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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341473 | Contact element and additional conduction chamber for a plug or socket A contact (1) for a plug or socket of a quick-connect plug connection, the contact (1) being held mounted in a contact holder (2) having a region for press-fit gripping a conductor, a wire holder (7) having at least one wire seat (7.1 | 03/11/2008 |
| 7252534 | Electrical connection arrangement with simplified fastening device for electrical connection of an electrical device An electrical connection arrangement for electrical connection of an electrical device with a bottom part for holding at least one device-side cable, with a top part for holding at least one connection-side cable and with a contact body for electrical connection of ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7195513 | Self-locking wire termination clip A solar grounding connector for capturing a wire. The connector includes a base and a stuffer. The base is made from a conductive metal and includes a base plate. The base plate includes means for assembling the base to a solar panel. A pair of opposed sidewalls ext... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7108541 | Press-contacting terminal apparatus A press-contacting terminal includes a bottom plate, and press-contacting blades each projecting from the bottom plate and having a wire insertion portion formed therein. When a wire is forced into the wire insertion portion, the press-contacting terminal cuts a she... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6619963 | Structure for connecting electric wires to a lamp unit A switch accommodating recess (13) capable of accommodating a switch assembly (30) and a wire accommodating recess (15) capable of positioning an FFC (20) which is electrically connected to a room lamp are provided in a vehicle compartment-side surface of... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6561840 | Self-stripping connecting device for a sheathed electrical conductor This connecting device has a conducting core (9) surrounded by an insulating sheath (7), of the type having: an interconnecting part (2) provided with at least one stripping and connecting jaw (4) formed by a tubular body (5) that, in one face, has a stri... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6419518 | Insulation displacement contact for use with fine wires An electrical contact in which the thickness of the stock material is greater than the width of an insulation displacement slot provided therein. The contact is manufactured utilizing conventional stamping and forming operations to create an insulation di... | 07/16/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5593315 | Connector readily assembled with a cable accurately positioned without using tools A connector is connected to a cable composed of a plurality of electric wires, each of which comprises a metal wire covered with an insulator, and a sheath provided with an opening formed at its terminal end and covering the electric wires with one end po... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5299953 | Cutting and clamping sleeve contact The invention relates in general to a cutting and clamping sleeve contact for contacting a cable core transversely to the sleeve axis, and in particular for cable cores of the telecommunication technology. The contact is made of a metal sleeve shell and i... | 04/05/1994 |
| 4909755 | Conducting terminal of a telephone cord plug A conducting terminal of a telephone cord plug, which has two claws with a pair of opposite inclined surfaces capable of closely clamping the inner copper wire of the telephone cord jack for current-conduction with minimum damage to the copper wire when i... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4904203 | Device for connecting a wire to a motor terminal A device for connecting a wire to a terminal of an electric motor comprises a planar portion having means for gripping a terminal. A slot is formed in the planar portion and straddles and grips a core of the wire, thus electrically connecting the wire to ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4897040 | Cutting and clamp sleeve contact and method of connecting insulated electrical wire conductors The invention relates to a cutting and clamping sleeve contact for contacting a cable wire laterally to the sleeve axis. The sleeve contact exhibits at least one clamping through slot at the periphery of the sleeve and a cutting and clamping contact in th... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4875875 | Field terminable modular connector A modular connector for field termination of an electrical cable containing a plurality of individually insulated conductors and having a body, a contact carrier in snap-in assembly with the body and a cover assembly for snap-in assembly with the body in ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4820189 | Method and apparatus for electrical wiring of structural assemblies Method and apparatus embrace implanting electrical conductor wires (16) into grooves (38) in a structural element (30) of an apparatus unit (10) to form a harness (14) for power and signal distribution in said unit and thereafter terminating the wires by ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4812693 | Solderless connection for an electric motor A solderless connection between a wire lead and a terminal of an electric motor is formed by squeezing the lead wire and the terminal together by means a slide member which is affixed in a recess in an end cap of the motor housing. The terminal has a U-sh... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4769627 | Armature coil commutator connector An armature comprises a winding having a connector portion coated with insulation, an armature termination, such as a commutator segment, and a support on which the termination is mounted. The termination has an integral terminal provided with a slot whic... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4759722 | Plugs for coaxial cables A plug for coaxial cable of the type used for wire broadcasting transmission or multiplex communication system comprising a shielding cap. The shielding cap molded from a conducting material is connected to the cable without stripping the outer insulating... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4728298 | Contact member The contact member comprising knife-edge pinch contact is based on a sheet metal blank bent U-shaped wherein a wall containing the contacting slot is formed by a portion of one of the U-legs of the sheet metal blank which is angled off door-like into the ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4722699 | Embedded wire-stripping connector for electrical equipment A connector for connecting sheathed electric wire (19) to a metal connector part (1) having a wire-stripping slot (2) and held fixedly in a housing in a body of insulating material (11) having a wire-passing opening running along the slot (2). The connect... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4657321 | Telecommunication service wire connector A telecommunication service wire shield connector stamped and formed from a sheet of metal and having a generally planar elongate base, a ground stud connection tongue extending from one end of the base, a strain relief adjacent the opposite end of the ba... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4444449 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for non-prestripped wires has a lower housing part (1) with wire guides, each comprising a double channel consisting of an upper introduction channel (47) having a cross-section suited for the introduction of a wire (7) and therebe... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4385794 | Insulation displacement terminal An electrical terminal is disclosed for use in the insulation displacing termination of conductors having substantially any center spacing. The terminal is provided with two spaced apart and substantially parallel side beam members which define a conducto... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4277124 | Connector having wire-in-slot connecting means and crimped strain relief Multi-contact electrical connector comprises a housing having a plurality of side-by-side cavities extending therethrough. Each cavity has a terminal therein which has a wire-in-slot connecting means intermediate its ends and a crimpable portion, adjacent... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4262985 | Connector for plural conductors A connector (10) comprising an index strip (100) with wire-retaining slots (112) for receiving individual conductors (20), a connector module (200) with wire-engaging contact elements (40) and an index-strip portion (203), and a module cap (300). The wire... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4243286 | Insulation displacement connector The disclosed connector has a housing and a terminal interfitted in a channel in the housing, and special exposed jaws are formed on the terminal between which a wire of the type having a conductive core and an insulation overwrap can be forced to establi... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4220390 | Terminating means for terminating more than one wire in a single slotted terminal A terminal is disclosed of the type in which a conductor is terminated by moving the conductor transversely of its axis into a slotted opening having a width less than the diameter of the wire. The terminal comprises two metal plates which pivot transvers... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4118091 | Electrical connection assemblies An input connection assembly comprises a holder of electrically insulating material having a well intermediate its ends, in which well are located at one end a U-shaped metal input terminal, at the other end a U-shaped metal output terminal, and intermedi... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4046446 | Electrical terminal for joining two wires A terminal for use in establishing electrical contact with a plurality of wires is disclosed. A slotted terminal which can accept two wires, one above the other, in the same slot may be used in a multi-contact connector or as a splicing connector. Spaced ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4045111 | Electrical termination device and method An electrical termination device comprising an electrically conductive tubular member having a pair of longitudinally extending slots in the opposite sides thereof defining conductor insulation and core penetrating edges. The slots terminate in enlarged, ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4039240 | Electrical connector and contacts therefor A multicontact electrical connector comprising a two-piece connector housing in which electrical contacts are mounted within one of the housing sections. The rearward ends of the contacts are provided with slotted tubular termination sections which are ad... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3955873 | Electrical connector and contacts therefor A multicontact electrical connector comprising a two-piece connector housing in which electrical contacts are mounted within one of the housing sections. The rearward ends of the contacts are provided with slotted tubular termination sections which are ad... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3937549 | Strimp An improved slotted beam type electrical contact for engaging stranded wire is disclosed. The subject contact includes an insulation displacement feature which obviates the need for stripping the end of wire. It also assures good electrical and mechanical... | 02/10/1976 |
