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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425154 | Break apart power connector In one embodiment of the present invention a break apart power connector (e.g., for use with a personal computer power supply) is provided. In one example, the connector may comprise an integrally molded body portion, a plurality of electrical connecting elements mo... | 09/16/2008 |
| 6877907 | Arrangement of several ferrules for optical waveguides and process of manufacturing a belt of plastic ferrules An arrangement of several ferrules for optical waveguides having at least one connection section, two ferrules respectively mutually connected by way of a connection section or mutually connected by way of a belt. In an advantageous embodiment, the ferrules are conn... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6827615 | Terminal carrier cut-off design A terminal disposed on a carrier strip, the terminal including a contact portion and a generally round barrel portion attached to the carrier strip. The barrel portion has a generally squared shoulder where the barrel portion meets the carrier strip. The squared sho... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6802740 | Cable connector assembly having grounding devices A cable connector assembly (1) includes an electrical connector (20) having a metallic shell (21), a cable (60) electrically connecting with the electrical connector, an insulative enclosure (10) having a mounting face (101)... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6780023 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD HAVING PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS PASSING THROUGH ADJACENT PADS, CIRCUIT COMPONENT MOUNTED ON PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND CIRCUIT MODULE CONTAINING WIRING BOARD WITH CIRCUIT COMPONENT MOUNTED THEREON A printed wiring board comprises a substrate having a packaging area to mount a circuit component, a plurality of pads arranged in a grid on the packaging area of the substrate, and a plurality of conductive patterns connected to the pads. At least a few of the pads... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6729903 | Quick connect/disconnect electrical connector having an extended insulating tab A quick connect/disconnect conducting receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention includes a conducting receptacle surrounded by an insulated cover having a defined length and an extended tab portion projecting from an upper edge of the insulatin... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6685507 | Electrical connector An electrical connector comprising a body made of plastics in which there are multiple side-by-side cavities, which in turn form seats that accommodate electrical terminals and ends of cables wired to the terminals; a cover is coupled to the body by way o... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666723 | Multiple-fuse holder A multiple-fuse holder includes a holder housing group of plural holder housings arranged at a constant pitch, with each pair of adjacent holder housings coupled together by coupling parts. In each holder housing, a chamber for holding the blade terminals... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6416331 | IC socket and semiconductor device with replaceable lead members An IC socket that can improve the efficiency of the lead replacement process and a semiconductor device having such an IC socket are provided. The IC socket is removably mounted on a circuit substrate, and includes a plurality of linear lead members, a le... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6244899 | Continuous carrier to SMT pins A plurality of discrete SMT pins are carried in bandoleer fashion. Each SMT pin has a base formed on its underside with solder flux vapor venting channels and a shaft with a longitudinal axis connected to the base. A consecutive series of identical pin ho... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6146199 | Continuous plastic strip for use in manufacturing insulative housings in electrical connectors Disclosed is a plastic strip for use in the manufacture of unshrouded insulative housings for electrical connectors. The strip is comprised of an elongated body having a first and a second end and adjacent the first end there is a cavity for receiving a p... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6089914 | Serially associated electrical connectors for feeding automated wiring machines A set of serially associated electrical connectors for feeding automated wiring machines, wherein the connectors are monolithically connected to each other by one or more straps which allow to form reels which can be loaded into wiring machines.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6059613 | Pivotally linked electrical connectors Electrical connectors include terminal blocks each having a ball at one end and a complementary socket at an opposite end. The terminal blocks may be linked together by coupling the balls in the sockets. Each coupled ball and socket provides a pivoting li... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6004154 | Low voltage deck light A light fixture includes a lamp contact supported by the fixture and a lamp electrically connected to the lamp contact. The light fixture also includes an electrical supply cable for delivering electrical power to the lamp contacts and lamp. The light fix... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5982636 | Support arrangement for mechanically securing and electrically connecting electronic components such as LEDs as well as method for electrically connecting components to the support member A support arrangement for mechanically securing and electrically contacting electronic components has a support member consisting of an electrically conducting material and having a contacting side. The support member has perpendicularly projecting hollow... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975952 | Continuous electrical connector and method for making same Continuous electrical connectors. A continuous electrical connector is formed by joining a first a number of first connector bodies to a second number of second connector bodies by inserting a pin through corresponding holes in each of the connector bodie... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5957725 | Continuous molded plastic components or assemblies A continuous electrical connector or component part of plastic or metal manufactured by injection molding of axial segments in sequence. A novel in-line interlocking structure is provided for interlocking adjacent segments. The interlocking structure comp... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954539 | Method of handling parts and structure therefor A method and structure is disclosed for providing a plurality of parts (34, 80, 110) to a tool (22) in a work station (20) for use in a manufacturing operation. The parts, such as electrical components, wire connectors or connector parts are arranged in a... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5830012 | Continuous plastic strip for use in manufacturing insulative housings in electrical connectors Disclosed is a plastic strip for use in the manufacture of unshrouded insulative housings for electrical connectors. The strip is comprised of an elongated body having a first and a second end and adjacent the first end there is a cavity for receiving a p... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5794332 | Method of producing a plurality of press-connecting joint connectors A method of producing a press-connecting joint connector and a method of press-connecting wires, in which the step of mounting press-connecting terminals in a housing is eliminated thereby reducing the production time, the housing-forming mold is simplifi... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5775945 | Splicing of discrete components or assemblies related applications A continuous electrical connector or component part of plastic or metal manufactured by injection molding of axial discrete segments. A novel in-line chaining structure is provided for interlocking adjacent discrete segments. The interlocking structure co... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5772480 | Press-connecting joint connector A press-connecting joint connector in which the step of mounting press-connecting terminals in a housing is eliminated thereby reducing the production time, the housing-forming mold is simplified, and connective portions are prevented from being easily ru... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5658154 | Printed circuit board mounted electrical connector An electrical connector is mountable to a substrate such as a printed circuit board. The connector includes a molded dielectric housing having terminals mounted through an elongated body portion of the housing. The terminals have tails projecting rearward... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5616053 | Continuous molded electrical connector A continuous electrical connector or related part manufactured by injection molding axial segments in sequence. A novel in-line interlocking structure is provided for interlocking adjacent segments. The interlocking structure comprises holed end units nes... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5562462 | Reduced crosstalk and shielded adapter for mounting an integrated chip package on a circuit board like member An adapter for locating an integrated circuit having a plurality of pin-like elements extending therefrom which are adapted to be electrically interconnected with electrical contacts on a printed circuit board includes a plurality of generally cylindrical... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5511984 | Electrical connector An electrical connector assembly according to the current invention comprises a receptacle and a right angle header for connecting two or more printed circuit boards. A composite action beam is located in the receptacle and has a movable end and a fixed e... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5451174 | Surface mounted pins for printed circuit boards In order to allow header-less connector pins to be directly surface mounted to a PCB, using a standard pick and place machine, a novel pin holder is used to hold the pin while in pockets or holes of a reeled tape and during its pick and placement by the s... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5277596 | Method of producing a card edge mounted connector and the resulting assembly thereof This invention is directed to a method of aligning an electrical receptacle assembly having plural electrical terminals projecting therefrom along only one side of the assembly to the edge of a substantially rectangular, planar conductive panel formed of ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5204803 | Neutral system for electric distribution panelboard An insulated neutral bus has a base, top and conductive bus therebetween. Ribs extend from the base and frictionally engage ribs extending from the top. A recess is preferably provided in the bus so that the bus may fit behind a removable panelboard inter... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5194018 | Electrical connector assembly and method of fabricating same An electrical connector assembly is disclosed to include at least a pair of connector housings having complementary interengaging locking devices for interlocking the connector housings with the centerlines at a first spacing. Frangible webs interconnect ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5159156 | Terminal housing integral carrier strip which produces no loose piece slugs A plurality of housings are attached by a carrier strip which does not produce loose piece material which can damage the work station to which the housings are to be delivered. The carrier strip has carrier projections which extend from each respective ho... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4998893 | Plastic casing provided with coding elements for machine processing A plastic casing for reception of electric contact elements which is suited for processing by machine, including coding elements for permitting the machine to recognize the electric contact elements present in the casing so that the casing can be properly... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4969826 | High density connector for an IC chip carrier The present invention is an interposer connector assembly having a small contact grid spacing for interconnecting a relatively large integrated circuit chip carrier with a printed circuit board. The interposer connector assembly includes a holder which is... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4952529 | Method of coupling a terminal to a thick film circuit board A thick film integrated circuit having a terminal with a plurality of parallel legs each having an angled foot portion for connection to the thick film circuit board. An elongated tie bar extends perpendicular to the legs and connects the legs to each oth... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4895536 | Lead frame assembly having severable electrical circuit sections A lead frame assembly comprises a stamped and formed lead frame having spaced pairs of electrical terminals and other contact sections. Severable sections initially interconnect potential electrical circuit sections of the lead frame separating the lead f... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4781602 | Elastomeric supplement for cantilever beams The invention relates to the forces generated in the cantilever beam type contacts by deflecting pins or leads. More particularly, the invention teaches associating the cantilever beam with an elastomer which supplements the beam's capability of exerting ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4775333 | Method of assembling an improved electrical connector A method of assembling an electrical pin connector utilizing a molded carrier element to support and hermetically seal a number of preoriented and spacially disposed electrical pin connectors prior to inserting the carrier into a correspondingly shaped ap... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4767353 | Two part connector housings in strip form A continuous strip of connector housing material is described which comprises a succession of housing segments that are latched together at their ends. Each segment contains a plurality of individual housing cells that are connected to each other by sever... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4717360 | Modular electrical connector A modular electrical connector including an elongate housing defining at least two laterally spaced, generally parallel rows of equally spaced contact supporting cavities. The cavities in each row are in longitudinal positions offset relative to the longi... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715119 | Method of manufacturing a plug In accordance with the method, a supporting body (21) is formed by arranging contact members (3) so as to be adjacent and mutually parallel in a straight line and by moulding the contact members in a ribbon-like, flexible plastics body (1) while leaving c... | 12/29/1987 |
