Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137126 | Threaded connector and patch cord having a threaded connector A patch cord including a connector attached to an end of a multi-pair cable. The connector including a threaded arrangement that engages a jacket of the multi-pair cable to secure the connector relative to the end of the multi-pair cable. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7980885 | Plug assembly with strain relief A plug assembly with strain relief includes a housing and a clamping basket which has radially movable clamping fingers. The clamping basket defines an axis and is constructed to allow insertion of a cable into the housing in a direction of the axis. A rotary sleeve... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7479027 | Cable clamp An electrical connector including a connector housing and a cable clamp for providing strain relief to a cable that includes wires terminated to contacts within the connector housing is disclosed. The cable clamp includes a midpiece, cable retention fingers, and a r... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7413466 | Threaded connector and patch cord having a threaded connector A patch cord including a connector attached to an end of a multi-pair cable. The connector including a threaded arrangement that engages a jacket of the multi-pair cable to secure the connector relative to the end of the multi-pair cable. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7361837 | Electrical connection device An electrical connection device (10) for connecting a multi-core machine cable to another electrical device comprises a body (12) having an end-face with apertures and a plurality of insulating sleeves (22) extending about the apertures and a pl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7338312 | Universal cable and work box connector A cable connector is used with either a thin walled internally mounted electrical work box or a thicker-walled externally mounted electrical work box having threaded holes. The cable connector has a central plate between oppositely extending noses, including at leas... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7314998 | Coaxial cable jumper device The present invention relates to a coaxial cable having a flat portion, so that the cable can be used, for example, as a jumper cable that passes through a window sill or a door. Because the cable is flat, it can easily pass through a crack in the door or window wit... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7179117 | Cable assembly with unique strain relief means A cable assembly (1) includes a connector module (3), a first cover-half (41) and a second cover-half (42) assembled to the first cover-half to enclose the connector module therebetween. The connector module includes an insulative housing... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160149 | Coaxial connector and method of connecting a two-wire cable to a coaxial connector A coaxial connector having a connector assembly and a securing assembly. The connector assembly has a first contact assembly and a second contact assembly and first and second receivers for wire. The securing assembly and connector assembly cooperate with each other... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7086883 | Electrical connector assembly with two dielectric housings arrangeable at different angles An electrical connector assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a first dielectric housing (20), a second dielectric housing (10), a number of terminals (26) and a cable (40) electrically connected with the terminals. T... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059891 | Electrical connecting and fastening apparatus An electrical connecting and fastening apparatus includes a guide arrangement for respectively connecting a plurality of conductors of a hollow cable with a plurality of stationary contacts mounted in circumferentially spaced relation within a bore contained in one ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6971883 | Trailer electrical connector enclosure The trailer electrical connector enclosure may be used for retaining and protecting an electrical connector on towing vehicles. An enclosure may have a first enclosure element and a second enclosure element attached by a fastener. The first enclosure element and the... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6752650 | Connector marked with polarity A connector marked with polarity includes a front body, a terminal base, a cable constrictor and a colored ring. The front body has a small diameter portion, a smooth annular surface portion, a male threaded rear end portion and a center lengthwise hole for the term... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6688905 | Field attachable electrical connector and self-tightening method of strain relief An apparatus for connecting a plurality of conductors in a cable to a corresponding mating includes a plurality of crimp contacts, a plastic nose insert, an elastomeric nose and a pair of plastic body housings that attach together in a clamshell fashion a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6582248 | Durable RJ-45 data connector assembly A system for protecting a cable connector, and especially an RJ-45 cable connector, from damage or abuse during use with a chassis receptacle. A cylindrical carrier housing for the connector contains a transverse septum having a shaped opening for receivi... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6537104 | Cable clamp A cable clamp (10) for clamping cable (11) in a tubular cable feed-through part (12) that has a pressure piece (33) comprised of two pressure rings (13, 14) with a clamping spring ring (15) positioned between the two pressure rings (13, 14) to encircle th... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6508669 | Socket-and-plug assembly A socket-and-plug assembly includes a socket member formed with a looped recess therein and a core that is surrounded by the looped recess and that is formed with a plurality of terminal passages. A latch member has an inserting end section inserted in th... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6149455 | Device for clamping the cable in electrical outlets or plugs An electrical outlet or plug includes a body, which encloses a connecting jack, which can be connected to a cable, and a grip element for clamping the cable. The body and grip element are provided with complementary features, which limit the axial unthrea... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5299951 | Housing for an electrical connection The invention is a housing assembly that is designed to be placed over the coupling area between two power/extension cords. The assembly includes a two-part central housing in which the two parts are joined together by a quick-release-type coupling that i... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5219304 | Electrical plug This invention relates to an electrical plug and in particular to one including a body portion, a plurality of blades extending through the body portion into an inner edge of a recess portion of the body so that their connecting ends are disposed in separ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 4842548 | Plastic conduit connector for flexible conduit A two-piece, all plastic connector for connecting a flexible conduit to an electrical fixture comprising a threaded connector cap having an extending wedging ring and a mating threaded connector body having a deflection ramp. The connector body is secured... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4802865 | Cable connector arrangement to accommodate an angular cable layout The present arrangement includes a central housing member which has a hollow chamber therein and which has at least two apertures passing from the outside wall into the internal hollow chamber. The apertures are disposed, or positioned, so that their axes... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4781617 | Cable connector arrangement to accommodate multiple cable sizes The present arrangement includes a support member which is formed to: (1) have tines extending from one end; and (2) have a threaded section lying adjacent to the beginning of the tines. In addition the present arrangement in the preferred embodiment incl... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4760375 | Data transmission cable A multi-wire data transmission cable for transmitting data signals over long distances between data devices. Presently, data devices are usually equipped with voltage interfaces for the connection of peripheral instruments. The length of data transmission... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4640569 | Adaptor for coupling a cable to a connector An adaptor to couple a connector to a conductor of a flat, high performance, electrical cable is disclosed. The adaptor includes two mating halves through which the conductors pass. The adaptor is formed with an internal recess and further includes a ferr... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4429941 | Cable clamping arrangement for an electrical connector A cable clamping arrangement (2) for an electrical connector arranged to hold a cable or bundle of wires (7) firmly in place so as to provide strain relief to the wire terminations. In the described embodiment the cable (7) is clamped by being urged into ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4421376 | Snap-on cable clamp A cable clamp assembly in which a cable clamping member is easily and rapidly secured to a housing of an electrical connector so that the cable extends therefrom in either a 90° or 180° direction as selected. The assembly includes a pair of members whic... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4390233 | Battery cable connector A connector includes a jaw having an electrically conductive portion electrically and fixedly connected to an electrical cable and a non-conductive portion movably mounted on that cable. A spring connects the jaw portions together by urging the movable ja... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4358079 | Moisture resistant clamp for portable cables A cable clamp is disclosed for securing a cable passing through a hole in a wall or the like. A fluid resistant seal between the clamp and the cable passing through the clamp is formed as the cable is being secured within the clamp. The cable clamp compri... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4145075 | Clamping device for cables, leads, hoses or the like An anchoring or clamping device for cables, hoses and the like. The device has a hollow cylindrical socket portion for receiving the cable to be clamped, which socket portion has clamping tongues at one of its ends. A screw-threaded member is adapted to f... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4036548 | Grip assembly for attaching an electric cord to an electric appliance, and the like A grip assembly is provided for locking an electric cord or cable to an electric appliance, such as a telephone receiver, electric drill, lamp base, or the like. The grip assembly in one embodiment comprises a threaded split bushing which is threaded into... | 07/19/1977 |
