Patents Examined by Tho Dac Ta
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Patent number: 5879192Abstract: An electric connector including a housing (14) and a rear holder (13). The rear holder (13) retains connecting terminals (12) therein and is fitted into the housing (14) from the rear of the housing. The rear holder (13) includes a front retaining portion (36a, 36b) for restricting forward movement of the connecting terminals (12), and a rear retaining portion (37) for restricting backward movement of the connecting terminals (12). The housing (14) has an inclined guide surface (34b, 43c) for receiving and guiding a respective connecting terminal (12) at an inclined angle into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1996Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: Ryosei Electro-Circuit Systems Ltd.Inventors: Yukifumi Machida, Hideo Kon, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Akihiro Kojima, Michiyasu Watanabe
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Patent number: 5876236Abstract: A lamp socket with a water sealing and electric leakage preventing structure, including a channel-like rubber gasket fitted into a top wire groove in a socket body to hold an electric wire and having two slots for the passing of a positive metal contact plate and a negative metal contact plate of the socket body, a rubber cover pad covered on the rubber gasket over the electric wire and compressed against the electric wire and the rubber gasket by a socket cap being fastened to the socket body to seal the periphery of the electric wire and to prevent water from passing to the contact areas between the electric wire and the positive and negative metal contact plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Inventor: Ming-Hsiung Chen
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Patent number: 5876226Abstract: To enable a worker to be able to quickly and correctly verify that a slide-type cam member has moved into a closed position, making it possible for a housing of a mating connector to be moved into a completely engaged position, a resilient latch 40 member, which extends toward a housing 12 from an upper end of a side wall section 33 of a cam member 30, is located on the cam member 30. A latch section 50, which has an aperture 54 that receives a protrusion 42 of the latch member 40, is located on an upper part of the housing 12. As the cam member 30 is moved from a first position to a closed position, the latch member 40 is depressed downward as a result of the protrusion 42 moving along a second surface 55 of the latch section 50. When the cam member 30 has moved into the closed position, the protrusion 42 is received by the aperture 54 and, by virtue of the interrelationship, the latch member 40 resiles to its original shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Masao Tsukakoshi, Kazuhisa Betsui
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Patent number: 5876237Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a terminal-receiving passage for insertion thereinto of a terminal in a given insertion direction. The terminal includes a spring contact arm at least in part projecting into the passage for engagement by an appropriate mating contact element. The terminal further includes an engagement arm projecting into the passage behind the spring contact arm at a location to provide an engagement shoulder for an insertion tool which forces the terminal into the terminal-receiving passage of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1995Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Arvind Patel, William R. Lenz, Ken Grambley, Jack J. Schafer, Daniel M. Prescott, Charles T. Walsh
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Patent number: 5876233Abstract: An electrical connector system uses two electrical connector housings and two mating electrical connectors. The electrical connector housings are disposed on a support plate in an end to end relation and spaced apart by a distance smaller than twice the distance from the electrical connector housing to the fastener holding the connector to the connector housing. The fasteners are carried by and engaged with a retainer bar that further engages the connectors to pull the connectors into the connector housings and retain them in connection relationship, ensuring reliability of the connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Apurba Choudhury, Quach Hung Huy, Miles Frank Swain
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Patent number: 5873751Abstract: An electrical connector is provided having a circuitized insulator including a housing having an integrally molded shroud and board having an array of holes molded therein and including conductive traces adhered to the board area in order to connect the holes having electrical contacts mounted therein with components mounted on the board.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1995Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.Inventors: John J. Daly, Mark Sidlow
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Patent number: 5873745Abstract: Device for coupling two electrical connector housing members includes two toothed sectors on one member, each sector including a slot leading to a cam. The cams cooperate with two lugs on the other member. The sectors are rotated to occupy either an open first position or a locked second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1996Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Connecteurs CinchInventors: Jean-Louis Duclos, Jean Ittah, David Rognerud
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Patent number: 5865650Abstract: An ultrasound adapter assembly includes a rectangular zero-insertion-force receptacle, such as the ITT Cannon.RTM. DL-series Zero Insertion Force ("DL-ZIF") receptacle, and a high-density micro-coaxial ("HDMC") connector plug interconnected by micro-coaxial conductors. The adapter assembly includes a frame for supporting the two connectors and a locking mechanism for use in semi-permanently attaching the adapter assembly to an ultrasound imaging system receptacle. The adapter assembly permits old-style ultrasound transducer assemblies having the rectangular zero-insertion-force plug to be used with newer ultrasound imaging systems using the newer HDMC interfacing system. In an alternative embodiment, the two connectors are electrically interconnected using flex-circuit. The HDMC connector plug is formed using a multi-layer printed wiring board having a high density array of electrical contact pads on one surface arranged for compatible mating with the newer system HDMC interfacing receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1996Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Acuson CorporationInventors: Vaughn R. Marian, Jr., Donald R. Mullen
