Spring-operated Or Resilient Securing Part Patents (Class 439/729)
  • Patent number: 12107374
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates making electrical connections. In this terminal block, when an electric wire is inserted in a housing, the end of the electric wire pushes in a block part of a movable member, and a contact part of a locking member with the block part interposed therebetween, thereby releasing the locking of a leaf spring moving part by a hook part of the locking member, and the electric wire is secured by the leaf spring moving part, and the degree to which a display part of the movable member moving in conjunction with the block part is visible through a window part changes according to the change in position of the display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Nagase, Taijiro Fujiwara, Masato Matoba, Hirokazu Hoshino
  • Patent number: 12040580
    Abstract: An operable wire connector comprises an insulating housing (1), an operating handle (2) rotatably mounted inside the insulating housing (1), a transmitting piece (3), an electric conductor (4), an elastic clamping piece (5) with a fixed portion (51) connected to the electric conductor (4) and an elastic free portion (52) resisted by the transmitting piece (3), and a cover (6) assembled with the insulating housing (1); an adjustable gap is formed between the elastic free portion (52) and the electric conductor (4) for receiving a wire, and the gap will continuously be present due to the action of a rotation limiting portion (12). The operating handle (2) is pulled reversely, so that the wire comes into contact with the electric conductor (4); when the user pulls and turns up the operating handle (2) again, there is no need to continuously use force, and the wire will be take out easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Degson Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gaosong Ding
  • Patent number: 11965198
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a target substance, the biosynthetic pathway of which is ATP-dependent, for example, amino acids, nucleosides, nucleotides, isoprenoids, and peptides, by fermentation of a bacterium which has been modified to overexpress a gene encoding a protein having H+-translocating membrane-bound pyrophosphatase activity, for example, the hppA gene native to R. rubrum or a variant thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Ekaterina Andrianova, Maria Kharchenko, Natalia Zakataeva, Elvira Voroshilova, Aleksander Krylov, Evgeniya Malykh, Sergei Mashko, Natalia Stoynova, Mikhail Baboshin, Lyubov Golubeva, Ekaterina Kovaleva, Mikhail Shupletsov
  • Patent number: 11717687
    Abstract: In one example, an apparatus of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprises a support structure wearable by a patient, a plurality of electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes to obtain an ECG signal, a processor to receive and analyze the ECG signal of the patient, wherein the processor is configured to monitor four or more channels of the ECG signal, a high voltage subsystem coupled with defibrillation electrodes configured to be coupled with patient, wherein the processor is configured to cause the high voltage subsystem to apply a therapeutic shock to the patient through the defibrillation electrodes in response to a shockable event detected by the processor from the ECG signal. The processor measures a peak-to-peak amplitude of QRS complexes of the ECG signal, and detects asystole in the patient when the peak-to-peak amplitude of one or more QRS complexes is less than an asystole threshold. Other examples and related methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventor: Joseph L. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11545764
    Abstract: A spring-loaded terminal connection having a busbar and a clamping spring, which has a clamping arm, wherein the clamping arm extends towards the busbar and has a spring clamping edge for clamping an electrical conductor and wherein the busbar has a busbar clamping edge for fixing the electrical conductor to be clamped, wherein the busbar clamping edge has a radius less than or equal to 0.2 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Michael Meyer, Alexander Volkmann
  • Patent number: 11411328
    Abstract: A connection device for the connection of a conductor end includes a housing, a busbar section arranged in the housing, and a clamping spring assembly rotatably connected with the housing and operable between an open position and a contact position in contact with the conductor end. A rotary lever assembly is operably connected with the clamping spring assembly. The clamping spring assembly includes at least one clamping spring having clamping and actuating limbs arranged at an acute angle and connected by a bending region bearing against a spring carrier. The clamping spring assembly is preferably preassembled on the spring carrier for insertion in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Karlo Stjepanovic, Stephan Fehling, Stefan Fischer, Frank Hackemack, Andreas Rutz, Jörg Münstermann, Marco Waldhoff
  • Patent number: 11322861
    Abstract: A conductor connection terminal, having an insulating material housing, a busbar, a clamping spring and an operating lever which is pivotably received in the insulating material housing over a pivoting range and can be pivoted between an open position and a closed position, wherein the clamping spring has an operating arm which is deflected via a spring driver of the operating lever at least in the open position, characterized in that the operating lever is supported in the open position at a first and a second support point spaced from the first, and that the operating lever is pulled against the first and the second support point by a tensile force of the clamping spring acting on the spring driver from the operating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Frank Hartmann, Gunter Spey
  • Patent number: 11251595
