Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439162000 | WITH RELATIVELY GUIDED MEMBERS AND INTERMEDIATE PLIABLE CONDUCTOR | 26 |
20080214032 | CONTACT ELEMENT - The invention concerns a contact element ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080254660 | High current switch and method of operation - An electrical switch which includes an insulative housing having a wall defining an axial bore therein, a first electrical contact disposed in the housing bore and a second electrical contact movably disposed in the housing bore between an open position and a closed position. When the contacts are in their open position, the second electrical contact is spaced apart from the first electrical contact and when the contacts are in their closed position, the second electrical contact is in electrical contact with the first electrical contact. The switch includes features to enhance safety and operation by reducing the possibility of arcing or flashover before and during the switching operation and to provide of visual indication of the state of the switch. | 10-16-2008 |
20120034797 | VEHICLE CONNECTION SYSTEM - A system for connecting an associated motor vehicle to a utility connection which includes a cable for connection to an associated utility connection having first and | 02-09-2012 |
20120045915 | ELECTRICAL POWER CONTACTS AND CONNECTORS COMPRISING SAME - Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact. | 02-23-2012 |
20120094516 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING CONNECTION PARTS BETWEEN POWER APPARATUSES - The present invention relates to an apparatus for connecting connection parts between power apparatuses. The apparatus of the present invention comprises: a cable constituted by a conductive wire, and an outer coating which covers the conductive wire; socket means having a first housing, and a conductive connection element which is arranged in the first housing and which has an insertion groove, wherein the socket means is installed in a power apparatus to form a connection part for electrically connecting the cable to the power apparatus; and plug means which has a conductive ring fitted to the conductive wire exposed by removing the outer coating from one end of the cable, and which is arranged at the cable and fitted to the first housing of the socket means such that the conductive ring is inserted into the insertion groove of the conductive connection element so as to electrically connect the cable to the power apparatus. The present invention provides an apparatus for connecting connection parts between power apparatuses which interconnects power apparatuses through a cable plug-in connection method to accomplish remarkable effects in the aspects of economical advantages, safety, and ease of maintenance and recovery from failure, etc. | 04-19-2012 |
20120142203 | TEST SOCKET - A test socket is provided including a socket board, socket pins and a guiding member. The socket pins are exposed to an upper surface of the socket board and are configured to be electrically contacted by external terminals of an object. The guiding member is disposed on an upper surface of the socket board and is arranged to guide the external terminals as a single unit to contact the external terminals with the socket pins. The guiding member is also configured to a center of the socket board with a center of the object. | 06-07-2012 |
20140242823 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH CONNECTOR POSITION ASSURANCE STABILIZER - A connector assembly having a first connector portion, a second connector portion, and connector position assurance structure. An anti-deflection tab and an anti-deflection protrusion are employed in the connector assembly to control movement of the connector position assurance structure relative to the remainder of the connector assembly. | 08-28-2014 |
20140308832 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING COMBINATION INTERFACE - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a base portion, a mating port extending along a front-to-rear direction and a pair of guiding posts disposed at two opposite sides of the base portion, the mating port defining a front face perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, the guiding post extending beyond the front face and defining upper and lower faces opposite in a vertical direction and an outer connecting face connecting the upper and lower faces. A plurality of conductive terminals are retained in the insulative housing and arrange in a longitudinal direction, and a shield shell enclosing the insulative housing. Each guiding slot defines a first guiding slot selectively disposed on at least one face of the upper and lower faces and the connecting face, and the first guiding slot is U-shaped and forwardly runs through a free end of the guiding post in the front-to-rear direction. | 10-16-2014 |
20150104963 | CONNECTOR - In a connector, interference portions for interfering with lances in accordance with an engagement state between lock holes of female terminals and the lances are provided in a male terminal housing to protrude toward a female terminal housing. The interference portions interfere with the lances to restrain male terminals from sliding against contact point members of the female terminals before the lock holes of the female terminals are engaged with the lances. The interference portions allow the male terminals to be connected to the female terminals without interfering with the lances after the lock holes of the female terminals are engaged with the lances. | 04-16-2015 |
20160197439 | ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | 07-07-2016 |
439164000 | Relatively movable about axis | 16 |
