...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419407 | Electrical connector with stacked contacts An electrical connector that is particularly suited for electrical test equipment is disclosed. A plurality of electrical contacts are disposed within a stack. At least one insulator is disposed between each adjacent pair of electrical contacts in the stack as well.... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7201601 | Insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors An insulation displacement multipoint connector for electrical plug connectors includes connection elements which form at one end thereof an insulation displacement termination area for a connection of electrical conductors without requiring stripping and, at the ot... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6923680 | Electrical apparatus intended for mounting on a subframe An electrical apparatus for mounting on a frame that allows lateral connection as well as rear connection. The electrical apparatus (10) has connecting tabs (70, 70′) arranged for connection to the electrical terminals (80, 80′) of electrica... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902441 | Modular layered stackable connector system A connector system for use with first and second wire harnesses and including a male housing sub-assembly and an engageable and female housing sub-assembly which defines an open interior therebetween. First and second pluralities of terminal pins are associated with... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6805568 | Zipper connector A connector arrangement comprises first conductor teeth on a first support and second conductor teeth on a second support. A slider is provided for electrically and mechanically connecting and disconnecting respective first conductor teeth on the first support to re... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6315578 | Electrical connection box, its method of manufacturing, a wire connection busbar of an electrical connection box and its producing method Wires w-1, w-2 are laid along the inner surfaces of lower and upper casings 11, 12, and are connected with push-in terminals driven into connectors mounted in the lower and upper casings 11, 12. The ends of the wires in the upper and lower casings to be c... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5902156 | Method for the realisation of electrical connections, as well as a distribution device and elements used herewith A method for the realisation of electrical connections is set forth, characterized in that it consists in providing at least two conducting elements (1) which are provided with connection lips (2); removing a number of these connection lips (2) depending ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5573428 | Hermetic electrical connector A low profile hermetic electrical connector includes a conductive layer with opposite first and second conductive layer surfaces. An inner electrical isolation layer is coupled between the first conductive layer surface and a first contact and an outer el... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5145416 | Jack assembly A telephone jack assembly is disclosed having a frame and a plurality of spring contacts. The plurality of spring contacts include tip and ring contacts and normal spring contacts. The normal spring contacts include body portions and offset portions which... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5144530 | Power distributor device for electric installations A power distributor device is disclosed for electric installations, comprising, for housing a set of power bars, an insulating case formed preferably of several interlockable modules. A member, for example an end-piece in the form of a lyre is associated ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5057026 | Electric junction box To standardize electric junction boxes so that the internal circuits can be applied to various requirements without markedly changing parts, the junction box is divided into plural stackable distributing units each connectable to each subharness via each ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4938719 | Junction block A junction block comprises a pair of first and second cover cases each having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface grooves therein; a plurality of electrical conductors each having a first portion, a second portion, and a middle portio... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4866217 | Bus bar circuit board structure A new bus bar circuit board structure is provided. The structure comprises insulation substrates and a plurality of bus bars arranged on the insulation substrates parallelly with each other. The respective substrates have an edge portion and each bus bar ... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4824403 | Telephone connector block for cradle type installtion A telephone connector block with slotted openings and having shaped wire guide elements located in said slotted openings particularly suited for bracket or cradle type installation with or without a wall-mounted backboard. This block offers total front ad... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4780087 | Electrical connector for circuit boards An edge connector for connecting a conductor run on an edge region of a first circuit board to a conductor run of a second circuit board comprises a plate of dielectric material. The plate has a generally U-shaped portion, with the two limbs of the U defi... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4590397 | Terminal block for dynamoelectric machine To eliminate difficulties in making a large number of external connections from solid wire windings in a dynamoelectric machine, a unique terminal block (54) is disposed within the machine housing 10. The machine includes a stator having a body (12) of ma... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4149211 | Line surge protection device for telephone system A unitary line surge protector for removable connection to an individual, existing type-444 connecting block and jack assembly of a main distribution frame of a telephone exchange system at a telephone office or substation. Each connecting block and jack ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4021093 | Connection frame for electrical installations An electrical connection frame comprising two spaced parallel locating members each provided with a row of uniformly spaced locating apertures, and a plurality of plates of insulating material disposed face to face between and perpendicular to the locatin... | 05/03/1977 |