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!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182279 | Cordset assembly An extension cordset assembly includes a receptacle and a sealing gasket. The receptacle includes a receptacle main body, a receptacle connecting interface and first and second spade mating holes extending into the receptacle main body from the receptacle connecting... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167634 | Connector with a sealing ring having a bulge at its inner peripheral side of its main body A connector has a housing (40) including a terminal mounting portion (41), a receptacle (55) and a mounting flange (61) between the terminal mounting portion (41) and the receptacle (55). A seal ring (150) is mounted ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8133068 | Current connection apparatus for tanks A current connection apparatus for a pressure tank is provided. The current connection apparatus includes a tank flange mounted on a tank and an opening that leads into the tank. Electrical connection cables are installed in this opening for connecting with an exter... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8113860 | High power multi-pin electrical connector This patent discloses an improved multi-pin electrical connector for use in wet environments. Multi-pin connectors are widely used. In some uses, the connectors may be exposed to water. The improved connector keeps external water from entering the connector and isol... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100708 | Connection structure for a vehicle A connector has a first terminal housing with first connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a second terminal housing with second connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, isolating plates and a connecting member. Each of the first connec... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100707 | Plug contact pairing A plug contact pairing comprises a plug pot with contact pins, as well as a plug head with contact circuits for connection of electrical line ends. A profiled ring (securing ring) is used to mount the plug head in an interlocking manner in the plug pot, is incorpora... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087948 | Waterproof structure for connector housing A connector housing that is reduced in size in correspondence with reduction in size of a terminal. When a connecting terminal to which an electric wire and a waterproof sealing member are attached is inserted into a terminal accommodating hole from an terminal inse... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079862 | Submersible electrical connector A connector for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment comprises first and second connector parts adapted to be interengaged to establish an electrical connection. The first connector part has at least one pin, and the second connector part has at least on... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8066525 | Electrical connectors and methods of manufacturing and using same An electrical connector forms electrical contact by tightening of a movable, electrically-conductive spiral around un-insulated wire or wires. The spiral coils around the wire multiple times and tightens on the wire(s) when either one or the other end, or both ends,... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8047862 | Mounting arrangement for an electric supply cable having a connector with a sealing ring and locking means The mounting arrangement is applied to a refrigeration compressor having a shell (1) externally carrying energizing pins (2) and comprises: a connector (10) to be mounted to the shell (1) and having a non-electric conducting base body ( | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047861 | Electrical Connector System The invention relates to electrical connector systems including a first connector provided with a plug-portion and a retainer adapted to act together with the plug-portion. The retainer further includes a sleeve portion which is adapted to be arranged in a mating co... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043105 | Sealable squib connector system The invention relates to sealable squib connectors, in particular for airbag ignition systems. The connector including a connector housing with a plug-in projection, which plug-in projection has a mating face at its distal end; a seal expansion element; and a resili... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8016603 | Quick-connection outdoor waterproof electrical connector A quick-connection outdoor waterproof electrical connector is provided, having the following features: All of the male terminals and the female terminals are all positioned in a peripheral direction with the same diameter; the female terminal is provided at its conn... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011941 | Dust-tolerant electrical connector A connector assembly includes releasably mateable plug and receptacle units. At least one socket is enclosed within the receptacle unit and is aligned with at least one permeable membrane disposed in the front end of the receptacle unit. The plug unit includes a bod... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7988475 | Connector assembly with guide projections A connector assembly is provided with an electric wire-side housing (51) to be fit on a device-side connector (10) that has relay terminals (20). Guide projections (58) project out from an outer peripheral surface of a wire-deriving tube ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988476 | Sealed plug assembly A protective plug assembly for use with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The plug assembly is installed over a terminated USB connector and provides additional shielding for the USB connector, thereby allowing the USB connector to be used in military, aerospa... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7967625 | Packing protection cap and connector An electrical connector includes a connector body and a seal protection cap. The connector body includes a cap housing, a body, and a fitting section provided with a seal. The seal protection cap includes a front face plate and a protection section. The front face p... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963786 | Audio jack Provided is an audio jack, including an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, a waterproof covering body and a retaining shell. The insulating housing disposes an inserting hole and a plurality of contact-receiving grooves. The contacts are separately inserte... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7942686 | Electrical barrier and moisture seal for an implanted medical device Multiple seals, internal to a connector block, provide for connecting an implantable medical device and an implanted cable or lead. The forces to engage sealing or releasing the seals are derived from a mechanism so they can be relaxed to permit ease of insertion or... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938661 | Photovoltaic module connector assembly A connector assembly includes a housing, a contact, a support plate, and posts. The housing extends between a mounting side and an opposite side. The mounting side is configured to be mounted to a first side of a photovoltaic module. The contact is held by the housi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922535 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an inner shielding shell, an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and an outer shielding shell. The inner shielding shell defines an accommodating chamber therein. The insulating housing has a base body engaged with a rear of... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7905740 | Tight assembly for electrical connector The invention proposes an assembly for an electrical connector including: —a resilient sealing mat seal having two main surfaces and a plurality of channels extending between said two main surfaces, each channel being intended to receive a respective electrical wi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901233 | Electrical connectors and methods of manufacturing and using same An electrical connector forms electrical contact by tightening of a movable, electrically-conductive spiral around un-insulated wire or wires. The spiral coils around the wire multiple times and tightens on the wire(s) when either one or the other end, or both ends,... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7892003 | Tool having integral plug An electrical tool includes a main housing, an operative portion integrally connected to, and forming part of, the main housing, and a plug integrally connected to, and forming part of, the main housing. The plug comprising a base or main body, a plug connecting int... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892026 | Electrical plug-type connector The invention relates to an electrical plug-type connector (1) having a socket-like contact element (6), which is arranged in a contact chamber (2), which comprises at least two chamber parts (3, 4), which bear against one another with in... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878832 | Underwater connector with a deformable insertion member and a sealing member squeezed by a clamping member Disclosed herein is an electrical connector for use with an underwater electrical device. The underwater electrical device is connected to a source, such as a power source, by electrical wiring. The connector is adapted for connecting the source and the underwater e... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7867001 | Connection member and harness connector A waterproof harness connector that is simple, highly reliable, and can branch a wire. An inner holder is inserted into an outer holder from an opening, and then, joints of wire terminals, where seal members are attached to wires, are inserted into wire terminal hol... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7850474 | Seal for a transmission with a mechatronic system A seal for an automatic transmission (12) having mechatronics with an electronic module (14) and an electro-hydraulic control unit. The electronic module (14), when installed, is electrically connected, via terminal connectors (20), with ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841880 | Endoscope connector using waterproof cap A connector for an endoscope mounting a waterproof cap on a connection port for a connector having electrical connection member disposed therein in which an O ring providing waterproof characteristics by making close contact with an inner periphery of the connection... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7833037 | Cordset assembly An extension cordset assembly includes a receptacle and a sealing gasket. The receptacle includes a receptacle main body, a receptacle connecting interface and first and second spade mating holes extending into the receptacle main body from the receptacle connecting... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7794254 | Submersible electrical connector A connector for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment comprises first and second connector parts adapted to be interengaged to establish an electrical connection. The first connector part has at least one pin, and the second connector part has at least on... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794255 | Electrical connectors and methods of manufacturing and using same An electrical connector forms electrical contact by tightening of a movable, electrically-conductive spiral around un-insulated wire or wires. The spiral coils around the wire multiple times and tightens on the wire(s) when either one or the other end, or both ends,... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7758367 | Hollow ring seating indicator A seating indicator for loadbreak connectors and deadbreak connectors that includes a substantially round, elastic O-ring having a body and an opening, wherein the O-ring is installed on the transition shoulder portion of a loadbreak bushing insert, and wherein the ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7749012 | Electrical connector body co-molded with cable and peripheral seals A socket connector having a connector body co-molded with its peripheral and cable seals. In the first molding operation, a first tooling is placed into a mold and is configured so that plastic injected into the mold forms the connector body. In the second molding o... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731517 | Inherently sealed electrical connector An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. An embodiment comprises a non-conductive ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726996 | Compression seal for coaxial cable connector and terminal A compression seal for a coaxial cable connector has a main body with an upward facing surface or flange on the outer surface thereof, the upward facing surface or flange facing away from the main body. The outer surface of the main body also has at least one first ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7695301 | Submersible connector with secondary sealing device A submersible connector has releasably mateable first and second connector units. The first connector unit has at least one electrical pin extending through a bore in a retaining base and projecting outward from the forward end of the base. The second connector unit... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7677911 | Connector connection structure, connector connection method and vehicle A connector connection structure includes: a case having a side surface and a top surface, respectively extending in directions crossing each other at a first angle, and an opening; a connector terminal portion inserted into the case from the opening; a shield plate... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7645154 | USB connector protective cover A universal serial bus connector assembly for sealing a plug against the intrusion of foreign material is provided. The connector assembly includes a plug receptacle housing and a plug receptacle supporting structure attached to the plug receptacle housing. A bezel ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7641492 | Electrical connector having vibration-resisting structure A connector including: a first connector housing having a tube-shaped hood part; a second connector housing to be fitted to the first connector housing; and a groove part provided on the second connector housing, wherein a terminal receiving part of the second conne... | 01/05/2010 |
