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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7176655 | Battery pack with built in communication port A system and method for providing a communication port integral with a battery pack assembly is disclosed. The system provides a pathway between an external unit and a host unit via a printed circuit board of the battery pack. The battery pack can include communicat... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6931794 | Method and apparatus for installing fitting A framing device or support member (1) for framing a fitting, such as a power point or switch (8), within orifice (4) provided in a surface member (3). The device/member is provided with a lip (5) on the extremity thereof which ena... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6338651 | Electrical connector assembly with seal An electrical connector assembly supports a number of terminals as they extend through a wall such as one might find in a headlamp housing to mate with mating terminals outside the housing. The electrical connector assembly includes an elongated conduit o... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6174185 | Panel mounted connector A connector is disclosed for mounting in an aperture in a panel. The connector is mateable with a complementary connecting device in a given mating direction. The connector includes a housing mountable in the aperture in the panel. The housing has a panel... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6135812 | Electrical contact element For an electrical contact element with a securing end for securing in an opening of a support plate, it is proposed to provide the securing end with a central bore and with axial slots, elastic tongues being formed, and to introduce a pressure element int... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5462454 | Solderless boardlock A boardlock for securely connecting an electrical device or connector to a printed circuit board without requiring post-soldering thereof, is shown comprising a pair of rigid arms joined at the lower end by a thinner bridge section. The boardlock is a fla... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5196988 | Power pedestal television and telephone adapter unit A front plate adapter panel containing television and telephone hookups can be factory-installed or field-installed within existing metallic power pedestal enclosure to provide such telephone and television facility along with electric power facility.... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5141450 | Tape carrier type electrical connector A pair of support pins (16) extending outwardly from a connector housing (10) has been disclosed. The pins (16) are attached in the housing (10) and do not carry an electrical current but instead are used to retain the electrical connector on carrier tape... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5108308 | Pylon actuated locking eyelet Improved locking eyelets (2) for securing electrical components to a circuit board by support pylons. A surface-mount electrical connector (40) is anchored to a circuit board (60) by pylons (20) and eyelets (2) mounted at the tip of each pylon (20). Each ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5044987 | Mounting plate for telecommunications wall outlet A mounting plate for securing a telecommunications wall outlet to a wall panel; a method of installing a telecommunications wall outlet; and an assembly of a telecommunications wall outlet, a mounting plate and a wall panel. The mounting plate has a plana... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4915641 | Modular drawer connector A drawer connector is provided with modular components to facilitate the replacement of those portions of the drawer connector that are subject to the greatest wear. The drawer connector comprises mateable female and male panel mount drawer connector hous... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4863399 | Low voltage bracket An improved bracket for supporting a mounting plate having electrical connectors on a wall panel such as used in low voltage system for telephone, television, communication, speaker, alarm outlets and the like is adapted for either new work or old work. T... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4673235 | Subplate for a low-voltage electric outlet A subplate for installing a low-voltage electric receptacle plate onto a wall opening includes tab portions extending inward from clearance holes located centrally on the subplate frame. The tab portions each have two parallel lines of bend, a screw-engag... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4576431 | Fixture for securing an electrical connector A fixture for securing an electrical connector, such as an outlet plate, includes a flat rectangular portion and elongated legs that can be fabricated during a single manufacturing step. The flat rectangular portion has a central opening with parallel sid... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4543557 | Panel mountable fuse holder A fuse holder includes a fuse carrier insertable into a passageway in a fuse holder body mountable in a vertical panel opening. The fuse carrier supports an active fuse in a U-shaped recess loosely holding the fuse in a horizontal position extending paral... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4524933 | Apparatus and mounting shell having retaining tongues formed by cuts An apparatus is mounted in a hole in a mounting wall by a shell having tongues which are bent outward from the shell to engage an inner surface of the mounting wall. Each tongue is bent about an axis perpendicular to the mounting wall, and has a supportin... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4314220 | Fixing structure of electronic component A fixing structure is disclosed for fixing an intermediate frequency transformer or other electronic component to a flexible and deformable base plate. The component comprises a base portion for fixing it to the base plate and the base plate is formed wit... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4062612 | Electrical feedthrough devices An electrical feedthrough capable of connecting electrical components on opposite sides of a bulkhead includes a feedthrough housing having hermetically sealed therein a hermetic sub-assembly consisting of an electrical conductor concentrically disposed w... | 12/13/1977 |
| 3937553 | Electrical terminal connector An electrical terminal connector for inserting or snapping into a mounted position on a printed circuit board to be securely retained therein, with the connector being adapted to receive a plurality of electrical leads and having tines or leads for engagi... | 02/10/1976 |
