Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419386 | Electrical junction box An electrical junction box that prevents deformation of a casing and breakage of a printed board due to an inserting force of a connector or the like is provided. A printed board is contained in a lower casing member. A bus bar laminated element is contained in the ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413447 | Electric distribution box An electric distribution box includes a circuit which is operable to perform the flowing, interruption and detection of electric current, and the circuit having distribution parts and a first bus bar which connects the distribution parts, a case body in which the ci... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7396262 | Sealed compact power distribution module A sealed power distribution module includes a nonconductive body defining a terminal receptacle, a barrier seal engaged to and surrounding the body adjacent the receptacle on an exterior surface of the body, a terminal element grid fitted within the receptacle, and ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390198 | Electric junction box In a case, a branch circuit unit, a multifunction relay unit and a relay unit are stored, being subsequently arranged in parallel. The branch circuit unit is composed of a laminated body of a bus bar and an insulating board, and a first printed board provided with a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371080 | Power distribution box A Power Distribution Boxes (PDBs), such as but not limited to the type employed in vehicles and other devices to distribute power from a primary power source to a number of loads. The PDB may include top-down constructions in so far as the main components are laid o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372701 | Cantilever mounted electronic module with rigid center backbone A work machine includes a bulkhead separating an operator cab from an engine compartment. An electronic module includes a cantilever arranged mounting flange mounted to the bulkhead. The electronic module includes a rigid and thermally conductive frame. An electroni... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371081 | Motor driver In a motor driver of a valve timing adjusting apparatus, each terminal at a first end side of a first circuit board is arranged after a corresponding terminal at a first end side of a second circuit board in a predetermined direction, which is generally perpendicula... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364438 | Electrical connection box A case that houses a circuit component includes a frame along a peripheral edge of a circuit board, and a cover assembled to the frame so as to cover the circuit board, and connectors, facing an outer peripheral side of the frame are provided in the frame. In corres... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7336491 | Heat sink A heat dissipation device for electrical components includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface is configured for mounting the electrical components thereon, wherein the components are mounted to the outer surface to allow the transfer of heat ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335035 | Electric junction box An electric junction box includes a circuit construct as an internal circuit component. The circuit construct includes relays mounted on one side of a printed circuit board and bus bars fixed on the other side of the printed circuit board. The circuit construct is d... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320608 | Electric distribution box and method of assembling the same An electric distribution box includes a printed circuit board that has a distribution installation circuit, a fuse holder that has a plurality of first connection terminals for connecting the distribution installation circuit, a connector block that has a plurality ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316576 | Electric connection box An electric connection box is mounted within an engine room of a vehicle. A bus bar and a current sensor are sequentially mounted on a lower cover, and an upper cover is joined to the lower cover to cover the bus bar and the current sensor. The current sensor is mol... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303406 | Device for controlling a vehicle A device for controlling a vehicle 8 has a housing, a rectangular printed circuit board inside of the housing and a control circuit thereon. Plugs are provided along one side of the rectangular printed circuit board to transfer signals between the inside and ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291025 | Bus bar mounting structure A guide wall and a recessed portion for accommodating therein a female-female terminal are formed in a lower case, and in an intermediate plate, a through hole through which an electric connection portion which is in abutment with the guide wall is formed and a guid... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279633 | Apparatus for providing an electrical wiring hub An apparatus for an electrical wiring hub is provided. The electrical wiring hub includes: a hub housing, configured to receive a plurality of wires; a plurality of conductor rings, configured to conduct electrical current from one of the plurality of wires to anoth... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7249965 | Starter The DC motor of the starter includes first and second field coils, an armature coil series-connected to one ends of the first and second field coils through a brush device, a connector bar to which other ends of the first and second field coils are connected, a moto... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249956 | Electric connection box An electric connection box includes a first cover and a second cover each having connector mounting portions, a first wiring board and a second wiring board which are mounted in a stacked manner between the first and second covers, a plurality of press-contacting te... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247031 | Electric junction box and its assembling process Printed boards are arranged vertically such that the outer circumferential part of an upper printed board projects outward beyond the outer circumferential part of a lower printed board, and the projected outer circumferential part is contained in a printed board ho... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7189919 | Housing for antenna amplifier A housing for an electronic device in automotive technology has two molded-plastic housing parts fittable together to form a cavity and a membrane hinge unitarily formed with the parts and permitting relative pivoting of the parts between an open position and a clos... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189081 | Method of mounting terminal and terminal mounting structure The terminal mounting structure includes a board (21). The structure includes a terminal (26) mounted on the board. The terminal includes a first end (26a) removably connected to a connection component (16, 17, 18). The terminal in... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189082 | Electrical connection box An electrical connection box is to be attached to an attachment objective member. The electrical connection box includes: a circuit housing that accommodates a circuit substrate; a fuse box that detachably accommodates a fuse element, the fuse box being provided at ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186120 | Automotive relay and electrical connector box An automotive relay and electrical connector box in which relays provided in the connector box do not include an integrated resistor, but provide for the attachment of a resistor only when a relay is connected to a circuit requiring resistance. When a common relay w... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179097 | Electric connection box having an improved insulating structure An electric connection box includes a first wiring board having first insulating ribs formed thereon, and a second wiring board having through hole portions (for respectively passing the first insulating ribs therethrough) formed respectively at regions of insulatin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175488 | Electrical connector assembly and system An electrical connector system having one or more electrical connector assemblies. The electrical connector assembly includes a blade and a spring clip. The spring clip is positioned around the blade and includes first and second portions. The first and second porti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172440 | Electric connection box The interior of a case body is partitioned into two chambers by a partition wall, and the two chambers communicate with each other via a communication passage defined by a notch formed in the partition wall. First and second covers are attached to the case body, and... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173824 | Cooled power switching device This power switching device comprises semiconductor members (60) having drain, gate and source connections. Said members (60) are soldered by their drain soles to protuberances of an electrically conductive cooling plate (20), while the gates an... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160118 | Electric junction box An electric junction box for installation in an automobile includes a power distributor as an internal circuit component of the electric junction box. The power distributor has relays mounted on one side of printed circuit board and connected to the printed conducto... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156677 | Electrical connection box with drainage channel An electrical connection box includes a fuse box having a bottom wall, the fuse box detachably and attachably accommodating a fuse element; a circuit casing being disposed below the fuse box, the circuit casing having a supporting section on an upper surface therof;... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137823 | Apparatus equipped with electronic control units Each of electronic control units is configured to control electronic components in a vehicle, and is provided with a plurality of first terminals classified into a plurality of groups each of which is associated with electronic components in one of sections in the v... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129410 | Fuse box In a fuse box mounted on a battery box, a lower end surface of a peripheral wall of an upper cover contacts a bottom wall of a lower cover that is locked to a case body of the fuse box or contacts a bottom wall of the case body to form a first watertight portion. A ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118390 | Electric junction box An electric junction box having a simple configuration that can prevent a terminal from being pulled down. In an upper connector attached to a fuse box, terminal holders are provided so as to support relay portions of bus bar terminals from the front. Such a structu... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108519 | Electrical connection box An electrical connection box is described that includes a plurality of connector parts provided on a circuit substrate. Each of the plurality of connector parts may be provided at a different portion of the circuit substrate and may include an engaging portion that ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104845 | Electrical junction box for a motor vehicle An electrical junction box for a motor vehicle includes a casing, a pair of bus bars accommodated in and secured to the casing with the bus bars being exposed outward, and a fusible link having a link body, an input terminal and an output terminal that extend from t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101197 | Press-fit terminal, printed board connection structure using the press-fit terminal, and electrical connection box In printed boards arranged in a vertical relationship, outer peripheral portions of an upper printed board are projected outward from outer peripheral portions of a lower printed board. Conductive bodies with terminal holes are arranged side by side on the upper and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7040906 | Connection structure between bus bars and relay terminals A connection structure is between bus bars and relay terminals in an electrical connection box to be mounted on an automobile. Each bus bar is produced by punching an aluminum-based metal plate into a desired circuit configuration. An end of each bus bar is bent so ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037124 | Junction box for vehicles and method for assembling the same A vehicle junction box for rapidly and easily assembling a connector using a quick connector and a method for assembling the same is disclosed. The junction box includes a case having an accommodating section receiving the lower side of a connector, a power distribu... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033194 | Standardized electrical terminal A first electrical wire terminal is designed to mate with a second, identical electrical wire terminal rotated ninety degrees about a longitudinal axis and turned to face the first terminal. In one embodiment, the first and second terminals each have an insertion me... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018218 | Device for controlling a vehicle A device for controlling a vehicle 8 having a housing 3, a rectangular printed circuit board 4 which is fixed to the inside of the housing and has a control circuit thereon. Plugs 1a and 1b are provided along one side... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014478 | Electrical connection box and manufacturing method thereof An electrical connection box includes a housing having a bottom plane with a recessed part at which the bottom plane is at least partially depressed; a circuit substrate accommodated into the housing to be overlapped on the bottom plane, the circuit substrate having... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997737 | Soldering structure between a tab of a bus bar and a printed substrate A soldering structure between a tab of a bus bar and a printed substrate is disclosed to provide a soldering structure between a tab of a bus bar and a printed substrate that causes no crack. An electrical conductive material is formed on a printed substrate. A tab ... | 02/14/2006 |
