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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070502 | Electrical connectors and coupling device for such a connector An electrical connector with a first coupling device with a first connection for a first electrical cable and a second coupling device with a second connection for a second electrical cable and wherein both coupling devices are interlocking for electrical contact. T... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7318758 | Plug connector for the electrical connection of solar panels The invention relates to a plug connector for exterior application, in particular, for the electrical connection of solar panels, comprising a plug (16) with a plug housing (14), comprising at least one contact pin (3), or contact sleeve (13 | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311566 | Electrical connectors An electrical connector for high current applications has a mating plug and socket assembly. The socket assembly has two sockets arranged coaxially of one another and electrically interconnected. The central socket receives and contacts a pin on the plug assembly; t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7270554 | Audio jack with plug or head set identification circuit A jack (90) typically mounted in an aircraft seat is adapted for use with a variety of headset types. A jack has sockets (92, 93, 94) accepting any of several different types of plugs associated with different types of noise cancellation headsets or av... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249983 | Sleeveless stamped and formed socket contact An electrical contact includes a crimping section for securing a wire and a flute section for receiving a pin. The flute section includes fixed engagement members and a resilient cantilever member that engages the pin within the flute section. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234976 | Terminal cover, sealed type electromotive compressor provided with the terminal cover, and refrigerant cycle device in which the sealed type electromotive compressor constitutes refrigerant circuit An object is to provide a terminal cover which can be easily attached to a cluster while securely holding the cluster and which can protect lead wires extending from the cluster, a sealed type electromotive compressor whose terminal is covered with the terminal cove... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214103 | Connecting a solenoid to a lead frame A lead frame has slots therein for bayonet type connection to electrical terminals provided on a solenoid valve or group of valves. Projections on the lead frame are disposed between the slots and upon bayonet connection to the terminals closely interfit a web dispo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204711 | Lamp socket The present invention provides a lamp socket having a socket body with a lamp receiving portion and a back portion divided by a partition. The back side of the partition has a shelf and a recessed portion that extends inwardly relative to the shelf. The lamp socket ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7063575 | Terminal alignment features for bulb sockets The subject invention relates to terminals that are utilized in bulb sockets for automotive lamp assemblies. The embodiments of the bulb sockets disclosed provide for superior alignment and stabilization of the bulb in the bulb socket so that proper contact is made ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7052301 | Lamp socket The present invention provides a lamp socket having a socket body with a lamp receiving portion and a back portion divided by a partition. The back side of the partition has a shelf and a recessed portion that extends inwardly relative to the shelf. The lamp socket ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7014510 | Wedge base sealed lamp socket The present invention comprises a bulb socket assembly. The bulb socket assembly comprises a bulb accepting body portion, a terminal accepting body portion connected to the bulb accepting body portion, at least one terminal positioned in the bulb socket with the ter... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6910904 | Compressor with terminal assembly having dielectric material A hermetically sealed compressor assembly including a housing, an electric motor located in the housing, a compression mechanism located in the housing and operatively coupled to the motor, and a terminal assembly comprising a cup-shaped terminal body and having ele... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908325 | Plug connector, consisting of a plug-in jack and a plug part The invention relates to a plug-in jack comprising an insulating jack housing in which at least one jack contact is accommodated. The jack contact consists of a retaining part and a jack, the jack being mounted on the retaining part so as to be pivotable by a limite... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6705875 | Coaxial plug member A coaxial plug member comprises a housing, an inner contact, an outer contact and an insulating piece which is arranged between the inner and outer contacts. The outer contact is pivotally attached to the housing, as a result of which also the insulating piece recei... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6585544 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting has a resilient contact piece (18) coupled to an inner ceiling wall (15) via a resilient supporting piece (17). The resilient contact piece (18) is cantilevered back from the resilient supporting piece (17) and then is bent forward. A p... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6394829 | Self-aligning electrical interconnect A molded electrical interconnect having an electrical conductor embedded therein, a conductive terminal disposed in the cavity, a first end portion of the terminal disposed toward an open end of the cavity and a second end portion thereof coupled to a por... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6379179 | Semiconductor signal connector A semiconductor signal connector has a contact area provided with a contact part. The contact part is elongated in a transverse direction so that a signal terminal can contact at any location thereof. Further, the semiconductor signal connector has a firs... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6315591 | Electrical connector having an improved female contact The electrical connector of the present invention includes a female contact 1 having a pair of contact receiving cavities 5a and 5b at both ends that are capable of accommodating mating contacts A and B. One mating contact A is inserted into and removed f... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6299489 | Sleeve terminal A sleeve terminal which provides a continually assured level of normal force with respect to a received pin terminal, even as the sleeve member thereof may tend to relax over time. The sleeve terminal includes a sleeve member having a slot which allows th... