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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177572 | Electric connection device An electric connection device for connecting a conductor having at least one contact bush of a conductive material with a clearing for a contact spring and a contact spring disposed thereat which clamps a conductor plugged into the contact bush from a plug-in side a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8052447 | Electrical connection device Electric connection device for connecting a conductor having at least one contact bush of a conductive material with a clearing for a contact spring and a contact spring disposed thereat which clamps a conductor plugged into the contact bush from a plug-in side agai... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7997915 | Pin or socket contact with resilient clip An electrical pin or socket terminal includes a vertical tubular body portion, and a spring clip portion connected with the upper end of the body portion. The spring clip portion includes two opposed electrical contacts at least one of which is resiliently biased to... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7753704 | Electrical contact with C-shaped spring portion interconnecting upper contacting arm portion and lower soldering leg An electrical contact (5) adapted for connection a BGA device to a PCB includes a pair of arm portions defining a pair of clamping portions (51, 52) at top ends thereof for corresponding solder balls of the BGA device, a C-shaped spring portion (53 | 07/13/2010 |
| 7682175 | Burn-in socket A burn-in socket includes a base, a sliding plate mounted to the base and having a number of pin holes, a number of contacts secured to the base and an actuator mounted on the base. The contacts each comprise a base portion and a pair of arms received in the pin hol... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7503789 | Optical package alignment and test module A test module for establishing a releasable electronic connection to at least one radially arranged electrical lead of an electronic component is disclosed. The test module can include an elongate housing having a distal end and a proximal end, and a set of pivotal ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322844 | Pin grid array zero insertion force connectors configurable for supporting large pin counts A PGA socket including a plurality of sub-socket components, which when used in combination forms a larger effective socket, includes multiple apertures configured to receive corresponding pins of an IC. The PGA socket further includes multiple contact members, each... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316579 | Zero insertion force cable interface An electrical connector includes a cable end connector which mates with a board mount connector. The cable end connector includes a plurality of header modules that each include pivotal contact-bearing headers. The headers are coupled to ribbon conductors in a paral... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311543 | Bus module system including an internal bus bridge connector A bridge connector arrangement includes a bridge member moveable between engaged and disengaged positions relative to a pair of adjacent electrical modules, thereby to connect and disconnect rows of female terminals on the modules, The bridge member carries a plural... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7275938 | Socket for semiconductor package A socket (10) for a semiconductor package having a plurality of solder balls (5) at its bottom surface. The socket (10) includes a socket body having a plurality of contacts (11) arranged in a shape to correspond in arrangement to the sol... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271606 | Spring-based probe pin that allows kelvin testing The voltage at a node of an integrated circuit can be measured or controlled using a two-wire kelvin contact with spring-based probe pins by offsetting and tapering the lower end section of the spring-based probe pin. As a result, multiple spring-based probe pins ca... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270573 | Electrical connector with load bearing features Complementary contact and contact block designs are disclosed that help prevent movement of a contact received in the contact block when an electrical connector is press-fit or otherwise connected to a printed circuit board. A protrusion may be included on one or bo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258585 | Device and method for latching separable insulated connectors A latching mechanism for joining separable insulated connectors employs a plurality of finger contacts to create an interference fit with an electrode probe of an elbow connector. The electrode probe enters a cylindrical grouping of the plurality of finger contacts ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255614 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal configured to electrically mate with a conductive blade may include a base integrally formed with lateral walls, at least one spring member, and at least one contact rib. The spring member extends from at least one of the lateral walls, and is... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248481 | Circuit board and system with a multi-portion socket Circuit board and system with multi-portion sockets, and signal methods practiced thereon are described herein. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232324 | Electrical connector bridge arrangement with release means A plug-in electrical bridge connector includes a pair of parallel bridge contacts that extend through contact openings contained in an insulated bus bar housing arrangement for electrical engagement with bus bars mounted in chambers contained therein, respectively. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229324 | High speed receptacle connector part A receptacle connector part comprises a connector housing and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing. Each receptacle contact terminal includes two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preloading head. The conn... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229318 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array is arranged in a first pattern of signal contacts and ground contacts. The second linear array is arranged in a second pattern of signal ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226296 | Ball grid array contacts with spring action An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector is disclosed for providing improved solder ball connection with a substrate. The contacts may be compressed, enabling solder balls of the connector to abut with the substrate prior to reflow. During reflow, the c... