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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383631 | Method of fabricating antenna connector A method of fabricating an antenna connector is provided. The components of the antenna connector are mechanically assembled in an automatically operated workstation to effectively eliminate the labor/time consuming assembly process requiring assembly by hand as in ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384216 | Cable coupler having retained wedges A cable coupler includes a body having a first end, a second end, and first and second passageways sized and shaped to receive a cable, with each passageway including a tapered portion. A wedge assembly is disposed in each tapered portion to secure a cable to the bo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385138 | Electrical connector with wedges and spring An electrical connector assembly including a connector member; a housing having a general tube shape; wedges and an extension spring member. The housing includes a front end and a rear end. The front end of the housing is adapted to be fixedly connected with the con... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7341495 | Electrical wedge connector heat dissipating design Disclosed herein is an electrical wedge connector wedge. The electrical wedge connector wedge includes a first conductor contact surface, a second conductor contact surface, and a center section. The second conductor contact surface is opposite the first conductor c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7320627 | Deformable electrical connector A secure electrical connector for wire conductors. An electrical connector can be pressed into place in the base of a toggle switch and includes an electrically conductive cylinder having a slot in the forward end of the electrical connector. The wire conductor is i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7261581 | Coaxial connector and method Disclosed is a coaxial connector consisting of a back nut, outer and inner terminals, and an insulator. The back nut is made of a single tubular piece and does not enclose any further parts. In connecting a coaxial cable to the connector, the cable is inserted throu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249980 | Connecting device for bunched conductors The invention proposes a connecting device for electric bunched conductors in an electric connector housing with male contacts and/or female contacts that are arranged in separate chambers in the form of rows and columns, wherein a clamping sleeve is attached to a s... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7189114 | Compression connector A coaxial cable connector assembly is provided wherein a center contact clamping mechanism of the connector assembly is configured to cooperate with a cable adapter and a center contact of the connector assembly such that movement of the clamping mechanism in the di... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182653 | Connector assemblies and methods for forming a connection between cables A connector assembly for connecting first and second elongate electrical conductors includes an electrically conductive first connector member, an electrically conductive second connector member, and a clamping mechanism. The first connector member includes: a first... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7114958 | Clip for radar array, and array including the clip A radar assembly comprises a ground plane, a plurality of clips inserted into the ground plane, and a plurality of strips. At least one first strip is provided on a first subset of the clips. The first strip has a plurality of radiating elements and a first pluralit... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104839 | Coaxial connector with center conductor seizure A coaxial connector includes a removable back nut, an outer body, and a center conductor supported within the outer body by a dielectric. The center conductor includes a female socket for receiving an exposed inner conductor of a coaxial cable, and a compression mem... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077700 | Coaxial connector with back nut clamping ring A coaxial connector includes a removable back nut, an outer body, and a center conductor supported within the outer body by a dielectric. A clamp ring is rotatably disposed within the central bore of the back nut. A prepared end of a coaxial cable is inserted throug... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7044810 | Electrical wedge connector An electrical wedge connector including a connector shell having a general C-shaped cross-section with two opposing free ends, and a wedge. The free ends each comprise an outward extension from the opposing ends. Each outward extension has an outer tip along a longi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041909 | Methods of installing and apparatuses to install an aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable This invention relates to splice and dead end fittings and methods for splicing together two aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable (ACCC) or terminating one composite core reinforced cable. The compression fitting uses a compressible body inside a rigid... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7019217 | Collet-type splice and dead end use with an aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable This invention relates to collet-type splices and collet-type dead ends and methods for splicing together two aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cables (ACCC) or terminating one ACCC cable. The collet-type fittings use a collet inside a collet housing to h... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6979207 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for connecting a ground wire and a ground rod. The electrical connector having a metal body including a top and a cylindrical side wall. The body having a first internal wall defining a ground rod cavity and a second internal wall defining a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6955562 | Coaxial connector with center conductor seizure A coaxial connector includes a removable back nut, an outer body, and a center conductor supported within the outer body by a dielectric. The center conductor includes a female socket for receiving an exposed inner conductor of a coaxial cable, and a compression mem... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6918780 | Snap fastener for electrical socket A snap fastener for the electrical socket comprises a housing, a receptacle and snap fastener. When the knob of the snap fastener is being turned, the downward hump of the knob will drive the bulge of the brake plate to rotate and finally fall into the bottom recess... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6906523 | Method and apparatus for testing cells and batteries embedded in series/parallel systems A “three-point” measurement technique effectively removes system effects to determine impedance, admittance, resistance, or conductance of an individual cell, battery, or interconnecting conductor embedded in a series or series-parallel electrochemical battery o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6827613 | Electrical contact element, in particular a contact element formed as pin contact or socket contact For use in already known plug connections, an electrical contact element is proposed that can be formed as a socket contact or as a pin contact and is provided with a plug region and a terminal end, a sleeve being capable of being screwed onto the terminal end of th... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6773311 | Electrical splice connector An electrical conductor splice connector including a body; conductor contacting wedges movably mounted on the body; and at least one wedge movement anti-reverse clip connected to the body and contacting one of the wedges. The anti-reversing clip includes an anti-rev... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6752667 | Electrical connection element and a housing for an electrical connection element For connection elements, which are designed as pin contacts or contact tubes and disposed in an insulating housing, for the electrical contacting of the respective connection ends with an electrical conductor having a plurality of strands it is proposed to provide t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6736318 | Smart-card reader including mechanical locking means A smart-card reader is disclosed for receiving and locking a smart-card in a locking position. The smart-card reader comprises: a housing, a contacting apparatus, the contact elements of which are adapted to contact respective card contacts of the smart-card when th... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6517391 | Insulation piercing wedge connector An electrical wedge connector with a wedge and a shell. The shell is a one-piece sheet metal member with a conductor piercing section. The conductor piercing section comprises a tab of the sheet metal member at an end of the shell that is folded about 180... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6296532 | Electrical connecting device for high currents A connecting device (10) for detachably connecting an electrical conductor (12) for high currents which is disposed therein, to an electrical contact (14) is characterized in that at least one wedging face (44) is provided, by means of which the electrica... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6280203 | Electrical contact-making connection and controller for a motor vehicle having an electrical contact-making connection An electrical contact-making connection has a metallic pin, a base part with a plug-in opening and an electrical conductor routed to the plug-in opening. The plug-in opening includes an oblique wall surface area oriented at an angle a other than zero with... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6120334 | Electrical connector for piercing the insulation of an insulated cable The invention is directed to an electrical connector having a C-shaped member with two ears with arcuate inner surfaces. At least one of the arcuate inner surfaces has teeth extending inwardly with at least one of the teeth having a plastic cap disposed o... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6099363 | Electrical connector Electrical connector (1) comprising a first contact member (10) having an arcuate contact surface (14a) that engages an electrical wire (3), a second contact member (40) has a connecting portion (50) and a pressing portion (48) that presses a free end (30... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6004165 | Multiple cable connector and method therefor A multiple cable connector and method for electrically connecting and mechanically securing a first cable to a second cable. The connector includes a C-shaped member having a flange disposed therein, a first channel, and a second channel parallel to the f... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5961357 | Connection system for tube conductors A tube conductor, for example made in copper, is interconnected to a connector housing, for example made of aluminum alloy, by stuffing an insert, for example a steel ball, into the tube. The steel ball expands the tube and clamps it in the cavity of the ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5911604 | Insulation piercing wedge connector with seal An electrical wedge connector having a shell, a wedge assembly, seals and cushions. The wedge assembly has a dielectric frame and electrically conductive bars. The seals are mounted around the outer ends of the bars. The cushions are positioned between th... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5676573 | Connector kit, connector assembly and method of making connector assembly A connector is provided including a plastic bushing having a first bore which extends therethrough in a first direction and a second bore which extends into the bushing in a second direction and intercepts the first bore. A contact extends into one end of... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5674097 | Electrical connector with wedge An electrical connector comprising: a conducting wedge (2), an inclined surface (14) on one side of the wedge (2), a conductive wedge receiving body (3), an opening (4) extending into the body (2), a wire engaging floor (5) on one side of the opening (4),... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5632633 | Method of manufacturing a grounding connector and improved grounding connector A method of manufacturing grounding connectors (1) based on a stamping process on progressive tooling which can produce a grounding connector (1) which is lighter, of a reduced size, and is of low manufacturing cost. The wedge type grounding connector (1)... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5609504 | Wire connector with improved clasp A wire connector (10) is disclosed of the type having an outer clamp member (14) and an inner wedge (12) that is inserted into the clamp member to physically and electrically interconnect two conductors (16, 18) together. The clamp member (14) includes a ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5558546 | Electrical wedge connector with preinstallment interconnector An electrical wedge connector with a sleeve, a separate wedge, and an interconnector. The interconnector connects the wedge to the sleeve when the wedge is not directly connected to the sleeve. This prevents the sleeve or wedge from being accidently lost ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5538447 | Electrical wedge connector An electrical connector with a C-shaped sleeve and a one-piece wedge. The wedge has two opposite ends adapted to sandwich conductors against the sleeve and a center section. The center section has outwardly laterally bowed sections. The bowed sections are... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5503575 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector particularly adapted for connecting the free end of a conductor to a grounded rod. The connector comprises an elongated electrically conductive body having first and second opposite ends connected by a longitudinal axis. A first ax... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5447455 | Contact for termination of coil windings An electrical assembly for terminating magnet wire and the like has a housing with contact receiving cavities provided therein. The contact receiving cavities have separate support members which are positioned adjacent to respective side walls of the cont... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5439391 | Lead adapter An electronic connector pin adapter comprises a forward connector pin portion and a rear end portion. The rear end portion comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending retaining fingers carried in electrically connected relation with the connector pi... | 08/08/1995 |
