Plural Fingers Patents (Class 439/439)
  • Patent number: 11817664
    Abstract: A terminal clamp including a contact frame that forms a clamping device configured to fix and electrically contact a connection conductor, wherein the clamping device is formed by at least one reaction bearing and a clamping spring that is preloaded against the at least one reaction bearing; a conductor insertion channel that feeds the connection conductor to the clamping device; and an insulation material housing made that receives the contact frame and forms a conductor insertion opening that is arranged upstream of the conductor insertion channel in a conductor insertion direction, wherein the conductor insertion channel is formed by the insulation material housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Markus Nasse
  • Patent number: 11333680
    Abstract: A probe socket for inspecting electric characteristics of an object to be tested. The probe socket includes a plurality of power pins for applying power to the object to be tested, a plurality of ground pins arranged in parallel with the power pins, a support block for accommodating and supporting the plurality of power pins or ground pins in parallel, and a conductive plate arranged inside the support block in a direction transverse to lengthwise directions of the power pin and the ground pin and having at least one of a power connection pattern for electrically connecting the plurality of power pins in common and a ground connection pattern for electrically connecting the plurality of ground pins in common.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Jae-hwan Jeong
  • Patent number: 11283202
    Abstract: A terminal block for wire connection is provided, including a casing and a wire clamping body arranged in the casing; the casing includes a first casing and a second casing, and the first casing and the second casing are respectively configured with pressing keys, each of the pressing keys is configured to press the wire clamping body, so as to trigger closing or opening of the wire clamping body to make wires is switched between the clamping state and the detachable state, wherein the wires is inserted into the wire clamping body along one side of the first casing or the second casing. The first casing and the second casing are aligned and abutted with each other to form a space for holding the wire clamping body, so as to assemble the wire clamping body in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN GHGM ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bingshui Chen
  • Patent number: 10950998
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for connecting insulated wires to electrical components. More specifically, an apparatus that includes a wire guide designed to assist with the alignment of wires prior to termination of the wires to electrical components is disclosed. In an embodiment, the wire guide includes a body portion and a latching portion. The body portion includes at least one wire opening and is configured to mechanically secure one or more insulated wires in a desirable position. The latching portion is configured to secure the wire guide to a corresponding device such as an insulation displacement contact connector. A wire guide allows for insulated wires to be quickly and reliably positioned and secured relative to one another in order to safely and efficiently electrically and mechanically connect each insulated wire to a corresponding electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Lybrand
  • Patent number: 10855002
    Abstract: A problem addressed by embodiments of the invention disclosed herein consists in devising a connection device in which field terminations can be released also in the installed state, i.e., the electrical conductors can be manually disconnected using a simple tool even if the insulating body is already installed in an attachment housing. To this end, an actuator is proposed which has an inclined engagement portion with an adjoining engagement edge and engagement step by which the actuator can be lifted out of the insulating body, also from the cable connection side, with a slotted screwdriver in a single lifting movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Irina Lötkemann, Andreas Rüter
  • Patent number: 10615519
    Abstract: A connecting terminal having an insulating housing, a conductor insertion channel extending toward a conductor insertion axis with an at least partially circumferential conductor channel wall arranged coaxially to the conductor insertion axis, and an actuation channel disposed adjacent to the conductor insertion channel. A leg spring bent in a U-shape has a contact leg, a clamping leg and a spring bow. A push button is adapted to be received in the actuation channel in a longitudinally displaceable manner. The contact leg is mounted on the bus bar, and a clamping edge of the clamping leg forms a spring clamp connection with a contact region of the bus bar for clamping an electrical conductor inserted in the conductor insertion channel. An actuation axis defined by a displacement direction of the push button and the conductor insertion axis are aligned with each other at an angle of 5° to 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Koellmann, Frank Hartmann
  • Patent number: 10594051
    Abstract: A wire to wire connector comprises an insulation housing having a receiving passage extending in an insertion direction of a first wire or a second wire, an integral conductive terminal disposed in the receiving passage and adapted to electrically connect the first wire and the second wire, and a pair of seal members. The receiving passage has a first insertion port and a second insertion port, the first wire is inserted into the receiving passage through the first insertion port and the second wire is inserted into the receiving passage through the second insertion port. The pair of seal members are respectively mounted in the first insertion port and the second insertion port and each have a passageway through which the first wire or the second wire extends. The seal members seal with the first wire and the second wire to prevent moisture from entering the receiving passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Ming Shi, Xiaozhi Fu, Dingbing Fan, Hongtao Jiang
