Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439786000 | Resilient or spring-operated securing means joining plural conductors | 36 |
20080233808 | Conductor terminal and leaf spring contact therefor - A leaf spring contact ( | 09-25-2008 |
20080299838 | Power connectors for mating with bus bars - A power connector for mating with a bus bar includes a conductive support structure defining at least a first slot, an electrical contact positioned within the first slot, and a biasing pin positioned within the first slot and engaging the electrical contact. The biasing pin biases at least a first portion of the electrical contact against the conductive support structure to maintain electrical conductivity between the conductive support structure and the electrical contact. At least a second portion of the electrical contact engages a bus bar when the bus bar is received in the first slot. | 12-04-2008 |
20090239424 | LAYOUT OF POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACTS ON A COOLING SURFACE - An arrangement for contact-connecting at least one electronic component mounted in a housing with connection wires to a cooling surface and a spring element that can be fixed in the housing and has at least one spring arm which presses the component against the cooling surface in a contact-pressure position of the spring element is presented. The arrangement is characterized in that the spring element can be inserted into the housing without touching the component, and the housing is provided with retaining means for the spring element adapted in a manner so that no shear forces are produced in the longitudinal direction of the connection wires when the spring element is mounted. | 09-24-2009 |
20090253313 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CONTACT - An electrical connector contact adapted for connecting a chip to a circuit board comprises a first terminal, a second terminal electrically connecting with the first terminal and a spring. The first terminal is defined with a first abutting portion and a contact beam extending from one end of the abutting portion. The second terminal is defined with a second abutting portion and a elastic beam extending from one end of the second abutting portion. The spring is set between the first and second abutting portion with the two ends thereof separately abutting against the first abutting portion and second abutting portion. Along the contact beam there forms a retain slot, the elastic beam mating with and retain in the retain slot. A good electrical performance can be achieved according to the structure of the invention and the contact is convenient for assembling and changing. | 10-08-2009 |
20100068947 | CONTACT TERMINAL FOR BURN-IN-TEST-SOCKET - A contact assembly includes a first contact, a second contact and a coil spring enclosing the first and the second contacts. The first contact has a first contacting section and a first mating section. The first mating section includes a pair of sliding arms. The second contact has a second contacting section and a second mating section. The second mating section has pair of protrusions at a top end thereof, the protrusions defines a pair of guiding slots to guiding the sliding arms to contact with the second mating section. | 03-18-2010 |
20100120299 | CONTACT AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS - A contact type electrical connector includes a first plunger in contact with one member; a second plunger in contact with another member and electrically connected to the first plunger, whereby the two members are electrically connected through the first plunger; a cylindrical support member for slidably and elastically supporting the first and second plungers with a connection portion of the first plunger and a connection portion of the second plunger overlapping and electrically connected; and a compression coil spring surrounding the outer peripheries of the first and second plungers with the connection portions thereof supported by the cylindrical support member and brought into contact with a spring receiving portion of each of the plungers so as to urge the plungers apart. | 05-13-2010 |
20100159753 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING STAMPED CONTACT PINS MOVABLY ASSEMBLED WITHIN ENCLOSURE MEMBER THEREOF - An electrical contact comprises an enclosure member having a tubular portion defining grooves on thereof, an upper contact pin movable assembled on one end of the enclosure member, a lower contact pin movable assembled on another end of the enclosure member, and a spring inserted within the enclosure member and between the upper and lower contact pins. The upper contact pin has a base portion, an upper contacting portion extending upwardly from the base portion, and a pair of supporting slides extending outwardly from two sides of the base portion. The lower contact pin comprises a main body, a lower contacting portion extending downwardly from the main body, and a pair of supporting slides extending outwardly from two sides of the main body. The supporting slides of the upper contact pin and the lower contact pin being received in the grooves of the enclosure member and movable up and down along the grooves in a vertical direction. | 06-24-2010 |
20100285698 | PROBE PIN COMPOSED IN ONE BODY AND THE METHOD OF MAKING IT - The present invention relates to an integrally formed probe pin, more particularly, to the probe pin which enables both sides or one side of connecting port to connect the coil spring by cutting and bending the body as a part of the pin using the progressive die, to generate elasticity for testing smoothly. And the fabricating method of the probe pin comprising, cutting a body so that an upper contact part, a lower contact part, and an elastic spring part may be formed in one body; burning a coil spring for an elastic spring part to have the elastic force; molding a lower port for a lower contact part to be formed roundly; bending the elastic spring part to the inner side of the body; finishing that the upper contact part may be rolled smaller than an external diameter of the body and projected after molding the body roundly. The present invention provides the effect of reducing the fabricating time remarkably and lowering of the production cost due to needlessness of the fabricating time, in addition, mass production may be possible and it improves the electric characteristic by fabricating the probe pin in one body. | 11-11-2010 |
