Coupling Part Or Mating Part Extending Into Panel Opening Patents (Class 439/544)
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Patent number: 6476319Abstract: A junction box connector having a tubular body through which an electrical wire-carrying conduit is passed for termination at the junction box plate. The connector has an end which is designed to engage in an opening in the junction box plate, and may be locked in position so as to prevent axial pullout of the connector once it is in locked position, thus assuring electrical connection of the electrical wires in the junction box.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Inventor: Sami Shemtov
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Publication number: 20020112985Abstract: A connector module designed to be positioned on a carrying belt, the module having pins 30 for engaging in holes made on the carrying belt. The module and carrying belt assembly is designed to be used in a machine for automatically wiring connectors into bundles of cables and notably cables of the flexible circuit type.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2002Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Claude Casses, David Jeandet, Alban Godefroy
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Patent number: 6435890Abstract: A connecting portion for elastically connecting a receiving member to a stationary member is formed in such a manner as to be integral with the receiving portion. The connection portion is attached to the stationary member through the stationary portion. This stationary portion is surrounded by the receiving member across a gap SR. There is no frame serving as a stationary member around the receiving member. Thus, the movable structure becomes thin as a whole.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Katsutoshi Kato, Kensaku Takata
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Patent number: 6361351Abstract: A connector receptacle is protruded through an opening formed on a cabinet of a television receiver. At least one pair of enforcement ribs formed on the cabinet in vicinal horizontal side portions of the opening to support a connector fitted with the connector receptacle when the connector is accidentally moved by, for example, pulling an antenna code connected to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Haruhiko Fujii
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Patent number: 6354869Abstract: A connector is fastened to a central portion of a connector bracket adjacent a slot in a slotted bracket to provide a number of electrical circuits extending through the slot. A first end of the connector bracket is fastened to the slotted bracket by means of a screw. The central portion of the connector bracket extends inwardly along the slotted card bracket, adjacent the slot, which the central portion overlaps. An end tab of the card bracket, opposite the first end thereof, extends outwardly along a part of the slotted card bracket, which itself extends from an end of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William V. Cranston, III, Philip E. Grady, Jochem K. Koenig, John E. McCloskey, James J. Tout, Jr.
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Patent number: 6332789Abstract: A first connector (30) comprises a connector body (31) and an engaging lever (32) pivotally supported by a side surface of the connector body (31) such that one end of the engaging lever (32) projects from one end of the connector body (31), a second projection (38) as a lever turning-movement restricting projection which engages with a peripheral edge of the other end of the engaging lever (32) projects from the other end of the connector body (31), the first connector (30) is enveloped by and fitted to the second connector (50) from the other end, and the engaging lever (32) is sandwiched between the connector body (31) and the second connector (50). The other ends of the first connector (30) body and an opening of the second connector (50) into which the first connector (30) is fitted are formed with guide inclined surfaces (30A), (55) for guiding a fitting movement.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Toshiaki Okabe
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Patent number: 6333858Abstract: There is disclosed a carrier module capable of accurately fixing IC device when the producted IC device is tested on the performance thereof. The carrier module includes a body having an insertion groove formed therein in a predetermined direction and holes, an elastic unit inserted and fixed to the insertion groove, for being elastically moved upward and downward, a latch installed on upper portion of the elastic means, for fixing an IC device, and a pin for fixing the latch by being inserted and fixed into the body, wherein the IC device is fixed or released by operation of the latch. The carrier module has a structure permitting the latches to be pressed at both sides thereof, and therefore the present invention provides an easy machining and assembling of the carrier module, and lowers the production cost by reducing the number of parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Mirae CorporationInventors: Sang Jae Yun, Back Woon Jung, Ki Hyun Lee, Ki Hyun Jung