  • Patent number: 10535932
    Abstract: An electrical contactor a casing formed of an electrically insulating material and at least one connection terminal mounted in the casing configured to establish and maintain a contact between an electrical conductor inserted in the connection terminal and an electrical link bar mounted in the casing to ensure an electrical connection between the electrical link bar and the electrical conductor. The connection terminal having a contact spring configured so that the contact between the electrical conductor and the electrical link bar results from a force insertion of the electrical conductor in opposition to the action of the contact spring and is automatically maintained by the contact spring after insertion of the electrical conductor. The casing has a peripheral wall and a cover configured to be assembled together along a mounting direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the electrical conductor is inserted in the connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Philippe France, Romain Villard, Moine Geoffrey
  • Patent number: 10476181
    Abstract: A quick connect terminal connector is provided which includes first and second terminals and a casing. The first terminal and the second terminal are mutually and electrically separated. The casing covers at least part of the first terminal and the second terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal respectively include an attachment part, a resilient connection part and a contact part. The attachment part is attached to the casing. The resilient connection part extends in the insertion direction of the wire from the attachment part. The contact part is located at the tip of the resilient connection part capable of contacting a conductive wire of a wire inserted between the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Tomonari Kaneko, Shigeru Akiyama, Toshiya Oda, Hiroki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10460857
    Abstract: A percutaneous connector assembly including a feedthrough assembly having a body and a plurality of electrically conductive feedthroughs extending through the body from a first end toward a second end thereof. A cable assembly having a plurality of conductors arranged side-by-side within a first plane to form a substantially flat portion thereof is included, each conductor being connected to a corresponding feedthrough of the feedthrough assembly and the flat portion extending from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HeartWare, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy McSweeney
  • Patent number: 10424856
    Abstract: A routing assembly for an electronic device has a front face with an array of connectors ports and each of the connector ports contain a first connector mounted therein. A first end of a cable can be directly terminated to the first connectors and the cables can be embedded in a tray that is configured to extend toward a chip package. The cables extend from the tray and terminates to a second connector that can be connected to the chip package so as to provide a communication path between the first connector and the second connector that bypasses any supporting circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Keith Lloyd, Gregory Fitzgerald, Bruce Reed, Gregory Walz, Ayman Isaac
  • Patent number: 10027041
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus such as an electrical contactor or a terminal block, comprises a casing made of an electrically insulating material, a conductive bar mounted in the casing and at least one push-in type connection terminal. The terminal comprises a contact spring having an elastic portion undergoing an elastic deformation under the action of an external force applied on the contact spring either by an electrical conductor during its insertion at a first aperture of the casing so as to place the electrical conductor in a contact position located between the contact spring and the conductive bar in order to establish an electrical connection between the electrical conductor and the conductive bar, or by a tool inserted into a second aperture of the casing so as to open the contact spring and release the electrical conductor in order to remove it out of its contact position. The electrical apparatus comprises a support clip independent of the casing and of the conductive bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Philippe France, Romain Villard, Moine Geoffrey
  • Patent number: 9887471
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus such as an electrical contactor or a terminal block, comprises a casing made of an electrically insulating material, a conductive bar mounted in the casing and at least one push-in type connection terminal. The terminal comprises a contact spring having an elastic portion undergoing an elastic deformation under the action of an external force applied on the contact spring either by an electrical conductor during its insertion at a first aperture of the casing so as to place the electrical conductor in a contact position located between the contact spring and the conductive bar in order to establish an electrical connection between the electrical conductor and the conductive bar, or by a tool inserted into a second aperture of the casing so as to open the contact spring and release the electrical conductor in order to remove it out of its contact position. The electrical apparatus comprises a support clip independent of the casing and of the conductive bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Philippe France, Romain Villard, Moine Geoffrey
