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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172626 | Three-pin electrical plug with improved terminal structure A three-pin electrical plug with improved terminal structure includes an earth pin, two terminals and a plug body. The terminal has a blade portion, a joint portion and a wire-gripping portion. The terminal further has a first axis passing through a widthwise center... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8118624 | Lead plate with a joint portion having a surface area smaller than that of its mounting portion A lead plate for connecting a printed circuit board (PCB) of a secondary battery to an bare cell includes a mounting portion connected to the PCB, a joint portion connected to the bare cell, a surface area of the joint portion facing the bare cell being smaller than... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118623 | Electrical contact having folded contacting portion An electrical contact made from a metal sheet includes a contacting portion for mating with a mating contact, a terminal portion for connecting with a printed circuit board and a retaining portion connecting the contacting portion and the terminal portion. The conta... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8021201 | Electrical contact configuration An electrical contact configuration having a test contact point and a contacting element belonging to a testing device for manually touch-contacting the test contact point. The test contact point is a recess, and the contacting element has a contact region producing... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7963813 | Apparatus and methods for connecting multiple photovoltaic modules In some embodiments, an apparatus for electrically connecting a plurality of photovoltaic modules in a solar panel includes a first electrically conductive line engageable with and capable of electrically connecting a plurality of first output contacts of the photov... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7789722 | Terminals and a terminal connecting structure In terminals (10, 20) to be connected by inserting a tab (11) of one terminal (10) into a tubular portion (21) of the other terminal (20), a resiliently deformable resilient contact piece (23) is provided in the tubular port... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7713100 | Male electrical terminal with a twisted contact section This terminal includes a folded contact section which has a longitudinal junction line and defines contact surfaces, a securing section, suitable to be accommodated in a terminal accommodating chamber of an insulating housing, and an intermediate section extending b... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713101 | Male terminal having a U-shaped cross section A male terminal 10 has a wire connecting portion 13 at one end to be connected to an electric wire, and an inserting contact portion 12 at another end to be inserted into a female terminal 30. A plate member of the inserting contact porti... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7594832 | Connector structure with a u-shaped cross section having a male terminal and a female terminal A male terminal 10 has a wire connecting portion 13 at one end to be connected to an electric wire, and an inserting contact portion 12 at another end to be inserted into a female terminal 30. A plate member of the inserting contact porti... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7527536 | Contact terminal with supported body An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals. The insulating housing includes a plurality of terminal grooves, the terminals being disposed respectively in the terminal grooves, each terminal including a first body and a second... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7494389 | Press-fit-connection According to an embodiment, a press-fit connector includes a first part with a first end and with a second end, and a second part with a first end and with a second end. The second end of the first part is electrically and mechanically joined to the first end of the... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7372428 | Dish antenna with multiple contact connector assembly A dish antenna having a multiple contact connector assembly for utilization with one or more viewing systems or other systems such as two-way data exchange systems including satellite receivers and/or television receivers. The single positionable dish can be positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365280 | Switch and manufacturing method thereof A switch provided with a fixed contact and a movable contact coming into contact with each other and separating from each other. The surface of at least one of the fixed contact and the movable contact is provided with a plurality of recesses whose edges are overlap... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7344423 | Terminal member to be connected for cell voltage-measuring use A fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of fuel cell units stacked via separator plates, which further comprises (a) voltage-measuring projection terminals on peripheries of the separator plates, (b) a plurality of terminal members connected to voltage-inputting te... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7332673 | Bus bar substrate for vehicle interior light A bus bar substrate for an interior light of a vehicle includes an insulating base plate and a plurality of bus bars. Grooves are formed in the front and back surfaces of the insulating base plate. The plurality of bus bars are fitted to the grooves of the insulatin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329159 | Seamed pin for crimping and welding as used in a fluorescent lamp A universal pin includes a seam along its length. A necked-down region or small, constant diameter portion includes a wall of increased thickness that is conducive to both welding and crimping operations used to secure the lead wire to a pin in a fluorescent lamp as... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309251 | Connection contact of an electric connector A groove is formed on a connecting section surface of an electrically conductive terminal, this groove is subjected to a bending deformation into a convex shape toward the surface side from the backside of a connecting section to form a bent convex section on the su... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309257 | Hinged leadframe assembly for an electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed with a connector housing and a leadframe assembly received in the connector housing. The leadframe assembly may include a dielectric leadframe housing and first and second electrically-conductive contacts extending through the le... