Having Resiliently Biased Component Or Surface Patents (Class 24/707.2)
  • Patent number: 9543696
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses, systems, and methods for a quick maintenance of an electrical connector, such as a SAE J560 compliant connector. In one implementation, a connector includes a cable bundling wires extending into a housing having a body extending between a proximal end and a distal end. A distal terminal holder is disposed within an opening of the body at the proximal end. The distal terminal holder has a surface oriented in a direction away from the body. Terminals extend from the surface of the distal terminal holder, and each of the terminals is in electrical communication with one of the wires. Terminal assemblies each have a distal opening into which one of the terminals extends. A proximal terminal holder has terminal openings extending from a distal surface to a proximal surface, and each of the terminal assemblies extends through one of the terminal openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: PETERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: David Shaw Armacost, Mark Pecaro
  • Patent number: 6584656
    Abstract: A clutch for an earring or other ornament post has a resilient pincer disk with an opening defining a pair of arms connected to each other by a resilient bridge. The arms have arcuate surfaces to engage the post. A V-shaped opening extends from the arms and contains a wedge movable for spreading the pincer arms to release the post. A holder receives the wedge and disk and for holding the wedge in engagement with the disk and a part of the wedge extends beyond the holder and defines an activation button to be pushed for moving the wedge with respect to the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: David D. Karmeli