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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187041 | Coupling connector In a coupling connector formed by stacking two connector housings (10A, 20A) vertically on each other and coupling the two connector housings (10A, 20A) to each other, the two connector housings (10A, 20A) having terminal ho... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182297 | Latched connector assembly A latched connector assembly includes a first connecting device and a second connecting device latched to each other. The first connecting device has a first casing and two terminal connectors received in the first casing. The first casing has first and second side ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172622 | Socket structure stack and socket structure thereof A socket structure stack and a socket structure thereof are provided. The socket structure stack includes at least two socket structures, and each socket structure includes a main body, a plurality of conductive elements, and a plurality of connecting elements. The ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162699 | Vertical cable manager Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a bracket for mounting a vertical cable manager to a rack. The bracket includes a first portion extending in a first direction, a second portion extending from the first portion in a second direction substantially... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8142232 | Three connectors mutually conductive and detachably connected to each other The present invention relates to a combination connector for a vehicle that facilitates a connector assembling process in an in-line assembly line by integrating a connector which is a coupling part for wires extending to various electrical parts. Specifically, seve... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128438 | Device having a housing with a drainage opening and an elongated terminal passing through an insulating interface for connecting a servomotor to an electrical cable A device for connecting a servomotor to at least one electrical cable includes an external housing with at least one cable input, blocked by the cable in operation, and an opening closed by an electrical connection element and forming an interface with the servomoto... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8113889 | Cable connector assembly with a unitary connector molded with another connector A cable connector assembly (200) includes a body portion (1) comprising a cylindrical first connector (11) and a cylindrical second connector (12), an insulative housing (2) connecting the first and second connectors (11, 12... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109797 | Cable connector assembly and method of manufacturing the same A cable connector assembly, for mating with a complementary connector, includes a cable having a number of wires; and a connector comprising a contact module connected with the wires, a mounting ring attached to the cable, and a shielding shell attached to the mount... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100728 | Connector assembly A connector assembly includes a first male connector, a second male connector, and a female connector. The female connector defines two receiving slots side by side. The first male connector includes a first body, a first inserting terminal, extending downwardly fro... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8083553 | Connector with improved shielding in mating contact region An electrical connector system includes a daughter card connector formed of a plurality of wafers. Each wafer is formed with cavities between the contacts of the signal conductors. The cavities are shaped to receive lossy inserts whereby crosstalk is reduced. The co... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070534 | Electric connection block The electric connection block includes: a plurality of layers, each layer consisting of a plurality of terminals bent in an L-shape arranged in a line, each terminal having a first end portion for electric connection and a second end portion for connection to a circ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062075 | Power connector having a signal detecting terminal on a separation member A power connector includes a main body, a first conductive terminal, a second conductive terminal, a third conductive terminal, and an insulating separation member. The first conductive terminal, the second conductive terminal and the third conductive terminal are d... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8043127 | Interlocking modular headers and header assemblies thereof Interlocking modular connectors or headers Have flexible tongue and groove structures for forming a variety of header assembly configurations. The interlocking modular headers can have locking structures in addition to the tongue and groove mating structures for per... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7988499 | Receptacle connector having shuttle to selectively switch to different interfaces A receptacle connector including at least three mating interfaces is provided and includes an insulative housing with a first and second groups of contacts mounted thereon. The first group of contacts serve as first Interface (USB 2.0), and a second group of contact... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7963799 | Connector A connector for a fiber channel switch includes an insulation body, a first terminal module and a second terminal module. The first terminal module and the second terminal module are integrated together to form a combination by buckling a first buckling element of t... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7909661 | Plug connector with improved cable arrangement and having retaining arrangement securely retaining mating substrate therein A plug connector, for mating with a complementary connector, includes a housing comprising a mating interface defined by a pair of tongue portions and an opening defined between the tongue sections, a cover assembled with housing, an inner mold received in the cover... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7892045 | Connector having interlocking components A connector that includes a main body having ends and sides with a passage extending between the ends. The passage is configured to receive at least one of conductors and cables and the main body includes a guide channel that extends from at least one end and a guid... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7867040 | Cable assembly with retainer for holding connector A cable assembly comprises an insulative housing defining a first receiving room extending rearwardly from a front surface of the insulative housing. A first electrical connector is received into the first receiving room. A first cable is electrically connected with... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857670 | Vertical cable manager Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a bracket for mounting a vertical cable manager to a rack. The bracket includes a first portion extending in a first direction, a second portion extending from the first portion in a second direction substantially... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7845989 | Connector A connector (M) includes a terminal fitting accommodation member (20), made of synthetic resin, which accommodates a plurality of terminal fittings (30) and a tube (10), produced separately from the terminal fitting accommodation member (20 | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837516 | Cable connector assembly with a unitary connector molded with another connector A cable connector assembly (200) includes an electrical connector (100), a cable (91) connected with the electrical connector and an insulated cover (92) over-molded on an electrical connection between the electrical connector and the cab... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837514 | Electrical connectors with vertically oriented contacts An electrical connector assembly includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector has plug contacts and a shroud partially surrounding the plug contacts. The shroud has a shape that is elongated along a longitudinal axis. The stood frames the... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837515 | Combined-type connector The combined type connector includes a base connector housing and a detachable connector housing. The base connector housing includes a first main body, a boss groove provided on a first outer surface of the first main body, a first guide part provided on the first ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828597 | Electrical connector with terminal grooves in communication with each other Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative housing defining a plurality of terminal grooves therein and extending along a mating direction. A plurality of terminals are designated as signal terminals and grounding terminals and respectively received... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7731547 | Electrical contact device An electrical contact device includes a housing having an insulating material and defining a first housing opening and a second housing opening, at least one shaft disposed in the housing, and a metal contact group disposed in the housing. The metal contact group in... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717757 | Cassette relay block attachment structure Lock portions 4 are provided more inside than outermost wall surfaces 5a, 6a of a cassette relay block 1, and the cassette relay block 1 is inserted into space surrounded by peripheral walls 16 to 19 on ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713096 | Modular electrical connector A modular electrical connector including at least one body portion having an electrical terminal and at least one mating surface. An end portion has a mating surface interconnected to the mating surface of the body portion. The body portion and the end portion defin... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7674139 | Electrical connector with improved retention structures An electrical connector (100) for electrically connecting with a chip module and a printed circuit board comprises a plurality of insulative housings (1), a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and a frame (2) defining an ac... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674138 | Connectivity hub with an integrated clip A connectivity hub enabling multiple peripheral devices to be connected with a computer includes an integrated clip adapted to grip cables and to grip an edge of a work surface, thereby reducing cable clutter and providing for a more efficient use of work surface sp... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7654866 | Upright electrical connector An upright electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a base portion (11) defining a mounting face (102), a first and a second tongue portions (312, 322) defining a mating face (101) and extending b... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7597593 | Leadframe assembly staggering for electrical connectors An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a plurality of identical leadframe assemblies received in the connector housing. Each of the leadframe assemblies may define a leadframe mating sequence. The leadframe assemblies may be arranged relative to... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594830 | Joint connector A joint connector according to the present invention is provided with a circuit board, a male connector having male terminals provided on the circuit board at a predetermined interval and standing in one direction and a direction that crosses the one direction, the ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7578707 | Modular board to board connector A connector assembly has a receptacle module and a pin module that interconnect. Stiffener engagement projections and recesses are provided along the sides of the receptacle and pin modules in an alternating fashion. The recesses are sized and shaped to receive the ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7572154 | Joint connector A joint connector (10) has sub-housings (S) (S1 to S6) that can be built up in plural levels. Projecting pieces (31) project on outer sides of the respective sub-housings (S) in directions intersecting a build-up direction (BUD) of the su... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7553198 | Re-configurable electrical connectors Re-configurable electrical connector including a pair of endcaps, a pair of elongate rails, each removably attached at one end to one of the endcaps, and connector modules arranged between the endcaps and including one or more male or female connecting members adapt... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7537492 | Plug-type connector with sleeve-type plug and socket A plug-type connector has a plug-type socket, a contact holder fittable in the plug-type socket, and a cover shell engaged around the contact holder and fittable with the plug-type socket. Latch formations on the cover shell and on the contact holder secure the hold... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7530856 | Electric junction box An electric junction box is provided, by which the cassette block, which mounts the electric components, can be easily attached to between the partition walls of the box body. The electric junction box includes: a box body including a frame-shaped body part and a pa... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524214 | Electrical quick lock interconnect Electrical connection devices and systems for the electrical interconnection of systems and components within an aerospace vehicle, such as a production airplane, are disclosed. A typical quick lock interconnect comprises a manually installed and coupled modular ele... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7517256 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a frame including at least two supporting arms configuring at least one mounting area, at least one housing unit assembled to the supporting arms and located with the at least one mounting area. An inter-aligning arrangement is arran... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7500886 | Electronic assembly having an electrical connector attached to a printed circuit board, and a wire passing through a through-hole on the printed circuit board An electronic assembly is provided that that includes a printed circuit board, an electrical connector attached to the printed circuit board, and a wire. A first end of the wire is attached to a signal pathway of one of the wafer modules of the electrical connector ... | 03/10/2009 |
