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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972161 | Connector with free spinning nut to engage with plug housing and angled housing A connector includes a plug housing configured to engage with a socket. A free spinning nut of the connector is disposed between the plug housing and an angled housing. The free spinning nut includes a first end portion configured to engage with the angled housing a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7931486 | Electrical connector for missile launch rail An electrical connector for testing of a missile launch rail is provided. A stationary housing is combined with a coupling ring to form an outer housing. An internal plunger is housed in the outer housing and spans the length of the outer housing. The stationary hou... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7874860 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an electrical plug having a threaded sleeve for screwing on a union nut of an electrical socket or for screwing into a stationary housing component of an electronic device. The threaded sleeve includes an external thread not having a... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7824204 | Connector for serving both screw type and bayonet type connectors A connector includes a plug and a socket that are connected and integrated to each other. The plug and socket each have an end to which a connection line may be respectively connected. The plug of the connector includes a plug body for connecting to the connection l... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7491081 | Electrical connector having plug and socket components An electrical connector arrangement includes a socket having a central body portion supporting a plurality of female contacts, and a tubular outer portion extending in concentric spaced relation about the body portion to define a groove. A plug component having a cy... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7404735 | Junction box including connectors and surrounding housings A junction box assembly includes a support board, a connector supported at one end by the support board, a separate tubular guide sleeve arranged concentrically about the connector, and a cover having an open bottom chamber receiving the connector, and a top wall co... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390209 | Water-proof electric connector module A water-proof electric connector module comprises a cable with two ends each provided with a connector head. Each of the connector heads of the cable further includes a front flange encircling a plurality of receiving holes. The outer wall of the connector head is p... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374445 | Shielded electrical harness with an angled connector, and its method of fabrication A bundle includes wire segments forming a branch fitted with an angled coupling including: a base having the ends of the wire segments fastened thereto; an angled rigid casing surrounding the wire segments and havi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367848 | Shielded water-proof joint Disclosed is a shielded water-proof joint connecting a first mating-based plug to an inner conduction wire having a second mating-based plug and a third mating based plug and transmitting/receiving a signal, comprising a first mating-based jack for receiving the fir... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347706 | Light emitting diode (LED) based street light and other lighting applications An LED lamp module for use with a threaded electrical socket connector is provided, which includes an LED light engine with a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector having a first end electrically engagable with the first electrical connector and ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338306 | Electric connector having power cable retaining structure An electric connector includes a connector body having contact terminals mounted in a first end thereof and an axial through hole axially formed in a second end thereof opposite to the first end. A power cable is inserted into the axial through hole of the connector... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338305 | BNC connector having visual indication A connector system allows for visual determination of mating or engagement of a jack-side connector and a plug-side connector. A jack-side connector has a first securing device and a plug-side connector having a sleeve rotatably coupled thereto. The sleeve has a sec... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334637 | Assembly and method for determining thermal properties of a formation and forming a liner A method comprises heating a formation adjacent a selected depth level within a wellbore extending into the formation, forming a temporary liner in the wellbore, measuring a first temperature of the formation at the selected depth level at a first time after heating... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331807 | Electrical plug-in connection Electrical plug-in connection (1), having a plug part (2) and a mating plug part (3), which can be plugged together and produce a large number of electrical plug-in connections, at least the plug part (2) or the mating plug part (3... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316583 | Field wireable network plug A field wireable network plug may be provided. The field wireable network plug may include a body having a first end and a second end. The body may comprise an opening passing through the body from the first end of the body to the second end of the body. The opening... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295131 | Diagnostic system for detecting rupture or thinning of diaphragms A diaphragm diagnostic system for use in an industrial field device has a diaphragm and a diagnostic feature. The diaphragm is configured to couple the field device to a process fluid and has a plurality of layers. A first layer of the plurality of layers is exposed... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287432 | Process transmitter with overpressure vent An overpressure vent in a transmitter housing of a process transmitter. The transmitter is configured for coupling to an industrial process and measuring a process variable. The transmitter includes an enclosure having a cavity formed therein. A process coupling is ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281947 | Self-locking electrical connector A self-locking electrical connector is provided that includes a coupling nut and a locking sleeve positionable in one of a locked position and an unlocked position. At least a portion of the coupling nut is engaged by the locking sleeve when the locking sleeve is in... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277295 | Industrial ethernet switch According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a housing having a front side and a bottom side adjacent the front side. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light generating devices each operable to generate light in response to operation ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268690 | Industrial ethernet switch According to one embodiment of the invention a rugged Ethernet switch includes a housing and a passive cooling system associated with the housing and being devoid of fans as operable to cool the Ethernet switch. Ethernet switch also includes software operable to per... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241184 | Cable connector assembly A cable connector assembly (1000) includes a cap (100 and a plug (300) received in the cap (100). The cap includes a base portion (10) defining a rear receiving chamber (13) and a plurality of front passageways (11) c... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7207820 | Connecting assembly for a cable and method of connecting a cable A connecting assembly has a first connector with a first connector part, a second connector with a second connector part, and a sealing assembly. The first and second connector parts are joinable to place the first and second connectors into a joined operative state... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204713 | Apparatus for converting a dive light into a canister light The present invention relates to a converter for converting a dive light into a canister light. The converter comprises a first adaptor for mating in a waterproof fashion with a head of a dive light, a second adaptor for mating in a waterproof fashion with a battery... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7201610 | Network device with power outputting socket A network device including a power receiving socket, a power supply, a network controller, plural connection ports and a power outputting socket is provided. The power receiving socket is for receiving an external power and outputting a supply power. The power suppl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201590 | Water-resistant electric connector assembly A water-resistant electric connector assembly includes a first electric connector, which is provided with a coupling member and conductive terminals arranged on the inside, and a second electric connector, which has a coupling portion for fastening to the coupling m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190053 | Field device incorporating circuit card assembly as environmental and EMI/RFI shield A field hardened industrial device is described with a housing of the device having electrically conductive walls surrounding a cavity with an open end. An electronics assembly is adapted to fit within the cavity. The device includes a circuit card assembly, which i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175460 | Sheathed cable for underground mining A sheathed cable for underground mining, comprising a flexible sheath (2) containing armouring (3) and receiving the electric conductors (4), a cable connector (30) being mounted on one end of the sheathed cable and comprising a one-part ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165893 | Multi-fiber optical connect An optical connector comprises a first block having a channel for accommodating a first set of optical cables and a second block having a channel for accommodating a second set of optical cables. Each block has three protrusions, each adapted to be engaged to a resp... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153153 | Push and twist electrical connector assembly An electrical device has a base assembly including first contacts and a mounting mechanism for electrically leading to a power source, a latch assembly adapted to receive at least one additional electrical device that is to be mounted to the latch assembly, push and... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154042 | Electrical connector with snap fit retainer ring constructed to enhance the connection of the connector to an electrical box An electric connector assembly disclosing various embodiments, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening and having a complementary frustro conically shaped retainer ring cir... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151223 | Snap fit electrical connector assembly with outer frustro conical retainer ring and internal unidirectional snap fit wire conductor retainer Various embodiments of electric connector assemblies, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening with a complementary frustro-conically shaped external ring circumscribing the... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140911 | Method and apparatus for aggregating cable connectors A connector module collects or aggregates a group of cables having cable connectors, such as RJ45 connectors, into a single unit. With such aggregation, the connector module allows attachment or detachment of multiple cable connectors with multiple connector ports o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137839 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a female component having one or more receptacles, a first test receptacle, and a second test receptacle. The electrical connector also includes a male component having one or more terminals configured to engage the one or more recep... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127806 | Method for marking coaxial cable jumper assembly including plated outer assembly A jumper coaxial cable assembly includes a jumper coaxial cable and at least one solder-type connector secured thereto. The cable may include an outer conductor, which, in turn, includes aluminum with a tin layer thereon. The tin layer permits an aluminum outer cond... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121861 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector (1) for receiving an electrical card (100) includes a longitudinal insulative housing (10) and a plurality of conductive contacts (20) received in the insulative housing. Each contact includes a contact portio... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121881 | Method and apparatus for RF coaxial connections A connector for connecting high-power RF coaxial joints uses a screw-thread locking ring to draw a body and a bushing of the joint together. The connector also includes an O-ring seal. ... | 10/17/2006 |