    Abstract: An equipotential bonding system can be provided for a lightning protection system that includes a mast assembly with an internal passageway that includes an internal surface, and a conductor that extends through the internal passageway. The equipotential bonding system can include a deflection member that is disposed at least partly within the internal passageway. The deflection member can be configured to urge the conductor into contact with the internal surface to form a conductive pathway between the mast assembly and the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ERICO International Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Dean Holder, Thomas Edward Bendlak
  • Patent number: 10938130
    Abstract: A plug-in point adapter provides a self-contained adapter assembly that may be plugged into the connector jack of an existing electrical alligator clip probe and which increases the length of the probe. In some implementations, the adapter includes a test point that can be projected forward to a selectable length between the jaws of the clip that allows the clip to be used either as the point of a test probe or the original service as an alligator probe. In some implementations, the adapter transfers the alligator jack to the adapter jack for connection of the test lead plug. In some implementations, the adapter latches to the alligator clip and remains on permanently. The original alligator clip is not modified in any way and therefore the adapter can be customized for various designs of alligator clips that do not have to be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Paul Nicholas Chait
  • Patent number: 10840630
    Abstract: A first contact device is adapted to fasten to a second contact device of a contact system. The first contact device includes a first contact housing having a first contact receptacle, an actuating unit adapted to be swiveled between a first position and a second position different from the first position, and a contact element arranged in the first contact receptacle and electrically connected to an earthing line. The first contact housing is connected to the actuating unit. The contact element has a contact spring arranged in the first contact receptacle in the first position and, in the second position, the actuating unit adjoins the contact spring. The contact spring is swiveled at least partially out of the first contact receptacle and contacts a shielding contact of the second contact device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Wuerker, Dominik Klingler
  • Patent number: 10446945
    Abstract: A metal leaf spring structure of electrical connection terminal includes a main body. The main body has a base section defined with a first end and a second end. The first end is connected with a first section and a locating section. The second end is connected with a bight section and a reciprocally movable second section. The locating section has a head section and a tail section. The locating section is positioned in the reciprocally moving path of the second section to setup a moving endpoint of the second section. The metal leaf spring structure of electrical connection terminal improves the shortcomings of the conventional metal leaf spring that the conductive wire cannot be plugged into the terminal by a precise angle so that the metal leaf spring is over-bent to affect the pressing and securing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Switchlab Inc., Switchlab (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wu, Chang Han Lee
  • Patent number: 10357172
    Abstract: Electrode lead wire connectors configured to be connected to an electrode for defibrillation and/or heart monitoring are disclosed. The electrode lead wire connector includes a one-piece electrically conductive connector contact having one end that is configured to be connected to a lead wire and an opposite end having an electrode receiving section that is configured to releasably receive a post of an electrode. The electrode receiving section includes a detent for retaining the post of the electrode within the electrode receiving section. Resilient engagement between the detent and the post provides a user of the electrode lead wire connector with tactile feedback indicating that the post of the electrode is fully engaged with the electrode receiving section of the one-piece electrically conductive connector contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: David Wandler
  • Patent number: 10243282
    Abstract: A linking rod clamping mechanism for connecting a coaxial connector with a printed circuit board includes a fine adjustment assembly that includes a cam and a screw to link with each other, an elastic assembly, and a connecting rod assembly consisting of at least two rectangular bodies. The positioning is achieved in a push manner by pushing the rotating handle down or lifting the rotating handle up, providing a stable structure, reliable operation, simple and quick operation. The linking rod clamping mechanism not only exerts an even force but also can determine the yield and decrease the adjustment time greatly. Furthermore, after the fine adjustment assembly is adjusted, the printed circuit board is clamped for performing a test. The same printed circuit boards in thickness can be quickly replaced and reused, thereby improving the yield and increasing the error tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Huang Liang Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Tung Lin
  • Patent number: 10014594
    Abstract: Disclosed are a terminal block assembly (10) and its wiring wrench (2). The wiring wrench (2) includes a press rod (21) and a handle (22), and the press rod (21) has a pressing protruding arm (211) on a side and a stop portion (212) on the other side, and the handle (22) and the press rod (21) are connected by a pivoting structure (23), and the handle (22) has a clamping protruding arm (221) on a side and an elastic arm (222) on the other side, and the clamping protruding arm (221) and the pressing protruding arm (211) are configured to be opposite to each other, and the elastic arm (222) may selectively abut at the stop portion (212). Therefore, the wiring wrench (2) can be latched securely with the terminal block (1) to provide the effect of latching the terminal block (1) conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., DINKLE ELECTRIC MACHINERY (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 9737226
