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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950968 | Electrical connector having detachable cover Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative housing having a main body and a supporting board extending downward from the main body so as to form an L shaped configuration. The main body defines a plurality of receiving passageways extending along a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7462040 | Electrical connector for circuit board An electrical connector for a circuit board is provided with a relay member connection body and a relay member receiving body. The relay member connection body is provided with terminals and a terminal holding body to hold the terminals. The relay member receiving b... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7364438 | Electrical connection box A case that houses a circuit component includes a frame along a peripheral edge of a circuit board, and a cover assembled to the frame so as to cover the circuit board, and connectors, facing an outer peripheral side of the frame are provided in the frame. In corres... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361604 | Method for reducing dimensions between patterns on a hardmask A semiconductor manufacturing method that includes depositing a first layer over a substrate, providing a layer of hardmask over the first layer, patterning and defining the hardmask layer to form at least two hardmask structures, wherein each hardmask structure inc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352592 | Method and apparatus for carrying circuit assemblies An apparatus for a circuit assembly, including two plates which are adapted to hold a circuit assembly, connected by a hinge, and including a hold-down adapted to interlock the circuit assembly to a plate, and a sliding lock adapted to secure the plates. Examples of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7255591 | Arrangement of an element in a circular connector To transmit the shielding potential of an electric cable that is connected to a circular connector and surrounded by a braided shield to a mating connector, a circular connector includes a shield transfer element comprising an insulation displacement connector, a tr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244128 | Waterproof simplex receptacle A simplex receptacle body (102) includes a front portion (108) with a front surface (104) and a rear surface (106). Terminals (110) extend through the front portion (108). A clip (138) is “snap-fit” on a rear hous... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7147503 | Electrical connecting device having a cover with a latch An electrical connector comprises a male connector component supporting connecting terminals, which are electrically connected to to-be-connecting terminals of a female connector element, and a cover element attached to the male connector component to the connecting... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6916210 | Electric power supply connector for sealed compressor A compressor is provided with a fluid tight electrical connector. The electrical connector is sealed against the seal compressor housing, and a cable end connector is detachably attached to a connector housing . Since the cable is separately attached to the connecto... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6616481 | Connector A connector has a housing (10) with a terminal accommodating portion (11) for receiving terminal fittings (13) and a receptacle (12) that surrounds the terminal accommodating portion (11). A holder (50) is mounted on the terminal accommodating portion (11... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6551144 | Electrical connector for connecting electrical wires to an electrical apparatus An electrical connector for connecting electrical wires to an electrical apparatus (1) consists of a receiving socket (10), a contact carrier (14) arranged in the receiving socket, insulation piercing contacts (18) which are held in the contact carrier (1... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6482046 | Cable coupler The present invention is related to a cable coupling system for supplying DC power in rack-mounted server systems. The cable coupling system involves grouping related power supply and power return cables and placing ends of those cables in a cable-end hou... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6254436 | Electrical connector for automotive lamp An electrical connector for an automotive headlamp includes a connector housing formed from an insulating material and electrical terminals which are electrically conductive and inserted into the respective sleeves of the connector housing. Respective pla... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6139373 | Multi-pin electrical connectors An electrical connector assembly provides for connection between a mating connector and a printed circuit board. The assembly includes an elongate insulative housing having a connection face and an opposed mounting face. A plurality of elongate electrical... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6109976 | Modular high speed connector Connectors are formed from insulative, terminal-carrying frames that are open on at least one major surface. The open major surfaces allows rapid insertion of contact terminals and attachment of wires to contact surfaces within the frame. The frame includ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5743762 | Connector A front end surface of a connector housing serves as a fitting abutment surface for abutment against a mating connector. A recessed portion is formed in the fitting abutment surface, and a front holder for detecting a half-fitted condition of a terminal a... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5647753 | Electrical connection device between handle and steering column An electrical connection device between a handle and a steering column for a vehicle includes a rotor, a housing for rotatably supporting the rotor and a flexible flat cable accommodated in an annular space defined by the rotor and the housing. The rotor ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5643016 | Electrical connector assembly with contact retention and removal system The electrical connector assembly of the present invention generally comprises an insulating housing (100), a plurality of retention clips (200) disposed in electrical contact receiving cavities (106) within the housing (100), a plurality of electrical co... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5536181 | Connector socket alignment guide Disclosed is a connector socket pin alignment guide comprising a plurality of straight walled essentially constant diameter short tubular guide paths, one for each contact pin, positioned adjacent the socket receptacle contacts of the connector.... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5362261 | Hybrid connector A forward housing member for an electrical connector of the type having an array of contacts disposed within a dielectric housing assembly includes a generally planar body section and an array of contact receiving passageways extending therethrough from a... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5354211 | Alignment overlay for connector housing block An electrically insulated connector housing has a cable receiving end and a mating end and a plurality of spaced cavities extending longitudinally therethrough for receiving terminals crimped onto electrical cables which are positioned within the cavities... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5249987 | Cap for modular jack A new and improved modular jack which employs a unique jack cap that prevents accidental electrical malfunctions when the conductors of the modular jack are in an overstressed condition. The jack cap also features means for inhibiting high voltage arcing,... | 10/05/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5044962 | Terminal block A terminal block having a front face and a rear face is provided. An array of counterbores are formed in the terminal block which extend between the faces and define abutment surfaces therein. The counterbores are positioned so that the portion of greater... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4880399 | Socket A socket for an IC, which is made up of a cover having an insulating protrusion and an insulating housing having a recess for receiving the protrusion. The cover includes a flat member which has made therethrough a plurality of arrays of pin insertion hol... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4872849 | Channel outlet A channel outlet comprising a housing of insulative material has means for mounting the outlet in an opening in a channel-shaped cover of a channel housing and includes a terminal-receiving member and a cover member. Power terminals and a ground terminal ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4802868 | Contact spring connector strip An improved contact spring connector strip of the type having a housing forming contact chambers and inlets, contact sets in the chambers, and a cover with passageways. The contact sets include springs, which engage stops formed in the inside wall of the ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4781627 | Bus bar stab and insulator assembly A bus bar stab and insulator assembly for a motor controller has a two-piece housing and a three-piece stab finger clip. The housing base has a number of partitions which define pathways for the stab fingers. The housing cover is slidably mateable with th... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4761878 | Method of making one part of a two part electrical connector An electrical connector for supplying electrical power to a machine at particular voltage and phase magnitudes selected, the connector having one part adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to the machine and another part adapted to be elec... | 08/09/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4731925 | Method for providing a power connector A method for mounting an electrical receptacle between a printed circuit board and a parallel spaced front panel. A molded thermosetting plastic connector body holds a pair of contact terminals which have lugs projecting from the rear of the connector bod... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4671584 | Electrical power connector An electrical power connector for conducting electrical power from a power bus bar to a circuit card. More particularly, the connector includes contact elements having tab terminal receiving receptacles positioned in a dielectric housing in a staggered ar... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4342495 | Double entry crimp terminal An improved double entry crimp terminal is disclosed. The subject terminal has a receptacle portion on each end thereof and a crimp barrel intermediate the ends so that the terminal can be crimp connected to a conductor and one receptacle used as the main... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4331376 | Electric connectors An electric connector includes a housing having a number of elongated recesses, and a plurality of contacts. Each contact has a terminal portion, two spaced parallel support members extending between the terminal portion and a web, and two contact members... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4319799 | Electrical connector with group terminal lock An electrical connector comprises mated plug and socket connectors. The plug connector comprises a connector body which houses a plurality of terminals having box-like contacts and hooks which project out of the terminal cavity openings at the mating end ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4287448 | Mechanical stop means for a prefocused plastic PAR lamp Improved mechanical stop means are provided for a sealed prefocused light source mount for a parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR) lamp and, in particular, to improved mechanical stop means for an all-plastic PAR lamp or a PAR lamp comprising a plastic ref... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4193660 | Electrical contact assembly A female contact has at least one contact arm with an outwardly diverging tip end for guiding the tip of a male blade inserted into the contact. A contact arm abutment is mounted on a contact chamber sidewall and projects inwardly into the chamber. The ab... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4176903 | Plug in igniter unit and method of making the same A plug in igniter unit for an igniter system for a fuel burning apparatus having at least one electrical receptacle, the plug in igniter unit being provided with a housing having an electrical igniter therein and at least one terminal member electrically ... | 12/04/1979 |