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Patent number: 5865641Abstract: A solid spring electrical connector includes an elongated metal bar of sufficient cross sectional area to carry high electrical current loads. The bar is contained in a barrel with terminals of the bar projecting from opposite ends of the barrel. The bar is an integral piece which includes a spring section extending most of the length of the bar. The spring section is formed by axially spaced-apart, parallel, linear, narrow-profile notches of generally uniform width having alternating open ends facing toward opposite sides of the bar progressively along its length. Each notch extends across a major portion of the diameter of the bar thereby forming a resilient spring section in which the metal between adjacent notches forms the equivalent of long narrow flexible beams with alternating pivot points. In an alternate embodiment, electrical connectors adapted for mounting to printed circuit boards include a plurality of spring contacts in a row along the length of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1995Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Delaware Capital FormationInventors: Mark A. Swart, Charles J. Johnston
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Patent number: 5863212Abstract: A connector apparatus for receiving a card-like data processing medium in a frame element having a rear transverse element and a pair of longitudinal elements. A header is disposed adjacent the rear element of the frame member and an actuator bar for moving the card-like data processing medium out of engagement with the header is provided. An eject plate is moved by a link arm connected to the frame at a pivot point. The actuator bar is positioned below or above one of the longitudinal elements of the frame to significantly reduce the transverse dimension of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1996Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Berg Technology, Inc.Inventor: Scott S. Duesterhoeft
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Patent number: 5863226Abstract: A connector for coaxial cable, including a main body formed with an inner passage in which a pair of insulative sleeves are fitted. Each insulative sleeve is disposed with a small diameter section. A tubular contact member is fitted between the small diameter sections of the two insulative sleeves. The contact member is made of a sheet material by means of curling. Two ends of the contact member are not adjoined together so as to define a narrow slit. An opposite side of the slit is also formed with two slits which are not adjacent to each other so that when a core with 1.2 to 1.3 mm diameter is inserted into the contact member, the contact member is stretched open to achieve greater resilience.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1996Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Inventors: Cheng Sun Lan, Shen-Chia Wong
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Patent number: 5857864Abstract: A waterproof connector includes a terminal, a housing, a seal member, an inclined guide portion and a slide contact portion. The housing includes an insertion opening provided for receiving the terminal, a terminal lock portion provided inside the housing and a fixing lock portion provided outside the housing, both used for locking the terminal. The inclined guide portion is provided on either the housing or the fixing portion of the seal member, and the slide contact portion is provided on the other of the housing and the fixing portion so as to be slidable relative to the inclined guide portion. The inclined guide portion and the slide contact portion guide the seal member so that it rotates into a proper position and so that the fixing engagement portion engages with the fixing lock portion when the seal member is inserted into the insertion opening of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Masaru Fukuda
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Patent number: 5855492Abstract: A press-connecting joint connector comprises a terminal having a plurality of electrically connected press-connecting blades for electrically connecting a plurality of sheathed wires pressed into the press-connecting blades, a connector body for supporting the terminal therein, the connector body having at least one side wall, a cover, a wire-pressing portion formed on the cover for pressing the wires into the press-connecting blades when the cover is engaged with the connector body, and a notched portion formed in at least one longitudinal end of the at least one side wall of the connector body, wherein at least one of the plurality of wires, when bent, is received by and held against the notched portion to prevent the cover from being disengaged from the connector body by an external force acting on the at least one of the plurality of wires.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1996Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Kimihiro Abe, Toshiaki Okabe
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Patent number: 5839913Abstract: An edge connector for a plurality of daughter boards has a plurality of adjacent board-receiving openings which are configured to receive the daughter boards first in a common linear insertion direction at respective upstream positions and then in a common pivoting insertion direction to respective downstream positions. A plurality of latch members are operable to retain the daughter boards in their respective downstream positions. The latch members are also releasable to allow reverse pivoting of the daughter boards. The latch members are configured so that releasing the latch members associated with a relatively downstream one of the openings operates to release the latch members associated with relatively upstream ones of the openings, thereby preventing collisions between adjacent ones of the daughter boards.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1997Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventor: Tadahiro Fumikura
