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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392581 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic element A plate member includes a frame portion (51) provided in a state of coupling both one end portion and other end portion and mounting terminal portions (44) protruding from the one end portion and the other end portion of said frame portion (51) ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7241191 | Current bridge A current bridge comprising an oblong support strip that has an end face, and a plurality of contact feet each having a first strip-shaped leg and a second strip-shaped leg. The contact feet extend from the end face of the support strip and are formed integrally wit... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7147519 | Hybrid plug connector A hybrid socket (7), with a housing (2), comprises recesses and/or through channels (9). Electrical and/or optical components can be placed in said recesses and/or through channels (9), in particular optical lines (POFs), mini-coax cables... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7112072 | Ground bus for an electrical connector A ground bus (4) for use with an electrical connector (1) includes a plane body (40) for electrical engagement with a corresponding ground contact of a mating connector, a number of solder tails (42) extending from the plane body and a ca... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6939147 | Junction box and soldering method for printed circuit board of the junction box A printed circuit board junction box including an outer case and a printed circuit board. The outer case has a top cover and a bottom cover. The printed circuit board has female and male electrical terminals mounted in through-holes that extend from an upper surface... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6887093 | Patch panel latching and holding mechanism apparatus and method High-power coaxial signal lines, as used for example in television transmitters, employ patch panels with coaxial connections typically 7 cm to 30 cm in diameter to permit rerouting of signals. Like smaller patch panels, these use U-shaped coaxial links; rigid U-lin... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6634910 | Electric appliance comprising modules that can be juxtaposed An electric appliance (1) comprising modules (2, 3) that can be juxtaposed to one another and interconnected using bridge elements (4) for transmitting electric signals and operating voltages. The modules (2, 3) and bridge elements (4) are provided with a... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6155855 | Device for actuating at least one shunt in a connector particularly with a movable stirrup The object of the invention is an actuating device for at least one shunt (30) in a connector comprising a base and a plug with at least one pair of contacts (28) short-circuited by the contacts of said shunt. To this end, it comprises actuating means (24) of ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6077110 | Connector A connector is disclosed. The connector comprises a housing, a plurality of terminal receiving grooves defined by a partition wall, a notch formed at one end portion of the respective partition wall, a plurality of terminals accommodated within the termin... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5989061 | Low profile backplane jumper board The low profile backplane jumper board is mounted over the connector pins on the circuit pack side of the backplane to thereby selectively interconnect designated conductors in the connectors. These interconnections among connector conductors can be withi... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5921810 | Short-circuit terminal assembly A short-circuit terminal assembly comprised of two components: a housing and a U-shaped short-circuit terminal. The housing includes a box portion having its one end surface substantially closed and its other end surface opened as an open portion, and fur... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5816852 | Bus bar and cross connection for a series terminal and method for producing the bus bar A bus bar for a series terminal includes a round rod having end portions with two sides and parallel surfaces on both of the sides. A cross connection for a bus bar includes a flat material having a longitudinal direction and a top part. The flat material... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5669788 | Screwless terminal block linking apparatus An apparatus for connecting screwless terminal blocks comprising a screwless jumper link and at least two screwless terminal block center jumpers which may be quickly and easily installed onto a plurality of screwless terminal blocks. The screwless jumper... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5660563 | Assembly of multi-terminal telecommunications connectors and terminals Multi-terminal position connector with a row of terminals in which selected terminals are electrically connected together by a conductive strip formed with the terminals as a single one piece unit. Preferably the selected terminals each has a base which c... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5626492 | Bus bar construction of electrical connection box A bus bar construction of an electrical connection box, comprising: a plurality of m and n (m=integerࣙ2, n=integerࣙ2) bus bar pieces in each of which a predetermined number of substantially H-shaped bus bars are arranged in series at a preset pitch an... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5588855 | Connector When a short-circuit terminal 4 is inserted into a 22, a first engaging projection 46 formed in the terminal 4 is engaged with an engaging member 24, thereby realizing first engagement. Thereafter, when a retainer 5 is pressed to its main locking position... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5562489 | Electrostatic discharge protection device A plurality of electrostatic discharge protection devices are disclosed for use with semiconductor chip packaging such as surface mount chip packages wherein the electrostatic discharge protection devices have shorting arms that extend outward from the el... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5273464 | Strip connector for multiple leads A connector bus and terminal block arrangement provides quick and secure solderless connections for the parallel connection of multiple power leads. The terminal bus uses an elongate strip of conductive material to electrically connect a multiplicity of t... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5186639 | Electrical connector with plug detection switch A plug detection electrical receptacle includes a dielectric housing having at least one passage with an open end for receiving a male terminal of a complementary mating electrical plug. A female terminal is disposed in the passage for engagement by the m... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5106318 | Branch circuit-constituting structure A branch circuit constituting structure comprises, a housing including a plurality of juxtaposed terminal chambers and through holes formed respectively through a side wall thereof and partition walls each provided between respective adjacent ones of the ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5106324 | Joint terminal A joint terminal including: a fixed contact plate having side plates at both sides thereof; a first resilient contact plate integrally formed with the fixed contact plate and formed by folding the fixed contact plate from one end thereof to the other end ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4954093 | Shunt connection device for electrical connectors An electrical connector comprises a first casing member in which is a series of housings each adapted to receive a respective one of a plurality of male contact members each incorporating a tang. The connector further comprises a second casing member comp... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4913663 | Combined transient voltage and sneak current protector A combined transient voltage and sneak current protector is presented. The protector device comprises a two-piece substantially rectangular insulative housing. The housing has four spaced and aligned openings at the bottom thereof for receiving upstanding... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4883430 | Bridge clip carrier A bridge clip carrier comprises a one-piece molded insulative housing having at least two cavities for receiving discrete metal bridge clips which are then snap locked in the cavities. Each cavity has an open ended slot which permits loading of a bridge c... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4834661 | Busy-out line connector A unitary connector for providing a connection between a printed circuit board edge connector and a telephone line jack, wherein a busy-out line condition is indicated when the printed circuit card is removed from the connector according to the present in... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4693531 | Connecting device for testing printed circuit A connecting device for printed circuit comprises a base member with male contacts, an intermediate member with female contacts and a plug with female contacts. The female contacts of the intermediate member extend right through the intermediate member an... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4607899 | Shunt connector and method of forming A method of making conductors for shunt connectors including deforming a continuous strip of conductive material between lateral edges to form a plurality of electrical contacts integral at opposite ends with a pair of carrier strips. The spacing between ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4384754 | Multi-plane connectors A connector is disclosed for making a pluggable interconnection between conductive planes of adjacent pairs of stacked circuit boards. The subject connector can be used on any mating edge of a circuit board and does not require the use of either a back pl... | 05/24/1983 |
