Screw-coupling Patents (Class 200/51.14)
  • Patent number: 9927110
    Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus includes a cabinet body having an open top; a door body (2) disposed at the top of the cabinet body pivotably around a pivot shaft (421) so as to open and close the cabinet body; and a light assembly (3), disposed at a side of the door body (2) facing the cabinet body (2) and arranged adjacent to the pivot shaft (421), wherein the light assembly (3) includes a PCB (31), an LED light (32) and a gravity switch (33), both the LED light (32) and the gravity switch (33) are connected onto the PCB (31), and the gravity switch (33) is configured to be switched on to light the LED light (32) so as to light an interior of the cabinet body when the door body (2) opens the cabinet body, and switched off to extinguish the LED light (32) when the door body (2) closes the cabinet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianjun Zhou, Huawei Zhang, Xianghai Pu, Mingfeng Xu
  • Patent number: 9331420
    Abstract: A compressor may include a shell, a compression mechanism supported within the shell, a motor drivingly engaged with the compression mechanism, and a terminal assembly. The terminal assembly may include a cover secured relative to the shell, a terminal block fixed to the shell and in electrical communication with the motor, and a plug. The plug may be engaged with the terminal block and may provide electrical communication between the terminal block and a wire. The plug may include a first side facing the terminal block and a second side facing a wall of the cover. The second side may include a protrusion extending toward the wall and spaced a distance therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick T. Bedell, Gregg M. Hemmelgarn, Matthew J. Heidecker
  • Patent number: 8759695
    Abstract: A circuit breaker assembly includes a lug assembly with a main structural body having cable holes extending through a cable-receiving face, the cable holes including a first cable hole separated by a second cable hole from a third cable hole. Each of the cable holes is configured to receive a respective power cable. The structural body further includes wire-binding holes extending at least in part through a wire-binding face, the wire-binding holes including a first wire-binding hole separated by a second wire-binding hole from a third wire-binding hole. The first wire-binding hole has a first longitudinal axis at an angle that intersects a third longitudinal axis of the third wire-binding hole. A fastener is inserted through the second wire-binding hole, the fastener having an hourglass section with a contour that generally matches at least in part a corresponding contour of the first cable hole and the third cable hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Pope
  • Patent number: 7895384
    Abstract: The present invention helps to develop a smaller sized portable terminal without reducing the functions available for the user. A USB device which is detachable from the portable terminal is provided with a USB connector which is inserted into a USB part of the portable terminal, a power source terminal which comes into contact with a power supply terminal of the portable terminal, when the USB connector is inserted into the USB port of the portable terminal, and a screw which is engaged with a screw hole of the portable terminal. When the screw is engaged with the screw hole of the portable terminal, a switch inside the screw hole is pushed down due to a contact with the screw. The portable terminal detects mounting of the USB device by an output from the switch, and initiates power supplying from the power supply terminal of the portable terminal to the power source terminal of the USB device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Naoya Matsui
  • Patent number: 7384163
    Abstract: A lamp socket includes a first shell, a second shell combined with the first shell, a separation plate rested on a bottom of the first shell and the second shell, a base secured to the separation plate, an electronic unit mounted in the first shell and electrically connected to the base to supply an electric current to the base, a light-regulating unit mounted in the second shell and electrically connected to the electronic unit to regulate the electric current from the electronic unit to the base. Thus, the electronic unit is used to provide a current to light the electric bulb, and the light-regulating unit is used to regulate the current value of the electric bulb, so that the lamp socket has a stageless light-regulating function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Sun-Lite Sockets Industry Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 6252187
    Abstract: A link switch for completing an electrical connection between at least two cables comprising: first and second conductive clamping portions for clamping the ends of the cables, the conductive clamping portions having mating surfaces for the reception of a switch completion unit between the conductive clamping portions; a switch completion unit including at least one conductive portion for mating with the mating surfaces and a pressure application means for applying pressure to the conductive portions to lock the conductive portion in contact with the conductive clamping portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Tappat Engineering PTY Ltd.
    Inventor: Patrick Dannenberg