Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439861000 | Having cantilevered clamping finger resiliently urged toward opposed clamping jaw | 17 |
20080287012 | Terminal for a Connector and a Connector - A connector includes a pair of terminals. Each of the terminals includes a housing and a connecting portion. The connecting portion is arranged in the housing. The connecting portion has a first end provided with a connecting member for connection of an electrical cable and a second end provided with a first blade and second blade arranged side by side. The first blade has a fitting arrangement and the second blade having a spring arrangement. The fitting arrangements of the first blades of the terminals are engaged to mate the terminals. | 11-20-2008 |
20090124139 | SPRING-FORCE CONNECTOR - A spring-force connection ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090170379 | CLIP FOR CONNECTION TO A STAB TERMINAL OF AN ELECTRICAL BUSS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a clip for making an electrical connection with a buss stab terminal, comprising: a generally flat body having a first side and a second side and being formed at least in part from an electrically conductive material; an elongated slot in the body; a first spring flap adjacent the slot, wherein the first spring flap projects at least partially outward, away from the body on the first side of the body; and a second spring flap adjacent the slot, wherein the second spring flap projects at least partially outward, away from the body on the first side of the body and wherein the second spring flap is on the opposite side of the slot relative to the first spring flap; wherein the clip is configured to slide onto the buss stab terminal (such as an electric meter) by receiving the buss stab terminal through the slot; and wherein the spring flaps apply pressure to the buss stab terminal to provide an electrical connection between the buss stab terminal and the clip. In one specific example, the clip may be a free-floating, housing-less clip. | 07-02-2009 |
20090215327 | Separable Connector System with Vents in Bushing Nose - Separable connector assemblies include one or more pairs of connectors that engage and disengage one another in electrical connection and disconnection operations, respectively. An operator can disengage the connectors by pushing the connectors together and then pulling the connectors apart. Pushing the connectors together shears interface adhesion between the connectors, making it easier for the operator to pull the connectors apart. An indicator integral or coupled to one of the connectors can indicate whether the first and second connectors are in the pushed-in-position. A window in the other connector includes an opening, channel, and/or translucent or semi-translucent material through which the indicator may be seen. The window and/or one or more vents in a tubular member of one of the connectors can include a channel that provides an air path for ingress of air between the connectors, to thereby remove or reduce a vacuum or partial vacuum between the connectors. | 08-27-2009 |
20090258549 | QUICK RELEASE CONTACT DESIGNED TO FIT A TERMINAL BOARD, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRONIC GAS IGNITER DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD APPLICANCES - A contact adapted to be used in conjunction with an electric wire prearranged with a tip connection terminal, of essentially rigid type, and including reception means of the terminal for at least one prevailing part of the length of the same in a direction of insertion (A), electric interface means between tip and contact, against which the terminal is in use abuttingly withheld, and elastic locking means prearranged between the reception means and the electric interface means so as to press in use with predetermined pressure the terminal against the electric interface means and at the same time cooperate with the terminal forming a first angle with the direction of insertion so as to prevent by seizing the extraction of the terminal from the reception means in the direction of insertion; wherein the elastic means and the reception means are shaped so as to allow a user to displace the terminal, against the bias of the elastic means, obliquely with respect to the interface means and to the direction of insertion (A), so as to determine between the elastic means and the terminal a second angle which does not allow the removal of the tip from the reception means along a direction of extraction (B) different from that of insertion (A). | 10-15-2009 |
20090264027 | CONNECTION TERMINAL AND LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - The invention relates to a connection terminal for the connection of an electrical conductor, comprising a conducting connecting strip and a clamping spring, the spring comprising a bearing branch connected by an elbow to a clamping branch designed to clamp the conductor against a clamping portion of the strip, the strip having a first surface facing the elbow of the spring and a second surface opposite the first surface. The spring comprises at least one bearing hook designed to bear on the second surface of the strip opposite the first surface of the strip facing the elbow of the spring. | 10-22-2009 |
20100055997 | PGA CONTACT WITH INCLINED FLEXIBLE ARM - An electrical contact for electrically connecting with a pin of an electrical package, includes a base portion as a planar board-like, a first and a second mating fingers jointly configuring a room for receiving the pin, and a flexible arm being inclined relative to the base portion and connecting with the base portion and one of the first with the second mating fingers. | 03-04-2010 |
