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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187025 | Splice restraint and mating indicator The present invention relates to a splice restraint for use with sleeves that attach to joints. The splice restraint includes a first securing member constructed and arranged to be received in a groove of a first sleeve that is installable on a first leg of a joint,... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187033 | Electrical carrier assembly and system of electrical carrier assemblies A male coaxial connector includes at least one termination device having a tubular shield surrounding and isolated from a pin that is configured to electrically connect with a socket of a female termination device, and a plate extending from one of a leading end of ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187010 | Power supply system and electrical plug connector A power supply system for the internal power supply of a supporting mast of a wind power installation is provided in order to assist the work of servicing personnel in the wind power installation. The power supply system includes a power bus line, at least one tap o... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187015 | Electrical connection apparatus An electrical connection apparatus includes an electrical connection contact and an adjustment component within an interior of the electrical connection apparatus. The electrical connection contact is operatively coupled to the adjustment component so that the elect... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183709 | Electricity generation from forced air flow The present invention is used for generating electricity from forced air flow. An electricity generator may have a first panel attached at a peripheral edge to a second panel at a peripheral edge to form a frame. The first panel and the second panel each have an ope... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178253 | Current collector of end plate for fuel cell and method for controlling the same The present invention provides a current collector of an end plate for a fuel cell and a method for controlling the same, in which a plurality of current collector plates having different resistance values is mounted on an end plate so that the current of a fuel cel... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177574 | Electrical connector capable of preventing solder wicking The invention relates to an electrical connector capable of preventing solder wicking. The electrical connector has an insulating body that includes a plurality of containing grooves and conductives terminals installed in the containing grooves, a solder stop portio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177585 | Multiple function RJ connector with split internal housing opening cavity A modular RJ-type connector includes a female receptacle having an internal cavity, and first and second sets of rigid contacts disposed in back-to-back spaced relation to each other and in spaced relation to interior surfaces of the female receptacle that define th... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177587 | Connector with movable-side contact and fixed-side contact A connector which makes it possible to accommodate positional displacement from a mating connector, and prevent the contact force and the amount of deformation of contacts from becoming too large. Fixed-side contacts are fixed to a fixed-side housings. A movable-sid... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162673 | Electromagnetic interference spring contact for shielding electromagnetic interference and electronic device using same An EMI spring contact for shielding EMI comprises a first section having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, a second section connected to the first section and extending up and angularly from the first end of the first section, a third section c... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157601 | Contact for electrical connector A contact (1) includes a first contact pin (2), a second contact pin (3) and a spring (4). The first contact pin includes a mating end (26), a body (23) having a first body portion (232) and a second body portion (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157595 | Ground shield for an electrical connector A ground shield is provided for an electrical connector mounted on a printed circuit. The ground shield includes a body extending from a mating interface to a mounting interface. An electrical ground path is defined through the body between the mating and mounting i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157578 | Universal plug adapter with multiple retractable pin plugs An universal plug adapter with multiple retractable pin plugs, comprising: a main body, at least a set of pin plug, an orientation guide rod allowing sliding of pin plug and a slide block restricting the shift of pin plug; the pin plug comprises of at least a pair o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153309 | Apparatus and method using hydrogen pressure in fuel cell electric vehicle A hydrogen fuel cell system (100) for charging a battery (116) of an electric vehicle, includes at least one tank (102) for storing hydrogen under pressure. A combined heat exchanger and air engine (104) expands the pressurized hydrogen a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153323 | Method for using a fuel cell comprising a regeneration step by lowering the temperature A fuel cell supplies power to a load under nominal conditions. A method for using the fuel cell comprises at least one regeneration step of the performances of the fuel cell by temporarily lowering its temperature below the nominal operating temperature. The regener... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153320 | Pressure regulating valve, fuel cell system using same, and hydrogen generating facility A pressure regulating valve comprises a first pressure deformation portion which receives a pressure on a fuel demand side, a second pressure deformation portion opposed to the first pressure deformation portion and which receives a predetermined pressure, first and... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153330 | Fuel cell separator stacked on an electrolyte electrode assembly A fuel cell separator has a sandwiching section. The sandwiching section is connected to a fuel gas manifold through a bridge, and connected to an oxygen-containing gas manifold through a bridge. The circumferential length R of the sandwiching section, the width H o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147267 | Base for retrofit LED lighting device A modified screw-in (Edison) type base for LED lighting devices that enables directional LED devices to be used in existing sockets. A movable center contact in a standard Edison type threaded base that enables the base to be screwed into a socket to make electrical... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142949 | Method of manufacturing fuel cell based power generator A method includes assembling a top portion of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell based power generator that includes an anode cover, fuel cell, top portion of a valve assembly and fuel container cover. A bottom portion of the power generator that includes a fuel c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142948 | Fuel cell based power generator A power generator is formed with a container adapted to hold a hydrogen generating fuel. A valve assembly has a valve plate with a border less than a border of the container. A fuel cell is laterally disposed outside and around the valve assembly having a lateral wi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134086 | Electrical isolating structure for conductors in a substrate A substrate has a first dielectric layer; a first conductive layer on the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer on the first conductive layer; an elongated signal conductor embedded within the second dielectric layer; a second conductive layer on the sec... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129626 | Multilayer wiring substrate with a reinforcing layer for preventing a warp A multilayer wiring substrate having no core substrate is provided. The multilayer wiring substrate includes: a laminated body includes: a plurality of insulating layers; and a plurality of wiring layers. The laminated body has: a mounting surface on which a semicon... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123558 | Miniaturized electrical connector having high signal transmission rate An electrical connector includes a first insulating body having a base board and a first tongue board extending rearward from a bottom of the base board, first terminals each having a first contact portion disposed on the base board, a second insulating body having ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123546 | Connector for large power transmission A connector includes a male terminal housing with a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a female terminal housing with a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a plurality of isolating plates ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123560 | Modular connector system A connector system includes a first connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts, a second connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts, and a metal shield having walls defining a shielded chamber. The first and second connectors ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118620 | Connector assembly with reduced unshielded area A connector assembly according to embodiments of the present disclosure is advantageously configured to allow a sensor connector to straightforwardly and efficiently join with and detach from a patient cable connector. Further, embodiments of the connector assembly ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113876 | Electrical connector for providing electrical power to an antenna An electrical connector is provided for terminating an electrical cable having an insulated conductor surrounded by a ground shield. The electrical connector includes a housing, an electrical contact held by the housing, an inner ferrule configured to extend between... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110751 | Semiconductor memory module and electronic component socket for coupling with the same The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory module and an electronic component socket for coupling with the same. A printed circuit board of the semiconductor memory module includes three signal pad arrays longitudinally formed in a row on one sides of a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110754 | Multi-layer wiring board and method of manufacturing the same A multi-layer wiring board without a core substrate includes: a multi-layer laminated structure; first terminals provided on a front surface of the multi-layer laminated structure; second terminals provided on a rear surface of the multi-layer laminated structure; t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106303 | Printed wiring board including a thermal land for supressing heat dissipation When soldering is performed, heat transferred from through hole 6b is caused to bypass a mesh-like copper foil region between non-copper-foil regions and thus the transfer of heat to a solid pattern region around thermal land 13b is delay... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100699 | Connector assembly having a connector extender module A connector assembly includes an electrical connector having a mating end configured to be mated to a mating connector and a mounting end. The electrical connector holds contacts with pins extending from the mounting end. The connector assembly also includes a conne... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100715 | RCA-compatible connectors for balanced and unbalanced interfaces A socket connector includes a conductive center receptacle, first outer socket contact having a first socket contact surface, second outer socket contact having a second socket contact surface, and non-conductive socket body. The socket contact surfaces are separate... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097372 | Fuel cell system and method of starting operation of the fuel cell system A controller of a fuel cell system includes an anode gas replacement apparatus, a stoppage time detection apparatus, and a cathode gas flow rate control apparatus. The anode gas replacement apparatus replaces hydrogen in an anode gas channel using an anode gas suppl... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097378 | Stack seal interface adapter A fuel cell system comprises a first fuel cell stack having a first end plate, wherein the first end plate has a first opening, and a fuel cell component having a second opening. An adapter connects the first opening in the first end plate and the second opening in ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092243 | Universal serial bus (USB) connector retaining device and arrangement A device for retaining a USB connector in a USB port applies a force either to the walls of the USB port such that the walls of the USB port frictionally engage with the USB connector to retain it in position, or to a finger in a top surface of the USB port such tha... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092237 | Electrical connection bar and adapted connection device An electrical coupling bar is described. The coupling bar includes an electrically insulating support with two parallel grooves and metallic strips engaged in the grooves. The metallic strips project out of the grooves with opposite interior faces delimiting a free ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088526 | Anode reactive bleed and injector shift control strategy A system and method for correcting a large fuel cell voltage spread for a split sub-stack fuel cell system. The system includes a hydrogen source that provides hydrogen to each split sub-stack and bleed valves for bleeding the anode side of the sub-stacks. The syste... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087943 | Power semiconductor module including a contact element A power semiconductor module including a contact element. One embodiment provides an electrically conductive contact element extending in a longitudinal direction and having a first end and a second end lying opposite the first end. The contact element has a first f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087955 | Method for manufacturing conductive contact holder, and conductive contact holder A method for manufacturing a conductive contact holder includes forming, from an insulating material, a holder member for holding a plurality of conductive contacts; forming, from a conductive material, a substrate having a hollow portion to which the holder member ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083525 | Steering column module with a transport securing element An electrical device such as a steering column module for a vehicle includes a connector, a movable element, and a transport securing element movable to a position in which the transport securing element blocks the movable element from moving. When the transport sec... | 12/27/2011 |