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire and is suitable for use during imaging procedures such as, without limitation, CT scans or MRI. The connector assembly includes a housing having. An engagement member is pivotably disposed within the housing to retain the connector on an ECG electrode fixed to a patient's body, an arcuate stiffener is deposed between the engagement member and a pivot member and a radiolucent resilient member configured to bias the engagement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: David Zhou, Peter Yu
  • Patent number: 9620885
    Abstract: An insulator for a test clip is described. The insulator includes a first clip cover configured to removably attach to a top portion of a test clip. The test clip comprises a top portion and a bottom portion pivotally attached to the top portion along a pivot axis. The insulator also comprises a second clip cover configured to removably attach to the bottom portion of the test clip. Each of the first and the second clip cover comprises one or more retaining elements configured to secure the clip cover to its respective portion of the test clip. In some implementations, each of the first and the second clip cover comprises one or more cantilevered retaining segments configured to extend over a portion of the test clip in order to secure the first and the second clip covers to the test clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Westek Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin B. Larkin
  • Patent number: 9385443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contacting or connection terminal for electrically connecting at least one conductor (26) and at least one electrical contact body, said terminal having a housing (2) in which the contact body is arranged, and at least one pressing member (3), wherein the electrical contact body comprises a clamping conductor connector for the at least one electrical conductor (26) and has at least one punched part (5), said punched part (5) having at least one spring element (6) for the clamping conductor connector. An actuation of the pressing member (3) acts on the spring element (6) and enables an opening of the clamping conductor connector, wherein the opening path of the clamping conductor connector (WF), due to actuation of the pressing member (3), is greater than the pressing member path (WD), at least in one portion. The invention also relates to a circuit board and a luminaire with a contacting or connection terminal according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Peter Moser
  • Patent number: 9227052
    Abstract: In various examples, a neurostimulation interconnection apparatus apparatus includes a substrate disposed within a header of a neurostimulation device. A spring contact is mounted to the substrate. The spring contact is oriented to accept and apply a clamping force to a proximal contact of a lead body to electrically couple the proximal contact of the lead body with the spring contact with insertion of the proximal contact within the spring contact. A trace is disposed on the substrate from the spring contact to a pin of a feedthrough of the neurostimulation device. The trace electrically couples the spring contact with the pin of the feedthrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Ronald H. Robnett
  • Patent number: 9225081
    Abstract: A clamping unit of an electrical connection terminal includes a busbar, a clamping spring for clamping a conductor to the busbar, and a pin contact-making element for making contact with a pin contact. The pin contact-making element has a spring arm which is arranged substantially parallel to the busbar and which is connected to the bus bar with a connecting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Schrader
  • Patent number: 9107594
    Abstract: Shown is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the shown connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The shown connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer, Peter Yu
  • Patent number: 9083097
    Abstract: A cable connection, preferably for photovoltaic systems, having a contact housing and a connection housing. The connection housing can be connected to the contact housing and serves to accommodate a cable which can be configured as required and has a conductor. The connection housing is intended to accommodate the cable which is to be connected and has the conductor. A contact needle for making contact with the conductor of the cable which is to be connected is arranged on the contact housing and a spring device is intended to radially surround the conductor and the contact needle and to press together said conductor and contact needle in a spring-elastic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Feye-Hohmann, Thomas Scheib
  • Publication number: 20150099403
    Abstract: The electrical device connector is characterized by including: a first central conductor in which a first concave portion is provided; a first insulation layer provided around the first central conductor; a second central conductor in which a second concave portion is provided; a second insulation layer provided around the second central conductor; a flexible insulator provided between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer; and a barrel-shaped contact provided in a space portion formed by the first concave portion and the second concave portion, wherein the barrel-shaped contact is configured to include: a center electrode; a plurality of contact pieces including one contact surface coming in contact with an inner surface of the first concave portion and the other contact surface coming in contact with an inner surface of the second concave portion, across an intermediate portion as a boundary; and contact load springs provided between the contact piece and the center electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Miyauchi, Jun Matsuzaki, Osamu Tagaya, Kohei Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20140329418