  • Patent number: 9859637
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided and includes a conductive terminal having a first end with a top flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaozhi Fu, Hongjun Yin, Xiang Xu, Ming Shi
  • Patent number: 9774107
    Abstract: A socket includes: a base; a connection fitting including a bracket and a spring member, configured to form pressure springs by dividing the spring member into two in a width direction by a slit provided to the spring member, and assembled to an upper surface of the base; and a case cover configured to fit to the base and to cover the connection fitting. The pressure springs of the spring member are pressed and elastically deformed by an operation driver inserted through an operation hole provided to the case cover, to sandwich between the bracket and the pressure springs a lead inserted through an insertion hole provided to the case cover. A guide partition wall configured to engage with the slit of the spring member is integrally molded with an inner surface of the case cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryunosuke Kamo, Kenichiro Masaki, Tomokazu Ikeda, Keisuke Yano
  • Patent number: 9722351
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector has a body and a longitudinal axis bounding an interior of the body. A pawl is carried in the interior of the body for engaging with a coaxial cable applied to the interior and for preventing the removal of the cable after having been applied to the interior. The pawl moves out of and into interference with the cable in response to the introduction of the cable into the interior and to the retraction of the cable along the longitudinal axis, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy L. Youtsey
  • Patent number: 9531090
    Abstract: Coaxial cables and coaxial cable connectors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a connector includes a body portion having a first end and a second end and defining a bore, a contact member having a circumferential portion and at least one protruding member, an inner sleeve, a rotatable coupling nut, and a conductor retaining member. The at least one protruding member protrudes from the circumferential portion toward the second end of the body portion and within the bore. The rotatable coupling nut is rotatably coupled to the inner sleeve and electrically coupled to the contact member. The conductor retaining member is centrally disposed within the inner sleeve, and is configured to receive an inner conductor of the co-axial cable such that the inner conductor is free to pass through the conductor retaining member in a first direction, and restricted from passing through the conductor retaining member in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications RF LLC
    Inventors: Donald Andrew Burris, William Bernard Lutz, Michael Ole Matzen, Thomas Dewey Miller
  • Patent number: 9444171
    Abstract: A fast wire connector includes a body and a conductive sheet. At least one connecting space, a top housing chamber and a bottom housing chamber are formed within the body. The at least one connecting space includes a top hole, a bottom hole and a housing chamber. The conductive sheet is disposed within the housing chamber and bended at two ends to form at least one top contact portion, at least one bottom contact portion, a top bending portion and a bottom bending portion. The top and bottom bending portions are respectively inserted into the top housing space and the bottom housing space. The top and bottom contact portions contact an inner surface of the body. Two elongate through-holes are respectively disposed on positions of the front side surface of the body corresponding to the top contact portion and the bottom contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Chien-Chang LI
  • Patent number: 9318831
    Abstract: A connector having a housing and a terminal made installed therein is disclosed. The terminal has a base portion held by the housing, a first contact member connected on one end to the base portion in the longitudinal direction, and a pair of second contact members connected to the ends of the base portion in the longitudinal direction. The first contact member includes a first contact portion in the vertical direction. Each second contact member includes a second contact portion in the vertical direction. The pair of second contact members is arranged linearly in the longitudinal direction of the base portion. The first and second contact members are arranged in the transverse direction of the base portion. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are positioned on the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Eiichi Yamada, Koji Chikano, Ryo Sumiya
  • Patent number: 8764477
    Abstract: A plug-wire type lampholder comprises an acting body having a set of slots formed in the acting body and provided for installing a wire clamping plate separately, and the wire clamping plate has at least one end bent to form two into movable plates, and each slot has two notches and different notches are separated with an interval apart, so that when the wire clamping plate is installed into the slot, the movable plates remain in different corresponding notches respectively, and in different notches the same slot are provided for plugging bare ends of different electric wires respectively to achieve an electric conduction, so as to facilitate connecting lamps of different plug-wire type lampholders into a lamp string quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rich Brand Industries Limited
