Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439851000 |
Socket comprises tubular body having resilient means for gripping inserted elongated contact (includes split or slotted tube)
| 42 |
439843000 |
Having separate gripping spring means located within or extending into rigid socket body
| 22 |
439856000 |
Having opposed cantilevered clamping fingers resiliently urged toward one another
| 9 |
439850000 |
Resilient channel-like socket for receiving thin blade contact (e.g., spade receiving)
| 6 |
439858000 |
Having cantilevered clamping finger resiliently urged toward rigid clamping jaw | 3 |
20080254688 | Electronic component socket and methods for making and using the same - A socket or clip adapted to provide an interconnect between an electronic component, such as an automotive blade fuse, and a printed circuit board or other device. The clip comprises a substantially unitary structure for attaching the electronic component to the printed circuit board substrate. In one embodiment, the clip also comprises a closed-entry structure receiving element to receive the electronic component; a terminating element for interfacing the clip to the printed circuit board; a spring clip element for receiving terminations from said electronic component; and an overstress feature for preventing the spring clip element from becoming overstressed. | 10-16-2008 |
20120289100 | FEMALE TERMINAL FOR CONNECTOR - A female terminal includes an electric contact portion that has a cylindrical box portion and an elastic contact spring disposed in the inner part of the box portion. An abutment portion of the metal plate is disposed on the upper wall portion of the box portion, and an indent is formed, from the outside of the box portion, at the upper wall portion having the abutment portion disposed thereon. A projection portion is provided at the inside of the box portion, and an apex of the projection portion is made to be a contact portion with respect to the male terminal. | 11-15-2012 |
20150295330 | Terminal for an Antenna Connector - A terminal for an antenna connector has a soldering base, two wings, a resilient electric contacting arm, and two pre-pressing elements. The wings are formed on the soldering base and each wing has an opening. The resilient electric contacting arm is formed on and protrudes from a rear end of the soldering base and has an extension section, a resilient section, and an electronic contacting section. The pre-pressing elements are located respectively in the openings of the wings, pre-press the resilient section of the resilient electric contacting arm toward the soldering base, and limit the resilient section to sway in an extent from an inner upper edge of each opening to the soldering base. The terminal with the pre-pressing elements performs excellent electrical contacting effect to improve signal transmission of the antenna connector and a corresponding antenna module. | 10-15-2015 |
439848000 |
Having latching detent or means operated by mating contact to lock or manipulate resilient part | 3 |
20090036004 | Receptacle terminal - A receptacle terminal includes a cable connection portion | 02-05-2009 |
20100190388 | FEMALE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a female electrical terminal destined to couple with a male blade terminal ( | 07-29-2010 |
20130157521 | LOCKOUT TAGOUT PLUG SLEEVE - A lockout tagout hole that traverses at least one wall of a cylindrical body of a lockout tagout plug sleeve, where the lockout tagout hole securely receives a lockout tagout tag. Also disposed on the outer surface of the cylindrical body can be a polarizing slot, where the polarizing slot and an end of the wall of the sleeve are used to orient the position of the lockout tagout hole. | 06-20-2013 |
439855000 |
Socket perpendicular to wire-securing barrel (e.g., right-angle connector) | 2 |
20130323988 | PRESSURE WELDING TERMINAL - A pressure welding terminal capable of pressure-welding and retaining a plurality types of electric wires having different diameters by a fixed push-in amount is provided. Therefore, in a pressure welding terminal in which a slit for press-fitting and retaining a conductive body is provided between a pair of spring portions and an upper edge of the conductive body retained by the slit is placed at a fixed position from an opening of the slit, a region where an area of a cross section of the spring portions arranged on the lower side of the upper edge of the conductive body, at least on one side is smaller than an area of a cross section of the spring portions at a position of the upper edge of the conductive body. | 12-05-2013 |
20140199896 | Electrical Connector - An angled electrical connector has a body having an engagement portion including a sleeve which extends in a longitudinal first direction for engaging with a mating electrical connector. The sleeve has a cylindrical inner portion at the base of the sleeve and a tapered portion, such that the opening of the sleeve is larger than the base. A corresponding receptacle part is also provided, having a projecting connection port, with a corresponding cylindrical portion at or near the end. | 07-17-2014 |
Entries |
Document | Title | Date |
20080220665 | Compliant pin components for a printed circuit board assembly - A self-contained power distribution device is provided having compliant pins for attachment to mating receptacles of a printed circuit board for use in a vehicle electrical system. An insulative body forms a housing. An electrical switching element is disposed within the housing. A plurality of non-coaxial terminal contacts extend from a lower planar surface of the housing. Each of the plurality of terminal contacts is substantially parallel to one another having exposed portions adapted to be received by the mating receptacles of a printed circuit board. The plurality of terminal contacts is in electrical communication with the switching element. The exposed portion of the plurality of terminal contacts each has a compliance feature that is resilient to deformation when received by the mating receptacles of the printed circuit board. An interference condition occurs between the compliance feature and the mating receptacles. | 09-11-2008 |
