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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980903 | Installation switch device having a connecting terminal arrangement An installation switch has an insulating housing and a terminal connecting arrangement for clamping a connecting conductor having an annular terminal shoe. The terminal connecting arrangement includes a terminal socket having an interior disposed between an insertio... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7632159 | Electrical connector A device is disclosed for connecting electrical devices. The device may include a transformer, a connector post with a nut, and a conductor. The conductor may be positioned from the transformer to an opening of the connector post. The conductor may be a metal plate.... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7317269 | Low voltage electronic motor wire termination The present invention provides a simple and robust design implementing an easily accessible external terminal connection point for supplying drive current to an AC motor. An embodiment of the invention is directed to an insertion plug and a conductor formed within t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7056132 | Power terminal and a unit comprising such power terminal A power terminal for electrical connection of an electric cable to a circuit board comprises a main body (8a) having a central longitudinal axis and means (12, 12a) for attaching a cable to the main body. An eccentric body (8b | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7044754 | Meter box clamp An adjustable clamping device provides means for attaching a grounding wire to a metal boxes and in particular metal boxes coated with a thin layer of paint or other nonconductive material. An adjustable C-shaped clamp is provided with a grounding block between the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6939149 | Electrical device with mechanism to prevent separation of the electrical receptacle housing An electrical receptacle, which includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion coupled to the first housing portion. An electrical device is positioned between the first and second housing portions. The terminal has a base and a first protrusion and a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6520795 | Load reducing electrical device An electrical device, includes a housing having an inner bore with a longitudinal axis, and outer and inner engagement members. The outer engagement member is received in the inner bore of the housing, and is rotatable with respect to the housing about th... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6402570 | Automotive lamp unit and method for manufacturing the same An automotive lamp unit includes a bus bar unit forming a circuit with a plurality of bus bars connected with each other via a bridge portion, the bus bar unit including terminals, for connection to switches and a power source, and a supporting member for... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6361382 | Terminal assembly providing a space for inserting a cable A terminal assembly includes a main block made of an electrically insulating material having a number of connection spaces for cables and contacts. The terminal assembly further includes contacts each having a connecting portion to be connected to a cable... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6280263 | Anti-rotation terminal with captured nut An eyelet terminal for use in a vehicle junction box or power center to connect a bus bar to an electrical wire or cable. The terminal assembly is formed as a flat metal blank with bendable portions defining a nut-trapping lock ring, an anti-rotation tab,... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6238254 | Housing for an electrical apparatus The present invention relates to a case designed for housing an electrical apparatus such as a circuit breaker. This case includes terminal compartments for housing connection strips and component(s) for fixing the strips to external conductors, such as a bar,... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234850 | Electrical terminal arrangement A terminal apparatus for connecting an electrical conductor to electric equipment. A terminal is electrically coupled to the electric equipment and has a hole formed therethrough. A first securing member has a head and a shaft passing through the hole for... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6202300 | Method for electrical grounding of vehicular components A method and apparatus for electrical grounding of metallic vehicular components incorporates a conductive clamping mechanism. The conductive clamping mechanism includes a first portion having an housing defining an opening. The housing rotatably carries ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6102750 | Self-retaining spring clip assembly and an electrical connection incorporating the same A terminal connection for a flat stab of an electrical terminal includes a spring clip which retains a nut in alignment with an aperture in the flat stab. The spring clip is fabricated from a strip of resilient electrically conductive material and has a t... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5994989 | Electrical shorting block with captured spring-biased shorting connectors An electrical shorting block has a molded body with a plurality of side-by-side recesses in which terminal members having first, tapped apertures are secured. A shorting bar supported in the molded body extends across but is spaced from the terminal numbe... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5842890 | Terminal connecting device A terminal connecting device which is mounted between the head of a screw and a washer and acting as a gasket for such screw. The screw is to be threaded onto a stationary terminal to hold a connecting terminal for an electrical accessory (contactor, swit... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5704815 | Terminal device for electrical apparatus A terminal device for connecting contacts to terminal strips fixed on respective terminal housing portions of an electrical apparatus, each of the terminal strips having a screw hole, the terminal housing portions being separated by insulating walls from ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5653614 | Electrical apparatus having a screw terminal Electrical apparatus including a cap and having a connection screw terminal cooperating by way of a screwthreaded head with a screwthreaded hole in the cap. The screwthreaded hole has an unthreaded outer part accommodating most of the screwthreaded part o... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5580286 | Electrical connector/assembly with screw clamp terminals A connector assembly comprises a housing and a clamping screw for clamping connection of ring tongue terminals to terminals of the connector assembly. The clamping screw comprises a flanged portion for, on the one hand clamping down on the terminal, and o... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5376024 | Terminal connecting device The present invention relates to a terminal connecting device which simplifies and facilitates achieving the proper alignment between a male-threaded portion of a terminal screw and a female-threaded hole of a stationary terminal, and moreover, which assu... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5368506 | Electric street light terminal block assembly A main power terminal block (10) for a street light assembly (130) includes connectors (14) having a single-gauge metal piece (20) the front of which is adapted to receive a power conductor (16), and the back of which is shaped into overly-thick and under... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5292264 | Earthing stud An earthing stud for use as a weld stud for the application of a cable-retaining terminal with cable holder having a base part with non-circular boundary and a cooperating plastic part having a lower portion with an internal boundary matching the external... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5266058 | Terminal connecting device The present invention relates to a terminal connecting device which simplifies and facilitates achieving the proper alignment between a male-threaded portion of a terminal screw and a female-threaded hole of a stationary terminal, and moreover, which assu... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5249989 | Terminal screw assembly An electrical screw-on terminal assembly is provided for a connection to wires or cables, particularly those with eye connectors. The terminal assembly has a housing and a screw which, as it is screwed in, passes through a first plate, and when fully scre... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5183419 | Battery terminal connector A stamped metal battery post connector having a base portion for crimped connection to an electrical conductor and an integral contact portion for engaging a battery post with the contact portion having a first wall member with a first post-receiving aper... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5093215 | Terminal means for lead storage battery A nut anti-slipping member is provided, which has a nut insertion groove and covers bottom end portions of one-side opening end of a nut insertion hole. A nut is inserted in the nut insertion hole with the nut deviated from the nut anti-slipping member. I... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5041026 | Switch housing clamping screw A ship-open pressure type wiring terminal for electrical apparatus wherein a threaded hole in the terminal is disposed immediately adjacent and aligned with a clearance opening in a plastic housing part overlying the terminal. One or more thin plastic web... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4929198 | Conductor connection assembly A conductor connection assembly includes a U-shaped receptacle into which one can insert from above a screw-clamping assembly comprising a screw, a nut threadably connected with the screw, and a wire protection part in the form of a barrel spring or colla... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4921455 | Electric connection terminal with braked screw An electric connection terminal is provided with a braked screw, in particular for a contactor apparatus. One end of the screw, which projects from the threaded hole in which it is engaged, comes into transverse contact with a resiliently deformable tongu... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4905122 | Bolt-in circuit breaker with improved terminal fastener retaining structure Lateral ears of a terminal strap are bent sharply upward to form sidewalls spaced apart by the width of the strap, openings in the sidewalls overlapping arcuate edge portions of an annular flange of a threaded nut to loosely captivate the nut in position ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4874321 | Adapter An improved space-saving and clearly arranged adapter apparatus for mechanical and electrical connection of installation devices such as automatic circuit breakers, motor protection switches, contactors, protectors, relays, and the like with bus rails of ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4857021 | Electrical connector assembly and method for connecting the same An assembly comprising a tap plug having therein an axially fixed nut and including an externally threaded portion threaded into a cable connector lug, a bushing having therein an internally threaded bore, and a stud including an externally threaded first... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4836808 | Captive nut terminal for electronic module power connectors The invention relates to a captive nut terminal for an electronic module power connector (4,4'), of the type comprising a lug (4b) projecting above the resin embedding the circuits of the module, bent at right angles above the upper face of the module and... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4830627 | Screw-type connecting means for wires and lugs At least one terminal is provided comprising a screw (3) for securing wires and/or wire terminal lugs between a conducting wall of a connecting link (2) and a clamping plate (4) both traversed by the screw which also pulls together. Terminal is lodged in ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4812605 | Electric switch housing with dust tight chamber captivating wire termination screws A switch housing extends to enclose wiring terminals, incorporating holes for insertion of wire conductors and for accessing a clamping screw assembly with a tool to clamp the conductor against the terminal. Individual cavities for each terminal are subst... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4780096 | Ground clamp A ground clamp having a clamping strap formed of a corrosive-resisting material with a series of uniformly sized and spaced apertures to facilitate the installation of the clamping strap and clamp onto a wide range of pipe, rod or conduit diameters. A tig... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4669806 | Terminal strip connector block An electrical terminal strip comprises an insulating body having a plurality of connector compartments, a corresponding number of clamp members constructed as compartment liners each having a clamp passage in which an electrical conductor is insertable an... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4640570 | Electrical cone connector The electrical interface of two sets of wires is accomplished with the use of a conically shaped male plug, a female socket, an indexing key and a self locking center bolt. The male plug terminates a first set of wires in a plurality of contacts on its co... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4626051 | Universal ground clamp A universal ground clamp having a clamping strap formed of a corrosive-resisting copper or copper alloy having a series of uniformly sized and spaced apertures to facilitate the installation of the clamp onto a wide range of pipe, rod or conduit diameters... | 12/02/1986 |
