical conductors to a printed circuit board. The strain relief includes a first member having a first array of first conductor receiving holes and a second member having a second array of second co... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6428364 | Battery connection plate and a manufacturing method therefor A battery connection plate a manufacturing method therefor is provided. A terminal 5 and a busbar 9 are insert-molded in the plate body 2. The terminal 5 is screw-connected to an electrode of a battery with a nut. The terminal 5 is provided with a hole po... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6390858 | Battery connection plate and a manufacturing method therefor A battery connection plate a manufacturing method therefor is provided. A terminal (5) and a busbar (9) are insert-molded in the plate body (2). The terminal (5) is screw-connected to an electrode of a battery with a nut. The terminal (5) is provided with... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6361329 | Header or receptacle for use in a power connector and process of assembling same The invention pertains to a header or receptacle for use in a power connector, comprising a housing provided with at least two power contact elements having a mating end, a retaining portion for retaining the contact element in the housing, and a tail for... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6350151 | Cable management apparatus for an outlet box The present disclosure relates to relates to a telecommunications outlet box 20 including a peripheral wall 70 that is primarily curved except for a portion in which a connector access opening 40 of the box 20 is defined. The present disclosure also relat... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6332801 | Insulation replacement electrical connector A housing (1) supports a plurality of contact elements (21) with contact sections (27) making contact with core wires (C2) of cables. A press member (14) is rotatable between the open and closed positions with the housing (1). The press member (11) is pro... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6302724 | Cable connector having strain relief A cable connector which includes a concave housing having opposed planar sides and a relation between the planar sides and having a proximate opening and a distal opening and first and second interior axial walls. A cable extends through the proximate ope... | 10/16/2001 |
