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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7179101 | Joint box for connecting electrical wires To provide a joint box, which can easily and compactly hold electrical wires along the joint box, the joint box includes a base unit having separately a joint portion for connecting electrical wires and a wire bundle portion for passing the electrical wires and a co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7059890 | Device for contacting an electrical conductor The invention relates to a device for contacting an electrical conductor, having a base body (1), having a closing element (2) with a receptacle area (3) for receiving the conductor, having an insulation piercing connector (4) held in the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966793 | Electrical connector having a cover for registering cables with contacts An electrical connector is provided that includes a plurality of contacts having cable engaging ends that are configured to engage respective conductors in corresponding cables. The electrical connector includes a housing that holds the contacts parallel to one anot... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953363 | Auxiliary device module An auxiliary device module Z includes: an auxiliary device 1; a base board 2 mounted on the auxiliary device 1 which has terminals 5e; and a case 3 in which the base board 2 can be mounted. Fitting the base board 2... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6402543 | Terminal, and connection structure of terminal and electric wire A terminal has a base, a pair of caulking pieces integrally extending from the base, and a pair of bent pieces for regulating the movement of the electric wire. The caulking pieces are bent and retain the electric wire from over an insulating cladding the... | 06/11/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6113420 | Tension-relieving arrangement for the electrical and/or optical conductors of a cable A tension-relieving assembly for electrical and/or optical conductors of a cable, wherein the conductors, which are guided in parallel in the cable, are held in a cable-guiding part and are inserted in conductor-guiding ducts in a conductor-guiding part, ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5662493 | Multiple contact pin holder for weak current installations The multiple contact pin holder of a modular connection device for telephone or weak current systems includes a device for solderless insulation displacement wiring which are provided with at least one pivoting cover which can be pressed down onto the bod... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5624273 | Insulation displacement contact with strain relief An electrical contact assembly (80) includes an electrical contact (10) with a contact section (20), IDC section (30) and a relief section (40). The electrical contact (10) is disposed in a dielectric housing (60) having a rotatable stuffer member (70) fo... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5382178 | Process and apparatus for the termination of electric cables installed in a building for subsequent connection The process for the termination of electric cables (2) makes it possible, during the installation of the electric structure of a building, to prepare the final connection of each cable (2) by any random operator. Use is made of standardized cable terminat... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5314351 | Pressure connection terminal In order to connect and couple a member to an insulated wire, a pressure connection terminal comprises a base, two side walls extending from the base, an electrically-connecting portion disposed at a first end portion of the terminal, a pressure connectio... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5025350 | Vehicle clearance lamp assembly A lamp assembly having a plurality of individual bulb sub-assemblies together with lens covers is provided in which bulb sub-assemblies can be simply and easily snapped together and then encapsulated in a molded base member than can be readily inserted an... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4983130 | Insulation displacement contact A one-piece miniature insulation displacement contact adapted for post-termination insertion and retention within a channel of an insulative connector housing. The contact includes a continuous channel extending the length of a conductor termination porti... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4971572 | Electrical connector A screwless connector is provided for electrically connecting an RJ type connector with two or more insulated conductors. An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a base having spaced grooves with pronged retainers straddling the grooves at each ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4948381 | Insulation-piercing connector An insulation-piercing connector includes a connector body made of an insulating material, and a plurality of contacts made of a resilient conductive metal. Each of the contacts consists of a contact element to be connected to a contact of a mating connec... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4940425 | Electrical contact member The contact member defines a channel having a base from which project side walls bowed in portions of which define wire slots. Inwardly convergent wings surmounting each wire slot have insulation severing edges. When a lead is forced into the channel the ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4917629 | Electrical connector and termination method thereto An electrical connector to which insulated conductors of a multiconductor cable are connected by insulation piercing, which includes an insulation housing having a front recess and a rear recess; a plurality of contacts arranged in the insulation housing ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4859202 | Electrical connector having strain relief An electrical connector comprises a connector body which houses a pair of insulation displacement terminals which are attached to electrical leads which lead out of the connector body through an exit chamber. The electrical connector has a strain relief c... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4846720 | Balun trans and feeder line connecting device of antenna matching adapter for television set A BALUN trans and feeder line connecting device for the antenna matching adapter, which is connected to an F-connector for VHF mounted on the antenna terminal strip of a television set is disclosed. According to the invention, each outgoing line of the BA... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4840578 | Electrical contact An electric contact capable of terminating a few conductors of different thicknesses. The contact comprises a contacting section provided for contact with a mating contact and a connecting section provided behind the contacting section for connection to a... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4806120 | Electrical terminal The connector has a body part (4) of good electrical conductivity and which is of U-shaped cross section. A pair of wings (18) extend from one or both ends of the side walls (16) of the body part (4) and define a wire slot (20). The wings (18) are not con... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4795364 | Insulation displacing barrel terminal An electrical terminal includes a barrel terminal having an L-shaped slot which includes a vertical portion which extends to the upper edge of the terminal, the vertical portion being in transition with a horizontal portion extending partially around the ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4776812 | Slitted connection structure for an electric wire The invention relates to a connection arrangement having a rectilinear insulation-piercing and wire-retaining slit, and to a tool endpiece for providing connection between wires (2) and such arrangements. The insulation-piercing and wire-retaining slit ex... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4734054 | Plug connector The contact elements of the plug connector are engaged into chambers of an insulating strip by means of a conductor terminal component which has cutting and clamping contact edges. The chambers are only open towards a flat side of the strip, so that a con... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4652071 | Cable terminal connector with insulation displacing terminals A connector, for use for connection of local conductors to a distribution cable, in telephone systems, has an elongate body in which are a plurality of recesses. Insulation displacing terminals are positioned in the recesses, the lower part of each termin... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4538874 | Modular jack assembly A modular telephone jack includes a receptacle housing with a first socket for receiving a modular telephone cord plug connector. A discrete jack contact connector is received in a second socket of the receptacle housing and establishes electrical connect... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4472596 | Electrical connector An electrical connector which is capable of being used to interconnect insulated conductors (21--21) the field or in a factory during in-line processing includes a base (22) and contact element (24). The contact element which is used to establish an elect... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4346955 | Self-stripping terminal for an electrical connector A self-stripping terminal for an electrical connector has a resilient fork formed of two prongs or limbs which extend towards each other, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the terminal. Defined between the ends of the prongs is an electrical condu... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4344665 | Connector for mass terminating individual conductors An electrical connector is disclosed having the capability of mass terminating a plurality of individual conductors. The connector includes a housing having a plurality of terminals positioned therein in at least one row. Each terminal has a mating end di... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4293177 | Flat cable connector This disclosure relates to a flat cable connector having miniature electrical contacts provided with closely spaced thin plates defining therebetween lengthy passageways for receiving closely spaced conductors of the flat cable. The edge margins of the pl... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4264118 | Insulation-pierce and crimp termination and method for effecting same An electrical connector and termination tool are disclosed for making crimped, insulation-piercing terminations with insulation covered conductors. The connector includes a dielectric insert, a plurality of electrical contacts mounted in the insert and an... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4232927 | Electrical connector A connector containing multiple terminals having two contact ends. The ends of the terminals are separated by a bridge. One end has a pair of insulation-displacing contacts for piercing insulation surrounding discrete wire during insertion into a dielectr... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4202589 | Fuse holder A fuse holder includes a pair of electrical terminals which releasably clamp opposite ends of a fuse. Each terminal has a wire terminating, slitted barrel portion to which wires are connected without a need for tools. The fuse and the terminals are enclos... | 05/13/1980 |
