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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406764 | Method of determining the acceptability of the press contacting of a terminal using reference data A method of determining the acceptability of a press contact of a wire between press contact blades of a terminal. The method includes the steps of storing a reference data of a relationship between displacements of the press contact blades when the wire is brought ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7228625 | Method for attaching an electrical cable to a connector shield An intermediate portion of the outer insulation of a shielded electrical cable is removed near an end of the cable. A remaining small segment of the outer insulation at the cable end is moved axially inward along the cable to bunch up an exposed conductive braid of ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6988311 | Method of grounding a jacketed metal tube using a clip welded to the jacket A method of grounding a tube to a chassis wherein a plastic clip made conductive by the incorporation of conductive particles therein, is clamped onto the jacket of metal automotive vehicle tubing so that projections on the clip penetrate through the jacket to engag... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6883232 | Apparatus for finishing stripped end of shield wire An outer sheath of a shield wire is stripped by a predetermined length from an end of the shield wire to expose a knitted layer of the shield wire. A shield stopper is mated over the exposed knitted layer until the shield stopper abuts against a stripped end of the ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6826831 | Method for servicing telecommunication box A method is provided for servicing a telecommunication junction box. The method enables a reduced number of tools to be utilized to service a telecommunication junction box. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6810580 | System for forming conductor wire on a substrate board A wiring system is provided. Using the system, a wire conductor is stuck on a surface of a substrate by causing a three-dimensional relative movement between a wiring head for guiding the wire conductor and the substrate such that the wiring head relatively moves al... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6722034 | Method of connecting cable to connector A method of connecting a flat cable having flat conductors arranged in parallel and covered with an insulating material to a connecting terminal, in which crimp pieces of the connecting terminal are pierced into a desired conductor of conductors of the flat cable, w... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6658725 | Apparatus for forming a crimped electrical joint A method and an apparatus for forming a crimped joint in an electrical wire terminal. The apparatus forms a crimped joint and substantially simultaneously bends and/or twists the terminal and electrical wire about their respective longitudinal axes, effec... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6640425 | Apparatus for producing wire harnesses for automotive vehicles An apparatus for producing wire harnesses for automotive vehicles is disclosed. The apparatus includes a gripper (10) including a wire feeder (15) for holding a plurality of insulator-sheathed electric wire elements (a) juxtaposed on a plane, a cutter (20... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6609298 | Pressure contact blades adaptable to extrafine strands In an extrafine-strand-adaptable contact pressure blade, parts of the mutually opposed right and left side wall portions of a pressure contact part having a substantially U-shaped vertical section are formed by blanking so as to project inwardly in part i... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6532652 | Method for manufacturing wire harness with branch connection terminals In a method for fabricating a wire harness with branch terminals, a flexible flat cable (FFC) (11) is first prepared by arranging multiple conductive strips (12) in parallel to each other at a predetermined interval, and by laminating a pair of base films... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6438823 | Electrical terminal fastening dies for fastening a conductor to a terminal Electrical terminal fastening dies are provided, which includes: an electric wire; an electrical terminal having the electric wire; a couple of dies to press the electrical terminal a substantially hexagon in cross section; an abutting plane provided on e... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6381839 | Tool and method for assembly of IDC strain relief caps A method secures wire to an electrical contact using an insulation displacement contact (IDC) strain relief cap. The electrical contact has a bifurcated end for engaging and retaining the wire and is engaged with the strain relief cap in securing the wire... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6351884 | Process for manufacturing printed circuit boards and process for connecting wires thereto A printed circuit board with at least one component part as a measuring resistor, heat resistor or measuring electrode arrangement has at least two contact pads connected with conductor paths for electrical and mechanically fast connection with lead ends ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6259036 | Method for fabricating electronic assemblies using semi-cured conductive elastomeric bumps A method for fabricating bumped semiconductor components and electronic assemblies, such as multi chip modules, is provided. The method includes forming semi cured, electrically conductive, elastomeric bumps on electrodes of a semiconductor component (e.g... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6230406 | Flexible bond harness and manufacturing method therefor A flexible bond harness including a flexible ground subassembly and a rigid ground subassembly which are joined together by a barrel connector. The flexible ground assembly has a first terminal connector which is mounted to the distal end portion of a sub... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6170152 | Apparatus for making a wire harness Cylinders are arranged in such a manner that they correspond to a plurality of pressure-blades by one-to-one, and desired pressure-blades are pushed downward by the corresponding cylinder rods, so that the desired pressure-blades are protruded from and fi... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6169961 | Method and apparatus for producing an insulation displacement terminal and the same An insulation displacement terminal of a high quality and high performance produced by designing the terminal in accordance with data measurement under a condition similar to an actual insulation displacement connection. An extent of insertion of insulati... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6163958 | Method for making vehicular wire harness having juxtaposed wires A plurality of insulator-sheathed electric wire elements (a) are secured together to a connector (C) by an insulation displacement manner by means of juxtaposing the electric wire elements (a) on a plane, passing the wire elements (a) through a gripper (1... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6151776 | Method for installation of devices having different heights An installation method for installing machines of different heights at an installation site includes provision of a flexible power cord of particular length, affixed to an upper region of each machine. The power cord is terminated in a power-rated male co... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6058604 | Cable for allowing mass storage device address selection A cable constructed with insulation displacement connectors produces cables which connect data storage devices to a host system. The cable allows automatic address selection of data storage devices depending on the presence or absence of a CSEL terminal p... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6021567 | Method for producing an insulation displacement terminal and the same An insulation displacement terminal of a high quality and high performance can be produced by designing the terminal in accordance with data measurement under a condition similar to an actual insulation displacement connection. An extent of insertion of a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5649357 | Method and apparatus for attaching connectors A machine (46) for attaching an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) (10) to a cable (20) includes a fixture (76, 240) for engaging and arranging individual wires (18-18) in the cable in parallel, spaced-apart relationship. The machine also includes a ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5607321 | Cable plug connector In a process for fitting a round cable provided with a number of single wires with a multi-way, preferably flat, plug into which the single wires are placed, the single wires have their free ends stripped of insulation and are fitted with contacts. In suc... | 03/04/1997 |
| 4884984 | Crimp connector and method of attaching wire to it A crimp connector, comprising a socket housing having received therein a crimp terminal comprising a contact, a pair of claws for holding a stripped portion of a wire, and a pair of claws for holding an unstripped portion of the wire, said housing being p... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4870747 | Wire insertion tooling assembly The assembly comprises a first slide (34) carrying a wire insertion tool (38) and a second slide (80) carrying support tools (92). As the slide (34) descends through a working stroke to cause the wire insertion tool (38) to insert a wire (W) into the wire... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4774764 | Method for fastening centering strips Centering strips, pluggable onto the contact blades of a wiring backpanel for receiving cable plugs, are provided with fastening disks in the region of openings in the floor of the centering strips through which the contact blades project into the centeri... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4773157 | Method of making an electrical termination A wire length having a very small diameter is terminated to a contact member by forming a groove in the contact member, disposing the wire length entirely within and along the groove, and striking the surface of the contact on both sides of the groove def... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4010538 | Phono plug This invention relates to a phono plug and a method of making it. An insulated disc through which extends a center contact member terminated to a center conductor of a coaxial cable is positioned in the inside surface of a U-shaped outer shell member and ... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3990143 | Method for terminating an electrical wire in an open barrel terminal The invention relates to a terminal and a method for terminating an electrical wire therein. The terminal employs a wire barrel having a asymmetrical pattern of cavities into which the wire is extruded. The method provides optimum electrical contact throu... | 11/09/1976 |