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Patent number: 6276961Abstract: An accessory panel for use in an internal bay of a computer is compatible with at least two disparate types of mounting arrangements for such panels. The accessory panel comprises a face plate, a mounting plate, and a sub-frame. The sub-frame includes a side plate and a rear plate. The mounting plate is fixedly coupled to the face plate. One or more bores are disposed along a surface of the mounting plate. The bores are arranged in a pattern that corresponds to a pattern of mounting-holes on a framework that surrounds a particular type of computer bay. The bores provide a means for mounting the panel in this type of computer bay through the use of fasteners. The side and rear plates are coupled to the mounting plate when the panel is installed in a computer bay that accommodates peripheral devices through the use of mounting rails. Once coupled, the mounting plate and the side plate provide a substantially smooth, coplanar area on which a mounting rail can be disposed.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1999Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Iomega CorporationInventor: Douglas S. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20010012727Abstract: A bushing device being either a “bushing” comprising an external standard interface cone on one side and a conical shape at the opposite side, or a “bushing well” having a single hollow conical shape comprising an internal standard interface cone. The bushing device is to be hermetically mounted in a hole of an electrical equipment, insulated with oil fluid or gas, and is foreseen of a metallic fixing flange having a diameter larger than the diameter of this hole. The bushing device is adapted to interconnect an electrical distribution cable external to the equipment with a device internal to the equipment. The equipment is for instance a transformer, a switchgear, a capacitor or a motor. The bushing device is made of an elastomeric material containing an anti-migratory additive, whilst the metallic fixing flange is preferably made of stainless steel adapted to be welded to the wall of the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 1999Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventors: ROBERTO MORLESIN, IVAN FLORENT DE SCHRIJVER
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Patent number: 6186827Abstract: A mounting opening 26 is formed. A first connector 30 comprises a first connector body 31 and an engaging lever 32 which is pivotally supported by a pivot 33 such that the engaging lever 32 project from a rear end surface of the first connector body 31. Projecting from one end of the engaging lever 32 are an engaging projection 43 engaging with a back surface side of a mounting plate 21 around the mounting opening 26, and a cam lever 42 engaging with a front surface side of the mounting plate 21 nearer to the pivot 33 than to the engaging projection 43. A connecting projection 40D projects from the other end of the engaging lever 32.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2000Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Toshiaki Okabe
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Patent number: 6129580Abstract: An electrical cable connector for bicycles that has a simple structure, low cost, and excellent shielding against shocks, moisture, and the like is disclosed. The connector includes a connector body which has a top surface and a bottom surface, and has a slit which forms a passageway between the top and bottom surfaces. The top surface includes an inclined portion which extends from the slit to a flat terminal section. A flat cable extends along the bottom surface, through the slit, and along the top surface such that a terminal at the end of the flat cable is positioned on the flat terminal section. In a disclosed application, the connector plugs into a female connector of a switch unit of a bicycle lever bracket.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1998Date of Patent: October 10, 2000Assignee: Shimano, Inc.Inventor: Hitoshi Kishimoto
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Patent number: 6095854Abstract: A system is provided for mounting an electrical connector in a panel having an opening with at least one locating slot in the opening. A connector includes a housing insertable into the opening in the panel. The housing has at least one outwardly projecting locating flange for passing through the locating slot of the opening as the housing is inserted thereinto. The housing has at least one outwardly projecting stop flange spaced axially from the locating flange for abutting the panel when the housing is in its inserted position. The housing is movable within the opening in the panel to a latched position. A latch arm projects outwardly from the housing for engagement with a latch surface on the panel when the housing is in its latched position. A protective shroud is disposed about a substantial portion of the latch arm to protect the latch arm against breakage.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Edward S. Sommer, Richard R. Edgley, Gary E. Polgar
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Patent number: 6007353Abstract: An electrical connector enclosure is provided for housing at least one electrical component. The electrical connector enclosure comprises a housing (such as a standard electrical box), a mounting base, and a plate for enclosing the housing. The mounting base includes a frame that extends around the perimeter of a cavity in the housing and a ledge formed along the inner edge of the frame for engaging the plate. In addition, the ledge is further defined to include a radially extending section at each corner of the frame with a hole formed therein, such that these holes align with apertures from a box extension hole pattern of a typical electrical box. Prepunched plates are formed with a similar hole pattern and are configured with slots that expose different types of electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1998Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Inventor: Stephen L. Webster