    Inventor: Wen Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 8636523
    Abstract: A connector includes a surface mount contact and housing. The surface mount contact has a cylindrical portion, a lance, and a pair of surface mount soldering portions. The cylindrical portion has a cylindrical shape into which a wire core of an electrical wire is inserted. The lance is positioned in an intermediate portion of the cylindrical portion along an axial direction thereof and secures the wire core when the electrical wire is inserted. The pair of surface mount soldering portions project from the cylindrical portion. Each of the pair of surface mount soldering portions extend from an end of the cylindrical portion in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Taisuke Nagasaki, Hirokazu Kato
  • Patent number: 8545261
    Abstract: An electrical connection system to electrically connect an internal electrical device (2) positioned inside an animal's body with an external electrical device (3) positioned outside the animal's body. The system includes a cable (4) positioned at least partially inside the animal's body and enclosing at least one electrical wire. The cable (4) has at one end a first connector (5) to connect the at least one electrical wire with an external electrical device (3). The cable (4) has at its other end a second connector (1) placed inside the animal's body. The second connector (1) has connectors to allow an electrical connection between the at least one cable (4) and the internal electrical device (2). The second connector (1) includes additional connectors to allow a removable electrical connection between at least one electrical wire external to the cable (4) and the internal electrical device (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Litzler, Pierre Sabin
  • Patent number: 8523599
    Abstract: An electrical plug device has a contact module in which a complimentary plug device element can be inserted from an access site along a insertion axis. The plug device includes a closure unit having one or more cover elements which move from a rest position to an open position when the complimentary plug device element is inserted. The cover elements may have sloped guide surfaces and can be radially urged apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Amad Mennekes Holding GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volker Lazzaro
  • Patent number: 8408938
    Abstract: An electric plug-in connector, comprising a plug head on which a union nut is rotatably disposed for screwing the plug-in connector together with a mating connector, can be screwed together with the mating connector under adherence to a prescribed tightening torque even without a torque wrench if the union nut consists of a threaded sleeve with a ring which comes into engagement with the threaded sleeve by way of driving parts at least during screwing on, of which the one driving part is dimensioned in such a way that it is shorn off by the other driving part when exceeding a tightening torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Spinner GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Proeckl
  • Patent number: 8262405
    Abstract: A wire-to-wire electrical connector includes an insulative body member and an internal connector position. A wire insertion opening is defined in each end wall of the body member at the connector position. A first contact element is disposed in the connector position coaxial with the wire insertion openings and includes opposite end portions with a respective contact tab configured thereon. The contact tabs are biased to a closed position across the respective wire insertion opening. An actuator is configured with each wire insertion opening. The actuators are movably displaceable through an opening in a wall of the body member and include an engagement end in contact with a respective end portion of the first contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Bishop
  • Patent number: 8187023
    Abstract: A wire connector with two spring plate parts comprises a box, a spring plate, a fixing base, and a conductive plate. The spring plate is integrally formed and fixed inside the box. The spring plate has first plate parts on its first extension part and second plate parts on its second extension part. The exposed end of a wire is inserted via the holes of the fixing base and held by the first plate parts and the second plate parts. The exposed end of the wire is thus in electrical contact with the conductive plate on the bottom part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Uta Auto Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 8167645
    Abstract: A fastening device for detachable holding of an electrical distributor (2) by latching, with a base plate (3) and with two latch mechanisms (4) which project vertically away from the base plate (3). Several openings (5, 5?) for holding screws (6) are formed in the base plate (3), with which the base plate (3) can be fastened to the wall or other support (7), and free ends of the latch mechanisms (4) each having an elastic catch arm (8) with a catch hook (9) and a rigid contact arm (10) opposite the catch arm (8). The fastening device enables an electrical distributor to be fastened quickly and easily, but still reliably, to a wall or other support, with the possibility of also quickly and easily detaching the distributor, as necessary, from the wall without removing the fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. LG
    Inventors: Jens Gerullis, Jens Andresen
  • Patent number: 7997915
