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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347738 | Low profile electrical connector assembly and terminal therefor A low profile electrical connector assembly has terminals attached to insulated electric cables that are disposed in topless slots of a connector base. Each terminal has two longitudinally spaced retention slots. The connector base has two transverse grooves that ex... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7264510 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258566 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7198502 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7179113 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7144268 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131860 | Connector systems for electrosurgical generator A connector system for coupling electrosurgical instruments to electrosurgical generators is provided. The connector system includes a plug portion connectable to an electrosurgical instrument, the plug portion of the electrosurgical instrument having a shape specif... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117590 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7021975 | Plug-in connector A plug-in connector having a housing, particularly a multi-pole, multi-row male or female multi-point plug, whereby the housing is provided with insertion chambers for inserting electrical contact elements. In order to be able to insert different contact elements in... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6957988 | Clip unit for holding contact A clip unit (10) that holds an electrical contact (11) in a passageway (12) of a connector frame (13), is of small cost and small length and can be installed using a small force, and provides the functions of centering a location along th... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6786778 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (100) includes a housing (11), a number of contacts (12), and an audio plug (22). The housing has a number of passageways (113) and a receiving cavity (117) therein, and a first limiting member (11... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6746284 | Electrical connector assembly having signal and power terminals A cable connector (2) includes a number of signal and power cables (26, 28), a dielectric housing (20) defining a number of passageways (204), a number of signal contacts (22) received in the housing and electrically connecting wit... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736660 | Memory module connector for horizontal insertion A memory module connector for horizontal insertion is disclosed. The device is formed by a long and narrow connector body, which has a horizontally directed connector slot on the lengthwise section, and the connector body has multiple terminal posts having a right-a... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6201197 | Switch device with AC inlet A connecting structure in a switch device with AC inlets is disclosed wherein, when terminals of the switch device are connected together using a thin metallic connecting strip, there is no fear of an external force being imposed on the terminals and caus... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6113438 | Electrical connector and method of assembling same A plurality of terminals are assembled into a housing of an electrical connector. The terminals initially are joined by a carrier strip. The housing has a plurality of terminal-receiving passages along with an insertion slot communicating with and spannin... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5726865 | Circuit board retention system An apparatus for retaining a circuit board in a connected position is constituted with at least a first retention arm and a first clip that cooperate with each other and with a first edge of the circuit board to securely retain the first edge. The first r... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5421748 | High-density, high-voltage-proof, multi-contact connector assembly The invention relates to a high-density, high-voltage-proof, multi-contact connector assembly. In order to overcome the problem of surface leakage currents or electrical discharges due to high voltage, the structure of terminals of the connector assembly ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5366391 | Connector using standard housing and modified socket contact A connector is described which uses a prior art standard housing but which uses a modified socket contact to enable reception of a long pin contact. The standard housing (7, FIG. 8) has a horizontal passage (28) with a rear end portion that has four ribs ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5330373 | Socket for a lamp A lamp socket for a vehicle includes a central electrode having a substantially rectangular button-shaped terminal disposed at the central part of a circular disc-shaped insulator and a coil spring for normally biasing the insulator. The button-shaped ter... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5316503 | Electrical connectors An electrical connector has an insulating body 30 with longitudinal chambers 45, 46 and 47 running through it. Electrical contact elements 81, 82 and 83 are received one each in the chambers. Each chamber has projections and ଲ and each conta... | 05/31/1994 |
| 4693538 | Insulator for electric terminal attached to electric wire Insulator for an electric terminal attached to an electric wire includes a cylindrical member having a hole, and a flange having a hole aligned with the hole of the cylinder member, a cutout provided at a peripheral portion or a large diameter hole provid... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4427257 | Terminal insulator An insulator is provided for an electrical terminal assembly including a first, relatively fixed terminal member and a second relatively movable terminal member removably connectable with said first terminal member and having at least one wire affixed the... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4304457 | Electrical connector An electrical connector assembly which includes a plug having contact sockets which are removably locked into place within a plug insert, each socket including a convoluted spring member having three spaced convolutions with the middle convolution project... | 12/08/1981 |