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Patent number: 5984703Abstract: The electrical plug-in connector for electric leads comprises a cable plug and a chassis receptacle. The cable plug and chassis receptacle each have a housing with preferably flat contacts. The contacts of the cable plug are arranged at inner surfaces of legs of a U-shaped or frame-shaped part of the housing, which inner surfaces face one another. A wedge-shaped receiving space is cut out in the chassis receptacle for receiving this U-shaped or frame-shaped part. A nose-shaped projection is provided at one of the converging side surfaces of this receiving space, this nose-shaped projection projecting across from the other side surface. Contacts are arranged at the boundary surfaces of the latter which are disposed at right angles to the opposite side surface. The front side of this nose-shaped projection is arranged at a distance from the adjacent side surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Neutrik AktiengesellschaftInventor: Bernhard Weingartner
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Patent number: 5980291Abstract: A connector for connection to a mating connector in such a manner that said connector is attached to a fixing member, said connector comprising: a connector housing for connection to said mating connector; a fixing portion for being attached to said fixing member; and connecting portions interconnecting said connector housing and said fixing portion, wherein said connector housing, said fixing portion and said connecting portions are integrally formed of an elastically-deformable material, and each of said connecting portions has a first flexing portion extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of connection of said connector to said mating connector, and a second flexing portion extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said direction of connection to said mating connector and said first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignees: Harness System Technologies Research Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Junichi Ono
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Patent number: 5893777Abstract: A mounting device for mounting an electrical connector to a trailer chassis for refrigerated containers comprises at least first and second clamp portions. Structure is provided for securing at least one of the clamp portions to the trailer chassis. Structure for securing the first clamp portion to the second clamp portion is provided. At least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion have structure for engaging the electrical connector so as to firmly retain the electrical connector to the trailer chassis. A system and method for mounting an electrical connector and electrical cords to a trailer chassis are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1996Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Inventor: John F. Kantor
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Patent number: 5890923Abstract: A connector alignment guide is provided which prevents inadvertent rotational movement of a male connector relative to a female connector and allows for connection of such connectors in a predetermined fixed orientation. The connector alignment guide includes a tubular segment having an open region at one end through which extends a bent or curved portion of a cable and a cable clamp associated with a respective connector. Such bent or curved portion engages edges which form the boundary of such open region to prevent such rotation and provide such fixed orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.Inventors: John O. Wright, Patricia M. Reagan
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Patent number: 5800199Abstract: A connector alignment guide is provided which prevents inadvertent rotational movement of a male connector relative to a female connector and allows for connection of such connectors in a predetermined fixed orientation. The connector alignment guide includes a tubular segment having an open region at one end through which extends a bent or curved portion of a cable and a cable clamp associated with a respective connector. Such bent or curved portion engages edges which form the boundary of such open region to prevent such rotation and provide such fixed orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1996Date of Patent: September 1, 1998Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.Inventors: John O. Wright, Patricia M. Reagan
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Patent number: 5791935Abstract: A connector is provided which is mounted in a hole in a structure such as an automotive door and with an easy-to-handle fitting-completion detector with which whether connector housings are fitted to each other can be reliably checked. The fitting-completion detector (3) is mounted on one connector housing (1), with locking claws of its holding arms (13) engaged in locking grooves (7) in the one connector housing. The other connector housing (2) is provided with sloped release projections 11 that advance into respective locking grooves (7). The fitting-completion detector includes insertion prevention portions (14, 14'). While the connector housings are not being fitted together, owing to the insertion prevention portions (14, 14'), the one connector housing is prevented from entering the hole.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Makoto Yamanashi
