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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142235 | Arrangement for current distribution and contact arrangement and fuse protection thereof of the outgoing cables The invention relates to a potential distribution system for motor vehicles, which makes provision for a reserve on contact bars of an excess number of connection possibilities for further outlets. The connection possibilities which are not required can be closed of... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8025538 | Joint connector and wiring harness A joint connector has a housing (20) and cavities (21) penetrate the housing (20) in forward and backward directions. Female terminals (11) connected to ends of wires (10) are insertable into the cavities (21) from behind an... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7841911 | Joint part and a wiring harness using the same A joint part which allows connection work to be easily performed and a wiring harness using the same. A joint part A has a housing (60) including a first joint portion (10) arranged to make a concurrent connection of ends of electric wires drawn from p... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7798868 | Electrical switching apparatus and terminal connector assembly therefor A terminal connector assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The terminal connector assembly includes an electrically conductive member having opposing connecting and terminal portions, and a housing having a divider. T... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7396262 | Sealed compact power distribution module A sealed power distribution module includes a nonconductive body defining a terminal receptacle, a barrier seal engaged to and surrounding the body adjacent the receptacle on an exterior surface of the body, a terminal element grid fitted within the receptacle, and ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7374462 | Terminal for rotating armature In a terminal for a rotating armature, each of bus rings (A-C) is structured such that each of ring main bodies is formed as a plate shape included in a plane orthogonal to an axial direction thereof, and has a plate-shaped piece folded in a direction along the axia... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364476 | Electrical connecting terminal assembly A connecting terminal (10) for a busbar is provided and can include an electrically insulated housing (20), in which an electrically conductive clamp body (40) is provided with a first clamp screw (41) for fixing a connector cable (50 | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361533 | Stacked embedded leadframe A method of forming a stackable embedded leadframe package includes coupling an electronic component having bond pads to a substrate; coupling on the substrate a leadframe having a plurality of leads, each lead having a lower mounting portion; encapsulating the elec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351085 | Joint member and joint connector for wire harness A flexible wiring member, which is capable of being wound around a wire harness, is provided with joint-side terminals 14a, which are capable of being fitted with wire-side terminals, and the flexible wiring member includes a connection circuit for ele... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338331 | Power distribution panel The present invention relates to a power distribution panel in which a plurality of loads is connected to an incoming power source. The power distribution panel comprises an input terminal connecting with an incoming power line; a common line extending from the inpu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331829 | Snap-in mounting bracket-terminal block Embodiments of a mounting bracket for a telecommunications terminal block are presented herein. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320178 | Standoff for cold plate and cold plate made with the standoff A standoff for a cold plate and a cold plate using the standoff are characterized by a coil pack consisting of a plurality of individual fluid conveying tubes formed into a coil pack having a desired configuration and held in place by a plurality of retaining wires.... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7285019 | Power supply terminal having an electronic part A power supply terminal for supplying power to a BWB, the power supply terminal including a first terminal member having a pair of engaging holes; a press fit terminal in a U-shape inserted into slits of the first terminal member and having a plurality of press fit ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7258584 | Sealed compact power distribution module A sealed power distribution module includes a nonconductive body defining a terminal receptacle, a barrier seal engaged to and surrounding the body adjacent the receptacle on an exterior surface of the body, a terminal element grid fitted within the receptacle, and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253637 | Arc fault circuit interrupter system In order to determine whether arcing is present in an electrical circuit, a sensor signal corresponding to current in said electrical circuit is processed. The sensor signal is filtered to determine the presence of noise in a predetermined frequency range and produc... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7229324 | High speed receptacle connector part A receptacle connector part comprises a connector housing and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing. Each receptacle contact terminal includes two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preloading head. The conn... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214106 | Electrical connector Electrical connectors are adapted to provide a reliable electrical connection to mating elements of a mating connector. The connector can have sockets that accept mating elements of the mating connector. Conductors of the connector are associated with each socket an... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196671 | Combination of tube assembly and clip for wireless antenna grounding An antenna grounding assembly for a hand-held device, the grounding assembly comprising: an antenna having an antenna shaft connected between a grounding block and a protective sheath; an antenna tube affixed within the hand-held device and holding the antenna, the ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192807 | Wafer level package and fabrication method A method of forming an electronic component package includes coupling a first surface of an electronic component to a first surface of a first dielectric strip, the electronic component comprising bond pads on the first surface; forming first via apertures through t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186135 | Connector and assembling method therefor An ECU connector (1) is connectable with a tower connector (2). The two connectors are completely connected by tightening a bolt (4) after being fit to a specified depth and centered with respect to each other. At the specified depth, a detectio... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179990 | Electric junction box An electric junction box, disposed in a water penetration region, which accommodates bus bars inside a case body thereof and has fuses (fusible links connected with the bus bars. An upper cover and a lower cover are mounted on the case body 11 with the case b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173809 | Multiphase busbar system According to the invention, the busbar system comprises at least one first (2) and one second busbar block (3) with busbars (6), whereby the busbars (6) of the first busbar block (2) are electrically connected to a number of supply... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168977 | Plug-in jumper for electrical junction and/or connecting terminals and electrical junction and/or connecting terminal A plug-in jumper for terminal blocks is provided for elastic engagement in openings in busbars and for electrical contact-making of the busbars of at least two junction and/or connecting terminals. The plug-in jumper includes a jumper bar having a bar strip and seve... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160146 | Connector insulating boot for different sized conductors and associated methods An electrical connector may include a conductive body having a conductor receiving passageway therein to receive the conductor of a cable end. The conductive body may also have a fastener receiving passageway intersecting the conductor receiving passageway, and a fa... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151656 | Arc fault circuit interrupter system A system for determining whether arcing is present in an electrical circuit in response to a sensor signal corresponding to current in the circuit includes a circuit for analyzing the sensor signal to determine the presence of broadband noise in a predetermined rang... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147521 | Wiring junction block A wiring junction block, e.g. for taillamp pigtails in a vehicle lighting system. The wiring junction block includes a body having an input end including a first set of electrical terminals for receiving electrical power from a vehicle wiring harness. The body also ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134921 | Power distribution block assembly The terminal block assembly of this invention provides a finger safe method of distributing power while at the same time enabling the installer to make uniform and correct connections to a multiplicity of taps or ports. Each connection includes an abutment or seat p... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132913 | Universal terminal assembly for electric power switch A removable universal terminal assembly has a molded housing that clips onto an electric power switch and two terminal members that can be alternatively installed in the molded housing to provide either a quick connect termination or a binding post termination. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121847 | Flame-retardant cap for a high current connection A flame-retardant shield or cap for isolating a fastener securing a high current connection to a conductor in a power distribution box (PDB) is manufactured separately from a much larger PDB cover that is not made from flame-retardant material. The cap has a closed ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118423 | Joint connector structure A first connector includes a joint bus bar mounted in a first housing, and wire-connected first female terminals inserted respectively in terminal receiving chambers to be connected respectively to tabs of the joint bus bar. A second connector includes wire-connecte... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104841 | Watertight connector A watertight connector has a housing (10) with terminal fittings (11) therein. A busbar element (14) is mounted on the front of the housing (10) to short the terminal fittings (11). The busbar element (14) engages engageable... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101231 | Locking spring-clamp terminal block and method for connecting the same A terminal block includes a housing defining at least one bias compartment and at least one terminal compartment. A terminal plate is located within the housing and separates the bias compartment and the terminal compartment, and a bias element is positioned in the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097502 | Terminal block assembly A terminal block assembly includes a housing having a base portion and partition walls extending from the base portion. The partition walls are spaced apart to define a cavity therebetween. The terminal block assembly further includes a terminal connector removably ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090376 | Power supply module for lamp tube assembly A lamp assembly includes a lamp having two electrodes, a power supply module formed with a clip for gripping the electrodes, a base body on which at least two power supply modules are intermittently disposed in series, and an insulating partition for insulating the ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081027 | Compression multi-tap 360 degree rotating connect/disconnect terminal A multi-tap electrical connector assembly that includes a plurality of connectors having a body with an aperture extending therethrough and either a male pin or a compression fitting and an elongated metal rod having a longitudinal axis. The metal rod is inserted th... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7068480 | Arc detection using load recognition, harmonic content and broadband noise A method of determining whether arcing is present in an electrical circuit includes sensing a change in current in the circuit and developing a corresponding input signal, analyzing the input signal to determine the presence of broadband noise in a predetermined ran... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062042 | Combination exterior telephone service terminal and splicing chamber The present invention is directed to an exterior telephone service interface for exterior mounting at a customer's premises. The telephone service interface combines both a terminal chamber for delivery of telephone service to the customer and a splicing chamber for... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056163 | Neutral bar with slide-on saddle lug A neutral bar assembly for providing an electrical connection for a wire to a neutral bar, with the neutral bar assembly having a neutral bar and a neutral bar saddle assembly. The neutral bar has a first end, a second end, an upper portion having a top surface, a l... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056151 | Connector and insulating boot for different sized conductors and associated methods An electrical connector may include a conductive body having a conductor receiving passageway therein to receive the conductor of a cable end. The conductive body may also have a fastener receiving passageway intersecting the conductor receiving passageway, and a fa... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052333 | Power distribution block assembly The terminal block assembly of this invention provides a finger safe method of distributing power while at the same time enabling the installer to make uniform and correct connections to a multiplicity of taps or ports. Each connection includes an abutment or seat p... | 05/30/2006 |