    Abstract: An electrical pin or socket terminal includes a vertical tubular body portion, and a spring clip portion connected with the upper end of the body portion. The spring clip portion includes two opposed electrical contacts at least one of which is resiliently biased toward the other. A separating arrangement is operable between a separated condition retaining the contacts in separated spaced relation for longitudinally receiving therebetween a conductor bare end, and a released condition in which the contacts are released for resilient electrical engagement with diametrically opposed surfaces of the conductor bare end. In one embodiment, the spring clip portion includes a pair of parallel spaced struts the upper ends of which are reversely bent toward each other. In another embodiment, a leaf spring electrical contact biases the bare conductor end against a stationary electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Pueschner, Torsten Wuensche, Klaus Holterhoff, Klaus Wohlgemuth
  • Patent number: 7985077
    Abstract: A socket assembly for connecting an array of bulbous terminals such as balls wherein the female element is a miniature tube that has resilient prongs that grip the corresponding terminals with varying force during insertion and deletion. The tube is of resilient conductive material that has been sliced or helically partitioned into opposing prongs forming slots of a width that increases with axial distance from the end of the tube so as to allow the prongs of the connector to grip around the ball-like bulbous terminal and mechanically retain the terminal within the connector. The tubular element of the connector may be made by forming prongs in one or both ends of a tube by cuts of a width that increases with distance from the end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Centipede Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas H. Di Stefano
  • Patent number: 7854635
    Abstract: An electrical connectivity disc (100, 130, 200) includes a plurality of serrated slots (106, 108) positioned about the disc. The disc preferably includes a plurality of barbs (136) about a peripheral edge (104) of the disc (130). A center aperture (110) can be formed in a center of the disc (130). A portion of the serrated slots (108) can be located in communication with the center aperture (110). The discs (130) are inserted into a generally an electrically conductive, cylindrical tubular structure (160). A cable (190) is inserted into a receiving aperture (168) and crimped providing an electro-mechanical interface with the tubular structure (160). The cable (190) provides an electrical connection to an air conditioning power input terminal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Charles Duncan
  • Patent number: 7833038
    Abstract: A inline push-in wire connector for forming an inline electrical connection or a side-by-side branch connection with either or all of the electrical connections formed therein may be waterproofed through a sealant that retains itself therein but yields to allow insertion of a wire into engagement with a bus strip in the presence of the sealant while the sealant is self healing to form an inline or branch wire connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., John Lloyd King, William Hiner
  • Patent number: 7794268
    Abstract: A push-in wire connector has an enclosure that includes at least two wire entry ports that face in opposite directions. A terminal assembly is disposed within the enclosure and includes a busbar positioned between the wire ports. A spring member biases inserted conductors into engagement with the busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis M. Breen, IV, Sushil N. Keswani
  • Patent number: 7731522
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sushil N. Keswani, Benjamin D. Swedberg
  • Patent number: 7614922
    Abstract: A quick attachment junction box is provided that simplifies the installation of electrical wires into the junction box and minimizes the tools and parts necessary for proper installation. A connection element is provided to allow for quick connection of electrical wires, and frictional contact from detachably connected upper and lower casings of the junction box provide strain relief for any connected wires, when the upper and lower casings are secured in their closed position. Additionally, a wire capture sleeve is provided that can electrically isolate the connection element and maintain the connection element in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Genlyte Thomas Group LLC
    Inventor: John Jeffrey Buse
  • Publication number: 20090186517
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sushil N. Keswani, Benjamin D. Swedberg
  • Patent number: 7507106
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sushil N. Keswani, Benjamin D. Swedberg
  • Patent number: 7491099
    Abstract: A pressuretight contact connection for the programming and power supply for fuze electronics is described, which is provided in a housing (10) from which a contact pin (34) projects in an electrically insulated and pressuretight manner in order to make contact with a connecting element (12). The connecting element (12) has a contact surface element (16), which is provided in an insulating housing (14) and has contact fingers (24) in the area of a through-hole (18) which is formed in the insulating housing (14), which contact fingers (24) clasp the contact pin (34) in an interlocking manner when the connecting element (12) and the housing (10) of the fuze electronics are in the mated contact state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Junghans Feinwerktechnik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Alexander Zinell, Martin Leonhardt, Frank Kienzler, Egon Klaussner
  • Patent number: 7442045
