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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438605 | Wire connecting device A wire connecting device is adapted for connecting a plurality of wires, and includes a base seat having at least one mounting portion, a cover body coupled to the base seat and covering the mounting portion, a conducting unit, and a resilient pusher unit. The condu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7354294 | Coaxial cable connector, and harness unit that utilizes the coaxial cable connector A coaxial cable connector can be easily fitted to one or a plurality of coaxial cables, and that can secure an independent shield. Inner insulator exposed portions and outer conductor exposed portions of coaxial cables are matched with a first cable holder. A second... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7351116 | Connecting element A connecting element (1), with a housing (2), with attachment means (3, 4, 5) for attaching the housing (2) to a support rail (9), preferably for attaching a top-hat rail (9), and with two connections (10, 11) in the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7314376 | Electric distribution box An electric distribution box for containing a distribution parts includes a first case, a second case that is attached to the first case, and a female-female terminal that has holding portions for holding and electrically connecting mating terminals. A first recess ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303449 | Spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors having contact spring with insertion depth equal to or less than insertion width A spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors, has at least one housing chamber in a bushing housing, for accommodating a one-piece contact spring, the contact-giving spring tongues of which are bent out of a flat sheet-metal punched part, at least on one side, ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281959 | Contactor equipped with box terminals A contactor includes an upper housing part (2), connecting bars (8) that are fixed in the upper housing part, a front housing cover and box terminals (20) that are located in terminal housings. To simplify the connection technique for the contac... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273395 | Waterproof connector and seal member A waterproof connector comprises a housing with a plurality of contact receiving cavities. Each of the contact receiving cavities has a contact connected to an electric wire. A seal member has a plurality of adjacent wire receiving through-holes through which the el... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7247045 | Modular connection assembly The modular connection assembly comprises a connector (4) made of insulating material, a conductor connecting bridge (10) and a fixing and contact member (9); the connector (4) has side socket members (5) to relate to similar units... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204719 | Connector for solderless connection and plug connected to the connector A connector including a plurality of terminal wires forming gently-sloping hills in a longitudinal direction and having curved front and rear opposite end portions and wire retaining bodies each of which has substantially the same length as the wires to partially co... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156689 | Dual wire connector with multiple press fit connection An electrical connector includes a nonconductive center housing and a plurality of substantially planar contacts situated within the housing. Each of the contacts includes an insulation displacement section, and at least one stuffer is slidably mounted to the housin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156703 | Electrical conductor tap An electrical tap connector is provided having a housing that forms a first attachment section aligned with a second attachment section. Each attachment section forms a conductor receiving orifice into a conductor receiving channel. The housing about each section fo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7136277 | Basepan assembly There is provided a method and a basepan assembly for a panel board. The basepan assembly comprises a basepan having a bottom portion and at least one sidewall. A first bus bar is mounted in the bottom portion of the basepan. A second bus bar is mounted to its side ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7128605 | Coaxial cable connector assembly A coaxial connector assembly includes a coaxial cable connector and a shield for the connector, the shield including spring fingers adjustably engaging the connector. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7074093 | Splice absorbing structure for motor vehicle Cables W are spliced to one another by insulation displacement terminals 22 in sub connectors 21A and 21B, when a cable holder 11 that contains ends of a plurality of cables is fitted into containing sections of the sub connector housings... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063440 | LED accent lighting units A lighting unit including at least one elongated substrate having a plurality of light-emitting optoelectronic devices mounted thereon and an elongated housing supporting the elongated substrate. The housing includes integrally-formed reflectors positioned adjacent ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7041921 | Switching device In a switching device (S) for electrical installations with a housing (2) having terminals (1), it is proposed for increasing the safety margin against spark-over between electrically conducting outside sections of two adjacent, identically constructed... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011545 | Socket connector for receiving a plurality of termination sockets for coaxial cables The socket connector for receiving a plurality of termination sockets for shielded cables each having a signal conductor and a cable shield electrically insulated relatively to the signal conductor, each termination socket having (1) a housing of electrically conduc... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011551 | Electrical terminal block A terminal block for conductively coupling multiple pairs of electrical wires includes a deadfront cover mounted onto a non-conductive base so as to define multiple pairs of wire receiving receptacles, each pair of wire receiving receptacles being electrically conne... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997721 | Electrical junction box An electrical junction box that improves the reliability of the electrical connections formed therein by avoiding of damage to the fork shaped terminals in the connector block by preventing the invasion of foreign objects. A shutter cover is located along the front ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6939179 | Modular plug-in electrical wiring system A modular plug-in electrical wiring system that includes a pair of intermatable modular units that avoids the presence of a tangled mass of bare wires and wire nuts associated with conventional receptacle systems. A first unit is secured within a wall recess, such a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6910923 | Fuse module A plurality of fuses in each of which an input terminal and an output terminal are integrally connected with the opposite ends of a fusing element are provided inside an insulating fuse casing, the respective output terminals are so arranged as to be electrically co... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907330 | Control system for motor vehicles In a control system for motor vehicles having a plurality of functional subsystems, such as a passenger compartment controller, a telematics system, a drive controller and a chassis controller, each functional subsystem has a plurality of control devices, and a cent... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6888077 | Electromagnetic protection and control assembly A protection and control assembly includes several multipole electrical switch devices each having a box (10,20,30) provided with input side and output side conducting connection strips, that project along a vertical axis on a horizontal connection area on th... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6878017 | Joint connector and method of assembling it A joint connector (JC) has a housing (30). Fitting recesses (33, 38A, 38B, 38C) are formed in opposite sides of the housing (30) for receiving a power-supply side connector (10) and electric-part side connectors (20).... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6840820 | Electrical connector box and assembly method thereof An electrical connector box that provides multiple electrical circuit connections, simplifies alterations to circuit connection patterns, and allows for convenient continuity testing. The electrical connector box includes a housing and a holder that contains multipl... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6772516 | Method for making same potential block A main body includes a plurality of holes formed therein a main clip and includes an exterior contact portion positioned exterior to the main body, a first carrier strip connected to the exterior contact portion and located within the main body and a plurality of cl... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6679734 | Subminiature electrical connector multi-pin grounding/discrete circuit bussing module and integral connector backshell A same potential block has a main body including a plurality of holes. A first metal piece, including a first carrier strip located adjacent to the main body and a plurality of clips extending from the first carrier. Each of the plurality of clips is posi... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6623311 | Electrical wiring organizer for use in an electrical junction box An electrical wiring organizer for use in an electrical junction box for feeding electrical power from a main power line to one or more wall sockets and/or light fitments and their associated light switches, and which includes an annular arrangement of th... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6612865 | Circuit breaker jumper assembly with snap-fit bus mounting A mounting for a jumper assembly bus assembly where the jumper assembly includes a housing assembly and a bus assembly. The jumper assembly housing assembly has a housing assembly planar member and a plurality of side walls extending generally perpendicul... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6589071 | Circuit breaker jumper assembly with a snap-fit cover assembly A mounting for a jumper assembly bus assembly where the jumper assembly includes a housing assembly and a bus assembly. The jumper assembly housing assembly has a housing assembly planar member and a plurality of side walls extending generally perpendicul... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589070 | Circuit breaker jumper assembly with phase isolation A jumper assembly that includes a housing assembly and at least two bus assemblies. The housing assembly has a planar member and a plurality of upper and lower side walls extending generally perpendicular from opposite sides of the planar member. The hous... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6579129 | Connector assembly Connectors are stacked vertically in multi-steps for integration. Terminals are in the connectors. The terminals are insert joined in substantially a normal direction relative to a direction of drawing out wires from the connectors. The connectors have wi... | 06/17/2003 |
