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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162684 | Implantable connector with contact-containing feedthrough pins An implantable connector electrically connects multi-conductor leads to an implantable medical device such as a neurostimulator. The connector is assembled directly into a hermetic feedthrough of the device and utilizes the feedthrough housing as a sustaining struct... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7794256 | Implantable connector with contact-containing feedthrough pins An implantable connector electrically connects multi-conductor leads to an implantable medical device such as a neurostimulator. The connector is assembled directly into a hermetic feedthrough of the device and utilizes the feedthrough housing as a sustaining struct... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7717726 | Self-aligning electrical contact and related methods The present invention generally relates to self-aligning electrical coupling devices and related methods. For example, one embodiment can include an aligning means for aligning a central axis of a male connector component with a central axis of a female connector co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7549884 | Probe having a field-replaceable tip A probe is provided for testing the electrical characteristics of a device. The probe includes a housing, a plurality of cables, a circuit board located within the housing, and a field-replaceable probe tip. The probe tip includes an array of contacts. Each of the p... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7431603 | Electrical wire connector An electrical wire connector comprising a connector body; a spring contact having two leaf springs, with each of the leaf springs having a free end resiliently biased to engage the free end of the other leaf spring; a slide release having an approximate T-shape and ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7404298 | Refrigerator Refrigerator including a body forming an outer appearance of the refrigerator, a terminal detachably mounted on the body for controlling the refrigerator, a power supply device at one side of the body, for receiving power from an outside of the refrigerator, convert... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7371093 | ZIF connection accessory and ZIF browser for an electronic probe A ZIF connector is mounted on a tiny PCB that carries damping components and flying leads that are connected or soldered to locations of interest on a PCB. There may be one or many of such ZIF connector/connection accessories in any particular test set-up. A ZIF bro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357656 | Electrical energy disconnection device A disconnection device is designed to separate a first portion of an electrical circuit electrically from a second portion of said circuit, the disconnection device including: at least one pair of contacts, one of which contacts is a moving contact, the pair of cont... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355122 | Sealed eurytopic make-break connector utilizing a conductive elastomer contact An electrical connection with first and second electrical connectors are adapted to engage each other to form an electrical connection. An electrical wire is connected to each connector. At least one of the connectors has a contact formed of a conductive elastomeric... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354289 | Positive locking push-on precision 3.5 mm or 2.4 mm connector for an oscilloscope probe A positive locking push-on 3.5 mm (or other diameter, such as 2.4 mm) connector is provided by retaining an existing bayonet lug and latch style push-on latch mechanism and associated male and female outer conductor shells, but which is sized for 3.5 mm use, while p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351066 | Electromagnetic connector for electronic device An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force from an electromagnet to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347744 | Connector and a connector assembly method Each of a plurality of auxiliary connector (10) includes an auxiliary housing (11), a seal (40) attached to the rear of the auxiliary housing (11), and a rear holder (50) mounted on the rear of the seal (40) to retain the se... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335057 | High density planar electrical interface An apparatus including a substrate having a plurality of through holes and a plurality of cables, including wires and/or coaxial cables, extending through respective ones of the plurality of through holes of the substrate. Each of the cables comprises a conductor an... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335067 | Connector for harsh environments Two embodiments of a connector that can be mated without regard for its orientation are disclosed. One embodiment is mated and demated autonomously as part of a system for recovering, docking with, recharging and re-launching unmanned aerial vehicles. Another embodi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322842 | Modular plug connector For a modular plug connector in which different, replaceable modules can be inserted in a hinged retaining frame of two halves, it is proposed to insert modules in the form of sealed enclosures. At least one module is provided with electronic, optoelectronic or pneu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322834 | Electrical connector with improved contacts An electrical connector (1) for mounting to a circuit board includes a dielectric housing (10) and a number of conductive contacts (20) positioned in the housing. The dielectric housing has a mounting surface and a top surface opposite thereto, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311526 | Magnetic connector for electronic device An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The plug includes electri... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7285026 | Compressed contact electrical connector An electrical connector is used for connecting two electronic elements. The electrical connector includes an insulating body and conducting pins. There are a plurality of pin-receiving holes on the insulating body. Each of the conducting pins has a first conducting ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278853 | Power card connection structure Electrically conductive L-shaped blades are disposed in an insulative body as a mechanism for mechanically and electrically connecting circuit cards to circuit boards. In particular, the interconnection device herein provides a mechanism for providing greater therma... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7270557 | High-density storage device A high-density storage device has a housing and a memory and controller assembly. The housing has a plug part and a socket part receiving the plug part of other high-density storage device. The memory and controller assembly is mounted in the housing and has a circu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270558 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a first insulating body and a second insulating body connected with the first insulating body. A plurality of first contacts are disposed in the first insulating body, and a plurality of second contacts are disposed in the s... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261580 | Cable connector A cable connector assembly for connecting two cables, with each cable including multiple electrical conductors. The cable connector assembly may include a first enclosure having an outer surface and defining a pivot point, a plurality of externally accessible electr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261579 | Wire-to-board connector A wire-to-board connector for coupling electrically a circuit board to a transmission wire unit, includes a plug receptacle, a plurality of signal contacts and a mating header. The plug receptacle is mounted on the circuit board. The mating header includes an insert... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258571 | Battery connector with retaining board A battery connector with retaining board includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing. Each terminal includes a connecting portion, a contacting portion and a soldering portion. The insulating housing has a vertical ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258582 | Tail cap assembly An improved tail cap assembly having features that allow direct electrical contact between a battery and the barrel of a flashlight is provided. The tail cap assembly includes a cap and a conductive spring. The cap is adapted to engage with the flashlight barrel. Th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255585 | Casing member with connector portion A length of that portion of each of connection terminals 19 which projects from a partition wall 11a into a sealing member chamber 21, and includes an electrical contact portion 19a is larger than a length of an outer periph... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252514 | High density space transformer and method of fabricating same A method for forming a space transformer (and a space transformer formed by the method) having a first plate and a second plate, the plates being separated by a frame, and electrical connectors for providing electrical connections between electrical contacts which a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7242203 | Probe retention kit, and system and method for probing a pattern of points on a printed circuit board A probe retention kit may include a plurality of probe retention devices, each having: (i) a base; (ii) a retention mechanism, coupled to the base, for mechanically coupling a probe substrate with the plurality of probe retention devices; and (iii) solder legs to be... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238883 | Lead assembly with flexible portions and method therefor A lead assembly includes an outer insulative body, a conductor, and at least one electrode electrically coupled with the at least one conductor. The outer insulative body extends from a proximal end to a distal end and has an intermediate portion therebetween. A fle... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223105 | Cable connector incorporating anisotropically conductive elastomer A separable electrical connector for separably, electrically interconnecting the conductors of one multi-conductor cable to the conductors of a second electrical device that may be an electrical device such as a chip, or a second multi-conductor cable, or a flexible... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204709 | Cable connector for welder or wire feeder A cable coupler on a welder housing or wire feeder for conveniently connecting a cable to said welding housing or wire feeder. The cable coupler includes a coupler having a coupling jacket which contains an electrical coupling cavity having one or more one electrica... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201595 | 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... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201611 | Docking system to attach and retain multiple electronic devices simultaneously on a surface A platform having a raised support member including a plurality of spaced openings configured to securing receive device connectors. In one preferred embodiment, the raised member comprises an upwardly extending barrier shaped as a comb, formed by a plurality of slo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196434 | Modular contactor assembly having independently controllable contractors The present invention provides an electrical isolation apparatus having independently controllable contactors. The isolation apparatus includes a contactor for each phase or pole of an electrical device as well as each phase or pole of a load. Each contactor is cons... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182614 | Electrical contact with elastic return and electrical connection element equipped with the same Electrical contact with elastic return and process for forming electrical contact with elastic return. Electrical contact includes a conductive part having a front surface structured and arranged to face an open end. The conductive part has a cut arranged to form at... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179098 | Terminal and portable device using the same A terminal includes a base portion having a mounting portion to be mounted on a circuit board and an extended portion extending from one end portion of the mounting portion toward the mounting surface side of the circuit board, and a terminal portion made of a condu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7150638 | Cover device and method for electrical connector A detachable device for covering an end of an electrical connector, comprising a non-conductive cover, sealingly attachable, and completely covering the mating end of the connector. An external end of the cover is generally planar with electrically conductive pads c... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150658 | Terminal for an electrical connector A terminal includes first and second base portions, first and second contact portions, first and second protruding portions, first and second spring arm portions, and an abutting portion. The first contact portion extends from the first base portion. The second cont... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144278 | Plug connector equipped with compression contact terminals The invention concerns a plug connector (1) equipped with compression contact terminals (5). In order to clean each of the contact surfaces of at least one first compression contact terminal (5) of a plug connector (1) and of a second con... | 12/05/2006 |
