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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794290 | Communications connector configured for low crosstalk A communications connector includes an electrically non-conductive connector body having a terminal face. A plurality of connector terminals are positioned on the terminal face and arranged in a plurality of Tip/Ring terminal pairs, which are positioned substantiall... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7422486 | Connectors to connect modules to electronic devices A connector is provided that facilitates an electrical connection between an electronic device and another device. The connector includes a base, a hollow sheath extending from the base, and a plurality of electrical connecting elements disposed and extending longit... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413479 | Cover lock An electrical housing has a first member and a second member that can be locked and unlocked with a cover lock. The cover lock itself can include a male member disposed on one of the members, and a female member disposed on the other of the members for mating with t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7371131 | Connector having retentive rib A connector includes conductive pins inserted into apertures in a housing. The pins may include a single groove or a pair of opposing grooves in which ribs of the housing are disposed. The ribs may conform to the shape of the grooves to retain the pins in the housin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361022 | Electrical connector The present invention discloses an electrical connector, which may reduce the stress concentration and elastic fatigue of conductive terminals and increase the normal contact force of conductive terminals. To achieve the objects described above, an electrical connec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7311558 | Receptacle and plug therefor An electrical receptacle defines a receptacle formation of a mating formation pair to prevent a standard plug from establishing electrical connection while permitting an otherwise standard plug defining a corresponding plug formation to be sufficiently inserted to e... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7281958 | Power terminal block A terminal block for use in an uninterruptible power supply comprises a first portion that includes a plurality of stalls, each of the plurality of stalls having an aperture, and at least one socket positioned in the aperture, the at least one socket arranged to acc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207807 | Noise canceling differential connector and footprint An electrical connector is provided that includes a housing having a mating interface. Contacts provided in the housing are organized in differential pairs with the contacts in each of the differential pairs being located along an associated differential pair contac... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198523 | Receptacle and plug therefor An electrical receptacle defines a receptacle formation of a mating formation pair to prevent a standard plug from establishing electrical connection while permitting an otherwise standard plug defining a corresponding plug formation to be sufficiently inserted to e... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183646 | Semiconductor chip carrier affording a high-density external interface A semiconductor die carrier may include an insulative substrate; an array of groups of multiple electrically conductive contacts arranged in rows and columns on the insulative substrate, wherein the groups from adjacent rows are staggered as are the groups from adja... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7179110 | Stably fastened safety plug A safety plug includes a pair of prongs each prong having a hook portion formed on an end portion of the prong to be locked or engaged with a fastening loop portion formed in a receptacle when plugged in the receptacle to prevent from unexpected withdrawal of the sa... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7137839 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a female component having one or more receptacles, a first test receptacle, and a second test receptacle. The electrical connector also includes a male component having one or more terminals configured to engage the one or more recep... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131860 | Connector systems for electrosurgical generator A connector system for coupling electrosurgical instruments to electrosurgical generators is provided. The connector system includes a plug portion connectable to an electrosurgical instrument, the plug portion of the electrosurgical instrument having a shape specif... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118379 | Female connector member for towing connector A female connector member for towing connector is disclosed to have a light emitting diode indicator light set installed in the locating frame thereof, keeping the light emitting diode indicator lights respectively electrically connected to the left direction light,... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7103753 | Backplane system having high-density electrical connectors A computer system architecture in which functionally compatible electronic components are located on modular printed circuit boards. Thus, a type of processor used by the system can be changed by replacing the printed circuit board incorporating the processor. Simil... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6997723 | Power inlet socket A power inlet socket includes a socket body; live and neutral terminals provided on the socket body, and each having a first pin connected to the power plug and a second pin soldered on the substrate. A ground terminal is provided between the live terminal and the n... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6937383 | Emissive image display apparatus A large screen emissive display operating at atmospheric pressure includes pixels, the red, green, and blue subpixels of which are excited by UV laser light scanned onto the subpixels by a pixel activation mechanism. The pixel activation mechanism includes three gra... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937043 | Apparatus and method for testing electronic component An apparatus for testing an electronic component includes a substrate having a cavity on the upper surface for accommodating an electronic component. The electronic component is inserted into the cavity from a second electrode side. From under the cavity, a connecti... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935906 | Electric connector An electric connector using a probe-type contact(s) is provided to prevent it from having contact failure and is characterized in that it comprises a housing having at least one through hole, a probe-type contact(s) inserted into the through hole(s), and a terminal ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6752666 | Low insertion force electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a plug connector (2) and a receptacle connector (3). The plug connector includes an insulative housing (20) defining a number of passageways (205) and a number of electrical contacts ( | 06/22/2004 |