    Abstract: A socket connector for connecting a bulbous terminal or ball wherein the female element grips the terminal with resilient prongs with end tips at low insertion force but positive contact is maintained and wherein attempted withdrawal is normally inhibited by increasing force applied to the post by the female element in response to the withdrawal force. The female element comprises a tube of resilient conductive material that has been sliced or helically partitioned into opposing prongs of a width that decreases with axial distance from the end of the connector so as to allow the prongs of the connector to grip around the ball-like bulbous terminal and mechanically retain the terminal within the connector. The tubular element of the connector may be made by forming prongs in one or both ends of a tube by cuts of a width that increases with distance from the end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Centipede Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas H. Di Stefano
  • Patent number: 7384319
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical clamp connector and connecting terminal that, per pole, has at least two conductor terminal connections oriented in the same direction and an additional connecting contact on the opposite-lying side, which serves for connecting a countercontact external to the terminal. It is proposed for such a terminal to use the especially small-construction design features of a terminal that is produced from a single piece of spring steel sheet and a busbar rod, and to combine these with the new features that the busbar rod has one or two cross projections, which project through the free opening in the spring steel sheet and form the additional connecting contact, which, for example, may be constructed in the form of a socket contact or in the form of a plug-in contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Axel Kirstein, Konrad Stromiedel
  • Patent number: 7288002
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a rearward cable receiving end and a gripping ferrule fixed within the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body. The gripping ferrule includes at least one flexible finger deflected in a radially inward direction and extending in a forward direction opposite the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body for permitting forward insertion of a cable into the connector body and for gripping the cable to prevent rearward removal of the cable from the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Rodrigues, Randy Ward
  • Patent number: 7255592
    Abstract: A push-in wire connector for electrically interconnecting multiple wires together is disclosed to have a guide and lock element, which is mated with a conduction and retention element and assembled inside the enclosing space of an enclosing element. Multiple wire insertion channels are provided inside the connector for receiving the insertion of wires. Each of the insertion channels includes a main port section led in by an insertion port for guiding the insertion of a stripped end of a wire. A wire engagement segment follows the main portion section formed by the surrounding of a conduction plate at the bottom, an insertion channel separation wall at one or both sides, and the resilient spring legs on the top. The wire engagement segment prevents the bending or deflection of the inserted wire end thereby ensuring secure and good electrical conduction between the inserted wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Heavy Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Tseng
  • Patent number: 7246778
    Abstract: The embodiments provide a barb assembly for use with a cable duct component to oppose removal of a cable duct section from the cable duct component. The barb assembly can comprise a releasable assembly for applying a force to a barb and, responsive to the application of the force, for moving the barb and one or more barb arms from an unengaged position to an engaged position without the use of tools. The barb assembly and/or cable duct component can also comprise a spring bias, which can bias the releasable assembly to the unengaged position upon actuating the releasable assembly to the unengaged position. The embodiments also provide methods of installing cable duct components and systems with the above-described features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Jack E. Caveney, Steven M. Forster
  • Patent number: 7244140
    Abstract: A spring-operated plug terminal is disclosed. The spring-operated plug terminal includes a U- or ?-shaped spring, which has two separate spring arms and thus two spring ends, and a rectangular terminal frame, which has a square cutout and a clamping piece which is angled away from the plane of the terminal frame. One fixed end of the spring is arranged in a fixed position in the cutout and the two ends of the spring arms, together with the clamping piece of the terminal frame, form a clamping zone for two conductor cores and/or flat plug to be connected. Each spring end includes a central, straight first section, in the form of a clamping edge, for making inter-engaging contact with a conductor core. Further, each spring end includes an edge-side, curved second section which forms a clamping surface. The clamping surface protrudes beyond the clamping edge in the direction of termination, so that contact can be made with a flat plug simply by applying pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Georg Edenharter
  • Patent number: 7156690
    Abstract: An extruded metal connector that does not require an insulating layer in the channels is disclosed. Further an extruded metal connector that does not require and IPCB is also disclosed. The connector includes a metallic extruded housing having one or more connector channels formed therein during extrusion. The one or more connector channels have first and second ends and channel walls. The connector also includes a singular or plurality of pin guides each with a central aperture and each operatively coupled to a corresponding channel. An intermediate printed circuit board (IPCB) or other such member having one or more spaced apart first electrical contact pins serves to hold the connector pins within the connector channels and away from the channel walls by the IPCB at the first end of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Inventor: Bernard R Tolmie