20100311284 | AIR GAP CONTACTOR - A contactor having an internal air gap ( | 12-09-2010 |
20110014823 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING UPPER CONTACT WITH THICKENED BASE PORTION - An electrical contact ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110065333 | Pedestal ground connector - An electrical ground connector including a first frame member, a second frame member and a spring. The first frame member has a section with a general hook shape. The general hook shaped section forms a first conductor receiving area adapted to receive a first conductor. The second frame member is slidably connected to the first frame member. The spring biases the second frame member towards the general hook shaped section of the first frame member. The first and/or second frame members form at least one second conductor receiving area adapted to receive a second conductor and locate the second conductor directly against the first conductor in the first conductor receiving area. | 03-17-2011 |
20120003880 | STAMPED ELECTRICAL TERMINAL - An electrical terminal operable to facilitate electrical connectivity between the terminal and an electrical connector. The electrical terminal may include a conducting element, such as but not limited to a coil spring, within a open end used to connect to an electrically conducting connector. The conducting element may facilitate electrical connectivity between the inserted connector and the terminal. | 01-05-2012 |
20130109248 | SPLIT JACK ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130203300 | CONTACT TERMINAL - A contact terminal that enables a relatively large current to flow is provided. A contact terminal ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130244505 | COMPRESSION TERMINAL FOR STRANDED WIRE AND NON-ELECTRICAL WIRE - A compression terminal comprising an electrical terminal member, the electrical terminal member configured to receive a stranded wire having a protective outer jacket surrounding a strand bundle, a fastener member including a first inner bore having a first diameter and a second inner bore having a second diameter, the second diameter being less than the first diameter, wherein an internally tapered wall separates the first inner bore from the second inner bore, wherein, when the fastener member is axially slidably compressed from a first position to a second position, the fastener member is configured to compress a portion of the electrical terminal member against the stranded wire is provided. An alternative compression terminal and a wire end termination are further provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20130252483 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A connecting structure for electronic devices includes a plurality of busbars arranged parallel to each other with a space therebetween. Each of the busbars has a terminal part. The terminal part has at least two pairs of contact elastic pieces. Each of the pairs of the contact elastic pieces consists of two contact elastic pieces arranged laterally. The pairs of the contact elastic pieces are vertically arranged so as to form layers. Each of the contact elastic pieces of the busbars is configured to elastically come in contact with one of contact portions of at least one of electronic devices. At least two of the contact elastic pieces disposed in same one of the layers are elastically come in contact with the contact portions of the electronic device respectively, when the one of the electronic devices is attached to the connecting structure. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252484 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A terminal in a connecting structure for electronic devices includes a first contact part provided at one portion of the terminal, a second contact part provided at the other end portion of the terminal, and a third contact part, provided between the first contact part and the second contact part. The first contact part has a main contact piece configured to come in resilient contact with a contact of a first electronic device. The second contact part configured to come in press contact with an electric wire. The third contact part has a pair of auxiliary contact pieces configured to respectively come in press contact with a pair of contacts of a second electronic device. A connecting portion which connects the pair of the auxiliary contact pieces each other is formed in the third contact part in a separatable manner. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252485 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A connection structure includes a housing; terminals fixed in the housing; and an electronic component accommodated inside the housing and connected to the terminals. Each terminal includes: a base portion; a protrusion piece extending from the base portion in a lateral direction; and an elastic contact piece extending from the base portion in the lateral direction so that a distance between the protrusion piece and the elastic contact piece becomes shorter towards an end of the elastic contact piece separate away from the base portion. The housing includes a terminal-fixing part protruded from a wall surface of the housing at a position between the protrusion piece and the elastic contact piece near the base portion of the terminal to clamp and fix the protrusion piece between the terminal-fixing part and a wall of the housing. | 09-26-2013 |
20130273786 | ELECTRICAL POWER STAB SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A power stab fork system is provided for power stab systems. The system comprises stab forks made of a steel layer bonded to a layer of highly conductive material such that the highly conductive material effectively conducts power with stabs while the steel layer keeps the stab fork in robust contact with the stab because of its stronger material properties. The stab forks may comprise a plurality of fingers for making independent contacts points onto a stab. Some embodiments included stab forks with one forked end, two forked ends, straight fingers, curved fingers, separated stab forks, conjoined stab forks, and so forth. | 10-17-2013 |
