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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395584 | Hermaphroditic connector A connection system for securing two articles to each other having two connectors, each of connectors includes a base plate with a center point and identical inter-engaging sections with at least one male component and at least one female component. Also provided is... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7246015 | Alternator tester An alternator tester is provided for testing an alternator of a vehicle while the alternator is coupled to the vehicle. A sensor is configured to couple to the vehicle and sense a signal related to operation of the alternator. A memory contains data related to opera... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7220140 | Board connector The present invention relates to a board connector for electrically connecting together circuit boards which are incorporated in, for example, a mobile telephone. A dust-proof measure is carried out by swingably attaching a cover member to a plug via a fulcrum shaft... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198510 | Kelvin connector for a battery post A Kelvin connector for coupling to a post of a battery includes a first contact having a surface which at least partially conforms to and is adapted to engage and electrically connect to a surface of the post. The connector also includes a second contact having a su... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186125 | Conductive path and connector A conductive path includes a terminal metal piece; and a bus bar overlapped with the terminal metal piece. The terminal piece and the bus bar are bonded while the terminal piece and the bus bar are deformed to form a recess portion on a surface where the terminal me... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160157 | Twist-lock terminal connection system An electrical terminal connection system includes first and second terminals that are interlocked by placing the first terminal on top of the second terminal and rotating the first terminal. The first terminal has a planar ring section with an outer perimeter and a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154276 | Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a vehicle electrical system An apparatus for measuring electrical parameters for an electrical system measures a first and second parameters of the electrical system between connections to the electrical system. A processor determines a third electrical parameter of the electrical system as a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7126341 | Automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic device An automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic apparatus includes first and second electrical connections configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of an automotive vehicle which includes a battery. Digital samples are obtained during operation o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119686 | Theft prevention device for automotive vehicle service centers An apparatus and method for preventing theft in automotive vehicle service centers. A transmitter transmits a wireless security signal which defines a perimeter. At least one portable tool for use in automotive vehicle service centers includes a receiver configured ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106070 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094707 | Method of forming nitrided oxide in a hot wall single wafer furnace A method of nitriding a gate oxide layer by annealing a preformed oxide layer with nitric oxide (NO) gas in a hot wall, single wafer furnace is provided. The nitridation process can be carried out rapidly (i.e., at nitridation times of 30 seconds to 2 minutes) while... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7034541 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7003410 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003411 | Electronic battery tester with network communication An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery includes test circuitry configured to provide a battery test output related to a condition of the battery. A memory stores a battery tester address of the battery tester, and communication circuitry transmit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998847 | Electronic battery tester with data bus for removable module An electronic battery tester is provided for testing storage batteries. Battery test circuitry is configured to couple to the storage battery and measure a condition of the battery. A removable module is configured to couple to the battery tester to add increased fu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6967484 | Electronic battery tester with automotive scan tool communication An electronic battery tester includes battery test circuitry configured to couple to a battery. A databus is configured to exchange data with external circuitry. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6941234 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933727 | Electronic battery tester cable A cable for use with an electronic battery tester includes first and second electrical connections configured to couple to terminals of a battery. A memory is configured to store digital data. Electrical terminals are configured to couple the cable to the electronic... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913483 | Cable for electronic battery tester A battery tester cable for coupling an electronic battery tester to a battery includes first clamp and second clamps to provide a connections to terminals of the battery. Cables extend from the clamps. A moveable cable holding device can be positioned along a length... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6914413 | Alternator tester with encoded output An alternator tester includes an alternator output measurement circuit configured to measure an electrical output of an alternator. A microprocessor determines a alternator condition as a function of the electrical output. The microprocessor encrypts information and... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906523 | Method and apparatus for testing cells and batteries embedded in series/parallel systems A “three-point” measurement technique effectively removes system effects to determine impedance, admittance, resistance, or conductance of an individual cell, battery, or interconnecting conductor embedded in a series or series-parallel electrochemical battery o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907292 | Device in connection with pacers The invention relates to a locking device (1) for a female connector part for cooperation with an elongate, male connector part (30), said female connector part being intended for use in a pacer housing. Said female connector part comprises a longitudi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6629849 | Rotatably mated connector couple A connector couple includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector includes a housing and a plurality of first and second terminals. The housing defines a cutout and a slot in communication with the cutout and therefore forms firs... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6189714 | Apparatus for connecting a device into a brake pipe hose connection between railway cars and/or locomotives An adapter is designed to interconnect the two glad hands that extend from the adjacently disposed ends of a pair of rail vehicles in a train. The housing of the adapter includes first and second connector bodies and an intermediate portion situated betwe... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5865638 | Electrical connector An electrical conductor establishes electrical contact between planar faces of a first terminal and a second terminal. The connector includes a resilient contact plate disposed between the faces, and locking assembly for retaining the terminals in engagem... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5834696 | Terminal for coupling wirings A terminal for coupling wirings of the present invention is simply constructed, features enhance coupling/assembling operability, and needs decreased space. A terminal body (21) is constituted by a wiring connection portion (22) and an overlapping portion... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5833482 | Pivotable electrical connector A pivotable connector assembly includes first and second matable connectors (20, 20) adapted to be brought into mated engagement by rotating the connectors in a first angular direction about a center of pivoting, and adapted to be disengaged by rotating t... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5575674 | Connector adapted for hermaphroditic construction An electrical connector (2) comprising: an insulating housing (3) a mating face (9) extending laterally and rearward of a front mating end (6), electrical contacts (4) along the mating face (9), the mating face (9) laterally overlapping a mating face (9) ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5529509 | Interlocking ground terminal Disclosed is a ring terminal connector which includes a pair of like circular, substantially flat apertured terminals. Each terminal has a raised bump or nib on its upper surface and a nib opening on its upper surface such that the pair of terminals may b... | 06/25/1996 |
| 4975062 | Hermaphroditic connector An hermaphroditic electrical connector comprising a pair of substantially identical body members. The two body members are arranged to be releasably secured together to electrically connect plural electrical contacts of one member to respective electrical... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4863388 | Rotating contact ZIF connector A two-piece rotating contact zero insertion force connector is used to interconnect printed circuit boards (daughter boards) to backplanes (mother boards), cables to panels or cables to cables. This is accomplished by rotating one-half of the mating conta... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4701133 | Hermaphroditic connector A hermaphroditic electrical connector comprising a pair of substantially identical body members releasably secured together to electrically connect plural electrical contacts of one member to respective electrical contacts of the other member and for main... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4493518 | Extractor means multi-plane interconnection system An extractor for removing connectors from high density locations is formed by a pair of hermaphroditic members each pivotally attached to the connector adjacent one end with their opposite ends slidably and pivotally interconnected. Actuation of the extra... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4357070 | Interlocking electric connectors An electric connector comprising a pair of interlocking crimp-type terminals having bolt holes in flat contact portions which are brought into concentric relationship when the terminals are locked by means of interlocking lugs each extended from the outer... | 11/02/1982 |
