Spring-operated Or Resilient Securing Part Patents (Class 439/729)
  • Patent number: 4797125
    Abstract: A medical electrode connector for a flexible resting electrode is provided. A first base member has a receptacle while a second movable member has a plastic prong of a configuration compatible with movement into the receptacle. A flexible electrode can be positioned between the receptacle and the prong and a spring can force the prong member to deform and cause an electrical connection with the flexible electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Tronomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Malana
  • Patent number: 4795377
    Abstract: An arrangement for clamping an electric conductor includes a clamping cage having a threaded bore centered on a central axis. A clamping screw is received in the threaded bore for threading in and out along a predetermined path centered on the central axis. An insertion receptacle for the electric conductor is accommodated in the clamping cage and extends substantially parallel to the central axis. A pressure member is mounted in the clamping cage for pivoting about a pivot axis out of and back into an open position thereof and extends into the predetermined path. A spring urges the pressure member toward its open position. The spring is an integral unitary portion of the clamping cage and extends from an outer contour of the clamping cage towards the pressure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: C. A. Weidmueller GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Hartmut Schmode, Peter Kruger, Manfred Wilmes
  • Patent number: 4767340
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connecting clamp for electrical conductors (17, 18) which can be manufactured and assembled automatically as a mass-produced product, in an especially economical manner. This objective is achieved by a clamp without a current bar, where two conductors are simultaneously clamped by a clamping spring (7). Here, each conductor in the insulating housing has its conductor bed (15) or a conductor guide channel (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hohorst
  • Patent number: 4702256
    Abstract: A small plastic connector is provided with a unique electrical contact mounted in one jaw of the connector to mate with an angled edge on the other jaw of the connector to crimp and securely grip a thin, flat, flexible electrode in the connector while making good electrical contact. The jaws and the contact are further constructed so that the conductive surface on the electrode is pressed into engaging with a large contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Andover Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Earl F. Robinson, Rex O. Bare
  • Patent number: 4700997
    Abstract: An electrical connector for removably attaching a flat electrode to a conducting cable is shown. Flat, conductive upper and lower jaws are connected at the rear by flexible, resilient spring means, and are spaced apart at the front. The jaws are mounted within a housing, and are surmounted by a slide actuator having a finger movable member passing through a slot in a housing roof. The actuator slides on a guide means having a front planar surface and a rear planar surface higher than the front planar surface, the two planar surfaces connected by a ramp in a transition area. In the forward position, the actuator compresses the jaws together on the surfaces of the flat electrode to tightly hold the electrode in a locked conductive connection, and simple finger movement of the actuator releases the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jerome E. Strand