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Patent number: 5791884Abstract: A scroll compressor has a stationary scroll and a swivel scroll engaged with each other in a hermetic housing. A sealed terminal is provided to send signals outside of the housing from a sensor that is provided within the housing. The sealed terminal is inserted into a fitting hole that passes through the outer wall of the housing. A push nut having a plurality of nails is pressed into the fitting hole to hold the sealed terminal within the fitting hole. The push nut has a plurality of nails having an outer diameter slightly larger than the inner diameter of the fitting hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1995Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Iio, Mikihiko Ishii, Shigeki Miura, Ryuhei Tanigaki
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Patent number: 5788531Abstract: A connector alignment guide is provided which prevents inadvertent rotational movement of a male connector relative to a female connector and allows for connection of such connectors in a predetermined fixed orientation. The connector alignment guide includes a tubular segment having an open region at one end through which extends a bent or curved portion of a cable and a cable clamp associated with a respective connector. Such bent or curved portion engages edges which form the boundary of such open region to prevent such rotation and provide such fixed orientation.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1995Date of Patent: August 4, 1998Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.Inventors: John O. Wright, Patricia M. Reagan
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Patent number: 5779500Abstract: A hood member 12 of a snap-fit male electrical connector 10 is inserted and retained in a through hole 21 of a panel 20. A locking arm 15, having a resilient retaining claw 16 is provided on the peripheral wall face of the hood member 12. A guard 17 is formed in front of the stopping claw 16, so that even if a female connector 30 is pushed diagonally and makes contact with the guard 17, the locking arm 15 is prevented from being bent downwards, thereby accidentally releasing the connector 10 from the through hole 21.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1996Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Koichiro Tokuwa, Hitoshi Okumura
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Patent number: 5704806Abstract: An electrical connector housing fixable within an opening of a wall comprising an inner housing and an outer housing, characterized in that in response to relative movement between the housings resilient members which have passed through the opening are expanded outward preventing the housing from backing out of the wall, where the outer and inner housings may also include portions that define the receiving region wherein the mating connector halve must be received to be locked thereto that are only properly orientated when the housing is retained to the panel, thereby providing a through-wall housing that is easily inserted and affixed to a wall from one side thereof and preventing mating with the complementary connector half until the first connector half is locked to the panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Lothar Andreas Post, Harald Schmitt
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Patent number: 5632648Abstract: An adapter fixing device configured to fix an adapter on a panel comprises an upper member held attached to the panel, a lower member coupled with the upper member for fixing therebetween the adapter, and an engaging device combining together the upper member and the lower member. The present invention not only engages an adapter to a wire collecting frame but costs less than other device using the prior art does. The design of the present invention reduces the use of screws or even abandons screws which lowers the chance of losing screws. People skilled in the art will readily appreciate the design.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1995Date of Patent: May 27, 1997Assignee: Dan-Chief Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Danny Liu
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Patent number: 5604332Abstract: A circuit insulating plate is interposed between neighboring ones of bus bars provided in stages in an electrical connection box. A portion, which confronts a plurality of tabs projecting at a short interval from one of the neighboring ones of the bus bars, includes a through-opening having a large area such that the tabs are passed through the through-opening. A rib extends along a peripheral edge of the through-opening, and the area is set so that the rib fits closely within a through-opening of an adjacent circuit insulating plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1994Date of Patent: February 18, 1997Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Ikeda, Teruyuki Kitahara
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Patent number: 5539619Abstract: A branch joint box comprising: a casing which is made of resin and includes a bottom wall; a plurality of connector blocks which are provided on a front face of the bottom wall and each include a plurality of terminals erected from the front face of the bottom wall such that distal ends of the terminals are projected from a rear face of the bottom wall; and a sheetlike flexible printed circuit board which is secured to the rear face of the bottom wall and has a conductive pattern such that the distal ends of the terminals are soldered to the conductive pattern of the flexible printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1995Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Koji Murakami