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Patent number: 5833488Abstract: A connector is provided having a set of spaced blades that cooperate to penetrate the coating of a wire to make electrical contact with the wire while the connector is bent therearound. The blades are disposed circumferentially about the wire at approximately 120.degree. intervals. The connector may have a plurality of sets of blades. Further, a method of forming a connection between a wire having a coating and a connector is disclosed having the steps of extending a first, a second and a third blade from a connector body, the second blade disposed between the first and third blades, and bending the body about a portion between the first and second blades and about a portion between the second and third blades so that the blades engage the wire through the coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: UT Automotive Dearborn, Inc.Inventors: Dhirendra C. Roy, Richard J. Chutorash
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Patent number: 5833500Abstract: A terminal fixture of the present invention comprises an electric wire connection member connected to the terminal of an electric wire; a pair of elastic contact members in which the respective top ends of a pair of side plates opposite to each other and bent in the same direction from a bottom plate are bent inward in a reverse U-shape; and a protective plate member comprising a front protective plate provided integrally with the above-mentioned bottom plate on the front side of the pair of elastic contact members, a pair of side protective plates which surround the outside of the above-mentioned pair of side plates and is formed by bending both the sides of the front protective plate on the above-mentioned electric wire connection member side, and a top plate which is located between the above-mentioned electric wire connection member and the above-mentioned pair of elastic contact members and top end thereof is extendedly provided from the one side protective plate and locked to the other side protective pType: GrantFiled: March 29, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tony Mahon, Masakuni Samejima
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Patent number: 5833487Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing and IDC terminals having IDC contact sections. The IDC contact section comprises a large wire receiving slot extending into a narrower IDC slot for connection to conducting strands of a insulated conducting wire. The wires are inserted longitudinally into wire receiving cavities extending from a rear face of the connector, whereby the cavities are bent such that they traverse obliquely the terminals, thereby causing the wire to pass through the wire receiving slot of the terminal, aligned with the cavity. The wire is inserted until it abuts a stop and, the terminal can then be further inserted into the housing such that the wire is stuffed into the IDC slot for connection therewith. This design advantageously benefits from IDC technology whilst also providing a very compact wire-to-wire spacing. Additionally, the housing and terminals are relatively simple and cost-effective to manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1997Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventor: Jean Claude Joly
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Patent number: 5830005Abstract: A modular guide plate for a modular plug having an insulation housing with a receiving cavity includes an organizing section having a plurality of organizing apertures in which core wires of a cable are arranged and held closely in parallel and a plurality of terminal slits through which contact terminals are press-connected to the core wires and an introducing section extending rearwardly from the organizing section and having bottom and side walls for introducing the core wires into the organizing apertures.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1997Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toru Watanabe
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Patent number: 5829999Abstract: An electrical pin 230 has an elongate body which is receivable in a complementary socket of an existing electrical outlet, while two electrically conductive pins on the same plug are simultaneously receivable in respective sockets for establishing a power supply path for an electrical appliance. A resilient deformable ring 238 is held captive by the body of the pin 230. Two metal spheres 234 bearing respectively against an inner peripheral region of the ring 238 lie in a transverse passage 233 extending through the body of the pin 230. A screw 236 lying in a threaded passage 231 intersecting the transverse passage 233 bears against the spheres 234. In use the screw 236 urges the spheres radially outwardly, thereby expanding the ring 238 until it bears frictionally against an adjacent portion of an associated electrical socket. The pin 230 is preferably mounted in an insulating body (not shown) having a switch cover 38 projecting from the body in lateral relationship to the pin.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Gregory Jay WhatmoreInventor: Stuart Bruce Macleod
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Patent number: 5823829Abstract: In the structure to fit an electric bulb base into its socket and hold it there, the plate springs are provided at plural positions at some interval on the inner circumference of the hollow part of the said socket-shaped connector; each of these plate springs is provided in the direction from the proximity of opening to the recess of the said hollow part; so that the minimum inner circumference of the said hollow part formed by the presence of at least one of the plural plate springs may be smaller than the outer plug circumference of the plug-shaped connector. Further this invention is applicable to the socket structure to hold an electric bulb by using it as the plug-shaped connector, and its socket as the socket-shaped connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: October 20, 1998Inventor: Hiroyuki Suzuki