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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699669 | Screw assembly for electrical connectors A screw assembly for use with an electrical connector securing a conductor includes a threaded body configured to be releasably coupled to a coupling portion of the connector. A contacting structure includes a plate spaced from the threaded body and has a flat conta... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7364476 | Electrical connecting terminal assembly A connecting terminal (10) for a busbar is provided and can include an electrically insulated housing (20), in which an electrically conductive clamp body (40) is provided with a first clamp screw (41) for fixing a connector cable (50 | 04/29/2008 |
| 7252534 | Electrical connection arrangement with simplified fastening device for electrical connection of an electrical device An electrical connection arrangement for electrical connection of an electrical device with a bottom part for holding at least one device-side cable, with a top part for holding at least one connection-side cable and with a contact body for electrical connection of ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247061 | Connector assembly for conductors of a utility power distribution system An electrical connector assembly includes a first conductive member having a first hook portion and a first base portion, wherein the first hook portion extends from the first base portion, and a second conductive member having a second hook portion and a second bas... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7131856 | Intermeshing insulation-piercing elements for an insulation-piercing connector An electrical connector includes a first jaw having a first set of insulation-piercing elements and a second jaw having a second set of insulation-piercing elements. The first and second sets of insulation-piercing elements are arranged such that at least one row of... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104832 | Modular electrical connector and method of using An electrical connector includes a conductive body having a cavity therein. The cavity is configured to receive an end of a cable. A clamping member is provided for making electrical connection with the end of the cable. A first electrical bus portion is on a first ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094707 | Method of forming nitrided oxide in a hot wall single wafer furnace A method of nitriding a gate oxide layer by annealing a preformed oxide layer with nitric oxide (NO) gas in a hot wall, single wafer furnace is provided. The nitridation process can be carried out rapidly (i.e., at nitridation times of 30 seconds to 2 minutes) while... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090544 | Modular electrical connector and method of using A connector module includes a conductive body configured to receive an end of at least one cable. A clamping member is provided for clamping the end of the cable against an interior wall of the body. A female electrical bus portion extends into a side of the body an... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6924241 | Method of making a silicon nitride film that is transmissive to ultraviolet light A method for producing an ultraviolet light (UV) transmissive silicon nitride layer in a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) reactor is presented. The UV transmissive film is produced by reducing, in comparison to a standard silicon nitride process, a ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6692313 | No-crimp electrical connector side-by-side type A no-crimp electrical connector which does not require any metal pieces and is essentially comprised of two molded plastic body members. A molded plastic first body member has a connection chamber and a threaded wall bounds the connection chamber. A secon... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6554655 | Modular lug block assembly An electrical power connection block housing including a first housing piece and a second housing piece. The first housing piece forms at least a portion of a first exterior side of the block housing. An interior side of the first housing piece has a firs... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6494753 | No-crimp electrical connector side-by-side type and method A no-crimp electrical connector is essentially comprised of two molded plastic body members. A molded plastic body member has a connection chamber and a threaded wall bounds the connection chamber. A second molded body member has an externally threaded su... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6358103 | No-crimp electrical connector side-by-side type A no-crimp electrical connector which does not require any metal pieces and is essentially comprised of two molded plastic body members. A molded plastic first body member has a connection chamber and a threaded wall bounds the connection chamber. A secon... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6099344 | Electrical connector with a clamping screw having an insulating portion An electrical connector comprising a housing part, a cap part, and a clamp screw. The housing part has a conductor receiving channel formed therein. The cap part is removably connected to the housing part. The clamp screw is threadably mounted to the cap ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5664971 | Terminal binding post Disclosed is a terminal binding post for selectively mounting a wire, a fork connector and a banana plug which includes: an electrically insulated housing; an electrically conducting contact member received within a cavity of the housing; and a clamping m... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5532613 | Probe needle The present invention relates to a probe needle wherein a conductive film is formed over a first insulating film formed around the outer periphery of a rod-like member through which a signal current flows, a second insulating film is formed over the outer... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5320565 | Electrical grid interconnector Improvements and modifications to an electrical grid interconnector initially adapted for electrically and mechanically interconnecting conductors in parallel which improvements and modifications permit the electrical connector to additionally connect the... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5203716 | Terminal block for printed circuit boards A terminal block for receiving and terminating one or more conductors. The block comprises a housing of insulating material and screw-operated insulation displacement terminals (3) which are arranged in cavities (22) of the housing. Each terminal (3) incl... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5152701 | Grid connector A connecting device for electrically and mechanically joining two conductors positioned substantially perpendicular having improvements allowing for easier and safer installation. The connector includes a C-shaped body member and a wedge assembly. The C-s... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5004437 | Electrical connector blocks An electrical connector block is provided having a housing with a pair of generally parallel sidewalls extending from a base member and separated by a trough open on the side opposite the base member, a groove on each sidewall opposite the trough and spac... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5000705 | Electrical cable connection device An electrical cable connection device (10) for use in splicing a pair of cables or teminating a single cable has been disclosed. More particularly, the device (10) includes a body member (12), wedge (14) and bolt (16). An axial passage (22) through the bo... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4911572 | Cable tie back clamp A tie back clamp is provided for retaining a severed end of a power cable in a safe, removed position when it is necessary to cut the cable to perform service or otherwise work on the power line. The clamp retains a tail or end portion adjacent the locati... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4850359 | Electrical brain-contact devices A brain-contact device (19,12,13) having a multi-electrode tissue-engagement member (14,16), lead wires (32) extending to a terminal mount (36) with an array of lead-wire terminals (38) on it, and a connector (46,46a) including a base (48,48a) with a matc... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4795365 | Cable/wire splice device A splice device for in-line splicing of two cables, wires or the like. More particularly, the device includes a body member having axial extending apertures in each end face and transversely extending passages intersecting the apertures. Wedge members, ha... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4775339 | Crimp-style terminal A crimp-style terminal fixed to an electrical connection such as a bar of an electrical source together with the other terminal piled thereon with a screw includes first rotation preventing member for preventing a rotation of the crimp-style terminal abou... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4687273 | Connector for electrical conductors A connector comprises a sleeve and a rod, the threaded interfacing surface of one of the parts being provided with a longitudinal recess for the input of conductors. The recess has a concave surface facing the longitudinal axis of the connector and the de... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4640571 | Electrical connector blocks An electrical connector block is provided having a housing with a pair of generally parallel sidewalls extending from a base member and separated by a trough open on the side opposite the base member, a groove on each sidewall opposite the trough and spac... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4629281 | Electric connector for coated printed circuit boards In a connector for printed circuit board a traction yoke is a frame in which two parallel contact plates are positioned. The contact plates are mechanically and electrically combined in a single contact piece which can be rotated about a clamping bolt rec... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4114973 | Power supply for transportable devices A power supply system which includes packaging and containing means for retaining a plurality of individual power sources therein, wherein the power sources are positively retained both laterally and longitudinally and are electrically connected to one an... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4114977 | Single wedge-type grid wire connector A connector for joining two grounding grid-wire at their node point includes a C-shaped body member, a nesting member shaped like a cross, and a wedge member mounted for movement within the body member. The body member has two spaced apart fingers that st... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4032212 | Strand adapter for aerial closures and cable terminals A strand adapter for mechanically and electrically coupling aerial closures and cable terminals to a messenger cable is disclosed. The adapter is configured such that a range of messenger cable sizes can be advantageously accommodated. In addition, the ad... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3985411 | Hinged ground clamp An electrical conduit grounding assembly includes a grounding cable parallel to and laterally offset from the conduit and a pair of longitudinally extending dihedral angle clamp members provided with longitudinally serrated confronting concave faces which... | 10/12/1976 |