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303788 | Method for manufacturing solar cell module having a sealing resin layer formed on a metal oxide layer The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell module having photovoltaic elements in each of which a metal oxide layer made of a metal oxide forms an outermost surface part thereof at a light incident side, and a sealing resin layer formed o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303449 | Spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors having contact spring with insertion depth equal to or less than insertion width A spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors, has at least one housing chamber in a bushing housing, for accommodating a one-piece contact spring, the contact-giving spring tongues of which are bent out of a flat sheet-metal punched part, at least on one side, ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303401 | Electrical connector system with header connector capable of direct and indirect mounting A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector system for electrically connecting an electrical device and a substrate includes a header connector. The header connector has a contact. The contact includes a pin for engaging the electrical device; an intermediate ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7263770 | Electrical connector Provided is an electrical connector having first and second surfaces and configured to establish electrical communication between two or more electrical devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a resilient, conductive contact retained in ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261604 | Electrical terminal element The invention relates to an electrical terminal element for pushing through an opening, in particular a round opening, in an elastic material along a pushing through direction of the terminal element, comprising a contact part which has a connection section for the ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7238064 | Terminal fitting and a blank therefor A male terminal fitting (1) has a rectangular tube (4). A cut is made in wall of the rectangular tube (4) to form a stabilizer (20) and produces a cut hole (22). An end edge of a closing plate (21) is arranged to face the cu... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238879 | Solar cell module Provided is a solar cell module having a reinforcing member integrally stacked by means of a covering material on a rear surface of a solar cell panel having a photovoltaic element that performs photoelectric conversion, wherein a bent portion is formed in each of o... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238056 | Electrical connector An electrical connector including a plurality of conductors, at least one male terminal electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of conductors, and at least one female terminal electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of conductors. At ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7179108 | Hermaphroditic socket/adapter A hermaphroditic terminal assembly for connecting electrical devices includes an insulating support member for supporting female sockets and male pins, a number of female sockets, and a number of male pins. An intercoupling component for connecting electrical device... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175489 | Joint terminal, a joint connector and a production method therefor Joint terminals (20c) and a housing (10) are united by a press-in operation instead of being united by insert molding. Thus, there is no likelihood that an injection pressure will deform the joint terminals (20c). The joint termina... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172472 | Joint connector, a joint terminal, and a production method for joint terminal A joint terminal (20c) has a coupling (41) that initially is substantially parallel with a carrier (51). The coupling (41) has an intermediate portion (45) joined to the carrier (51) by an extension (52) and is... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172471 | Electrical high-current contact element The invention relates to an electrical high-current contact element essentially comprising a basic contact element made of metal exhibiting good conductivity and a steel spring, which is incorporated into a plug connector housing for the mounting of a high-current p... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160145 | Double-comb interconnection device The invention concerns an interconnect device in particular for connection and/or line terminals arranged on-line, comprising first and second interconnect combs facing each other and comprising each a connecting bar, and teeth, extending substantially perpendicular... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137854 | Single-piece female electric contact terminal having reinforced transition part The invention relates to a female electrical contact terminal obtained from a single plate of electrically conductive metal including a rear part making possible a crimped connection with an electrical wire, a front part including a cage 4a consisting ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131192 | Method of manufacturing printed circuit boards using miniature contact block packagings This invention is a method of manufacturing printed circuit boards using a contact block packaging to provide and support electrical contact blocks relative to a printed circuit board panel. The contact block packaging is situated adjacent to the printed circuit boa... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118430 | Terminal connector with integral welding sleeve An electrical connector for use in forming a wire-wrapped welded terminal connection. The connector is formed by stamping and folding from a sheet of metal stock to include an integral sleeve element attached by a strap. During assembly of the connection prior to we... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109618 | Motor The present invention relates to a motor that allows connection terminals to be stably fastened to a bobbin. The motor includes at least one lead wire wound around a bobbin of a stator to form a coil, at least one power line electrically connected to the lead wire t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104812 | Laminated electrical terminal A laminated terminal is provided for an electrical connector and includes a plurality of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure. Each metal layer includes a joining section, a contact section and a terminating section. A plurality of projections ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
