Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7985107 | Battery connector and portable electronic device using same A battery connecter includes a plurality of terminals. Each of the terminals includes a resisting portion, a supporting portion, and a contacting portion. The resisting portion includes a first portion and a second portion bent from the first portion. The supporting... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7311532 | Crosstalk shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data communication A shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data engineering has a number of shielding plates and at least one base rail allocated to the shielding plates. To simplify the process of fitting the shielding device inside a connection strip, the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7223144 | Low cost spark plug manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Spark plug devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The pe... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224108 | Low cost spark plug manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Spark plug devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The pe... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7102701 | Display device A display device equipped with a display unit for displaying information includes a terminal connected to the display unit and adapted to supply a predetermined potential to an electrode in the display unit, an insulator provided outside the display unit and adapted... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090501 | Connector apparatus A connector system includes a circuit board having a plurality of holes extending therethrough. First and second connector bodies, each having a front wall, are positioned on first and second sides of the circuit board, respectively. The front walls of the connector... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048551 | Wire end portion-press fastening structure A wire end portion-press fastening structure for press-clamping a conductor of a wire to a conductor press-clamping portion of a press-clamping terminal in electrically-connected relation thereto. The press-clamping terminal has conductor press-fastening piece porti... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6482034 | Connection structure for electric wire and terminal, connection method therefor and terminal connecting apparatus In a connecting structure for an electric wire 1 and a terminal 8 in which an insulative outer skin 5 of the electric wire is mounted to an electric wire cover crimping portion 11 of the terminal 8, and the terminal 8 is connected to the electric wire, wh... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6482048 | Automated assembly methods for miniature circuit breakers with wire attachment clamps An apparatus for use in arcing fault detection systems within circuit breakers and which is adapted for automated production by top-down assembly. The invention also includes several devices for making electrical connections to the circuit breakers, inclu... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6451449 | Terminal material and terminal A terminal material is composed of a base material and a plurality of plating layers provided on the base material and containing an Sn-plating layer as its outermost layer. When the plating layers include an Ni-plating layer, the plating layers are forme... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5993256 | Integrally molded capped type connector In an integrally molded capped type connector, the insulating body of the connector has a contact hole extending therethrough from the rear end face to the front end face thereof and an inlet aperture leading to the contact hole from the front end face. T... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5772454 | Wire to board contact terminal The invention comprises a contact terminal having a body with a forward end, a rearward end, an insulation crimping section, and a conductor crimping section. The body has a first stop member to engage insulation on a wire and prevent the insulation from ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5622515 | Grounding electrical leads A set of electrical terminals is provided for interconnecting and grounding electrical leads of a harness, for example an automotive engine harness. Each terminal comprises two spaced pairs of spring beams defining a pair of aligned, insulation displaceme... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5532433 | Waterproof-type terminal connection structure and method of producing same There are provided a terminal connection structure and a method of producing the same, in which a terminal is positively and firmly press-connected to end portions or intermediate portions of electric wires, and the connection portion is rendered waterpro... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5338233 | Structure for electrically connecting a terminal and a wire A wire has a conductor member and an insulation member covering the conductor member. A terminal has a wire connecting portion. The wire connecting portion has a conductor crimp portion for crimping said conductor member and an insulator crimp portion for... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5302146 | Crimp-style terminal A crimp-style terminal for a cable includes a base plate serving as a main body for the terminal. One end of the base plate serves as a female type electrical contact section, while the other end of the same serves as a clamping section. A conductor clamp... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5217397 | Connection construction of high-voltage resistance wire A connection construction of a high-voltage resistance wire, in which an insulating coating layer is stripped from a distal end portion of the high-voltage resistance wire so as to expose a portion of a winding conductor constituted by an insulating core ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5096445 | Anode connector assembly for a cathode ray tube An anode connector assembly provides for connecting to a CRT anode cup a high-voltage conductor consisting of a metal wire covered by resilient insulation. The assembly comprises clamping means for clamping, against the resilience of the insulation, the i... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5052945 | Contact for connection of a shielded wire A contact is provided for connection of a shielded wire. The contact is formed from a strip of metal bent generally in a U-shape, at least two pairs of elastic projections with a sharp piercing ends formed on the strip, and at least one end of the U-shape... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4993959 | Grounding clip A grounding clip forming an electrical interconnection between a ground wire and an electrically conductive panel, such as used on an electrical appliance, is disclosed. This grounding clip comprises a stamped and formed member having a U shaped section w... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4880389 | Ignition plug connector and manufacturing method An ignition plug connector and the method for manufacturing the connector, in which a metallic terminal is provided to receive one end portion of a high tension cord and securely hold the end portion by crimping, and the metallic terminal and the end port... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4812138 | Connector terminal A connector terminal is disclosed which comprises a base plate having an electrical contact portion at one side and an electrical wire connecting portion at the other side, and a pair of wire barrel members extending upwardly from both edges of the base p... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4810215 | Position compensating connector A connector has a connector terminal that has a connecting section for a partner terminal on one end of a conducting plate, a board insertion section on the other end, and a curved section for absorbing the deviations in the vertical. The connector also h... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4772228 | Electrical contact A single beam electrical contact includes an anti-rotation feature as well as a compliant portion for maintaining the contact securely within a housing.... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4648679 | Connector assembly for mass termination A solderless terminal for electrically and mechanically terminating an insulated wire includes a U-shaped channel including a wire retention portion comprising a wire receiving opening having a wire engaging means formed integrally therewith and means to ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4599588 | Method and apparatus for attaching leads A method and apparatus for attaching leads to the movable armature assembly of a relay or to other movable elements. The apparatus includes a rigid, nonconductive carrier member (41) mounted to the armature of the relay and provided with a plurality of gr... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4487995 | Anchoring braided metal sheath on ignition wire A braided metal sheath 11 is anchored on an ignition wire 10 to protectively encase wire 10 and leave the sheath ends 14 spaced at an electrically insulating distance from terminal end regions 9 of wire 10 to prevent shorting out the ignition wire. The an... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4486063 | Core crimp ignition terminal A two-piece electrical connector means for detachably connecting an ignition cable or the like having a plurality of high tensile strength, nonconductive strands coated with an electrically conductive material to a mating stud terminal is disclosed. The c... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4394533 | Air-cooled cables with terminals and method of producing same One end portion of a cable comprising a multiplicity of core wires is inserted into a cylindrically shaped electrically conductive member one end of which is flared. A band made of synthetic resin or synthetic rubber or the like is provided on the end por... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4391483 | Sealing sleeve for use with electrical connectors An improved sealing system for use with cooperating electrical connectors for placing two cables of the type wherein each of the cables has an insulator sheath in contact. A contact is inserted into a lodging in each of the connectors with a resulting spa... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4371229 | Integral electrical connector and method for making same An electrical connector progressively made from a one piece blank has a reinforced wire barrel, integral strain relief ferrule, and an internal wire ramp therebetween. The reinforced wire barrel includes nested cylindrical walls having side edges contacti... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4216578 | Method for making an electric cable with improved takeouts The method for making a takeout, at a junction point on an electric cable covered by a continuous insulating sleeve, involves joining a conductor element at the junction by frictionally inserting the conductor element through a small opening at the select... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4043631 | Electrical terminal structure for connector An electrical contact, or terminal, structure is disclosed, which is designed for use in an electrical connector device. The terminal structure is a generally flat conducting element, preferably a unitary metal stamping, having a contact end which is resi... | 08/23/1977 |
