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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922517 | Retaining system and method for preventing the release of wires from a poke-in connector A system and method of preventing an unwanted release of wires from a poke in style connector is disclosed. The system and method are designed to prevent wires that can be removed from connectors by simultaneous twisting and pulling force from being released. The sy... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909635 | Jacket sleeve with grippable tabs for a cable connector A jacket sleeve with grippable tabs provides protection to exposed portions of cable that are connected to an electrical connection. The jacket sleeve can be made as part of the electrical connector or may be connected subsequent to its creation through the use of g... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7883356 | Jacket sleeve with grippable tabs for a cable connector A jacket sleeve with grippable tabs provides protection to exposed portions of cable that are connected to an electrical connection. The jacket sleeve can be made as part of the electrical connector or may be connected subsequent to its creation through the use of g... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7661979 | Jacket sleeve with grippable tabs for a cable connector A jacket sleeve with grippable tabs provides protection to exposed portions of cable that are connected to an electrical connection. The jacket sleeve can be made as part of the electrical connector or may be connected subsequent to its creation through the use of g... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7416435 | Cable fixture for mounting a cable to an electronic apparatus A cable fixture including a holding section for holding a cable relative to a chassis; and a fitting section formed integrally with the holding section and operative to fix the holding section to the chassis, wherein the cable is fitted, from one side, to and hooked... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7384299 | Self positioning, latchable cable trough An apparatus for latching, aligning, and connecting a first connector located in a chassis with a second connector on a cable. The invention comprises a plurality of trough segments coupled in series. The trough segments include a distal trough segment having a reta... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375533 | Continuity tester adaptors An electrical continuity tester adaptor for attaching to a conventional continuity tester comprising first, second and third members. The first member is operably configured to engage a female F-type connector. The second member is operably configured to engage a fe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364469 | Electrical connector for use with NATO equipment A NATO slave connector may include a 2-conductor cable designed to permit a maximum current draw of about 35 amperes. The connector may also include: a connection end adapted to connect to a military vehicle's 24 volt battery NATO slave receptacle; a cable end adapt... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341475 | Ground rod cap A ground rod cap is disclosed. The ground rod cap includes a crown portion and a support portion connected to the crown portion. The crown portion is configured to receive a ground rod. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7304241 | Swivel connector, cable, and assembly An assembly having a connector capable of rotating up to about +/−170 degrees; and a plurality of conductors, sized in the range of gauge 22 to gauge 26. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288000 | Buffer structure for power cord connector A buffer structure for a power cord connector is disclosed. The buffer structure comprises a main body, a plurality of slits and a coating layer. The main body covers on an exterior of a power cord at a connecting end to an electronic apparatus. The plurality of sli... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258304 | Cushioned grounding clamp The present invention is directed toward clamping apparatus and methods for holding an item to an electrically conductive structure. In one embodiment, the clamp includes a strap, a fastener, a cushion, and a conductive material. The strap provides the structural st... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241163 | Cable restraint Disclosed is cable restraint including a flexible and resilient cable retainer including a cable retaining body and a plurality of cable grips, the body and grips defining a cable cavity that is contoured to partially house a cable, a tie down portion extending from... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241482 | Protective sheath reclosable by overlapping and use thereof The invention concerns a protective sheath reclosable by overlapping comprising an outer longitudinal edge (10a) adapted to overlap an inner longitudinal edge (10b) of the sheath (10) in an overlap portion (13). Adhesive mea... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237966 | Polarity maintaining multi-connector optical cable assembly According to certain aspects of the present invention, an optical cable assembly is disclosed having a plurality of optical fibers, each having a first end and a second end. The plurality of optical fibers includes a first group of optical fibers and a second group ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233732 | Wall mount chassis A wall mount chassis includes circuitry for telecommunications signals. The chassis includes a rear wall mountable to a vertical wall, and first and second sides. Each side includes a hinged cover. Each cover includes an access window for viewing an opposite side of... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201603 | Pivoting strain relief wire guide A wire guide includes first and second tubes (14, 16) having first and second perpendicular axes (22, 26), with the second tube having a backshell (40) that is pivotable about the first axis on the first tube rear end, so wires (30) can b... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198516 | Keyed cable assembly to restrain cable under multiaxis stress A connector assembly is provided for a portable device. The connector assembly includes a U-shaped connector head with a connector extending from a first end of the U-shaped connector head and a stress relief overmold extending from a second end of the U-shaped conn... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198507 | Handgrip device for coaxial cable and coaxial cable assembly including handgrip device A handgrip device for a coaxial cable includes a first longitudinal section having an inner wall defining a first channel extending therethrough for receiving a connector of a coaxial cable. The first channel has generally a first diameter. A second longitudinal sec... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189098 | Cable connector assembly and method of manufacturing the same A cable connector assembly (100) includes a housing defining a mating direction, a first housing piece (1) with a mating interface (11) formed thereon and a second housing piece (2) attached to the first housing piece (1) along the... