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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6062918 | Electrical receptacle contact assembly An electrical terminal 10 includes a female receptacle 20 and a separate reversely bent leaf spring member 40. The separate spring member 40 is formed from a material, such as stainless steel having a lower stress relaxation rate than materials normally u... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6017233 | Floating panel mount system for electrical connectors A floating panel mount system is disclosed for mounting an electrical connector to a panel. The system includes a panel having an aperture arrangement therethrough. A connector housing has a mating portion adapted to pass through the aperture arrangement ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5980289 | Hose coupling with electrical contacts Connector for joining a fluid pressure communication conduit and an electrical communication line to a second fluid pressure communication conduit and at least a second electrical communication line. The connector has a connector body having an internal s... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5967810 | Eject activation mechanism for a memory card connector and method of use Disclosed is a device for release of the restrained link arm in a memory card connector. In this device a longitudinally directed force which may result, for example, from the activation of an electrical current in a memory wire causes a rearward edge on ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5957713 | Electric contact arrangement for hose coupling Connector for joining a fluid conduit and an electrical line to another fluid conduit and electrical line. It has a body including a mating surface with a fluid pressure port and a seal surrounding the port. It has a nipple for a fluid pressure hose and a... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957738 | Eyelet terminal with retainer An eyelet terminal is secured to the surface of a grounding member by a resilient plastic retainer passing through the eyelet and through a hole in the member. The eyelet has an annular sleeve which fits inside the hole in the member and a plurality of fi... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5941718 | Aircraft ground power cable connector A ground power connector has a removable contact insulation cover and replaceable individual contact components. The connector body is integrally molded at one end to a ground power cable. The other end of the connector body is provided with integral fixe... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5938468 | Elastic clamp structure for an interface socket An elastic clamp structure of an interface socket is provided, which consists of an interface socket with two clamps. The clamp has a pressed flat block at each free end, in which the flat block extends out from one side of the cylindrical surface of the ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5938485 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal having a contact-making region for making contact with a complementary contact pin and having a connecting region for connection to an electrical conductor is described, the contact-making region including an inner contact-making sp... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5928028 | Interspersed ground ribbon cable assemblies and methods therefor An insulation displacement connector that includes a plurality of apertures disposed through a mating face and a ribbon-contacting face of the insulation displacement connector. The mating face is configured to mate with a complementary connector compleme... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5928026 | Floor lamp plug device A floor lamp plug device has a cone-shaped body an annular body disposed on the cone-shaped body, a hollow disk, and a hollow cover. The hollow cover has an inner thread, an annular center flange, and a center hole. The hollow disk has a round hole two op... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924888 | Electrical plug An electrical plug for connecting an electrical cable such as an electrical heating cable to an electrical power outlet. Contained within the housing of the plug are first and second contact members which comprise a first prong and a second prong, respect... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5924889 | Coaxial cable connector with indicator lights A coaxial cable connector including a base and at least one jack, each jack including a tubular shell, a signal terminal mounted within the tubular shell, and an insulative sleeve mounted inside the tubular shell to separate the signal terminal from the t... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5921809 | Safety battery and jumper cables therefor An improved battery and jumper cables therefor are shown and described. The battery includes positive and negative terminals respectively defining male members or female sockets having "+" and "-" shapes, and the jumper cables similarly include cable term... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921789 | Connector for a circuit board An electrical connector C for a circuit board P has elongate terminals 11 extending therefrom. An alignment plate 12 supports the ends of the terminals 11 against bending and ensures alignment of the terminals 11 with corresponding apertures of the circui... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921785 | Electrical connector for flat cables Disclosed is an improvement in an electric connector for a flat, flexible cable having conductors on one side comprising: an insulating housing having a cavity to receive the connecting end of a flat, flexible cable and a plurality of terminal pairs paral... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921823 | Dead-front high current female power contact A female power contact which is energized only upon insertion of a male plug. The contact includes a plunger which is biased toward a position which blocks accidental finger insertion into the contact. The plunger also contains sharp points on its outer e... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921783 | Electromechanical connection device The invention concerns an electromechanical connection device comprising a switching device which can be connected to a current source via power supply contacts and comprises switching magnets. A tripping device, provided with tripping magnets, can be con... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5919066 | Connector for high currents For a connector for high currents, in order to reduce the volume resistance it is proposed to provide the front end of the contact pin with spring tongues and to form the rear end of the contact socket as a rigid, essentially inflexible socket. Front spri... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5906517 | Power strip An electrical connector includes a base, a contact housing plate and a cover. The contact housing plate is coupled to the base and includes an electrical receptacle which is adapted to engage an electrical plug. The cover is also coupled to the base and o... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5906506 | Modularized computer peripherals formed with universally adaptable shape for integration as an unit-body with a portable computer A new and improved AC-to-DC adapter for providing DC input to a portable computer which is operable with a removable rechargeable battery is disclosed in this invention. The adapter is enclosed in an adapter box which is formed with a shape identical to t... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5902141 | Low insertion pressure connector A low insertion pressure connector including a female connector housing, a male connector housing, a slider provided so as to be slidable in the female connector housing, a temporary lock mechanism for locking the slider in a temporary lock position, cam ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5899770 | Modular plug and modular jack A modular plug for directing a plurality of twist pairs of core wires into an opening of a modular jack (500) for electrical connection, includes a guide member (140) for separating and arranging the twist pairs for each twist pair; a housing (110) for po... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5899765 | Dual bladder connector A submersible connector having redundant bladders, each filled with a dielectric liquid. An inner bladder contains an electrical contact, and an insertion sleeve of the inner bladder is pinched closed by a spring. An outer bladder is disposed around the i... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5899767 | Electrical connector with movable mechanism An external connector mounted on a printed circuit board of a steering system is composed of a first movable carriage to which flexible terminals are secured, a second movable carriage for guiding the first movable carriage in the X direction, and a suppo... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5899761 | Power strip An electrical connector includes a base, a contact housing plate and a cover. The contact housing plate is coupled to the base and includes an electrical receptacle which is adapted to engage an electrical plug. The cover is also coupled to the base and o... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5897392 | Wire retaining clip A wire retaining clip for guiding bundled wires extending from an electrical connector mounted to a power distribution box and securing the wires to the box to prevent vibration of the wires from causing them to separate from their terminals. The wire ret... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5897383 | Cross-connect bus A cross-connect bus for plugging engagement with a cross-connect panel having a plurality of rows of projecting insulation displacement connectors.... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5895288 | Plant power line A new plant power line for making cords of all types appear as a growing plant. The inventive device includes a planter container containing a hook and an electric cord having an elongated body with simulated leaves extending from the elongated body. The ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5893767 | Electrical connector having a switch Connector (20) includes switches (32,132) each having a movable switching terminal (34,134) with a spring arm (40,140) engaged by a stationary terminal (54,154) at a switch point when the connector is unmated. Upon connector mating, switching terminal (34... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893768 | Self-aligning connection system Vehicle doors generally include a metal door frame connected to an interior trim panel. Electrical connections are made between trim panel electrical connectors, and mating electrical connectors on the door frame. A self-aligning connection system allows ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5890926 | Cable bend controller A cable bend controller (50) comprising a relatively rigid member includes a body section (52) having first and second cable-engaging sections (56,60) at opposing ends thereof. The first and second cable-engaging sections (56) are securable to a cable at ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890919 | Lock-out device for electrical plugs A lock-out device for electrical cables and associated plugs that is intended to allow the workman to protect against the possibility of a re-connection of any plug in the device, while the workman is working on the electrical apparatus associated with su... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890918 | Low voltage current supply device Current Supply Device for Low Voltage Equipment There is disclosed a current supply device for low voltage equipment, in particular for supplying lighting fixtures, provided with at least one conductor rail (1; 1'; 1"; 1'") in the form of a section (2; 2'... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890920 | Card security mechanism for a memory card connector and method of use Disclosed is a closure device which projects from the side elements of the frame of a memory card connector to provide security for the memory card. The activation of the closure means is coordinated with the movement of the card eject plate so that after... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890924 | Insulation-displacement-contact connector Disclosed is an insulation-displacement-contact connector comprising a first frame, a second frame, and tabs. The first and second frames pinch electric wires tight between them when assembled together. The first frame has an opening so that the insulatio... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5888107 | Male contact A two piece male contact, such as a harness contact for use in a harness connector. The two piece male contact includes an elongated contact pin which is connectable to a mating female contact, and a terminal, one end of which is electrically and mechanic... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5888087 | One-handed dock for a portable data collection terminal A docking device for a data collection terminal comprises a latch which positively retains an inserted data collection terminal in a docking position wherein communication and power contacts of the data collection terminal are communicatively coupled to c... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5888100 | Twisted pair cable and connector assembly A modular plug connector and cable assembly comprises a modular plug with a wire holder, and a twisted pair cable. The twisted pairs are braided in order to cross over conductors of the twisted pairs, and furthermore to separate the pairs of conductors an... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5885096 | Switching coaxial jack A switching coaxial jack includes first and second parallel aligned electrically conductive coaxial center conductors. The center conductors are divided into front and rear portions. The rear portions include movable springs to separate the rear portions ... | 03/23/1999 |
