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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157586 | Connector hat with extended mounting posts for securing a connector shell to a circuit board Concepts and technologies described herein provide for securing a connector shell to a circuit board using a separate connector hat with elongated mounting posts. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, a connector hat includes a one-piece body wi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7544091 | Insulated box having readily accessible conductor tap capabilities An insulated box, suitable as a refrigerator, having readily accessible conductor current tap capabilities for electrical/electronic components within the box. The box has a wall made with electrically separated layers and having an electrical conductor incorporated... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7396254 | Flexible electrical connector/housing assembly A connector assembly comprising includes a housing with a wall and a plurality of connector units. The wall includes a plurality of openings having the same size and shape. Each of the connector units has a base plate, electrical connectors mounted in and projecting... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393244 | Method and apparatus for restricting rotational moment about a longitudinal axis of SMT connectors An apparatus for supporting at least one electrical connector body, the apparatus includes a connector housing mountable to a printed circuit board (PCB). The connector housing includes at least one base member for attachment to the PCB; and at least one support pos... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303445 | Connector and a connector assembly A male connector (M) is provided with a receptacle (10) and a female connector (F) is provided with a housing (40) that can fit into the receptacle (10) from the front. Mounting grooves (18) are formed by recessing both side walls (16 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7229318 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array is arranged in a first pattern of signal contacts and ground contacts. The second linear array is arranged in a second pattern of signal ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7208329 | Connector In a side plate (52) of a retainer (50), a jig insertion groove (70) is cut at an upper end portion of its front edge. A releasing jig (J) is insertable into a gap between the bottom surface of the jig insertion groove (70) and a vertical... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182643 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes a linear array of electrical blade contacts is disclosed. Each contact may have a free-ended mating portion that extends from a mate surface of a dielectric base. The first linear array may include a first signal contact, a seco... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7118391 | Electrical connectors having contacts that may be selectively designated as either signal or ground contacts An electrical connector having a leadframe housing, a first electrical contact fixed in the leadframe housing, a second electrical contact fixed adjacent to the first electrical contact in the leadframe housing, and a third electrical contact fixed adjacent to the s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114964 | Cross talk reduction and impedance matching for high speed electrical connectors Lightweight, low-cost, high-density electrical connectors are disclosed that provide impedance-controlled, high-speed, low-interference communications, even in the absence of shields between the contacts, and that provide for a variety of other benefits not found in... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7033211 | Electrical angular pin-and-socket connector with mutual fixation of both angular sides An electrical angular pin-and-socket connector (1) is provided which includes two individual, separate angle legs (2) and (5). The second angle leg (5) includes a receiving opening (8) which opens perpendicularly to the profile of ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6971831 | Self-locking fastener A fastener for securing first and second members together at opposing respective flat surfaces thereof, whereby at the point of joining the first member has an aperture concentric with an aperture of the second member, the fastener comprising first and second tubula... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6965959 | System and method for introducing proprietary signals into a standard backplane via physical separation A system and method for introducing user-defined (e.g., proprietary) signals into a standard backplane. A front side backplane portion is provided with a set of connector holes that are electrically separated from corresponding connector holes provided on the backpl... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951467 | Conductive rivet for circuit card The conductive rivet designed to connect the first and second conducting surfaces of circuit board through an aperture in the board. The rivet includes a conical member with an associated insulating washer associated on one side of circuit board. A T-shaped rivet an... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6910902 | Shunt for squib having an improved securing mechanism The objective is to ensure the inflator yields a force sufficient to hold the shunt, prevent the shunt from coming off the inflator, reduce the force required to insert the shunt into the socket, and enhance the workability of assembling the shunt into the socket. T... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6899545 | Coupling and method for producing a hermetic seal A coupling and method for forming a hermetic seal between a component and a housing is provided in which a mechanical joint is formed between an exposed interior surface of the component and an exterior surface of a protrusion on the housing. The coefficients of the... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6851974 | Shroud retention wafer An insulative shroud retention wafer for an electrical connector allowing for an optimization of pin placements of the electrical connector is provided. In an illustrative embodiment the shroud retention wafer comprises a first (66), second (68), third... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6830470 | Electrical device connector According to some embodiments, a device includes a connector to hold an electrical module at an acute angle with respect to a surface on which the connector is to be mounted, and a first contact, a first portion of the first contact to contact the surface and a seco... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6783392 | Connector mounting structure A connector mounting structure includes a connector housing having terminal accommodating chambers, and wire connecting terminals accommodated in the terminal accommodating chambers. The terminals accommodated in the rightmost and leftmost ones of the terminal accom... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6743048 | Measuring system with cylindrical housing body carrying elastic tongues for connection to a support member A measuring system is provided including a substantially cylindrical housing and a plurality of spaced apart elastic locking tongues carried on an outer circumference of the housing. The locking tongues selectively engage and lock into a corresponding plurality of c... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6699070 | Electrical connector having means for securely mounting the connector to an edge of a printed circuit board An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (3) with a front surface (302) and a rear surface (303) and a locker (4). The insulative housing defines a plurality of passageways (305) and channels (308). A plurality of contacts (6, 7) is sec... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6623300 | Cable connecting structure A cable connecting structure includes a shroud adapted to be mounted on a panel carrying pins, the shroud having a shroud body enclosing the pins when the shroud is mounted on the panel and including a plurality of compartments, and a shielding member pro... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6590785 | Cable management A cable manager is attached to a device, connected to a number of cables. The cables are engaged by the cable manager in order to appropriately guide and organize the cables. The cable manager is sized and positioned so that when in a normal operating pos... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6572412 | Control device and soldering method The control device has a printed circuit board with surface-mountable components. A wired component is accommodated in a plug-in connector housing that is mounted on a housing of the control device. The contact pins of the plug-in connector, the connectin... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6485330 | Shroud retention wafer An insulative shroud retention wafer for an electrical connector allowing for an optimization of pin placements of the electrical connector is provided. In an illustrative embodiment the shroud retention wafer comprises a first (66), second (68), third (7... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6468108 | Electrical connector with improved board locks An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2) defining a number of passageways (220) with a number of contacts (3) received therein, a pair of rearwardly extending projections (26), and a pair of board locks (4) retained in the housing. ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6407933 | Cable management system for use with rack mounted devices A cable management system is provided for use with rack mounted devices, such as servers. The cable management system for each device mounted in the rack includes a retainer, typically mounted to the rack, and fixed to the cable. The system also includes ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6354869 | Cable attachment bracket with an attachment tab A connector is fastened to a central portion of a connector bracket adjacent a slot in a slotted bracket to provide a number of electrical circuits extending through the slot. A first end of the connector bracket is fastened to the slotted bracket by mean... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6300698 | Hermetic compressor and an electrical connector therefor A hermetic compressor and electrical connector therefor. A shell of the compressor defines an internal chamber and a motor positioned inside the shell within the chamber drives the compressor. The motor has a stator assembly including a winding. A hermeti... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6171133 | Contact-making device In a contact-making device having a connector strip (1) that is to be fixed on a circuit board (2), a guide plate (3) is arranged between the circuit board (2) and the connector strip (1). The guide plate (3) has cutouts (8) for contact legs (7) of the co... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6139362 | Fastener for connecting an electrical device to a substrate A fastener apparatus for mechanically connecting and holding the main housing of an electrical device, such as an electrical connector, to a substrate, such as a PCB, in a manner that allows for a relatively low insertion force and a corresponding relativ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6132247 | Metallic one-piece hold-down and an electrical connector with the hold-down Disclosed is a one-piece hold-down for interconnecting an electrical connector and a printed circuit board, the hold-down having a trunk, a head portion, and a tail portion. The one-piece hold-down is suitable for holding an electrical connector having ei... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6056596 | Connecting coupler for a printed-circuit board The connecting coupler for a printed-circuit board is inserted in two housings (3, 4) made of electrically insulating material of connectors placed one on each side of the printed-circuit board (1) and each bearing a contact member (5, 6), each contact me... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6045397 | Electrical connection structure of connector device The present invention provides a crack-free electrical connection structure between electrical components and a circuit board in a connector device by soldering electrical wires to through-holes of the circuit board. Retention members (40) formed integral... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6039612 | Arrangement for mounting terminal blocks in a mounting panel A flexible arrangement for providing secondary terminations, such as for switchgear in electric power distribution systems, includes a plurality of molded blocks each having at least one pair of oppositely directed hooks extending from a rear face. The ho... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5971802 | Electrical connector with board retention means An electrical connector for electrically connecting an exterior electrical apparatus and a mother board, includes an insulative housing and a pair of board retention means wherein each board retention means further consists of an orienting portion formed ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5664965 | Device for fixing an electrical connector to a printed circuit board Disclosed is an assembly which comprises a printed circuit board on which there is mounted a component of an electrical connector. The printed circuit board and the electrical connector component have aligned mounting apertures. A boardlock member extends... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5616035 | Electrical connector An electrical connector 12 is provided which can be fixed to a printed circuit board 10 through the utilization of an automatic soldering station. A peg 16 is projected from a housing body 14 of the connector 12 and inserted through an insertion hole 28 o... | 04/01/1997 |