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Patent number: 5531613Abstract: A connector assembly for electrical components includes an electrically insulative base member having a generally square tubular form so as to establish a lengthwise interior space having open forward and rearward ends. The base member has a rearward constricted portion with a lesser widthwise dimension as compared to a forward base portion so as to establish at least one lateral recess rearwardly of the forward base portion of the base member. At least one electrically conductive connector having a pair of opposed forwardly projecting resilient conducting clamps is inserted into the rearward end of, and positioned within, the interior space of the base member so that a connection end of an electrical component may be inserted into the forward end of the interior space and held between the conducting clamps of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1994Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: Daiichi Denso Buhin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsunesuke Takano, Kouichi Sinzawa
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Patent number: 5445528Abstract: A connector (20) for electrically connecting the conductor (24) of a wire (22) to circuitry on a circuit board (14) within an electrical unit (10) is disclosed. The connector includes an insulating housing (32) with two side by side cavities (60) separated by a wall (62), each cavity containing an electrical contact (34). A pair of conductor openings (72) are formed in the front end (30) of the housing side by side so that each opening is in alignment with one of the cavities and in communication therewith. The conductors (24) are terminated to the contacts (34) by pushing them through the openings and into locking engagement with their respective contacts. A second opening (78) is provided to receive a tool (94) for releasing the contacts from locking engagement. A mounting device (82) is provided to secure the connector to the circuit board (14).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1994Date of Patent: August 29, 1995Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventor: Robert H. Frantz
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Patent number: 5422198Abstract: A storage battery has a top end which is provided with a depression to receive a pair of sockets that are connected electrically to positive and negative cables of the storage battery, and a surrounding wall which confines the top end. The surrounding wall has a pair of through-holes to permit extension of the cables therethrough so as to connect with a connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1993Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: Ztong Yee Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hsien-Chih Lin
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Patent number: 5385487Abstract: A chamber, e.g., an oven, has open access ports through a wall thereof opening into the chamber. Cooperating with the access ports are a number of mounting assemblies each comprising a front section, for disposition within the chamber via the access port, and a rear section for extending exteriorly of the chamber. Device receiving sockets are mounted on the front section and electrical plug receiving sockets are mounted on the rear section. The front and rear sockets are electrically wired together for applying electrical power to the devices on the front section. An intermediate member is disposed between the front and rear sections providing thermal isolation therebetween and providing means for sealing the access ports when a mounting assembly is disposed therethrough. Variable socket to socket wiring means are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1993Date of Patent: January 31, 1995Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventor: Bruce A. Beitman
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Patent number: 5334047Abstract: An electrical connector includes mounting posts for insertion into through-holes of a printed circuit board. The connector includes a connector housing having an upper connection surface and an lower board mounting surface. A pair of mounting posts extend from the lower mounting surface adjacent each end of the connector. Each of the mounting posts is insertable into a through-hole in the printed circuit for frictional engagement with the walls of the through-hole. The mounting posts include curved portions for engagement with the walls of the through-holes. The curved portions of the mounting posts have a radius of curvature which is substantially less than the radius of curvature of the through-holes to compensate for variations in tolerances as between the mounting post and the through-holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1993Date of Patent: August 2, 1994Assignee: Thomas & Betts CorporationInventor: Arthur A. Lutsky
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Patent number: 5328388Abstract: A modular connector for establishing multiple electrical connections through an opening in a vehicle body panel. A frame member, having opposite sides and mountable to the panel opening, has a means for sealing the body panel opening. The frame member has a plurality of connector module apertures. A cover, which is securable to one side of the frame member, has a plurality of connector module receptacles which correspond to and align with the connector module apertures. One or more female connector modules, each providing multiple terminals, mount in a receptacle in the cover and align with a frame opening. One or more male connector modules, each providing multiple terminals, aligns with a frame opening and mating to a corresponding female connector module. A means is provided for securing the female connector module to the male connector module.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1993Date of Patent: July 12, 1994Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Robert E. Fust, Seiji Kozono