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175465 | Electrical connector with a spring push button for disengagement with jack An electrical connector including a jack and a plug is disclosed. The plug includes a spring biased push button slidably anchored in an opening on a top shell and including an indentation at either side, and a front trigger adjacent the indentation; two U-shaped pos... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165974 | Multiple-position push-on electrical connector A multi-port, electrical connector (100) includes a housing (105) having cable ports (122–128) for coaxial cables (421–428) on a cable side (101) of the housing and male push-on ports (271–278) for female connectors ( | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160140 | LED string light engine A string light engine includes a plurality of LEDs, a plurality of IDC connectors, and an insulated flexible conductor. Each IDC connector is in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of LEDs and is operatively mechanically connected to at least... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137846 | Power cord A power cord that includes a plug body supporting an electric wire and including a connecting part, a protecting tube coupled to the plug body, and a movement regulating protrusion formed on the electric wire preventing the protecting tube from separating from the c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128598 | Cable holder A cable holder 1 for a large number of connection cables 2, 4, 6, 8 of an electrical or electronic control device, in particular of an electronic ballast of a lamp. The cable holder 1 has a base body 24, in which receptacles 32, 34, 36... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112086 | Electrical cable assembly having cable guide A cable assembly (100) includes a connector (1) having a mating interface (200) to mate with a mating connector and a rear passage (201), a cable (4) having conductors (40) passing through the rear passage to electrically co... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108544 | Cord retainer A cord retainer is utilized in association with a portable electrical device, such as a cellular phone or a portable disc player. The cord retainer includes a base which is connected with the electrical device or with a case for the electrical device. A flange is co... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101203 | Method and apparatus for electronically interconnecting high voltage modules positioned in relatively close proximity Apparatus and method for electrically connecting two closely positioned high voltage modules with little or no bend and without any loops in an electrical interconnecting coaxial cable may have a high voltage connector attached to at least a portion of the cable on ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7029315 | Electrical connector assembly with reconfigurable strain relief An electrical connector assembly comprises a main housing section and a strain relief member that is selectively connected to the main housing in one of a plurality of predetermined angularly offset positions each defining a corresponding exit path for a wire or cab... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025246 | Coaxial cable with angle connector, and method of making a coaxial cable with such an angle connector A coaxial cable structure includes an outer cable conductor, and an angle connector, for example a 90° elbow connector, disposed on one cable end. The elbow connector is implemented by encapsulating the one cable end with thermoplastic material and including a meta... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018236 | Connector with resin molded portion A connector includes a connector main body 1 having a metallic electrical connecting portion 2, an inner molded portion 10a provided outside the connector main body and having a pair of protrusions 12 which are integrally formed on... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008251 | Plug connector and method for insulating a connecting region of a contact element of the plug connector A plug connector has a housing having a contact element extending therefrom. The contact element has a connecting region arranged outside of the housing for electrically connecting the contact element to an electrical lead. A sealing element surrounds the connecting... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996904 | Method for managing cables A method is to be used with a device that is capable of carrying a cable and has a cover with a port. The method includes: (1) arranging the cable in the tray; (2) determining that the port is to be used to connect the cable; and (3) connecting the cable to the port... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6969804 | Connector for securing protection device to cable A connector for securing a protective sleeve about an electrical cable portion of an electrical cable assembly. The connector is formed of heat-shrinkable tubing and is slipped over the cuff of the sleeve and a portion of an adjacent plug of the cable assembly. Upon... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966527 | Closed cable drag chain To provide a closed cable drag chain, which is capable of preventing the contact wear powder generated in the holding and guiding the inserted cable or the like from being scattered into an operation space, and of suppressing noises such as sliding contact noise and... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957978 | Cord retainer A cord retainer is utilized in association with a portable electrical device, such as a cellular phone or a portable disc player. The cord retainer includes a base which is connected with the electrical device and a flange which is connected with and extends from th... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6940018 | Cable guide A cable guide for creating an organized cable bundle. A plurality of channels for receiving cable are provided in a rotating column ring at one end of the cable guide and a cylindrical portion terminates at a flexible boot on the opposite end. A slot in the cable gu... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6912349 | Wall mount chassis A wall mount chassis includes circuitry for telecommunications signals. The chassis includes a rear wall mountable to a vertical wall, and first and second sides. Each side includes a hinged cover. Each cover includes an access window for viewing an opposite side of... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6843678 | Press fit electrical connector assembly An electrical assembly including at least one electrical conductor, a flexible tubing, a pass-through connector and an electrical component. The flexible tubing with a flexible nature has an end, an inner surface and an outer surface, the flexible tubing loosely car... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840795 | Connector There is provided a connector which is capable of routing a flat cable in a desired arbitrary direction and at the same time preventing the flat cable from being broken. A concave portion is formed in a housing, and a convex portion is formed on a cable-holding memb... | 01/11/2005 |
