Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7144263 | Shorting bar connector An electrical connector generally includes a housing having at least a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal. A shorting bar slidably connects to the housing and has at least a first spring portion and a second spring portion. The shorting bar i... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6948962 | Flexible jumper receptacle A receptacle for providing electrical power to an electrical power plug comprises a circuit selector for selecting one of several electrical circuits available to supply the receptacle. The circuit selector is electrically connected to a power terminal assembly, ada... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6926561 | Integrated high and low frequency connector assembly A connector assembly includes a substrate assembly and a receptacle. The substrate assembly includes a first substrate layer having a conductive trace that is accessible for direct electrical interconnection with a first conductor associated with another device. A s... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6692281 | Socket cover tab for engaging cam features An electrical socket assembly having a socket cover slidably mounted to a socket base over a range of motion. The socket assembly also includes a drive plate mounted to a cam portion of the socket cover. The drive plate and socket cover have range limit e... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6447346 | Multipolar connector apparatus with force transmitting member A plurality of steps respectively constituted by inner housings (19) are incorporated into an outer housing (18) of a female connector (12). Moreover, a pushing operation force transmitting member (20) is incorporated there into. The engaging relation of ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6431876 | Conductive trace interconnection A method of connecting a first conductive device to a second conductive device is provided. The first conductive device has a first conductive trace supported by a first substrate. The first trace has a generally planar first surface spaced away from the ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6244884 | Self docking electrical connector A self-docking connector includes first and third fixed contacts and an intermediate fixed contact. The first and third contacts are mounted on male and female connectors, respectively, and the intermediate contacts are mounted on a slideable plate. The p... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6220881 | Card edge connector A card edge connector is provided. This card edge connector comprises: a first connector housing and a second connector housing to be inserted into a connector receiving chamber provided with a wiring substrate having terminal connecting portions; a plura... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6179638 | Connector for use in a card reader A connector for use in a card reader is provided. A frame is included for accommodating a card therein. The frame has an opening through which a card is inserted into the frame and removed from the frame. A plurality of connector terminals are mounted on ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5993232 | IC card connector unit An IC card connection unit according to the invention is for use in electronic equipment into which an IC card is inserted. It included a body provided with a contacting arrangement for contacts, and a card supporter fixedly attached to the body, provided... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5827084 | Electrical connector assembly with interleaved multilayer structure and fabrication method An electrical connector assembly having an interleaved multilayer structure includes a first connector structure having at least a first connector layer, and a second connector structure having at least second and third connector layers. A plurality of co... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5632638 | Card edge connector In a card edge connector, rotating pins are formed on the inner surfaces of the side walls of a box-shaped outer housing, while cylindrical bearings are formed on the outer surfaces of the side walls of inner housings in which electrically conductive term... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5061197 | Multi-terminal electric connector requiring low insertion and removal force An electric connector requiring decreased insertion and withdrawal force, even when including groups of 20 to 40 terminals. The connector includes a male portion, a female portion into which the male portion fits, and a cam mechanism. With the cam mechani... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4911645 | Parallel board ZIF module connector The present invention provides a parallel board connector having zero insertion force between a PC board and a backplane which presents effectively zero impedance change through the connector interface. The PC board and the backplane to which it is to be ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4850889 | Serial electrical connector An electrical connector includes a plurality of spaced electrical contacts serially arranged in the electrical connector body and adapted to receive mating electrical contacts mounted in a mating electrical connector member. Insulator members are mounted ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4842539 | Strand-to-strand short circuit tester A plurality of connector members are provided, each of which is shaped to fit between two adjacent strands in a column of strands on a stator winding (i.e., by manual insertion). Each connector member has a first side provided with an electrically conduct... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4834665 | Power connector with rotary cam for daughter card A power connector for distributing power to an active edge of a daughter card which is insertable into a channel of the power connector, includes a plurality of terminals electrically connected to a power source. A cylindrical cam shaft within a longitudi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4744768 | Coupling connector A connector with a base having a plurality of contacts that are operable and which can be closed, with opposing sides resiliently forced against device terminals which force can be supplemented by further force provided by an actuator.... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4290661 | Programmable electrical connector A zero insertion force electrical connector in which, when the plug and receptacle connector members are initially mated, the contacts therein are spaced from each other. An actuating plate is shifted to move the movable contacts in the plug connector mem... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4279456 | Electric lines of the armor-plated type, designed especially for electric system for interiors A bipolar shunting device for multipolar electric lines formed by a box-type contact unit which may be fitted slidingly in substantially U-shaped sections, which support internally two opposite sets of electric insulated wires. A box-type connection unit ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4094570 | Electrical connector An electric connector is described comprising two units having an elongated hape, each unit having a plurality of contact means fixed each at one end of a flexible strip the other end of which is fixed to a respective unit, each strip extending transversel... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4033660 | High current electrical joint apparatus Electrical joint apparatus includes an array of stab connectors each having a pair of spaced contact fingers and an array of receiver connectors each also having a pair of spaced contact fingers arranged in individual lapped relation with respective conta... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032207 | High current electrical joint apparatus Electrical joint apparatus includes an array of stab connectors each having plural contact fingers and an array of receiver connectors each having contact fingers arranged in lapped relation with the contact fingers of an associated stab connector. A clam... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3941446 | Electrical connector An electrical connector, having a multiplicity of electrical conductors, in which pressure, to establish electrical contact between conductors, is generated by means of a single external force. Maintenance of adequate contact pressure, for all contacts, i... | 03/02/1976 |