  • Patent number: 7109429
    Abstract: A switch assembly has a base, a cover and multiple conductive slices. The base has an extending board and multiple inserting recesses. The inserting recesses are formed in the extending board and each have two mounting posts and an inserting hole. The mounting posts are formed on and protrude up from the recess. The inserting hole is formed through the extending board. The cover is mounted over the base. The conductive slices are attached to the inserting recesses and each has an elastic tab and a mounting tab. The mounting tab is contacted with the elastic tab, is attached to the inserting recess and has two mounting holes, an opening and two clamping slices. The mounting holes are formed through the mounting tab and correspond to the mounting posts. The opening is formed through the mounting tab and corresponds to the inserting hole. The clamping slices are attached to the mounting tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Inventor: Fu-Hsiung Lee
  • Patent number: 6910913
    Abstract: A multi-pole electrical connector is provided with a plurality of electrical busses each arranged to receive a plurality of conductors. The busses are each provided with a plurality of conductor wells to receive and grasp an electrical conductor inserted therein. The opposing walls of the buss are spring loaded to grasp the conductor and a plurality of locking tabs are formed in the individual conductor wells for contacting and grasping the conductor to prevent its inadvertent withdrawal from the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Inventor: Mark A. Satern
  • Patent number: 6851980
    Abstract: A connector assembly is suitable for connecting circuit boards together. The connector assembly includes a series of ground and signal terminal sets assembled in composite wafers that may be held within a housing. The ground terminals include pairs of flat contact blades that are aligned together in abutting contact to form a column of ground contacts blades of double width, and the signal terminals are arranged in sets on opposite sides of the ground terminal blades and the signal terminals have general L-shapes that are arranged in sets of two pairs of contacts to form a cruciform pattern. One of the two connectors has solid L-shaped contacts, while the other of the two connectors has a pair of split contact arms that lie and extend in two different planes project from an associated terminal body in a manner so as to mate with the contact portions of the solid L-shaped contacts. The use of L-shaped contacts provides a redundant contact mating arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard A. Nelson, Kathleen A. Sweeney, Hazelton P. Avery, Galen F. Fromm, Daniel B. McGowan
  • Publication number: 20040266251
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing strain relief for an electrical connector, such as an edge connector affixed to a printed circuit board (PCB). The connector includes a dielectric body which supports a number of electrical contacts each having a proximal end configured for electrical and mechanical engagement to a device, preferably via a soldering operation. One or more strain relief clips are inserted into associated recesses formed in the body of the connector. Each strain relief clip is configured for attachment to the device using a solder connection to relieve strain forces upon the electrical contacts upon installation of the connector onto the device. As desired, advanced ground contact functions can further be incorporated into the strain relief clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Michael J. Muchlinski, William B. Green, Curtis A. Trammell, David S. Allsup, John D. Stricklin
  • Patent number: RE41044
    Abstract: Connector connectable to coaxial cable without using tool is disclosed. The connector comprises an outer sleeve including a front inward rim and a staged bore; an inner sleeve including a front flange and a front inward rim; a nut; a cylindrical coupling sleeved on the outer sleeve; and a resilient gripping ring. A rear inward rim of the nut is fitted between the outer sleeve and the flange and is sleeved on the inner sleeve. The rim of the outer sleeve is sleeved on the inner sleeve. The ring is sandwiched between a rear inward rim of the coupling and the inner sleeve. The cable is inserted into the coupling and the ring for fitting the outer insulator in the inner sleeve. The insertion is stopped as the outer insulator of the cable contacts the rim of the inner sleeve. The cable is fastened in the connector by the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Ezconn Corporation
    Inventor: Chen-Hung Hung
  • Patent number: RE44490
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical clamp connector and connecting terminal that, per pole, has at least two conductor terminal connections oriented in the same direction and an additional connecting contact on the opposite-lying side, which serves for connecting a countercontact external to the terminal. It is proposed for such a terminal to use the especially small-construction design features of a terminal that is produced from a single piece of spring steel sheet and a busbar rod, and to combine these with the new features that the busbar rod has one or two cross projections, which project through the free opening in the spring steel sheet and form the additional connecting contact, which, for example, may be constructed in the form of a socket contact or in the form of a plug-in contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Axel Kirstein, Konrad Stromiedel