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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052491 | Electrical contact having upper contact with thickened base portion An electrical contact (1) comprises an upper contact (10), a lower contact (12) and a spring (14) located between the upper contact (10) and the lower contact (12). The upper contact (10) comprises a first contacting ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7491098 | Screwless terminal for electrical leads According to a preferred embodiment, a terminal for electrical leads comprises a housing, a guide, a current bar, a leaf spring and a moveable operator. The guide is supported by the housing and comprises guide surfaces that connect with at least one surface of the ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7249981 | Press-fit pin A press-fit pin is press-fitted into a conductive through-hole disposed on a substrate such as a printed circuit board. The press-fit pin includes a contact portion, a shoulder portion, a press-fit portion, and a tip portion. The contact portion along with the shoul... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7121868 | Electrical splice connector An electrical splice connector including a shell and two wedges. The shell includes two wedge receiving areas. The receiving areas are located at least partially lateral to each other. Each receiving area includes a general wedge shape. Each receiving area also incl... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114253 | Male terminal fitting and method of manufacturing the same A male terminal fitting and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed as including a plate-shaped contact protrusion (11, 31, 41, 51) formed at one side for mating with a female terminal fitting, and a conductor clamping portion (12, 32, 42, 52) ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7081027 | Compression multi-tap 360 degree rotating connect/disconnect terminal A multi-tap electrical connector assembly that includes a plurality of connectors having a body with an aperture extending therethrough and either a male pin or a compression fitting and an elongated metal rod having a longitudinal axis. The metal rod is inserted th... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7044761 | Transparent insulating enclosure An enclosure formed from a first compartment and an identical second compartment to house an electrical connector. Each compartment has a main body that is defined by a first wall, a second wall and ends. The first wall of each compartment has an outer tab with at l... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014497 | Tension spring clip comprising symmetrical tension springs A draw spring clamp has loopshaped draw springs with an attachment leg to contact a current bus and with a spring leg and clamping leg, whereby the latter is interrupted by a clamp window in order to form the clamp leg. By means of an actuation element into which a ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6921300 | Electrical connector An electrical connector has an elongated metal base portion, a releasable cable clamp at each opposite end of the base portion, and a connector block of electrical insulating material secured to the base portion between the cable clamps. The connector block has at l... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6635167 | Apparatus and method for determining the concentration of a component of a sample An instrument (20) has a well (28a-b) for receiving a dry cell (75), an opening (78) through which a first connector (74) is exposed to the well (28a-b), and a boss (76) adjacent the opening (78). The boss (76) precludes the wrong terminal of the dry cell... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6607953 | Structural integrity enhancement of dielectric films An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for forming a storage capacitor for a memory device, by the steps of: forming a bottom electrode of the storage capacitor over a BoroPhosphoSilicate Glass (BPSG) layer; forming a storage ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6554658 | Electrical connection device for connecting a male contact to a loop formed in a stripped conductor An electrical connection device for a male electrical contact member includes a body with a passage able to contain at one end a conductor bent to form a loop and to receive a clamp for retaining and fixing the loop. The clamp presses on an elastic pusher... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6409554 | Electrical connection device for directly joining a conductor to a male electrical contact member An electrical connection device including a body in the form of a cage having a bearing plate for a bared conductor. The bearing plate has a projection on its inside face and a retaining rim. A curved elastic wall opposite the bearing plate has its convex... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6217386 | Connector with easily mating grounding contact An electrical connector of the present invention comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of grounding contacts and a plurality of shells. Each contact comprises an engaging portion forming an S-shaped spring arm punched out of a plane thereof and ben... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213835 | Changeable neon letters A new art form of neon lights in forming functional shapes, letters and numbers of a single plane suitable to being mounted with the use of clips which also supply electricity to light the tubes of neon letters when the clips are secured to two metal rods... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6168479 | Connection device with an elastic cage A terminal connection device having an elastic cage 10 with a clamping aperture 13 for a cable C, a conducting component 20 which is provided to carry the cage. An insulating block D linked to the elastic cage carries, on the one hand an arm 31 for openin... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5984738 | Contacting clip A clamp contact device for providing mechanical and electrical attachment for cables, wires, and electrical conductors. A single device can provide simultaneous dual attachment modes for cables, wires, and plugs. One end of the device contains two holes o... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5624286 | Transversal connector for electric wire and cable applications An electrical connector with a "U" shape, having its upper wings (8) folded downwards, and provided with grooves (17) in its lower inner part (11), having a plurality of transpassing holes (9) which are coplanar with holes (9) provided in wings (8) and th... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5547404 | Fixed spacer hot line tap A fixed spacer hot line tap has a body with a base and a run-conductor groove. An eyebolt passes through the base and has a tip disposed between the base and the run-conductor groove. The eyebolt has a tip, on which is attached an extender having at least... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5421749 | Screwless spring clip A screwless spring clip for use with a bus bar, includes a binding clip for holding a conductor to the bus bar, the binding clip having a transverse opening, and a large opening through which the bus bar and the conductor extend, such that when the bindin... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5421751 | Tappable bus bar A tappable conductive bus bar (11, 11') has a longitudinal slotted recess (17, 19) receiving at least one louvered spring strip (22, 23). At least one tab (26) is received through a gap (21) in the bus bar (11) to engage the louvered spring strip (22, 23)... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5082461 | Wire to pin termination A terminal clip (2) for holding a conductor (30) against and in electrical contact with a terminal post (32) has a conductor receiving section (4) and mounting sections (6,8). The conductor receiving section (4) has a channel (24) provided therein. The ch... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4983132 | Connector for mating bus bars An electrical connector (12) for mating two blade-shaped members (130, 150) includes a dielectric spacer member (14), first and second terminal elements (30, 60) secured to each of opposing major surfaces (16, 18) of spacer member (14), the first terminal... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4902252 | High voltage electrical connector A high voltage electrical connector for quickly connecting two stripped back electrical conductors including a plastic enclosure, a tubular glass insulator in the enclosure, a metal liner in the glass insulator, and first and second metal connectors teles... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4721358 | Optical and electrical connector device The device includes a first connector housing (7) in which end portions of a number of optical fibres (1) are secured and a second connector housing (11) in which a corresponding number of optical elements to be connected to the fibres, for example end po... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4653839 | Connector with removable socket elements A connector is described which has socket contacts at one end which can be removed for cleaning or replacement. The connector includes a shell with a hollow end portion, an insulator or web lying within the shell and having a face facing the shell end por... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4614393 | Retractable lead system for operation at cryogenic temperatures A split ring clamp having a hard, serrated interior surface is urged against an electrically conductive lead by means of a pivoting cam lever. The conductive lead includes a metal coating which is relatively soft at cryogenic temperatures. This arrangemen... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4596439 | Transient voltage protector A transient voltage protector is provided for telephone lines and the like. An insulating plastic housing is provided with two pairs of terminals having female connections at the lower ends for association with selected terminals of a telephone terminal b... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4552430 | Connector head for electric terminal box A connector unit and a terminal box containing such units for individually coupling a plurality of closely grouped electrical cables to circuit breakers in the box in such manner that the cables can take off in a different direction without bending the ca... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4547627 | Transformer bar connector and pedestal bar connector cover A protective cover is provided for a standard rectangular transformer connector bar and for pedestal bar connector having ports for cable installation and threaded boreholes in adjacent ninety degree planes. The cover comprises a translucent housing open ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4460239 | Connector terminal A connector terminal for providing electric connection between the tab-like contactor of a fuse or a relay and a conductive path in a fuse box, relay box or the like having a multiplicity of conductor strips. The connector terminal has a base plate, oppos... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4451109 | Connector terminal A connector terminal for use in a junction block having conductor strips constituting the conductive paths. The connector terminal has a base plate, a pair of side walls extending from both side edges of the base plate substantially at a right angle to th... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4423920 | Electrical connecting device A connecting device for use in a visual display unit to electrically connect a pair of substrates with one another and with a printed circuit board. The device includes a body portion for insertion into a socket or hole of the printed circuit board, a tra... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4372637 | Bond shield terminal A bond shield terminal formed of two hermaphroditic elements of substantially identical shape, each element being lockable in the other and providing a force on a shield of a pair of wires positioned therebetween. Each of the hermaphroditic elements inclu... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4257821 | Universal solar cell/conductor junction element and solar panel embodying same A solar electric power generating panel (solar panel) includes one or more universal electrical junction elements of approximately the same size and shape as conventional solar cells mounted along with the cells on a solar array substrate at any selected ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4256358 | Wire engagement and release arrangement The present invention relates to a wire engagement and release arrangement for electrical switches, and the like, wherein the wire engagement arrangement consists of an electrical contact which is bifurcated to form two flat spring arms, one of which is s... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4186981 | Grounding device The disclosure is directed to a grounding device of the type employed for mounting an electrical component, such as a ground wire or the like, to a panel. The device is of a one-piece, unitary construction including a base member with an integral spring-a... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4175819 | Connecting means for connecting coil wires to lead wires Electrical connecting means for connecting a relatively fine coil wire to a lead wire comprises an insulating housing having first and second terminal receiving cavities therein and a terminal device comprising first and second contact terminals connected... | 11/27/1979 |
