Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591666 | Surface mount crimp terminal and method of crimping an insulated conductor therein A surface mount insulation terminal is formed of flat deformable conductive member to provide a substantially uniform U-shaped cross-section to form a wire-receiving channel. One or more piercing spikes are formed on a bottom wall of the channel and point to an oppo... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7341474 | Lumped resistance electrical cable A lumped resistance electrical cable has a multiple twisted pair ribbon cable having first and second conductive lines and twisted and untwisted portions. In the untwisted portions, one of the conductive lines on each of the twisted pairs is formed with an electrica... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7210958 | Electrical contact crimp ear serration An electrical contact crimp ear serration comprised of a plurality of teeth where each tooth has a cross-sectional profile comprising a leading face extending upwardly to an apex from the crimp ear surface, a central face extending downwardly from the apex to a vall... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207839 | Wrap-around ferrule for coaxial cable connector A connector has a first section for receiving an inner electrical terminal, an outer electrical contact, and a dielectric member separating the inner terminal and outer contact. A second section of the connector extends at an angle from the first section and receive... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7160150 | Method of mounting an electrical connector on a coaxial cable, and such a connector A method of mounting an electrical connector on a coaxial cable may include: providing an electrical connector including: a central contact provided with at least one crimping portion; an insulating body including a bearing portion with a top face on which the crimp... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146957 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, in particular a stationary gas engine, comprising at least one spark plug connector plug device (2) which can be fixed to the internal combustion engine, wherein the spark plug connector plug device (2) and the fixing the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130180 | Partitioned exciter system A partitioned exciter system for use with an igniter in an aircraft engine. The exciter has low-energy charging circuit and a high-energy discharge circuit that are remotely located from each other and that are connected by a low-energy coaxial cable. The charging c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7043833 | Method of making an angled conductor electrical connector A method of manufacturing an angled conductor electrical connector including extruding a metal member having a channel therein; and bending the metal member such that the channel forms two angled conductor receiving areas. Each conductor receiving area has a channel... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040915 | Insulation displacement electrical plug assembly and method of making plug assembly An insulation displacement plug assembly includes a plug housing, a pair of insulated conductors and a pair of electrical terminals. Each electrical terminal includes a crimp flange, a pair of insulation piercing knives and a blade. The crimp flange has a pair of up... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6953352 | Electrical connection for fuel injectors An electrical connection arrangement for a fuel injector includes an electrical interface that is supported by the fuel injector body portion. The electrical interface preferably includes at least one deformable connector member. During assembly, the deformable conn... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951483 | Coaxial cable shielding terminal A coaxial cable shielding terminal for electrically connected at an end of a coaxial wire, comprising a press-clamping portion including a pair of braid press-fastening portions which extend in a generally upstanding manner respectively from opposite side edges of a... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6921300 | Electrical connector An electrical connector has an elongated metal base portion, a releasable cable clamp at each opposite end of the base portion, and a connector block of electrical insulating material secured to the base portion between the cable clamps. The connector block has at l... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6354866 | Terminal fitting Connecting members 28F and 28R pierce conductors 11 in a state whereby plate faces of these connecting members 28F and 28R are approximately at a right angle with respect to the length-wise direction of the conductors 11. Consequently, if a pulling force ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6335476 | Hybrid maize plant and seed 32R42 According to the invention, there is provided a hybrid maize plant, designated as 32R42, produced by crossing two Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize lines. This invention relates to the hybrid seed 32R42, the hybrid plant produce... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6267618 | Terminal fitting for flat conductor A terminal fitting (20) has a base plate (22) and a pressing plate (30) confronting the base plate (22). A side wall (23) is formed on one side edge of the base plate (22). A contact blade (25A) is projected on an upper edge (23A) of the side wall (23) su... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6206727 | Terminal and crimping method A terminal is provided for secure electrical connection to a shielded cable. The outer conductor 52 of the cable 50 is exposed and folded onto the sheath. A folded portion 55 is placed on a bottom portion 48 of the terminal while a bottom projection 61 at... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5860831 | Flat/round cable connecting device The flat/round connecting device provides connection between conductors of a flat-ribbon, flat-conductor cable having at least two flat conductors and the round conductors of a round cable having at least two round conductors. The device comprises a plura... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5669786 | Electrical terminal for high current applications A mass terminated connector is provided for conducting electrical current. The connector preferably comprises a plurality of U-shaped conductive assemblies and a conductive contact or terminal having a plurality of slots for receiving the conductive assem... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5658163 | Terminal for connecting electrical wires A crimp terminal is adapted for terminating a magnet wire. The terminal includes a wire-receiving barrel defining a longitudinal axis. At least one serration extends axially of the barrel and defines an interior longitudinal edge for piercing the wire coa... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5450664 | Electrical connector for mid-cable termination An initially integral terminal assembly 84; 94 useful for terminating a selected conductor 74; of a flat power cable 72 having at least two insulated conductors 74, 76 includes upper and lower plate sections 26, 50 extending in diverging directions from a... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5385483 | Connector device A connector device includes an inner sleeve enclosed by an intermediate sleeve which is further enclosed by an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is made of flexible conductive material having a plurality of triangular pressouts in an inner periphery thereof.... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5137468 | Electrical connector for flexible plane-type conductor cable An electrical connector comprises crimping pieces of tongue-like sheet integrally provided on the side edges of a web in such a manner as to erect therefrom and arc contact portions each comprising an arc substantially normal to the sheet body of the crim... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5125851 | Insulation displacement terminal for an electrical connector A collapsible insulation displacement terminal is disclosed for terminating an insulated wire having an electrical conductor with a sheath of insulation thereabout. The terminal includes at least one terminal wall portion deflectable for displacing the in... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4962447 | Radio frequency signal and power distribution duct A radio frequency signal and power distribution duct system includes mating interconnections permitting daisy chaining of a plurality of individual units to provide as many power and radio frequency signal outlets as desired. Three types of units, types A... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4955816 | Electrical connector system and insulation displacement terminals therefor An electrical connector system includes self-terminating pin and socket terminals which have forward mating ends and identical rearward wire receiving ends. The wire receiving ends are mountable in a modular rear housing. The modular rear housing is matea... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4859204 | Method of staking a wave crimp for flat power cable termination A transition adapter for terminating flat power cable includes a stamped and formed member having opposed plate sections between which an end or an edge portion of the cable is receivable to be terminated where the plate sections have opposing cooperating... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4455057 | Insulation piercing terminal An insulation displacing terminal for mechanically and electrically securing an insulated wire. Contact means provide for electrical connection of an unstripped wire extended through the terminal. The contact means also lock the wire securely to the termi... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4274695 | Device for electrically connecting spark plug to high-voltage cable A device for electrically connecting a spark plug to a high-voltage cable supplying a high voltage to the spark plug from an ignition coil, comprising a connecting member whose maximum length in the axial direction of the spark plug is selected to be not ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4269469 | Contact terminal connector A contact terminal for terminating a coaxial cable has a first conductor member with a U-shaped connection portion to receive the conductor core of the coaxial cable; and a second conductor member, electrically insulated from the first conductor member, a... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4266842 | Transmission line active coaxial tap A coaxial cable tap is utilized to couple transmitting and receiving devices to a transmission line. An electrical probe (301) is inserted into a coaxial cable (10) to separate the outer braided conductor (12) and to contact the center conductor (14) of t... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4262983 | Circuit board connector for insulated wire A connector and terminal for insulated wire which includes a pin section particularly adapted to extend through an aperture in a circuit board. The connector, which is formed of a single piece of electrically conductive metal includes a tubular section ad... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4263474 | Under carpet cable connector A connector for use in terminating flat conductors which provides a minimum profile. The connector employs coined contact rings which pierce the conductor insulation and establish electrical contact without conductor damage. A lance and guide hole arrange... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4178054 | Plug termination for coaxial cable A plug termination for a coaxial cable comprising a main body having a first collar means positioned around a portion of said cable with the braid stripped away and with a pair of spring fingers for mating with a female receptacle extending therefrom subs... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4142771 | Crimp-type terminal A crimpable terminal device in which the barrel is double walled, with the inner wall being formed from the same sheet of metal as the outer wall and being integral therewith. Specifically, the inner wall is formed by folding over extensions of the outer ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4118596 | Connector with perforable insulative liner and methods of fabricating same An open-ended, B-wire type of deformable connector has a thin, perforable insulative liner secured to the inner surface of the inner one of a pair of telescopically coaxially disposed metallic sleeves in accordance with several preferred liner assembly me... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4075417 | Crimped, insulation piercing electrical connection A connector for electrically joining insulated conductors without removing the insulation therefrom. The connector is generally channel-shaped having a web with opposed, spaced apart side walls extending therefrom, and includes an electrically conductive ... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4019250 | Methods of fabricating a connector with a perforable insulative liner An open-ended, B-wire type of deformable connector has a thin, perforable insulative liner secured to the inner surface of the inner one of a pair of telescopically coaxially disposed metallic sleeves in accordance with several preferred liner assembly me... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3937403 | Electrical terminals for flat wire A terminal capable of being secured to a flat wire to make electrical contact with the conductor in the wire. The terminal is secured to the wire by pressing the wire between adjacent parts of the terminal so that electrically conductive barbs on the term... | 02/10/1976 |