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6273744 | Self-aligning connector assembly The present invention involves a self-aligning connector assembly adapted for connecting first and second electrical conductors. The invention may be incorporated within a door panel assembly of a vehicle. The self-aligning connector assembly provides for... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6250969 | Electrical connector with improved housing structure An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing and a number of contacts received in the housing. The housing defines three aligned apertures and a partition is provided between two proximate aperture. The housing defines four recesses equiangularl... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6186810 | Female electrical contact member A female electrical contact member has a body extended by a bush open at its free end for insertion of a male member and a male-member-receiving member comprises a ring extended by elastic tongues which grip the male member. The ring is mounted to slide a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5989047 | Christmas lamp socket A Christmas lamp socket includes an inner socket for a lamp to fit therein and an outer shell to hold the inner socket. The inner socket has two supporting base parts defining an intermediate room. The outer shell has an intermediate wall inside and two h... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5951314 | Female electrical contact member Female electrical contact member includes a body with an arrangement at one end for receiving an electrical conductor and a receiving member for the elastic engagement of a complementary male electrical contact member. The body is extended by a bush open ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5888096 | Electrical connector, housing and contact A shielded electrical connector having a housing and a cover each of which are formed by inmoulding an insulative portion respectively within a respective outer shield portion. Terminals are mounted within the housing and the housing and cover are joined ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5855675 | Multipurpose processing chamber for chemical vapor deposition processes A processing station adaptable to standard cluster tools has a vertically-translatable pedestal having an upper wafer-support surface including a heater plate adapted to be plugged into a unique feedthrough in the pedestal. At a lower position for the ped... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5795170 | Female terminal for waterproof connector and resin-filled waterproof connector A female terminal for waterproof connector which is so filled with resin-material that water or the like can not permeate the inside of a terminal receiving chamber of a connector housing, and a resin-filled waterproof connector which is inserted into the... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5611717 | Miniature anti-fretting receptacle terminal A terminal comprises an inner contact and an outer body. The inner contact is U-shaped and has a spring section positioned between a connection section and a contact section for resilient longitudinal movement of the contact section with respect to the co... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5588867 | Curved socket contact A machined socket contact comprises a contact section having a cavity therein for receiving a male pin terminal. The contact section comprises slots extending alternately from opposite sides of the contact section and intersecting the cavity. The slots ma... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5415571 | Receptacle for a connector A terminal receptacle for receiving a pin or tab therein has a resilient contact portion which prevents the terminal from experiencing frictional corrosion. The receptacle (11) has a receiving portion (17), a mounting portion (19), and a central portion (... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5334035 | Plug connector A plug connector may include an electrically insulated contact holder and a plug contact or contact element located in a contact chamber of the contact holder. The plug connector may be configured as a multi-pole plug connector exhibiting a plurality of c... | 08/02/1994 |
| 4859198 | Contact assembly A contact assembly for electrically conductively engaging large numbers of electrical connections between printed circuit boards. A plurality of pins mounted on one board are mated to a plurality of corresponding contacts mounted on another board, such co... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4834571 | Universal wire lock An improved connector having a looped wire retained in one piece of the connector and providing a second piece having a concentric bore and able to engage a free end of said looped wire to cause the wire to constrict upon rotation of the second piece rela... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4815986 | Self-aligning blind mate connector A self-aligning blind mate connector designed for surface mounting to existing RF coaxial pin and outer sheath ring of a sealed RF module. The two halves of the connector provide positive interlock upon engagement and allow for both axial and radial misal... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4808127 | Connector assembly A connector assembly comprises a female connector having a protruding portion extending from one end and with one or more sockets therein and a male connector having one or more pins for being received in a different one of the sockets and a retractable p... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4721829 | Gas insulated transmission line with shielded electrical joint assembly A segmented inner conductor of a transmission line has joints between the segments with a plug on one segment fitting into a socket on an adjacent segment. An electrostatic shield covers the joint and confines particles. Particular features have to do wit... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4707045 | Shielded microminiature multi-pin connector A microminiature, multi-pin electrical connector for high voltage applications. The connector includes a plug portion including a resilient body member having a plurality of cavities therein, and a receptacle portion having a plurality of extended members... | 11/17/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4666227 | Female electrical contact element requiring relatively little connecting force and relative connector assembly Female electrical contact element comprising a first portion designed to receive a corresponding male electrical contact element with relatively little connecting force; the said first portion being essentially cylindrical in shape and presenting a sectio... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4569565 | Blind-mating, positionally adjustable electrical connection device A blind-mating, positionally adjustable electrical connector device of the plug-and-socket type, with the plug connected to an electrically conductive structure (such as a passive printed circuit board), and with the electrified socket insulatively attach... | 02/11/1986 |
