Spring Biases Detent Member To Form Snap-latch Type Securing Part Patents (Class 439/818)
  • Patent number: 8851938
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure comprises a first terminal made in a plate shape and formed with a through-opening, a supporting section supporting the first terminal, a second terminal made in a plate shape and to be a connection counterpart of the first terminal, and a clip made of a plate-like material having an electrical conductivity, and having a central piece formed into a U-shape and opposed pieces continued from the central piece, the central piece being provided with a pair of projection portions projected from both side portions of the central piece to prevent the clip from excessively entering into the through-opening. The first terminal is interposed between the opposed pieces facing to each other with the central piece inserted into the through-opening, and the second terminal is inserted between a surface of the first terminal facing the pair of projection portions and the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Taguchi, Masaru Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20110318975
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contact clamp for connecting a conductor end with an electrical contact and having an insertion side, from which the conductor end can be inserted in the contact clamp, comprising a retaining frame with a contact section, with which the conductor end can establish a contact, as well as a clamping leg, which is pivotally mounted in the retaining frame and can be pivoted back and forth between an open pivot position (FIG. 1) and a closed pivot position (FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Stefan Giefers, Mehmet Sagdic
  • Patent number: 7798871
    Abstract: A contact has a coupling portion formed of a material which can be bent and unbent. The contact has a spring portion adapted to be connected to a first connection object and a connecting portion adapted to be connected to a second connection object. The spring portion and the connecting portion extend from the coupling portion. The coupling portion is bent into a shape surrounding an axis and maintained in the shape. An electrical connector may be formed by holding the contact in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Tetsu Urano
  • Patent number: 7677934
    Abstract: A female electrical terminal, comprising at least one pair of mutually opposite leaf spring laminas, which are adapted to provide an accommodation and contact region for an associated blade-like male terminal. A first lamina is provided with a protrusion for contact with the blade-like male terminal, while a second opposite lamina has an extraction-preventing tooth which is designed to be inserted with a snap action in the hole of the interposed blade-like male terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Inarca S.p. A.
    Inventor: Gianni Piovesan
  • Publication number: 20080287011
    Abstract: A female electrical terminal, comprising at least one pair of mutually opposite leaf spring laminas, which are adapted to provide an accommodation and contact region for an associated blade-like male terminal. A first lamina is provided with a protrusion for contact with the blade-like male terminal, while a second opposite lamina has an extraction-preventing tooth which is designed to be inserted with a snap action in the hole of the interposed blade-like male terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Gianni Piovesan
  • Patent number: 7020934
    Abstract: In push type fittings capable of timely changing a length of a loop such as a necklace, a bracelet and the like, the aforesaid push type fitting, includes a hollow outer body which is formed to have an aperture portion at an upper end and a pair of insertion holes opposing each other in side surfaces perpendicular to the aperture, for passing a chain there through; a cylindrical sliding body which is formed to be tightly closed at one end with an aperture at the other end and to have a pair of through holes in side surfaces perpendicular to the aperture opposing each other for passing the chain there through; a ring body forming an approximately rectangular or circular ring shape and having a penetrated aperture portion for passing the chain there through; and a coil spring for biasing the sliding body and the aforesaid ring body in a direction to catch the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kuwayama
    Inventor: Akira Tashiro
  • Patent number: 6931727
    Abstract: This invention is an electrical connection method for connecting multiple conductor cable, ideally flat flexible cable. The method involves using an actuator for pressing the cable against multiple contacts in a base, each of which contacts has a sharp edge for removing insulation from the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Miraco, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Bulmer, Joseph A. Roberts, II
  • Patent number: 6867679
    Abstract: A mounting for a circuit interrupter is provided that facilitates the easy removal and insertion of the circuit interrupter. The mounting includes upper and lower terminal and support arrangements that cooperate with upper and lower device mounting studs of a circuit interrupter. The device mounting studs also function as electrical circuit connection points to connect the circuit interrupter in an electrical circuit via respective upper and lower contact assemblies of the mounting. The upper and lower contact assemblies include resilient retention facilities for providing suitable electrical contact forces when engaged with the device mounting studs. The upper and lower terminal and support arrangements retain the circuit interrupter within the mounting and are selectively operable to release the circuit interrupter for removal from the mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: S & C Electric Co.
