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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7280749 | Filament for radiation source A radiation source including a base, a curved reflector attached to the base, pins passing through the base and within the reflector, and a filament of high emissivity material helically wound about the pins and having opposing ends electrically connected to the pin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7202770 | Voltage variable material for direct application and devices employing same The present invention provides overvoltage circuit protection. Specifically, the present invention provides a voltage variable material (“VVM”) that includes an insulative binder that is formulated to intrinsically adhere to conductive and nonconductive surfaces... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6987661 | Integrated circuit substrate having embedded passive components and methods therefor An integrated circuit substrate having embdedded passive components provides a reduced cost and compact package for a die and one or more passive components. An insulating layer of the substrate is embossed or laser-ablated to generate apertures for insertion of a p... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6958674 | Connector device excellent in air-tightness and EGR sensor having the same A terminal plate is formed with a wide portion and a narrow portion. The wide portion, to be insert-molded by a housing of a synthetic resin, is opened by an elongate blank hole having an inner peripheral surface parallel with a side shape thereof, thereby forming t... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6943661 | Quick-connect positive temperature coefficient of resistance resistor/overload assembly and method A positive temperature coefficient of resistance resistor/overload (PTCR/OL) resistor assembly that can be quickly and easily electrically connected and disconnected from equipment without the need for special tools or equipment. In some arrangements of the present ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6847017 | Electric heating arrangement The electric heating arrangement (1) has a tubular housing (2) in which is provided at least one PTC heating element (20) and at least one pair of metallic heat dissipators (9) between which the at least one heating element (20) is... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6747543 | Resistor for driving motor for air conditioner blower A resistor for driving a motor for an air conditioner blower is provided, in which internal resistance bodies are stacked over one after another between insulation plates in the resistor, to accordingly reduce the volume of the entire of the resistor is reduced, and... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6693508 | Protection of electrical devices with voltage variable materials An arrangement of voltage variable materials for the protection of electrical components from electrical overstress (EOS) transients. A device having a plurality of electrical leads, a ground plane and a layer of voltage variable material. The voltage var... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6507268 | Low profile mount for plural upper electrode metal oxide varistor package and method A low profile mount for a disc varistor. A thermally sensitive switch is provided both for single and multiple electrode embodiments. The switch may be placed in a shorting circuit and include a spring biased conductor prevented from closure by a heat sen... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6407659 | Electronic device A positive thermistor element is supported by being clamped by first and second resilient contact members that are opposed to each other so as to be disposed along a diagonal and first and second positioning protrusions that are opposed to each other so a... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6366194 | Component holder for a hall sensor and process for manufacturing a component holder Known Hall sensors are fastened to a printed circuit board by way of component holders in order to achieve an exact positioning and securing on a printed circuit board in relation to a magnet ring of a rotor of an adjusting motor. A component holder for a... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6262372 | Electrical terminal with integral PTC element An electrical terminal such as that used in a multi-pin connector has a layer of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material incorporated therein such that the terminal also serves as a circuit over-current protection device. In a first embodiment, a ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6242998 | NTC thermistors An NTC thermistor is formed with a planar NTC thermistor element, a pair of power-supply terminals and a case which encloses the thermistor element and the terminals inside. The planar NTC thermistor has electrodes formed on a mutually opposite pair of si... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6172303 | Electrical terminal with integral PTC element An electrical terminal such as that used in a multi-pin connector has a layer of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material incorporated therein such that the terminal also serves as a circuit over-current protection device. In a first embodiment, a ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6160473 | Contact assembly for semiconductor resistors such as posistors In a contact assembly for semiconductor resistors, contact elements (5a, 5b) are designed asymmetrically in such a way that, on mutually opposite side faces of an electrical component (3), they bear on it while being mutually offset.... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6114942 | PTC device and battery pack using the same A PTC device which surely achieve effective space utilization while easily excluding the possibility of the formation of a short circuit. The PTC device includes a PTC component 3 comprising a first electrode 11, a second electrode 13, and a PTC element 9... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6031448 | Modular position sensor A position sensor, in particular, a modular position sensor for easy coupling to another modular device, like a gas pedal of a vehicle. The sensor eliminates the use of permanently attached electrical leads or pins attached to, for example, the output pad... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5990779 | Electronic apparatus and surface mounting devices therefor A thermistor for surface mounting includes a first conductive terminal member, a case having a top opening, a planar thermistor element having electrodes on mutually opposite main surfaces thereof, and a second conductive terminal member having at one end... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5864283 | Microwave frequency chip resistor assembly The microwave frequency chip resistor assembly is used as a terminating device for a video jack. Such an assembly minimizes inductance variation and eliminate soldering associated with conventional metal film resistors.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5841340 | Solderless RF power film resistors and terminations Solderless RF power film resistor and termination assemblies which include a flat film resistor or termination pressed by a nonmetallic clamping plate into thermal contact with a base plate functioning as a heat sink. A substrate such as a BeO ceramic sub... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5828290 | Modular position sensor A position sensor, in particular, a position sensor that has a modular design for easily coupling to another modular device, like a gas peddle of a vehicle. The sensor unit eliminates the use of permanently attached electrical leads or pins attached to, f... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5714924 | Positive characteristic thermistor device The internal space of the case is divided into first housing portions and a second housing portion separated from the first housing portions by a partitioning wall. A positive characteristic thermistor element is housed in the second housing portion. At l... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5691688 | PTC device A PTC device having a PTC material sandwiched between a pair of metal plates includes a plurality of spaced-apart legs extending outwardly from the plates for reception in circuit board slots. Certain legs terminate in transverse hook portions for retaini... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5451921 | Electrical devices An electrical assembly in which electrical connection is made to a device having two laminar electrodes and a laminar element between the electrodes, preferably a circuit protection device in which a PTC conductive polymer element is sandwiched between tw... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5278535 | Electrical overstress pulse protection A thin flexible laminate for overlay application on the pins of a connector or other circuit element, having an electrically insulating substrate, a conductive lamina of apertured pin receiving pads and a separate ground strip adjacent the pads, and an el... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5274351 | Resistance unit for motor speed control The present invention relates to a resistance unit for controlling a motor speed of driving a blower of an automobile air conditioner. The resistance unit includes a resistance circuit board printing a plurality of resistors in the form of double layers o... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5247277 | Electrical devices An electrical device in which a first connection element is in electrical contact with a resistive element. The first connection element defines a cavity into which, when the cavity is empty, a second connection element can be inserted. The second connect... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5233326 | Positive temperature coefficient thermistor device A positive temperature coefficient thermistor device comprises a pair of positive temperature coefficient thermistor elements, a common terminal plate having a heat conducting terminal member and a common terminal member and being sandwiched between the p... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5153555 | Electronic device comprising a plate-shaped electronic element and a support and overcurrent protector for the same There is disclosed an electronic device comprising a plate-shaped electronic element having electrode films. The electronic element is elastically supported by spring members in an electrically insulating case so as to be respectively in contact with the ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5142265 | Positive temperature coefficient thermistor device A positive temperature coefficient thermistor device includes an insulating casing housing a pair of positive temperature coefficient thermistors. Each of the inner surfaces of a pair of opposed walls consisting of the side walls and the top and bottom wa... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4973936 | Thermal switch disc for short circuit protection of batteries A protective device for one battery or serially arranged battery cells is adapted to fit between one battery and its terminal connector or between adjacent battery cells. The device incorporates a disk of positive temperature coefficient material having a... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4912452 | ISDN quick connect terminating resistor With the deployment of ISDN within a building, a resistor box is usually required, at each distribution frame, between the first and second set of cross-connect connectors in order to maintain a balanced loop. In the present invention, a quick connect ter... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4831354 | Polymer type PTC assembly A PTC polymer assembly in which a sheet of PTC polymer is sandwiched between two electrodes, and electric terminations are mechanically and electrically connected to the electrodes, at least one of the terminations is a looped spring connected at one end ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4801916 | Vertical plug-in single-in-line circuit module A vertical plug-in single-in-line circuit module with a carrier for carrying a row of single-in-line mounted metal pins lying in the plane of the carrier along one carrier edge as outer electrical connections of one or more resistive elements such as a re... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4600816 | Attenuator adapted for clip mounting to connecting block terminals An attenuator introduces a known attenuation into telephone circuitry at connecting block terminals of incoming and outgoing, tip and ring lines when clipped thereto. The attenuator is particularly suited for attachment to an insulation displacement termi... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4442325 | Switchable incremental attenuation for telephone line interface A self-contained switchable, incremental attenuator device for interposing in a two line power circuit to attenuate the power level for proper power matching. The device includes a series of modulized, individually switchable attenuator circuits of differ... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4250482 | Packaged electronic component and method of preparing the same A packaged electronic component includes an insulating body completely enclosing the electronic component except for runner-like blade leads which extend outwardly from the insulating body. The runner-like blade leads are more durable than conventional sh... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4220834 | Telephone line attenuator network and attenuator pad therefor A telephone line attenuator pad comprises a printed circuit board one portion of which mounts a plurality of resistances each connected in series with a pair of electrical printed circuit conductors. The resistances and mounting portion of the board are p... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4210799 | Electric heating units The invention is directed to a termination for a surface unit having a flat spiralled active heating portion and a single, downward and laterally-extending terminal leg. The termination is particularly adapted for a surface unit of the type shown in U.S. ... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4163965 | Electrical dimmer plug An electrical connector device for connecting a plurality of electrical fixtures to a wall outlet includes a dimmer device for manually varying the current supplied to appliances connected thereto.... | 08/07/1979 |
