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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946869 | Conductive hook and loop attachment for a printed circuit board The present disclosure is directed to conductive connector attachments for use in electrically connecting printed circuit boards to absorbent products such as diapers, training pants, incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, and the like. Specifically, vari... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7850470 | Conductive connector attachment having a solder material for a printed circuit board The present disclosure is directed to conductive connector attachments for use in electrically connecting printed circuit boards to absorbent products such as diapers, training pants, incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, and the like. Specifically, vari... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7439709 | Charger unit for an electronic device including a system for protective storage of an adapter plug A charger unit for an electronic device that includes a housing, a plurality of charging contacts provided on the housing, and a recess provided in the housing, preferably on a rear face thereof. A plug having a plurality of prongs may be selectively attached to and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7354286 | Adapter for connectors An adapter for connectors to couple connectors and power supply sockets of different specifications to establish electric connection between them includes two terminal sets that are insertable into the power supply sockets. The two terminal sets are pivotally couple... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7303416 | Compound conversion plug structure with adjustable angle and adapter A compound conversion plug structure with an adjustable angle includes an adapter and a plug component. The adapter includes an outer shell, a moving block, a plurality of transfer pieces, a plurality of metal inserting pieces, and a plurality of engaging pieces. Th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7265517 | Charger unit for an electronic device including a system for protective storage of an adapter plug A charger unit for an electronic device that includes a housing, a plurality of charging contacts provided on the housing, and a recess provided in the housing, preferably on a rear face thereof. A plug having a plurality of prongs may be selectively attached to and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7204704 | Wire harness including hook and loop shaped attaching members and a method of attaching a wire harness using the same A wire harness includes an insulating member that contains a conductor therein, the conductor extending along one direction, and the insulating member having a front face and a back face that is opposed to the front face and a plurality of hook-shaped members and a ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7008249 | Selectable receptacle A modular electrical receptacle including a housing, a plurality of semi-rigid electrical conductors disposed at least partially within the housing including a first semi-rigid conductor and a second semi-rigid conductor and at least one flexible electrical conducto... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001192 | Structure of connector An improved structure of a connector is disclosed. The connector comprises a terminal base having a plurality of connection terminals mounted thereon and a main frame, wherein the main frame is of U shape and slide tracks are mounted on vertical sidewalls thereof, a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001203 | Piercing terminal for coaxial cable A piercing terminal for a coaxial cable composed of a core conductor wire, an inner insulating layer for covering the core conductor wire, an outer conductor-shielding layer for covering the inner insulating layer, and an outer insulating layer for covering the oute... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971883 | Trailer electrical connector enclosure The trailer electrical connector enclosure may be used for retaining and protecting an electrical connector on towing vehicles. An enclosure may have a first enclosure element and a second enclosure element attached by a fastener. The first enclosure element and the... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960727 | Electrical apparatus with cover for retractably housing an electrical cable connected thereto An AC adapter has a deformable cover located on an outer surface of the housing and defines an interior cavity between the inner surface of the cover and the housing surface for manual retraction and housing of the electrical cable when the electrical apparatus is n... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6939150 | Foldable electrical plug connector Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an electrical plug connector including a plurality of prongs capable of being coupled to an electrical power source and an outer body having at least one recess. A gearing mechanism is configured to cause retracti... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935878 | Electrical plug with pivotable and retractable terminals The present invention discloses a link assembly for connectors, which comprises a main body, a live terminal, a neutral terminal, a ground terminal, and a push rod. The live terminal and the neutral terminal are bent directly under two wire sockets of the main body ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6917255 | Video balun An embodiment of the invention is a connection system for coupling an unbalanced transmission line to a balanced transmission line. The connection system includes a connector having a housing and a cover, an unbalanced line adapter, a transformer positioned within t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902441 | Modular layered stackable connector system A connector system for use with first and second wire harnesses and including a male housing sub-assembly and an engageable and female housing sub-assembly which defines an open interior therebetween. First and second pluralities of terminal pins are associated with... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6780034 | Coalescent type power supply conversion plug adapter A coalescent type power supply conversion plug is capable of connecting to different power supply plug sockets. The plug includes a first adapter having two round bar-shaped plug terminals so that a pitch width of plug terminals is adjustable. A pin for earth hole f... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6739891 | Structure for connection of harnesses in vehicle A structure for connection harnesses in a vehicle comprises a cockpit module including a component which is assembled in an instrument panel, a first connector which is connected with an end of a harness disposed in a passenger compartment and which is attached to s... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6623294 | Adapter with manually retractable cable assembly and electrical plug assembly An electrical adapter having a manually retractable cable assembly where the electrical contacts of the retractable cable assembly are disposed along an axis of rotation to minimize the friction between the cable and contacts therein when the cable is ext... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6454578 | Foldable transformer A foldable transformer comprises an insulative enclosure (2) and a plug (16) rotatably attached to the enclosure. The enclosure includes a storage cavity (4), a pair of pin holes (14), and a pair of parallel slots (12). An arcuate engaging block (8) is fo... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6398566 | Foldable electric plug connector A foldable electric plug connector is provided. The foldable electric plug connector includes an enclosure member having a concave storage confinement disposed thereon for storing a pair of external connection plugs, wherein the concave storage confinemen... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396726 | Low cost switchable power supply A switchable power supply includes a moveable electrical plug holding member that has a first position, which places an electrical plug pair in position for use with a first voltage standard, and a second position, which places the electrical plug pair in... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6364716 | Adaptor with rotary plug Disclosed herewith is an adaptor with a rotary plug. The adaptor with a rotary plug includes a rotary plug having prongs, an adaptor housing holding the rotary plug, and electric adaptation parts being inserted into the adaptor housing. The adaptor furthe... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6299466 | Clockspring using resettable fuse for heated steering wheel A clockspring for powering a heated steering wheel having a resettable fuse connected in series between the heating element and a power source for the heating element. When a predetermined current limit is exceeded the resettable fuse trips and breaks the... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6273734 | Electronic device with AC plug An AC adapter (electronic device) comprises a coil spring (elastic member), an engagement member, and an AC plug in which a guide groove is formed in a holding portion thereof. One end portion of the coil spring is fixed in the holding portion, and the ot... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6270364 | Portable electrical adapter A portable electrical adapter is composed of a convertible plug and a transformer. The plug has a front part and a block. Two first blades are received in the front part and two sockets are defined at a bottom of the block. Two conductive strips are recei... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6261109 | Fastener for all-purpose power supply sockets A fastener for all-purpose power supplies sockets includes a socket and at least one plug engageable with the socket. The socket has a latch cavity in a lateral wall. The plug has a moveable fastening member that has a first button engaging with a latch b... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6089886 | Swiveling electrical plug assembly An electrical plug assembly includes a secondary plug assembly which releasably mates with a rotatable default plug assembly. The default plug assembly is moveable between a storage position and a deployed position and includes a plurality of default pron... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6062880 | Electrical Plug having pivotable blade assembly A pivotable electrical plug assembly includes a pair of elongated blades, such as rod shaped European style blades. A detent mechanism is formed with electrically conductive resilient members for releasably retaining rear portions of the elongated blades,... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6030260 | Connecting terminal for stator A connecting terminal for a stator which is fitted and fixed in a fitting bore provided in a bobbin included in the stator, includes an external-conductor connecting terminal section fitted and fixed in the fitting bore with one end connected to an extern... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5975932 | Language wheel The language wheel has an interchangeable "wheel" with the same words of two languages in corresponding positions on the wheel. Two cursors are coupled together so the when one is manually moved to indicate a particular word, the other indicates the corre... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5681182 | Modular contact mount for solderless insulation displacement wire connection of electrical wires An assembly for forming a solderless insulation displacement wiring connection of electrical wires, includes a modular contact mount. At least two insulation displacement contacts are located within the contact mount. Each displacement contact has an insu... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5275574 | Convertible plug An improved electrical extension cord is provided which consists of an elongated power cord with a male plug connected to a first end of the power cord. The male plug has a flat housing and a pair of side entry prongs, so that it can be positioned closer ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5222670 | Battery pack adapter An adapter is disclosed to enable battery packs constructed for unique attachment to different kinds of video cameras to be attached interchangeably to the respective cameras. The adapter has a front seating surface which attaches to the seating surface o... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5161990 | Universal plug for replacement rechargeable battery for telephones A universal plug is provided for electrical connection with a receptacle having a configuration selected from a plurality of different configurations such that a conventional electric plug that mates properly with a receptacle having a first of the config... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5026307 | Battery terminal clamp A battery terminal clamp of the type comprising a conductive sliding clip movably secured to a terminal clamp at one side by a screw for clamping on a side mounted battery terminal of a car battery. The conductive sliding clip is stopped from moving backw... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5018985 | Connector with modular terminal devices A connector is described of the type that has contacts lying in insulative material in a housing, wherein a separate positioner (24 in FIG. 2) of insulative material is molded about each contact (22) to form a terminal device (20), and the terminal device... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4997381 | Dual functional, electrical plug use in conjunction with an electric appliance A dual functional, electrical plug use in connection with an electric appliance which includes a plug receiving member having a pair of cylindically shaped grooves and attached to the electric appliance, a casing member adapted to receive the plug receivi... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4930156 | Telephone receiver transmitter device A telephone speaker/microphone device for suspending in a user's ear to enable hands-free communication without common occurrence of feedback. The device utilizes control circuitry capable of interconnecting microphone and speaker leads from a telephone o... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4842532 | Electropneumatic jumper cable connectors An electrical connector for connecting the cables interconnecting the tractor and trailer portion of a combination vehicle includes axially offset portions, each of which carries a set of electrical conductors. The conductors in one of the portions provid... | 06/27/1989 |