20100173540 | LAMP SOCKET AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a lamp socket structured to realize a slimmer display device, and a display device having the lamp socket. The lamp socket includes: a body portion; a connection terminal for connection of the lamp socket to a terminal of a lamp; a compliant portion which connects the body portion and the connection terminal and includes a first portion connected to the connection terminal and a second portion connected to the body portion; and one or more fixing portions which extend from the body portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion at least partially overlap each other. | 07-08-2010 |
20110039458 | SOLID WIRE TERMINAL - A solid wire terminal ( | 02-17-2011 |
20120045949 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT - The present invention is to provide an electrical contact, including first and second contact arms being spaced apart from each other in a vertical relation and having a contact portion, respectively, a soldering arm connected with the second contact arm, a driven arm connected with the first contact arm, and a support arm disposed between and connecting the first and second contact arms and the soldering and driven arms, wherein the contact portions of the first and second contact arms are disposed in different alignment with each other so as to clamp a flexible circuit board securely. | 02-23-2012 |
20120264340 | Electrical Terminal - The present invention relates to a contact terminal for the reception of contact pins. The terminal includes a pin reception member having a box-shape made from a single piece of sheet metal, wherein two opposite walls include each at least one cut-out contact tongue being inwardly bent into the interior of the box-shape. Two other opposite walls include each a contact front portion which is inwardly bent such that the respective wall has essentially a hook-shaped cross-section to clampingly receive a contact pin. | 10-18-2012 |
20120295494 | CENTRAL CONDUCTOR OF COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR - A central conductor of coaxial cable connector includes a barrel, at least one first spring plate group, and at least one second spring plate group. The barrel has two ends forming connection bores, opposite side surfaces respectively forming a first slit and a second slit, and top and bottom walls respectively forming a wall opening and a bottom wall opening. The first spring plate group and the second spring plate group are arranged opposite in direction to each other and each includes spring plates that are arranged to engage each other from upper and lower sides. Each of the spring plates has an end connected to the top or bottom wall of the barrel and an opposite end extending inward of the top wall opening or the bottom wall opening. As such, clamping force is enhanced, contact area is increased, and resiliency limit is improved, so as to provide excellent engagement between conductors. | 11-22-2012 |
20120295495 | WIRING TERMINAL STRUCTURES - A wiring terminal structure of the present invention includes a box and a plugging element. The box is an integrally formed unitary unit and includes an upper wall, side walls, a lower wall, a hole, and a leaf spring. The upper wall, the side walls, and the lower wall define a space. The hole is formed on the upper wall and enables communication between the space and the outside of the box. The leaf spring extends upward from the lower wall to reach the space and forms an end protruding from the hole. The plugging element includes a plugging portion and a clamping portion having upper and lower clamping leaf springs. The plugging portion is inserted into the space and plugged into the box. The end of the leaf spring abuts against the plugging portion and is pressed downward by the plugging portion to lie in the space. | 11-22-2012 |
20120315806 | RECEPTACLE CONTACT - A receptacle contact for receipt of a mating contact and a method therefore. The receptacle contact has side walls, each of the side walls has an opening provide therein. A resilient contact arm extends between the side walls. Projections extend from the resilient contact arm and extend through the openings of the side walls. A weak area is provided on the resilient contact arm, the weak area positioned between the fixed end and the projections. The projections engage a wall of the opening as the mating contact is inserted into the receptacle contact, causing the at least one contact area to become fixed and allowing the weak area to move into engagement with the mating contact, thereby providing multiple areas of contact between the resilient contact arm and the mating contact. | 12-13-2012 |
20130040508 | CURVED SPRING BEAM HAVING COINED INDENTATIONS - An electrical socket design for a pin and socket connector is provided that increases the spring rate of a tine of the socket by displacing material away from a neutral plane of the tine, which increases the tine's moment of inertia. Increasing the moment of inertia increases the spring rate and thereby increases the contact force of the tine on the pin. The material can be readily displaced by a coining process, which can be implemented in a manufacturing process with minimal changes and can also readily accommodate design adjustments. | 02-14-2013 |
20140113509 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT - The object of the invention is to provide an electrical contact ( | 04-24-2014 |
20150093944 | CONNECTOR TERMINAL - A connector terminal comprises: an electrical conductive portion connected with an electrical conductive member; and a connection portion integrally provided with the electrical conductive portion, the connection portion including: a pair of flat plate portions opposed to one another to form an insertion portion into which a corresponding terminal is inserted; a support portion provided in middle portions of the paired flat plate portions, the support portion restricting the paired flat plate portions from moving in directions in which they separate from one another when the corresponding terminal is inserted into the insertion portion, and a plurality of contact portions provided around the support portion in the paired flat plate portions the contact portions elastically contacting with the corresponding terminal to be electrically connected thereto. | 04-02-2015 |