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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7740507 | Coupling for solenoid and lead frame A coupling for a solenoid and a lead frame includes plurality of terminals. Each terminal includes a plurality of terminal guides. A lead frame defines a plurality of slots. A plurality of locating and support channels are defined adjacent each slot, wherein each of... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7303433 | Lamp socket for high wattage lamps A zero insertion force socket for a lamp. The lamp socket (10) for a high wattage lamp (12) having lamp pins (14, 16), comprises a substantially solid, parallelepipedonal electrically insulating body (18), preferably of a ceramic material... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7211737 | Installation substrate, method of mounting installation substrate, and bulb socket using installation substrate A mounting board has a board, retaining members mounted on the upper surface of the board, and a part retained by the retaining members. The part is mounted such that at least a part thereof is arranged below the lower surface of the board, and that the part is elec... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7140916 | Electrical connector having one or more electrical contact points An electrical connector having one or more electrical contacts for providing an electrical connection to an inserted pin is provided. The electrical connector includes a spring made of electrically conductive material and a loading element attached to the spring and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125159 | Non-defeatable fluorescent adapter for incandescent fixture A fluorescent adapter having a housing including a tip contact compatible with an electrical socket, a threaded ring contact compatible with the electrical socket, the ring contact surrounding the housing and rotatable with the housing when the housing is rotated in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7025634 | Lamp socket A socket (40) for a bi-pin lamp (41) has a primary housing (42) including a receptacle (44): a secondary housing (46) formed to be received in the receptacle (44), the secondary housing (46) having a body (48) ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6790067 | Finger proof power connector A hermaphroditic connector is provided having a housing with a rear end configured to receive a cable. A socket is provided on the front end of the housing and extends forwardly therefrom. The socket includes a shroud and a socket tongue formed on the housing and de... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6746259 | CRT socket The invention aims to provide an effectively miniaturized CRT socket capable of assuring large withstanding discharge voltage difference between the focus pins of the CRT socket, unifying the voltage just before discharge, and simplifying the structure of the high v... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6666689 | Electrical connector with interspersed entry ports for pins of different LEDs An electrical connector comprising, in combination a body defining first and second electrical terminal entry ports, the first entry ports including four ports, there being an LED unit having pin terminals respectively received in three of said four ports... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6582254 | Slimline CRT socket A CRT socket has reduced thickness but maintains favorable insulation without requiring a change in the construction of the neck of a CRT. The CRT socket arrays a plurality of signal and focusing contact sockets about a central hole. The ends of signal pi... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6528932 | CRT socket with insulating interfit between focus and signal contacts A CRT socket has a partition wall for partitioning a focus contact storing chamber and a base insertion hole which has sufficient strength, while maintaining a creepage distance between a focus contact and a signal contact sufficient to avoid arcing. The ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6345997 | CRT receiving socket having insulation rib and monitor having the same A cathode ray tube (CRT) receiving socket includes a body having a plurality of connection holes for receiving the pins of a CRT, a plurality of conductive pins protruding from the body in a certain direction for connection to a printed circuit board (PCB... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6305988 | CRT socket A cathode ray tube (CRT) socket provides for improved performance by increasing the creeping distance between high and low voltages associated with a correspondingly connected CRT. The CRT socket includes a socket body with a cylindrical central hole exte... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6213816 | Lamp socket for multipin lamps A lamp socket for multipin lamps with spring-biased contacts for contacting the contact pins of a lamp, and a housing which in the final assembly state at least partially surrounds the lamp base of the lamp. The housing is composed of an upper housing par... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6019642 | Cathode-ray tube socket In a cathode-ray tube socket, including a socket body having a plurality of contact seating sections for receiving terminal pins of a cathode-ray tube and a high-voltage contact seating section adapted to accommodate a high-voltage terminal pin of the cat... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5791946 | Lamp holder base with arcuate contact There is provided a contact member for use in a lamp socket and particularly suitable for round terminal pins, the contact member and a recess for holding the contact member having a generally inverted V-shaped configuration, the contact member having a p... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5376025 | Fixture for halogen lamps A fitting for halogen lamps of the type having plural contact pins has an insulating socket with a recess for each contact pin. Each recess confines a pivotable and reciprocable plate-like contact which is connected to a conductor and is biased by a coil ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5354221 | Releasable connector assembly for cathode ray tube A releasable cathode ray tube connector assembly exhibiting enhanced dielectric standoff for its high-voltage contacts, even at high altitudes where voltage breakdowns frequently can occur. A substantially rigid dielectric sleeve encircles a base portion ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5304076 | Lamp electrical contact An electrical contact for a lamp having at least one electrical jack employed in conjunction with lamp housing and an electrical conductor. The contact includes a body element possessing a first end portion, second end portion, and an intermediate turned ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5263881 | Socket for halogen bulb A light-bulb socket has two main parts, namely a socket cup having a base provided with a pair of upwardly exposed contacts and formed with a plurality of throughgoing mounting holes and a base disk fitted tightly to the base of the cup and formed with pa... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5120242 | Socket for single-based high-pressure discharge lamp To provide for reliable connection of electrical terminal contact elements (5, 5', 5") within a socket body (2) and remove stresses such as tension, pressure, or torsion applied by a connecting cable (9), the contact terminal elements (5) are formed with ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4769625 | Electrical coil with terminal pins in adapter plate An electrical coil has a coil body with at least one end flange with wire guidance slots. Shell core halves are slipped onto the coil body and have guidance slots. A terminal carrier is provided for printed circuit boards having solder connections and ont... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4741712 | Low-profile socket for single-ended, high-pressure discharge lamp To provide a low-profile socket for a single-ended high-pressure discharge lamp, a ceramic body is formed with a recess and includes two connection terminal elements (8, 9) secured thereto. A separating wall (7) subdivides the recess in the socket body in... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4727648 | Circuit component mount and assembly A circuit component such as an electrical unit is mounted to a circuit board, by providing a mounting body to support the unit on the board; providing conductive means including contact structure with spring fingers to receive a nit terminal, the conducti... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4565420 | Socket and base for picture tubes A novel space-saving socket and base assembly for high-voltage picture tubes is disclosed. The inventive socket, which does not project over the base in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the picture tube, is obtained by optimizing the air and cree... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4542372 | Data distribution apparatus A data distribution apparatus for controlling the distribution of data signals from field mounted devices to a central processor includes a backplate having wiring connected thereto between the backplate and the field mounted devices and between the backp... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4533195 | Pre-wired modular connecting blocks A modular connecting block comprising a block of insulating material having a plurality of apertures therein, each aperture having inserted therein a plurality of flat elongated conductive elements, the elements including at least one pair of opposing con... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4400645 | CRT Socket assembly A cathode ray tube socket, including a thick film ceramic plate mounted thereon and forming electronic control circuitry in association with the socket structure.... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4273993 | Terminations for electric heating elements The invention relates to a termination for a tubular electric heater, comprising a two-piece body of ceramic or high-temperature plastic which is quickly and easily assembled with a metal spade terminal. The two pieces of the body have interfitting parts ... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4165912 | Offset adapter connector An offset adapter connector for use with a plug-in device, such as the line (L) relay of an originating register, that allows connections to be made to the terminals of the device and to the terminals of the socket into which the device is normally plugge... | 08/28/1979 |
