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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347743 | Stagable electrical connector and method of assembly A stagable electrical connector and method of assembly has a housing and a shuttle that moves with respect to the housing from a staged position to an assembled position. An electrically conductive terminal snap fits to the shuttle when in the staged position and ge... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7270575 | Circuit board and socket assembly An interconnect device and electrical signal filtering connector is disclosed that does not require soldering. The interconnect device is an electrical contact that has a proximate or forward end with a cavity for receiving an electrical conductor of a first plug, a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6997730 | High current electrical connector system and methods thereof An electrical connector includes a first cable contact with a mating surface and a retaining surface, a housing, a retaining device, and at least one groove. The housing defines a first passage for receiving the first cable contact, a second passage for mating with ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6957988 | Clip unit for holding contact A clip unit (10) that holds an electrical contact (11) in a passageway (12) of a connector frame (13), is of small cost and small length and can be installed using a small force, and provides the functions of centering a location along th... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6817900 | Electrical connector having terminal locking structure A connector 1 has a resilient terminal locking arm 12 having a forward half 31 and a rear half 33, the forward half 31 partially defining a wall partition wall 11 for a terminal accommodating space 7 of a housing 2... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6672908 | Substrate connector This invention provides a substrate connector (63) allowing mating terminals to be inserted into terminal accommodating chambers in the housing main body (67) from one side or the other side and comprises an insertion guide portion (75) provided around an... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6475037 | Contact element made of sheet-metal material For transmitting high currents, such as in the electrical system of a motor vehicle for example, a contact element is proposed which is rolled and stamped from sheet-metal material and which consists of a contact-making section, a conductor-connecting sec... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6280206 | High-voltage connector A high-voltage connector consists of a male assembly (1) that mates a female assembly (2) having an insulating housing (3) and pin contacts (4). Each pin contact has a pin body (15) parallel to an axis of the housing and facing its opening, a lead (17,18)... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6247965 | Electrical connector having sealed snap-in locking cavity plugs An electrical connector assembly includes male and female connector bodies formed with a plurality of locking cavities in which electrical cables are disposed with the terminal ends thereof secured against removal from the cavities by lock arms within the... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6183312 | Electrical contact The present invention provides, in a simple form, an electrical contact in which a latch member protective section, which protects a flexible latch member and prevents reverse insertion of the electrical contact into a connector housing, is structurally s... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6123549 | High integrity electrical connector A high integrity electrical connector (10) including an electrically conductive retention clip (12) and an electrically conductive internal contact (14). The retention clip (12) includes a substantially tubular wall (16) presenting a longitudinally extend... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5653612 | Electrical contact assembly with stabilizing contact mount An electrical connector with a housing and a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly has a contact and a contact mount. Both the contact and the contact mount are generally tubular shaped. The contact mount surrounds a substantial portion o... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5562495 | Electric connector The object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector in which a mechanism for preventing the incorrect insertion of terminals is part of the housing lances so that the incorrect insertion of terminals is prevented. Housing lances 6 ar... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5458426 | Double locking connector with fallout preventing protrusion A connector includes a connector housing and at least one metal terminal. The connector housing has at least one terminal accommodating hole for receiving the metal terminals, a primary locking device for elastically engaging with the metal terminals, at ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5226839 | Connector A connector comprised of a connector housing including first and second chambers, and a terminal which passes through a first aperture provided between the first and second chambers is disclosed. The terminal comprises a base part having a substantially f... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5077893 | Method for forming electrical terminal An electrical terminal having a portion of a contact section overhanging the plane of the stock is made by a method that does not weaken the terminal by the use of a slot or similar structure. A blank is stamped from sheet metal stock. Portions of the bla... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4795371 | Connector A connector comprising contacting terminals; terminal-containing chambers for accommodating the contacting terminals, each one of the terminal-containing chambers having a resilient connection arm which is provided within the chamber for resiliently secur... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4776816 | Electrical connector An electrical connector comprises a supporting base (210); a locking clip (217) disposed in an open recess (214) in the base, the clip being constituted by a body defining a cavity having resilient stop means (218, 219); and an electrical contact disposed... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4751422 | Tubular electric incandescent lamp The tubular electric incandescent lamp has at its ends (7,8) metal hoods (4), to which the current supply conductors (9,10) are secured. The metal hoods (4) are arranged in an insulator housing (5,6) provided with an opening (13), through which a contact ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4732437 | Electrical connector An electrical connector including two complimentary box-shaped elements each including a body having a plurality of compartments. Each compartment includes an aperture to receive an electrical contact device, a locking device for engaging the electrical c... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4717359 | Arrangement for securing electrical terminal in terminal holder An improved arrangement for retaining a terminal in a terminal holder includes providing a mounting opening through a wall of the terminal and provides a resilient snap-lock extending from the surface of a support member of the holder. The snap-lock exten... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4701004 | Retention clip for electrical contacts A retention clip for use in a one-piece housing is stamped and formed to have a plurality of spaced pairs of locking lances located around the circumference proximate the middle to engage an annulus along a housing passageway to retain the clip therein. L... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4679870 | Manufacture of low profile clip connector Manufacture of low profile clip connectors characterized by a cap in the form of a planar strip of plastic material provided with plural tapered holes spaced along its length. The cap is loaded into a test clip mold along with a cable/contact sub-assembly... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4571017 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector having a first housing with spaced parallel side walls defining a terminal-receiving passageway therein and a terminal in the terminal-receiving passageway, the housing being provided with a res... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4473715 | Wire connector Wire connector comprises a terminal of wound spring wire which is received in a cavity in a plastic base and contained therein by a plastic cover. The terminal comprises a first conical helix wound from a wire receiving end to a constricted end then back ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4361773 | Coil retainer and terminal assembly A coil retainer and terminal assembly for use in an electrodynamic device, such as an electric motor. The assembly includes a coil retainer having portions for retaining spaced portions of the motor coil in association with a core portion of the electrody... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4341434 | Electric plug contact An electric plug contact which includes a cylindrical contact body and a spring sleeve fixedly wrapped therearound is fabricated by rolling a metal sheet into a pipe shape to form the cylindrical contact body and then punching pairs of outwardly extending... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4338895 | Insertless distributor cap An insertless distributor cap for use with an ignition distributor of an internal combustion engine. The cap comprises novel structure internally of the cap towers which facilitates assembly of terminal electrodes directly to the cap and improved retentio... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4300865 | Blind clip fastener A blind spring clip fastener for insertion in a round hole in a work piece has a head portion and a shank portion extending perpendicular to the head portion. The shank portion comprises a pair of spaced-apart mirror image sections extending from opposite... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4195219 | Heating apparatus A temperature controlled heat delivery head for heat staking electrical contact retention clips in rapid succession in an insulator. A large heat-conductive body acts to store heat and to deliver it to a substantially smaller heat-conductive projection. T... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4187605 | Method of making electrical connector assembly A contact retaining clip is fixed in an insulator cavity by the use of discontinuities around the clip which can be wedged or embedded in the insulator. Preferably a probe is inserted into the clip to expand it. The clip and/or the probe may be heated pri... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4184245 | Removal tool and method of using A removal tool having a tubular shape with a chamfered end and a method for utilizing the same in an electrical connector apparatus. The connector apparatus has a contact attached around and to the end of a wire. An elliptical rear edge of the contact has... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4092622 | Coil body An electronic coil assembly having a coil body with attached soldering elements having projecting tangs extending at right angles from one another forming, respectively, pins for attachment of the coil onto printed circuit boards and soldering lugs for at... | 05/30/1978 |
