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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347741 | Contact with locking lances A connector apparatus is provided as having an insulated housing and a terminal that is secured inside the insulated housing with locking lances. The locking lances have scalloped edges to ensure that the lances only partially penetrate the housing, but also provide... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7207849 | Electrical contact element as well as contacting device having a contact element The invention relates to an electrical contact element made out of a stamped sheet metal part, a one-piece combination of an edgewise-wound spring element that is resilient about an axis lying perpendicular to the plane of the sheet metal with a leaf spring-like fla... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7175480 | Connector and a terminal fitting A terminal fitting (20) has close-contact portions (24) that frictionally engage inner walls (11a) of a press-in hole (11), biting projections (25) behind the close-contact portions (24) for biting in the inner walls ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165979 | Terminal connection structure, electrical junction box having the terminal connection structure, and method for assembling the electrical junction box A terminal through-hole in which a given clearance exists between an inner surface of a terminal through-hole in an insulation plate and a whole peripheral surface of a terminal. The terminal through-hole includes protrusions for correction of alignment. The termina... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7120033 | Electrically conducting bonding connection An electrically conducting bonding connection (B) is produced between an electronic circuit (S) arranged on an electrically conducting support plate (1) and the support plate (1) by providing a hole (4, 5), into which an electrically conducting ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090509 | Multi-port pluggable transceiver (MPPT) with multiple LC duplex optical receptacles An interface converter module includes a metallized housing having a first end and a second end. A printed circuit board is mounted within the housing and has mounted thereon electronic circuitry configured to convert data signals from a host device transmission med... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083434 | Electrical apparatus with compliant pins An improved electrical apparatus concludes a manually actuatable electrical device which is disposed on a printed circuit board and has a manually movable control element. A plurality of electrical current conducting compliant pins extend into engagement with conduc... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059873 | LGA-BGA connector housing and contacts Electrical connectors and contacts are disclosed. An electrical connector having a contact receiving well extending along a contact receiving direction, and having a generally T-shaped cross-section along a direction transverse to the contact receiving direction. An... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056148 | Electrical terminal connection, especially for connecting an outer conductor of a coaxial cable The invention relates to an electrical terminal connection, especially for connecting an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, characterized by the following novel developments: the electrical terminal connection is embodied in a two-stage manner; the plug-in element ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048595 | Circuit board connector Terminal fittings (40) extend through a back wall (22) of a receptacle (21) of a housing (20). The terminal fittings (40) have receiving portions (43) that bulge out sideways along a width direction. The receiving portions (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6997746 | Crimp connector A crimp connector includes an electrically conductive curved member having an inner surface and a leading edge extending away from and back toward the inner surface. The leading edge, curved member, and inner surface define a first volume for receiving a conductive ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6945796 | Impedance-tuned connector A termination structure for mating a cable connector to a circuit board has a ground terminal and two signal terminals arranged in triangular pattern through the connector in order to reduce the impedance through the connector. The width of the ground terminal incre... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6276947 | U-crimp A grounding clip having a generally U-shape spring clamp having first and second opposing walls extending from a curved base portion thereof, the first and second walls each having a leading edge portion opposite the curved base portion. The spring clamp ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6149471 | Arrowhead retention feature for a terminal pin A terminal retention feature for retaining a terminal pin in a terminal block is disclosed. The retention feature includes an arrowhead shape having barbs thereon. The barbs are tapered on the front side to reduce insertion forces and eliminate deformatio... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6126486 | Smart card connector having contact retention means A contact retention mechanism for a smart card connector comprises a frame (12) and a number of contacts (3). The frame (12) forms a guiding recess (124) and a number of contact slots (125). A positioning slot (1250) is formed in each contact slot (125) a... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6093053 | Electric component with soldering-less terminal fitment An electric component with a soldering-less terminal fitment capable of preventing a contact portion of the terminal fitment from being detached from an electrode on a surface of a circuit board due to slippage thereof on the circuit board. A terminal fit... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5989075 | Contact for electrical connector A contact for an electric connector is configured as an elongated post. The contact consists of a body portion, a terminal portion for being soldered to a substrate, a PCB for example, a contact portion for engaging with a corresponding contact in a matin... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5709567 | Press fit stamped buss An assembly for conveying electricity comprising a stamped electrical buss plate having a slot formed therein, and an electrical terminal having a body portion and an upwardly extending prong portion, said body portion having raised features, said termina... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5571033 | Electrical connector having press-fit contacts for circuit board mounting An electrical connector (20) having a housing block (24) with a plurality of passageways (50) having tapered portions (56) and straight portions (58) into which are inserted respective contact terminals (34). The passageways and the contact terminals are ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5378171 | Electrical cable connector A connector assembly for effecting electrical circuit connection between insulated wires without removing the insulation therefrom including two identical insulated unitary housing members capable of being coaxially interfitted to define a central passage... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5286218 | Electric connector having means for fixing contacts A connector formed of two molded parts and a plurality of contacts is provided with means for fixing the contacts such that a plurality of contacts are fixed accurately and rigidly to the body of a connector with a simple construction.... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5269692 | Board-to-board connector A board-to-board connector comprises a first and a second insulation body and a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals having contacts at both ends and at least two pairs of bulges near the respective ends and, after press-insertion of the terminal... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5176532 | Threaded receptacle method and device A molded receptacle including an interior wall surface and screw threads formed on the interior wall surface by a mold core. The threads have a predetermined thread profile including root radii substantially corresponding to a desired thread standard and ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5131871 | Universal contact pin electrical connector An improvement is provided in an electrical connector system which includes a connector block of insulating material having a plurality of pin receiving openings for positioning a plurality of terminal pins therein by an interference fit. At least some of... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4995819 | Set of strips of electrical terminals and a method of loading an electrical connector with said terminals A set of strips of electrical terminals connected together by carrier strips (122 and 120) each comprises electrical terminals (95) each having a receptacle portion (96), a barbed retention part (98) for retaining the terminal in a terminal receiving cavi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4944684 | Electrical junction box and method for its manufacture An improved electrical junction box includes a housing, a multilayer printed circuit board supported by the interior of the housing and an array of electrical connectors supported by the exterior of the housing. The electrical connectors make electrical c... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4908335 | One-piece molded insulating housing for a circular din connector A one piece, molded, insulating connector body (14) for a surface mounted, shielded, electrical connector (10), comprises a plug portion (16) projecting from the body (14) into a forward hood (68) thereto, for mating with a shielded electrical socket (18)... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4855873 | Standoff and grounding clip assembly An improved standoff for use in assembly of an electronics device includes a generally cylindrical body with a bore hole through the longitudinal axis. A plurality of reinforcing fin-shaped members disposed radially about the outer surface provide additio... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4824550 | Heated solid electrolyte oxygen sensor and securing element therefor A readily manufacturable heated solid electrolyte oxygen sensor. A heater subassembly readily adaptable to unheated oxygen sensor technology, provides the means for positioning and rigidly securing the heater element within the oxygen sensing device, whil... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4717354 | Solder cup connector Solder cup connector comprises stamped and formed terminals loaded into passages of a one-piece housing. Each terminal has a mating portion formed in a first direction from the plane of the stock, a solder cup formed in a second, opposite direction from t... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4697864 | Printed circuit board receptacle for sealed connector A high density receptacle has a right-angled configuration having pins extending from a mounting face for interconnection to a printed circuit board. A second face is mountable to a bulkhead and has three rows of pins mounted in a cavity recessed from the... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4681391 | Electric connector An electrical connector for assembly of an electronic component with two parallel rows of terminals onto a printed circuit board, the connector including an insulating block having two rows of cavities, each cavity containing a contact element introduced ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4641910 | Electrical contacts (a) Contacts having mounting sections with mounting surfaces which provide for improved mounting characteristics and which also may function as electrical energy transfer surfaces, the contacts being formed by tooling connected to the punch pad and die pa... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4630882 | Low profile screw terminal block with split plastic barrel A low profile screw terminal block is provided with a split plastic barrel which serves to prevent screw stripout and to anchor the terminal screw when the terminal screw is pressed into the barrel and is advanced so as to form corresponding self-tapping ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4631639 | Stud and a support for fixing an electronic component to a printed circuit board A stud and support arrangement are provided for supporting and fixing electronic components on integrated circuit boards. Studs are provided having an abutment for accurately positioning the integrated circuit and facilitating soldering thereof. The stud ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4614400 | Winding contact with rotary fastening for insertion into a contact housing hole with circular cross section A contact casing (1) rolled from a spring plate blank with a rotary safety zone (30) is present for anchoring and centering of this winding contact in the contact hole of a plastic housing, which rotary safety zone has a centering section (40) encompassin... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4605277 | Connector and method of making A high reliability low cost connector has flat retainers blanked from an electrically conductive sheet metal and inserted into opening in an electrically insulating body. Each retainer has a post at one end extending from an opening at one side of the bod... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4597625 | Electrical connector An electrical connector has a molded body for receiving one or more contacts. Each contact is formed from a flat strip by simple multiple stamping, and has a single contact-making tongue extending into a channel of the body which receives a mating pin con... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4533889 | Relays and method for mounting relays on printed circuit boards A relay adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board, and a method for mounting such relays. The relay includes the usual terminals (23, 24, 26 27, 28, 29) extending therefrom and adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board (30) and electrically ... | 08/06/1985 |