20080254687 | Electric connector - An electric connector ( | 10-16-2008 |
20090149087 | FEMALE TERMINAL FITTING - A female terminal fitting includes a bottom plate which extends in a front-back direction, a female electrical contact portion formed on a front side of the bottom plate, a board connecting portion extending backward of the bottom plate, and a stress relaxation portion. The bottom plate has a first stress relaxation portion which is resiliently deformable in an up-down direction. A side wall is erected from and formed on at least one side portion of the bottom plate in a right-left direction. A connecting portion connects to the board connecting portion in a state that the board connecting portion is arranged so as to be parallel to the front-back direction and is located more inside than the side wall. The connecting portion is a second stress relaxation portion which is resiliently deformable in the right-left direction and in the front-back direction. | 06-11-2009 |
20100093230 | CONTACT ELEMENT AND USE OF SUCH A CONTACT ELEMENT IN A PLUG CONNECTION - A contact element ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100178814 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL - An electrical terminal having a body and a pair of beams extending away from the body, each of the beams having a first end attached to the body and a second end distal to the body. The beams form a slot therebetween, and are sufficiently flexible in order to enable the slot to open in response to the insertion of an electrical device therein. Each of the beams has an inboard side proximate to the slot and an outboard side opposite the inboard side. The inboard sides of the beams are parabolic in shape. As a result of this parabolic shape, the beams distribute stress more evenly along the inboard and outboard sides of the beams. Consequently, concentration of stress on the beams proximate to the body is reduced significantly, and, therefore, the risk that the terminal will exceed its yield strength and have permanent deformation of the beams is reduced. | 07-15-2010 |
20110009012 | Method of Forming An Electrical Connector - A method of forming an electrical connector includes winding a conducting wire around a carrier strip, cutting the carrier strip to a desired length, forming the carrier strip into a cylindrical member to form an inner tube subassembly, and inserting the inner tube subassembly into an outer tube. | 01-13-2011 |
20110065337 | Contact pin socket - A contact pin socket that is installed within a plug socket, and which is able to form an electrical connection with a contact pin set of a plug, wherein two sides of a bottom portion respectively form upwardly extending first folded plates, and top ends of the two sides are respectively inwardly bent and extend towards the inner sides of the first folded plates to form second folded plates. Accordingly, elasticity and deformation amount of the first folded plates and the second folded plates are used to disperse the applied force produced when contact pins are inserted, moreover, elastic softness of the contact pin socket is increased when subjected to an applied force, thereby effectively reducing elastic metal fatigue of the contact pin socket. | 03-17-2011 |
20110086557 | FEMALE TERMINAL FITTING - A female terminal fitting ( | 04-14-2011 |
20120094549 | PLUG-IN CONNECTOR FOR DC WIRING - An objective is to produce the plug-in-connector for DC-wiring with safety by preventing degradation of contact points by shortening of period when arc is caused due to detaching and attaching the plug. An electrical outlet comprises an inversion-spring electrically connected to the plug's blade inserted from the insertion-hole. Both the ends of the inversion-spring are fixed to the inversion-spring's body, whereby the inversion-spring's intermediate-portion is moved between the contact position of making an elastically contact with the blade and the non-contact position of making a space having a predetermined distance or more for cutting the arc. The blade pushes the intermediate-portion to move it to the non-contact position by twisting the plug having a contact condition between the intermediate-portion and the blade. The intermediate-portion is inverted to have an elastic contact to the blade by pushing the push button to move the intermediate-portion, with non-contact position, by the driving member. | 04-19-2012 |
20120108113 | TERMINAL - A terminal | 05-03-2012 |
20120156947 | RECEPTACLE TERMINAL - A receptacle terminal includes a terminal body with a cable end configured to be terminated to a cable and a mating end configured to be mated with a blade terminal. The terminal body includes a receptacle at the mating end. The receptacle has a first wall and a second wall generally parallel to, and spaced apart from, the first wall. The receptacle has a receiving space between the first and second walls configured to receive the blade terminal. A contact spring is separately provided from, and coupled to, the terminal body and has a spring wall received in the receiving space that is positioned between the first wall and the blade terminal. The spring wall has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is spring biased against the first wall. The outer surface is configured to be spring biased against the blade terminal. | 06-21-2012 |
20120196493 | TERMINAL ASSEMBLY WITH REGIONS OF DIFFERING SOLDERABILITY - An intercoupling component is provided which permits reliable, non-permanent electrical connection between a first substrate and a second substrate. The intercoupling component includes a socket terminal having a first end, and a second end opposed to the first end. An axial hole extends inward from the second end, and an electrically conductive core member is disposed within the axial hole. The core member is formed of a different material than the socket terminal body, and is sized and shaped to obstruct the hole. In addition, the first end of the socket terminal is configured to receive a pin terminal, and the second end of the socket terminal is configured to be received within a hole in a printed circuit board. | 08-02-2012 |