    Abstract: A composition for making a contact includes a nickel-cobalt alloy containing 1% by weight or more to less than 20% by weight of cobalt, and 0.002 part by weight or more to 0.1 part by weight or less of sulfur with respect to 100 parts by weight of the nickel-cobalt alloy. The composition has an average particle size of 0.07 ?m or larger to 0.35 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Ishikawa, Kuniyoshi Maezawa
  • Publication number: 20140287630
    Abstract: A connecting terminal includes a housing, a current rail, and a spring clamp. The housing includes a conductor inlet opening configured to receive a conductor to be clamped. The housing also includes a conductor guide configured to guide the conductor to be clamped. The conductor guide includes a web-shaped extension of the conductor inlet opening and extends from the conductor inlet opening in an insertion direction of the conductor to be clamped. The current rail and the spring clamp are disposed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ralph Hoppmann
  • Patent number: 8795004
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien, LP
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer, Peter Yu
  • Patent number: 8704607
    Abstract: The pulse modulated RF power control method includes an output amplitude control step for controlling amplitude of a pulse output, and a duty control step for controlling a duty ratio of the pulse output. The output amplitude control step performs a constant amplitude control to control an amplitude value of the pulse output so that the amplitude value becomes equal to a set amplitude value. The constant amplitude control according to the output amplitude control, for instance, gives a feedback of the amplitude value of the pulse output outputted by the power control, obtains a difference value between the feedback value and the set amplitude value, and controls the amplitude value of the pulse output so that the difference value becomes zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kyosan Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Itsuo Yuzurihara, Yoshihisa Hata
  • Patent number: 8690611
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer, Peter Yu
  • Publication number: 20130225013
    Abstract: An electrical plug receptacle includes a base seat, a first conductive strip, and a second conductive strip, wherein the first conductive strip and the second conductive strip respectively have a bottom part and a top part, the bottom parts of the first conductive strip and the second conductive strip are connected to the base seat, a slot is formed between the top parts of the first conductive strip and the second conductive strip, and the top parts of the first conductive strip and the second conductive strip are connected by an elastic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: ZENTECH ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventor: ZENTECH ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
  • Publication number: 20130189881
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Covidien LP
  • Patent number: 8408948
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer
  • Patent number: 8388387
    Abstract: A connecting terminal (1) having an insulating-material housing (2) and having at least one spring clamping unit with a clamping spring (4) and a busbar section (3), in the insulating-material housing (2), is described. The clamping spring (4) has a contact section (6) and a clamping section (8) which is designed to clamp an electrical conductor against the busbar section (3). The clamping spring (4) has an operating section (13) which originates from the clamping section (8), extends away from the direction of the spring force, which acts on the clamping section (8), of the clamping spring (4) and is aligned to be acted on by an attachment element (16, 31, 33, 39) such that the operating element (16, 31, 33, 39) can be engaged with the operating section (13) in order to exert a tensile force, which acts on the operating section (13) in the opposite direction to the spring force when the operating element (16, 31, 33, 39) is moved, in order to open the clamping spring (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Hans-Josef Koellmann
  • Patent number: 8317548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector with a first and a second sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly comprises a contact area for receiving a conductor end and for establishing an electrical contact with the received conductor end. The first sub-assembly further comprises a clamping device for clamping the conductor in the contact area. The second sub-assembly comprises a hollow body with a hollow space for receiving the contact area. The first and the second sub-assemblies are made as one piece and are configured to release the clamping device in the open state for manually clamping the conductor end, and to electrically insulate the contact area including the clamping device in the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mehmet Sagdic, Stefan Giefers
  • Patent number: 8292677
    Abstract: In a plug-in connector (1), at least one part of the busbar element (10) is in each case arranged in the boundary area between an associated conductor entry opening (3) and an associated contact pin receiving opening (8) in such a manner that the part of the busbar element (10) is located between a contact pin (14) and an electric conductor (5) and electrically conductively rests against the contact pin (14) and the electric conductor (5). The busbar element (10) has a resilient contact area in the contact pin receiving opening (8) for electrically contacting the busbar element (10) by a spring force with a contact pin (14) which can be inserted into an associated contact pin receiving opening (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Stephan Gassauer
  • Publication number: 20120196474
