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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303449 | Spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors having contact spring with insertion depth equal to or less than insertion width A spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors, has at least one housing chamber in a bushing housing, for accommodating a one-piece contact spring, the contact-giving spring tongues of which are bent out of a flat sheet-metal punched part, at least on one side, ... | 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 |
| 7249983 | Sleeveless stamped and formed socket contact An electrical contact includes a crimping section for securing a wire and a flute section for receiving a pin. The flute section includes fixed engagement members and a resilient cantilever member that engages the pin within the flute section. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244140 | Spring-operated plug terminal A spring-operated plug terminal is disclosed. The spring-operated plug terminal includes a U- or Ω-shaped spring, which has two separate spring arms and thus two spring ends, and a rectangular terminal frame, which has a square cutout and a clamping piece which is ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7130101 | Switchable electrochromic devices with uniform switching and preferential area shading A method for providing preferential coloring to a portion of an electrochromic window assembly, includes the steps of providing an electrochromic window assembly comprising first and second spaced apart transparent substrates defining a chamber therebetween, the fir... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118429 | Electrical contact with wire trap An electrical terminal including a body having a contact gripping element where the contact gripping element is resiliently biased or disposed in a channel. The contact gripping element is configured to exert a contact gripping force on an electrical conductor. Pref... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094115 | Female terminal fitting A female terminal fitting (20) has an approximately tubular connection portion (22) with an open front end for receiving a tab (14) of a male terminal fitting (10). Concavities (30) extend longitudinally in the connection portion (... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6926563 | Low profile contact assembly A low profile contact includes a resilient spring portion having a first end and a second end, and a first contact beam and a second contact beam extending from the respective first and second ends of the spring portion. The first contact beam and the second contact... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6905371 | Terminal and connector using same This invention provides an improved terminal and a connector using the terminal. The connector includes an insulating housing and at least one conductive terminal. The insulating housing has an insert end, a connecting end opposite to the insert end, and at least on... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6821165 | Contact pins in an electric connector A set of contact pins in an electric connector are electrically coupled to another set of contact pins in an opposite connector and joined to a set of core wires in a cable. Each of the contact pins includes a coupling end and a wire connecting end. The coupling is ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6428366 | Electrical terminal socket and method of fabricating same An electrical terminal socket is provided for receiving a terminal pin member. The socket is stamped and formed from a single sheet of conductive metal material and includes a base wall, and a pair of side walls folded upwardly from opposite sides of the ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6083027 | Connector structure for connecting electric appliance to instrument panel A connector structure includes an electric appliance; a member to be mounted which is to be mounted with the electric appliance; a first connector provided on the electric appliance side; a second connector provided on the member to be mounted side; a ret... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6077095 | Miniature card edge clip An edge clip is disclosed for electrically connecting a conductive pad on the surface of a printed circuit board or its edge to an external connector. The edge clip is substantially U-shaped, with first and second opposing, non-parallel sides defining a s... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6062920 | Custom terminal connector for use in electrochromic devices An improved custom terminal connector that may be used in electrochromic devices, the connector comprising an elongated unitary member integrally connected with a U-shaped crimping member. The custom terminal connector may be used to supply a potential fr... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6045407 | Electrical connector An electrical connector having a housing with electrical part-receiving slots at both sides of the housing, to each of which each of two pieces of electrical parts would be inserted so that the both faces of the electrical parts would be reverse to each o... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5934950 | Electrical contact with multiple points of contact An electrical contact includes a lead-in barrel section enclosing a pin receiving cavity having a generally longitudinally uniform cross section extending a predetermined length and an electrically conducting rib cage portion adjacent to and extending fro... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5702272 | Connecting terminal and method or manufacturing the same A terminal connecting portion 22 of a connecting terminal 21 is formed in a form of a rectangular sleeve by a bottom plate 24, side plates 25, 26 bent upwardly from the bottom plate 24, and top plates 27, 28 bent horizontally from respective side plates 2... | 12/30/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5342219 | Terminal-locking construction A housing has a groove-like terminal-receiving cavity. The terminal-receiving cavity receives a female terminal therein. The female terminal has a first engagement portion at a longitudinal end thereof and a second engagement portion at a longitudinally i... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5292260 | Ballast connector for lighting fixture This invention is directed to an electrical connector, particularly an electrical ballast connector, that offers a reliable means preferably to extract electrical conductors therefrom. The connector comprises a dielectric housing having a plurality of cav... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5224885 | Low profile dual beam contact A low-profile dual-beam female electrical connector contact for electrically interconnecting components of an electrical system. The contact includes a contact body, cantilevered contact beams, retention flanges, and a solder tail. The contact body is a g... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5030143 | Wire insulator pressure-cut connector terminal The wire insulator pressure-cut connector terminal comprises a base plate formed integral with at least one cutter plate portion with a cutting open slot and a first terminal contact end portion, and a terminal box formed integral with a partially U-shape... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5004434 | Printed circuit board edge connector A printed circuit edge connector having a pluraltiy of electrial terminals, each of which has a compliant contact spring opposed to a relatively more rigid support arm is disclosed. The surface of the contact spring is opposed to an edge of the support ar... | 04/02/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4990110 | Electrical contact arrangement An electrical contact unit (100) is disclosed, having a series of four electrical receptacles (102, 104, 106, 108). Each of the receptacles includes an upper cantilever member (110) and a lower cantilever member (112). Upper lateral arms (114) are conduct... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4929197 | High density connector A connector is provided which enables close spacing of socket contacts in a highly reliable manner. The connector includes contact assemblies that each have at least two sheet metal contacts (26, 28 in FIG. 2) lying in parallel planes and a dielectric sup... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4894027 | Lamp socket terminal A lamp socket assembly comprises a lamp bulb having a wedge base, a lamp socket and two electrical terminals. The electrical terminals have receptacle portions which include spring contact arms which engage the contact wires of the lamp bulb and limit its... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4873973 | Multi-part neutral electrode for an hf surgical instrument A neutral electrode comprising several partial electrodes having respective electrical connections disposed on a carrier having a link to which the electrical connections lead. In the link, and specifically asymmetrically to the connections, a first and a... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4862326 | Power supply contact An electronic system which requires high current provides a connector assembly which enables power supplies to be plugged into the same etched backplane as the logic printed circuit boards. The connector assembly handles high current, typically 150 amps a... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4838816 | Electrical terminal having a receptacle contact section of low insertion force An electrical terminal comprises a receptacle contact section having cantilever contact members extending from a bottom wall at forward and rear ends of the contact section, the contact members extend toward an upper wall and free ends of the contact memb... | 06/13/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4808129 | Contact for strip line switch A cantilever contact is disclosed of the type adapted to be incorporated into a switch system or array, which comprises at least a strip line comprising a plurality of like cantilever contacts arranged in end-to-end, overlapping relationship with each oth... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4752244 | Zero insertion force edge clip interconnect pin An electrical interconnect pin, particularly suitable for attachment to the edge of a flexible printed circuit board or "flex circuit", has an edge clip with an opening that can be temporarily enlarged to facilitate the attachment of the pin to the edge o... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4741704 | Tap connector A tap connector for use with a range of conductor diameters having a yoke comprising a pair of opposed plates extending angularly from a pad. A flat spring is attached to the terminal ends of each of the plates and extends towards the pad and is spaced fr... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4720276 | Clamp type contact and method of manufacture thereof A clamp type contact has a first elongate contact piece which is punched out of a blank member having an upper thin piece and a lower thick piece disposed in a relative downward direction from a position immediately below the end of the upper thin piece s... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4712850 | Terminal strip with attached support and method of manufacture A terminal strip comprises a plurality of edge clips for attachment to contact pads on a circuit bearing board, in which each clip is crimped onto a non-conductive carrier bar or strip for supporting the clips. The clips are formed in a stamping process a... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4697865 | Edge clip and terminal An edge clip for attachment to a contact pad on a substrate includes a pair of spaced-apart spring fingers, adapted to receive the edge of the substrate therebetween. One or both of the fingers may at least partially encircle and support a mass of solder.... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4690484 | Wafer and method for manufacturing switch wafer A method for manufacturing a switch includes the steps of forming integrally a clip for clamping a movable contact out of a flat terminal member configured in hoop material by bending uprightly a projected portion of the terminal member, and then insert-m... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4659986 | Electrical test connector for simultaneous testing of a plurality of electrical components To permit testing of electrical connectors mounted on a strip, a pair of jaws, similarly to substantially transversely extended clothespin jaws, are provided, the inside surface of one (A) of the jaws (A, B) carrying a conductive strip (4) adapted to be e... | 04/21/1987 |