20120302108 | Electrical Contact Normal Force Increase - An electrical connector including a housing; and a plurality of first ground contacts. The first ground contacts each comprise a male contact blade configured to be inserted into a contact channel of a housing of a mating electrical connector. The male contact blade has a portion configured to contact the housing of the mating electrical connector, after the male contact blade makes electrical contact with the deflectable beam, to move the male contact blade in the contact channel, increase deflection of the deflectable beam by the male contact blade, and increase or maintain normal force between the mating contact and the ground contact generally. | 11-29-2012 |
20130017739 | FEMALE TYPE CONTACT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTORAANM Glick; MichaelAACI Farmington HillsAAST MIAACO USAAGP Glick; Michael Farmington Hills MI USAANM Pavlovic; SlobodanAACI NoviAAST MIAACO USAAGP Pavlovic; Slobodan Novi MI USAANM Mott; Allen LeoAACI LivoniaAAST MIAACO USAAGP Mott; Allen Leo Livonia MI USAANM Sadras-Ravindra; TulasiAACI CantonAAST MIAACO USAAGP Sadras-Ravindra; Tulasi Canton MI US - A female contact is provided for an electrical connector. The female contact includes a body portion and a plurality of flexible beams that extend from the body portion. The body portion is biased for engagement with a connector housing. The flexible beams taper from a first width this is near the body portion to a second width that is smaller than the first width. | 01-17-2013 |
20130052886 | UNIVERSAL POWER SOCKET ADAPTOR - The invention relates to power sockets and, more particularly, relates to universal power sockets capable of receiving, and electrically engaging with, different types of plugs having pins. Even more particularly, the invention relates to a universal power socket having sprung contacts. There are universal adapters already in existence, however some are unable to connect accurate and stably with a plug. Some may require a different pin clasp to hold it in place, whereas some adapters may be too big, or are not cost effective, and will still be unable to hold a vast range of power plugs. My invention has resolved all of these problems, something which has never previously been done. The creation of my universal adapter has enabled the use of only one clasp in order to hold 9 different pins. It is accurate and will hold power plugs stably in place, with the convenience of being able to connect to a majority of power plugs worldwide. My invention has safely adapted the power plug to be much smaller and convenient with the ease of having a low cost. It can be used for travel as a power adapter, as well as being used as an indoor power socket. The ability to be implanted indoors is beneficial to airports and hotels, where it will be of convenience for their customers who have arrived from a different country. | 02-28-2013 |
20130225015 | SOCKET CONTACT - A radio frequency (RF) socket contact is provided for mating with an RF mating pin. The RF socket contact includes a body having a base that extends a length along a central longitudinal axis. The body has an odd number of cantilevered deflectable beams that extend lengths outward from the base along the central longitudinal axis. The beams define a socket therebetween that is configured to receive the RF mating pin therein. The beams include a mating zone within the socket where the beams mate with the RF mating pin. The body of the socket contact is configured to conduct radio waves. | 08-29-2013 |
20140235114 | Cylindrical Electric Connector with Biased Contact - An electric connector includes a terminal body defining an interior space. An electric contact is located within the internal space. The electric contact includes a base contact ring that is biased into engagement with the terminal body and an outer ring that is biased into engagement with the terminal body. A contact arm extends from the base contact ring to the outer ring. | 08-21-2014 |
20140308857 | HIGH-CURRENT PLUG-IN CONNECTOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - A high-current (HC) plug-in connector for currents exceeding 100 A, in particular 200 A, is provided. The high-current (HC) plug-in connector may include a first connecting element having a first contact section, and a second connecting element having a second contact section. Furthermore, a spring element is provided for establishing an electrical connection between the first and the second connecting element. The spring element may include at least two clamping elements which are interconnected via at least one web, the web and respective first sections of the clamping elements being arranged on a first outer surface of the connection formed by the first and the second contact section, and second sections of the clamping elements being arranged at least in part on a second outer surface opposite the first outer surface. At least one contact spring is arranged on the at least one web, the at least one contact spring generating, on the first outer surface, a contact force oriented in the direction of the second outer surface, whereby mutually facing contact surfaces of the first and the second contact section are pressed against each other, the second sections of the clamping elements serving as abutments. | 10-16-2014 |
20160079686 | TERMINAL - A terminal includes a terminal connection part into which a tab is inserted, a leaf spring portion arranged in the terminal connection part and deflected by the tab to be inserted, and a tab clamping projection wall extending in a tab insertion direction at a position spaced apart from the leaf spring portion and clamps the tab between itself and the leaf spring portion. The leaf spring portion has a spring side projection protruding toward the tab clamping projection wall. The tab clamping projection wall has a projecting portion with a width smaller than that of the tab clamping projection wall and which protrudes toward the leaf spring portion and extends in the tab insertion direction. The projecting portion is formed in a curved shape that is spaced from the tab at a position of the spring side projection and is close to the tab at front and rear positions. | 03-17-2016 |