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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7179108 | Hermaphroditic socket/adapter A hermaphroditic terminal assembly for connecting electrical devices includes an insulating support member for supporting female sockets and male pins, a number of female sockets, and a number of male pins. An intercoupling component for connecting electrical device... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7153152 | Electrical connector with planar contact engaging surface An electrical connector has a housing within which is mounted a genderless electrical contact. The electrical contact has a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end has a planar electrical contact engaging surface with the plane thereof int... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7108534 | Electrical connector assembly having at least two keying arrangements An electrical connector assembly is disclosed having a first and a second electrical connector. Each electrical connector includes a housing having electrical contacts therein wherein each contact of the first electrical connector mates or connects with a correspond... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6969271 | Snap pin connector A printed circuit board interconnect assembly for use in an automobile comprising a male portion and a female portion. The female portion of the interconnect assembly contains crimped spring clip terminals inside a plastic housing. The male portion of the interconne... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6935902 | Coupler device for power supply facility A power supply facility includes a housing, a coupler device coupled to the housing with a cable, and having a number of prongs, another coupler device coupled to the housing with a cable and having a number of prongs, and a connecting device for selectively connect... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6585423 | Connector system having interlocking inner housing An optical connector system comprising first and second complementary connectors, which, when separated, define a non-plugged state and, when joined, define a plugged state, each connector has a front and rear oreintation and comprises: (a) an inner housi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6475010 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (1) used for a notebook computer comprises a receptacle connector (10) mounted on a mother board and a plug connector (20) mounted on a LED panel which is rotatably fitted into the notebook computer. The receptacle connect... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6244887 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a pair of hermaphroditic connectors having opposed mating faces which are juxtaposed generally along a plane when the connectors are mated. The connectors are adapted for mating in either opposite direction genera... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6210192 | Asexual connector system An asexual connector system (2) includes first and second functionally identical connectors (4, 6), each connector having a base (8) with second locking surfaces (30), and one or more axially-extending, equally-spaced finger elements (10) with a groove (3... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6203380 | Coding arrangement For the mechanical coding of parts which can be joined together, it is proposed that the parts be connected to, in each case, one of two coding elements which belong together, the said coding elements being constructed as a one-piece coding module and bei... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5730613 | Electrical connector for connecting flexible circuit boards An electrical connector which may be used as a male or female type of connector for connecting to a flexible board and another identical connector. A plurality of contacts is located in a housing of the connector and each contact has a substantially "h" s... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5577928 | Hermaphroditic electrical contact member A hermaphroditic electrical contact member has a channel section body having a floor wall extended to form a male tongue, two lateral walls and a ceiling wall. A resilient contact arm extends in the channel. The ceiling wall is formed by an extension of e... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5487677 | Hermaphrodite electrical connector The invention relates to a hermaphrodite electrical connector providing safe electric power supply wiring without any risk of accidental disconnection. The connector (1) comprises a female contact part (3) provided with a contact socket (6), a male contac... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5234353 | Hybrid input/output connector having low mating force and high cycle life and contacts therefor An assembly of matable connectors includes first and second connectors (10,100) each including housings (16,116) having a respective plurality of signal contacts (24,124) each having a front contact section (46,146) extending transversely of the connector... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5195902 | Electrical connector A hermaphroditic self shorting electrical connector including a housing, a plurality of electrical terminals supported within the housing and electrical shunt apparatus including at least one resilient conductive member, positioned and configured such tha... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5061198 | Electrical connector system An electrical connector system (10) comprising a pair of matable drawer connectors (10a,10b) is disclosed. The connectors (10a,10b) are preferably identical and include contact (31) having first contact sections (32) at one end which mate with other first... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4744769 | Closed loop connector Hermaphroditic electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing having terminals therein with resilient contact tongues and shunt means fixed to a dielectric carrier which moves relative to housing in response to mating with a like connector as tongues... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4737118 | Hermaphroditic flat cable connector A connector for transmission cable has a lower housing and an upper housing securable thereto to be terminated to a prepared end portion of the cable. The conductors are laser welded in slots of the terminals. The contact sections of the terminals reside ... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4734052 | Electrical connector An electrical connector including a first box element and a second box element, each box element receiving an electrical contact and the other box element when one of the box elements is inverted head-to-tail upside down with respect to the other box elem... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4630876 | Electrical connector The disclosure relates to what may aptly be termed "genderless", or "hermaphroditic", or perhaps "unisex" electrical connectors, and more particularly to such an electrical connector having a keying system which minimizes the chance of two incompatible ca... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4537456 | Electrical connector An electrical power connector including an insulator housing in which are mounted a plurality of conductive metal contacts each of which is provided with insulation displacement jaws for mechanically restraining and also making electrical contact with a c... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4526430 | Marine seismic cable connector A hermaphroditic connector-half for coupling together adjacent streamer-cable sections consisting of an outer plastic shell that can be slid over a stress plate that carries a plurality of multicontact connector plugs. For maintenance purposes, the outer ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4449778 | Shielded electrical connector An electrical connector shield includes a one-piece base member having a cable braid connecting portion comprising a panel from respective opposite sides and the rear of which upstand flanges formed with cable-receiving apertures opening away from the pan... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4351036 | Submarine cable connector link A hermaphroditic submarine cable connector link for a multisection seismic marine streamer cable includes identical end fittings mounted at each end of a pair of adjacent cable sections. Identical connector plates are coupled to electrical conductors at e... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4330164 | Hermaphrodite electrical connector An hermaphrodite electrical connector in which the two substantially identical connector parts are adapted to be associated, after they have been located side by side and pointing in the same direction, by a flip-flop type of relative movement, that is to... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4289366 | Bisexual electrical connector The invention comprises an electrical connection member including a main body and a connection formation extending generally from the main body. The connection formation includes walls extending from the main body and defining a pair of elongate, parallel... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4153326 | Hermaphroditic wiring system A connector system is disclosed for interconnecting prewired, prefabricated modules, such as panels or housing units, with the connector system providing positive wiring and locked electrical interconnection. The subject connector system includes both her... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4093332 | Power connector A two-contact power connector made up of identical halves, each half having a base member and a pair of tubes, a large tube and a small tube, extending forwardly therefrom, with the small tube on each half telescoped in the large tube on the other half wh... | 06/06/1978 |
