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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435120 | Electrical insulator, especially for medium and high voltages An electrical insulator preferably for medium and high voltages surrounds an interior space. Electrically active elements can be introduced into the interior space of the electrical insulator. In order to reduce the heat transfer between the interior space and the e... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7390222 | Ultraviolet lamp for use in water purifiers A lamp is provided having terminal pins mounted on and extending outwardly along a longitudinal axis of an end cap of the lamp. The pins are offset relative to one another along the longitudinal axis. The end cap has semi-circular, parallel surfaces at one end, and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7344395 | Electric connection terminal for a printed circuit board In an electric connector on a printed circuit board that features a connector part acted upon with relatively high electric voltage values, sparkovers between the continuing strip conductors arranged on the printed circuit board and the soldering points of the elect... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342765 | Current insulation device for fuel systems An electrical insulating device for a linear component forming part of a fuel system subjected to risks of possible external electrical discharges formed by a part (13) made of insulating material attached to two metal flanges (15, 17) that allow inser... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7244147 | Transformer for quadraxial coaxial structures A connector equipped with an insulant comprising four channels. Each channel is able to receive at the location of a rear extremity a strand of a cable, and at the location of a front extremity an end of a contact in order to connect each strand to an end. The conne... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7192309 | Transformer for quadraxial coaxial structures A connector equipped with an insulant comprising four channels. Each channel is able to receive at the location of a rear extremity a strand of a cable, and at the location of a front extremity an end of a contact in order to connect each strand to an end. The conne... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172437 | Electrical junction box A relay part is housed in a case, a fuse mounting part is provided above the relay part in the case and a fuse is attached/detached to/from the fuse mounting part from above the case. In the case, provided are an internal cover and a bus bar supporting resin body, w... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6910904 | Compressor with terminal assembly having dielectric material A hermetically sealed compressor assembly including a housing, an electric motor located in the housing, a compression mechanism located in the housing and operatively coupled to the motor, and a terminal assembly comprising a cup-shaped terminal body and having ele... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6875052 | Remainder electric power distributing device of a computer A remainder electric power distributing device of a computer for distributing the remainder electric power supplied form the power supply of the computer to auxiliary electronic devices includes at least one power jack and a connecting means. The power jack is elect... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6616482 | Connector provided with contacts mounted in an adapted insulator A connector (1) includes a body (7) for connecting wires (4) of a quadriaxially twisted cable (2) with contacts (11) of said connector. The connector includes insulating parts (14, 24, 34) for receiving the twisted cable, the untwisted wires and also to a... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6508679 | Power connector for DC microwave oven Disclosed is a power connector for a DC microwave oven, suitable for connecting power cords which are led from a DC power source and have positive and negative polarities, respectively, to a component arranged in a device chamber which is defined in a bod... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6506077 | Shielded telecommunications connector A telecommunications plug for use with a cable having a plurality of wires arranged in a plurality of pairs, the telecommunications plug includes: a housing; a load bar positioned within the housing, the load bar positioning the wires relative to each oth... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6488525 | Wire lead guide for communication connectors A wire lead guide arrangement provided on a terminal housing of a communication connector. The terminal housing includes a base wall, and two rows of terminal posts disposed at opposite sides of the base wall. The terminal posts are configured to receive ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6485326 | High-voltage connection enclosure and method An enclosure for an electrical connection between two high-voltage cables that includes an electrically nonconductive separator integral with a mounting base for receiving the high-voltage cables. An electrically nonconductive tubular cover extends over t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6261131 | High-voltage connector A high-voltage connector consists of a base connector mating a socket connector. The base connector (10) has: an insulated housing (11), input and output pin contacts (12,13), and a partition (16) dividing the housing into compartments (18,19) to accommod... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6250951 | Wire spacers for connecting cables to connectors An electrical connector has a connector body with a cable cavity at its cable connection end and a strain relief coupled to the connector body adjacent the cable connection end. The strain relief extends into the cable cavity. A wire spacer is mounted in ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6210204 | Electrical connector having barrier for preventing electrical sparks between adjacent terminals An electrical connector assembly comprises a housing having mating and rear surfaces, and defining first passageways between the mating and rear surfaces. A plurality of first terminals is assembled to the first passageways from the rear face. Each termin... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6152770 | Water-proof socket adapter design An improved water-proof socket adapter design includes an insert holder, a housing, a power cable and leaf copper conductors, the insert holder has a waterproof partition in it and an extension at its end on which a division, cord grooves, sliding blocks ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6099345 | Wire spacers for connecting cables to connectors An electrical connector has a connector body with a cable cavity at its cable connection end and a strain relief coupled to the connector body adjacent the cable connection end. The strain relief extends into the cable cavity. A wire spacer is mounted in ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6077112 | Connector with improved dielectric strength A connector having improved dielectric strength is provided and includes a lower portion having a front side and a rear side and a bottom, a pair of terminal disposed in the lower portion, each of the pair of terminals having a side extension and a wire w... