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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354303 | Wire holder for fixing electrical wire in electronic device A wire holder for fixing one or more wires on a plate of an electronic device includes a pair of latches formed on the plate defining a guiding slot therebetween in a lateral direction for containing the one or more wires. Each of the latches includes a main body, a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347738 | Low profile electrical connector assembly and terminal therefor A low profile electrical connector assembly has terminals attached to insulated electric cables that are disposed in topless slots of a connector base. Each terminal has two longitudinally spaced retention slots. The connector base has two transverse grooves that ex... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7309252 | Low profile surface mount connector A low profile connector assembly comprises at least one contact having a surface mount portion and a wire engagement portion extending from the surface mount portion, and a housing insertable over the at least one contact and retained to the at least one contact. Th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7278875 | Press-contacting terminal A press-contacting terminal includes a terminal connection portion for electrical connecting to a mating terminal, and a wire connection portion that is extended from the terminal connection portion in a first direction. The wire connection portion includes a base p... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275953 | Wire comb A wire comb for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards that is mounted adjacent one or more ends of a circuit board to permit the individual wires to be spaced apart yet held in place during an over molding process; and to permit connec... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264518 | Electrical contact including integral stop member An electrical contact is provided. An embodiment of the electrical contact includes a bottom member, a pair of side walls and a tongue. The bottom member includes a first portion and a second potion and also defines a horizontal plane. The pair of sides walls extend... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255589 | Grounding connector A grounding connector includes a base with a first crimping structure extending from the base for crimping to the cable and securing the cable relative to the base along a cable axis. A first contact member can extend from the base laterally adjacent to the first cr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7192318 | Contact element with spring tongue A contact element has a contact body. A contact arrangement is attached to the contact body. The contact arrangement has a spring tongue. The spring tongue has a free end with a locking face for securing the contact element in a contact housing. The locking face is ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7140914 | Connector, cable with the same, and producing method of the cable In a connector which is loaded to the end of a cable including an internal conductor and an external conductor arranged radially outside of the internal conductor via an insulation layer therebetween. The internal conductor covering part has a covering piece capable... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101216 | Insulation displacement system for two electrical conductors An electrically coupled insulation displacement system comprises a first contact having a first insulation displacement slot therein having an open end and a closed end. The first insulation displacement slot has a first portion having a width adjacent the open end ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090545 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting (A) has a receiving portion (17) with a contact surface (18) for contacting a male tab (T). The contact surface (18) is widest at the front end and substantially narrowed toward the back. A rate at which a contact area of the ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077687 | CONNECTING DEVICE TO BE SOLDERED TO CIRCUIT BOARDS FOR CONNECTION OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, A METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE CONNECTING DEVICE AND A DEVICE FOR CONNECTING CONDUCTORS TO THE CONNECTING DEVICE The invention relates to a connector for soldering to boards for terminating an electrical conductor, consisting of a cuboid of conductive material, comprising in its surface at least one recess and a longitudinal groove into which the conductor can be urged to make... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7031112 | Method of processing metal plate member of disc cartridge A magnetic disc is housed for rotation in a flat casing having a metal shell. The magnetic disc is supported for rotation in the casing by a tubular shaft formed by barring of a metal blank for forming the metal shell. A hole is formed in a part of the metal blank w... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011553 | Cable connector having a retainer which serves to hold a cable, to protect a connecting portion, and to prevent undesirable releasing of a contact In a connector to be connected to a cable having a core wire, a retainer is fitted into a rear portion of an insulator holding a contact. The core wire is crimped by a wire crimping barrel formed to the contact. The cable is clamped in cooperation with the retainer ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004797 | Female terminal with rattle prevention feature A female terminal including a connecting portion having a resilient strip portion for constituting a contact with a male terminal and connected to the male terminal, and a tubular portion for supporting the connecting portion continuous to the connecting portion or ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994596 | Terminal fitting, a connector provided therewith and method of forming a terminal fitting A terminal fitting (10) is formed to be mountable into a resin housing (30). A metal lock (11) is formed by cutting and bending in a bottom plate (14) of the terminal fitting (10) and is resiliently engageable with an engaging port... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6890209 | Pressure welding terminal for plate connector A pressure welding terminal for a plate connector is provided, wherein electrically contacting portions mounted at the same position on respective tabular insulative bodies stacked up are securely electrically connected to each other. A JB-applied pressure welding t... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6804122 | Self-stabilizing card edge terminal A terminal body for use in combination with a circuitboard having edge conductor pads and being formed from a stamped metal blank so as to provide a first main longitudinally extending spring contact which is curved back on itself and inwardly toward the center of t... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6692290 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting is provided, by which the terminal fitting can be securely connected electrically to an electric wire. A pressure-welding terminal as the terminal fitting has a wire connecting part, to which an electric wire is press-fit. The electric ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6634101 | Method of manufacturing metal fittings for connection with a joint connector A joint connector includes a metal fittings assembly 110 and a housing 120 for fitting the assembly 110. The assembly 110 consists of two terminals 110A, 110B each having a band-shaped carrier 140 and a plurality of terminal units 130 connected to the car... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6572399 | Electrical connector A connector for an electrical cable, comprising a body in which is formed a passageway having a longitudinal axis, a contact element which projects into the passageway in order to make contact with the electrical cable when in the passageway, and a retain... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6503095 | Terminal lug and wiring board provided with the same A pair of forward caulking legs 28 and a pair of backward caulking legs 29 are provided at a forward and a backward positions of a press-contact part 27 of a terminal lug 21 so that an electric wire 24 is caulked by the forward and backward caulking legs ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6482034 | Connection structure for electric wire and terminal, connection method therefor and terminal connecting apparatus In a connecting structure for an electric wire 1 and a terminal 8 in which an insulative outer skin 5 of the electric wire is mounted to an electric wire cover crimping portion 11 of the terminal 8, and the terminal 8 is connected to the electric wire, wh... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6478604 | Methods and apparatus for forming an insulation displacement connection A ribbon cable assembly includes a segment of ribbon cable having first and second ends, a first IDC connector mounted to the first end of the ribbon cable segment, and a second IDC connector mounted to the second end of the ribbon cable segment. Each con... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6450831 | Terminal fitting with crimping pieces and portions for restricting wire movement A terminal fitting (T) has a pair of crimping pieces (17A, 17B) that extend up from opposite side edges of a bottom wall (11), and are crimped into connection with a wire (W) placed on the bottom wall (11). The crimping pieces (17A, 17B) are offset to eac... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447324 | Terminal fitting and a production method A cramping terminal fitting is provided to maintain a satisfactory contact state with a wire without applying plating again after shaping the terminal fitting by a press. The terminal fitting includes insulation displacement contact (IDC) portions (6) int... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443754 | Pressure connecting terminal A coated wire crimping portion 13 having a pair of grip pieces 16, 16 is provided on one side of a pressure connecting terminal 11, in which a coated wire 10 is connected to the other side by pressure. This other side includes a first pressure connecting ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6443738 | Wiring unit A wiring unit 1 includes a plurality of crimping terminals 2; and a plurality of insulating plates for holding said crimping terminals. The insulating plate 2 has a terminal groove 5 concaved from the surface, an accommodating portion 6 and a through-hole... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435921 | Connector and a set of terminal fittings A connector has a housing (2) with cavities (4) for accommodating both crimping and insulation-displacement terminal fittings (5, 6). Locks (15) extend into the cavities (4) to elastically engage the terminal fittings (5, 6). A retainer mount opening (17)... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6386900 | Insulation-displacement terminal fitting An insulation-displacement terminal has opposed side walls (12) and a wire-receiving space therebetween. V-shaped insulation-displacement portions (16) are formed by a pair of plates (16F, 16R) that are bent from the side walls (12) and project into the w... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6296512 | Press-connecting terminal A press-connecting terminal (1) includes a plurality of press-connecting blades (9, 10). A gap between the pair of press-connecting blades (9) is smaller than the diameter of the electric wire (7), and a gap between the pair of press-connecting blades (10... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6186821 | Hermaphroditic cable connector The present invention relates to a connecting device adapted for connecting an electrical cable, which includes wires, to a similar or identical electrical cable. The device includes a housing having a connecting end, which is adapted to be removably conn... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6176731 | Electrical connector housing with cavity and terminal fitting with insulation displacement contact blades and method of attaching a wire thereto A blade type terminal fitting (7) has blades (14A, 14B) which cut through wire insulation (16) to contact a wire core (17). To prevent widening of the blades (14A, 14B) as the wire is pressed in, a jig (18) includes pressing members (20) to prevent outwar... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6155865 | Insulation displacement contact terminal An insulation displacement contact terminal has a pair of side walls, an a pair of pressure contact blades that are mutually opposing and formed by partial bending away from the side walls. When an insulated wire is inserted between the pressure contact b... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6146185 | Contact wire assembly A contact wire connector includes a housing connected to an insulation displacement contact (IDC) and a contact sleeve. A strain relief member is connected to the housing opposite the IDC. The contact sleeve connects to a pin of a substrate and the IDC co... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6142820 | Slot type terminal and the terminal block provided with the same The present invention provides a slot type connecting terminal (40) which may make a connection between the conductor material (Wc) of the insulated conductor (W) and the slot (42) by penetration into the insulation of conductor and contacting the conduct... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6045417 | Terminal member for electrical lines A crimp connector, particularly for insulated electrical lines, the crimp legs in the terminal region are formed with inwardly torn-out retaining lugs. In configurations with a plurality of identical terminal members, lines of different cross sections can... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6019626 | Contact terminal A contact terminal includes an electrically conductive plate including a base plate; an electrical contact section, engageable with another terminal, formed at a front end portion of the base plate; a wire clamping section, for clamping a wire thereto, fo... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5997337 | Electric-wire connecting structure An electric-wire connecting structure for press-connecting an electric wire to press-connecting blades of a press-connecting terminal. In such a structure, the electric wire press-connected to the press-connecting blades of the press-connecting terminal i... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5908326 | Electrical connector The invention relates to an electrical connector with a housing (1) of insulating material and a metal contact element (2) fittable in the housing (1). The contact element has a crimp contact region (4) to contact a first cable end (11) and a cutting clam... | 06/01/1999 |
