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...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 |
| 8070508 | Method and apparatus for aligning and securing a cable strain relief The present disclosure relates to a strain relief. In various embodiments, the strain relief includes a strain relief body and at least one alignment feature. The strain relief body is configured to provide support for connection of a cable and/or a wire lead of the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8057250 | Cable organizer for electrical connector A cable organizer for use with an electrical connector terminated to an electrical cable includes a monolithic insulative housing including a base portion and a cover portion hingedly secured to and extending from the base portion. The base portion includes a bottom... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057251 | Stay-tight mechanism for coaxial gradient coil terminals A stay-tight mechanism for a plug to be fixed with a union nut to a socket is provided. The mechanism has a first securing part having a flat engagement contour which engages with a flat of the union nut and having at least one recess. The mechanism has a second sec... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8038464 | Electrical connector with adaptable strain relief having clamping members of different shapes An electrical connector for electronics applications such as avionics or the like includes an adaptable strain relief feature for accommodating different sizes of wire bundles that terminate and are electrically coupled within the connector. The strain relief featur... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7950951 | Electrical plug connector An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a printed circuit board with two sets of contact elements. The first set of contact elements is located on the front face of the printed circuit board and protrudes into an opening in the plug connector housin... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7871288 | Power connector structure A power connector structure is provided. The present invention includes a cable having a plurality of cores and each core provided with a terminal electrically connected thereto, an inner holder structure configured for fixing those cores and providing electricity i... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7442071 | Clamp for gripping cables issuing from an electric connector, and electric connector featuring such a clamp A clamp (1), for gripping cables (2) issuing from an electric connector (3), is fitted to the insulating casing (4) of the connector (3), and has two jaws (21, 22), which are joined by a virtual hinge (23) to rotate b... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438588 | Encoder and encoder cover with strain relief An encoder includes a base member and a cover attachable to the base member. The cover includes a surface with an opening and a strain relief device associated with the opening. The strain relief device includes at least one extension member extending from the surfa... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422470 | Wire cover and an assembling method A wire cover is provided for enabling a held state of a corrugate tube to be confirmed visually. Since tube holders (19) into which a front end portion of the corrugate tube (30) is fitted are formed with through holes (23A, 23B) and (... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419402 | Backshell device for a connector A backshell device and assembly are provided for achieved improved signal integrity, wherein the design of the backshell device is less complicated, more light weight, and easier to build and use than existing devices. In one embodiment, the backshell device can be ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7371106 | Strain-relief device for a plug-in connection in communications and data systems A strain relief device includes a telecommunications connector, a base member, a latching member, and a closure member. The telecommunications connector includes a housing at which the telecommunications cable can be terminated. The base member includes a body defin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354297 | Connector fixing structure A male connector to be connected to a female connector provided at a housing accommodating a vehicle-mounted electrical device includes a contact point to be connected to a contact of the female connector, a cable connected to the contact point, and a shield shell c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355121 | Friction reducing electrical cable ring An apparatus for reducing the friction of an electrical cable ring and a ground surface has a one-piece continuous shell with a gap at one end. The apparatus is grasped at its ends at the gap and is pulled apart to increase the size of the gap sufficient to allow it... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351094 | Connector A grommet (30) has a wire pull-out part (32) that extends at an angle to a direction in which a female housing (10) fits to a mating male housing (90). Wires pulled out from the female housing (10) are inserted into the electric wi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331824 | Cable connector assembly with wire spacer An cable connector assembly (500) for high-speed transmission includes a first electrical connector (1) defining a first mating port, a second electrical connector (2) defining a second mating port different from the first mating port (100 | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320614 | Female connector and male connector An apparatus is disclosed including a female and a male connector wherein the female connector has a resin first connector body to which a first set of contact pins are attached and a tubular metallic shell that ensheathes the outer surfaces of the first connector b... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315001 | Cable fixing structure A cable fixing structure mounted in a case of an electronic device allowing a cable to cross over a circuit board erectly mounted therein, then pass to another end of the electronic device, includes a carrier, having a ledge part mounted thereon, and a press part, c... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7267572 | Stain-relief device for a plug-in connection in communications and data systems A strain relief device for a plug connector includes a base member, a latching member, and a closure member. The latching member is selectively received within the base member. The closure member is selectively received within the base member. The closure member is ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252536 | Self-aligning vibration resistant coupling apparatus A self-aligning coupling apparatus incorporates a first connecting element having a body with a first set of accessory teeth and a second connecting element having a body and a second set of accessory teeth for engagement of the first set. A coupling ring joins the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249967 | Attachment for a light string An attachment for a light string having sockets for respectively receiving therein bulb assemblies and wires extending out of the sockets includes a body. The body of the attachment has a through hole defined through the body and a fastener slot defined in the body.... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232340 | Methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors The present invention relates to methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors. Specifically, an apparatus for reducing crosstalk in the form of a termination cap for a connector is disclosed. The cap is manufactured of a material configured ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222415 | Manual machine for attaching an insulation displacement type connector A manual machine for attaching an insulation displacement connector (10) has housing stoppers (34A,34B) for positioning it on a rest (33), a housing holder (35) for holding the connector on the rest, and a set block (36) dis... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217151 | Electrical connector with strain relief features A preferred embodiment of a connector system includes a first electrical connector for mounting on a first substrate. The first electrical connector has a housing, and a contact mounted on the housing. The connector system also includes a second electrical connector... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7201592 | Wire cover and connector provided therewith A wire cover (10) is provided with a wall (WL) for surrounding wires drawn out from a connector (40), and water-draining holes (20A) penetrate the wall surface (WL) in a nonlinear manner. An inner surface (25a) forming a bent porti... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192298 | Apparatus to prevent an electrical plug being unplugged An apparatus for preventing unplugging of an electrical plug from an electrical receptacle includes a unitary member having each of a predetermined shape a predetermined size and a predetermined thickness. An aperture is disposed within the unitary member for remova... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7163424 | Housing for a thin active probe A housing for a thin active probe has two identical molded housing-halves that when assembled form a cavity that encloses the chassis upon which is carried the active circuitry of the probe. The parts exhibit complementary self-symmetry about a longitudinal axis, su... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156694 | Electrical outlet plug strip An electrical outlet plug strip comprising an elongated horizontally disposed housing having a horizontally disposed upper wall member, a vertically disposed inner wall member, a horizontally disposed bottom wall member, and an angularly disposed outer wall member w... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140907 | Strain-relieving device for card connected cables In some embodiments, a module may have a slot for an input/output card. While cables may be connected to the card in the module, external forces acting on the cable and/or module may result in the cable pulling the card out of the module, damaging the connector or c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137848 | Modular connector family for board mounting and cable applications A connector family that has a central housing having a connector mating face and a board mounting interface. An outer shell is shaped to fit over the central housing. The outer shell at least partially encloses the board mounting interface and exposes the connector ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128601 | Wire cover for connectors A wire cover for an electrical connector that defines the direction in which a plurality of wires is led out of the electrical connector comprises a main body having side walls. At least one of the side walls has an interference member receiving recess. An elastic e... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114987 | Strain-relief device for a plug-in connection in communications and data systems The invention relates to a strain relief device (1) for a plug connect for communications and data technology, comprising a base part (10) for holding at least part of the plug connector, and a cable (51) which can be connected to the plug conne... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116385 | Backlight assembly with frame housing comprising a guide portion for guiding the light unit wires and liquid crystal display device having the same A backlight assembly includes a plurality of optical sheets, a frame for housing the plurality of optical sheets and a light unit, the frame having a guide portion positioned along a first side of the frame positioned from an end portion of the frame by a first dist... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114962 | Circuit unit device When a first circuit unit and a second circuit unit are to be positioned and superposed by positioning portions and positioning portions, an exposed portion of a circuit conductor in the second circuit unit is deformed corresponding to a difference in a dimension be... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7070454 | Electrical connector adaptor with strain relief An electrical connector adaptor for use with cable assemblies has been provided. The adapter comprises first and second contact sets and a housing. The housing has a first mating face configured to join with a mating connector and a second mating face configured to ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066760 | Transparent insulating enclosure An enclosure formed from a first compartment and an identical second compartment to house an electrical connector. Each compartment has a main body that is defined by a first wall, a second wall and ends. The first wall of each compartment has an outer tab with at l... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064275 | Cable management device A cable management device traps and provides support for at least one electrical cable end connector which is located below an existing cable management hole through a work surface. In one embodiment, the cable management device includes a plate defining at least on... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7025621 | Electrical plug connector An electrical connector includes a connector housing (2) and a printed circuit board (3) with two sets of contact elements (7, 8). The first set of contact elements (7) is located on the front face of the printed circuit board (3) ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021959 | Wire cover with two longitudinal halves connectable around electric wires A cover (20) has opposed halves (21) with butting walls (28). An engaging projection (27) is formed in an accommodation concavity (30) rearward from an edge (29) of the butting wall (28). A portion between the engagin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021973 | Electric rotating machine An output terminal board of this invention is capable of improving easy and simple installation of an electric rotating machine and wiring output harnesses so as to avoid thermal influence from a stator. The electric rotating machine 2 for vehicle acting as a... | 04/04/2006 |
