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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581971 | Binding post A binding post includes a first conductive member, a second conductive member, an isolating module, a positioning module and a cap. The first conductive member includes a head and a rod coupling to the head. The second conductive member receives the rod of the first... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7491076 | Rotatable memory card with improved locking mechanism A memory card (100) includes a main body portion (1) and a rotatable portion (2) connected by a pair of hinges (3) to rotate around an axis extending across a width of the memory card. A conductive member (12) includes a base (1... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7406344 | Wireless network card with antenna selection option A wireless network card includes an adaptable antenna connection structure that includes connections for one or more internal antennas and for one or more Radio Frequency (RF) connectors that may be coupled to one or more external antennas. A Printed Circuit Board (... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7367821 | Power distribution system and a method for assembling the power distribution system A power distribution system and a method for assembling the power distribution system are provided. The power distribution system is configured to be mounted on a wall and to hold a plurality of devices thereon. Further, the power distribution system is configured t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363947 | Appliance and receptacle for receiving a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug in two orientations A reversible receptacle for receiving a USB plug, including a first set of four electrical contact regions and a second set of four electrical contact regions, the contact regions configured such that in a first coupling orientation of the plug with the reversible r... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7320614 | Female connector and male connector An apparatus is disclosed including a female and a male connector wherein the female connector has a resin first connector body to which a first set of contact pins are attached and a tubular metallic shell that ensheathes the outer surfaces of the first connector b... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291123 | Joint for fluid transport lines for medical use The joint (36) comprises a tubular body (37) having two connecting zones (38, 39) each connected by an end to a tubular element (40) of a fluid transport line, giving continuity to passage of fluid. The tubular body is made of a mixture o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287992 | Protective cap for coaxial cable port terminator A protective cap includes first and second sealing sections, with the first section fitting into the end of a port terminator which contains a center conductor pin and the second section fitting into the end of the port terminator which contains a deep bore which ac... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268697 | Laterally translatable data transmission apparatus A data transmission apparatus having first and second electrical conductors is disclosed. The first and second electrical conductors are disposed within recesses of a first and second complementary surfaces that are magnetically conducting and electrically insulatin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7246015 | Alternator tester An alternator tester is provided for testing an alternator of a vehicle while the alternator is coupled to the vehicle. A sensor is configured to couple to the vehicle and sense a signal related to operation of the alternator. A memory contains data related to opera... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7198499 | Low voltage electricity distribution circuit The low voltage electricity distribution circuit of the present invention is an electrical outlet that includes a receptacle mounted to a recess including either a plurality of wires or a bus bar system. The receptacle has at least one continuously live power socket... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7165998 | Structure of USB compatible application apparatus An improved structure of USB compatible application apparatus is mainly provided a PCB circuit board to be a USB compatible application module of a connector. A top surface of the PCB carrying board is used to carry a plurality of connecting terminators. A board bot... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7130670 | Wireless network card with antenna selection option A wireless network card includes an adaptable antenna connection structure that includes connections for one or more internal antennas and for one or more Radio Frequency (RF) connectors that may be coupled to one or more external antennas. A Printed Circuit Board (... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126341 | Automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic device An automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic apparatus includes first and second electrical connections configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of an automotive vehicle which includes a battery. Digital samples are obtained during operation o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106070 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7056157 | Adapter for data transmission systems An adapter for a data transmission or communication system, has a body with a longitudinal axis. Longitudinal ends of the body define coaxial openings. One plug is receivable in one opening. Another plug is receivable in the other opening in at least two positions a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7034541 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7008259 | Heavy duty, high efficiency jumper cables A heavy duty, high efficiency jumper cable system designed to deliver 250 to 3,800 amps with minimal loss by transmitting current from a source through a cable/terminal connector through a heavy duty cable to a second cable/terminal connector and then to a discharge... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003411 | Electronic battery tester with network communication An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery includes test circuitry configured to provide a battery test output related to a condition of the battery. A memory stores a battery tester address of the battery tester, and communication circuitry transmit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003410 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998847 | Electronic battery tester with data bus for removable module An electronic battery tester is provided for testing storage batteries. Battery test circuitry is configured to couple to the storage battery and measure a condition of the battery. A removable module is configured to couple to the battery tester to add increased fu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6961683 | Interface member wiring design support apparatus, wiring design method, wiring design support method, and computer-readable storage medium Flexural rigidity E of a target wire harness (to be referred to as a WH hereinafter) is calculated by a predetermined bi-quadratic function associated with a curvature ρ on the basis of a diameter φ of the WH, and the wiring shape of the WH which satisfy fixing po... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960025 | Connector and receptacle containing a physical security feature A connector system that provides discriminating mating between plugs and receptacles by using a system of geometrically matched connector components which allow certain pairs of connectors to mate but which prevent all other combinations of connectors to mate. | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957966 | Component retention mechanism and method One embodiment of the invention is a mechanism for attaching a first component to a second component, wherein the second component includes at least two mounting posts, the mechanism comprising a mounting block having at least two holes, through each of which a resp... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951478 | Method and apparatus for three-phase to single-phase power distribution In a piece of equipment deriving power from a three-phase power supply, a method and a connector provide a country-independent arrangement of connection pins to interface with the equipment, so as to provide one or more single-phase output voltages at designated pin... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948975 | Alternative lantern flashlight battery adaptor In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a lantern flashlight power source adaptor, which may be used with a battery that has an electrical socket, includes a member and an electrical plug that is supported by the member. The electrical plug may be... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6905370 | Hot pluggable adapter for legacy power supply connectors An adapter for use with existing network tap modules to be received by a housing that supports hot-pluggable modules. The adapter allows an existing network tap module to connect to a power supply connector and power supply included with a housing for network tap mo... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906523 | Method and apparatus for testing cells and batteries embedded in series/parallel systems A “three-point” measurement technique effectively removes system effects to determine impedance, admittance, resistance, or conductance of an individual cell, battery, or interconnecting conductor embedded in a series or series-parallel electrochemical battery o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896551 | Power line phase coupler system A power line phase coupler system for repeating data signals between power line phases that can be easily installed by a user. The power line phase coupler system includes a housing, a female connector positioned within the housing, a male connector electrically con... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6862173 | Modular multiple disk drive apparatus A data storage assembly having multiple disk drives disposed on a replaceable module. Multiple modules are connected to a single chassis having a back plane with a plurality of connectors, each of which are adapted to receive a connector of one of the modules. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6646873 | Personal digital assistant for connecting with a communtcations module A PDA for connecting with selectively installed communications modules. Both communications modules have their own corresponding connector and fixing device connected electrically and mechanically between the PDA and the communications module. With the ab... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6616475 | Electric wire connecting structure of lamp unit A lamp unit attached to a lamp-attaching window provided in a roof trim for covering a vehicle body panel comprises a lamp functional portion composed of a reflector (31), a switch unit (33) and a bulb, and a design portion that is a cover lens. For each ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607401 | Electrical connector mateable in a plurality of orientations An interconnection system, comprising: a first connector having an arrangement of contacts therein; and a second connector, mateable with said first connector, and having an arrangement of contacts therein. The second connector can mate with the first con... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6409549 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (1) includes a slide body (2), a terminal module (3) assembled on the slide body. The terminal module comprises a main base (30), a bottom base (31) welded to the main base, a top cover (32) assembled on the main base, eight cam-sh... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6255828 | Interface for cable testing In circuit tester apparatus using one or more carrier elements, each carrier element having one or more first electrical connectors, the combination comprising one or more base sections, one or more second electrical connectors carried by the section or s... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6247829 | Interchangeable lamp apparatus having a detachable plug An interchangeable lamp apparatus having a detachable plug which is positionable in one of a plurality of orientations with respect to a base of the lamp apparatus. A construction of the base protects against undesired electrical shock when the plug is de... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6203339 | Adapter for dual circuit track lighting system A track adapter (10) is disclosed for electrically connecting a light fixture to either of two electrical circuits (42, 43) of a track (22). The track adapter (10) includes a housing (14) and a housing base (12) having a slot (72) formed therein. An elect... | 03/20/2001 |