20090011626 | ROTARY CONNECTOR DEVICE - A rotary connector device includes one cover having an outer peripheral wall, the other cover having an inner peripheral wall, and a plurality of flat harnesses which are received in a generally annular shape within a space formed by the two covers, and are rotated and bent in accordance with a rotational motion of one of the two covers. There are provided a plurality of guide portions for guiding the plurality of flat harnesses along the outer peripheral wall and/or the inner peripheral wall independently of each other. The plurality of guide portions are spaced from each other in a harness longitudinal direction. The plurality of guide portions are formed respectively at wall portions, extending respectively in contiguous relation to the outer peripheral wall and the inner peripheral wall in peripheral directions thereof, and regions spaced respectively from the wall portions in directions of extending of the wall portions. | 01-08-2009 |
20090053921 | Device for transmitting signals and current between end points - A device is provided for transmitting signals and current between end points which can be moved relative to one another and between which at least one flat ribbon cable that extends in turns ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090156034 | ROTARY CONNECTOR - A rotary connector includes a stator housing in which an outer tubular body is erected at an outer edge of a bottom plate having a center hole, an upper rotor having a top plate facing the bottom plate and an inner tubular body facing the outer tubular body, and rotatably mounted on the stator housing, a lower rotor having a tubular portion inserted through the center hole towards the top plate from the bottom plate and fixed to the inner tubular body, and an annular flange protruding radially outward from the tubular portion and faces the bottom plate, and a flexible cable housed within an annular housing space formed between the stator housing and the upper rotor so as to be able to be wound and rewound, and having one end attached to the stator housing and the other end attached to the rotor. An inner edge of the bottom plate is provided with an erected portion erected in an axial direction, and the erected portion is made to face the tubular portion such that an inner peripheral surface of the erected portion becomes a sliding surface of the tubular portion, and the erected portion is arranged between a bottom of the inner tubular body and the annular flange such that axial movement of the upper rotor and the lower rotor is suppressed by the erected portion. | 06-18-2009 |
20090176393 | ROTARY CONNECTOR - A rotary connector includes a stator that includes an outer cylindrical part, a rotor that includes an inner cylindrical part and is rotatably supported by the stator, three or more flat cables that are received in an annular space formed between the outer and inner cylindrical parts while being reversely wound on the way, and a holder that is rotatably disposed in the annular space and includes three or more openings through which reversed portions of the flat cables individually pass. The width of one opening in a circumferential direction is set to be smaller than that of each of the other openings in the circumferential direction. The holder is driven by a force from the flat cable that passes through the narrow opening. The bending strength of the driving side flat cable is set to be higher than that of each of the other flat cables. | 07-09-2009 |
20090317994 | Rotary connector device - A rotary connector device is provided for restraining an error of rotational transmission between a steering wheel and a steering-angle sensor and restricting an increase of a steering-wheel detection error, making it possible to perform timely vehicle control. The rotary connector has: a body which is supported at a combination switch side and is adapted to pass a steering shaft; a rotor adapted to pass the steering shaft; and an attachment adapted to rotatably couple the rotor to the body and conjunctively rotate relative to the rotor, sensor-engagement recessed portions engaging with a steering-angle sensor to transmit a rotation, the recessed portions being provided at the attachment, wherein wheel-engagement protrusions engaging with a steering wheel are provided at the attachment. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317995 | Rotary Connector Device - There are provided the body supported to the side of the combination switch and having the circular wall, the rotor connected rotatably to the body and coaxial with the wall section, the free motion spacer formed circularly between the body and the rotor and capable of freely turning with rotation of the rotor, the first guide section and the roller constituting the second guide section which are provided in the free motion spacer, the first flat cable arranged along in the circumferential direction of the outer and inner peripheral sides of the free motion spacer in such a manner that both ends of the first flat cable are fixed to the body and the rotor respectively and the first flat cable is reversed by always making the convex side of the reversing section in the first flat cable contact the first guide section, and the second flat cable arranged along the circumferential direction of the outer and inner peripheral sides of the free motion spacer in such a manner that both ends of the second flat cable are fixed to the body and the rotor respectively and the second flat cable is reversed by always making the concave side of the reversing section of the second flat cable contact the roller. | 12-24-2009 |