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Patent number: 5302140Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a device which is capable of being mounted in an opening in a panel, and which is adapted to hold a component, comprises two parallel side portions each being made of a plastic material, each side portion including a depending portion at each end thereof. Each of two moveable arms extends between corresponding ends of said side portions and is hingedly connected thereto. Each moveable arm includes two detents projecting from an outer surface of the arm such that when forces are applied to free end portions of the arms to move the free end portions toward each other, the device is capable of being inserted into an opening in a panel until a face of the panel abuts the depending portions of the side portions whereupon the application of forces is discontinued to allow the arms to move outwardly and cause the detents of each arm to snap-lock into engagement with an opposite side of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1993Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Assignee: AT&T Bell LaboratoriesInventor: Jamie R. Arnett
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Patent number: 5302139Abstract: An adaptor for securing a data communication port to a panel having a base plate with a fixed latching member and a pair of movable latching members, each engagable with an unexposed surface of a panel having a cutout when the base plate is in engagement with the . exposed surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1993Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Assignee: MOD-TAP W Corp.Inventor: Steven J. Starsja
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Patent number: 5284448Abstract: In an electrical switching or control unit, several components are arranged, sealed, within a housing (24). A plug body (10) is accommodated in an aperture (14) of a collar-like front plate (13) which itself is fixed to the edge of the housing (24). The connection between the plug body (10) and the front plate (13) is made by an locking cam (21) which is inserted in grooves (18, 19) which are opposite each other in the front plate (13) and the plug body (10) and which is fixed in its position by the housing (24).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1992Date of Patent: February 8, 1994Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Dieter Hussmann, Thomas Jessberger, Dieter Karr, Gerhard Klein
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Patent number: 5205758Abstract: A communications distribution interface unit assembly is mountable to an appropriate frame behind an opening in a wall panel, for instance. A unitary cover is adapted for mounting to the frame and includes a front face, a rear face, and a perimeter wall alignable with the opening in the wall panel. The cover includes integral structural support ribs rigidifying the cover in a direction generally perpendicular to the wall panel. At least one communications module is mountable to the rear of the cover. The module includes at least one connector exposed at the rear of the assembly for easy access thereto. The entire communications module assembly can be preassembled and, thereafter, mounted to the frame behind the opening in the wall panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1992Date of Patent: April 27, 1993Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Joseph D. Comerci, Robert DeRoss, Edward L. Nichols, III, Mark T. Smith
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Patent number: 5186660Abstract: A bi-level electrical cable or harness connector for right angle connection through a bulkhead. The individual conductors are disposed in superposed layers or levels in a connector body and terminate at staggered locations along the connector. Access holes are provided for pin insertion at right angles to the conductors. One layer is accessed through holes provided in a well and the other layer accessed through holes in the connector surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1989Date of Patent: February 16, 1993Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Thaddeus S. Wielgos, Declan E. Killarney, Katalin A. Schmidt
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Patent number: 5161998Abstract: There is disclosed a panel providing a polarization feature to a connector proximate thereto. The panel has a face plate with opposed major surfaces. A complementary connector receiving aperture extends between the major surfaces. The aperture has a wider first region and a narrower second region. The narrower second region defines a portion of the panel adjacent thereto as a polarization feature that is adapted to be engaged by a portion of the complementary connector when the complementary connector is not properly oriented for passing through the aperture. In this manner, a complementary connector having a mating face profile corresponding to the profile of the connector receiving aperture can pass through the aperture in one orientation but not in other orientations.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1991Date of Patent: November 10, 1992Assignee: AMP IncorporatedInventors: George R. Defibaugh, Benjamin H. Mosser, III
