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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210949 | Electrical appliances According to the present invention there is provided an electrical appliance having a releasable cable connector for electrically connecting the appliance to a remote power supply, wherein a first junction means is adapted to provide the releasable electrical connec... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7121850 | Dual-purpose male/female connector A dual-purpose male/female connector is disclosed. A push button for controlling a terminal base, which is mounted in a USB female socket and includes a connection terminal, to enable the terminal base to extend from or draw back in the female socket is mounted on t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108527 | Sex changeable adapter for coaxial connectors Systems in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can include an adapter having a sliding portion (a slider) slidable to expose an interface, thereby allowing mating—for example, between a test port and a DUT—to be observed and adjusted as required... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7044802 | USB flash-memory card with perimeter frame and covers that allow mounting of chips on both sides of a PCB A flash-memory-drive card has a Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector. The card has a printed-circuit board (PCB) that fits into a perimeter frame that surrounds the edges of the PCB. Metal or plastic upper and lower covers are snapped onto the frame to encapsulate t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6948983 | Slim USB male connector with anti-disorientation design A slim USB male connector with anti-disorientation design is mated with a USB socket. The USB male connector is received in a space between a mating board and a bottom wall of the USB socket. The USB male connector comprises a circuit board and an insulative housing... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942508 | Electrical adapter An electrical adapter includes a base having conducting pins extending from one side for insertion into apertures of a mating socket, electrical terminals on the other side and electrically connected to each of the conducting pins. The base a bayonet fitting. A body... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6431891 | Power connector with easily removable conductive pin A power connector comprises a housing (20), a metal pin (30) accommodated in a passage (13) of the housing, a number of terminals (60) secured in the housing and abutting against the pin, and a dielectric cover (40) attached to the housing. The cover form... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6407657 | Dual use fuse A metallic element for use with a blade fuse or other electrical component, and a blade fuse or other electrical component that includes that metallic element as one of its components. The fuse maybe mounted in a fuseholder having either male terminal rec... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6146166 | Spring pin contact assembly An electrical connector assembly (10) is provided for connecting a pair of devices (12, 14) that have precision flat surfaces (20, 22) that lie facewise against each other. Each device has socket contacts (30, 32, 34, 36) with a socket contact end lying s... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6099332 | Connector with adaptable insert An electrical connector (1) constructed with, an insulating insert (3) mounted to a connector housing (4), the insert (3) having a mating face (10) at a front of the housing (4), at least one electrical contact (2) in a contact receiving cavity through th... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5575690 | Hybrid modular electrical connector system A hybrid modular electrical connector system comprised of a family of interlocking modules used to produce custom dedicated, hybrid electrical connectors for power distribution and signal circuit interconnections between printed circuit boards. A dedicate... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5211589 | Micropin connector system An electrical connector system includes socket and plug connector components which each receive a plurality of electrical wires for interconnection. The socket and plug components each include a molded receiver element having a plurality of elongated, par... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4904195 | Twist-lock female-male plug adapter An auxiliary male twist-lock plug-adapter for converting a female twist-lock plug-adapter to male. The male adapter is a disc defining an upper and a lower face. Three twist-lock electrode-prongs project from the upper surface, and three conventional elec... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4824380 | Quick disconnect connector and system with integral conductor A modular connector (10) has a generally rectangular insulating housing (12). A one piece conductive member (14) is mounted within and extends from the housing (12). The conductive member (14) has a common conductive portion (16), compliant pin portions (... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4728163 | Dual gender electrical plug A dual gender electrical connector is made up of a "male" member, a "female" member, and a positioning means. The positioning means may be integral with either the male or female member, and/or a part of any shielding used. The male member is made up of a... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4488768 | Programmable electrical connector An electrical connector (11) in which an insulating housing body (12) is provided with a series of longitudinally extending compartments (15) adapted to receive terminals (14) in different longitudinal positions at a wire connecting face (17) to provide v... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4458970 | Electrical contact and connector using such contacts An electrical contact comprises first and second interconnectable portions (41 and 42), said first portion (41) including a tab (2) for connection to an electrical conductor by relative movement of said tab and said conductor along a first axis (3). A pin... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4012096 | Telephone connector block apparatus An improved connector block comprises a molded main body portion having test pin and connection-effecting pin couplet fields orthogonally disposed therein. In service, as on a telephone central office main distributing frame, the block receives and termin... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4010993 | Electrical connector device This invention provides a device for connecting electrical conductors, portions of which can be used as both a receptacle and as a mating connector for joining conductors of an electrical circuit. The device has an insulating body with a passageway extend... | 03/08/1977 |