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6056575 | Lamp socket A lamp socket includes a socket body (1); a first terminal (40) provided in the first terminal mounting section and having a first terminal leg (43); a second terminal (50) provided in the second terminal mounting section and having a second terminal leg ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6039604 | Cable coupling assembly An electrical cable coupling assembly includes six equally angularly spaced axially extending tubular insulators which have a central internal annular ridge against which a thimble and a socket are collectively secured by the operation of a bolt. A phase ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6010347 | Universal electric socket A universal electric socket includes an insulative bottom shell having a pair of spaced ribs defining three separated chambers and three downwardly extending protruding portions below the chambers. An insulative cover shell covers the bottom shell so that... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5938477 | Plug structure for use in miniature light bulb series This invention relates to a plug structure for use in miniature light bulb series, which comprises a plug body provided with conductor blades, fuses, and a cover and associated with an end cap on one end. It makes use of an insertion association between s... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5924884 | Lamp socket A lamp socket includes a socket body (1); a first terminal (40) provided in the first terminal mounting section and having a first terminal leg (43), a second terminal (50) provided in the second terminal mounting section and having a second terminal leg ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5637000 | Electrical wiring device with ground strap shorting protection An electrical wiring device, disclosed in the form of a duplex receptacle having the usual cover, body, terminals and mounting strap of the type extending longitudinally of the body rear surface and along the end surfaces. Two pairs of ribs are formed int... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5632639 | Connector assembly including male and female connectors having water-resistant plates to prevent current leakage A connector of an electrical connector assembly includes a housing defining a pair of parallel cavities extending therethrough, and a partition wall partitioning the cavities from one another. A leakage-prevention plate having a finlike configuration is i... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5618199 | Connector module including condensation protection Disclosed is a connector module which protects adjacent contacts from being shorted by condensation. Ridges are provided on a housing adjacent each contact such that water droplets of a sufficient width to bridge the distances between contacts cannot form... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5289977 | Electrostatic spray gun power supply connection An electrostatic spray gun for the application of paints and other coatings has a high voltage power supply having a contact at the front end thereof. A flange on the end of the power supply surrounds the contact and a rubber boot seal snaps over the flan... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5230640 | Connecting device for one or two electric cables, and process for mounting this device on the end of the cable or cables The invention relates to a connecting device (200) to equip an end of an electric cable (100), including a multilayer sleeve having an axis (202) and having an insulating intermediate layer (204) interposed between two layers suitable for ensuring the gui... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5145404 | Switch terminal board cover with electrical lead isolation A switch terminal board cover 20 (FIG. 2) is molded from a non-conductive material and consists of a base 21, a spacing edge 22 with retaining latches 24,25 and an opening 23, and a plurality of projections 26 disposed on the base. The projections 26 are ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5063314 | Miswire-proof interconnecting terminal block Miswiring of a multivoltage compressor motor is prevented by the use of a phase barrier having integral jumper bars for connecting pins in the correct pattern for the chosen voltage. The phase barrier for the chosen voltage is placed on the pins extending... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5044066 | Electrode receptacle In a method of producing electrode receptacle assemblies for resisting sudden heat increases comprising the steps of selecting carbonate resin plastic having a density of 1.2 mg/m3, melt flow rate of 9 to about 12 g/10 m at 300 degrees Centigra... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4954099 | Electrode receptacle In an electrical receptacle having a generally hollow cylindrical section for receiving a high tension wire at one end and a neon tube at another end, said neon tube adapted for electrical connection with said high tension wire interiorally of said hollow... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4941834 | Universal high voltage ground stud insulating system An easily removable high voltage ground stud insulating system allows ready access to the ground stud bolt having one end directly attached to a switchgear terminal bus, with the other end adapted to receive a temporary ground connector. A two-part insula... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4822289 | Easily removable high voltage ground stud insulator An easily removable high voltage ground stud insulative enclosure allows ready access to the ground stud bolt having one end directly attached to a switchgear terminal bus, with the other end adapted to receive a temporary ground connector. The removable ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4773871 | High voltage bulkhead coupling According to the invention a high voltage electrical coupling for attachment through a wall comprises a coupling body around a high voltage conductor and having a flange abutting one side of the wall and an external thread extending from the flange throug... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4714438 | Electric cable joints An electric cable joint (including a termination) comprises at least one inner component heat-shrunk onto a cable or on to at least one part of a cable and at least one outer component of resilient material which is an interference fit with the inner comp... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4674807 | Shielded connector An electrical connector has an electrically non-conductive outer housing and connector members recessed in one end of the housing. Electromagnetic interference shielding is provided by members surrounding the components within the housing including an ele... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4067636 | Electrical separable connector with stress-graded interface A rod connector module of the type comprising an insulating housing containing a contact rod support, a receiving cone in the housing extending from the exterior toward the support, and a conductive contact rod fixed at one end to the support and extendin... | 01/10/1978 |
