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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7323421 | Silicon wafer etching process and composition A process for etching silicon wafers using a caustic etchant in the form of an aqueous solution comprising water, a hydroxide ion source, and a chelating agent. The process produces silicon wafers substantially free from diffused metal ions. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7024824 | Entry port An entry port including at least one cylinder with a lip on the attachment portion surrounding each hole in a plate. The rim surrounding each hole is rolled over a lip on a corresponding cylinder to secure each cylinder to the plate to form the entry port. Each cyli... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021945 | High speed, high density interconnection device An intercoupling component for receiving an array of contacts within a digital or analog transmission system having an electrical ground circuit and chassis ground circuit, the intercoupling component including a segment formed of electrically insulative material an... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6692309 | Mercury vapor lamp electrical connector A connector includes a tubular wall on a first body containing a lamp envelope, coaxially receiving an insulating tube mounted on a second body having a cavity that receives the first body, spring metal strip terminals on the outside of the tubular wall i... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6076941 | Connector assembly, in particular for making contact with a gas discharge lamp A connector assembly, in particular for making contact with gas discharge lamps, is specified which is safe in operation even with the lamp not having been introduced. The assembly has a housing made of a dielectric material, having a central contact and ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5989072 | Connection system with terminal/cavity combination The invention includes an electrical connection system utilizing a terminal/cavity combination. The system includes a connector housing having a bay for receiving a plurality of the terminal/cavity combination units in a stacked relationship. The terminal... | 11/23/1999 |
| 4854896 | Heavy-duty lamp socket A socket shell for a lamp socket includes a substantially cylindrical socket sleeve formed to cooperate with a socket cap of substantially dome-shaped configuration and having a circumferential lip that seats up against an upper edge of said socket sleeve... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4676574 | Explosion and flame proof electrical connector protective assembly An explosion and flame proof electrical connector protective assembly is presented which comprises an explosion proof cylindrical housing threadably connected at each end to explosion proof gland members. A pair of disconnectable conventional, i.e. non-ex... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4652074 | Co-axial isolated ground bulkhead receptacle A co-axial, isolated ground bulkhead receptacle has a metal connector body, a threaded metal mounting body, and an insulator body having a connector end and a mounting end, a central recess for holding a center electrical contact, and a radially located s... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4493515 | Multiple electrical outlet strip construction A cased electrical component, such as a multiple electrical outlet strip, has a greatly simplified construction. A single structure provides for passage of an electrical cord through the metal casing and grounding of the electrical component within the ca... | 01/15/1985 |
| 3973819 | Socket clamp A device to clamp the upper and lower body parts of an electrical socket including a collar adapted to seat on the upper body part and a plate coupled to the collar to react against the lower body part to effect a compressive load between the body parts t... | 08/10/1976 |