    Inventor: Jorge R. Montante
  • Patent number: 6851829
    Abstract: The locking device serves for locking a lamp and a lamp rod. A wire winding box is coupled to the lamp seat. A portion of the lamp seat has a penetrating hole. The lamp seat is locked with an inserting seat. The lamp seat is protruded with a platform and a guide hole is formed on the platform. The connecting structure is formed by an embedding block and a spring. The lamp rod is exactly inserted into the end portion in the inserting seat of the lamp seat for electric conduction. A top of the lamp rod is installed with a plurality of recesses. At the time that the lamp rod is inserted, the inclined surface will push the embedding block to compress the spring so as to confined the lamp rod. Thereby, the user can assembly the lamp rod by inserting it to the lamp seat easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Inventor: Wen-Chang Wu
  • Patent number: 6500012
    Abstract: A contact spring connector that contains a holding strip, from which a contact spring leaf and a clamping leaf alternatingly extend in rows. A contact spring leaf has a contact leg, which is spread away from the holding strip and is connected with the holding strip via a cap area. A clamping leaf has a clamping leg connected with the holding strip by spring bands and from which a clamping element is spread away from between the spring bands. The decoupling of the contact spring leaf from the clamping leaf in particular results in ruggedness in respect to mechanical effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Rittal Electronic System GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ernst Billenstein, Werner Körber, Siegfried Kurrer, Kurt-Michael Schaffer
  • Patent number: 6193528
    Abstract: A spark plug connector (10) includes a cap (22) that mounts a terminal (30) for relative rotation with respect to a lock body (50) and outer heat shield (12). The lock body has an oval opening (58) aligned about a snap ring (48) of the terminal. When the cap member and terminal are in one rotated position, the snap ring is allowed to expand and be either installed or disconnected from the spark plug post (20). The oval minor axis is dimensioned such that when the cap and terminal are rotated approximately 90°, the snap ring abuts the lock body (50) about the oval opening and is prevented from expanding to lock the terminal (30) to the spark plug post (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Rea, Terry Chapin, Suzanne Christine Nadasky, Justin E Bruno
  • Patent number: 5791918
    Abstract: There is provided a spark plug connector for connection to a spark plug having an elongated terminal with a grooved portion, comprising: a body having a longitudinal axis and an internal bore extending along the axis; a means for fixedly positioning a wire within the body closely adjacent to the bore; a locking member reciprocably mounted to the body so as to be selectively movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the terminal can be inserted into the bore to contact the wire and in the second position the locking member engages the grooved portion of the terminal to lock the terminal in position with respect to the wire and body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: William E. Pierce
  • Patent number: 5316492
    Abstract: Plug-in connection in particular a sleeve for high-voltage plastic cables, comprising an electrical insulator fitting closely onto cable ends (1), said cable insulator having an electrically conducting stress-controlling body (8) for screening cable conductor connecting elements received herein, an insulating body (9) surrounding the stress-controlling body (8) and an electrically conducting sheath (10) surrounding the insulating body (9) completely or partially. The insulator is provided with axial close-fitting passages (11 ) merging into the space in the stress-controlling body (9) for the cable conductor connecting elements. According to the present invention the cable conductor connecting elements comprise at least one plug part (14) and at least one counter-plug (15) part and means for mutually locking the plug part (14) and the counter-plug part (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: NKF Kabel B.V.
    Inventor: Jacobus M. Schaareman
  • Patent number: 5262745
    Abstract: A bobbin for surface mounting on a printed circuit board comprises an elongated support body constructed of a non-conducting material having a plurality of curved winding support areas bound on each side by a generally rectangular mounting member having recesses in opposed surfaces thereof, and a combined mounting and lead terminal member having opposed gripping fingers engaging the recesses, one of the fingers having a free end extending outward therefrom for conductively connecting with a lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Pulse Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Aurelio J. Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 4892542
    Abstract: A socket including a casing having a number of partition plates formed on each lateral side of the socket a vertical receptacle and one or more lateral cylindrical chamber. A conducting plate is disposed in each receptacle bearing against a vertical partition plate. A protuberance set includes a cylinder, a ball and a spring both retained seriesly in the cylinder. A protuberance set is provided in each of the cylindrical chambers so that the ball slightly protrudes from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Inventor: Tian T. Wang
  • Patent number: 4795362
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for printed circuit boards where electrical and mechanical connection is maintained by the characteristics of the contacts included in the connector. While support is provided for the printed wiring board, no retenion means other than the contacts themselves are employed. The combination of a rigid and a flexible contact inhibits "walking" of the board due to vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: GTE Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Vonder, William A. Reimer
  • Patent number: 4757602
    Abstract: A collector ring installation and lead terminating assembly comprising cooperating terminals (40,40'), poke-in terminals (60,60'), and collector ring leads (50,50') for forming an electrical connection between a collector ring assembly (30) and a rotor winding of a rotor (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Onan Corporation
    Inventor: Rickie A. Evenson
  • Patent number: 4756593
    Abstract: A connector comprises a plug and a socket. The plug has a main plug body, a plurality of contact pins projecting from the main plug body and including a contact pin for grounding, and a shielding member surrounding the plurality of contact pins. The socket has a main socket body, a plug receiving part provided on the main socket body for receiving the shielding member, a plurality of contact portions provided within the plug receiving part for making contact with corresponding ones of the plurality of contact pins and including a first contact portion for making contact with the contact pin for grounding, and a second contact portion provided on the main socket body for making contact with the shielding member. The plug is detachably coupled to the socket by inserting the shielding member into the plug receiving part. The first and second contact portions are made of a single contact member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Koakutsu, Seiichi Onoda, Masao Yano, Junichi Shimizu, Sadahiro Ohyama, Noriaki Sekine, Noribumi Ishi, Jiro Nakano, Hideji Matsuura, Yasusi Anzo