Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7798841 | Wire harness interconnection and retention method and apparatus A smaller conductor having an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion is positioned adjacent a larger conductor having an insulated portion and a conductive portion located within the insulated portion of the larger conductor. The two conductors are joined by a... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7686642 | Wire harness interconnection and retention method and apparatus A smaller conductor having an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion is positioned adjacent a larger conductor having an insulated portion and a conductive portion located within the insulated portion of the larger conductor. The two conductors are joined by a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7338310 | Piercing terminal and connector using same A piercing terminal having electric connection with a conductor of a flat circuit body such as a flexible flat cable (FFC) and a connector utilizing the same. The connector includes multiple piercing terminals and a connector housing. Each piercing terminal has an e... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331830 | High-density orthogonal connector A high-density orthogonal connector is disclosed and may include electrical contacts that are configured to receive contacts from an orthogonal header connector while minimizing signal skew and signal reflection. The electrical contacts in the connector may define c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329141 | Method for shielding flat circuit body, shielded flat circuit body, and wiring harness A method of shielding a flat circuit body and a wiring harness including the shielded flat circuit body, the shielded flat circuit body of the wiring harness includes a FFC having insulator covering around a conductor, a shield film covering the FFC and a connecting... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316581 | Terminal fitting and method of attaching the same The terminal fitting includes: an electric contact part to be connected to a mating terminal fitting; and an electric wire connecting part including a bottom wall and a pair of caulking pieces rising up from the bottom wall, the pair of the caulking pieces caulking ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7201602 | Terminal fitting for surface mounting A wire connection portion of a terminal fitting to be connected to a cable for surface mounting includes: a bottom wall extended from the electrical contact portion for overlapping with a flat conductor of a cable for surface mounting; crimping blades vertically ext... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7179116 | Collapsing bridge crimp The collapsing bridge crimp comprises a central portion and two mutually-opposite side arms extending from the central portion. Each side arm comprises a first portion attached to the central portion, the first portion being inwardly curved, and a second portion ext... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7125278 | Pierce joint terminal, and assembly of pierce joint terminal and circuit member A pierce joint terminal includes a base. The terminal includes a contact raised from an outer periphery of the base and configured to pierce a circuit member to be crimped for establishing electric contact with a conductor within the circuit member. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6736664 | Piercing terminal and machine and method for crimping piercing terminal A piercing terminal having high reliability for crimping is provided, by which the terminal can be securely pierced through a flat circuit body even if the circuit body has a thick conductor. The terminal includes: a conductive basal plate; and a plurality of claw p... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6652310 | Connecting member for flat circuit member and method of connecting the connecting member and the flat circuit member A claw portion (26) of a connecting member (21) penetrates a first piercing portion of a flat circuit member (100, 110) in a thickness direction thereof. In the case of connection to the flat circuit member having a thick conductor portion (102), the claw... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6116954 | Electrical connector for making contact with at least one flat foil conductor An electrical connector for contacting at least one flat foil conductor and for connecting it with a complementary connector, the connector having a first housing with at least one chamber for accommodating an electrical contact in a latched position, a s... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5833488 | Bladed wire connector and method for forming same A connector is provided having a set of spaced blades that cooperate to penetrate the coating of a wire to make electrical contact with the wire while the connector is bent therearound. The blades are disposed circumferentially about the wire at approxima... | 11/10/1998 |
| 4701000 | Electrical terminal and method of assembly A terminal for making electrical connection to a conductor has a base and a gripper that is held in a fixed position along the length of the base by a gripping finger that acts in tension in one direction at one location along the length of the base and a... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4687263 | Shielding kit for electrical connectors terminating multiconductor 360 degree shielded cable A shielding kit for providing 360° shielding of a connector terminating multi-conductor flat 360° shielded cable includes a plug shield of at least two interfitting metal members which enclose the plug and secure the shielding grids of the cable and an ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4669798 | Electrical terminal for flexible printed circuits An electrical terminal is attached to a flexible printed circuit by an attachment means which is in the form of a crimp ferrule which comprises an elongated web which has a plurality of raised convex domes which cooperate with sets of crimp tabs integrall... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4600804 | Crimp connector having gel between envelope and crimp body An electrical crimp connector includes a plurality of dimples disposed between an outer surface of a crimping body and an inner surface of a polymeric envelope, with an insulating gel being disposed in a space between the crimping body and the envelope fo... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4576426 | Flexible printed circuit connector and contact eyelet therefor A flexible printed circuit connector comprises a stabilizer plate and a flexible printed circuit which have a corresponding pattern of holes which receive contact eyelets which attach the flexible printed circuit to the stabilizer plate. The contact eyele... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4565001 | Method of making crimp connect terminals Method and apparatus for producing and crimp connecting terminals to insulated wires either with or without prior removal as by stripping of the insulation from the end portion of those wires is disclosed herein. The terminals are particularly suited for ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4565418 | Insulation displacement terminal for nonmetallic core cable An insulation displacement terminal for nonmetallic core cable comprises an insulation displacement portion having fore and aft crimp barrels connected by a bridge. The bridge has flat plates integrally connected at opposite sides by bights so that the pl... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4561709 | Membrane type circuit having improved tail Membrane type circuit comprises an insulating support having terminal sites thereon and circuit conductors extending between and among the terminal sites. A tail extends from the support and the conductors extend onto the tail and have output terminals on... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4421375 | Flag-type terminal having insulation displacement wire connection Flag-type terminal comprises a contact portion and a wire connecting portion. The wire connecting portion has a pair of spaced apart plate-like members connected at one end by integral straps. The plate-like members have aligned wire-receiving slots. Each... | 12/20/1983 |
| 3964815 | Insulation piercing terminal An insulation piercing terminal for use with insulation clad wire. The terminal includes a contact portion and a wire gripping portion that is adapted to be crimped onto the wire. The wire gripping portion includes a central elongated wire supporting area... | 06/22/1976 |
