| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 439744000 | Secured by resiliently biased part latching behind shoulder or into recess | 39 |
| 20090311918 | Electrical connector having alternative inner housings - An outer housing is configured to receive alternative first and second housings. The first inner housing is configured to receive clean body contacts where the inner housing includes integral locking latches extending into the contract receiving cavity where the locking latch may be positioned against the shoulder of the contract retaining the contact in position in the cavity. Alternatively, a second inner housing may be provided with a locking shoulder against which a locking lance of an electrical contact having a locking lance may be provided. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100144213 | AUDIO JACK CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SOLDERING TAIL - An electrical connector ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100210149 | CONDUCTIVE TERMINAL ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH THE CONDUCTIVE TERMINAL ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a contact retaining member fixed to the insulative housing and a contact partly extending through the contact retaining member. The contact retaining member is fixed in a passageway defined in the insulative housing. The contact retaining member includes a ring and at least one elastic spring extending forwardly from the ring. The ring is closed along its circumferential direction while is central hollow. The contact includes a contact portion resided in the passageway and a fixing portion extending through the ring and the elastic spring under a condition that the fixing portion abuts against a free end of the elastic spring to limit backwardly removal of the contact. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100330850 | Electromagnetic Switch for Starter - Terminal bolts are inserted in the bottom of contact cover through collars. C-rings are fitted into U-shaped grooves formed in the terminal bolts and constitute locking parts. Circular notch parts are formed on the inner surface at the contact chamber side of the collars and the notch parts are engaged with the C-ring whereby ring terminals receive pressing force of nuts tightened on the terminal bolts. Accordingly, spaces are created at places being closer to the contact chamber side than the C ring side of the terminal bolts are, by interposing O-rings with large thickness in the spaces in elastically compressed states, whereby an airtightness of the contact chamber can be secured without expanding an outer diameter of the contact cover. Thus, an electromagnetic switch can adopt sealing members with sufficient thickness without expanding an outer diameter of the contact cover. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20120156945 | CONNECTOR - To provide a connector in which a lance beak part will not be broken, even though a large load is applied by a front holder. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130183871 | Electrical Assembly - A demountable electrical panel comprises a spring under tension that is easily assembled by being laid to rest in a recess in a mounting plate put under tension to make electrical contact with a circuit board when the device is assembled. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130288542 | CONNECTOR - A locking lance ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130288543 | CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a housing, a power contact attached to the housing, and a fixing member fixing the power contact to the housing. The connector is mateable along a front-rear direction with a mating connector located at a mating side. The housing has a rear wall, a contact-holding hole and an abutment portion, wherein the contact-holding hole pierces the rear wall in the front-rear direction, and the abutment portion is located toward the mating side with respect to the contact-holding hole. The power contact has a held portion, a fixed portion and an abutting portion, wherein the held portion is inserted in the contact-holding hole from the mating side to be held by the contact-holding hole, the fixed portion is formed to be located far from the mating side with respect to the held portion, and the abutting portion is formed to be located toward the mating side with respect to the held portion so that the abutting portion is brought into abutment with the abutment portion when the held portion is inserted in the contact-holding hole. The fixing member is attached to the held portion so that a part of the housing is sandwiched between the abutting portion and the fixing member in the front-rear direction. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140120783 | SINGLE ELEMENT WIRE TO BOARD CONNECTOR - A single element electrical connector includes a single conductive contact element formed into a cage structure having a wire insert end and a wire contact end along a longitudinal centerline axis of the connector. The cage structure defines an upper pick-up surface having a surface area suitable for placement of a suction nozzle of a vacuum transfer device, as well as a pair of contact tines biased towards the centerline axis to define a contact pinch point for an exposed core of a wire inserted into the connector. A contact surface is defined by a member of the cage structure for electrical mating contact with a respective contact element on a component on which the connector is mounted. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140194013 | CONNECTOR UNIT - A first connector housing of a first connector includes a fitting concave having an inner wall portion extended in a fitting direction X and formed in substantially a circular shape, and the inner wall portion has a first step portion extended perpendicular to the fitting direction X and projected inward. A second connector housing of a second connector includes a fitting convex having an outer wall portion extended in the fitting direction X and formed in substantially a columnar shape, and the outer wall portion has a second step portion indented inward corresponding to the first step portion. A spacer is projected from at least two positions of a part of the outer wall portion and the second step portion in a temporary locking position, and is sunken in the outer wall portion or arranged in the same plane as the outer wall portion in a regular locking position. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140295715 | CONTACT MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SENSOR - A contact fitting has a supporting portion capable of contacting a surface of a sensor element, and a conducting portion protruding in the same direction as the supporting portion and capable of contacting an electrode on the sensor element. Before the contact fitting is attached to the sensor element, a protrusion height of the conducting portion is 90% to 110% of a protrusion height of the supporting portion, and the protrusion heights and are relatively close to each other. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are elastically deformable and are curved in shape. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the contact fitting. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150024639 | CONNECTOR - A connector is provided which includes a housing in which a terminal is accommodated, and a retainer which is mounted on the housing to prevent movement of the terminal in the direction of detachment. A retainer insertion hole is provided on the housing to insert the retainer, and a provisional locking projection and a final locking projection are provided which extend into the retainer insertion hole. A guide portion is provided in the retainer which is flexibly deformed by interference from the provisional locking projection and the final locking projection, and a locked portion is formed, which is a locking hole opened in the guide portion. The locked portion and the provisional locking projection are temporarily locked during the insertion process, and the locked portion and the final locking projection are locked at the end of the insertion process. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150133002 | TERMINAL POSITION ASSURANCE WITH DUAL PRIMARY LOCK REINFORCEMENT AND INDEPENDENT SECONDARY LOCK - The present teachings provide for a connector including a first body and an assurance body. The first body defines a first locking member, a cavity and a slot. The cavity accepts a terminal inserted therein to a first distance. The slot extends into the first body and intersects the cavity. The first locking member is configured to prevent withdrawal of the terminal when the terminal is inserted to the first distance. The assurance body is movable between a preset and a full set position within the slot, and includes a reinforcing member and a second locking member. The full set position, the reinforcing member limits movement of the first locking member to prevent the withdrawal of the terminal, and the second locking member extends into the cavity to prevent withdrawal of the terminal independent of the first locking member. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150349448 | CONNECTOR - A connector in which a large contact pressure between male and female terminals is obtained. The female terminal has an elastic wall portion that is outwardly pressed by the displaced elastic contact piece to be displaced. The elastic lance is disposed on the side of the elastic wall portion of the socket portion so as to be outwardly pressed by the displaced elastic wall portion to be displaced. The displaced elastic contact piece is pressed by the displaced elastic wall portion and the elastic lance, thereby increasing the contact pressure of the elastic contact piece. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150380852 | CONNECTOR TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a connector terminal to be inserted into and housed in a connector housing, the connector housing including a first space having an opening through which the connector terminal is inserted thereinto, and a second space into which a circuit board is fit, the second space being situated adjacent to the first space, the connector terminal including a hollow terminal body, and a resilient piece to be housed in the terminal body, the resilient piece including a contact portion resiliently protruding into the second space from the first space, the terminal body including a stopper restricting movement of the resilient piece in a direction opposite to a direction in which the connector terminal is inserted into the first space. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150380853 | CONNECTOR AND INSPECTION TOOL - Locking lances ( | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160072212 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector has a retainer including a cantilever-type arm that operates with a small force. The retainer is held in the connector housing so as to be movable between a pre-latch position and a complete latch position, retaining terminals at the complete latch position. The retainer has: a first latch on the connector housing at the pre-latch position; a second latch on the connector housing at the complete latch position; a cantilever-type first elastic beam having a free end side formed with the pre-latch projection; and a second elastic beam having both ends supported by the first elastic beam and formed with the complete latch projection. | 03-10-2016 |
| 439745000 | Separate latching part secured to contact prior to engagement with insulation | 3 |
