Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270551 | Distributor module for use in telecommunications and data systems technology A distribution connection module (1) for telecommunications and data technology includes a housing (3) in which input and output contacts (4, 5) for the connection of cables or wires are arranged such that they are externally accessible. The hou... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249958 | Connector with a moving plate A male housing (30) has a hood (32) and a rib (45) that projects forward in the hood (32). A moving plate (50) is disposed movably in the hood (32) and an insertion hole (62) is formed on a body (51) of the mov... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241191 | Current bridge A current bridge comprising an oblong support strip that has an end face, and a plurality of contact feet each having a first strip-shaped leg and a second strip-shaped leg. The contact feet extend from the end face of the support strip and are formed integrally wit... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226322 | Current supply point for a power and control unit of a battery-operated industrial truck A current supply point for a power and control unit of a battery-operated industrial truck wherein the power and control unit has a printed-circuit board inside a casing, the current supply point has a first component connectable to the printed-circuit board and a p... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210955 | Fully buffered press-fit DIMM connector A fully buffered memory module is disclosed having a two piece housing comprised of a primary housing portion and an alignment plate. An array of terminals is included having at least two terminal configurations where the terminals are trapped between the primary ho... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7189081 | Method of mounting terminal and terminal mounting structure The terminal mounting structure includes a board (21). The structure includes a terminal (26) mounted on the board. The terminal includes a first end (26a) removably connected to a connection component (16, 17, 18). The terminal in... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179110 | Stably fastened safety plug A safety plug includes a pair of prongs each prong having a hook portion formed on an end portion of the prong to be locked or engaged with a fastening loop portion formed in a receptacle when plugged in the receptacle to prevent from unexpected withdrawal of the sa... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165979 | Terminal connection structure, electrical junction box having the terminal connection structure, and method for assembling the electrical junction box A terminal through-hole in which a given clearance exists between an inner surface of a terminal through-hole in an insulation plate and a whole peripheral surface of a terminal. The terminal through-hole includes protrusions for correction of alignment. The termina... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147504 | Lever-fitting type connector In a lever-fitting type connector, a moving plate is accommodated in a hood part of the male connector housing. The moving plate includes a plurality of temporary engagement parts that can be slidably and temporarily engaged with the male connector housing. These te... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114959 | Land grid array with socket plate A grounded conductive plate in a land grid array package assembly includes a plurality of openings. The openings allow contacts from the socket to pass through to contact a package. The diameter of each opening is customizable to produce desired impedance between th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108551 | Divided connector and a method of assembling it Error insertion preventing ribs (37) fittable into error insertion preventing grooves (23) of an accommodating portion (12) of a housing main body (11) project on the side surfaces of an auxiliary connector (30), and detecting ribs... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090525 | Electrical connector including snap-in lanyard A connector for electrical, telephonic and/or data transmission for selective engagement with a complementary receptacle, is provided. The connector includes a housing defining a pair of channels extending into slots at a rear surface of the housing and capable of s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077702 | Terminal position assurance with forward interlocking face keying A connector assembly comprising a cap member having a plurality of fixed cap terminal position assurance mechanisms defined thereon, and a plug member having one or more of fixed plug terminal position assurance mechanisms defined thereon, wherein each of the cap te... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7056160 | Terminal locking mechanism for hybrid electrical connector A hybrid electrical connector includes both signal and power contacts in the same connector housing. The housing includes a plurality of axially extending passageways for receipt of the signal contacts and a plurality of axially extending cavities for receipt of the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033227 | Modular jack receptacle The present invention is related to an adapter or connector receptacle intended to mate with a plug. The receptacle includes a housing forming a passage for accepting a plug body therein during an insertion of the plug into the passage. An interference projection is... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029313 | Auxiliary device for assisting electrical connection An auxiliary device is used for assisting electrical connection between pins of an electronic component and corresponding contact portions of a printed circuit board. The auxiliary device includes a main body and a plurality of connection parts. The main body has a ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018229 | Terminal block and distribution point A terminal block (64) of a telecommunications distribution point comprises at least one group of subscriber contacts, at least one group of XDSL contacts, at least two groups of backbone contacts, each backbone contact of the first group being connected to a ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6974337 | Electrical connector and contact for use therein Electrical connectors and contacts for engaging printed circuit boards are disclosed. One preferred contact has a first contact leg, a second contact leg arranged in a substantially mirror relationship with the first contact leg, and a connecting member extending be... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6941401 | Information processing apparatus and for-use-on-main-apparatus-body identifier production method therefor Disclosed are an information processing apparatus and an identifying method therefor that are used on a network. With preferential use of the identifier of a network card, the degree of demountability of that is the lowest, there is produced an identifier of the inf... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6939163 | Connector A female connector (F) has female terminal fittings (10), female auxiliary housings (20) for accommodating the female terminal fittings (10), and a female frame for accommodating the female auxiliary housings (20). A male connector (M) ha... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940726 | Housing assembly having simplified circuit board assembly, retention, and electrical connection features An assembly comprising a housing and a circuit board is designed to facilitate a simplified method of assembling the circuit board into the housing, along with a simplified method of coupling the signals on the circuit board to other circuits. The circuit board is g... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929489 | Electric junction box A tab protection member in a male connector housing on an outer surface of an electric junction box is moveable from a temporary engagement position to a final engagement position. The tab protection member is provided with tab through-holes and a closing plate sect... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6905358 | Connector with misalignment compensation The invention relates to a connector comprising a first insulating body, and first contact elements supported by said first insulating body, said first insulating body comprising: at least one guiding or catching area having a perimeter defining and limiting said ca... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6805575 | Guide system for contact plugs A connection system for two electrical components, in particular for plugs, multipoint plugs and female multipoint connectors as well as plug-in cards, circuit boards and similar things, has a pin (1), arranged at the first component, and a socket (2) ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6755677 | Electronic circuit unit having a penetration-type connector housing In an electronic circuit unit having more than two electric connectors, at least one of the connectors gets to have a group of connector pins, penetration-type connector housing, which the group of connector pins can be passed through with clearances, a plate to sup... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6572412 | Control device and soldering method The control device has a printed circuit board with surface-mountable components. A wired component is accommodated in a plug-in connector housing that is mounted on a housing of the control device. The contact pins of the plug-in connector, the connectin... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6447310 | Electrical connector having a stabilizer An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of molded ground buses (2), a plurality of terminals (3), and a stabilizer (4). The housing includes a pair of side walls (12), a pair of end walls (13), a mating face (140) and a bot... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6203356 | Device and method for protecting pins of an electrical component An apparatus having a thin metal frame has an opening and a protective rail on each end. Four guide posts extend from the lower surface of the frame to a plate which is spring-biased away from the frame. The plate has pin holes which are arrayed for a par... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6190195 | Electrical connector having terminal distortion preventing structure The connector includes at least a terminal accommodating cavity for receiving a receptacle terminal of a rectangular hollow beam. The receptacle terminal has an electrical connection portion including a resilient contact tongue. The terminal accommodating... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6171133 | Contact-making device In a contact-making device having a connector strip (1) that is to be fixed on a circuit board (2), a guide plate (3) is arranged between the circuit board (2) and the connector strip (1). The guide plate (3) has cutouts (8) for contact legs (7) of the co... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6171154 | Device bay connector An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing having a front face and a rear face opposite the front face. A mating portion extends from the rear face for mating with a complementary connector. A first contact section is integrally formed on the ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168454 | Removable pin stabilizer and assembly A removable pin stabilizer for stabilizing carrier pins of an integrated circuit chip carrier before and during placement of the pins into sockets of a circuit board. The removable pin stabilizer includes a non-dissolvable plate, the non-dissolvable plate... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6142815 | Electrical interface connector A plurality of interface modules (200,300,400,500) having identical first mating interfaces (202,302) for mating with the mating face (100) of a cable tap connector (10), to enable interconnection therewith at second mating interfaces by different types o... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6139362 | Fastener for connecting an electrical device to a substrate A fastener apparatus for mechanically connecting and holding the main housing of an electrical device, such as an electrical connector, to a substrate, such as a PCB, in a manner that allows for a relatively low insertion force and a corresponding relativ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6132247 | Metallic one-piece hold-down and an electrical connector with the hold-down Disclosed is a one-piece hold-down for interconnecting an electrical connector and a printed circuit board, the hold-down having a trunk, a head portion, and a tail portion. The one-piece hold-down is suitable for holding an electrical connector having ei... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6126475 | Connector having guide bush with enhanced ground contact An electrical connector and guide bush therefor wherein the guide bush is mounted upon the front of the electrical connector into an aperture in the front face and wherein a shield is mounted onto the front face. The guide bush receives therein a guide pi... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6106322 | Electrical connections In order to space apart the terminal pins 12 of an electrical component 10 before the component is mounted on a printed circuit board 16, the component is placed in a guide body 18 which has pin guide sockets 32 with funnel-like mouths through which the p... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6083033 | Electrical connector having terminal distortion preventing structure The connector includes at least a terminal accommodating cavity for receiving a receptacle terminal of a rectangular hollow beam shape. The receptacle terminal has an electrical connection portion including a resilient contact tongue. The terminal accommo... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6062890 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for interconnecting an IC module and a circuit board comprises a base, a slide plate, a plurality of contacts, a spacing plate, a prepreg, a cover and a push plate. A plurality of passageways is formed in the base for receiving cor... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5860828 | PCMCIA card connector that minimizes bent contact pins A PCMCIA card connector that minimizes bent pins by employing a U-shaped outer guide rail, having a plurality of rigidly fixed pins, having at least one movable release pin, and having at least one alignment recess; a U-shaped inner guide rail, where the ... | 01/19/1999 |
