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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025506 | Harsh environment rotary joint electrical connector A rotary joint connector has a plug having a plug contact module and a mating receptacle having a receptacle contact module designed for mating engagement with the plug contact module when the connector is fully mated. One of the units has front and rear shells whic... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7497689 | Electrically conductive connection for a medical gantry An electrically conductive connection is provided. The electrically conductive connection includes a gantry, rotatable about a pivot axis, and a stand. The connection comprising a wireless electrical contact, and at least one defined rotary position of the gantry. T... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7481655 | Rotary joint A rotary joint and a method for making a rotary joint are disclosed. The rotary joint includes a cylindrical core having an external surface including at least two circumferentially oriented groove regions and a partition region intermediate the groove regions. At l... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7137822 | High voltage swivel A high voltage swivel, includes an annular outer element defining a cylindrical chamber around a longitudinal axis and an inner cylindrical element coaxial with the outer element and rotatable relative thereto around the axis. The inner and outer elements each inclu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131844 | Collector ring assembly A collector ring comprising a non-electrically conductive, non-rotatable slip ring base having a plurality of slip rings mounted thereon with the slip rings decreasing in diameter from the lower end of the base to the upper end of the base. Electrical wires are secu... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125256 | Reorientable electrical outlet A reorientable electrical outlet having a housing cavity in a stationary housing and a rotatable electrical female receptacle seated therein is disclosed. Preferably, the rotatable female electrical receptacle includes a set of electrical conductors situated in elec... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121834 | Reorientable electrical receptacle A reorientable electrical expansion outlet is disclosed having a housing with a housing cavity and rotatable electrical female receptacles seated therein. A plug is provided for connection to another outlet for expanding the other outlet. Preferably, each rotatable ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6986191 | Bolster Plate Assembly A bolster plate is attached to a printed circuit board and acts as a stiffener that reduces bending in the overall assembly during the attachment of an integrated circuit chip to the printed circuit board under a heavy applied load. The bolster plate is provided wit... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6907122 | Rotational split adaptor A rotational split adaptor for engaging with gold-plated contacts of a communication socket is introduced to comprise a common plug, a socket assembly and a rotational joint. The common plug further includes a plug end for engaging with the communication socket and ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6830456 | Connector and apparatus including the same A connector for mechanically and electrically connecting devices such that the devices can pivot about two different axes relative to one another. ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6802724 | Fiber optic interface device A connectorized inside fiber optic drop that facilitates the deployment of fiber to the home by connecting a fiber optic interface device to an optical network terminal, the inside fiber optic drop including a sheath, transition fittings, pigtails, fiber optic conne... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6767217 | Rotating electrical transfer components The present invention is an improved electrical cylindrical circuit collector ring assembly. The assembly includes an axial stack of multiple torodial-shaped spacer members and at least one electrical conductor ring member. The spacer members each include one insula... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6658729 | Method of controlling shock and vibration of electrical interconnects An electronic subassembly comprises a printed circuit board and an electronic module, particularly a ceramic module, electrically connected to one another through a planar interposer. The interposer comprises an insulator sheet and electrical spring eleme... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6419530 | Electric plug-in connector An electric plug-in connector (11) having at least two coaxial round contacts (12, 13) provided on an electric component, e.g. a pressure regulator (10) or the like, wherein one round contact, preferably the inner round contact (12), contains an adjustmen... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6386885 | Downrigger cable reel with rotary electrical coupling A coupling system suitable for use with a transmission cable is described. The system includes a rotary electrical coupling operably connected to a cable reel assembly having a main body and a reel rotatably mounted to the main body for winding the transm... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6015298 | Vacuum-cleaner hose with electrical conductors A vacuum-cleaner hose with electrical conductors comprises a hose made of a soft thermoplastic material. A support carrier, made out of a harder material than the material of the hose, is attached at one end of the hose for electrical slip rings. One of t... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5984687 | Rotatable electrical connector A rotatable electrical connector for connection with first and second electrical power cord segments includes a male connector member and a female connector member. The male connector member comprises at least one conductor for connection with respective ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5829148 | Spatial measuring device An articulated coordinate measuring arm having swiveling joints which are unlimited by an end-stops. Power and signals are transmitted through a swiveling joint using a multi-conductor electrical slip-ring sub-assembly. Joint position transducer signal co... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5809136 | Circumferential-contact phone jack socket A jack socket comprises a body in which are formed an axial bore adapted to receive a phone jack, an annular groove in at least two locations spaced along the axial bore, concentric with, perpendicular to, and facing radially into the axial bore, and an a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5632625 | Rotary electrical coupling with circumferential conductive elastomer brush A coupling is described for conducting electrical signals between two members which are movably mounted to each other. The coupling uses a piece of compressed electrically conductive elastomer material to maintain physical and electrical contact between t... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5468912 | Swivel assembly for multi-conductor cord A swivel assembly for eliminating undesirable loops in an electrical or telephone cord has half shells provided in axial alignment and surrounding an inner core. The inner core defines slip rings for electrically engaging complementary cavities in the she... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5231374 | Apparatus and method for acquiring electrical signals from rotating members A slip ring includes a rotor and a stator. Stator contacts are connected to a data acquisition unit. The rotor contacts are connected to an amplifier circuit mounted in a housing connected to and rotatable with a rotating member. A sensor mounted on the r... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5009604 | Electrical connector assembly for vehicular steering wheel An electrical connector assembly is provided for components that are rotatable relative to one another, such as a steering column and a steering wheel for a vehicle. The assembly comprises a steering column cassette and an opposed mateable steering wheel ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4850882 | Rotatably mounted printed circuit board test support and connector The instant invention includes a two-portion printed circuit board support stand and connector wherein an elongate rotatable first portion accommodates a printed circuit board therewithin. A second stationary portion is electrically associatable with a de... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4850880 | Anti-tangle swivel electrical connector A device having two separate sets of contacts and a pivotal axis allowing 360° of rotational freedom between the two sets of contacts. The device is designed to provide the release of radial mechanical energy, stored in a coiled cord due to repeated twis... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4583798 | Rotatable electrical connector A rotatable electrical connector for preventing twisting and kinking of cords such as telephone and portable appliance cords includes a shell having an open-ended cylindrical bore with a series of contact elements projecting radially inwardly from the wal... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4533796 | Rotatable electrical connector for telephone cord This low friction rotatable electrical connector is for use with coiled telephone cords to prevent the cord from becoming twisted and knotted-up. This connector is generally of insulating material formed by a hollow inner cylindrical member telescoped wit... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4472010 | Twist-inhibiting appliance for connecting a cable of a telephone set or the like A telephone set includes a coiled multi-conductor cable connected to an assembly such as a handset by a standard modular connector and an appliance is interposed in the connector to inhibit twisting of the cable. The appliance includes two parts which fre... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4329004 | Gas filled high voltage slip ring assembly A slip ring for use in a high voltage system, such as a computerized axial tomography system, including the use of insulating gas, to fill a sealed cavity between a rotor and a stator to maintain the electrical integrity of the slip ring.... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4252388 | High power slip ring assembly A slip ring mounted in a buoy is used to transmit power from a generating vessel to an offshore installation. The vessel is moored to the buoy and the slip ring acts as an electric swivel allowing the vessel to weathervane around the buoy as environmental... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4201430 | Rotary feed for tomographic scanning apparatus Scanning apparatus is disclosed for use in computerized axial tomography systems. The apparatus includes an assembly rotatable about an axis extending along a central opening defined therein, and means for positioning the body portion to be examined withi... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4181850 | Data transmission in radiographic apparatus In radiographic apparatus in which a source of radiation and detectors receiving the radiation are orbited about a position for locating a patient, the examination can be carried out using a rotation through 360° or more. This arrangement uses slip rings... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4180300 | Double ring and radial conductor assembly for large hollow shafts A double ring and radial lead assembly for electrically connecting the exterior and interior of a large, hollow shaft. A first ring secured to the shaft has a radial opening therethrough in general alignment with a radial opening in the shaft between its ... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4142767 | Swivel assembly A multi-product swivel assembly for carrying oil or other cargo and transmitting electrical power and signal currents, between a ship and stationary oil wells or other installations. The swivel assembly includes a non-rotating or stationary unit, a large ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4068909 | Electrical contact assembly and method and apparatus for assembling the same A full rotational freedom, substantially zero friction electrical contact assembly for conducting electrical currents between relatively rotatable members of sensitive instruments such as gyroscopic devices and the like and a method of and apparatus for t... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3936117 | Irrigation pivot stand construction A pivot stand structure for circular irrigation systems. A rigid frame mounts a water supply pipe having a vertically oriented end portion which receives a rotatable, readially outwardly extending water delivery pipe. The delivery pipe supplies water to r... | 02/03/1976 |
