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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314377 | Electrical power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7059919 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7033214 | Connector for electrical conductors that include a contact/locking end-fitting at their end to be connected A connector for electrical conductors that have, on their ends to be connected, contact/locking end-fittings designed to be inserted into electrically insulated locking members that are retained inside a connector body or case, characterized in that the method for r... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6962509 | Methods and apparatus for a stabilized outlet prong connector A plug stabilizing apparatus includes a prong connector well-secured by a receptacle chamber. The connect has a prong portion, a clip portion, and a neck support situated therebetween, wherein the clip portion is configured to accept a prong having substantially the... | 11/08/2005 |
| 5273446 | Zero separation force connector with wiping insertion An electrical connector assembly is provided having a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector. The second electrical connector has a housing with a connector receiving area and spring contacts. The first electrical connector has conta... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4983131 | Pre-molded electrical plug body A pre-molded electrical plug body to house male electrical blades and electrical plug wires, comprising a pair of identical pre-molded electrical plug body pieces mated together, each piece having blade receiving means for snugly receiving male electrical... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4772231 | Unitary molded sealed connector with modular keying and terminal retention A sealed electrical connector having a dual molded sealed construction with a rigid body portion and integral wire seals and an integral interfacial seal formed of a material more flexible than the rigid body. The mating connectors each receive a pluralit... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4703987 | Apparatus and method for retaining an insert in an electrical connector A deformable plastic strip (44') is longitudinally slotted (60) along one edge to define a plurality of laterally separated longitudinal columns (62), cut, and then rolled into a tubular sleeve to form a retention member (44) which is configured to be coa... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4686333 | Electrical switch assembly and latching system therefor An inner rectangular housing insertable into a cavity of an outer rectangular housing has latching projections on sidewalls near the bottom to latch into latching recesses on inside surfaces of the sidewalls of the outer housing near the cavity entrance. ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4684187 | Retention article for electrical contacts A retention article for retaining closely-spaced terminals in a connector housing is formed having a stiff water-like article of thermoplastic material and elastomeric material therearound, with a plurality of holes extending therethrough. A pair of arcua... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4671601 | Connector for individual conductors An electrical connector of the IDC type having three or more rows of contact members while still enabling sideways installation of mating conductors. The connector is comprised of at least two separate housings, a first housing comprising two rows of cavi... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4641908 | Right-angled plug-type connector A right-angled plug-type connector for a printed circuit board connection characterized by a flexible fixing plate being secured in a plate-shaped retaining member to extend at right angles to the retaining member and having a plurality of bores in a patt... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4573009 | Printed circuit board test fixture with flexion means for providing registration between the test probes and the circuit board A printed circuit board "bed-of-nails" test fixture, of the type in which the circuit board is moved into electrical contact with the test probes, is provided with a means of ensuring accurate registration between the test probes and the corresponding tes... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4565416 | Latching means and locking means for retaining terminals in a connector A housing for an electrical connector is provided having one or more terminal-receiving cavities having wall portions which resiliently expand when a terminal is inserted therein and return to an unexpanded condition when the terminal is latchingly secure... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4544220 | Connector having means for positively seating contacts Electrical connector assembly comprises a housing having a plurality of cavities therethrough and a retainer having a like plurality of cavities therethrough, said housing and retainer being latchably matable so that said cavities and passages are coaxial... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4274702 | Antirotation means for wire wrap electrical connector assemblies An antirotational means to prevent rotation of contacts retained in a dielectric insert during wire wrapping of the noncircular terminals attached thereto comprises a template 31 secured to the grommet of the assembly, the template having a plurality of a... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4138180 | Plug The invention relates to a plug of the kind comprising a first element having at least one pin, and a second element having at least one socket designed to take the pin. The improvement is that the pin is cylindrical in shape and has an enlarged end, ogiv... | 02/06/1979 |
