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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057247 | Contact and electrical connector A contact is attached to a connector housing thereby contacting a mating connector. The contact includes a contact section, a pair of tabs, and a pair of springs. The contact section is includes a pair of arms that extend frontward while facing each other and a supp... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8007301 | Electrical connector An electrically conductive fork includes first and second arm members each having an electrical contact and a pivot portion, the pivot portion configured to receive a portion of a rod, where the first and second arm members are configured to pivot around the rod, an... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7867000 | Stack height tolerance compensating busbar structure An electrical connector assembly is disclosed, the assembly having an electrical connector and a plurality of contacts coupled to a plurality of fixed bodies by plurality of fasteners adapted to facilitate relative movement of the electrical connector and the contac... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7833034 | Electrical contactor In an electrical contactor a first terminal (5) is connected to a pair of contacts (3, 4) on opposite faces of a fixed conductive member (2). A second terminal (6) is connected to a pair of movable arms (7, 8) of electrically condu... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7806711 | Electrical connector An electrically conductive fork includes first and second arm members each having an electrical contact and a pivot portion, the pivot portion configured to receive a portion of a rod, where the first and second arm members are configured to pivot around the rod, an... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7417848 | Multiple height, high density horizontal low voltage motor control center A reduced form factor component support is provided for motor control centers and similar packaged electrical systems. The reduced form factor component support may be used with smaller components, such as small motor starters, motor drives, and so forth. Electrical... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7204719 | Connector for solderless connection and plug connected to the connector A connector including a plurality of terminal wires forming gently-sloping hills in a longitudinal direction and having curved front and rear opposite end portions and wire retaining bodies each of which has substantially the same length as the wires to partially co... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7108532 | Circuit selectable receptacle A modular wall panel assembly for use in a modular furniture environment including a modular wall panel and an electrical receptacle connected to the modular wall panel. The electrical receptacle includes a connector having a plurality of connector terminals, a plur... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7083433 | Electrical connector The electrical connector includes a receptacle connector 10 and a plug connector 50. The receptacle connector includes a first housing 13 made of an insulating material having plate-shaped receptacle contacts 11 made of a conductive mater... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077704 | Battery connecting plate, and attachment structure of the same A plate body is disposed on a plurality of arrayed batteries. A first terminal is provided with a first portion which is connected to one of the batteries, and a second portion which is connected to an electronic element. A cover member is attached onto the plate bo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7037127 | Low force electrical contact An apparatus for forming and disconnecting an electrical path includes a split tine socket that is formed of a high yield strength conducting material or metal and which includes a plurality of tines. Each tine functions as a two stage spring to supply a normal forc... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6902409 | Device for earthing a switching device arranged in a module frame in a displaceable manner A retrofittable earthling device includes a first contact arranged on the switching device and a second contact arranged on the module frame by way of a contact carrier. They are adjacently spring-mounted, during the movement of the switching device from its point o... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6629854 | Structure of wiring connection In a structure of wiring connection, plate-like first to fourth wirings are typically used. A connecting portion of the first wiring is connected to that of the third wiring, and a connecting portion of the second wiring is connected to that of the fourth... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6596946 | Molding with integral fixation member An insert molding having a conductor member with an end portion utilized as a contact point. A fixation member holds a portion of the conductor member. A resin portion covers the conductor member in areas other than the contact point with the fixation mem... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6558198 | Fuse device and fuse device connecting structure A fuse device is provided with a plurality of separate fuse main bodies in which fuse terminals and fuse terminals are formed at the opposite ends of fusing elements, and a plurality of connection terminals which are members separate from the fuse main bo... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6280216 | Lug adapter assembly having reduced force clips A draw out unit (10) mounts switching devices (12,14) within a switchgear unit and electrically connects the switching devices (12,14) to electrical bus bars (16). A cutout portion (30) in draw out unit (10) receives an insulative housing (32) for a lug a... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6139347 | Fixing terminal and an electrical connection module for a plug-in circuit breaker The invention relates to an electrical fixing terminal for an electrical switchgear apparatus being disconnected by an axial withdrawal motion. In particular, an extractable circuit breaker, comprising a protruding part extending parallel to an axis of wi... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6086398 | Terminal connection device A terminal connection device comprising: a first terminal; a terminal contact member composed of a plurality of contact pieces, each contact piece having a first contact surface and a second contact surface, the plurality of contact pieces being arranged ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5601456 | Bus bar connector A bus bar connector of fewer parts to be easily assembled where plural grooves are formed in the outer periphery of a guide plate so as to position and to prevent plural contact plates from inclining, and a supporting arm is provided at a part of the oute... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5510960 | Connector assembly for a motor control unit A motor control unit for use in an electrical enclosure is provided, the motor control unit includes a connector stab assembly of a molded plastic housing having a base portion, at least one jaw connector cover extending from one side of the base portion ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5482481 | Bus bar connector A bus bar connector of fewer parts to be easily assembled where plural grooves are formed in the outer periphery of a guide plate so as to position and to prevent plural contact plates from inclining, and a supporting arm is provided at a part of the oute... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5423700 | Bus bar connector A bus bar connector of fewer parts to be easily assembled where plural grooves are formed in the outer periphery of a guide plate so as to position and to prevent plural contact plates from inclining, and a supporting arm is provided at a part of the oute... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5098318 | Electrical contact assembly An electrical contact assembly has a contact carrier formed with symmetrically opposed rows of comb-like guides, opposed rows of double-ended contact fingers mounted in the guides, a first contact piece supported by the contact carrier between the contact... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5030108 | Card edge bus bar assembly for power distribution system A bus bar assembly (110) includes a pair of source and return bus bars (118,116) mounted on at least one of the side edges (108,112) of a daughter card (102) and electrically connected by arrays of terminals (172) to power circuits of the card, for use in... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5011417 | Structure of connection between bus bar and press-connecting branch terminal in electric connection box A structure of connection between a bus bar and a press-connecting branch terminal in an electric connnection box is disclosed wherein a plurality of bus bars constituting a circuit are accommodated within a casing composed of an upper case and a lower ca... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4983132 | Connector for mating bus bars An electrical connector (12) for mating two blade-shaped members (130, 150) includes a dielectric spacer member (14), first and second terminal elements (30, 60) secured to each of opposing major surfaces (16, 18) of spacer member (14), the first terminal... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4917619 | Tool changer for welding robot A tool changer for welding robot comprising: detachable male portions of connectors provided at a substrate fixed to a robot arm side for supplying electricity, gas, air, water to the tool side from the robot arm side; and detachable female portions of co... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4909744 | Busbar connection structure To minimize the number of vertically extending tab-shaped male terminals in busbar connection structure, that is, to maximize the busbar material yield or busbar arrangement density on an insulating plate, two busbars stacked with at least one insulating ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4845589 | Bus bar connector assembly A bus bar assembly comprises a frame in which circuit modules are slidable on rails towards and away from a power bus bar. Each module has a receptacle for receiving the bus bar when the module has been slid to a home position in the frame. Each receptacl... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4453792 | High current drawer connector The present invention relates to a connector for joining high current-carrying devices, such as bus bars, used in computers and the like. More particularly, the connector includes one or more contact units each consisting of two elongated contact blades h... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4077687 | Stab assembly for vertical bus bars plug-on unit An electrical stab assembly for connection to vertical bus bars in an electric control center and which includes connector jaws floatably mounted in an insulated molded base. The floatable mounting permits the connector jaws to move with the bus bars to w... | 03/07/1978 |