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Patent number: 5052938Abstract: A through-wall connection assembly comprises a shield plug extending through a wall or barrier and slidable for axial displacement preferably by being located in a tubular liner. A housing mounted on the wall or barrier receives an end of the shield plug. The housing contains a removable carrier for a first connector part which is releasably engageable with a corresponding second connector part at the end of the shield plug.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1990Date of Patent: October 1, 1991Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels plcInventors: Stuart M. Hansford, Robert Dobson
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Patent number: 5044985Abstract: An improved type of fixed sleeve for an automobile cigarette lighter seat, having an improved structure which changes the fixed distance of installation to match the panel board thickness of various models of motor vehicles. The cigarette lighter seat will thus be firmly installed on the panel board of virtually any model of motor vehicle. The installation of an automobile power socket or cigarette lighter element is then possible through this improved installation of a cigarette lighter seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1990Date of Patent: September 3, 1991Inventor: Light Sheen
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Patent number: 4990094Abstract: A data distribution panel includes a conductive panel having openings for the receipt of electrical data connector from the rear thereof. Shielded data connectors are installed from the rear of the panel and are electrically commoned to the panel. The electrical connectors are in the form of shielded subassemblies which, when interconnected to the panel, are commoned by a finger which extends from the panel thereby contacting the subassemblies. The panel is for use with a patch cable having at each end, connectors which can be latchably interconnected to the panel to interconnect shielded subassemblies together. An interface member is also available which can interconnect electrical connectors thereto which have T-bars and T-slots.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1989Date of Patent: February 5, 1991Assignee: AMP IncorporatedInventors: Curtis S. Chandler, George H. Foster, Jr., David Lane, Ned A. Sigmon
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Patent number: 4980602Abstract: An incandescent electric lamp and a socket for receipt of the lamp. The socket contains an insulator to prevent completion of the electrical circuit for illuminating the filament contained within the lamp except when the lamp has a wattage rating which is equal to or less than the wattage rating for which the socket is designed. When the wattage rating is proper, the central contact assembly of the base of the electric lamp bypasses the insulator to establish a completed electrical circuit. In one embodiment, the insulator defines an opening of a predetermined diameter through which a protrusion on the base of the lamp extends when its diameter is equal to or less than the opening in the insulator. In an alternative embodiment, the insulator has a diameter of a predetermined value while the central contact assembly defines a depression having a diameter which is equal to or greater than the diameter of the insulator.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1989Date of Patent: December 25, 1990Inventor: Bruce E. Eldridge
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Patent number: 4974121Abstract: A wiring module for electrically connecting a plurality of electric parts disposed on an equipment frame to a source of electric power, the module comprising an elongated insulating substrate formed to extend along a path adjacent to electric parts disposed on the frame. A pattern of wiring conductors extends along and integral with the insulating substrate for conducting electric current from the source of electric power to each of the electric parts to be connected. The insulating substrate has one or more edge portions provided with protrusions integrally formed with the substrate and extending laterally therefrom. The protrusions each are positioned on the insulating substrate at a location adjacent an electric part to be connected and at least a portion of the wiring conductors are integral with the protrusions to provide a contact on the protrusions for connection to corresponding electric parts.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1988Date of Patent: November 27, 1990Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhisa Masuko, Yosuke Ishiguro
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Patent number: 4957454Abstract: A pin jack, an electric connector element having a bored hole to receive a pin plug, is improved to have flexible adaptability in light of the size of openings to be formed on a terminal plate. Normally audio class pin jacks are non-coaxial, but radio level or higher frequency class pin connectors are of coaxial cable formation. These different kinds of connectors need openings with different diameters which lead to terminal plates having mixed size openings in order to meet mixed mountings. This difficulty is solved by rendering a inventive pin jack with two different concentric mounting diameters, of which a larger one of the diameters, which may be referred to as jacket ring, is externally formed to cover a portion of a cylindrical extension and is to be integrally connected to a cubic body base.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1988Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: Hosiden Electronic Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akihito Shichida
