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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115102 | Wildlife guard assemblies and methods for using the same A wildlife guard assembly for use with an electrical insulator body includes first and second guard members and an actuator member. The first and second guard members define a seat to receive the insulator body and are connected to one another to permit relative mov... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7541546 | Insulation barrier for high voltage power lines and method of installation of same The present invention relates to an insulated barrier preventing wildlife from simultaneously contacting an electrically energized and an electrically grounded surface, includes electrically insulated radially and axially extending members forming an hexagonal web h... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7501580 | Personal computer wire management system A wire management system is provided to neatly and efficiently assembly the many wires of an electronic component system such as a personal computer without tangling and intertwining. The system utilizes a container having axially aligned upright posts with hooks at... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7430129 | Positioning assembly A positioning assembly is used for positioning a circuit board on a case. The circuit board shifts relative to a case along a integrate direction or a release direction. The positioning assembly includes a fixed member, a movable member, and a latching member. The l... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7405361 | Nested insulating tube assembly for a coil lead A multiple spiral tube assembly having a plurality of nested tubes, each of a different size and made of an insulating material. One tube is inserted within another tube to form a flexible, multiple-layer tube assembly. The tubular assembly is slipped over an electr... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7364442 | Fixing structure of circuit board and display module comprising the same A fixing structure for a circuit board includes at least one board mounting hole in the circuit board, the board mounting hole having a guide hole and an insertion hole, and at least one board mounting member inserted through the board mounting hole, the board mount... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7333347 | Screwing control device of a computer chassis A screwing control device of a computer chassis is composed of a computer chassis, a panel of which is pre-built with a plurality of positioning holes; a screw element, a center of which is provided with a screw hole and which is able to be locked and fixed into one... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7300299 | Board standoff device for electrical connector assembly A board standoff device for mounting a first circuit board (e.g., daughter card) on a second circuit board (e.g., mother board) of an electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The first circuit board has a front end pivotably secured to a card edge connector mount... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283370 | Anti-strip screw boss A support member includes a support panel and a retention element for use in mounting an associated component to the support panel. The retention element defines a bore for receiving an associated threaded fixing element which mounts the component to the support pan... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7247798 | Personal computer wire management system A wire management system is provided to neatly and efficiently assembly the many wires of an electronic component system such as a personal computer without tangling and intertwining. The system utilizes a container having axially aligned upright posts with hooks at... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245496 | Circuit board fixer structure A circuit board fixer structure, for fixing a circuit board having at least one through hole, includes a carrier for carrying the circuit board, a pillar, and a stud. The pillar is mounted on the carrier and is formed with a first opening and a second opening corres... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238890 | PTFE stud for ultrahigh-value resistor and method therefor A PTFE stud for an ultrahigh-value resistor includes a first portion to be mounted on a substrate and a second portion attached to the first portion so as to not be in contact with the surface of the substrate. The first portion is formed of insulating material and ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7170748 | Heat sink assembly for integrated circuits having a slidable contact capability with a mounting member portion of an electronic equipment chassis The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink member with a body portion and an upper mounting portion. The heat sink member is connected to an integrated circuit on a printed circuit board assembly. A resilient mounting assembly is positioned on the mounting portion ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154034 | Method and apparatus for protection of wildlife from contact with power phase cutout mechanism Method and apparatus for protecting wildlife from contact with an energized fuse assembly known as a “cutout”, also known as a “disconnect”. The cutout is shrouded from above and three sides. One side is left open to facilitate installation or removal of a f... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7132606 | Stator coil assembly A stator coil assembly comprising a stator coil and a mounting platform for the stator coil. The coil has an earth wrap and is bonded to the mounting platform by a resiliently deformable bonding layer. The bonding layer is an electrical insulator formed from silicon... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122739 | Universal ground strap assembly A universal ground strap assembly including a strap having a series of uniformly sized and spaced apertures to facilitate the installation of the ground strap assembly onto a wide range of structures of various shaped and sized cross-sections is provided. A stud, th... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7085141 | Methods and apparatus for holding circuit boards together A circuit board holder includes a base portion, and a mounting portion coupled to the base portion. The mounting portion is configured to actuate with a first circuit board when the circuit board holder attaches to the first circuit board. The circuit board holder f... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048564 | Sealed electronic module with fastenerless circuit board support post A sealed electronic module includes a housing having an open end and a circuit board that is both peripherally and centrally supported within the housing, where potting material applied to the exposed face of the circuit board peripherally and centrally affixes the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7002278 | Support structure for high-voltage conductors A support structure (20) is provided for supporting and spacing apart high-voltage electrical conductors (12) in an electric machine. An exemplary support structure (20) includes an improved spacer block (32,33) that is configured to redu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6974914 | Retention system for retaining assemblies within an electric device chassis A retention system is provided for a printed circuit assembly. The retention system comprises a structural wall having a wall edge that defines a slot. A printed circuit assembly is disposed proximate the slot, and a retainer plug is slidably disposed in the slot, s... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6933828 | Devices and methods for protecting windings around a sharp edged core Electromagnetic devices are provided including an electrically conductive core having an inner diameter defining an opening therethrough and an outer diameter, the core having sharp edges extending circumferentially around the inner diameter and around the outer dia... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6906266 | Method and structure for fastening a planar board to a chassis A planar board for attachment to a chassis and the resulting attachment structure and method of forming the resulting structure is provided. The planar board has components on one face thereof oriented toward one face of the chassis. The chassis has at least one sta... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901646 | Universal snap-fit spacer A universal snap-fit system for interconnecting multiple circuit boards in a stacked relationship is provided. The system allows circuit boards to be stacked with a minimum of assembly time. In addition, the system allows circuit boards of varying thicknesses to be ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6846990 | Flat circuit member-installing structure An installation vertical groove (13) is formed in a circuit member-installing surface (12) of a resin-molded panel (11). Then, a flat circuit member (14) is inserted into the installation vertical groove, so that the flat circuit member i... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6833507 | Magnetic cord retainer A cord retainer having a first portion containing a first magnet, the first portion attachable to the cord; and a second portion containing either a second magnet or a ferrous member, the second portion attachable to the cord or having an adhesive surface for attach... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6800812 | Universal ground clamp A universal ground clamp having a clamping strap having a series of holes to facilitate the installation of the clamp onto a wide range of structures of various shaped and sized cross-sections. A metal stud, through which the clamping strap is secured, includes a te... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6768648 | Sheet and electronic apparatus using the sheet A coupling unit for attaching an electric wiring substrate to a cabinet of an electronic apparatus is passed through a slit provided in a sheet and the sheet is fixed. At this time, the coupling unit is grasped by restoring force of the sheet since a width of the sl... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6713678 | Cable management system for electronic devices such as flat panel monitors A system for managing cables is disclosed herein. A preferred aspect of the system comprises a flat panel monitor having a front surface, a rear surface, a left side surface and a right side surface. The system also comprises a plurality of downwardly facing cable p... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6683258 | Cable restraining device A detachable binding device comprising a bracket including a base portion and a slotted projection having a first slot and a second slot aligned in parallel with the first slot between the first slot and the base portion. The binding device further includ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6660940 | Insulation insert for preventing strand-to-strand contact in high-voltage coils An insulation insert (40) is provided for preventing electrical shorts and/or arcing between adjacent strands in a stator coil. The insulation insert includes a thin base (42) of substantially uniform cross section and a lead-in nose (43) formed in the th... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6627811 | Cable protective shield assembly A cable protective shield assembly is provided for managing the position of computer cables. The assembly includes a base plate having a number of spacers formed on one surface, a cover plate having a number of bores extending through the plate at locatio... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6559387 | Universal ground clamp with S-shaped second strap A universal ground clamp having a clamping strap having a series of uniformly sized and spaced apertures to facilitate the installation of the clamp onto a wide range of structures of various shaped and sized cross-sections. A metal stud, through which th... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6545870 | Screwless retention of heatsink load to chassis A technique is provided for the insertion and removal of a motherboard and a heatsink from a computer chassis without the use of tools or threaded fasteners. The technique allows the heatsink to be supported by the chassis and not the motherboard thereby ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6535394 | Printed circuit board attachment structure Electronic apparatus is described comprising a printed circuit board mounted on a support structure. The printed circuit board has at least one keyhole shaped fixing hole, the support structure being provided with at least one electrically conducting fixi... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6528728 | Structure for accommodating elongated electric wires in a protector, and method and system for providing a parallel array of elongated wires A structure and method are provided for accommodating elongated electric wires in a protector in a parallel array. The structure includes a plurality of elongated electric wires to be arranged in parallel, a trough-like receiving member for accommodating ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6504101 | Clip for flat harness A clip for a flat harness is provided that includes an upper plate, a stem portion extending from a vicinity of an end in a longitudinal direction of the upper plate, and at least one projecting portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the stem ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6486406 | Latching apparatus and method for providing radial alignment of a housing mounted on a circuit board An apparatus and method for providing radial alignment of a housing mounted on a circuit board is provided. A mounting leg portion extends outward from a mounting surface of the housing. The mounting leg portion has a body portion, an end portion, and a r... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6429379 | Insulating support of junction box An insulating support of a junction box, which enables the so-called cross wiring and secures an insulating performance without changing an external form of the insulating support so as to use a space for disposing the insulating support efficiently, is p... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6259032 | Circuit board grounding scheme A circuit board grounding scheme has a series of slots that are self-aligning with a series of conductive standoffs. Each standoff has a tapered head supported by a neck and a base that is coupled to a conductive member. A narrow portion of the tapered he... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6249442 | Structure for mounting two printed circuit boards to one case A printed circuit board mounting structure is disclosed wherein first and second printed circuit boards are mounted by mounting projections formed on a case. Since the mounting projections can be used in common for both first and second printed circuit bo... | 06/19/2001 |
