Cable Composed Of Mutually Insulated Conductors Having Separately Carried Conductor End Terminals Patents (Class 439/623)
  • Patent number: 5690511
    Abstract: A reconfigured standard telephone cable assembly for connecting cable plug receptacles on a generic control box to a telephone terminal block includes a standard telephone cable containing several lead wires within a cable casing, each lead wire having a plug end and a block end and a distinctive color code corresponding to an established color code sequence; a first cable plug and a second cable plug, each cable plug having a connection structure for connecting several lead wires, where the first eight of the lead wire plug ends in the cable code sequence are connected to the connection structure of the first cable plug, and where the second eight of the lead wire plug ends in the cable code sequence are connected to the connection structure of the second cable plug. The assembly preferably additionally includes a third cable plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Chris John Melito
  • Patent number: 5599210
    Abstract: A vehicle battery terminal connector and repair system for a battery terminal connector and cable harness. The invention includes a battery terminal connector having a battery terminal adapter portion for affixing the battery terminal connector into electrical contact with the battery terminal; a flat body portion affixed in electrical contact to the adapter portion at a right angle to the battery terminal; and a flexible connector portion affixed in electrical contact to the flat body portion of the terminal connector. Further provided in various embodiments of the present invention are means for removably affixing one or more cables extending from equipment or accessories of a vehicle into electrical contact with the battery terminal connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Inventor: Charles L. Green
  • Patent number: 5582180
    Abstract: A bifurcated electrical connector (14) includes a precordial lead connection site (18) and a limb lead connection site (16). A precordial connector (26) can be fitted into the precordial lead connection site (18) and a limb lead connector (32) can be fitted into the limb lead assembly connection site (16). The force required to separate the limb lead connector from the limb lead connection site is greater than the force required to separate the precordial lead connector from the precordial lead connection site. Additionally, a cover flap (75) covers the precordial lead connection site when the precordial electrodes are not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Physio-Control Corporation
    Inventors: George H. Manset, Neil McIlvaine, Randall D. Mills
  • Patent number: 5546950
    Abstract: An electrocardiographic patient lead cable apparatus comprises an elongated cable part and a connector. The cable part has a plurality of connecting wires with connectors for the electrodes. The connecting wires are joined together for varying portions of their length to form a flat common portion of the cable part. The common portion is connected at one end to the connector. The connecting wires separate from the common portion at the selected locations along the extension of the common part from the end connected to the connector to form relatively short separated connecting wires. The lead cable apparatus so formed facilitates correct connection of electrodes positioned at various locations on the body of the patient and reduces or eliminates tangling of the connecting wires. The connector is of compact, lightweight construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Mortara Instrument, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt P. Schoeckert, David W. Mortara
  • Patent number: 5547399
    Abstract: A universal AC adaptor has a transformer unit for converting standard AC line voltage to DC voltage and a plurality of plugs. Each plug has a flexible lead coupled to an output cord from the transformer unit at a coupler box. The leads allow the plugs to move independently of one another. Each plug also has a socket having a particular configuration which is different from the sockets of all the other plugs. Each socket is configured to mate with a particular receiving socket of a DC or an AC electrical appliance. The AC adaptor has enough plugs so as to be useable with most of the models of electrical appliance of a particular consumer electronic market, for example, video game units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventors: Herschel Naghi, David E. Naghi
  • Patent number: 5518418
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a SCSI ID connector assembly 20 connectable with a carrier (24) which supports memory storage devices having ID ports. The SCSI ID connector assembly (20) has various connectors including a first terminal (50), a feed-through connector (52) and a second terminal (54). The feed-through connector (52) is compatible with one type of ID port and the second terminal (54) is compatible with another type of ID port. The first terminal (50) is divided into a ground plug (186) and a separate active plug (188). The active plug (188)is selectively rotatable about its axis to reverse bit sequences. Accordingly, the SCSI ID connector assembly is compatible with a variety of ID port types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: HJS & E Engineering
    Inventor: Henri J. Larabell
  • Patent number: 5428189
    Abstract: A cable arrangement with two pairs of conductors for two separate circuits, one conductor of a pair is split into two partial conductors. Neutralization, i.e., capacitive and inductive uncoupling of the two circuits is possible by symmetrical arrangement of the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Dorner, Sebastian Grimmeisen, Bernd Haussler, Thilo Kuhner, Franz-Josef Petry, Bernhard Rall
  • Patent number: 5295860
    Abstract: The present invention provides a unique connector adapted to connect the first ends of two different conductors to a standard solenoid cap of an automobile. The second ends of the two different conductors are adapted to be connected to the battery of an automobile. The connector assembly is comprised of a connector assembly having a housing member that is adapted to accept and retain the first ends of the first and second conductors and connect them to, respectively, an eyelet and a female spade terminal. The connector assembly serves to orient the first and second conductors and the eyelet and female spade terminal attached thereto in such a manner that securing the eyelet to a screw stud of the standard solenoid cap also serves to simultaneously engage the female spade terminal with a male spade terminal of the standard solenoid cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: John Jozefczyk, Anthony L. Militello
  • Patent number: 4846697
    Abstract: A universal wiring connection cord is disclosed for interconnecting various types of wiring sockets that are interconnected with the electrical lighting system of a towing vehicle to various types of wiring plugs that may be interconnected with the electrical lighting system of a trailer. The universal wiring connection cord includes a central cable housing a number of stranded electrical wires bundled therein. The bundled electrical wires extend from a first end of the central cable and are provided with electrical connectors adapted to be engaged with the electrical terminals housed within the wiring socket mounted to the towing vehicle. The ends of the wires extending from the first end of the central cable are free to move with respect to one another in order to be positioned in the pinout pattern of the wiring socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventor: E. Walter Rodgers
  • Patent number: 4736346
    Abstract: System for interconnecting elements of a receiving device of great length, for example a seismic streamer, comprising a plurality of data aquisition apparatuses, each of which is adapted to collect 12 separate signals generated by receiver groups distributed in the different elements.The 12 groups of separate receivers (R.sub.1, R.sub.2 . . . R.sub.12) are regularly distributed in each element (T.sub.1, T.sub.2 . . . ), forming 6 pairs of groups. A first group of each pair (R.sub.1, R.sub.3, R.sub.5) is connected to an input of an acquisition apparatus (B.sub.2). The second group of each pair is connected either to an input of another acquistion apparatus, or to inactive electric connection means (B.sub.1, B.sub.3) adapted to connect in parallel the second and the first groups of each pair.This system can be used in seismic prospecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Compagnie General de Geophysique
    Inventors: Jacques Cretin, Claude Beauducel, Pierre Gonzalez, Jean Rudaz