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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8076579 | Watertight structure for spliced portion A watertight structure for a spliced portion includes a container that has an open top adapted to receive a spliced portion of electrical wires and that is elongated in a longitudinal direction of the electrical wires, and a lid to be mounted on the container. The c... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8039744 | Structure for protectively supporting an element that extends between relatively movable components A protective support structure for enclosing and protecting an element includes a hollow shield and at least one pivotable end. The hollow shield has a section adapted to support a portion of the element. The pivotable end engages the hollow shield. The pivotable en... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7973238 | Ceramic compact, ceramic part, method for producing ceramic compact, and method for producing ceramic part A ceramic compact having a patterned conductor is obtained by coating the patterned conductor with a slurry and then by hardening the slurry. The slurry is prepared by mixing a thermosetting resin precursor, a ceramic powder, and a medium. In the ceramic compact, an... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964796 | Protector In a protector, made of resin molding, through which a group of electric wires is penetrated, a branch-wire branching portion is projected slantly from a trough-shaped protector body along a direction in which the branch wires are wired, and the branch-wire branchin... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7408121 | Secure raceway with lockable access A raceway system having forwardly open channel-shaped base members with opposed longitudinally extending side walls, and the side walls including inwardly and rearwardly projecting marginal edge flanges, the improvement wherein the raceway covers must be slid into t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408115 | Device having a sealing grommet for leads to pass through between vehicles parts that can move in relation to one another A sealing grommet for leads to pass through between vehicle parts that can move in relation to one another has two fixing devices for being sealed against an opening in the respective vehicle part and an elastic sealing bellows designed between the fixing devices. A... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7378592 | Protector A protector for a wire harness. After the protector is placed onto and secured to a jig and the wire harness is wired, the wire harness will not become loose inside the protector even when the protector is removed from the jig. The protector comprises: a protector b... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375281 | Power-supplying apparatus for sliding structure A power-supplying apparatus for a sliding structure including: a wiring harness arranged between a vehicle body and a sliding structure slidably mounted on the vehicle body; a protector mounted on the sliding structure for receiving the wiring harness; a holder atta... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322857 | Electric power connector adapting structure An electric power connector adapting structure includes a connector connected to an electric power cable of a power supply and adapted to an adapting cable for supplying electric power to a port, and the connector installs an electric power terminal therein. The inv... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309836 | Cable protection system A cable protection system includes at least one cable protector having at least one channel extending between its opposing ends for receiving at least one cable. The cable protector may include a cover structure pivotally attached to a base member by a hinge rod ins... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7279638 | Harness structure for a sliding door A wiring harness is horizontally swingably arranged from the sliding door to a vehicle body. A resilient member arranged at the sliding door energizes the wiring harness toward the vehicle body when the sliding door is fully closed, and energizes to bend the wiring ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7253361 | Corrugate tube and harness structure using the same In a corrugate tube as a flexible tube formed of ridges and grooves alternately arranged in a line, a rib is extended across the grooves in a longitudinal direction of the corrugate tube. A curved wall is formed on both sides of the ribs in each groove. A curved bot... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250573 | Automotive cable holding system The present invention relates to an automotive cable holding system for securing a vehicle body to a cable which is connected at one end to a locking mechanism for a rear seat backrest and at the other end to a releasing mechanism. The automotive cable holding syste... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7145078 | Detachable hand rail for modular cable protectors A hand rail member can be removably attached to the side ramps of a modular cable protector. The hand rail member has a body with a base shaped to allow a series of cable protectors to be attached together in an end-to-end fashion, connectors for attaching the hand ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145079 | Modular cable protector A modular cable protector has a side ramp extending laterally outward and downward from the top to the base along one side of the cable protector, and a side ramp cover extending laterally outward and upward from the base to the top along the opposing side of the ca... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140578 | Cable duct with punchouts A ducting system for managing fiber optic, or other sorts of cabling. The duct has perforated circular punchouts in its sides. To drop cables to equipment below, the user simply punches out one of the circular perforated sections in the duct. This will leave a hole,... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138580 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector. The protective cover includes a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for receiving a plurality of ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7089707 | Radiator with cover and mounting board and method of installation A baseboard radiator having notched fins. The notches are retained by a flange on a back plate mounted to a wall. The fins are further retained by a flange in the upper portion of the back plate. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081588 | Electric power supplying device A electric power supplying device includes a protector for receiving a wire harness curved in a loop, a first harness guide disposed opposite to a slack of the wire harness in the protector, and an outlet arranged nearer the slack of the wire harness than the first ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7064272 | Snap in electrical connector assembly with unidirectional wire conductor retainer ring An electrical connector that includes a connector body having an inlet end and an outlet end which has an outer surface sloping downwardly toward the outlet opening, and having a complementary frustro conical outer snap retaining ring mounted on the outlet end of th... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7053306 | Electricity-feeding device An electricity-feeding device includes: a case for accommodating a wire harness bent into a substantially U-shaped form; a slider slidable in the case, in which slider the wire harness is bent and through which the wire harness is led out swingably; and a horizontal... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053305 | Structure for mounting a door wire harness The structure for mounting a door wire harness is configured to wire a door harness from a door inner panel toward a body panel in a vehicle. The door harness is mountable into a grommet. The door inner panel has a portion proximal to the body panel. The proximal po... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042738 | Power-supply wiring device and harness layout structure by the power-supply wiring device A power-supply wiring device, which protects electric wires between a sliding and fixed structures, and absorbs wire length change by sliding motion of the sliding structure, and a harness layout structure with the power-supply wiring device are provided. The power-... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041906 | Flat flex cable The invention pertains to a flat flex cable (1) or a so-called FFC, in particular for use in vehicles, wherein said cable contains at least two electric conductors (2) that are surrounded by an insulating layer (3) of a plastic material. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028401 | Junction box and wire harness connection method A method is provided of connecting wires of a wiring harness to a junction box to form branch circuits. An electrical conductor material is formed in parallel strips in a Y-axis direction on one surface of an insulator board, and wires are arranged in an X-axis dire... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6979776 | Pipe bundle for underground installation A pipe conduit bundle for installation into a wellbore using horizontal drilling techniques is disclosed. The pipe conduit does not require an outer casing for construction. The pipe bundle configuration is formed by pipes of varying sizes in a particular configurat... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6933439 | Waterproof grommet For preventing clamping an elastic grommet main body at open/close, a waterproof grommet (25) has an elastic grommet main body (2) passing electric wires therethrough and a hold member (30) mounted on an outer surface of an intermediate portion ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6916987 | Built-in unit for a transmission control of a motor vehicle A built-in unit (10) for a transmission control of a motor vehicle has a substrate plate (11), on which stamped grids (21, 22) are secured. The stamped grids electrically connect sensors and regulating elements with a control apparatus, which li... | 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 |