20100055950 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND FLAT CABLE - An electronic apparatus includes: first and second electronic units opposed to each other and connected to relatively rotate in a given plane; and a flat cable electrically connecting the first and second electronic units. The flat cable includes: first and second extending portions respectively connected to the first and second electronic units sides, and each having a surface extending along the given plane; and a bent portion having a bent surface located between the first and second extending portions, and the bent surface bent to surround a normal line perpendicular to the given plane. | 03-04-2010 |
20130065413 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - A rotatable connector device includes a steering roll connector that accommodates a flat cable in an accommodation space in the state where the flat cable can be wound and unwound. Also, a plurality of rotatable rollers are located on a top surface of a retainer concentrically with the retainer at an equal interval in a circumferential direction of the retainer. A regulation section on which a reversed part is allowed to be pressed is provided on the top surface of the retainer at a position away from one of the plurality of rotatable rollers, namely, a rotatable roller, on the side of a part of the rotatable roller along which the reversed part can be wound. The regulation section is away from the part of the rotatable roller by a gap which allows the reversed part to contact or detached from the rotatable roller. | 03-14-2013 |
20130095680 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - A rotatable connector device includes a fixed-side member which is to be fixed, and a rotatable-side member which is relatively rotatably attached to the fixed-side member. The rotatable-side member receives a rotation input. The rotatable connector device have a fixed-side cable end accommodation section, projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the fixed-side member in a tangential direction thereof, for accommodating and holding a terminal conductor connection section provided at an end of a flat cable accommodated in the rotatable connector device. The flat cable has a bent portion, in a portion thereof on a side of the terminal conductor connection section, for bending the flat cable so as to shift the portion on the side of the terminal conductor connection section in a width direction of the flat cable. | 04-18-2013 |
20130224976 | FOLDABLE USB CONNECTOR - The present invention provides a foldable USB connector comprising a first folding part, a second folding part and an elastic strap, facilitates effective use, saves more space to match demand for a compact design currently, and is integrated with other relevant products to create a composite product with diversified functions and advantages such as compact structure. | 08-29-2013 |
20130330946 | ROTATING CONNECTOR - A rotating connector includes a cable accommodation chamber formed between an outer case and an inner case in their radial direction, a flexible flat cable housed in the cable accommodation chamber, and multiple idlers housed in the cable accommodation chamber. The idlers are rotatably provided in a direction of an annular slidable member. The idlers are rotatable on their own axes. The flat cable is wound on an inner periphery of the outer case and an outer periphery of the inner case by way of a reversed portion of the flat cable. The flat cable is wound thereon in opposite directions. The idlers are pivotally supported by the slidable member so as to change a space between the idlers and the inner case and a space between the idlers and the outer case depending on winding of the flat cable. | 12-12-2013 |
20140235082 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE - In a rotatable connector device, a plurality of first rotatable rollers are provided on a top surface of the retainer, the plurality of first rotatable rollers being located at a prescribed pitch in a circumferential direction of a phantom circle concentric with the retainer and being axially supported by the retainer so as to be rotatable; and a second rotatable roller is provided to face a part, of one of the plurality of first rotatable rollers, along which the reversed part is wound, the second rotatable roller being located away from the one first rotatable roller by a distance which allows the reversed part to be pressed to, and to be separated from, the one first rotatable roller and being axially supported by the retainer so as to be rotatable. | 08-21-2014 |
439165000 | Hinge | 4 |
20090011627 | Outlet device with changeable position features - An outlet device has position changeable features consist of at least one of outlet-unit with plurality of resilient contact-means and socket-set receiving-areas to connect with device's buss-means to deliver electric signal from electric signal source to said socket-set receiving-areas. The position of the outlet-units changeable while force applied to the said Outlet-unit or outlet-device so can fit all different size of plug. | 01-08-2009 |
20120021628 | DATA TRANSFER HINGE - A data transfer hinge is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide a door hinge that facilitates transmission of data from LAN wiring in a building through a door frame to a door mounted device. Power and ground connections can also pass through the hinge. Channels ( | 01-26-2012 |
20150031224 | RECESSED HINGE WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTION - A hinge for recessed installation between a door frame and a door panel has two housings adapted for recessing in the door frame and an edge of the door panel, a link assembly extending between and pivotally interconnecting the two housings, and a multiconductor cable extending between the housings and having opposite ends each in a respective one of the housings. Respective connectors on the ends of the cable are fixed in the housings. | 01-29-2015 |
20150357744 | HINGE ARRANGEMENT - There is proposed a hinge arrangement ( | 12-10-2015 |