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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187043 | Crimp terminal and method of producing crimp terminal A crimp terminal includes a bottom plate portion for mounting a wire conductor of a wire thereon, a pair of press-fastening portions extended respectively from opposite side edges of the bottom plate portion to press-fasten the wire conductor, a raised portion provi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8052492 | Multi-level electrical terminal crimp A cable assembly includes a terminal crimped to a conductor. The terminal has a plurality of crimps spaced from one another and a transition crimp disposed therebetween. A method includes deforming the terminal about the conductor to define the plurality of crimps h... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7431619 | Detachable coupling for a remote inspection device A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device and one or more light sources are... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7314377 | Electrical power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309242 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294020 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical terminal for electrical connections formed from a metal stamping and including a coil spring interface. Broadly, the inventive electrical terminal includes a female terminal body having at least one opening for receiving ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7229327 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical power system comprising a plurality of battery modules in series connection between adjacent battery modules, wherein each of the battery modules comprises a positive male terminal, a negative male terminal, and a socket ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7160156 | Crimpable wire connector assembly A crimpable universal wire connecter assembly is conformable for use in connecting electrical wires to a post or terminal of an electrical component or for splicing together to other connecter bodies and includes an adapter which is dimensioned to facilitate connect... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140925 | Power connector with safety feature Electrical receptacle connectors are provided including an insulative housing and AC power contacts disposed therein that are configured for engaging an external power supply. The receptacle connectors are employed with a safety guard for restricting operator access... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7104811 | Angled terminal with flange for cooperation with press-fit jig A bent connector terminal with improved stability when held within a groove (23) of a comb-shaped, press-fit jig (20,22), the terminal aligned with a hole (32) of a printed circuit board (30) and to be press-fitted into the hole. In one e... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070464 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059919 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7037142 | Power connector with safety feature Electrical receptacle connectors are provided including an insulative housing and AC power contacts disposed therein that are configured for engaging an external power supply. The receptacle connectors are employed with a safety guard for restricting operator access... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6782608 | Terminal-crimping mold In a mold for pressing an electric-wire clamping portion of a terminal, a lower side-wall mold part and an upper side-wall mold part are provided for pressing side walls connected to the electric-wire clamping portion. A pressure face substantially continuously conn... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6750402 | Tension spring clamp with test tap A tension spring clamp assembly comprising: a housing (1) in which a tension spring (2) is attached by its bearing arm (3) to a power terminal (4) that protrudes through a clamping window (7) in a frontal section (6) of a sp... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6749457 | Crimp terminal In a crimp terminal for crimping at least one bare conductor of at least one sheathed electric wire, the at least one bare conductor is placed on a bottom plate. A pair of crimp craws extend from the bottom plate to crimp the at least one bare conductor placed on th... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6641444 | Connecting structure and connecting method of terminal fitting and electric wire To manufacture a terminal fitting connected with an electric wire in which a core wire is covered with an insulating sheath, a cylindrical conductive member formed with a through hole is first provided. At least a part of the core wire of the electric wir... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634893 | Electrical connector having retention contact tails and non-retention contact tails for retaining to a PCB prior to soldering as well as reducing force of inserting the contact tails to the PCB An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) and a number of contacts (28) attached to the housing. The contacts each have a contact tail (36) downwardly extending beyond a mounting surface (32) of the insulative housing for inserting i... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6513235 | Terminal-crimping mold In a mold for pressing an electric-wire clamping portion of a terminal, a lower side-wall mold part and an upper side-wall mold part are provided for pressing side walls connected to the electric-wire clamping portion. A pressure face substantially contin... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6450831 | Terminal fitting with crimping pieces and portions for restricting wire movement A terminal fitting (T) has a pair of crimping pieces (17A, 17B) that extend up from opposite side edges of a bottom wall (11), and are crimped into connection with a wire (W) placed on the bottom wall (11). The crimping pieces (17A, 17B) are offset to eac... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6056605 | Contact element with crimp section To reduce the risk of breakage and yet ensure good electric and thermal conductivity, pull-off strength and long service life of the connection, when connecting a contact element to a conductor (1) by crimping, the inner surface of the crimp section (6), ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6015953 | Tension clamp for stranded conductor An end of a conductor having a stranded conductor layer wound around a tension member made of resin-reinforced carbon fiber is cut back to expose the end of the tension member. The exposed end of the tension member is inserted into a metal fitting having ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6004171 | Crimp-type terminal A crimp-type terminal for electrically connecting an internal conductor to a mating terminal, includes: an electrical connection portion for fitting connection to the mating terminal; a conductor clamping portion having a base plate, and upstanding walls ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5975965 | Coaxial connector body An electrical connector element, especially a coaxial connector body (1), includes a forward connector part (2) and a rearward crimp barrel part (3), formed of a single piece of thin sheet metal, wherein the crimp barrel part is constructed to avoid resil... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5898134 | Wire retainer In general, a wire retainer according to the present invention includes an exterior retaining wall having a first dimension adapted to be inserted through the aperture between the resilient fingers of the wiring duct, an interior retaining wall, a project... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5658163 | Terminal for connecting electrical wires A crimp terminal is adapted for terminating a magnet wire. The terminal includes a wire-receiving barrel defining a longitudinal axis. At least one serration extends axially of the barrel and defines an interior longitudinal edge for piercing the wire coa... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5490801 | Electrical terminal to be crimped to a coaxial cable conductor, and crimped coaxial connection thereof A method for crimping a terminal (30) to an end of an inner conductor (20) of a coaxial cable (10) so that the resulting crimp joint (22) is precisely located a selected distance rearwardly from a mating point of the contact section (32) with a complement... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5486653 | Crimp-style terminal A crimp-style terminal crimped to connect itself with an end of an electric wire includes an electric connecting part which is electrically connected to the other connecting part; and a crimping part formed integrally with the electric connecting part. Th... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5425662 | Crimped wire terminal with mechanical locking A terminal is attached to a multiconductor wire by crimping of a pair of conductor grips around the conductors. Mechanical locking of the conductor grips maintains a firm grasp of the conductors for improved low current and/or low voltage performance. Mec... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5422438 | Electrical crimp connector An electrical crimp connector (1) comprises a crimp barrel (3) located within an insulating sleeve (4), and a quantity of gel (5) located within each end region of the insulating sleeve at each end of the crimp barrel. Each quantity of gel contains an ape... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5418331 | Electrical connector An electrical terminal (1) for connection to one or more electrical wires comprises a conventional terminal portion (2) having a lug portion (3) and a hollow shank (4), a jacket (11) of polymeric insulation that extends over the shank, and a tapering holl... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5407371 | Connector contact mounting hardware A connector contact mounting hardware includes an elongated strip of contact holder frame having pairs of notched upright wings on two opposite sides, and a plurality of contacts respectively made of a round wire rod and retained in respective retaining n... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5342996 | Inter-connecting terminal An inter-connecting terminal has a barrel formed U-shape in the sectional configuration thereof, into which a core wire exposed at an intermediate portion of a first electric wire and a core wire exposed at an end of a second electric wire are inserted. S... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5338225 | Hexagonal crimp connector A crimp connector for attachment to a coaxial cable by use of a conventional crimping tool includes a plurality of annular ridges to be crimped, which ridges define a modified hexagonal perimeter having three pairs of opposed planar surfaces and curved su... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5207603 | Dual thickness blade type electrical terminal A stamped and formed metal electrical terminal includes a male contact blade at one end for being received in a complementary female contact member. A conductor terminating portion is provided at an opposite end of the terminal, and an intermediate sectio... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5141451 | Securement means for coaxial cable connector A connector for securing the end of a coaxial cable to a selected device in a cable transmission system includes an inner tubular member and a coaxial outer tubular member. The inner tubular member is receivable between the dielectric and the outer conduc... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5073129 | Coaxial cable end connector An end connector is disclosed for cables, particularly coaxial cables of the type employed in the cable television industry. The crimping sleeve of the connector has external ribs and internal serrations designed to accommodate a wide range of cable sizes... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5051543 | Slotted grounding ferrule A grounding ferrule is characterized by a generally cylindrical hollow member having at least three equiangularly circumferentially spaced axially extending slots which cooperate to define a plurality of circumferentially adjacent webs. Each web has a plu... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4990106 | Coaxial cable end connector An end connector is disclosed for cables, particularly coaxial cables of the type employed in the cable television industry. The crimping sleeve of the connector has external ribs and internal serrations designed to accommodate a wide range of cable sizes... | 02/05/1991 |