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Patent number: 4924957Abstract: An instrument panel for motor vehicles, has individually detachably fitted instruments and units, which consists of an electrically nonconductive material, preferably plastic. The instrument panel has integrated electrical conductors which become operatively connected to electrical terminals associated with the instruments or units when the instruments or units are fitted on. The instruments or units each have a mounting base cooperating with an associated hole provided in the instrument panel, the mounting base having a holder and a clip-nose type tension spring. The positions of the instruments and units can be adjusted in the assembled position to the optimal angle of view of the vehicle operator, which can be achieved by turning the instruments and units.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1988Date of Patent: May 15, 1990Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventor: Joachim Gigla
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Patent number: 4911658Abstract: A socket adapted to fit through a hole in a panel and serving to hold a light bulb and connect same to a multiconductor plug comprises a one-piece L-shaped housing formed of dielectric material and having a generally circular-section tubular socket leg and a tubular contact leg. The legs are centered on respective axes and completely laterally imperforate and closed and together they form a continuous L-shaped passage. A dielectric insert sleeve snugly received in the socket leg is provided with formations complementary to a base of a bulb to be mounted in the socket. A dielectric plug fitted in and completely blocking the contact leg is formed with a pair of adjacent throughgoing slits receiving respective conductive contacts strips each having an outer end exposed outside the plug in the contact leg and inner ends projecting into the socket leg and engageable with the base of the bulb therein.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1989Date of Patent: March 27, 1990Assignee: Hugo Schnippering GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Werner Vielhauer
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Patent number: 4842525Abstract: A connector assembly for an anti-skid hydraulic braking system comprises a bulkhead connector extending through an aperture in a sidewall of the brake fluid reservoir, a connector harness mounted along the inside of the reservoir sidewalls extending from the bulkhead connector to three solenoid assemblies mounted on the reservoir floor, and a solenoid connector on each solenoid assembly in engagement with the connector harness. The solenoids extend through floor apertures into the master cylinder to respective hydraulic lines extending to brake cylinders in the wheels, one of the solenoids handling both rear wheels. The bulkhead connector mates with a connector outside the reservoir which is terminated to a wire harness connected to the on-board microprocessor to relay current to the solenoids when data from individual wheel speed sensors is processed to determine that a particular wheel is about to skid.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1988Date of Patent: June 27, 1989Assignee: AMP IncorporatedInventors: Michael D. Galloway, William H. Rose, David T. Shaffer
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Patent number: 4822302Abstract: A device for locking a lamp in the socket of a motor vehicle headlight, the lamp including a flange (16) suitable for coming into abutment against an annular surface (34) of the socket for putting the lamp in a predetermined axial position, the lamp and the socket including complementary fittings (18, 36) for putting the lamp in a predetermined angular position, the device being characterized in that it comprises a ring (50), assembly means (42, 56; 70, 56) enabling the ring to be permanently assembled to the socket in such a manner as to allow it to rotate relative to the socket through a predetermined angle, the ring including a circular inside passage (52) having a diameter equal to or slightly greater than the outside diameter of the lamp's flange, and in that complementary radial fittings (19, 54) are provided at the periphery of the flange (16) and in the passage (52) in such a manner that, in a first angular position of the ring, the lamp may be inserted therethrough up to the predetermined axial and aType: GrantFiled: September 17, 1987Date of Patent: April 18, 1989Assignee: Cibie ProjecteursInventor: Guy Dorleans
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Patent number: 4795373Abstract: A mounting arrangement for use with a baseless electrical lamp includes an insulating fixture having a plurality of electrically conductive terminal members. The exposed lead wires which protrude from the press of the baseless electrical lamp engage the electrically conductive terminal members so as to both provide electrical current to the baseless electrical lamp and retain the baseless electrical lamp in the insulating fixture.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1987Date of Patent: January 3, 1989Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.Inventors: James J. Fitzgerald, Nickolas P. Demas
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Patent number: 4795369Abstract: An electrical connector adapted to cooperate with a loudspeaker includes a body formed into a socket having at least two contact bars for connection to a motor of the loudspeaker, and at least one projection having a bearing surface adapted to abut against the bowl of the speaker and at least two elastic clamps including a shoulder adapted to interact with edges of corresponding openings in the speaker bowl.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1987Date of Patent: January 3, 1989Assignee: Precision Mecanique LabinalInventor: Bertrand Vandame