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer
  • Patent number: 8156638
    Abstract: A connector apparatus is provided. The apparatus can include a housing having at least a first aperture and a second aperture. The apparatus can further include a hollow, flexible member having a first end and a second end. The first end of the hollow, flexible, member can be non-detachably attached to the first aperture. The second end of the hollow, flexible, member can be detachably attached to the second aperture. The apparatus can also include a tensioning member disposed to bias the hollow, flexible, member towards the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Mark David Senatori
  • Patent number: 8152571
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer
  • Publication number: 20110318972
    Abstract: A connecting terminal (1) having an insulating-material housing (2) and having at least one spring clamping unit with a clamping spring (4) and a busbar section (3), in the insulating-material housing (2), is described. The clamping spring (4) has a contact section (6) and a clamping section (8) which is designed to clamp an electrical conductor against the busbar section (3). The clamping spring (4) has an operating section (13) which originates from the clamping section (8), extends away from the direction of the spring force, which acts on the clamping section (8), of the clamping spring (4) and is aligned to be acted on by an attachment element (16, 31, 33, 39) such that the operating element (16, 31, 33, 39) can be engaged with the operating section (13) in order to exert a tensile force, which acts on the operating section (13) in the opposite direction to the spring force when the operating element (16, 31, 33, 39) is moved, in order to open the clamping spring (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Hans-Josef Koellmann
  • Publication number: 20110275252
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer
  • Patent number: 8038484
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ECG electrode lead wire connector which provides improved electrical and mechanical coupling of the ECG electrode press stud to the lead wire, provides enhanced ergonomics to the clinician, and may alleviate patient discomfort associated with the attachment and removal of ECG leads. The connector may be engaged and disengaged with little or no force imparted to the patient or the ECG pad, which significantly minimizes the risk of inadvertent dislodgement of the pad. In one embodiment the disclosed connector provides a thumb cam lever which affirmatively engages the press stud to the connector, and provides tactile feedback to the clinician that the connector is properly engaged. In other embodiments, the connector provides a pushbutton to enable the clinician to easily engage and disengage the connector from the ECG stud. The disclosed connectors may also decrease clinician fatigue, and may provide more reliable ECG results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: David Selvitelli, Peter Meyer
  • Publication number: 20110217882
    Abstract: In a plug-in connector (1), at least one part of the busbar element (10) is in each case arranged in the boundary area between an associated conductor entry opening (3) and an associated contact pin receiving opening (8) in such a manner that the part of the busbar element (10) is located between a contact pin (14) and an electric conductor (5) and electrically conductively rests against the contact pin (14) and the electric conductor (5). The busbar element (10) has a resilient contact area in the contact pin receiving opening (8) for electrically contacting the busbar element (10) by a spring force with a contact pin (14) which can be inserted into an associated contact pin receiving opening (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: Stephan Gassauer
  • Publication number: 20110207372
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a housing adapted to receive at least one conductor of a stripped end of a wire, the electrical connector further including at least one terminal assembly, wherein the at least one terminal assembly includes a retention member adapted to engage the at least one conductor via a push-in wire termination. The housing may be configured with a cap that engages the housing and which can be pressed to permit a respective conductor to be inserted into or removed from a corresponding wire entry port. The cap may include a port through which the at least one conductor passes. The housing may have a first portion adapted to receive an edge of a printed circuit board and a second portion adapted to receive the at least one conductor of a stripped end of a wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Dennis M. Breen, IV
  • Patent number: 7993167
    Abstract: An ECG lead set is described which is shielded against electrostatic charge hazards. An electrical shield is located at the end of each lead of the lead set and electrically shields the connection of the lead set to an ECG electrode. The electrical shield is covered by a nonconductive cover and is electrically connected to the shield of the coaxial cable of the lead set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Leo P. Keightley, Daniel F. Mulhauser
  • Patent number: 7785155
    Abstract: An electronic device having one or more contact posts is disclosed having a sleeve slidably mounted around the contact post and lockable by a push-push latching system in a retracted position in which the sleeve is below an upper end of the contact post and an extended position in which the sleeve extends around and covers the upper end of the contact post. The sleeve and contact post may have respective apertures extending transversely therethrough, which are aligned when the sleeve is slightly retracted to receive a probe. Alternatively, an ECG electrode clip may engage an end of the contact post when it is exposed by the sleeve being in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Edmond C. Eng, Michael Anthony Schoch, B. Matthew Marzynski
  • Patent number: 7722412
