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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329158 | Push-lock terminal connection assembly A male terminal has spring elements bent back from a rounded end above a flat portion of the terminal and separated by a centrally located opening. An aperture extends through the flat portion under the opening. Elongated ridges protrude from an underside of the fla... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7303447 | Electrical terminal with anti-snag feature An electrical connector including a housing comprising at least two contact receiving areas and at least two contact terminals connected to the housing in the contact receiving areas. A first one of the contact terminals includes a combined housing latch and shortin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7264518 | Electrical contact including integral stop member An electrical contact is provided. An embodiment of the electrical contact includes a bottom member, a pair of side walls and a tongue. The bottom member includes a first portion and a second potion and also defines a horizontal plane. The pair of sides walls extend... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255586 | Connector device A connector device includes a plug including a plurality of plug terminals and a socket including a plurality of socket terminals. Ground plug terminals each have a recess on the contact surface, and ground socket terminals each have a dimple on the contact surface ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255614 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal configured to electrically mate with a conductive blade may include a base integrally formed with lateral walls, at least one spring member, and at least one contact rib. The spring member extends from at least one of the lateral walls, and is... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7217161 | Electrical terminal with anti-snag feature An electrical terminal including a conductor connection section, a mating terminal connection section, a deflectable latch, and a deflectable anti-snag ramp. The latch is adapted to latch with an electrical connector housing when the terminal is fully inserted into ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214109 | One-piece multi-shank contact spring for miniature plug connectors A one-piece, multi-shank contact spring for miniature plug connectors, particularly for high-frequency signals, having a region that contacts a plug-in lead. The contacting region (A) extends all the way to the free end of a plugged-in plug-in lead. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7166002 | Connection terminal A connection terminal comprises a terminal connection unit and a blade spring. A male terminal is inserted in the terminal connection unit. The blade spring is disposed in the terminal connection unit and press-contacts with the male terminal by means of reacting fo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7125295 | Interlocking ring terminals The present invention provides a terminal ring assembly structured for engagement to a conductor post. The terminal ring assembly of the present invention includes a first ring element and a second ring element, each having a circular body and at least one grip havi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104849 | Terminal and a method of forming it A terminal (10) has opposite front and rear ends and a receiving plate with lateral edges. Front and rear connecting pieces (17A, 17B) project up from the lateral edges and then curve inwardly. The front connecting piece (17A) is shorter ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7091419 | Electrical plug connector An electrical plug connector containing at least two contact partners which can be linked together in an overlap region to establish an electrical contact between them. At least one of the contact partners includes an electrically conductive material that converts t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086912 | Electrical terminal having resistance against mating terminal removal An electrical terminal is provided for mating with a blade-like mating terminal. The electrical terminal includes a base having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. A spring arm is folded rearwardly over the base from the front mating end thereof to a rear... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6997746 | Crimp connector A crimp connector includes an electrically conductive curved member having an inner surface and a leading edge extending away from and back toward the inner surface. The leading edge, curved member, and inner surface define a first volume for receiving a conductive ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6960723 | Terminal fitting A terminal fitting (10) is made of a metallic plate material stamped out into a specified shape and has a substantially flat main body (13), a substantially flat coupling (16) extending from an outer peripheral edge of the main body (13),... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6921289 | Joint connector and its terminals A notch 30 is provided at partitions 16, 26 and side walls 14, 24 to support slidably a coupling member 50 from a slide start to a slide end of the notch 30, said partitions and side walls partitioning terminal receiving chambers | 07/26/2005 |
| 6878004 | Multi-element fuse array The present invention provides a fuse block having a plurality of fuse connections. The fuse connections include an array of embedded terminals that contact the initially provided fuse elements. When one of the fuse elements opens, an operator remakes the open conne... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866551 | Connector terminal A connector terminal which includes a terminal base portion; and a tab extending from the terminal base portion to come into contact with an opponent terminal. The tab includes a bottom face portion and a folded portion extending from the bottom face portion formed ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6846206 | Electrical plug connector An electrical plug connector has a flat insertion pin and a flat insertion sheath into which the flat insertion pin can be inserted. The flat insertion pin, in its end region pointing in the insertion direction, has a widened portion embodied in the shape of a hamme... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6638117 | Connector terminal having tab with tapered portion A connector terminal which includes a terminal base portion; and a tab extending from the terminal base portion to be inserted into an opponent terminal. The tab includes a bottom face portion and an upper face portion which extends from the bottom face p... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6595810 | Electrical connectors and connection system An electrical receptacle having a body member, the body member having at least one blade-engaging member with a first and second portion spaced apart one another, a bridge portion, and at least one side structure spaced between the first and second portio... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6544079 | Terminal configuration A terminal including a connector plate having raised surfaces which provide the terminal with the required thickness is described. The terminal also includes a slot extending from the connector plate leading edge to facilitate pushing a locking type or qu... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6544080 | Terminal A terminal has a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, an upper wall, an elastic contact portion that is freely elastically deformable in a direction substantially vertical with respect to the bottom wall, an elastic receiving surface portion that opposes th... | 04/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6520998 | Plug socket with high-current contact A plug socket for establishing a high-current electrical connection and including a metal body formed along a portion of its longitudinal extent as a hollow cylinder section, and a contact spring jack received in the hollow cylinder section and having a p... | 02/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6428365 | Terminal A terminal has a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, an upper wall, an elastic contact portion that is freely elastically deformable in a direction substantially vertical with respect to the bottom wall, an elastic receiving surface portion that opposes th... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6302725 | Self-latching terminal strip An insulation displacement connector may have wire insertion holes, a cap pivotally mounted on a top section, and terminals that have a retention channel for latching to a test lead of a bridge clip. The bridge clip may have resilient latch arms for reten... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6293831 | Electric connector An electric connector comprises a male terminal member and a female terminal member. The female terminal member includes a female portion into which a male portion of the male terminal member can be slidably inserted. The female portion is symmetrical wit... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6169961 | Method and apparatus for producing an insulation displacement terminal and the same An insulation displacement terminal of a high quality and high performance produced by designing the terminal in accordance with data measurement under a condition similar to an actual insulation displacement connection. An extent of insertion of insulati... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6091147 | Connector type semiconductor package A connector type semiconductor package having a package mounting surface on a package main body, the connection direction of a signal connection connector being parallel to the package mounting surface, the package comprising a connector insertion portion... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6086433 | Plug socket for electrically connecting a cable or the like having a stripped wire portion with a flat plug A plug socket is provided for electrically connecting a cable or the like having a stripped wire portion with a flat plug. The plug socket comprises a sleeve portion having an approximately U-shaped cross sectional configuration and having side walls that... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6039615 | Female electrical terminal having overstress members The female terminal of the present invention is equipped with a bottom plate (11) which extends in the forward-rearward direction, side plates (12a, 12b) which rise vertically from both side edges of the bottom plates (11), two upper contact parts (14a, 1... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5954550 | Electrical terminal with on-ramp A male electrical terminal plug for attachment with a female electrical receptacle having a tab with opposite top and bottom surfaces, opposite distal and proximate ends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tab, opposite side ends or edges perpen... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5800220 | Tab receptacle terminal A tab receptacle terminal fabricated by bending a single sheet of electrically conductive material. The receptacle terminal includes a receptacle box having at one end an opening through which a male terminal can be inserted. A spring is formed in the top... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5667414 | Lockable flat plug sleeve for an electrical connector A plug connector for contacting a device, having a plurality of contacts and comprising flat plugs, includes a combination of a lockable flat plug sleeve and an insulation displacement contact.... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5639270 | Self-locking mating terminal structure A mating terminal structure includes a generally box-shaped female terminal defining a receptacle with a flexible cantilevered contact beam formed from a bottom wall thereof. The beam includes a radiused contact portion. A male terminal is insertable into... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5525070 | Positive lock insulated disconnect An insulated electrical terminal for mating with a flat male tab having an insulated housing sleeve surrounding a metal terminal having a cantilevered locking tongue extending from a supported end of the terminal towards a tab receiving end, and including... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5427552 | Electrical terminal and method of fabricating same A female electrical terminal element for connecting a wire lead to a male contact pin has a first end which is crimped to the wire lead and a second end in the form of a socket. The socket includes a cantilevered contact floor and a unitary separate sprin... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5399098 | Electrical connector and terminal therefor for mating with a blade contact An electrical connector assembly for making a tap connection between an insulated wire and a blade contact. The connector assembly includes an integrally formed housing which mounts a generally U-shaped terminal therein. The terminal includes an IDT porti... | 03/21/1995 |
