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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699670 | Ignition wire spark plug terminal assembly An ignition wire spark plug terminal comprising a connector and a wire attachment. The wire attachment is adapted to attach to a wire. The connector is comprised of a ferrule and a spring clip. The ferrule is generally at least semi-cylindrical and the spring clip i... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7568957 | Relay connector A relay connector electrically connects terminals which are arranged in two rows on a connector to be inspected provided on a board for inspection to a measuring instrument. The relay connector includes first probes, mounted on a first pin block so as to be contacte... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7458863 | Terminal fitting and a connector A terminal fitting (11) includes a substantially box-shaped main portion (21). The main portion (21) includes a bottom wall (24), a pair of side walls (25, 26) standing up from the opposite ends of the bottom wall (24), a ce... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7347747 | Terminal fitting with a resilient reinforcing piece A rectangular tube (10) is formed such that a pair of side plates (12L, 12R) stand up from the opposite left and right edges of a bottom plate (11) and an extending end of an upper plate (13) extending from the upper edge of the le... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7249981 | Press-fit pin A press-fit pin is press-fitted into a conductive through-hole disposed on a substrate such as a printed circuit board. The press-fit pin includes a contact portion, a shoulder portion, a press-fit portion, and a tip portion. The contact portion along with the shoul... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7048596 | Electrical connector grid anchor and method of making the same An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electric... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6709300 | Female connectors for use with male electrodes The female connectors are made up of a power part (9), (15) (23), (34), (37), and a male electrode receiver (10), (16), (24), (38), (41) (46). The male electrode receiver is made up of a sh... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6527600 | Electrical connector An improved electrical contact according to the invention has a U-shaped base having a bottom and two opposing side walls that define a tab-receiving channel. The base has an open forward end for receiving a mating tab terminal and a rearward end with a m... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6475041 | One-piece two-leg contact spring A one-piece contact spring that includes first and second legs and a connection portion connecting the first and second legs, with the first and second legs and the connection portion lying in a common plane, and with the first and second legs having free... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6447345 | Receptacle terminal The receptacle terminal has an electrical wire connection portion electrically connected to an electrical wire and an electrical connection portion receiving an opposing terminal pin. The electrical connection portion has a pair of walls accommodating a r... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439935 | Female terminal fitting The invention provides a miniaturized female terminal fitting. A female terminal fitting 10 has resilient contacts 16 within a cover 20. When a male tab 30 is inserted into the cover 20, the resilient contacts 16 bend outwards as they make contact therewi... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6435922 | Electrical connector A cylindrical coaxial electrical connector comprising a male portion and a female portion, the connector being of the type that includes an intermediate strip of contact springs of elastic material, the springs being united at their ends by two continuous... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6398574 | Sleeve and stud connector latch A pair of mated connector (11, 12) are latched together by a pair of studs (21) on a first connector that are inserted into a pair of sleeve assemblies (22) on the second connector, with each stud having a stud groove (40) that receives an inwardly projec... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6346015 | Terminal having retaining piece for holding terminal in housing A terminal (1) has resilient curl portions (3, 3) integrally formed respectively on opposite side edges of a base plate portion (2), each of the resilient curl portions (3, 3) being inwardly bent into a generally mountain-like cross-sectional shape. Retai... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6338634 | Surface mount electrical connector with anti-wicking terminals An electrical connector 1 includes an insulative housing 10 and a number of terminals 20 received in the housing 10. Each terminals 20 has a vertically upwardly extended engaging portion 22 which has an inner face 224 for electrically engaging with a pin ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6086434 | One piece terminal system An electrical connector system including an electrical female terminal an electrical contact portion for making electrical contact with either a round or square type male pin with chamfered corners. The contact portion including first, second and third fi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5681190 | Torsional blade receptacle An electrical connector consists of a blade terminal and a formed metal receptacle having four independently acting resilient contact beams, housed within a rectangular hood or sleeve, which create four points of electrical contact between the blade and t... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5658174 | Female electrical terminal A female terminal includes a bottom wall, and a pair of opposing side walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the bottom wall. A hole is formed in each side wall near the top thereof. Top half walls extend inwardly from the tops of the side walls ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5634829 | Low engagement force terminal with easy off-axis disengagement A low insertion force electrical contact terminal assembly in which the female terminal has multiple cantilevered arms which engage and retain the male terminal therein. The multiple cantilevered arms resist withdrawal of the male terminal along the matin... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5588860 | Bulb socket A bulb socket for receiving a bulb which has a plus electrode and a minus electrode comprises a socket housing, a plus terminal and a minus terminal. The plus terminal is mounted in the socket housing, and includes a bulb-side plus terminal portion for el... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5529518 | Electrical contact assembly An electrical contact assembly has an elongated body portion and a sleeve member that has a head provided thereon. The body portion includes a socket, disposed at one end of the body portion, for receiving a pin contact. The head of the sleeve member has ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5437567 | Female electrical terminal A generally elongate female electrical terminal includes an improved torsional mating portion having a terminal-receiving passageway adapted to receive a male terminal. The mating portion includes two longitudinally spaced generally U-shaped cross section... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5427553 | Female type metal connection terminal A female type metal connection terminal comprising a base plate, a contact portion opposing the base plate, and an elastic contact piece provided for the base plate and including a sliding portion for sliding on the base plate, the sliding portion is prov... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5252097 | Female connector with dual beam contacts A connector of the unitary type with dual-beam contacts is adapted to be inserted in the body of a receiving female connection part and includes a holding beam forming a guiding means for the connector in the body of said connection part and a pair of res... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5228560 | Electrical contact unit, particularly an electrical switch An electrical contact device has a first connector (1) having a surrounded base portion (3). Radially disposed within the base portion is a plurality of contact members (5) with at least a surface portion of the contact members being in electrical contact... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5224866 | Surface mount connector An electrical connector for electrically connecting circuit boards together comprising a plug connector (10,40) having plug contacts (13,43) secured in an insulating housing (11a, 11b, 41a) at spaced intervals therealong; a receptacle connector (20,30,50,... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5167544 | Female electrical contact A female electrical contact is disclosed to include an elongate body having a terminal portion at one end and a receptacle portion at the other end for receiving a complementary male pin. A pair of cantilevered arms are provided of substantially equal len... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5162003 | Electrical connector with a constant radius of curvature beam A female contact for an electrical connector in which the contact comprises a resilient, conductive beam with a curve of constant radius. One end of the beam bears against a flat wall section of a bore into which a male contact pin is inserted to make con... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5131874 | Female contact in a connector A female contact is used in an electrical connector for a computer or electronic equipment. An elongated conductive piece of the contact is punched with a press and has narrower end portions at both ends. One narrower portion is symmetrical to the other a... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5116266 | Electrical connector An electrical connector wherein the contacts are formed as a quadrangular tube having inwardly projecting beams formed in two opposed walls.... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4992062 | Electrical connection device An electrical connection device comprises a terminal connector (1d) including a terminal guide (4d), a resilient strip (3d) formed continuous to the terminal guide to be located opposite to one of the surfaces of the terminal guide and a terminal support ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4975088 | Potential connector The invention pertains to a potential connector where the insulated ends of several electrical lines are combined in one connector element; where plastic housing (1) with contact plate (2) of electrically conducting metal is provided, having bearing eleme... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4952178 | Female electrical connector A hollow generally tubular female electrical connector is formed from a sheet metal blank to define a body member having a rectangular cross-sectional configuration including opposed pairs of side walls, characterized by the formation of two pairs of oppo... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4887980 | Preloaded electrical contact An electrical female contact having a pair of opposed beams the end portions of which are T-shaped, the ends of the arms of one T-shaped end portion being turned towards and supporting the other T-shaped end portion such that the beams are held apart ther... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4886474 | Spindle-receiving jack for forming an electrical connection and electrical connector comprising at least one such jack The present invention concerns a spindle-receiving jack for forming an elecrtrical connection, the said jack comprising at least three resilient tongues defining an opening for forcibly passing the stem of the spindle and shaped in such a manner that each... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4874338 | Receptacle box terminal with improved contact area The invention is directed to a socket (2) having an improved contact area (24) which allows a pin (4) to be inserted therein at an improper orientation relative to the axis of the socket (2). Coined edges (28) of beams (16, 18) prevent the corners (32) of... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4865567 | Miniature barrel female terminal A miniature barrel female terminal and a terminal preform are disclosed comprising two c-shaped tapered width beams at each end of the terminal, the beams at one end of the terminal joined to a respective beam at the opposite end by integral contact strip... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4810214 | Electrical terminal and method of making same An electrical terminal machined from a cylindrical body to have a socket contact section defined by a pair of opposed beams. A method of forming the socket contact section includes forming a bore into an end of the cylindrical body and then machining oppo... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4790779 | Burn-in socket for zig-zag inline semiconductor package A burn-in socket for a zig-zag inline package includes an insulative housing carrying a plurality of electrical terminals which include convexly formed sections defining contact portions. The apices of the convexly formed sections are laterally offset to ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4728304 | Low insertion force lead socket insert An improved lead socket insert assembled into a contact member which is adapted to pluggably receive a lead of a circuit component, such as an integrated circuit package is provided. The insert has a hollow cylindrical body portion and fingers that are be... | 03/01/1988 |
