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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335050 | Electrical connector for use in connecting wires An electrical connector having a housing with a chamber and at least one wire receiving passageway for receiving two or more wires into the chamber. An engagement member is configured to be rotatable within the chamber. The engagement member is configured to fractur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 6953373 | Wire connector A wire connector which comprises first and second components that can be screwed together. Each component has a passageway which enables a wire to be passed through it from an entrance end to an exit end. Each component has an internal cavity into which the respecti... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6766573 | Electric motor bonding apparatus An electric motor having an integrally formed bonding apparatus that allows an installer to quickly and efficiently bond the electric motor to a bonding grid of a bonding area. A fastener having a head is inserted into an aperture of the housing of the electric moto... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6607392 | Ground joint connector A ground joint connector is provided including at least one connector housing configured to receive and hold at least one terminal of at least one electric wire, and a holder formed from a high-conductivity resin. The holder has a plurality of connector h... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6561844 | Lug for providing both electrical and mechanical connection between buses and watt hour meter sockets An electrically conductive lug for use with a meter socket for a watt-hour meter, which permits the meter to have integral line and load buses. The lug provides an electrical connection between the meter socket and each wire, and it provides mechanical su... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6485337 | Electrical connector An electrical connector utilizing two elongated terminals each having dual contact blades extending laterally from an elongated support section forming a U-shaped cross section. A recess for each terminal is defined by the respective dual contact blades a... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6287156 | Electrical terminal connector An electrical connector having a terminal blade that has two spaced legs between which a spring contact strip is received. An L-shaped tab extends from one leg to the other to lock the two legs together in a spaced relationship. The spring contact strip h... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6244893 | Stranded wire electrical connector A connector for establishing an electrical connection with a wire includes a retention member and a contact pin. The retention member has a first surface and a second surface adapted to retain the wire therebetween. At least a portion of the contact pin i... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6126473 | High voltage electrical splice connector An electrical connector for joining conductors is formed by a male plug half and a female receptacle half. Bus strips are positioned on the end of the plug and/or in the bottom of the female receptacle. Stripped wires are inserted into each end of the con... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6077129 | Connector for making and sealingly enclosing an electrical connection A connector having a first tubular body and a second cupped body for coaxially embracing the first body. One end section of a cable is fitted through the first body and the stripped conductor section of the cable is then folded back against the outer surf... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6045414 | Vise connector The electrical connector includes a male element traveling within a female element, the male element having a cantilevered C-clamp arm opposing a C-clamp element formed on the female element. A spacer includes a planar surface with a passageway through wh... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5911604 | Insulation piercing wedge connector with seal An electrical wedge connector having a shell, a wedge assembly, seals and cushions. The wedge assembly has a dielectric frame and electrically conductive bars. The seals are mounted around the outer ends of the bars. The cushions are positioned between th... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911605 | Universal terminal connection An electrical terminal connection is made by interconnecting two identical terminals having U-shaped blades. In the past, electrical connections have typically been made by inserting a blade terminal into a receptacle terminal. One embodiment of the inven... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5282761 | Toggle clamp connector A toggle connector for connecting the conductors of two or more wires includes a base and two interconnected leaves which may be forced into an over-toggle position to clamp the conductors to each other.... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5281173 | Electrical distribution system connector A connector (10) for an electrical distribution system includes an internal member or wedge (12) received within an external member (11) having an inherent resiliency. The external member (11) has a pair of end portions (15, 16), each of which has an open... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5244422 | Wedge connector A wedge connector of the type having a C-shaped member defining wire-receiving channels and a wedge member arranged to be forced between the wires thereby securing the wires electrically and mechanically together. Raised, pointed projections are provided ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5180379 | Electrode with pre-wired leads An electrode assembly for use in medical applications including an electrode having a conductor, a lead wire, and a connector. The wire is attached to the conductor with the connector. The connector includes two portions which snap together, and one or bo... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4986771 | Clamping device An apparatus for securely clamping items having various shapes and sizes for placing items into direct electrical contact, the apparatus including a reference member, a receiving cavity therein and having a pair of mounting flanges extending outward there... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4966563 | Bus bar tab connector A bus bar tab connector which electrically and mechanically connects an electrically conductive tab extending from a bus bar to an electrically conductive tab from an external source is presented. In accordance with the present invention, the conductive t... | 10/30/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4869255 | Electrical connection device An electrical brain-contact device and device for connecting a plurality of lead wires with individual conductors. The lead wires extend to a terminal mount and to an array of terminals; a conductor support holds an array of the individual conductors; and... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4861289 | Hardened electrical connector A blast-hardened electrical connector for securing and maintaining electrical conductors in electrical contact. The device includes a housing having a chamber positioned near its mid portion. A plurality of conduits extend between the exterior of the hous... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4384753 | Electrical edge connector An electrical connector comprising two inner members movably positioned between the legs of a U-shaped outer member with the facing surfaces of the inner members and legs having cooperating, passage-forming grooves in which conductors may be positioned. U... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4153322 | Keyhole grounding clamp A lightweight, grounding clamp assembly utilizes a grounding stud for rigid mounting on an electrical device and incorporates nondeformable, stud-engaging bight which renders the assembly capable of safely conducting extremely high fault currents in the o... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4057878 | Wire connector A wire connector wherein wires to be connected are threaded into a sleeve from opposite ends thereof. A jamming cam is mounted on a resilient pin inside the sleeve which, when tension is applied to the wires to withdraw them from the sleeve, rotates into ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3973822 | Terminal apparatus A terminal apparatus used for connecting a lead wire to a terminal, includes a cylindrical rotor having an operating knob and a hole for inserting the lead wire therethrough, and a terminal plate having spring effect. The lead wire inserted through the ho... | 08/10/1976 |
