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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442097 | Method for forming a terminal metal and terminal metal formed by the method A male contact portion, a female contact portion, a clamp portion where an electric wire is clamped for connection, a crimp portion where an electric wire is crimped and a piercing portion where an electric wire is pierced to be crimped are formed separately, whereb... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7361066 | Terminal fitting and a blank therefor A male terminal fitting (1) is formed by bending a flat metal plate worked into a specified shape and includes a contact (2), a rectangular tube (4) formed to be wider than the contact (2), and a link (3) between the contact (2 | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357680 | Male terminal fitting and blank therefor A male terminal fitting (1) is formed by bending a flat metal plate worked into a specified shape and includes a contact (2), a rectangular tube (4) formed to be wider than the contact (2), and a link (3) between the contact (2 | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338334 | Method for forming a terminal metal and terminal metal formed by the method A male contact portion, a female contact portion, a clamp portion where an electric wire is clamped for connection, a crimp portion where an electric wire is crimped and a piercing portion where an electric wire is pierced to be crimped are formed separately, whereb... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7252564 | Female electrical connector having crimping portions of double thickness An improved box-shaped female electrical connector featuring an optimized conductive (electrical and thermal) path, a spring contact insensitive to deformation, minimization of male blade insertion force, and maximization of contact force with the blade, all made po... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249970 | Connector for coaxial cable A connector ensuring good mechanical and electrical connection to a coaxial cable includes a metal housing; an insulating element mounted in the metal housing and having a split end portion; a connecting terminal inserted in the split end portion of the insulating e... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232775 | Connector body for a lead attachment retrofit arrangement A retrofit arrangement for attacking an electrical lead to a terminal has a body consisting of a conductive central portion and a non-conductive portion substantially surrounding the central portion. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210971 | Injector wire connector A hollow electrical socket connector, having an outside surface and an interior surface to define an interior space adaptable to connectably receive generally cylindrical electrical contact pin. The socket is equipped with at least a double break radius crimp, on it... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198526 | Low-profile flag electrical terminal connector assembly A low-profile, flag quick-connect terminal connector assembly where the connector, when assembled, is completely insulated. The electrically-conductive, metallic connector has a transition with an industry-standard crimp at one end and a contact at the other. The co... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7090547 | Male bar-like connection terminal and method of producing the same Even in the case of a bar-like small terminal connection, its strength is retained. In (a), a strip (21) made, for example, of a thin metal sheet having a thickness of 0.2 mm and a predetermined width is collapsed by rolling to a thickness of 0.16 mm as in (b... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077681 | Welding connector An assembly is disclosed and comprises a pair of connectors, each including a body which securely receives in electrically-conducting relation the end of a welding cable and a sleeve which, in use, forms a grip for the body and receives same in a manner which provid... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7044813 | Electrical connector with terminal rotation prevention An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a plurality of terminal-receiving passages. An end cap is coupled to a rear end of the housing and includes a plurality of through passages aligned with the terminal-receiving passages in the housing. A pl... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029760 | Plated material and method of manufacturing the same, terminal member for connector, and connector A plated material reduces insertion and withdrawal forces when used in a connector. A terminal member for a connector and a connector therewith are also provided. The plated material comprises a substrate 3 made of Cu or a Cu alloy and a metal plating layer | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011553 | Cable connector having a retainer which serves to hold a cable, to protect a connecting portion, and to prevent undesirable releasing of a contact In a connector to be connected to a cable having a core wire, a retainer is fitted into a rear portion of an insulator holding a contact. The core wire is crimped by a wire crimping barrel formed to the contact. The cable is clamped in cooperation with the retainer ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001226 | Connecting cable A pole terminal (10) for connection to a connecting pin of a vehicle battery having a clamping element (12) for at least partially engaging around a circumference of a clamping section of the connecting pin and having a connecting device (16) fo... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997761 | Electrical contact element An electrical contact element including a base element (1) formed from a flat material with a high electrical conductivity and includes a conductor contact portion (2), a base portion (4) integrally connected to the conductor contact portion ( | 02/14/2006 |
