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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109799 | High-temperature patch plug for connection lines A high-temperature patch plug (50) for one or more connection lines (60), especially for connecting electric supply and/or signal lines to heating elements and/or thermocouples or temperature sensors. The patch plug (50) has one or more poles ea... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8052488 | Cable connector To prevent an inflow of resin at the time of integral molding and prevent the outer shape from upsizing, there is provided a cable connector including a connector body formed of an insulating material and formed with a plurality of terminal through holes; connecting... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8021198 | Low-profile power adapter A low-profile power adapter is disclosed. In one embodiment, a low profile power adapter is facilitated by improved approaches to construct and assembly of a power adapter plug for the power adapter. According to one aspect, a base for a power adapter plug of a powe... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011976 | Waterproof connector and method for producing the same The present invention is intended to provide a novel waterproof connector in which liquid such as water is securely prevented from adhering to the connection between a terminal fitting and an electrical conduit, and a novel method for producing the waterproof connec... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7950970 | Terminal assembly and method of manufacturing the same A terminal assembly includes a contact terminal having a base board, a driven terminal having a retention portion and an insulating block. Two opposite ends of the base board form a pair of contact portions located at one side of the base board for contacting a corr... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7883377 | Cable assembly with improved housing An electric connector includes a housing with a plurality of receiving grooves separated by a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of terminals which each has a rear edge received in one of the receiving grooves. Each of the rib includes a pair of wings formed by hot ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7841912 | Socket for an electrical plug and socket connection A socket for an electrical plug and socket connection is described, comprising a socket housing with a plug-in opening for mounting a plug. The plug-in opening includes a contact support component for mating with a plug which provides contacts extending into the plu... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7785156 | Electrical connector for a dynamo hub An electrical connector for a dynamo hub includes a fastening component, a hollow insulating component formed with first and second accommodating spaces and a passage, and an electrode unit including at least one electrode plate that has a welding section disposed i... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7682204 | Electrical apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An electrical apparatus connected to a commercial power source includes: a case made of resin and housing a functional member; blades insert-molded in the case and each having an exposed part connected to the commercial power source and a resin facing part which is ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7618298 | Electrical connector for fuel pump An electrical connector including a plurality of electrical contacts; and a housing. The housing includes a pre-mold housing member which has been overmolded onto the electrical contacts; and an overmold housing member which has been overmolded onto the electrical c... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7578708 | Socket and method for its production A socket for an electrical plug-and-socket connection is described, comprising a housing, a plug-in opening for mounting a plug, and a contact support insert configured in the housing. The contact support insert comprises contacts extending into the plug-in opening,... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7537493 | Method for forming a connector assembly for use with an implantable medical device A sectional interconnect ribbon for use in a connector assembly for an implantable medical device is formed of two ore more separately-formed sections which are mechanically joined together to form an integral assembly. The sectional interconnect ribbon, as well as ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7517258 | Hermetically sealed coaxial type feed-through RF Connector An improved feed-through RF connector uses structural materials with coefficients of thermal expansion selected to enhance the reliability of a hermetic seal. The design of the connector and the selection of materials facilitate easy installation and help avoid cycl... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7472505 | Connector assembly for an implantable medical device and process for making A connector circuit assembly for use in an implantable medical device, and a method of making the assembly that includes a core portion formed of a thermoplastic material using either an injection molding process or a machining process. This core portion is adapted ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7462077 | Overmolded electronic assembly A partially overmolded component having a precisely defined overmolding edge includes a component having a protruding elongate rib and the overmolding having a terminal edge abutting the protruding elongate rib. The rib defines surfaces that provide a greater area o... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7452247 | Electrical connector for fuel pump An electrical connector including a plurality of electrical contacts; and a housing. The housing includes a pre-mold housing member which has been overmolded onto the electrical contacts; and an overmold housing member which has been overmolded onto the electrical c... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7422439 | Fine pitch electrical interconnect assembly An electrical interconnect assembly for electrically interconnecting terminals on a first circuit member with terminals on a second circuit member. The electrical interconnect assembly includes a housing having a plurality of through openings extending between a fir... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413482 | Method for forming a connector assembly for use with an implantable medical device A sectional interconnect ribbon for use in a connector assembly for an implantable medical device is formed of two ore more separately-formed sections which are mechanically joined together to form an integral assembly. The sectional interconnect ribbon, as well as ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7387535 | Hinged leadframe assembly for an electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed with a connector housing and a leadframe assembly received in the connector housing. The leadframe assembly may include a dielectric leadframe housing and first and second electrically-conductive contacts extending through the le... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370414 | Methods for manufacturing lead frame connectors for optical transceiver modules Methods of manufacturing lead frame connectors for use in connecting optical sub-assemblies to printed circuit boards in optical transceiver modules. The lead frame connectors are formed by first stamping a selected configuration of conductors in a conductive ribbon... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364451 | Hybrid glass-sealed electrical connectors An electrical connector adapted for mounting to an electrical apparatus used in either high pressure or high temperature, or both high temperature and high pressure, applications. A metal body is provided for mounting to the electrical apparatus with at least one co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355122 | Sealed eurytopic make-break connector utilizing a conductive elastomer contact An electrical connection with first and second electrical connectors are adapted to engage each other to form an electrical connection. An electrical wire is connected to each connector. At least one of the connectors has a contact formed of a conductive elastomeric... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351369 | Molded twist-on wire connector A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347740 | Mechanically robust lead frame assembly for an electrical connector A lead frame assembly is disclosed in which holes may be formed in contacts of the assembly and a dielectric material extends along a length of the contact. The dielectric material may be further secured to the contact by filling the hole. The dielectric material ma... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341483 | Protective sleeve arrangement for electrical connectors An electrical distributor assembly includes a plug member connected with a socket member that is mounted on, and extends slightly above, the top surface of a distributor housing, characterized by the provision of an axially displaceable protective sleeve mounted con... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332673 | Bus bar substrate for vehicle interior light A bus bar substrate for an interior light of a vehicle includes an insulating base plate and a plurality of bus bars. Grooves are formed in the front and back surfaces of the insulating base plate. The plurality of bus bars are fitted to the grooves of the insulatin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320606 | Electrical connector with terminal having flat indentation The terminals of a pair of connectors are made by deforming sheet metal in the thicknesswise direction so that they are located within an interference area prior to connection. The terminal (12) of a connector (10) has a flat indentation (12B- | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311532 | Crosstalk shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data communication A shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data engineering has a number of shielding plates and at least one base rail allocated to the shielding plates. To simplify the process of fitting the shielding device inside a connection strip, the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311544 | Connector locking device A locking device for securing a plug in a jack has a housing with a tang and an adjustable clamp with a lip. The housing fits over the plug with the tang blocking a latch arm of the plug from being moved to release the plug from the jack. The clamp is movable to a l... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288008 | Nonlithographic method of defining geometries for plasma and/or ion implantation treatments on a semiconductor wafer A method for defining geometries in a semiconductor wafer supported on a plate electrode in a processing chamber includes forming a reusable refractory coated laminar mask. The reusable refractory coated laminar mask is formed by defining the geometries in a laminar... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285010 | TDI detecting device, a feed-through equipment and electron beam apparatus using these devices An electron beam apparatus comprises a TDI sensor (64) and a feed-through device (50). The feed-through device has a socket contact (54) for interconnecting a pin (52) attached to a flanged (51) for separating different environment... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7273401 | Grouped element transmission channel link with pedestal aspects A pedestal connector that incorporates one or more grouped element channel link transmission lines is seen to have a dielectric body and two opposing contact ends that are intended to contact opposing contacts or traces. The dielectric body has an S-shaped configura... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270573 | Electrical connector with load bearing features Complementary contact and contact block designs are disclosed that help prevent movement of a contact received in the contact block when an electrical connector is press-fit or otherwise connected to a printed circuit board. A protrusion may be included on one or bo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258264 | Methods for manufacturing optical modules using lead frame connectors Methods of manufacturing optical transceiver modules using lead frame connectors that connect optical sub-assemblies to printed circuit boards are disclosed. The lead frame connector includes an electrically insulating case having a first part separated from a secon... | 08/21/2007 |
