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 |
| 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 |
| 7156692 | Eye grounding controller A lifting and anti torque lifting means to be attached to a clamp or other end termination of a temporary conductor. In power distribution services the most common use of such a temporary conductor is a grounding set which is used to provide a conductive path betwee... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131856 | Intermeshing insulation-piercing elements for an insulation-piercing connector An electrical connector includes a first jaw having a first set of insulation-piercing elements and a second jaw having a second set of insulation-piercing elements. The first and second sets of insulation-piercing elements are arranged such that at least one row of... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097927 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system comprises first and second parallel fuel cell stacks (12, 14) in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode of adjoining terminal electrodes are set to be opposite to one another. First and second conductive plates (82, 180)... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7063556 | Electrical cable connector An electrical connector for use on an electrical cable, for drawing power from the cable, includes a body having upper and lower sides, the lower side including a channel which opens to the exterior on the lower side such that the cable can be laterally inserted int... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7029316 | Eye grounding controller A lifting and anti torque bracket to-be-attached to a clamp or other end termination of a temporary conductor In power distribution services the most common use of such a temporary conductor is a grounding set which is used to provide a conductive path between power... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997738 | Wire-identification plugs for electronic devices A kit for marking a predetermined position of at least one wire connected to an electronic device includes at least one male plug that has an elongated prong section integral with the body. The prong section includes an end portion spaced forwardly of the body and i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991488 | Electrical connector devices and methods for employing same An electrical connector for connecting two or more wires together electrically, having wire slots are oriented in a direction substantially parallel to each other, facilitating the use of only one operation to connect all wires; also retaining a terminated wires. Al... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6971897 | Gel-filled telephone jack An improved gel-protected registered telephone jack includes a cavity in a housing, and a rear opening to the cavity that permits positioning an insert that connects permanent telephone wires to spring connectors. A front opening receives a plug to make contact betw... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6910918 | Light bulb mounting assembly A light bulb mounting assembly includes a socket assembly that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the socket. The opening has... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6674014 | Unique way of terminating devices using insulation displacement The present technique provides a technique for electrically wiring devices using insulation displacement. The technique arranges a plurality of insulation displacement members in wedge-shaped configurations for piercing an insulation layer and electricall... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6254420 | Device for effecting insulation-displacing connection of one or more wires and for cutting the scrap at their free end A connection device is particularly suited for connection of the two strands of a telephone or computer-related line in a sub-distribution terminal block. The device includes an insulating base with a cavity formed therein in which I.D.C. contacts are sec... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6200157 | Plug for connection of an electro-fluidic converter A plug for connection of an electro-fluidic converter provided with electrical plug contacts projecting from a converter housing, the plug has a plug housing, electrical counter contacts to the plug contacts of the converter and accommodated in the plug h... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6086406 | Branching connector for an underground cable A branch connector for an underground cable enabling a main cable to be electrically connected to at least one branch cable, each being constituted by a metal core surrounded by an insulating sheath, and comprising a lower body (10) and an upper body (12)... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5928026 | Floor lamp plug device A floor lamp plug device has a cone-shaped body an annular body disposed on the cone-shaped body, a hollow disk, and a hollow cover. The hollow cover has an inner thread, an annular center flange, and a center hole. The hollow disk has a round hole two op... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5453022 | Actuating device An actuating device has an actuator, at least one control conductor conned with the actuator, and at least one through connection useable without a tool and associated with the electrical actuator, the control conductor uninterruptibly contacting with th... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5313702 | Electrical termination and method for making same A method for terminating an electrical conductor, comprises an outset step of defining a housing having an open end and a closed end and at least one passage therethrough for entry of the conductor into the housing to permit a termination end of the condu... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5302144 | Connector for electrical cables An electrical cable connector comprises at least two insulative material jaw members adapted to define between them at least two parallel channels, one for each cable. At least one metal contact member is carried by one of the jaw members in a housing in ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5139440 | Environmentally sealed insulation displacement connector terminal block An environmentally sealed terminal block includes a hollow block member and a plurality of connection assemblies mountable on the block member for providing interconnections between respective conductors of two groups of wires. Each of the connection asse... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5041012 | Insulation piercing electrical clamp connector An electrical clamp connector having two body halves molded of insulative material and clampable about at least two insulated conductors electrically and mechanically join them together, is provided with a chimney projecting from the clamping side of the ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4917633 | Separable connection device between a conducting lug and at least one connection wire A separable connection device between a conducting lug and at least one connecting wire. The device includes means for providing an electric connection between at least one jumper cable wire having a conducting core surrounded by an insulating sheath and ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4834571 | Universal wire lock An improved connector having a looped wire retained in one piece of the connector and providing a second piece having a concentric bore and able to engage a free end of said looped wire to cause the wire to constrict upon rotation of the second piece rela... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4767354 | Self-stripping electrical connector A self-stripping electrical connector has a grounded bar formed with at least one threaded bore, a dielectric lower support part secured to the bar over the bore and formed with two adjacent outwardly open lower guide passages, a pair of electrically cond... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4764125 | Cable terminal connectors Cable terminal connector with a housing to receive conductors of one cable into terminal positions within the housing and a closure member having terminal positions for conductors of another cable. Insulation displacement contact members have an insulatio... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4492422 | Wire clamp assembly There is disclosed a wire clamp assembly for a terminal member of the type including a fastener member and a clamping member. The clamping member including a plate-like washer having a central aperture for receiving said fastener to be urged thereby towar... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4427253 | Fully insulated electrical clamp connector with inboard insulating tab and slot Fully insulated clamp connectors for electrically joining insulated wires include molded top and bottom insulating halves bolted together, longitudinal mating grooves in each half for the insulated wires, bridging plates with insulation piercing teeth ins... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4340270 | Electrical terminal unit An electrical terminal unit, of the rail-mounted type, has terminals consisting of metal cntact parts with slots, and movable actuating members of insulating material provided with heads designed to receive and to entrain insulated conductors. The heads o... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4293176 | Electrical connection An electric connector comprising two connector plates, each of said plates having opposite inner sides provided with toothed zones the teeth of which penetrate the insulation when clamping the connector plates toward each other. The clamping force is appl... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4163868 | Wire connector A permanent connector and connection insulator for two wire conductors that automatically strips insulation from the conductors prior to interconnection. A connector body spacedly holding the insulated conductors to be joined rotates in one direction rela... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4080034 | Insulation piercing tap assembly The present invention relates to an assembly for electrically connecting two cables together. More particularly, the invention provides an upper and lower housing with a conductive commoning contact slidably positioned in the lower housing and adapted to ... | 03/21/1978 |