| 6902759 | Technique for coating or marking glass strands A method for providing a metallic coating on glass strands or organically precoated glass strands comprising the steps of coating the glass strand (or organically precoated glass strand) with a metallorganic material, heating the metallorganically coated glass stran... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6790106 | Male terminal fitting and method of forming it A tab (20) has first and second plates (21, 22). A bulge (23) of the first plate (21) is spaced from the second plate (22). Supports (25) project from the bulge (23) and contact with the second plate (22). Thus... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6666733 | Terminal fitting and a connector provided therewith A terminal fitting (1) has a rectangular tubular box-shaped portion (5) with an engaging hole (9). An entrance preventing wall (10, 11) extends from an edge of the engaging hole (9) toward an opposed wall (8B) of the box-shaped portion (5). Thus the entra... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659814 | Male terminal fitting and method of manufacture A male tab (3) is formed by bending an electrically conductive plate. The male tab (3) has a first panel (3A), a second panel (3B) opposed to the first panel (3A), a connecting panel (3C) connecting the first and second panels (3A, 3B), and a foldable sup... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6645001 | Plug connector with film shaped conductive part A plug connector is provided that can reduce the number of parts and the number of assembly steps. A plug connector 20 that fastens the distal ends of an inner conductor (conducting wire) 25a and engages a receptacle, and at the same time by this engageme... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6563213 | Integrated circuit heat sink support and retention mechanism The present invention provides an improved heat sink retention assembly, such that the heat sink is physically supported by a base rather than by an integrated circuit. Traditional heat sinks have an alignment feature that physically aligns and supports t... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6551151 | Male terminal with curved interconnecting portion A male terminal (1) includes an interconnecting portion (12) interconnecting a box-like portion (9) and an electrical contact portion (5). The interconnecting portion (12) includes an upper wall surface portion (12c), extending from one free side edge por... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6402575 | Tab of terminal fitting A tab (2) constitutes a male terminal (1) serving as a terminal fitting. The tab (2) is inserted into a cylindrical electric contact portion (6) of a female terminal (3) serving as a mating terminal fitting. The tab (2) is sandwiched by a pair of resilien... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5971818 | Fine pitch discrete wire cable connector An electrical connector comprises an elongate insulative housing having a plurality of cavities extending in side-by-side relation along the longitudinal housing direction. Each of the cavities is nominally spaced for fine pitch applications to be on the ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5888107 | Male contact A two piece male contact, such as a harness contact for use in a harness connector. The two piece male contact includes an elongated contact pin which is connectable to a mating female contact, and a terminal, one end of which is electrically and mechanic... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5877472 | System for laser-welding components of an implantable device Particularly applicable to implantable stimulation devices, a system is provided for laser-welding an electrically conductive elongate member, typically a lead, or elongate member, interconnecting operating components of a stimulation device. A bore is fo... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5823834 | Flat plug A flat plug includes a base body having a first and a second end, a terminal part integrally connected to the first end of the base body, and a contact blade having two blade halves integrally connected to the second end of the base body. The two blade ha... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5567187 | Reverse insulation grip blade A reverse insulation grip blade for an electrical connector includes a contact pin with one of its ends electrically and physically connected to a conductive wire. The wire has strands of conductive material runnning through the core of the wire. The ends... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5254021 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal is for use in an automotive wire harness connector. The electrical terminal has a conductor crimping portion for crimping the conductor of an electrical wire and a stabilizer which crimps the insulation coating of the electrical wir... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4946408 | Male circuit board terminal A male circuit board terminal includes a unitary electrically conductive housing with an outboard section, a core section and an inboard section arranged to provide a sound mechnical connection and electrical connection between the circuit board and a cut... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4772235 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for terminating an electrical pin wire, said electrical connector comprising; a wire barrel having a length and an inside diameter such that both an electrically conductive portion and an electrical insulation jacket portion of sai... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4596440 | Electrical probe contact An easy to manufacture, yet durable electrical probe contact is provided which is especially designed for connecting test equipment leads and patch cords to a variety of probe tips. The contact hereof includes a stamped and formed coupling portion that el... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4531807 | Bent terminal for electrical connection The present invention relates to a bent terminal for electrical connection, which comprises an arm for crimping, an arm for connection and a joining portion defining an envelope of general toric form; this toric portion may be constituted by a semi-toric ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4329009 | Electrical connector An electric connector comprises a connector body and a cable end attached terminal. The connector body has a flexible latch finger which engages a T-shaped lock projection of the terminal to retain the terminal in the connector body. The connector body al... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4269472 | Electrical terminal An improved electrical terminal is disclosed having a smooth surface of transition between a contact portion and a crimp portion of the terminal providing both strength for the terminal and an exterior surface which allows the terminal to be moved through... | 05/26/1981 |
| 3995931 | Terminal for apertured circuit panel A crimp-type terminal adapted to be electrically connected to the conductors of a wire and inserted into an aperture formed in a circuit panel. The terminal includes an elongated tapered nose section adapted to be received through the aperture. The nose s... | 12/07/1976 |
