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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950969 | One-piece terminal block assembly The present disclosure is directed to a terminal assembly member for electrically connecting output leads to external systems and equipment, including a one piece insulating body formed from high-pressure molten plastic/nylon, adapted for mounting to an external por... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7645171 | Integrated flange seal electrical connection Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for providing a high efficiency seal in an electrical connector. The seal provides an impediment to the passage of fluid at one end of the electrical connector to the environment at the other end of the electrical conne... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7637788 | Fuel flange with molded-in wire harness and diode structure A wire harness assembly and flange combination of a mechanical returnless fuel system includes a wire harness assembly (10) having at least two terminals (14′). Each terminal is joined with at least one wire (12′) via an electrical connectio... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7544104 | Electrical interconnection with terminals in columns An electrical interconnection includes a plug connector (30) and a receptacle connector (40) mated with each other, with uniformly-spaced mounting portions (3053, 4053) for engaging contacts of two parallel spaced circuit boards. The uniformly-s... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7387551 | Connector case A connector case has a connector part, a terminal, and a resin case. The connector part of a concave shape accommodates external connection terminals. One end of the terminal is the external connection terminal. The terminal is inserted in the resin case by insert m... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7318735 | Standoff heater housing A circulation heater has a tank with heater tubes located within. The heater tubes are mounted to a header plate, and each contains an electrical resistance heater wire. A standoff plate is mounted to an exterior side of the header plate. Standoff tubes are secured ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317269 | Low voltage electronic motor wire termination The present invention provides a simple and robust design implementing an easily accessible external terminal connection point for supplying drive current to an AC motor. An embodiment of the invention is directed to an insertion plug and a conductor formed within t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311530 | Dual segment molded lead frame connector for optical transceiver modules Exemplary embodiments of the present invention illustrate lead frame connectors for connecting optical sub-assemblies to printed circuit boards in optical transceiver modules. The lead frame connectors include a stamped and bent conductive lead structure that is enc... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309262 | Connector assembly for an implantable medical device and process for making A connector assembly for coupling to an implantable medical device includes a core element formed of a first thermoplastic material shaped to receive a connector member for receiving a lead. The connector assembly further includes a circuit member positioned adjacen... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7281960 | Plastic flange with molded-over wire harness A method provides wiring associated with a flange of a fuel delivery module for use in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The method includes molding a plastic flange 12 of a fuel delivery module, with the flange defining an inside region 11 and an outside regi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274963 | Interconnect for implantable medical device header A modular header and method of fabricating same for making electrical connection between an array of feed-through pins extending through a wall of a hermetically sealed enclosure of an implantable medical device and lead connector receptacles within the header in wh... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268301 | Lid of fuel tank A lid of a fuel tank that includes a lid body constructed of a molded plastic and shaped and sized to be put in an opening formed in a wall of the fuel tank. The lid body has a first portion that is exposed to the interior of the fuel tank when the lid is put in the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7204724 | Plastic flange with molded-over harness A method provides wiring associated with a flange of a fuel delivery module for use in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The method includes molding a plastic flange 12 of a fuel delivery module, with the flange defining an inside region 11 and an outside regi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7154413 | Fused and sealed connector system for permanent reservoir monitoring and production control A connection system is provided for facilitating a downhole electrical reservoir monitoring and/or control system operated by a surface system. The connector system includes a set of fuses and a fuse blowing circuit for isolating a short circuit event and restoring ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151427 | Sealed-off switchgear A switchgear, especially for actuating valves, includes a housing (18) and a coil body (10) disposed in the housing. A switch element is guided in the coil body. The coil body is provided with a winding (14) of a conductor (16) that is co... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144259 | Optical transceiver module having a dual segment molded lead frame connector An optical transceiver module having a plurality of optical subassemblies and a printed circuit board is disclosed. The transceiver module includes lead frame connectors for connecting the optical subassemblies to the printed circuit board. The lead frame connectors... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7117593 | Method for producing electrical connector An electrical connector and a method for producing the same are described. The electrical connector has an insulative housing and a plurality of metallic wires. The insulative housing has a plurality of slots formed therein, and the slots are defined with a width le... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7025638 | Overmolded Electrical connector An electrical connector including an electrical contact and an overmolded housing. The electrical contact includes an electrically conductive substrate of an alloy material and at least one sealing coating on a first section of the substrate. The sealing coating inc... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6966800 | Overmolded electrical connector An electrical connector including an electrical contact and an overmolded housing. The electrical contact includes an electrically conductive substrate of an alloy material and at least one sealing coating on a first section of the substrate. The sealing coating inc... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935020 | Method of producing a battery-connecting plate A method of producing a battery-connecting plate by providing busbars which connect batteries together, attaching terminals to one end of wires to produce terminal-attached wires for detecting voltage of desired ones of the batteries, placing the terminal-attached w... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919221 | Electronic module having a plastic housing with conductive tracks and method of its production The electronic module whose electronic components are connected by conductor tracks has a housing with a base body housing made of electrically non-conductive plastic. The base body housing is provided with recessed conduits on the inside surface of its housing wall... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902442 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (1) includes an elongate insulative housing (10) and a number of contacts (2). The insulative housing has two side walls (12) and a slot (14) between the side walls. Each side wall defines an elongate cavity... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897584 | High power terminal block assembly for generators and method of assembling and installing the same A terminal block assembly for electrical generators, such as high speed AC generators used in aircraft, is made from components that are readily assembled and disassembled for ease of installation, maintenance, and repair. The terminal block assembly is formed of a ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6884122 | Lead frame and strip molding for contact connectors in implantable medical devices An apparatus and method of electrically connecting components of an implantable medical device are disclosed. One embodiment is an apparatus having at least one electrical connector comprising a tab section and a housing at least partially enclosing the electrical c... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6843690 | Contact device for hearing aids For miniaturizing and rationalizing the manufacturing process of contact devices for herring aids, it is proposed that an injection molded body be provided with metal contact springs according to the insert mold technology. Over and above this, wiring elements are a... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6821162 | Integrated flange seal electrical connection A method and an apparatus for providing a high efficiency seal in an electrical connector. The seal prevents the transmission or migration of components in the environment at one end of the electrical connector to the environment at the other end of the electrical c... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6796851 | Electrical device having a wall made of plastic and comprising at least one flexible conductor and method for manufacturing such an electrical device An electrical device has at least one flexible conductor (2) which features an electrically insulating embedding (3) and which is embedded in the wall and has a plurality of electrical contact areas (4), the embedding (3) being removed fr... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6793540 | Method for manfacturing insulation displacement connector and structure thereof A method for manufacturing an insulation displacement connector is provided. The method includes steps of providing an injection molding device, providing a first and a second terminals, putting the first and the second terminals into the injection molding device, a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6619983 | Socket for automotive vehicles A socket for automotive vehicles is provided, in which the number of components and the assembling man-hour is small, and thus the cost is low. A vehicle socket is electrically connected to a power supply with a plug of an appliance for automotive vehicle... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6517359 | System and method for mating electrical connections An electrical connection system, such as a Bayonet Niel-Concelman (BNC) connection system, includes two connector assemblies and enables electrical connections between the two connector assemblies to be established and maintained. The two connector assemb... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6505402 | Method of making a pin header A method of making a pin header having pin contacts (12)(12A,12B) insert-molded in a parallelepiped insulating housing (13), and penetrating it to form upper and lower rows. Each contact is integrally composed of a plugging rod (14) extending horizontally... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6373720 | Module with electronic components A module with electronic components mounted on a carrier and electrically interconnected in accordance with a predefined circuit. Such a module, distinguished by particular variability, ease of assembly, compactness and applicability for high currents, is... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6346011 | Battery-connecting plate, method of producing same and wire protector A battery-connecting plate consists of busbars for connecting batteries together and a wire protector which holds in a predetermined layout therein terminals and their connection wires for detecting voltage of desired ones of the batteries. The busbars an... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6327150 | Disk drive test rack with universal electrical connector A disk drive test device for performing a test (e.g., power only self test, tests which use a serial interface) on at least one disk drive at a time. The test device includes an electrical connector which is configured so as to be able to provide the nece... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325675 | Electrical-connector insulating cover having a hinged access cover An insulating cover for an electrical connector has a core chamber, a first opening which communicates with the core chamber, and a second opening which communicates with the core chamber. The core chamber itself is constructed and arranged to house an el... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6176710 | Battery feed connector for network power controllers A battery power connector comprises a plastic block with a pair of raised pedestals at opposite ends of one side that fit through rectangular cutouts in the rear panel of a RETMA-rack chassis. A pair of bolt holes in the rear panel between the cutouts and... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6152776 | Connecting plate for a battery holder A connecting plate has: bus bars which connect a plurality of batteries; a voltage-detection terminal unit which is connected to be overlapped to the bus bars and through which a voltage of a desired one of the batteries is detected; an electric wire conn... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6142790 | Connector with flexible beam providing uniform contact pressure An electrical connector is provided for interconnecting a pair of generally parallel flat circuits and includes a dielectric housing adapted for mounting on a first flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and are spaced therealon... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6036549 | Plug-in connector with contact surface protection in the plug-in opening area An insulation body has an upper surface with a plurality of electric contact tracks, which lie alongside one another in one plane and run in the plug-in direction. For the purpose of contact area protection, the plug-in end of each of the contact tracks i... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6010370 | Insert molded electrical connector and method for producing same An electrical connector component has a body portion and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed within the connector body portion. The terminals are arranged at regular intervals and partially embedded in at least one sidewall of the connector body ... | 01/04/2000 |