| 6736682 | Electrical plug-in connector element and system An electric plug connecting element and an electric plug connecting system. With the use of a complementary plug connecting element, the plug connecting element enables a disconnectable electric plug connection and includes a housing and a cable, which is run into t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6616488 | Electrical connector system An electrical connector system including first and second electrical connectors removably attached to one another. Each connector includes a first end having a plurality of apertures with internally directed side walls for securely receiving electrical wi... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6420973 | Wireless smoke detection system A wireless detection system for monitoring a predetermined area for an emergency situation. The wireless smoke detection system includes a plurality of detector units strategically positioned throughout the monitored area. Each of the plurality of detecto... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6361379 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a longitudinal axis with two rows of terminal-receiving passages generally on opposite sides of the axis. The passages are alternatingly staggered along the axis, with adjacent sides of the p... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6338657 | Hand piece connector The present invention provides a connector assembly including a connector for use in electrically connecting a surgical instrument to a power source, such as a generator. The connector generally includes an outer shell with a plurality of first and second... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6312294 | Cable connector with improved terminals A cable connector comprises a housing and a number of terminals received in the housing. The housing has a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface. The housing defines one or more rows of receiving holes extending through the ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309225 | Connector A connector comprises a connector housing 22 which includes two terminal cover sections 26, 27 and a mounting part 28 adapted to engage with a mating member, and a plurality of terminals 23 each of which includes a connecting portion 38 and a continuously... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309256 | Electric plug An electric plug made of a synthetic resin material and capable of preventing tracking comprises a plug main body made of a synthetic resin material such as PVC, a pair of blades connected to electrical wires exposed at one end of a cable, and a groove fo... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6287131 | Plug with a receiving member for grounding prong A plug includes a housing having a compartment, a base mounted in the housing, two blades securely attached to the base, and a grounding prong that is electrically connected to an external grounding wire. The base includes an inner side facing the compart... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6210238 | Wire connection apparatus for solenoid-operated valves The present invention includes a terminal block accommodation chamber formed in a sub-plate, a cover member detachably mounted on the opening of the terminal block accommodation chamber, and a terminal block that is formed integrally with the cover member... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6116965 | Low crosstalk connector configuration A low crosstalk connector configuration includes a terminal face, and at least three pairs of elongated parallel electrical connector terminals, wherein each pair is aligned in a plane normal to the terminal face. A first pair of terminals is aligned in a... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6066004 | LED light string structure An LED light string structure is provided. The LED light string structure includes an LED (1) having conductive leads (12) projecting from one end. The leads (12) have an arcuate shape and make electrical contact with first and second terminals (31). The ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6027377 | Plug terminal mounting arrangement of an electric plug for a trailer A plug terminal mounting arrangement includes a terminal holder base holding six terminals in respective terminal slots thereon. A U-shaped metal plate and a metal connecting block are fastened to front and rear side walls of the terminal holder base. Six... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6017249 | Wire connection apparatus for solenoid-operated valves The present invention includes a terminal block accommodation chamber formed in a sub-plate, a cover member detachably mounted on the opening of the terminal block accommodation chamber, and a terminal block that is formed integrally with the cover member... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5892280 | Semiconductor chip carrier affording a high-density external interface A semiconductor die carrier may include an insulative substrate; an array of groups of multiple electrically conductive contacts arranged in rows and columns on the insulative substrate, wherein the groups from adjacent rows are staggered as are the group... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5707256 | Connector for an electric vehicle A connector for an electric vehicle in which a bus bar connecting portion of a terminal is secured and connected, in parallel, to a plate-like bus bar arranged in either a vertical or horizontal orientation. In the connector, a connector housing has a ter... | 01/13/1998 |
