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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931510 | Crimp contact device with adjusted crimping force A crimp contact device includes a crimping member. The crimping member is configured to crimp a wire, and has a first portion and a second portion which is near to an end of the crimping member than the first portion. A pressure applied to the wire by the second por... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7370500 | Integrated center stack electronic module retention system A vehicle interior trim panel comprising a mounting opening with opposing walls for slidably engaging a component into fixed relationship with the mounting opening wherein molded features in the walls of the mounting opening engage the component to align and fixedly... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7282679 | Electrical contact connection and method for forming such a contact connection In order to make it possible to produce a secure and permanent contact connection between an electrical conductor made from a soft material, in particular an aluminum conductor, and a contact element made from a harder material, the conductor is encapsulated at leas... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7241185 | Integral bonding attachment An integral bonding attachment includes an insulated section of a conductive wire with an exposed, uninsulated section. A sleeve covers the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire, and the sleeve includes a flattened section encasing at least a por... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7204728 | Terminal fitting and a connector provided therewith A stabilizer (30) of a terminal fitting (20) is divided into a front stabilizer (31A) and a rear stabilizer (31B) and defining a small clearance therebetween. Thus, the smaller holes (32A, 32B) are formed by the divided stab... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7121903 | Terminal The terminal includes a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion. The rear portion is opened and has a pair of upright segments. The front portion is a shape of hollow cylinder and has bent tips. The middle portion is partly opened and an inner edge there... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6953365 | Terminal fitting with seal protecting features A female terminal fitting (20) is provided with a pair of fastening pieces (26) extending from the opposite side edges of a bottom plate (24), and the fastening pieces (26) are bent inward toward each other, thereby wrapping around the ou... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6910340 | Airflow control device An airflow control device has a fixed damper element and a movable damper element. Shape memory wires are connected to the fixed damper element and the movable damper element. The shape memory wires are alternately electrified to cause the contraction thereof to mov... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6875063 | Electrical terminal socket assembly including both T shaped and 90° angled and sealed connectors A terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with an associated input male input pin and an output cable. The socket assembly includes a spring cage blank having first and second extending edges and a plurality of spaced a... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6656002 | Electrical terminal socket assembly including T shaped sealed connectors A terminal socket assembly including a T-shaped sealed connector for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with a male input pin and output cable. A spring cage is formed into a substantially helix "hourglass shape" configuration. A tu... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6558208 | Electrical contact for press-bonding to electrical wire An electrical contact for attachment to an insulated wire includes an insulator crimp section (11) having a pair of insulation engaging arms (12a, 12b) which are offset from each in an axial direction of the wire. The insulation engaging arms include faci... | 05/06/2003 |
| 5561267 | Crimp terminal and process for producing the same A crimp terminal having a crimp barrel crimped to an end of an electric wire is disclosed. The crimp barrel has a body of semicircular cross section and a couple of crimp wings which integrally extend from ends of the circular arc of the body and are caul... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5561270 | Connection carrier and method for producing connection carriers In a method for the production of connection carriers, a V-shaped recess (3) is formed in the connection carrier (1) by punching, then a very precise slit (18) is produced in the immediate vicinity of the recess end region (10) by stamping or caulking the... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5176544 | Shape memory actuator smart connector A pivotal electrical connector for connecting a shape memory alloy element in the form of a coil spring to a fixed member, the connector including a strip of electrically conductive material having a clip or a pair of legs for securing the connector to on... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4829668 | Flat cable connector having improved contact system An electronic connector assembly in which multiple fine gage, closely spaced ground and signal wires of a matched impedance flat cable are gang terminated on centers by an improved crimp design and method. Each of the many wires in the cable is mechanical... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4460231 | Electrical connector A connector for attachment to a stud having an enlarged head includes an annular slit spring element with a connection lug. The lug is attached to the wire to be electrically connected to the stud. The spring element has an annular portion of reduced diam... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4408815 | High compliance roll-in channel wire termination Solderless electrical connector receives solid wire by rolling wire progressively into a channel between two elongate plate-like members formed from an integral base against which the wire is rolled. At least one of the plate-like members yields resilient... | 10/11/1983 |