    Abstract: A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical energy source. The return pad further includes a connector operatively coupled to the cord, the connector having a conductive surface which is selectively engageable with a corresponding conductive surface disposed on the return pad, the conductive surface of the connector including a conductive adhesive disposed thereon and a non-conductive adhesive disposed above the periphery of the conductive surface of the connector for engagement with a corresponding non-conductive adhesive disposed above the periphery of the conductive surface of the return pad. The connector can include a magnet for magnetically coupling the connector to the conductive surface disposed on the return pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Covidien AG
    Inventors: Chris J. Ehr, Arthur Schoenman
  • Publication number: 20100081344
    Abstract: A contact holder assembly receives a contact. The contact holder assembly includes a movable body portion, a fixed body portion, and a ring elastically combining the movable body portion and the fixed body portion such that the movable body portion moves away from the fixed body portion as the contact holder assembly receives a contact. The movable body portion includes an inner surface and an inclined portion on the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Brian Gleissner, Hardik Parikh, Gino S. Antonini
  • Publication number: 20100009568
    Abstract: Locking lances (12) are formed at an outer wall (10B) of a housing (10) and are resiliently deformable between engaging positions to engage terminals (20) and disengaging positions outward from the engaging positions to permit the insertion and withdrawal of the terminals (20). Leading end surfaces (12B) of the locking lances (12) are inclined to project gradually forward toward an inner side of the housing (10). A facing surface (15A) of the outer wall (10B) of the housing 10 facing the leading end surfaces (12B) of the locking lances 12 is inclined to project gradually toward the locking lances (12) at more outward positions on the housing (10). The leading end surfaces (12B) of the locking lances (12) contact the facing surface (15A) when the locking lances (12) are deformed outward beyond the disengaging positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ichio, Kenji Okamura
  • Publication number: 20090088030
    Abstract: A description is given of a conductor terminal (1) having an insulating-material housing (2) and at least one leaf-spring contact (3) which is installed in the insulating-material housing (2) and has a carrying frame (8) and a leaf-spring tab (9) which projects from the carrying frame into an associated conductor-introduction opening (4) formed in the insulating-material housing (2). On that side of the insulating-material housing (2) which is located opposite the inlet into the conductor-introduction opening (4), an overload-protection web (11), which is formed integrally with the insulating-material housing (2), projects into the spring region of the leaf-spring tab (9) and is arranged between the carrying frame and the leaf-spring tab (9) such that, when the leaf-spring tab (9) is deflected to the maximum admissible extent, defined by the overload-protection web (11), in the direction of the carrying frame (8), the end of the leaf-spring tab (9) rests on the overload-protection web (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Konrad STROMIEDEL, Thomas Truemper
  • Patent number: 7510448
    Abstract: Clamping connection for connecting a conductor to an installation switching device, comprising a clamping spring, acting on the conductor end as compression spring, for clamping tight the conductor end at an abutment, wherein the clamping connection comprises a conductor bar with a connecting end and an adjoining discharge area, the conductor bar has at the connecting end a window-like opening with a support edge and a clamping edge, opposite the support edge, at the transition of the connecting end into the discharge area, the clamping spring has a support leg by means of which it is supported on the support edge of the conductor bar, and the support leg is adjoined by an arc piece which is adjoined by a clamping leg, so that the conductor end can be clamped tight between the clamping leg and the clamping edge as abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Peter Eppe, Carola Thielen, Albert Stieger, Richard Hack
  • Patent number: 7481683
    Abstract: An electronic device having one or more contact posts is disclosed having a sleeve slidably mounted around the contact post and lockable by a push-push latching system in a retracted position in which the sleeve is below an upper end of the contact post and an extended position in which the sleeve extends around and covers the upper end of the contact post. The sleeve and contact post may have respective apertures extending transversely therethrough, which are aligned when the sleeve is slightly retracted to receive a probe. Alternatively, an ECG electrode clip may engage an end of the contact post when it is exposed by the sleeve being in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Edmond C. Eng, Michael Anthony Schoch, B. Matthew Marzynski
  • Patent number: 7473145
    Abstract: A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical energy source. The return pad further includes a connector operatively coupled to the cord, the connector having a conductive surface which is selectively engageable with a corresponding conductive surface disposed on the return pad, the conductive surface of the connector including a conductive adhesive disposed thereon and a non-conductive adhesive disposed above the periphery of the conductive surface of the connector for engagement with a corresponding non-conductive adhesive disposed above the periphery of the conductive surface of the return pad. The connector can include a magnet for magnetically coupling the connector to the conductive surface disposed on the return pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Covidien AG
    Inventors: Chris J. Ehr, Arthur Schoenman