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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052461 | Bayonet type electronic connector A bayonet type electronic connector (1) comprises metal contacts arranged on the upper and lower surfaces of the connector (1). Metal contacts all are U-shaped bayonets (2). The U-shaped bayonet's terminal forms a right angle. The adjacent U-sha... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8002572 | HDMI DIY field termination products In some PCB connector embodiments the internal pins of the probe or wire terminal end could be set at between about 0.4 mm to about 2.0 mm provided that the contact point between the male probe end and the mating female connector is about 1.0 mm. Such embodiments wo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7572140 | Cable clamping electrical plug An electrical plug comprises first and second housings rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The first and second housings each have contact elements arranged therein. A cable end seating is arranged between the first and second housings. The cab... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7559789 | Communications connectors with self-compensating insulation displacement contacts Communications connectors are disclosed that include a housing having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the housing including a plurality of slits that define a plurality of pillars. First and second pairs of tip and ring insulation displacement contact... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7503798 | Cross connect systems with self-compensating balanced connector elements A cross-connect wiring system includes a terminal block, a connecting block and a patch plug. The terminal block has a front side and a rear side. The connecting block is mounted on the front side of the terminal block. At least two pairs of tip and ring insulation ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7465183 | Electrical connector which has a wire aligning function and which can be reduced in size In a connector for being connected to a plurality of wires, a plurality of contacts are held by a housing and arranged in parallel in a first direction. The contacts have connecting portions to be connected to the wires. The connector includes an aligning member for... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7422467 | Balanced interconnector There is disclosed a balanced interconnector comprising first and second like connecting elements, each of the connecting elements comprising an elongate center section and a pair of parallel IDCs opening in substantially opposite directions, the IDCs attached subst... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407407 | Tap-off connecting arrangement for multi-conductor cables A connector arrangement for connecting the insulated conductors of a flat cable with an output load includes insulation-piercing contacts that extend upwardly from the horizontal upper surface of the rectangular base member of a connector housing. When a housing cov... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7357652 | Modular wiring system with locking elements A modular wiring system comprising a functional unit and a wiring unit. There is also a system for coupling the functional unit to the wiring unit in a rotational manner. This system can be formed from at least one locking prong comprised of electrically conductive ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354295 | Terminal and connector A connector includes a plurality of terminals and a connector housing, receiving the terminals. Each of the terminals includes a terminal connecting portion, having a tubular shape, and receiving a mating terminal, a wire press-contacting portion including a press-c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354294 | Coaxial cable connector, and harness unit that utilizes the coaxial cable connector A coaxial cable connector can be easily fitted to one or a plurality of coaxial cables, and that can secure an independent shield. Inner insulator exposed portions and outer conductor exposed portions of coaxial cables are matched with a first cable holder. A second... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351091 | Header connector A header connector comprises an elongate insulative housing (1) which has longitudinal walls, a plurality of terminals (4) retained in the housing, and the terminals are disposed as two types through hole-type terminals (41, 42) and surface moun... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347716 | Connector arrangement for multi-conductor cables A connector arrangement for connecting the insulated conductors of a flat cable with a plurality of tap-off branch conductors includes a plurality of insulation-piercing contacts that extend upwardly from the horizontal upper surface of the rectangular base member o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322847 | 110-style connecting block with balanced insulation displacement contacts An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320616 | Insulation displacement connector assembly and system adapted for surface mounting on printed circuit board and method of using same There is provided an insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly having a main body defining at least one wire channel. The main body has at least one substantially flat surface to which a vacuum nozzle can be affixed in order to pickup the IDC assembly. The ID... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318757 | Leadframe assembly staggering for electrical connectors An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a plurality of identical leadframe assemblies received in the connector housing. Each of the leadframe assemblies may define a leadframe mating sequence. The leadframe assemblies may be arranged relative to... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311014 | Sensor and sensor assembly The invention relates to a sensor comprising a sensor element (1) for detecting a physical variable, said sensor comprising two electric contact surfaces (2), and comprising a sensor body (3), on one end of which the sensor element (1) an... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303446 | Frame assembly A frame assembly for mounting an insulation displacement connector block includes a base frame and a modular subframe attached to the base frame. The subframe is capable of being attached to the base frame in a first position or a second position, which are generall... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291044 | Cable assembly with wire spacer A cable assembly (1) includes an insulative housing (10) with a number of passageways (121, 122), a number of terminals (50) received in the passageways of the insulative housing, an alignment plate (20) assembled on the rear end o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287990 | Method and apparatus for grounding a cable A method and apparatus for grounding cables (e.g., fiber cables or copper wire cables) used in networks such as the telecommunications networks are disclosed. For example, the apparatus comprises an enclosure having a plurality of metal posts, e.g., metallic bolts, ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7270571 | Cable cord locating element A cable core locating element includes a base formed of a plurality of clamping slots for clamping one of many cores of a cable each, with a free end of the core projected from a front side of the base. When the free ends of the forward projected cores are stripped ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268299 | Telecommunications cable enclosure An adaptor for use with a telecommunications enclosure includes a body having a port extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. The first end of the body is configured for mounting within an opening of a telecommunications housi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267555 | Electrical connectors between electronic devices A fan-out pattern having two or more fan-out sections is implemented between a driver IC and a display for reducing or eliminating the pathlength differences among the electrical conductors in the fan-out pattern. As such, some of the conductors between the driver I... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261585 | Press-contact connector A press-contact connector 10 has a first member 20 which accommodates a plurality of terminals 21 having press-contact blades 21a and a second member 30 which is attached to the first member 20 and holds a plurality o... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255590 | Plug connector device for multicore flat cables A plug connector device (10) for multicore flat cables (15), has a plug (11) which can be fixedly joined to one end of a flat cable in a mechanical fashion, and a plug socket (12) which can be run through by the flat cable (15) suc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252531 | Cable connector assembly having locking member with bent wings retaining thereon A cable connector assembly (1) for mating with a complementary connector, comprises an insulative housing (10), a plurality contacts (20) disposed in the housing, a plurality of cables (40), a pair of upper and lower covers (51, 52... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249961 | Jack assembly and method of performing electrical coupling A jack assembly and method for electrically coupling a jack assembly to a plurality of wires. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are jack assemblies comprising a first portion, a second portion hingedly coupled to the first portion, and a wire guide confi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249962 | Connector assembly A connector assembly for interconnecting an end of a cable comprising one or more twisted pair conductors, each of the conductors enveloped in an insulating covering, with the bifurcated contacts of a connecting block. The assembly comprises an insulated housing and... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7234856 | Electrical connector, LED assembly, and method of assembly therefor An electrical connector for connecting multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) in parallel to a two-wire electrical supply bus, made up of upper and lower halves that snap together and contact pins that pass through holes in the upper half to make insulation displacem... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228048 | Liquid tube and electrical cable clamp with locking features An improved mounting clamp adapted to simultaneously secure flat ribbon cables and a number of fluid tubes to a surface and having a locking feature to facilitate assembly and release. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223129 | Vehicle power system with wire size adapter A power system with graphics display includes a wire size adapter that is a conductive ring that has an outer diameter sized to fit snuggly into an input terminal of the power system and has an inner diameter sized to fit snuggly around a power wire that is smaller ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223115 | Cross-connect systems with connector blocks having balanced insulation displacement contacts An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210944 | Connector A connector for electrically connecting to a mating connector has a circuit board, a cable, and a support member. The circuit board has a front portion, a mid portion, and a rear portion. The front portion has a plurality of conductive pads for electrically contacti... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204722 | Communications jack with compensation for differential to differential and differential to common mode crosstalk A communications jack assembly includes: a jack frame having a plug aperture; a dielectric mounting substrate attached to the jack frame; and a plurality of conductors engaged with the mounting substrate, each of the conductors including a fixed end portion mounted ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201601 | Insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors An insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors includes connection elements which form at one end thereof an insulation displacement termination area for a connection of electrical conductors without requiring stripping and, at the ot... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192310 | HDMI connector A HDMI connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals, a support board, an upper lid, a lower lid and wires. The dielectric housing has a plurality of terminal grooves extending from a front sidewall to a rear sidewall. The terminals are inserted ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192300 | Cable with a meandering portion and a ground portion sandwiched between retaining elements A connector adapted for connection to cables has a retaining member that aligns and retains the cables. The retaining member has a body portion and a bar-shaped member. The body portion has a plurality of fixing portions for fixedly retaining the bar-shaped member. ... | 03/20/2007 |
