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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070501 | Electrical connector with arc shield, piston-contact positioner and electric stress graded interface A high-voltage electrical connector includes a strategically placed barrier that acts as an arc shield to reduce the ionization of materials during load break switching, reducing or preventing flashover. An electric stress graded interface design also reduces switch... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7794252 | Explosion-proof connector including a socket part and a plug part An explosion-proof connector (1) comprises a plug part (2) and a socket part (3), the plug part (2) comprising a plug housing (4) with at least two plug pins (6) arranged in a plug insert (5), and the socket part (... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7264494 | Electrical connector and socket assemblies An electrical connector assembly for a cable having a plurality of insulated conductors comprises a body having a respective recess for receiving a terminating pin each of the conductors. A respective spigot sealingly engages within each of the recesses and has a pa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7192313 | Automobile connector assembly with short circuit prevention feature An automobile connector assembly connects a power supply side and an electrical load side of an electrical circuit in an automobile. The assembly comprises a female terminal connector disposed on the electrical load side of the electric circuit. The female terminal ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7077676 | Connector with liquid intrusion prevention structure A male tab terminal has an O-ring mounting portion formed between its wire connection portion and its electrical contact portion, and this O-ring mounting portion is surrounded by an opening peripheral surface of an O-ring receiving step portion of a female connecto... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6942509 | ESD type connector An electrical connector has an insulative housing with an engagement portion provided with contacts. A shield member is mounted to an exterior of the insulative housing and is connected to a circuit board. Guide posts protrude from a surface of the insulative housin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6811418 | Electrical connector with anti-flashover configuration and associated methods An electrical connector may include a connector body having a passageway therethrough with a first end for receiving an electrical bushing insert including a shoulder, and a second end for receiving an electrical conductor. The connector body may have an outer end p... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6506067 | Disconnector The disconnector essentially comprises two isolating contacts (2), which are arranged in electrically conductive encapsulation (1) filled with insulating gas, and an isolating contact finger (3) arranged such that it can be moved between them. An insulati... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6227908 | Electric connection Electrical interconnection arrangements are provided for connecting together two pieces of electrical equipment. A first connection component includes a first elongate conductive member, which in use is at a relatively high voltage, enclosed within insula... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6203341 | Cable connector A cable connector of the present invention comprises an insulative housing, a number of conductive contacts, a pair of positioning levers and an insulative shell. The insulative housing has a mating face on a front end for mating with a mating connector a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5567170 | Plug-in pothead A plug-in electrical connector for use with an electrical submergible pumping system comprises a pothead having a first electrical connector member surrounded by a sleeve of insulative material extending from the pothead, and a terminal block with a reces... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5387123 | Protective cover for header A cable connector 10 for high voltage which includes a housing 11 and a protective rear cover 12. The protective rear cover 12 is inserted into the housing 11. The protective rear cover 12 has latching projections 23 formed thereon and the housing 11 has ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5201666 | Adapter for enabling connection of vintage oil fuse cutouts and the like with modern cable lead connector systems A novel adapter for interfacing vintage oil fuse cutout devices with modern high-voltage cable terminations embodying a modern-standard bushing well at one end and a conductive member for mating with a cable entrance terminal of the cutout at the other en... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5112236 | Electrical contact An electrical contact comprising a male element and a female element in which the male element is mounted for sliding with a tight fit, an air chamber being formed between an end of the male element and a bottom of the female element, the male and female ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4824377 | Unmated pin connector having improved electrostatic discharge protection A female pin connector is disclosed which inhibits damaging levels of an electrostatic discharge from entering the unmated pin connector. The female pin connector supports a conductive barrier member at the mating end of the pin contacts. The conductive b... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4681385 | Electrical connector system An electrical connector system comprising a cylindrical plug assembly with terminals and a cylindrical socket assembly with terminals is disclosed. The assemblies may be axially joined virtually independent of their rotational orientation with respect to ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4647894 | Novel designs for packaging circuit protection devices Circuit protection devices which comprise a PTC conductive polymer element and an enclosure, and which are less likely to cause damage to other electrical components through release of carbonaceous dust. On the interior surface of the enclosure, there is ... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4067636 | Electrical separable connector with stress-graded interface A rod connector module of the type comprising an insulating housing containing a contact rod support, a receiving cone in the housing extending from the exterior toward the support, and a conductive contact rod fixed at one end to the support and extendin... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3960433 | Shielded power cable separable connector module having conducting contact rod with a beveled shoulder overlapped by insulating follower material A separable connector module for connecting shielded electrical power cable. It is of the type including an insulating housing containing a cable insert member. A male contact rod assembly, including a metal contact rod, is fixed at one end to the insert ... | 06/01/1976 |
