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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7559775 | Electrical card connector assembly An electrical card connector assembly includes an electrical card connector (100) and a PCB (4) where the electrical card connector is assembled. The electrical card connector includes a metal shield (1), an insulating housing (2) and a t... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7335054 | Wiring connector A wiring connector having a connector housing made of an insulator and a plurality of stages of terminal rows provided in the connector housing. The plurality of stages of terminal rows includes a first terminal row and a second terminal row and the first and second... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7267583 | Electrical connection system An electrical connection system comprises a female connector having a plurality of female terminals, and a male connector having a plurality of male blade terminals having projecting portions that plug into the plurality of female terminals respectively when the fem... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7175463 | Securing device for electrical connectors A connector has a female receptacle and/or a male plug, or combination thereof. The female receptacle has a sleeve for holding prongs plugged into the receptacle and a mechanism for applying pressure against the sleeve such that actuation of the collar causes the so... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140901 | BGA connector assembly Disclosed is a BGA connector assembly including an insulative housing (11) with a plurality of terminals (15) in electrical connection with corresponding solder balls (3) that extend from a surface of the housing. The solder balls form a solderi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101210 | LGA socket Disclosed is a LGA socket connector including an insulative housing (2), a stiffener (3), a clip (4), and a lever (5) defining thereof a driving portion (50) and a locking portion (52) linked thereto. The stiffener is config... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098398 | Adjustable spring grounding pin An adjustable spring grounding pin for grounding separate parts of an electrical device, for example end shields and a stator of an electric motor, automatically adjusts its circumferential dimension to provide a tight grounding fit between aligned holes of differen... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074060 | Power plug In a power plug capable of preventing twists of a power supply line and turning on/off power supplied to a load device according to a rotation of a rotational unit by dividing the power plug itself into a fixed unit and the rotational unit, the power plug includes t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066745 | Power supply connector A power supply connector includes a housing and a prong unit. The housing has opposite first and second housing walls, a peripheral wall extending between the first and second housing walls to define an accommodation space, a prong slot having a first slot section f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6962498 | Revolvable plug and socket The invention relates to the support of light electric appliances such as light fittings and small fans. The device according to the invention provides a plug and socket combination powering and supporting an appliance in a manner allowing the user to change ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6935886 | Plug connector having a housing and a clamping insert A plug connector has, in a housing, an insulating member, which in a known manner receives contact elements, for example, contact pins and/or contact sockets, which are connected to individual wires or strands of an electrical cable. The plug connector also includes... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6429649 | Eddy current testing probe A replaceable eddy current probe for inspecting small (3/4 inch diameter or smaller) tubes of heat exchangers has a head portion with bobbin coils and a delivery conduit connector portion with a flexible conduit having a first end extending from the head ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6231351 | Electrical connector An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a number of contacts received in the housing and a pair of retention devices. The housing comprises an elongate base defining a slot for receiving an edge of a card therein and a pair of arms latera... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6080002 | Method and apparatus for securing the continuity of a power supply to an electrical appliance An electrical plug is equipped with an earthing pin 180 comprises an elongate metal body 260 defining a groove for holding captive a split band 460 of a moulded plastic material, which has inwardly facing nodes 480 which are receivable in a transverse pas... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6048215 | Plug lock for electrical appliances An electrically operated heater fan is suspended by a bracket from a building wall using a bracket mount having a plug lock which is releasably lockable within one of a pair of plug receptacles of a standard wall outlet with the plug of the heater fan fit... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5829999 | Method and apparatus for securing the continuity of a power supply to an electrical appliance An electrical pin 230 has an elongate body which is receivable in a complementary socket of an existing electrical outlet, while two electrically conductive pins on the same plug are simultaneously receivable in respective sockets for establishing a power... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5803754 | Modified receptacle and plug for low voltage DC distribution An receptacle for low voltage DC applications includes a receptacle surface in which are located only one pair of female connections. One of the female connections is a terminal normally connected to the neutral line of an AC power grid, and the other of ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5480318 | Childproof electrical plug A common, grounded three-conductor male electrical plug including in the grounded blade a spring biased catch for engaging the walls of a female receptacle and locking the plug in the receptacle. An aperture in the plug allows a non-conductive tool to mov... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5249976 | Electrical plug having locking means An electrical plug for 3-wire line cords includes a plug body having a U-shaped grounding pin. A rise pin is disposed between opposing walls of the U-shaped grounding pin. A locking element extending through the plug body includes a threaded proximal port... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5194013 | Lock plug A locking electrical plug is provided which has a cooperating tool/key which when rotated in a first direction causes a ground prong extending therefrom to be mechanically expand within a mating female receptacle, thereby preventing inadvertent or acciden... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5082450 | Safety plug with ground lock and prong locks An electrical plug for the end of an electrical power cord. The plug includes plug prongs and a ground prong, all of which are moveable between retracted and extended positions. The prongs can be locked in the retracted and extended positions, as desired.... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4483575 | Device for detachable connection, particularly of the ends of high-voltage transmission lines In a device (1) with a plug portion (2) and a socket portion (3) for the detachable connection particularly of the ends of high-voltage transmission lines and of the ends of low-voltage control lines, and with a mechanism for fixing the connection to prev... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4199207 | Converter plug with improved self-locking terminals to standard plug A converter plug with improved self-locking terminals that are adapted to interlock with the terminals on a standard electric plug when the prongs of the latter are inserted into openings in the converter plug and the standard plug is rotated through an a... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4179180 | Safety electrical receptacle and plug therefor An interlocking electrical connector comprising a receptacle with a pair of arcuate slots with a U-shape and having a prong-receiving opening at one end and electrical contacts at the other end and a plug-in connector with a pair of corresponding U-shaped... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4111509 | Electric plug lock means A plug for an electrical receptacle outlet having an improved ground prong. The ground prong is supported in the plug body for axial shifting. The end of the prong extending through the plug body is threaded to engage a turn knob and the other end of the ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4007976 | Electrical connectors An electrical connector including selective polarization keying between the ground pin contact and ground socket contact. A rotatable sleeve around the ground socket contact selectively locks the ground pin contact in position or prevents insertion thereo... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3971619 | Safe electrical connector A low cost, grounded electrical connector including an outlet receptacle and a plug that greatly reduces the possibility for injuries to children resulting from electrical connectors. The receptacle has electrical contacts that are offset from openings th... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3971609 | Electrical connectors An electrical connector including selective polarization keying between the ground pin contact and ground socket contact. A rotatable sleeve around the ground socket contact selectively locks the ground pin contact in position or prevents insertion thereo... | 07/27/1976 |
