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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438609 | Metal terminal A metal terminal includes a base plate portion for placing an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions which extend upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion for press-contacting the electric wire. Each of the crimpi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7367768 | Deck screw and installation method for composite lumber A deck screw and an installation method is intended for use with composite lumber, although it can be used with other products. The deck screw may be provided with a head and a shaft that has two regions of varying diameter. The upper region has threads that exceed ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354282 | Electrical connector having blade terminals An electrical power blade connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating cavity for receiving a mating connector inserted into the cavity through an open front end thereof in a mating direction. A pair of blade support arms project forwardly within the cavi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7300475 | Manufacturing method for electrode apparatus of battery A method for manufacturing a circular electrode apparatus of a battery for resistance stability improvement comprises the following procedures. First, an electrode structure of a battery including an upper electrode plate, an over-current protection device and lower... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7241185 | Integral bonding attachment An integral bonding attachment includes an insulated section of a conductive wire with an exposed, uninsulated section. A sleeve covers the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire, and the sleeve includes a flattened section encasing at least a por... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7217162 | Tabular terminal-use female terminal A tabular terminal-use female terminal in which a tabular terminal is inserted is provided, which tabular terminal-use female terminal includes: a pair of elastic holding pieces extending in an insertion direction of the tabular terminal; a holding portion provided ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7182655 | Method and device for wiring connection A method and device for wiring connection is provided. The method for wiring connection includes steps of applying at least a barrel pin to a printed circuit board, riveting one end of the barrel pin to the printed circuit board, soldering the barrel pin on the prin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7118425 | Socket structure and method for forming the same A socket and a method for forming the same are provided. The socket includes a main body, at least a terminal mounted on the main body, wherein the terminal includes a central pillar having a first end and a second end, a first ring mounted on the central pillar and... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108520 | Board mounted electrical connector A circuit board mounted electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a top face, a bottom board-mounting face and a front mating portion extending generally parallel to the circuit board. A set of first terminals are mounted in the housing through the t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094066 | Electrical connector Provided is an electrical connector having first and second surfaces and configured to establish electrical communication between two or more electrical devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a resilient, conductive contact retained in ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7037145 | Electrical contact and connector An electrical contact is provided. The electrical contact includes a body with a top surface, a bottom surface, and side edges. The body includes a retention finger formed integral with the body and the retention finger is adapted to secure the body to a carrier. Th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021963 | Electrical contact Disclosed is a substantially tubular socket contact. In one aspect, the electrical contact has a longitudinal axis and includes a substantially tubular, hollow body having a first end and a second end. The first end contains a bounded aperture. The body has at least... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011552 | Housings with wall mounted connector members, connector members and methods of forming the same An electrical circuit assembly includes a housing. A connector member is attached to and extends through an opening in a wall of the housing. The connector member has a contact member on an end thereof outside the housing and a longitudinally extending bore therein ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6855013 | LCD connector for printed circuit boards An electrical connector for establishing electrical connection between a conductive portion of an LCD display and conductive elements of a printed circuit board comprises a substantially planar insulative connector housing and a plurality of electrical contacts supp... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6743060 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (1) comprises a dielectric body (10) and a plurality of conductive contacts (20) retained to the dielectric body. The dielectric body defines two rows of positioning holes (11) and a row of retaining holes (13 | 06/01/2004 |
| 6655996 | Wall socket with swaged prongs A wall plug device for connecting an electrical appliance to a socket of a power supply system. The device is composed of: a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface and provided with two pairs of passages, each pair including a first passage ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6478633 | Cylindrical terminal rivet and battery snap A cylindrical terminal rivet integrally made of metal includes a base plate, a cylinder, and an elongated plate. The base plate has a central hole and the cylinder with a closed upper end extends from the base plate and communicates with the central hole.... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6442832 | Method for coupling a circuit board to a transmission line that includes a heat sensitive dielectric A preferred method for coupling a transmission line to a circuit board includes the steps of: providing a circuit board with a first side and an opposing second side; dispensing solder upon the first side of the circuit board; providing a first coupler ha... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6332814 | Crimp connector with uniform bending die The present invention aims to provide a crimp connector wherein a crimp contact inserted in a connector housing 11 can surely be fixed to the proper position and thereby contact reliability can be enhanced in the case of being connected with a coupling co... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6257939 | Insert for fixing an electrical connector to a thin wall An insert for the binding of an electric connector terminal to a thin wall, and the methods for mounting and dismounting same. An insert according to the invention is constituted of a metallic pin, provided with a truncated head and a threaded extension, ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6244878 | Input/output connector with a connector body and terminals for a mobile electric device An input/output connector adapted for a mobile electric device. The input/output connector includes a connector body and at least one pair of terminals. The connector body is exposed to the outside and having at least one pair of terminal holes. Each term... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6231401 | Electrical connector with pin retention An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having at least one elongate aperture and an electrical contact insertable therethrough. The contact includes a first end extending externally through a first end of said aperture and an opposed secon... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6135812 | Electrical contact element For an electrical contact element with a securing end for securing in an opening of a support plate, it is proposed to provide the securing end with a central bore and with axial slots, elastic tongues being formed, and to introduce a pressure element int... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6089880 | Electric connector arrangement An electric connector arrangement for connecting two electric devices comprises a male terminal fixed to a first electric device and extending therefrom toward a second electric device. A circuit board is fixed to the second electric device and has an ins... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5886322 | Assembly of an electrical contact terminal in an electrical appliance An electric iron having electrical terminals connected to an electrical power cord. At least one of the terminals extends through a slot in a heat insulating skirt at the rear of the soleplate. The terminal substantially blocks the slot. The terminal also... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5731663 | Variable power control lamp adapter A variable power lamp control adapter is provided having a novel, different, and a lower cost construction method than that used in prior art lamp control devices. The circuit construction is achieved by utilization of the Surface Mount Technology discipl... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5711067 | Method of forming electrical connector A wire connecting block for use in 110-style cross connect systems in which the contacts include a pair of oppositely directed tabs to secure the contact in the housing against a pair of oppositely directed ledges formed in the contact receiving slots. Th... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5639269 | Press-in spring clip A spring clip is provided which may be inserted by a flat die pressing onto it from above. The spring clip includes an insulator body with a plurality of contact springs arranged in at least one row. Each contact spring has two press-in shoulders (8,9) in... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5634813 | Crimpable electrical terminal An electrical terminal is adapted for use with an electrical conductor. The terminal has a terminating portion with a generally U-shaped cross-section having a web and a pair of sidewalls extending from two opposite longitudinal edges of the web. The side... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5588882 | Wall socket with twist lock prongs A system for fixing a prong (100) into a wall transformer housing (200) has a slot (202) through the wall into which the prong is mechanically inserted and fastened, rather than molded into place. The prong includes a body portion (101) for insertion into... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5562507 | Two-layer type multi-wire connection socket structure A two-layer multi-wire connecting socket structure is disclosed. It comprises a housing, a socket body, a plurality of pin seats arranged as an upper layer and a lower layer, and a pin package lid. The socket body has a plurality of through-holes arranged... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5554037 | Terminal support for use with an electronic component A support structure for resisting deformation of an electronic component includes a terminal affixed to the electronic component and a carrier member affixed to the terminal which has a pressing member defining a pressing surface. A base has a stop member... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5458426 | Double locking connector with fallout preventing protrusion A connector includes a connector housing and at least one metal terminal. The connector housing has at least one terminal accommodating hole for receiving the metal terminals, a primary locking device for elastically engaging with the metal terminals, at ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5443391 | Electric wire-connecting terminal The object of the present invention is to provide an electric wire-connecting terminal inserted and soldered in a printed circuit board using the conventional automatic electronic parts-inserting machine, by shaping the electric wire connecting terminal t... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5360354 | Contact pin with ceramic insulation In the contact pin with ceramic insulation, one end is provided with a tongue for receiving a pole shoe and the other end is provided with a step which rests against a corresponding step in the flat channel running through the ceramic insulation. The firs... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5318465 | Retention system with collapsible bridge A system to connect and retain a first member with a second member. The first member has a mounting section with two arms and a bridge between the arms. The arms are canted towards each other in a general cantilever fashion and are deflectable outward fro... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5314358 | Terminal position assurance system for electrical connectors A terminal position assurance system is provided for an electrical connector which includes a dielectric housing having a terminal-receiving passage into which a terminal is inserted in an insertion direction to a fully inserted position. A latch surface ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5285106 | Semiconductor device parts External electrode terminal parts and a plastic terminal supporting body are individually formed, and the terminal parts are inserted into through holes of the terminal supporting body, thereby completing a terminal holder. Each of the terminal parts has ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5279508 | Shifting connection device A shifting connection device compises a connector and a plurality of conductive spring strips. The connector has a base part with a plurality of sockets and has a supporting board extending out of the base part along the central portion. A plurality of sp... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5256087 | Method for fastening a flat plug in the base of an electrical component and a base produced in accordance with the method Before the flat plug (4) is inserted into a perforation (3) of the base (1), at least one rib (7) extending in the direction of insertion is stamped on a flat side. After the flat plug (4) has been inserted, the rib (7) is peeled opposite the direction of... | 10/26/1993 |