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218128 | Method and apparatus for locating and testing a chip A probe apparatus includes a nest element operable to precisely locate a chip having a plurality of exposed interconnects on a face of the chip to permit conductive connection to the chip through the interconnects. The nest element includes a pocket dimensioned to l... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214084 | Socket for electrical parts A socket for an electrical part includes a socket body to which an electrical part is accommodated, the socket body having a base portion to which a number of elastic contact pins are arranged, a movable member disposed to the socket body above the base portion to b... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214104 | Ball grid array connector An electrical connector having a leadframe assembly and a connector housing is disclosed. The leadframe may include a lead frame and an electrical contact extending at least partially through the lead frame. The connector housing contains the leadframe assembly in e... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214082 | Connector allowing locking of connected state or non-connected state A connector for switching between the states of the connection and non-connection to a mating connector by a cam mechanism (6) movably installed in insulators (2, 3), wherein the cam mechanism comprises a first cam (6a) and a second cam (... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210953 | Socket for electrical parts A socket for an electrical part includes a socket body formed with an accommodation portion in which an electrical part having spherical terminals is accommodated and contact pins arranged to the socket body to be contacted to and separated from the terminals such a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207849 | Electrical contact element as well as contacting device having a contact element The invention relates to an electrical contact element made out of a stamped sheet metal part, a one-piece combination of an edgewise-wound spring element that is resilient about an axis lying perpendicular to the plane of the sheet metal with a leaf spring-like fla... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195507 | Socket apparatus with actuation via pivotal motion A socket apparatus includes a lid pivotally coupled to a socket. When the lid is in an open position, contacts in the socket are actuated to an open position for receiving an integrated circuit. When the lid is closed, levers coupled to the lid cease actuating the c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182643 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes a linear array of electrical blade contacts is disclosed. Each contact may have a free-ended mating portion that extends from a mate surface of a dielectric base. The first linear array may include a first signal contact, a seco... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182616 | Connector receptacle having a short beam and long wipe dual beam contact A contact assembly for use in an electrical connector. The contact assembly includes an insulative contact block defining a plurality of apertures therethrough. The contacts assembly also includes a plurality of dual beam contact terminals. Each plurality of dual be... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175137 | Coupler for cable trough Couplers for a cable trough system including a spacing defined by first and second guiding surfaces, the spacing being sized to receive the terminal end of a trough member into the spacing. One or more springs are carried on the couplers and may be at least partiall... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168990 | Female side connector for high current A female side connector for high current includes at least one contact unit including a contact, a contact support section, and a connection terminal: and a connector housing for placing the contact support section. The contact is provided by superposing a plurality... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165986 | Socket for electrical parts A socket for an electrical part includes a socket body to which an electrical part is accommodated, the socket body having a base portion to which a number of elastic contact pins are arranged, a movable member disposed to the socket body above the base portion to b... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160117 | High speed, high signal integrity electrical connectors An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a terminal tray. The terminal tray may include a tray body having a latch extending therefrom. The connector housing may define a latch receiving window. The latch and latch receiving window may be disposed... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134892 | Socket for electrical parts A socket for an electrical part includes a socket body to which an electrical part is accommodated, the socket body having a base portion to which a number of contact pins and a movable member disposed to the socket body to be vertically movable. The movable member ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121858 | Socket for ball grid array devices Disclosed is a socket (10) including a base (12), an array of contacts (22) in columns and rows, a plurality of positioning blocks (121) between the rows of the contacts of the base. Each of the contacts includes two deflectable contact p... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121860 | Pinch-style support contact, method of enabling electrical communication with and supporting an IC package, and socket including same A socket for removably mounting an electronic device and which has utility for testing of the electronic device. The socket includes pinch-style support contacts which establish a reference seating plane for an IC package. The pinch-style support contacts each inclu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118386 | Socket for semiconductor device Lengths of arms of pressing members held at a lower end of an arm section of a cover member are determined in correspondence to the retention of semiconductor devices having contour dimensions different from each other, and are shorter than a length of the arm secti... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118391 | Electrical connectors having contacts that may be selectively designated as either signal or ground contacts An electrical connector having a leadframe housing, a first electrical contact fixed in the leadframe housing, a second electrical contact fixed adjacent to the first electrical contact in the leadframe housing, and a third electrical contact fixed adjacent to the s... | 10/10/2006 |