| 20100029143 | CONTACT RETENTION ASSEMBLY - A contact retention assembly includes a body, an outward angled tine and an inward angled tine. The body extends between a front end and a back end. The outward angled tine extends from the body to a housing engagement surface and is configured to engage a portion of a housing. The inward angled tine extends from the body to a contact engagement surface and is configured to engage a contact in order to retain the contact within the assembly. The inward angled tine extends from the body in a different direction than the outward angled tine. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100273363 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH LOCKING BARB - An electrical contact includes a body extending a length from a contacting end to a terminating end. The body includes a base extending between the contacting and terminating ends. A passageway extends through at least a portion of the length of the body. A locking barb is connected to the base of the body. The locking barb extends a length from an engagement end to a locking end. The locking barb is connected to the base of the body at a pivot point located along the locking barb between the engagement and locking ends. The locking barb is pivotable about the pivot point between a locked and an unlocked position. The engagement end of the locking barb extends into the passageway of the body when the locking barb is in the locked position. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20170237193 | CONNECTOR WITH TERMINAL CARRIER LOCK AND INDIVIDUAL TPA RETENTION FEATURES | 08-17-2017 |
| 439746000 | Latching part unitary with metallic connector or contact | 19 |
| 20090318034 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND MATING CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES - An electrical connector includes a terminal body defining at least two openings therein. Electrical terminals positioned in each of the at least two openings defined by the terminal body include respective crimp sections that extend beyond an end of the terminal body. A separator fin attached to the end of the terminal body extends beyond the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and is located between the at least two openings in the terminal body so that the separator fin defines a structure that is closed on an inner side to physically separate the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and open on an outer side so that the crimp sections of the electrical terminals are exposed. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100173536 | CONTACT MEMBER AND CONNECTOR INCLUDING THE CONTACT MEMBER - A contact member includes a body part formed by providing a belt-shaped part in a substantially ring shape; an internal circumferential side contact part provided at one end of the body part and situated at an internal circumferential side of the contact member; and an external circumferential side contact part provided at another end of the body part and situated at an external circumferential side of the contact member. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110117795 | CONNECTOR HOUSING - A resin-made connector housing capable of maintaining strength of a lance and preventing a reduction in a terminal holding force even when miniaturization of a connector advances is provided. In the resin-made connector housing in which a flexible lance | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120108111 | TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR USING THE SAME - A terminal configured to be pressed into and fixed to a base material has a press-fit fixing portion configured to be pressed into the base material, a branch portion extending from the press-fit fixing portion, a plurality of extension portions that extend from the branch portion in a meandering manner, such that at least one meandering slit is formed thereby, a tip portion integrated with a free end of the extension portion, and a movable contact portion formed on the tip portion that is configured to protrude out of a contacting hole of the base material so as to be taken in and out. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120122354 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH RELIABLE TERMINAL POSITION - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130130562 | CONNECTOR - To obtain a connector capable of efficiently enhancing a shear strength to increase a holding force against a reduction in a lance holding force which is caused by a decrease in a size. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140045387 | TERMINAL-MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND TERMINAL USED IN THE SAME TERMINAL-MOUNTING STRUCTURE - The invention provides a terminal-mounting structure for mounting a terminal to a terminal-receiving portion, which includes the terminal and the terminal-receiving portion. The terminal includes an elongated plate-shaped connecting portion, a pair of wings extending from both edges of the connecting portion which are disposed in a width direction of the connecting portion and being perpendicular to the connecting portion, and a locking hole formed in the connecting portion and located between the pair of wings. The terminal-receiving portion includes a tube portion for receiving the terminal therein, and a lance capable of being locked to the locking hole of the terminal and positioned between the pair of wings. A front face of the connecting portion is not covered by the pair of wings at all. The pair of wings extends in a same direction. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140051307 | TERMINAL FITTING - In a terminal fitting, a lance engaged in a retaining recess in a cavity of a connector housing is arranged to protrude from the outside surface of a terminal body, and the lance is prevented from falling out of the cavity by the engagement of the lance and the retaining recess. The lance is a free end of a belt-form piece which is overlapped on the inner surface of a first outside wall of the terminal body which is raised up along an elastic displacement direction when the lance is engaged in the retaining recess, and which has a predetermined width in the elastic displacement direction and extends in parallel to an insertion direction in which the terminal fitting is inserted into the cavity. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140120784 | POWER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A power connector includes an insulative housing, at least a pair of power contacts assembled to the at least one contact-receiving passage. The pair of power contacts are arranged oppositely along an up-to-down direction and cooperating with each other. Each of the at least a pair of power contacts includes a cable termination portion, a contacting portion and an intermediate portion connecting the cable termination portion and the contacting portion. One lateral edge of the intermediate portion is a first latching portion, and the other lateral edge of the intermediate portion is a second latching portion. Thus, when the pair of power contacts are assembled together, the first latching portion of one power contact cooperates with the second latching portion of the other power contact, while the second latching portion of the one power contacts cooperates with the first latching portion of the other power contact to form a hollow frame therebetween along an up-to-down direction. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140256196 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - There is provided a connector and a method for making the connector preventing escape of a terminal fitting by improving latch force for the terminal fitting over a wide variety of products without inducing upsize or manufacturing cost. The connector comprises a connector housing including a terminal fitting and a terminal housing accommodating the terminal fitting, in which the connector housing includes a wall composing one inner face of the terminal housing, and a latch part latching the terminal fitting, the latch part including a latch arm having a tip extending from a base end disposed the inner face of the wall toward a back side in an insertion direction of the terminal fitting, a latch projection projecting from the latch arm in a direction intersecting the insertion direction. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20160164213 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH LOW TERMINAL INSERTION FORCE - An electrical connector assembly comprising a wire attached to a terminal and a connector body. The terminal defines a pair of terminal wings protruding from opposite side surfaces of the terminal. A cavity within the connector body is configured to receive the terminal. Side walls of the cavity define terminal guides that have guide rails and a guide slots beneath the guide rails. As the terminal is pushed into the cavity, the guide rails urge the terminal wings toward a top wall of the cavity until the terminal wings reach an end of the guide rails. The terminal wings then enter open ends of the guide slots as the wire is pulled cavity and the terminal wings traverse the guide slots until the terminal wings engage closed ends of the guide slots and/or a terminal lock tab engages a lock surface within the cavity, thereby preventing the terminal from being inadvertently withdrawn from the cavity. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160172782 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR TERMINAL | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160172783 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING MODULE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160190724 | Electric Connector Terminal and Electric Connector - An electrical connector is provided and includes a housing and a terminal. The housing includes a terminal receiving passageway and a lance extending into the terminal receiving passageway. The terminal is inserted into the terminal receiving passageway and includes a top surface facing the lance and a holding portion extending from and above the top surface. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20170237194 | HIGH POWER CONNECTOR | 08-17-2017 |
| 439748000 | Resilient socket contact for surrounding or engaging opposed surfaces of mating plug contact | 4 |
| 20090186534 | Electrical Connector Contact - An electrical connector contact includes a metal strip, a shear-formed tab extending the strip to a point with a shear-formed rounded edge corners intersecting at the point to form a small double curvature contact tip. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20130040506 | Electrical contact for plug-in connections - In an electrical contact for plug-in connections, in particular for the direct contacting of contact surfaces of a circuit board, the contact having a contact housing which includes an inwardly deflectable primary lance, which outwardly projects beyond the contact housing, counter to the insertion direction, for retaining the contact inserted into a contact chamber of a mating plug, the primary lance has a free end which is offset inwardly relative to its outwardly projecting lance section and extends counter to the insertion direction, which free lance end is outwardly overlapped by a housing stop of the contact housing. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130052883 | TERMINAL FITTING AND CONNECTOR - A terminal fitting (T) includes a terminal main body ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20150333427 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF CONNECTOR AND TERMINAL FITTING - A female terminal fitting is provided with a lance hole at a given position in the longitudinal direction of a bottom wall portion thereof, a latching groove of a lance portion formed inside a terminal housing cavity of a connector housing being resiliently inserted into the lance hole, and with a latching protrusion formed at a hole edge portion on the front end side of the lance hole, an end edge of a retaining portion inserted in the lance hole abutting and latching on the latching protrusion. The latching protrusion includes a conical portion gradually expanding its diameter from a vertex on the front side toward a rear end on the hole edge portion side of the lance hole, a cylindrical portion integrally formed at the rear end edge of the conical portion, and a cutout portion with a part of the conical portion is cut out. | 11-19-2015 |
