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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128430 | Jumper and structural unit comprising at least two electrical modular terminals and one jumper A jumper that has a housing and is used for bridging two modular electric terminals which are arranged next to one another and are each equipped with a busbar. At least one opening is formed in the busbars. In order to be able to easily actuate the jumper according ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8087953 | Surface mount device jumper and surface mount device jumper assembly A surface mount device jumper includes a base member and an electrode member. The base member is fabricated from a resin laminate. The electrode member is fabricated from an electrically-conductive material and is formed in a generally C-shaped configuration to defi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7892022 | Jumper connector for a lighting assembly A jumper connector for connecting lighting components to one another includes a connector body having a mating surface configured to engage more than one lighting component, where the connector body is configured to be secured to a substrate by a fastener. The jumpe... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883361 | Connection member and harness connection body using the connection member A connection member of simple structure having a high reliability and capable of performing electric cable branching is provided. Connection portions of a plurality of electric cable terminals having an electric cable are respectively inserted into an electric cable... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7806720 | Wire harness and wire harness assembling method A wire harness has a joint connector having a joint terminal and a connector housing. The joint terminal has a short-circuit section and a plurality of electrical contact portions aligned in a direction substantially orthogonal to an axial direction of wires. The co... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7789700 | Cable connector with a flat cable and a printed circuit board A cable connector includes a flat cable having a plurality of first electric conductive sections formed on a first end and a plurality of second electric conductive sections formed on a second end thereof. A circuit board is electrically connected to the first end o... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7713083 | Jumper device for controlling connection of pins of electrical device on mainboard A jumper device configured for adjusting connections between a number of pins of a jumper block includes a non-conductive casing, a number of conductive members, and a switch. The non-conductive casing includes a number of slots in linear alignment defined in the ca... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7618289 | Electrical connector with programmable lead frame A contact module assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact module assembly includes a lead frame having a plurality of terminals and a commoning member at least partially including an electrically conductive material. The commoning member has a p... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7547228 | Joining means for device components A joining means for thermally insulating and electrically coupling a first component and a second component at an interface. The joining means including a joining bolt, at least one thermally insulating spacer, and an electrically conductive bracket. The at least on... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7520775 | Jumper device A jumper device configured for adjusting connections between a plurality of pins of a jumper block on a mainboard is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the jumper device (10) includes a casing (11), a plurality of conductive members (13), and ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7481671 | Mechanically interconnected foil contact array having L-shaped contacts and method of making An array of thin metallic foil strips of predetermined thickness electrically connected to a printed circuit board, cables or attached to wires. An associated power source, on the printed circuit board, or attached to the circuit board, cables or wires, directs an e... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7458844 | Grounding device for reducing EMI on PCB A grounding device for reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) on a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a grounded portion formed on the PCB, a threaded hole defined in the PCB, and a connecting member. The grounded portion is a part of a grounding layer of the... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458845 | Terminal assembly for selectively coupling loads in parallel and in series A terminal assembly that selectively couples multiple electrical loads in parallel or in series includes a circuit board that may be defined by a first section and a second section. A housing is disposed on the circuit board, and defines an access aperture overlappi... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7425684 | Universal systems printed circuit board for interconnections In Electronics, there exists three distinctive areas namely, discrete components or devices, circuits, and systems. A circuit is built from devices and a system is built from circuits. This invention aims at reducing the implementation of electronic systems down to ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419377 | Electrical coupling device and method for solar cells An electrical coupling device for solar cells includes a conductive member characterized by a single shaped thickness of material. The member includes a first portion extending a first length from a first end region and a second portion extending a second length fro... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410393 | Electrical connector with programmable lead frame A contact module assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact module assembly includes a lead frame having a plurality of terminals and a commoning member at least partially including an electrically conductive material. The commoning member has a p... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7364449 | Joint connector block A joint connector block, which easily meets a demand of a complicated and highly dense joint circuit, is provided. It includes: a block body 2 having a plurality of connector-fitting chambers 7 arranged in a line on one side of the block body and a bus... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361046 | Display assembly In one embodiment, a display assembly comprises a base, a monitor assembly, and a first spacing connector having a first interlocking mechanism selectively connectable to the base and a second interlocking mechanism selectively connectable to the monitor assembly to... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351084 | Electrical connector including a short-circuit terminal, and unit containing the same A connector unit includes a mating connector and a connector. The mating connector includes a canceling piece for canceling connections between the female terminals of a short-circuit terminal when the mating connector is connected to the connector. The connector in... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336165 | Retrofitting detectors into legacy detector systems The disclosure includes improvements in the field of retrofit-detector installation such as adapters that simplify retrofit of addressable detectors onto previously installed zone-type system hardware. Each adapter includes electrical circuitry for electrically conn... