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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153899 | Conductor wire connecting method, and connecting terminal, stator, and rotary electric machine After melted enamel coating is discharged from the crimping connectors, electrical wire-to-wire connection, that is, the fusion process, is carried out inside the crimping connector. In this conductor connection method based on the fusion process, plural the above e... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7786383 | Electrical wire connector with temporary grip An electrical connector includes a crimpable tubular body including a receiving portion for receiving a wire conductor via an opening at a longitudinal end of the tubular body. The tubular body provides a permanent electrical connection to the wire conductor only up... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777133 | Joint structure of copper wire and aluminum wire, and joint method A joint structure of electric wires includes: a copper wire which includes a conductor formed of copper; an aluminum wire which includes a conductor formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a joint terminal provided with a conductor press-fitting part having a U-sh... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7754968 | Sleeve adapted for a crimping process A branch sleeve adapted to carry out a crimping process around mutually parallel electrically conductive conductor sections. The sleeve includes a first groove-shaped recess which connects with a second groove-shaped recess and with an open part that extends between... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7655863 | Multi-port compression connector with single tap wire access port A compression connector is provided for securing wires electrically together but mechanically separated upon completion of a crimping operation applied to the compression connector. The compression connector includes a body portion having a first hook and a first ra... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7608782 | Clip A device for securing a conduit to a structural object. The device including a clip having a longitudinally extending clip body with a conduit receiving cavity extending in the longitudinal direction and about a cavity axis with a longitudinally extending conduit re... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7589280 | Electrical connector assembly A connector assembly for a planar sensing element of an exhaust gas sensor is shown, with a method for assembling. There is an opposed pair of ceramic clamshells which retain terminals, each terminal mates to corresponding contact pads of the planar sensing element.... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7456361 | Clip for flexible armored cable A clip for securing a flexible armored cable to a structural object. The clip including a longitudinally extending clip body having a generally C-shaped wire receiving cavity extending in the longitudinal direction and about a cavity axis with a longitudinally exten... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7402751 | Electrical bifurcated splice An electrical bifurcated splice and splice terminal. An electrical bifurcated splice terminal has two wireways configured such that a continuous wire may be placed in both wireways; a post separating the two wireways and configured such that the continuous wire may ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394022 | Electrical wire connector with temporary grip An electrical connector includes a crimpable tubular body including a receiving portion for receiving a wire conductor via an opening at a longitudinal end of the tubular body. The tubular body provides a permanent electrical connection to the wire conductor only up... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7364479 | Crimp connector for connecting a conductor cable and electrode of an implantable cardiac electrotherapy lead Disclosed herein is a crimp connector for connecting to at least one cable conductor of an implantable cardiac electrotherapy lead. The crimp connector includes a thin-walled body, which has an outer surface, an inner surface, proximal and distal edges, a cavity, an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362020 | Commutator housing with an overcurrent protection device A commutator housing for a direct-current motor includes conductive tracks and two Lyre-shaped connectors each inserted in one of the conductive tracks. An overcurrent protection device is inserted in series in the conductive tracks, and electrical connection pins o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354283 | Wire-connecting device A wire-connecting device including a joint terminal for connecting an inner conductor of a coaxial cable and a core wire of an electric wire, and a heat-shrinkable member for covering at least the joint terminal and a cut edge of a braided wire of the coaxial cable ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351123 | Electrical terminal splice A terminal splice for the electrical connection and termination of multiple electrical conduits using a center lug with a hollow body including depressions and a mounting flange attached to the body projecting longitudinally outward and obliquely therefrom and posit... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348489 | Electrical connector for aluminum conductor composite core (ACCC) cable A dead end electrical connector assembly including a dead end connector member, a collet, wedges and an outer sleeve. The dead end connector member has a first end section and a second end section. The second end section includes a threaded section. The first end se... | 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 |
| 7339114 | Cable, cable connection method and cable welder A connection method for connecting an end of a signal wire (53) of a cable (51) to the connecting face of a contact (59) of a connector (52). The lengthwise direction of the connecting face of the contact (59) and the lengthwise di... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325596 | Pothead assembly A connector that is usable with a subterranean well includes a flange member and a tube. The flange member is adapted to form a connection with a submersible component. The tube is adapted to connect to the flange member and receive a cable that has a conductor that... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327057 | Neutral-point terminal device for dynamoelectric machine A neutral-point terminal device for use with a neutral point side bundle of wires in a polyphase winding of a dynamoelectric machine includes a metal sleeve and an insulating cap covering the metal sleeve. The metal sleeve is covered by the insulating cap so that di... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303450 | Electrical terminal assembly Under the invention, a new electrical terminal assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the electrical terminal assembly comprises an electrical terminal made of an electrically conductive material and having a cavity to receive a wire assembly, and a wire assembly,... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304243 | Cable connector A cable clamp includes a housing having a cavity therein with two opposed walls and an open end in communication with the cavity. A pair of wedge shaped jaws are located within the housing and are slideably movable toward and away from the opening. Each of the jaws ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282679 | Electrical contact connection and method for forming such a contact connection In order to make it possible to produce a secure and permanent contact connection between an electrical conductor made from a soft material, in particular an aluminum conductor, and a contact element made from a harder material, the conductor is encapsulated at leas... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264518 | Electrical contact including integral stop member An electrical contact is provided. An embodiment of the electrical contact includes a bottom member, a pair of side walls and a tongue. The bottom member includes a first portion and a second potion and also defines a horizontal plane. The pair of sides walls extend... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262363 | Electric wire protective cap The present invention is to provide an electric wire protective cap. The protective cap can be formed easily by a resin molding and prevents a seal material from leaking and improves waterproof. The protective cap includes a cap main body with a bottom, and a cover ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256348 | Step-down in-line butt connector A step-down in-line butt connector receives a pair of wires, one at either end, wherein the wires are each of a different gauge. A hollow tubular body member has a first end and a second end such that the inside diameter and the outside diameter of the first end is ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241185 | Integral bonding attachment An integral bonding attachment includes an insulated section of a conductive wire with an exposed, uninsulated section. A sleeve covers the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire, and the sleeve includes a flattened section encasing at least a por... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238884 | Earthing electric wire and water-stopping method therefor An earthing electric wire including a conductor; and a coating material outside of the conductor, wherein a water-stopping agent having a flowability is located between the conductor and the coating material on an earthing connection terminal side of the earthing el... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232961 | Portable hand held luggage weight and size measurement device A portable hand held device for weighing and measuring the size of a luggage item includes a handle designed to provide support yet comfort with respect to the use of the weighing device and further includes a mechanism which enables recordal of the weight of luggag... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223916 | Connector for shielded electric wire and method for connecting the same with shielded electric wire A connector for a shielded electric wire includes an inner conductor connectable to one lead wire of an electronic element; a dielectric having an accommodation hole; an outer conductor having an inner hole; and a shielded electric wire having a shielding member and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216719 | Field weldable connections An apparatus includes a weld coupling and a thermal insulator. The weld coupling is adapted to be welded to an outer housing of a first cable segment to couple the first cable segment to a second cable segment. The thermal insulator is adapted to prevent thermal dam... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7196268 | Self sealing electrical connector An improved electrical butt connection is effected by a connector having anaerobic sealant which upon insertion of electric leads not only seals the connection against oxidation but also provides bonding which physically strengthens the connection. The connector is ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188864 | Occupant protection device An occupant-protection device including an airbag, and a gas generator connected to a filler tube for inflating the airbag. The filler tube has at least one inlet opening situated on its external wall between its two tube ends and is equipped with at least one adapt... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183489 | Multi-port compression connector The compression connector has a first body portion including a first hook and a first ramp extending therefrom to form a first main wire port. The first body portion also has a second hook and a second ramp extending therefrom to form a first tap wire port. The firs... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180040 | Crimp splice for an electrical resistance heating cable An electrical resistance heating cable, including a resistance heating wire having a resistive conductor, an insulation at least partially surrounding said resistive conductor; and an end. A crimp connector is connected to the end. A thermally conductive sleeve at l... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179116 | Collapsing bridge crimp The collapsing bridge crimp comprises a central portion and two mutually-opposite side arms extending from the central portion. Each side arm comprises a first portion attached to the central portion, the first portion being inwardly curved, and a second portion ext... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173187 | Ground bus bar connector A ground connector for providing quick and secure connection between a plurality of electrical conductors and a ground bus bar. The connector has a generally U-Shaped body of deformable conductive material with a pair of outwardly directed shoulders and a pair of le... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7140914 | Connector, cable with the same, and producing method of the cable In a connector which is loaded to the end of a cable including an internal conductor and an external conductor arranged radially outside of the internal conductor via an insulation layer therebetween. The internal conductor covering part has a covering piece capable... | 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 |
| 7131856 | Intermeshing insulation-piercing elements for an insulation-piercing connector An electrical connector includes a first jaw having a first set of insulation-piercing elements and a second jaw having a second set of insulation-piercing elements. The first and second sets of insulation-piercing elements are arranged such that at least one row of... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125295 | Interlocking ring terminals The present invention provides a terminal ring assembly structured for engagement to a conductor post. The terminal ring assembly of the present invention includes a first ring element and a second ring element, each having a circular body and at least one grip havi... | 10/24/2006 |
