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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7709736 | Protector for wire harness A resin-molded, annular protector for a wire harness for a vehicle includes a split pair of a main body and a lid body both having a semiannular shape, and split ends of the protector are joined and locked together. Lock holes are provided in a peripheral wall of th... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7381898 | Electrical connection structure A power supply device for realizing an electrical connection structure includes a wire harness arranged to electrically connect a body with a sliding door and having both ends fixed thereto and a bendable middle portion. A slider is arranged to contact the middle po... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7348488 | Raceway for electrical cables Raceway for electrical cables having a channel-shaped base element made up of a flat bottom wall, and two side walls which form with the flat bottom wall respective blunt edges and which have a plurality of narrow cut-outs that are parallel and extend perpendicular ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341479 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector therein is provided. The protective cover comprises a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for rece... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339112 | Electric supply device An electric supply device includes: a protector arranged in a slide structure; and a wiring harness guided out being bent from a harness fixing part situated in the protector toward a fixed structure, wherein the harness fixing part is situated in an opening directi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7312407 | Non-metallic elbow conduit transition fitting A Non-metallic Elbow Conduit Transition Fitting is disclosed. The fitting is specifically suited to interconnect vertical electrical conduit runs and horizontal electrical conduit runs in commercial construction environments. The fitting is suitable for immersion wi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304239 | Wire routing device for a vehicle An exemplary wire routing device routes a wire between a vehicle body and a vehicle door movably mounted to the vehicle body. The device includes a flexible restraint having an attachment portion arranged to be attached to the vehicle body and another attachment por... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297871 | Electric supply apparatus The present invention is to provide an electric supply apparatus having a wiring harness bent freely in a protector and prevented from outer interferences or rain water. An electric supply apparatus having a wiring harness includes a protector, a leaf spring dispose... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7273984 | Outdoor cord connection cover apparatus The invention is an outdoor electrical cord connection protector. A pair of mated covers is at least partially hinged along a common access. Each mated cover provides a snap together wire entrance at one end and a wire exit at the other end of the snap together cove... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7250572 | Cable clamp member for cable protective guide device The present invention provides a cable clamp member capable of reducing the providing cost or manufacturing cost of a device and surely clamping stored cables to a moving end or a fixed end flexibly in conformation to the size or layout of stored cables. The cable c... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7235741 | Parallel connection kit for power generators A kit for connecting in parallel two electrical generators, including a wiring unit mounted on an attachment frame which is configured to be rigidly affixed to one of the two electrical generators. The wiring unit includes an external output receptacle, and a circui... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223105 | Cable connector incorporating anisotropically conductive elastomer A separable electrical connector for separably, electrically interconnecting the conductors of one multi-conductor cable to the conductors of a second electrical device that may be an electrical device such as a chip, or a second multi-conductor cable, or a flexible... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223925 | Raceway fitting with or without fitting base A cover fitting for connecting more than one raceway includes an L-shaped top having first and second curved grooves extending along the inner surface of the top and a plurality of hooks extending outwardly from the inner surface for engaging a portion of each racew... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216467 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198423 | Skirting duct angle accessory comprising two flaps assembled together at an angle An angle accessory for skirting ducts includes two flaps mounted to pivot about a pivot axis via assembly structure including two male engagement elements on the first flap and two female engagement elements on the second flap. In the vicinity of the male engagement... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193159 | Divided raceway with downwardly facing outlet devices A raceway base has a T-shaped configuration that mounts to a flat surface so that the stem of the T defines a divider wall for isolating adjacent wire-ways with low voltage data/com cabling and high voltage power cabling. L-shaped raceway covers are separately secur... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179997 | Wire harness installation structure In a wire harness installation structure, a main wire W1 of a wire harness WH is installed in such a manner that it is fixed to a vehicle body panel 1, and an electric connection box 2 is connected to a branch wire W2 branching off from t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7154051 | Skirting duct angle connection accessory including a branching compartment An angle connection accessory is to be disposed at the junction between at least two skirting ducts extending in different directions. The angle connection accessory includes a plate having: a web; an inlet side face and an outlet side face that extend perpendicular... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154042 | Electrical connector with snap fit retainer ring constructed to enhance the connection of the connector to an electrical box An electric connector assembly disclosing various embodiments, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening and having a complementary frustro conically shaped retainer ring cir... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151224 | Continuous electric power-supplying device A wiring harness is arranged along a curved flection-regulating wall in a protector of a continuous electric power-supplying device. A flat spring is disposed along the flection-regulating wall. A spring holder is fixed to the flat spring. The wiring harness is fixe... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151223 | Snap fit electrical connector assembly with outer frustro conical retainer ring and internal unidirectional snap fit wire conductor retainer Various embodiments of electric connector assemblies, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening with a complementary frustro-conically shaped external ring circumscribing the... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7132602 | Cable or the like clamp member for cable or the like protection and guide device The present invention provides a cable or the like clamp member 120 to guide and protect a flexible cable or the like. The cable or like guide and protection is flexible and the clamp member 120 is adaptable to adjust to the thicknesses, number, and la... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7112745 | Protector cover for terminal group A protector cover that protects multiple collected wire terminal group splices while reducing the space occupied by the wire harness by locating the protector cover on the wire harness. The protector cover encloses solder joined terminal group splices formed at the ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109421 | Harness holder and harness layout structure thereby For preventing a slack of a wire harness and bending the wire harness more smoothly, a harness holder includes an inner clamp member for supporting the wire harness and an outer clamp member supporting rotatably the inner clamp member. The slack preventing member is... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094970 | Shielded wire harness A tube-shaped shielding member is configured to enclose a plurality of wires collectively. The tube-shaped shielding member includes: a main shield portion made of a metal pipe; and a sub-shield portion formed shorter than the main shield portion and configured to b... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7075007 | Snap fit electrical connector assembly with conical outer snap fit retainer and one or more internal snap fit wire retainers An electrical connector that includes a connector body having an inlet end and an outlet end that slopes downwardly toward the outlet opening that is circumscribed by a complementary frustro conical outer snap-fit retaining ring mounted on the outlet end of the conn... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075010 | Electrical conductor management system having electromagnetic radiation shielding properties A wire management system for mechanically protecting and electromagnetically shielding electrical conductors which extend along exposed surfaces of exterior or interior panels, walls, ceilings, floors of structures located in residential, commercial and industrial e... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7057107 | Snap fit electrical connector assembly with conical outer snap fit retainer and externally mounted internal wire retainer An electric connector assembly having a connector body defining an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion interconnected by a through bore wherein the outlet end portion is provided with a tapering frustro conical surface that is circumscribed by an external re... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057108 | Dual input plug apparatus A cord for use with duplex receptacles that have first and second receptacles. The cord includes first and second sets of prongs insertable into the duplex receptacles to receive independent low-voltage electrical signals, and first and second receptacles connected ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7034227 | Cable trough A cable trough for installing cables alongside a railway line or other right of way is described. The cable trough is constructed using longitudinally oriented reinforcing fibers coated with polymeric resin that generally aligns the reinforcing fibers with the lengt... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6973755 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6960722 | Multi-branch junction overwrap A multi-branch overwrap for protecting elongated items is disclosed. The overwrap is formed from a flexible, resilient substrate. Interengageable attachments are positioned on opposite sides of the substrate for releasably attaching one surface of the substrate to t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6946599 | Raceway system for office furniture A raceway system is disclosed. The raceway system includes a base cap mountable to a top surface of an office furniture panel, at least one horizontal raceway section positionable adjacent the base cap, at least one corner raceway section positionable adjacent the b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929169 | Solder joint structure and method for soldering electronic components A method for soldering an electronic component is provided. A first solder land containing copper and a second solder land are formed on a surface of a circuit board. A first solder section composed of a Sn—Ag—Cu solder material is formed on each of the first an... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930244 | Flexible wiring and tubing carrier for slide-out rooms A line carrier for supporting wiring and tubing extending between a vehicle and a slide-out room of the vehicle comprises an elongated strip of a flexible and material having a first end secured to a skirt of the slide-out room which extends below the vehicle floor ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916988 | Electrical connector with frustro conical snap fit retaining ring An electric connector assembly that includes a connector body having an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion that is provided with a frustro-conical snap fit retaining ring having a face portion about which laterally extending arms are bent to define a frustr... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914190 | System for modifying the structure of an electrical harness A modification system for modifying a tightly-braided electrical harness including at least one conductor cable bundle surrounded by a tight braid. The modification system includes: at least one modification conductor element constituted by at least one conductor ca... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6909044 | Raceway assembly having a corner cover member A cover fitting for connecting more than one raceway includes an L-shaped top having first and second curved grooves extending along the inner surface of the top and a plurality of hooks extending outwardly from the inner surface for engaging a portion of each racew... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906261 | Wiring system for interconnecting vehicle-mounted electronic devices through a wiring harness A wiring system is provided where at least one device connector and at least one device connector are interconnected. The wiring system has at least one main harness with at least one group of wires aligned in a substantially parallel direction, and at least one sub... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903274 | Harness protector and structure for supplying electric power using the protector A harness protector for accommodating a wire harness in a protector main body in a curved shape includes a friction member for holding the wire harness in the accommodating state temporarily. The friction member abuts resiliently on the wire harness. The harness pro... | 06/07/2005 |