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7314382 | Apparatus and methods of manufacturing and assembling microscale and nanoscale components and assemblies An apparatus including a positioner that is transitional from a first positioner orientation towards a second positioner orientation and that comprises a bistable member having a first substantially stable state corresponding to the first positioner orientation and ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7277299 | Multi-device holding structure In a multi-device holding structure for integrally holding two heat generative elements which are transistors having through-holes so as to be mounted on a base plate, and a heat sensitive element which is a temperature fuse sandwiched between the heat sensitive ele... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7247045 | Modular connection assembly The modular connection assembly comprises a connector (4) made of insulating material, a conductor connecting bridge (10) and a fixing and contact member (9); the connector (4) has side socket members (5) to relate to similar units... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238060 | Receptacle connector having terminals with locating projections extending in opposite directions A receptacle connector includes a body, a cover assembled outside the body and a terminal module received in the body. The terminal module comprises a plurality of terminals and a pedestal. Each terminal defines a fixing portion. The fixing portion stretches sidewar... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239502 | Meter center and multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly therefor A multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly is for a meter center including a plurality of meters. The meter socket assembly includes meter sockets each receiving one of said meters, feeder buses, supply buses, and a plurality of phase connectors. Each of the suppl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232335 | K-series watthour meter socket adapter A watthour meter socket adapter carries rigid conductors extending from a connection to jaw contacts in a housing, the conductors mounting the socket adapter between the lower load mounting connections and the upper line mounting connections in a meter fitting to de... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220014 | Quick mounting system for emergency lighting device An emergency lighting device adapted to be quickly and easily mounted and installed. In one embodiment, a mounting member of the device is first mounted to a desired structure and connected to an external power supply. Once mounted and completed, and emergency light... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201593 | Jumper assembly for an electrical distribution system An electrical jumper assembly for an electrical distribution system, where the electrical jumper assembly includes at least one conductor carrier generally having a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of conductors in the at least one conductor carrier. A first ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7173809 | Multiphase busbar system According to the invention, the busbar system comprises at least one first (2) and one second busbar block (3) with busbars (6), whereby the busbars (6) of the first busbar block (2) are electrically connected to a number of supply... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168977 | Plug-in jumper for electrical junction and/or connecting terminals and electrical junction and/or connecting terminal A plug-in jumper for terminal blocks is provided for elastic engagement in openings in busbars and for electrical contact-making of the busbars of at least two junction and/or connecting terminals. The plug-in jumper includes a jumper bar having a bar strip and seve... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156704 | Terminal fitting and a connector using such a terminal fitting A female terminal fitting (12) has tube (19) for receiving a male terminal fitting (10). A main spring (27) is cantilevered forwardly from the tube (19) and an auxiliary spring (30) is cantilevered forwardly at the outer sid... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153157 | Terminal block jumper An electrically insulated body carries one of more jaw members which are mountable over threaded terminals in a meter socket to provide a bypass connection between line and load socket terminals to enable a watthour meter to be removed and reinstalled relative to th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131863 | Method of simplifying placement of jumpers using templates Each of a plurality of jumper templates is configured to fit over a jumper block. Each jumper template contains a set of jumpers disposed to connect to pin pairs on the jumper block and thereby set the jumper block to one of a permissible setting for the jumper bloc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7106164 | Apparatus and method for electronic fuse with improved ESD tolerance Tolerance to ESD is increased in an electronic fuse by providing at least one non-conductive region adjacent to a conductive region on the surface of an insulator. Such an arrangement reduces the thermal stresses imposed on the insulator in high current applications... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094073 | Relay connection circuit and relay connector A relay connector with a reduced number of connection lines leading out from one side of the relay connector, which includes a plurality of branch connectors equipped with first and second connection terminals, and a main-body connector where common contacts reside ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077679 | Retention clip for conductive bridge joined to PC board This clip is used to secure a connection bridge onto the top edge of two graphics adaptor cards. It works by securing with a screw through the graphics adaptor card bracket that when tightened, applied downward pressure onto the bridge. The pressure is created by th... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070462 | Electrical connector with expandable tubular clamping sections An electrical connector including two tube sections which are open at a first end of the connector; and a connecting section connecting the two tube sections to each other. The tube sections and the connecting section form a conductor receiving area which is open at... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044811 | Plug contact having a contact region being accessible from three sides A plug contact is provided which comprises a first pin connected to two contact plates arranged parallel to one another. The contact plates are also connected to two further pins which are arranged on a side of the contact plates opposed to the first pin. The three ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033186 | Electrical connection box A terminal portion of non-implementation branch path branched from a input terminal is disposed within a fuse box. A switching member separated from the input terminal is implemented in an implementation branch path. The terminal portion of the non-implementation br... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004795 | Powerpole connector assembly and methods thereof A connector assembly includes a housing and at least one connector. The housing which defines a passage with first and second openings and which has at least one inner surface with at least one of a groove. The connector has at least one outer surface with at least ... | 02/28/2006 |
