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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909634 | Electrical connection structure of a connecting terminal An objective is to provide a connection structure of a connecting terminal by which it becomes able to perform a connection of any of pieces for piercing as assuredly without being bended that is piercing through an electrically conductive flat square body, and to p... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7220146 | Miniaturization facilitating plug connectors Connectors to which cables are attached are provided. Included is a cable having a conductor covered with an insulator, the connector comprising a housing and a terminal held in the housing and connected to the conductor. Cable holders are arranged in the housing an... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207827 | Automotive electrical connector box An electrical connector box including a pressure contact terminal to connect to electrical wires of various diameters. A container including an upper case and lower case houses electrical wires which are gripped by slots of pressure contact terminals. Either a thick... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179134 | Electric connector for electrically connecting a wire of one article to a contact of another article An electric connector for electrically and mechanically connecting two articles, each having a conductive part, is able to reduce the number of electric connectors used in a connecting structure, to reduce the connecting work so as to reduce the costs of the connect... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7121869 | Power cord electric connection structure A power cord electric connection structure includes a power cord and a terminal socket that are electrically connected in a vertical direction. The power cord has a connecting portion in which the conductive core is bare and exposed outside the insulation layer. The... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118404 | Insulation cutting and displacing contact element An insulation cutting and displacing contact element comprises a substantially U-shaped insulation displacement portion and a clamping portion. The insulation displacement portion has a base with a wire insertion opening. The base has first and second legs extending... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7048572 | Network transmission medium A network transmission medium includes a transmission cable with signal wires, a pair of connector bases, a pair of base covers for respectively covering an external portion of each of the connector bases, and a plurality of conductive terminals. At each end of the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6923671 | Electric connection box An electric connection box provided with a wiring board 20 having an electric wire 21 arranged on both surfaces of an obverse surface 20a and a reverse surface 20b, an obverse cover arranged on the obverse surface 20 | 08/02/2005 |
| 6676417 | Systems and methods for interconnecting electronic components Systems for electrically interconnecting components are provided. One such system comprises: a flex cable having a first end and a second end; a first connector attached to and electrically communicating with the first end of the flex cable; a second conn... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6083037 | Contact element for electrical contact of printed circuit boards to a front module rail of a module support structure A contact element having at least one leaf spring 2,3 has a U-shaped contact means 6, the two U-legs 8,9 of which taper towards their ends and can be elastically deformed with respect to each other. This contact element 1 is introduced into a guide groove... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5928006 | Clamping bracket for a grounding system A clamping bracket connects an electrical wire to a lip of a grounded utility box so as to ground the wire. The bracket has U-shaped portions and a threaded stud which moves an annular abrading end surface with a center cone point into engagement with the... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5746609 | Clamping bracket for a grounding system A clamping bracket connects an electrical wire to a lip of a grounded utility box so as to ground the wire. The bracket has U-shaped portions and a threaded stud which advances an annular abrading end surface with a center cone point into engagement with ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5569046 | Electrical connection arrangement An electrical connection arrangement between a contact element (13) and connection wire (12)is designed in such a way that reliable contact-making is possible in a simple manner and with the capability of automation. For this purpose, the connecting arran... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5069635 | Vacuum cleaner hose construction and method of making the same A vacuum cleaner hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the vacuum cleaner hose construction comprising an elongated vacuum hose having an electrical conductor extending therealong and being provided with an end portion, and an elec... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4894020 | Vacuum cleaner hose construction and method of making the same A vacuum cleaner hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the vacuum cleaner hose construction comprising an elongated vacuum hose having an electrical conductor extending therealong and being provided with an end portion, and an elec... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4842544 | Method and apparatus for terminating high-speed signal transmission cable A connector and method of termination for high speed signal cable of small physical dimension. The connector embodies a wire manager plastic fixture (22) into which the fine signal and ground wires (18,20) of a cable (10) are inserted and folded back in a... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4778407 | Electrical connector plug for conductors on closely spaced centers Connector plug comprises an insulating housing having a conductor-receiving opening extending into its conductor receiving end and substantially to the leading end. The conductors extending into the opening are in parallel side-by-side relationship at the... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4548459 | Electrical terminal for wires of different gauges A one-piece electrical terminal for wires of different gauges comprising a pale portion including a pair of inner, resilient limbs arranged side-by-side in spaced apart relation with opposed edges defining between them a wire receiving slot and a pair of ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4545634 | Multi-contact connector A multi-contact connector assembly for electrically connecting a plurality of electrical conductors such as insulation clad wires to an electrical device such as, for example, a printed circuit board. The multi-contact type connector includes an open top ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4488768 | Programmable electrical connector An electrical connector (11) in which an insulating housing body (12) is provided with a series of longitudinally extending compartments (15) adapted to receive terminals (14) in different longitudinal positions at a wire connecting face (17) to provide v... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4451867 | Electrically actuable ignition assembly An electrically actuable ignition assembly comprising an electric ignition element having insulated electrical leading wires connected by means of conducting metal contact elements to the ends of a secondary winding of insulated wire on a transformer ring... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4410228 | Spring-loaded terminal assembly An improved spring-loaded terminal assembly is disclosed of the type in which an insulating housing has a conductor-receiving aperture extending into a cavity defined by the housing and alignable with a corresponding aperture in a terminal mounted in the ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4260209 | Transmission cable connector An improved transmission cable connector is disclosed for providing mass termination of pre-stripped flat transmission cable having conductors on closely spaced centers with the connector providing selective programming of grounds within the connector. Th... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4225208 | Cable-connector assembly with high density ground terminal A cable-connector assembly of the type having wires progressively forced into plate slots, in which a common bus plate has slots along opposite edges that are offset and hour-glass shaped so that a high wire density from either side of the plate can be te... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4132913 | Field-coil bobbin with built-in-one-shot thermal protector A bobbin for carrying a field coil winding is made of molded plastic resin material having good electrical insulating characteristics and having an insulating channel formed in the hollow spindle portion thereof for carrying a fuse type or one-shot therma... | 01/02/1979 |
| 3979615 | Field assembly for electric motors An electric motor assembly in which a one piece connector housing is mounted generally concentrically upon one end of the stack of core laminations, with alignment thereof obtained between the alignment holes in the core laminations and given points on th... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3932017 | Electrical terminal assembly and terminal therefor In an electrical component support assembly the lead wires (which are of different gauges) of electrical components, e.g. resistors, are each griped by the walls of two slots of identical slotted plate terminals. The slots nearest the components have a mi... | 01/13/1976 |
