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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083556 | Single terminal The disclosed technology relates to a single terminal (10, 110) with a terminal body (20, 120) designed in the shape of a frame and made of an electrically conductive material, with at least one connection pin (27, 127) being arranged on one ext... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8062079 | Connector clamp with opening unit The invention relates to a connector clamp having a housing and a current bar disposed thereon, and having a receiving unit for receiving a conductor, and having a clamping unit with a clamping spring held in the housing for clamping the conductor against the curren... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7704106 | Electrical terminal and spring-force terminal connection therefor The invention describes a spring-force terminal connection (2) for electrical conductors with a busbar section (5) and a bent leaf spring (3), which has a bearing limb (7), which is supported on the busbar section (5), a spring ben... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7686662 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a sleeve having an upper wall, a base wall, and opposing side walls. The upper wall, the base wall, and the opposing side walls define an opening and an interior within the sleeve. The upper wall defines first and second res... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7553201 | Connector A connector (10) is provided with a housing (11) to be mounted on an electrically conductive bracket (B), a plurality of terminal fittings (12) connected with coaxial cables each including an outer conductor as a ground wire and to be mounted in... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7351122 | Receptacle terminal A receptacle terminal includes a contact section. The contact section includes a substantially L-shaped contact spring, a first protection member, and a second protection member. The contact spring includes a link arm and a contact arm. The link arm has a first edge... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7234981 | Spring force terminal The invention describes a spring force terminal (1) for connecting electrical conductors (128), having a contact frame (3, 125), in which an electrical conductor (128) can be clamped against the contact frame (3, 125) by means of a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7156704 | Terminal fitting and a connector using such a terminal fitting A female terminal fitting (12) has tube (19) for receiving a male terminal fitting (10). A main spring (27) is cantilevered forwardly from the tube (19) and an auxiliary spring (30) is cantilevered forwardly at the outer sid... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7115001 | Wire actuated terminal spring clamp assembly A spring clamp assembly for an electrical terminal block includes a termination spring, a trigger and a return spring. The trigger is biased by the return spring into an opening of the termination spring to impede a clamping movement of the termination spring. A wir... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083463 | Electrical supply or connecting terminal An electrical supply or connecting terminal with a clamping spring and a metal part, the clamping spring having a clamping leg and a contact leg, and the metal part having a conductor bar piece. The clamping leg and the conductor bar piece form a spring force clamp ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6932659 | Terminal with card edge locking provisions A card edge terminal box-like configuration made from bending a stamped blank into the desired form. A pair of longer, lower spaced apart arms engage a trace side of a circuitboard while a pair of shorter upper arms having detents formed on the distal or free ends t... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905224 | Container having clip type power-supply unit for lamp A container receives lamps each having a lamp tube and a conductive member. The container includes a container body exposing the lamp tube and covering the conductive member, and a clip type power-supply unit holding the conductive member in a clip-coupling manner s... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6875062 | Elastic connection terminal Elastic connection terminal for an electric switch or junction device, comprising an elastic loop placed on a conducting part and an auxiliary part capable of forming a stop for the end of the cable. The assembly and behaviour of the terminal are improved by ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854999 | Anti-overstress electrical connector A connector assembly for connecting an electrical contact to an electrical wire. The connector assembly comprises a housing and anti-overstress members. The housing has a contact chamber that retains an electrical contact. The electrical contact has an elasticity ov... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6827614 | Spring for connecting an electrical conductor The connecting spring is made of a flat elastic material with a certain thickness which has a pressing branch which is intended to rest against a conducting strip of a connection terminal, a moving branch, having on a same side of a free end, a more or less flat par... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6814608 | Spring-force clamp connector for an electrical conductor The invention concerns a spring-force clamp connector for connecting an electrical conductor, which has a conductive core piece with a four-cornered material passage according to this design, in which the end of the clamping member of a leaf spring penetrates such t... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6783407 | Low insertion force electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a plug connector (2) and a receptical connector (3). The plug connector includes an insulative housing (20) having a number of passageways (205) and a number of fingers (206), an... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776670 | Clamping spring A clamping spring for a spring terminal includes a fixed leg and an angular spring leg disposed resiliently on the fixed leg. An auxiliary spring leg is disposed resiliently on the fixed leg and acts with its spring force on the spring leg. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6743061 | Electrical connection or junction device An electrical connection or junction device. An insulation housing (2) has two conductor insertion apertures (3, 13) for insertion of two electrical conductors (4, 14) to be connected and two actuation apertures (5, 15) for insertion of a... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6712649 | Plug A versatile plug which prevents signal and ground wires in pairs from being connected in reversed polarity; prevents short circuits occurring in adjacent lead wires; facilitates lead wire connecting operation; and which allows connection of lead wires of different t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6688892 | Clip-type lead frame for electrically connecting two substrates or devices A subject of the present invention is to provide a clip-type lead frame having flexibility against a board thickness variation caused by not only an uneven product quality but also several different thick type products. To this end, the provided clip-type... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6595808 | Spring intended for making an electrical connection This spring is made of an elastic leaf bent in such a way as to exhibit a pressing branch (4) and a moving branch (6) which are connected by an elastic arc (8) to the pressing branch, an opening (18) being made in the moving branch near its free end and b... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6305992 | Electrical connector having a housing and an electrical contact and electrical contact An electrical contact (1) is shown having a conductor connection region (2) for connection to an electrical conductor wire and a contact-making region (3) for making contact with a complementary contact pin is specified, the contact-making region essentia... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6010376 | Connectors for electrical conductors A connector for electrical conductors with at least one spring-force clamped connection in the form of a loop-shaped bent clamping spring. The task is to reduce as much as possible the structural height of the clamping spring measured crosswise to the dir... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6004168 | Electrical connector for a printed-circuit board A connector has a housing formed with a cavity, with a slot extending from the cavity, adapted to receive an edge of a circuit board, and having a width substantially greater than the circuit-board width, and with a hole opening outward from the cavity an... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5975715 | Taillight fixture for motor vehicles with printed circuit boards with connectors and LED's A motor vehicle taillight fixture has a first printed board having at least one electric connector for contacting an electric supply line. The first printed board has at least one plug-in contact. A second printed board has at least one plug-in connector ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5860837 | Spring clamp terminal A spring clamp terminal for clamping connection to a conductor, comprises an anti-overstress member for preventing overstressing of the spring section of the terminal. Integral stamping and forming of the anti-overstress member from the spring clip provid... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5583392 | CRT anode cap An anode structure allows firmly connecting thereto a core conductor of a high-voltage supply lead without using any pressing tool. A CRT anode cap is provided with an insulated high-voltage supply lead and an anode structure electrically connected with a... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5575695 | Electrical connectors An electrical connector (10) has a first resilient member (14) which is pivotally connected to a second member (18). The first member (14) is pivotally movable between a first position in which a wire can be held within the connector (10) by flexure of a ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 4872849 | Channel outlet A channel outlet comprising a housing of insulative material has means for mounting the outlet in an opening in a channel-shaped cover of a channel housing and includes a terminal-receiving member and a cover member. Power terminals and a ground terminal ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4863394 | Electrical connector with double torsion contacts An electrical connector having a pair of opposed torsion blades that are twisted toward each other that provides double torsional contact action when a contact pin is inserted therein for reliably maintaining the contact pin between the blades. An electri... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4845404 | Projection tube panel funnel spring contactor and projection tube employing same A panel-funnel spring contactor for a projection tube features a keyhole for mechanical engagement with a stud standing on the anode button. Instead of relying upon a leg extending onto the funnel coating to press the contactor against a retaining head on... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4833981 | Field replaceable print hammer A hammer assembly for incorporation in a hammer bank assembly useful in high-speed impact printers of the type generally employed in data processing systems is disclosed to comprise an impact tip carried on a rigid coil structure disposed in a permanent m... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4822297 | Junction block A junction block for tap-in connection to a continuous two-conductor line comprises a removably mutually engageable base and a cover, defining axially aligned wire entrance and exit apertures, and a passage admitting a plug. Conductor positioners each def... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4820179 | Multi-contact electrical connector A multi-contact electrical connector for electrically connecting a plurality of wires to a printed circuit board. The electrical connector includes an open topped housing having a plurality of contact chambers, wire holding sections, and terminal receivin... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4752254 | Electrical junction system An electrical junction system for automotive internal wiring has a wiring board provided with branching conductors formed by a multiplicity of bus bars on an insulation plate, the branching conductors being adapted to be connected to electric wires in a w... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4715833 | Pin and socket electrical terminal A pin and socket electrical terminal consisting of a pin member having a generally cylindrical section of predetermined diameter and a socket member having a tubular section of a size to receive the pin member therein so as to establish electrical conduct... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4703983 | Apparatus for grounding an electronic module coupled to a terminal connecting block An apparatus and method for grounding an electronic module which is electrically interconnected with a terminal connecting block. The electronic module has a pin receiving port for electrically connecting a conductive pin thereto. A clip having a two-pron... | 11/03/1987 |
