| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 439752000 | Secured by superposition of insulating body parts | 33 |
| 20080200076 | Electric plug connector - An electric plug connector includes a guide sleeve, a plug connector part attachable to the guide sleeve, a bayonet ring on the connector part for rotatably engaging with the guide sleeve to move between unlocked and locked positions, and a locking button arranged on the bayonet ring to slide with the ring as the ring moves. While the connector part is attached to the guide sleeve the ring locks the attachment by engaging with the guide sleeve when the ring is in its locked position. The button is displaceable relative to the guide sleeve between inactivated and activated positions. The button includes a latching hook and a pin that interact with the sleeve to enable the button to move between its inactivated and activated positions. The latching hook and the pin engage with the sleeve when the button is in its activated position to secure the locking of the attachment. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080305694 | CONNECTOR - When each metal terminal | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090017701 | Battery connector - A battery connector comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing; wherein the battery connector further including a block portion to prevent the contacts from dropping out of the insulative housing. The block portion can be used to reduce the moving extent of the contacts, increase the compactedness between of the contacts and the insulative housing. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090081908 | Connector With Redundant Terminal Locking - A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a connector housing having a terminal channel and a terminal positioned within the terminal channel. The connector includes a primary locking mechanism including a locking beam configured to engage a first terminal locking surface and a secondary locking mechanism including a locking hinge having a locking foot configured to engage a second terminal locking surface. The locking hinge is configured to pivot from a staging position to permit passage of the terminal into the connector through the terminal channel to an operative position to retain the terminal within the terminal channel and establish a position of maximum rearward travel of the terminal within the terminal channel. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090191767 | CONNECTOR - An accommodation recess ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090197479 | Electrical Connector - An electrical terminal including a first connection section; and a second connection section. The second connection section includes at least two cantilevered deflectable contact arms configured to contact a mating electrical terminal. A front end of each of the arms is outwardly flared including opposite sides of each front end being outwardly flared in general opposite directions relative to each other. The front ends combine to form a general tulip shaped entrance into the electrical terminal for the mating electrical terminal. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090291599 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a retainer ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090298353 | CONNECTOR - A connector is provided with a housing | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100029144 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100041280 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector includes a terminal and a connector body. The terminal has one or more tabs. The connector body has a cavity that is constructed and sized to receive the terminal. The connector body has one or more rails, and has one or more knobs. When the terminal is received in the cavity, the tab bears against the rail and bears against the knob. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100062659 | FLOATABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A floatable electrical connector assembly comprises a fixed housing ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100062660 | CONNECTOR AND JIG THEREFOR - A connector ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100105254 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to an electrical connector, which comprises means for preventing terminals from being deformed during connection of the connector. The electrical connector of the present invention comprises: a terminal position assuring member mounted to a connector housing; and a terminal protecting plate mounted to the terminal position assuring member. The terminal protecting plate comprises a first engaging element and the terminal position assuring member comprises a second engaging compactly configured since there is no need to provide any means for mounting or retaining the terminal protecting plate to the connector housing. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100323562 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HOUSING - An electrical connector includes a terminal assembly, a housing body, a first rib member and a second rib member. The terminal assembly includes a terminal mounting block and at least one terminal mounted therein. The housing body surrounds the terminal assembly and is connected to the terminal mounting block. The housing body and the terminal mounting block define a cavity with the at least one terminal projecting into the cavity from the terminal mounting block. The housing body has a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls disposed apart from one another to interconnect the top and bottom walls. The first and second rib members are connected to respective ones of the pair of side walls and extend longitudinally. The first and second rib members are disposed between the top wall and the bottom wall. An electrical connector housing is also described. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110053433 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE PATCH PLUG FOR CONNECTION LINES - A high-temperature patch plug ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110183551 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a housing ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110212655 | TERMINAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A terminal support structure has a housing that is of a resin molding product having a terminal inserting hole, a connecting terminal that is inserted into the terminal inserting hole and supported by the housing, and a retaining projection including a press-in groove parallel to a direction of insertion of the connecting terminal that is provided in an opening edge portion of the terminal inserting hole. A press-in portion is integrally formed in a side portion of the connecting terminal. Upper and lower end portions of the press-in portion are latched and retained in upper and lower surfaces opposite to each other in the press-in groove, respectively. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120244758 | CONNECTOR EASILY ENABLING A REDUCTION IN THICKNESS AND BEING STRUCTURALLY STABLE - A conductive terminal member is disposed at a portion between an insulating base film and an insulating cover film while insulating intermediate members are disposed at other portions therebetween. In this event, the intermediate members are formed in predetermined shapes and are located so as not to overlap the terminal member. The base film and the cover film are each melt-fixed to the intermediate members so that the terminal member is fixedly held between the base member and the cover film. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130023163 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an electrical terminal and a housing having a front end and a back end with an opening configured to receive the electrical terminal. The housing includes a first lock system configured to allow insertion of the electrical terminal into the housing and prohibit removal of the electrical terminal from the housing. It also includes a tapered surface and for guiding the electrical terminal to a desired position when the electrical terminal is inserted into the housing. A second lock system cooperates with the housing in a lock position for prohibiting removal of the electrical terminal from the housing. It also cooperates with the housing in a pre-lock position wherein a tapered surface of the second lock system is configured to cooperate with the tapered surface of the housing for guiding the electrical terminal to the desired position when the electrical terminal is inserted into the housing. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20140154931 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector includes a housing, a first terminal, and a first lock. The housing includes a first receiving chamber and first recess positioned adjacent to the first receiving chamber. The first terminal is insertable into the first receiving chamber. The lock is securable to the housing and includes a horizontal base plate, a first pressing rod extending downward from the horizontal base plate and insertable into the first receiving chamber to press against the first terminal, and a first rotation prevention member extending downward from the horizontal base plate and insertable into the first recess to mate with the recess in a substantially gapless manner. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140378006 | SECONDARY LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A PLUG - A plug for establishing an electrical connection to a plug module includes: a plug body having a contact carrier upper part which includes multiple first channels to accommodate electrical lines, and a plug base accommodating a collar of the plug module; a contact carrier lower part which includes multiple second channels to accommodate the electrical lines; and a locking element insertable into the plug from the outside and configured to fix the electrical lines in the channels. The first channels terminate in the second channels to form continuous channels accommodating the electrical lines. The contact carrier lower part is enclosed by the collar of the plug module and accommodates multiple electrical contacts of the plug module in order to establish electrical connections between the multiple electrical lines in the plug and the multiple electrical contacts of the plug module. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150038022 | CONNECTOR - A retainer ( | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150064988 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a plurality of terminals, a housing, and a retainer. The housing includes terminal housing chambers and partition portions. Each of the terminal housing chambers accommodates therein each of the plurality of terminals. Each of the partition portions is provided between adjacent terminal housing chambers and partition the adjacent terminal housing chambers from each other. The retainer is attached to the housing. The retainer is configured to prevent each of the terminals from falling out and to move between a temporary locking position and a proper locking position. The retainer includes communication cut portions. While the retainer is moving between the proper locking position and the temporary locking position, each of the communication cut portions is kept in contact with its corresponding partition portion and cut off communication between the adjacent terminal housing chambers. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150072569 | TERMINAL RETAINER FOR PLUG OR RECEPTACLE OF MODULAR WIRING SYSTEM - A terminal retainer for a modular wiring system includes a first retainer component made of an electrically insulating material, an internal post protruding from an inner surface of the first retainer component, a terminal made of an electrically conductive material and adapted to be electrically joined to an electrical wire, the terminal having a hole for mounting the terminal on the post, and a second retainer component also made of the electrically insulating material, the second retainer component being adapted to attach to the first retainer component to form the terminal retainer. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150072570 | INDEXABLE TERMINAL RETAINER AND METHOD OF MAKING PLUGS - An indexable terminal retainer for a modular wiring system includes a retainer body that retains a terminal, the retainer body being dimensioned to fit within a retainer-receiving holder of a plug or receptacle. The indexable terminal retainer further includes a locking member for locking the retainer body to the retainer-receiving holder to prevent rotation of the retainer body within the retainer-receiving holder. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150099404 | CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a cover | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150318632 | TERMINAL - A terminal includes a box-shaped body part including a pair of a first side wall and second side wall which are raised from both side ends of a bottom wall, a top wall extended from the first side wall, and an auxiliary wall extended from the second side wall. The top wall includes a first slit opening on a side end face of the top wall. The auxiliary wall includes a second slit opening on a side end face of the auxiliary wall. A stabilizer is formed by a portion on a front side of a separating portion formed by the second slit. A stabilizer reinforcing section is formed by a portion on a front side of a separating portion formed by the first slit. An engagement section is formed by a portion on a rear side of the separating portion formed by the first slit of the top wall. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150333430 | CONNECTOR - It is aimed to suppress backlash between a receptacle and a connector main body without reducing the operability of a connector connecting operation. Backlash preventing portions ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150349449 | Connector Housing and Connector - A connector is provided and includes a housing and a terminal position assurance article. The housing has a body and a terminal receiving portion extending rearward from the body. The terminal position assurance article is wholly received into a rear end of the housing and corresponds with the terminal receiving portion. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160006136 | TERMINAL - A terminal is formed by bending a plate of electrically conductive metal and is received in a connector housing. The terminal includes a box-shaped body part, a terminal contact part provided on a front side of the body part, and an electrical wire connecting part provided on a rear side of the body part. When the plate before bending is viewed from the thickness direction, a conductor section having a cross-section having constant width and thickness extends from the terminal contact part to the electrical wire connecting part. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160013575 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A TERMINAL POSITION ASSURANCE DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160043492 | RETAINING STRUCTURE FOR TERMINAL FITTING - A retaining structure for a terminal fitting includes: a terminal fitting which has a cylindrical electric contact portion at a front end side and an electric wire connecting portion at a rear end side; a housing with which a cylindrical portion is integrally formed; a terminal accommodating chamber which is provided inwards of the cylindrical portion and which accommodates the terminal fitting with a moving gap left; and locking lances which are formed on a cylindrical wall portion of the cylindrical portion so as not to project from an outer circumferential surface thereof and which lock a lance locking portion of the terminal fitting which is inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber so as to retain the terminal fitting in such a way as to enable a radial movement of the terminal fitting while restricting a rearward withdrawal of the terminal fitting. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160099520 | Lever-type electrical connector with connector positioning assurance member - An electrical connector comprising a cover, a mating assist lever pivotally mounted to the cover and configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position, and a connector positioning assurance (CPA) member slideably mounted to the cover and configured to slide between an inoperative position and a locked position. The CPA member comprises a flexible locking arm that is bendable between a bent position and a rest position. The flexible locking arm comprises a blocking ramp that cooperates with a blocking shoulder on the cover to generate a first threshold force resisting the CPA member from sliding from the inoperative position to the locked position and a locking ramp that cooperates with the locking shoulder on the mate assist lever to bend the flexible locking arm from the rest position to the bent position to prevent the blocking ramp and the blocking shoulder from cooperating. | 04-07-2016 |