20130303036 | ELECTRICAL JACK CONNECTOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An electrical jack connector and fabrication method thereof. The connector includes an resilient conductive leaf spring roll ( | 11-14-2013 |
20130330980 | STRUCTURE OF SECURITY AND PROTECTION FOR CONNECTION SOCKET - A structure of security and protection for connection socket includes a connection socket, a connection block, a resilient member, and a security member. The connection socket forms a receiving space and a slide channel. The slide channel is located at one side of the receiving space. The connection block is coupled to a rear end of the connection socket and forms a positioning section. The resilient member includes at least one resilient engagement section and is arranged in the positioning section of the connection block. The security member has an end forming a bar section that forms at a rear side thereof a barb section. The barb section is coupled to the at least one resilient engagement section of the resilient member. The bar section has two ends extending rearward to connect to a plate section. The security member is received in the slide channel of the connection socket. | 12-12-2013 |
20140045389 | CONNECTOR FOR CARD - The connector for a card has a housing for accommodating a card provided with terminal members, and connecting terminals mounted in the housing and contacting the terminal members of the card. Here, at least one of the connecting terminals has a base portion provided along a rear edge of the housing, at least some of the base portion is embedded in a bottom wall portion of the housing, and a contact member forming a hoop along with the base portion. The contact member has a pair of spring portions connected to the base portion, a joining portion joining the pair of spring portions, and a contact portion connected to the leading end of the joining portion for contacting the terminal members of the card. | 02-13-2014 |
20140099838 | CABLE CONNECTOR WITH SPRING-LOADED PLUNGER AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A cable connector with spring-loaded plunger comprises a sleeve and a plunger module. The sleeve is a hollow cylinder with two open ends and formed with a spring bore portion. The plunger module is disposed in the spring bore portion and comprises a plunger slidably disposed in the spring bore portion. The plunger partially penetrates the spring bore portion toward the centre of the sleeve. One end of the sleeve thickens inwardly to form a plug connector retaining portion. The cable connector with spring-loaded plunger can effectively decrease the rate of unit aging in connection and disconnection. | 04-10-2014 |
20140162503 | CONTACT STRUCTURE UNIT - A contact structure unit that achieves electrical continuity between a substrate, which includes a plurality of electrodes, and a contact object includes a first-type contact-carrying member including a contact portion which makes contact with the contact object; includes a plurality of second-type contact-carrying members each of which includes a leading end portion formed at one end portion and making contact with the electrodes and each of which makes contact with the first-type contact-carrying member at the other end portion; and includes a plurality of coil springs each of which is disposed between the contact portion and the leading end portions and each of which biases the contact portion and the leading end portions. | 06-12-2014 |
20140329419 | Sleeve Contact for an Electrical Zero-Force Plug-Type Connector - A sleeve contact includes a base body, a clamping sleeve, and a spring. The base body includes a receiving region. The clamping sleeve displaceable against the base body. The spring has first and second S-curve sections and is mounted at one end to the base body to thereby form a lever having a short lever arm from the end to the first S-curve section and a long lever arm from the end to the second S-curve section. The clamping sleeve acts on the spring as the contact sleeve displaces to produce a contact force towards the receiving region such that the long lever arm is pressed by the clamping sleeve towards the receiving region to thereby cause the short lever arm to bear against a plug contact inserted into the receiving region. | 11-06-2014 |
20150024640 | CONNECTOR - A connector having a housing and a terminal made installed therein is disclosed. The terminal has a base portion held by the housing, a first contact member connected on one end to the base portion in the longitudinal direction, and a pair of second contact members connected to the ends of the base portion in the longitudinal direction. The first contact member includes a first contact portion in the vertical direction. Each second contact member includes a second contact portion in the vertical direction. The pair of second contact members is arranged linearly in the longitudinal direction of the base portion. The first and second contact members are arranged in the transverse direction of the base portion. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are positioned on the base portion. | 01-22-2015 |
20160072202 | PROBE PIN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A probe pin has a coil spring having a first end and a second end, a first plunger having a major portion, and a first elastic extension and a second elastic extension that from the major portion in the same direction, and a second plunger forcedly inserted between the first and the second elastic extensions. The first and the second plungers have electric conductivity. The first and the second plungers are inserted from the first and second ends of the coil spring, respectively, so that the first and the second elastic extensions of the first plunger hold the second plunger with the first elastic extension making a forced contact with a surface of the second plunger to form thereat an electric connection between the first and the second plungers. | 03-10-2016 |
