| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 439863000 | Clamping cam or wedge | 15 |
| 20080311802 | Push-in wire connector with improved busbar - A push-in wire connector has an improved busbar suitable for use with either solid or stranded wire. The connector has a housing with a hollow interior. At least two openings in the housing provide access to the interior for the ends of wires inserted into the connector. A busbar is mounted in the housing. The busbar defines at least two wire-crossing axes extending from an entry edge to an exit edge and a thickness between a top face and a bottom face. The busbar has a wire-receiving pocket extending below the top face on each of the wire-crossing axes and a wire-engaging protrusion extending above the top face on each of the wire-crossing axes. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090298358 | Corrosion Resistant automatic splice - A corrosion resistant automatic splice having a housing with opposed first and second ends, an interior cavity between the ends, and a plurality of drainage openings disposed between an exterior surface of the housing and the interior cavity. The first and second ends are each adjacent a biasing member or spring. A semi frustoconical gripping jaw or clamp is located at each of the first and second ends adapted for receiving a cable. The drainage openings aid in voiding corrosive contaminants from the interior cavity of the splice. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100029147 | Connection Enclosure Assemblies, Connector Systems and Methods for Forming an Enclosed Connection Between Conductors - An enclosed connection system for connecting first and second elongate electrical conductors includes a transverse wedge connector and an enclosure. The transverse wedge connector includes an electrically conductive first connector member, an electrically conductive second connector member, and a clamping mechanism. The first connector member includes: a first body having inner and outer opposed ends; a first hook portion on the outer end of the first body, the first hook portion defining a first channel to receive the first conductor; and a first abutment portion on the inner end of the first body. The second connector member includes: a second body having inner and outer opposed ends; a second hook portion on the outer end of the second body, the second hook portion defining a second channel to receive the second conductor; and a second abutment portion on the inner end of the second body. The clamping mechanism is selectively operable to displace the first and second connector members relative to one another from an open position to a clamping position to clamp the first conductor in the first channel and between the first hook portion and the second abutment portion and to clamp the second conductor in the second channel and between the second hook portion and the first abutment portion to thereby form a connection. The enclosure is configured to receive and cover the connection and to protect the transverse wedge connector. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100130076 | CONNECTION ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLIES, CONNECTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING AN ENCLOSED CONNECTION BETWEEN CONDUCTORS - An enclosed connection system for connecting first and second elongate electrical conductors includes a transverse wedge connector and an enclosure. The transverse wedge connector includes an electrically conductive first connector member, an electrically conductive second connector member, and a clamping mechanism. The first connector member includes: a first body having inner and outer opposed ends; a first hook portion on the outer end of the first body, the first hook portion defining a first channel to receive the first conductor; and a first abutment portion on the inner end of the first body. The second connector member includes: a second body having inner and outer opposed ends; a second hook portion on the outer end of the second body, the second hook portion defining a second channel to receive the second conductor; and a second abutment portion on the inner end of the second body. The clamping mechanism is selectively operable to displace the first and second connector members relative to one another from an open position to a clamping position to clamp the first conductor in the first channel and between the first hook portion and the second abutment portion and to clamp the second conductor in the second channel and between the second hook portion and the first abutment portion to thereby form a connection. The enclosure is configured to receive and cover the connection and to protect the transverse wedge connector. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100216356 | Conductor connection structure - A conductor connection structure includes a cable including a stranded conductor composed of twisted plural wire conductors, and an insulating layer formed around the perimeter of the stranded conductor, the cable being connected to a male terminal member; a female terminal including a protruding portion formed by causing the stranded conductor to protrude from the insulating layer at an end of the cable, the female terminal being formed in a cylindrical shape by widening the center of an end of the protruding portion to make the protruding portion hollow, to insert the male terminal member into the protruding portion; and a fastening member slidably provided around the perimeter of the female terminal, to tighten the female terminal when connected to the male terminal member, to fasten the male terminal member. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100304624 | WIRE TERMINATION MECHANISMS AND METHODS OF USE - The present disclosure relates to wining terminations. Wiring terminations cad be used in any suitable device such as a wiring device. The wiring termination is configured to selectively receive a distal end of a wire therein. The wire termination mechanism includes at least a first position for receiving the distal end of the wire, and a second position for terminating the distal end of the wire against the respective electrical contact upon an actuation thereof from the first position to the second position. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110076902 | DETECTOR HOUSING - A duct detector housing includes a housing cover and a housing body defining a midline between the center of a detector and a printed circuit board within said body. Gas inlet and outlets are off axis of the midline to allow water that collects in conventional housing to drain from the housing. A maintenance mode button associated with a duct detector housing cover that is secured to a housing body of the housing provides a preselected time period during which removal of the cover is independent of a cover removal alarm. A printed circuit board within the housing has dedicated terminal blocks providing grouped connections with each of the groups segregated from another. An improved duct detector terminal has a hole in the terminal adapted to receive a test meter probe therethrough to provide an electrical contact between the wire. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20130143452 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE - In a terminal structure, at least one pair of left and right clamp pieces are formed in a terminal in which an electrode is slide-inserted. The left and right clamp pieces elastically press the electrode from both right and left sides when the electrode is inserted in the terminal. A contact piece is formed on at least one of left and right sides of the terminal, and is separated in the slide-insertion direction by a slit from a clamp piece-formed portion where the clamp piece is formed. The clamp piece is elastically deformed to contact the contact piece when the electrode is inserted in the terminal. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130280968 | SURFACE MOUNT CLIP - A surface mount clip includes a base part having a rear surface electrically connected to a conductor part of a printed wiring board; and an extension part extending from the base part. The extension part contacts with a conductive member attached to the printed wiring board with elastic deformation of the extension part to hold the conductive member and make electrical connection thereto. The base part includes a solder-bonding part having a bonding plane to be bonded with the printed wiring board and a floating part forming a gap from the printed wiring board in a state that the solder-bonding part is solder-bonded to the printed wiring board. The extension part includes a root part extending from the floating part toward the rear surface of the base part and a folded-back part extending from an end of the root part toward a front surface of the base part. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130330984 | CONNECTOR - A connector of the present invention includes a first connector housing ( | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140106627 | Reconfigurable Terminal with Multiple Configurations - An electrical receptacle terminal includes a contact portion having a plurality of tabs, a clamp having a notch on one end and an aperture on a second end, and a fastener that engages the clamp aperture. The notch on the clamp is configured to receive any one of the plurality of tabs on the contact portion, so that the contact portion is substantially perpendicular to the clamp. The configuration of the terminal varies depending on which one of the plurality of tabs of the contact portion is engaged with the notch on the clamp. The positioning of the clamp in relation to the contact portion, and the ability to configure a terminal in a different orientation with the same component parts, allows for substantially identical terminal components to be used in one or more receptacle terminals as well as substantially identical terminal components across different types of receptacles. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20150072572 | Locking Electrical Connector - Disclosed is a locking electrical circuit apparatus connection device capable of making a firm electrical connection where more certainty is a premium. The locking electrical connector creates electrical connections of temporary and semi-permanent nature improving the quality of connections than was heretofore possible, drastically reducing the prospect of unintentional disconnection, reducing health and safety hazards, making a new and useful improvement over electrical connectors of this kind in the past. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160149319 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL AND METHOD - A connection terminal for connecting, in an electrically contacting manner, to at least one conductor includes a current bar held on a mount. The current bar connects to the at least one conductor. The connection terminal also includes an actuation lever, a clamping spring, and a slotted guide. The slotted guide has at least one closure slot and a clamping slot that branches off transversely therefrom. The actuation lever is movably guided in the slotted guide by a first pin and a second pin. | 05-26-2016 |
| 439864000 | Rotary or swinging | 2 |
| 20100068949 | Universal Foot Switch Contact Port - A universal contact port for use in an electrosurgical generator is provided and includes a ring gear having a circular rim formed therein and defines a central rotational axis. The rim includes a series of teeth formed therearound. A plurality of spur gears are operatively engaged with the rim of the ring gear, each spur gear defining a longitudinal axis which is at least substantially parallel with the central rotational axis; and a plurality of rollers operatively associated with a respective spur gear, each roller defining a corporal axis. The corporal axis of each roller is parallel to and spaced from the longitudinal axis of the respective spur gear. The rollers define an opening therebetween. The opening is constricted by rotation of the ring gear in a first direction about the central rotational axis and expanded by rotation of the ring gear in a direction opposite to the first direction. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20120220174 | CABLE CLAMP HAVING A BASE WITH A TAPERED HOLE AND A SLEEVE WITH A TAPERED OUTER WALL TO CLAMP A CABLE IN-BETWEEN - A clamp includes a main shaft, a clamping sleeve, an elastic element, and a securing cap. The main shaft includes a base portion and a guide bar. The base portion includes a first end surface, and a second end surface. The base portion defines a first receiving hole in the second end surface. The guide bar extends from the base portion. The clamping sleeve is arranged around the guide bar, and includes an outer sidewall for allowing a cable to wind. The elastic element is arranged around the guide bar. The securing cap is threadedly engaged with the guide bar, and the securing cap configured for rotatably operated to press the elastic element toward the clamping sleeve, such that the elastic element pushes the clamping sleeve against the base portion to clamp the cable between the outer sidewall and an inner sidewall of the base portion. | 08-30-2012 |
