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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938693 | PE connection for plug connectors An electrical plug connector includes an insulating body supporting electrical contact elements having a connector portion and a conductor connection portion. At least one retaining element is configured to contact a respective at least one contact insert and has at... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7695327 | Contact element The invention relates to a contact element for printed circuit boards, comprising a terminal body that has an insertion opening for the insertion of a conductor and a screw for the fastening by clamping of the conductor within the terminal body. A seating element wi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7621787 | Bolt connecting structure of wire The present invention relates to a bolt connecting structure of wire, includes: a housing, which is an electronic device; a connecting seat integratedly provided at a lateral side of the housing, a bolt hole is axially provided on the top surface of the connecting s... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7585193 | Plug-and-socket connector with screw-type connection An improved electrical plug-and-socket connectors with screw-type clamping connections has a step-shaped screw brake for protecting against loss of the clamping screw of connecting stranded conductors of electrical components having as the clamping mode a screw-type... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7575486 | Screw connecting terminal and method for its production The disclosure relates to a screw connecting terminal which comprises a clamping part, which is essentially in the form of a frame and has longitudinal, narrow and broad faces, a clamping screw which is held in a threaded opening in the clamping part, and a busbar w... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7540792 | Switching apparatus A switching apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an electrical contactor including a set of main terminals per phase and an auxiliary switch including a set of auxiliary terminals per phase. Each set of the auxiliary terminals is electrically connected to... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7445526 | Electrical connector having a U-shaped protective spring An electrically-conductive terminal adapted for use in an electrical connector includes a horizontal upper surface containing a downwardly extending first bore in which is mounted a U-shaped protective spring. The spring has a bulging generally circular bridging por... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438606 | Terminal Block for Connecting Electric Cables Terminal block comprising a body having, formed internally, a chamber for housing a clamp for retaining the ends of electric cables or wire, which can be operated by an operating mechanism, at least two openings for introducing said wires, at least one opening for a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7413487 | Signal line connector A signal line connector for electrically connecting two signal lines is provided. The signal line connector includes a base, a conductive element, and two pressing elements. The base has two sockets, allowing terminals of the signal lines to be inserted into the bas... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404745 | Terminal contact and clamp assembly for a cable terminal block and method for processing the same A terminal contact and clamp assembly has a cage clamp and an inner contact. The cage clamp has a top, a bottom, a through hole multiple bottom teeth and at least one protruding tooth. The bottom has an inner bottom surface. The bottom teeth are formed on the inner ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7347739 | Devices, systems, and methods for coupling electrical wiring Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a connector, which can define a plurality of cages. The plurality of cages can define a plurality of cage openings. The connector can comprise a plurality of pins, which can be disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relatio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7321179 | Radially clamped ball and socket series and phase connector The present invention comprises a U-bolt connector for connecting pairs of stator coil headers 2 with ball headers 6 comprising, a U-bolt 16, top capping pieces 18,20, bottom capping pieces 20, 21, a variable piece 24, and a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7294026 | RS-485 connector plug and housing A building automation system is provided in which a controller is connected to remote modules through a zone enclosure using RS-485 cables. Branches of modules extending from the zone enclosure are connected together by removable jumpers at the zone enclosure. Sets ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7172470 | Terminal device for electrical equipment A charge section, for example a terminal metal fitting, pushing screw, metal retainer and terminal plate, is covered by an upper insulation case and a lower insulation case. An opening of the upper insulation case and openings of a lower insulation case in which a c... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7142412 | Bypass connector for a socket assembly A socket assembly for mounting an electric meter comprising a plurality of power line connector subassemblies for connecting electric power lines to the socket assembly. Each subassembly comprises a generally U-shaped lug of electrically conductive material defining... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7129429 | Limit switch An electrical limit switch (10) is provided and comprises a number of contact elements (30) each having a slot (32) with inner cutting edges (34) for penetrating the insulation of and containing a conducting element (48). The conta... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104823 | Enhanced separable connector with thermoplastic member and related methods A connector body may have a passageway therethrough and may include a first layer adjacent the passageway and having a relatively low resistivity, a second layer surrounding the first layer and including a material having a relatively high resistivity, and a third l... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090514 | Screw radial connector for electric wires A screw radial connector for electric wires includes a case, a connecting base, a press member and a bolt. The case is capable of providing coaxial cable connector. The connecting base, being integrally attached to a lateral side of the case has a top with a lock ho... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086900 | Field-attachable connector with sliding contacts A connector suitable for mounting to a solenoid or the like includes a contact holder adapted to receive and hold a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a band of closed configuration and having a central opening for receiving the stripped... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7048591 | Terminal-mounting seat A terminal-mounting seat includes a conducting member mounted fixedly in a housing and having an elongate contacting end portion and a terminal-engaging end portion that is in electrical contact with a terminal and that is adjacent to a front open side of the housin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041904 | Cable clamp and terminal block equipped with same A cable clamp device for retaining an electrical cable in relation to a carrier outside the device may include a stirrup comprising two legs connected by a curved base, a conducting stop which is mounted between the two legs and which includes a surface that establi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029293 | Ground block connector A ground block connector is provided by forming a slot in a protrusion of a housing for an electrical device. A compression bolt is screwed into a threaded hole in the protrusion into the slot, for captively retaining a U-shaped compression electrical contact in the... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029336 | System and method for connecting wiring Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system comprising: a connector for electrically coupling a plurality of wires to a printed circuit board, a termination end of each of the plurality of wires stripped of insulation, said connector comprising: a housing defini... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7001223 | Wire ordering device for computer or communication device A wire ordering device for a computer or a communication device is disclosed. A protrusion is located at a top and is formed with a penetrating hole. Each of two shoulders of the protrusion has a respective embedding groove. The press has a through hole correspondin... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6984145 | Implantable medical device connector assembly with side-actuated lead body affixation A connector assembly releasably affixes a lead on an implantable medical device. The lead includes a lead body. The connector assembly comprises a support, a side clamp defining with the support confronting surfaces configured to receive a proximal end portion of th... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971926 | Fast change transformer connector and adaptor A fast change electric transformer connector is disclosed, which includes a cable connector having a cable attachment section, a connector extension connected to the cable attachment section, and a stud slide adaptor connected to a side of the connector extension fo... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6840823 | Electromagnetic protection and control assembly A protection and control assembly includes a power terminal block having openings, and electrical switch devices having input side conducting connection strips and output side conducting connection strips that project from a horizontal connection area on the input s... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6764355 | Terminal strip electrical connector An electrical connector assembly includes a conductive bridge strap for electrically connecting together a plurality of selected bus bars respectively arranged in chambers contained in a row in the upper portion of a housing formed of synthetic plastic insulating ma... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6719593 | Screw terminal Screw terminal connected to a conductor device mounted on a piece of electrical equipment to connect at least one conductor, composed of a connection cage and a screw, the cage and/or the screw being movable inside the terminal housing. A pressure device (... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6663443 | Lay-in electrical connector with a detachable tang A lay-in electrical connector having a lug body with multiple dividing walls defining multiple conductor-receiving channels, multiple lug caps each associated with one of the conductor-receiving channels, and a tang secured with the lug body. The electric... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6551141 | Fuse box A fuse box in which wire distribution blocks each have a receiving chamber and a metal wire clip in the receiving chamber, and tightening up screws are respectively threaded into the wire distribution blocks to compress the respective metal wire clips and... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6475038 | Connector terminal The invention relates to a connecting terminal having a housing (14) in which a lift cage (22) is arranged, with the housing (14) and the lift cage (22) each having a first opening (20,21) which can be aligned such that it is flush, for inserting a cable ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6368166 | Terminal for electrical connector including pressure transfer element A terminal for an electrical connector comprises a pin having a channel for receiving an electrical conductor cable. A screw threaded into the pin secures the electrical cable in the channel by applying pressure to the cable by rotation of the screw. A pr... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6339190 | Signal distributor A signal distributor includes a main body, a screw and a clamp attached to the screw. The main body has a ground outlet formed with a threaded hole, an orifice laterally extending through the threaded hole, and a pair of grooves axially and diametrically ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6231404 | Connector A connector for connecting a power cable with solid insulation to medium-voltage equipment comprising a connection device arranged in an angular housing. The connector comprises a screwable pin contact which is connected to the cable core. The device comp... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6186839 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed which has a terminal block having threaded screw opening provided in a first surface thereof. The screw opening has a pair of longitudinally extending groves on opposite sides of a cylindrical side wall of the screw op... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6146212 | Terminal connector assembly A terminal connector assembly comprising a terminal housing, having at least one terminal contact which can be inserted into the terminal housing for connection to a conductor, and with a plug contact for the plug-in connection of a contact pin assigned t... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6004167 | Terminal block This invention provides a terminal block capable of effectively preventing a screw in a clamping portion from being loosened. It has a block body (4), and a clamping member (10) adapted to clamp an object so as to be pressed against a clamping surface (4c... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5885094 | Connecting terminal for a busbar in a busbar system A connecting terminal for a busbar in a busbar system in which the busbar has an n-agonal cross-section (nࣙ3) with longitudinal undercut acceptor grooves in its outer sides. A connecting terminal having simple parts and which is easy to fit has two term... | 03/23/1999 |