20160093959 | PLUG-IN BRIDGE HAVING PLATE ELEMENTS LYING ONE OVER THE OTHER - A plug-in bridge for connecting at least two electrical fiat contacts includes a resilient contact fork having an open side for inserting a first of the at least two electrical flat contacts and further having two opposite contact fingers for electrically contacting the first electrical flat contact, two plate elements lying one over the other, each of the two plate elements having at least one of the two opposite contact fingers formed thereon, and a clamping spring. The two plate elements are connectable by attaching the clamping spring to the two opposite contact fingers thereby forming the contact fork. | 03-31-2016 |
439787000 | Conductors secured in duplicate receiving means | 8 |
20090163086 | ELECTRICAL SPLICE CONNECTOR - An electrical splice connector includes a housing, a conductive member retained within the housing and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least two biasing members circumferentially disposed about the longitudinal axis of the conductive member and biased toward the conductive member. Each of the biasing members is configured to urge conductors inserted into the housing into electrical contact with the conductive member. | 06-25-2009 |
20090215326 | In-Line Push-In Wire Connector - A push-in wire connector has an enclosure that includes at least two wire entry ports that face in opposite directions. A terminal assembly is disposed within the enclosure and includes a busbar positioned between the wire ports. A spring member biases inserted conductors into engagement with the busbar. | 08-27-2009 |
20100081345 | APPARATUS FOR THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF CELL ARRESTERS - An apparatus for the electrical connection of cell arresters is provided. The apparatus having a first contact element having a first guide device and a second guide device, the first guide device being designed to rest against a first cell arrester and the second guide device being designed to rest against a second cell arrester. The apparatus also comprises a second contact element having at least one first holding device and at least one second holding device, the at least one first holding device being designed to surround the first guide device and the first cell arrester and the at least one second holding device being designed to surround the second guide device and the second cell arrester. | 04-01-2010 |
20110076900 | ONE-PIECE CONDUCTIVE CLIP FOR PUSH-IN WIRE CONNECTOR - This is a one-piece conductive clip for use with push-in wire connectors. The one-piece conductive clip retains electrical conductors within the connector and provides electrical connection between two or more conductors. The clip has terminal blocks which include a spring and a busbar. The spring and the busbar are arranged so that the spring clamps a wire inserted between the spring and the busbar. The terminal blocks are arranged in two separate rows where each row is located along a plane generally parallel to the other row. This allows both vertically-stacked and horizontally-adjacent electrical connections between the electrical conductors. | 03-31-2011 |
20140065892 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly and an electrical connector for electrically coupling at least two electrical conductors is provided whereby the connector assembly comprises a support structure wall separating the assembly into a first and a second portion; a conductive wall for providing electrical connectivity between the first and second portions; a first biasing member disposed in the first portion, the first biasing member being adapted to deflect upon a first electrical conductor being inserted into the first portion, the first biasing member being further adapted to bias the first electrical conductor against the conductive wall; and a second biasing member disposed in the second portion, the second biasing member being adapted to deflect upon a second electrical conductor being inserted into the second portion, the second biasing member being further adapted to bias the second electrical conductor against the conductive wall to electrical couple the first and the second electrical conductors. | 03-06-2014 |
439788000 | With helical spring | 3 |
20120190253 | LAMP CONNECTION DEVICE - A lamp connection device, which connects with an external circuit and a lamp, comprises an elastic conduction member having at least one engagement section and two winding connection members respectively formed at two ends of the elastic conduction member. The conductive wire of the external circuit and the conductive filament of the lamp are electrically connected to the elastic conduction member via the winding connection members. The engagement section is electrically connected with the conductive wire and conductive filament. Thereby, the lamp can be electrically connected with the external circuit, and the lamp connection device can be bent to flexibly connect to different lamp holders or lamp shades. The serrate structure of the engagement section also can realize invasive electrical connection to prevent increased resistance caused by the oxide layer formed on the surface of the conductive wire. | 07-26-2012 |
20130330981 | HIGH-CURRENT INSERTION-TYPE CONNECTOR HAVING ANNULAR RESILIENT CONTACT - A high current connector for transmitting electric currents, having a housing made of electrically conductive material for mechanical and electrical connection to a cable, an open side for the insertion of a matching plug connector made of an electrically conductive material, and a contact element disposed and formed in the housing such that it produces an electrical contact with a contact surface and contact pressure between the housing and the matching plug connector inserted therein, wherein the contact element has at least one annular helical spring. | 12-12-2013 |
20140162504 | HELICOIL SPRING BACKING SOCKET - Methods of forming a socket assembly and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods and structures may include forming a socket assembly comprising a socket body having a plurality of vertical openings, wherein contact assemblies are disposed within individual vertical openings. The contact assemblies comprise a compression spring surrounding an insulated conductive wire. | 06-12-2014 |