Terminals Or Contacts Secured By Permanently Bending Or Deforming Metallic Part Onto Insulation Patents (Class 439/720)
  • Patent number: 11651910
    Abstract: An example polarity inverter includes multiple contactors, each of which includes switches that are controllable to configure a current path. Each of the multiple contactors includes contacts, which are interleaved such that first contacts to receive voltage having a first polarity alternate with second contacts to receive voltage having a second polarity, where the first polarity and the second polarity are different. The polarity inverter also includes a first conductive plate to connect electrically to each of the first contacts, and a second conductive plate to connect electrically to each of the second contacts. The first conductive plate and the second conductive plate are in parallel. A dielectric material is between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TERADYNE, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Parrish, Diwakar Saxena, Michael Herzog, Edward Patrick Dague
  • Patent number: 9035735
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a contact coil terminal having smaller numbers of components and assembling manhours, and thus, higher productivity. For this, there is a coil terminal 153 in which a press-fitting portion is pressed into a press-fitting groove (152c) provided at a corner portion of a flange portion (152a) of a spool (152) with a coil wound therearound, and a lead-out line of the coil is entwined around a coil entwining portion (153a) projected from the flange portion (152a), and the coil entwining portion (153a) is bent and raised. Particularly, the coil entwining portion (153a) extends in an opposite direction of a press-fitting direction of the press-fitting portion so as to be able to be bent and raised, and a lead wire connecting portion (153b) extends laterally to the press-fitting direction so as to be able to be bent and raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Yano, Ryuichi Hashimoto, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori
  • Publication number: 20090023345
    Abstract: An inverter (apparatus), to which two motors are connected, or a connecting structure of the inverter and the motors is made compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Hirotaka Fukushima, Takashi Tsukamoto, Kenjiro Shiba, Tomoyuki Watanabe, Takashi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6692290
    Abstract: A terminal fitting is provided, by which the terminal fitting can be securely connected electrically to an electric wire. A pressure-welding terminal as the terminal fitting has a wire connecting part, to which an electric wire is press-fit. The electric wire includes an electrically conductive core wire and an insulating coating. The wire connecting part includes a bottom wall, and first and second pressure-welding members, each of which has a pair of pressure-welding blades arising from the bottom wall. A projection is formed on an end of an inner edge of the blade near to the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yamanashi, Kei Sato, Takuya Hasegawa, Shigeru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6402570
    Abstract: An automotive lamp unit includes a bus bar unit forming a circuit with a plurality of bus bars connected with each other via a bridge portion, the bus bar unit including terminals, for connection to switches and a power source, and a supporting member for supporting a lamp, the circuit serving to switch on the lamp, and a resin base member provided with the bus bar unit mounted thereon at a predetermined position, and a small hole formed in the resin base member at a position thereof associated with the bridge portion. The plurality of bus bars are separated from each other at the bridge portion which is disposed in the small hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha T AN T
    Inventors: Hisashi Soga, Kouichi Sinzawa
  • Patent number: 6083037
    Abstract: A contact element having at least one leaf spring 2,3 has a U-shaped contact means 6, the two U-legs 8,9 of which taper towards their ends and can be elastically deformed with respect to each other. This contact element 1 is introduced into a guide groove 22 of a guide rail 13 of a module support structure or the like. The leaf springs 2,3 thereby contact a printed circuit board which can be inserted into the module support structure and the contact means 6, together with guide rail 13, can be clamped in a positioning hole 15 of a module rail 16 of the module support structure to thereby establish electrical contact with the module rail 16. In this manner, the interfering effect of an anodized layer on the module rail 16 is circumvented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Schroff GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Gunther, Paul Mazura, Volker Haag, Klaus Pfeifer, Klaus-Michael Thalau, Michael Joist, Udo Weiss
  • Patent number: 5173843
    Abstract: A fan control board and circuit having a central low voltage wiring center as well as a safety interlock for electric heater in which the interlock uses diodes to ensure proper fan operation in the event of miswiring of the heater sequencers. Another feature of the invention is a quick connect for a time delay of the circuit which permits easy insertion and removal thereof for replacement and/or cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mitchell R. Rowlette, Kenneth L. Hayden, Gary J. Steffes
  • Patent number: 4792307
    Abstract: A contact and terminal assembly having a block member, a conductor, and a securing member is disclosed. The block member and the securing member each define coacting curved surfaces between which the conductor is secured. The coacting curved surfaces define an appropriate angle for bending the conductor such that the conductor may serve on one end as a contact and at the other end as a terminal to which an electrical connection may be made. The block member, conductor, and securing member each include appropriate tabs and shoulders such that the three items may be appropriately interlocked to be affixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: United Technologies Electro Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Stewart, Sr.