Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439595000 | Hinged or flexed detent on insulation engaging to secure contact within coupling part housing | 35 |
20080227335 | Electrical connector with shell - An electrical connector ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080274645 | HIGH POWER TERMINAL BLOCK ASSEMBLY - A power terminal and a method for making a power terminal having an electrically insulated connector body. A terminal insert is incorporated into the connector body and has at least one threaded electrically conductive member engaged with the terminal insert. The conductive member also includes a cap portion. The terminal insert is formed from a substantially rigid material and is configured to resist torque and pull out forces provided to the conductive member. | 11-06-2008 |
20080287006 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector, of the type constituted by a box-like body with a closure cover which is associated therewith by way of a film hinge and inside which there is at least one first seat, with an opening for access on the part of the cover, for a female electrical connection terminal for an electrical cable and at least one optional contiguous second seat, which is open onto a corresponding first seat, for a male electrical terminal to be mated with the female terminal; at the free end of the cover there is at least one tab in which there is an engagement slot for a corresponding tooth which protrudes from the box-like body. At the edge of the box-like body arranged between the film hinge and the at least one opening for accessing the corresponding first seat there is a space for the free flexing of the film hinge. | 11-20-2008 |
20080293300 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a terminal insertion opening ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080299824 | CONNECTOR RETAINERS AND METHODS OF SECURING A CONNECTOR IN A RECEPTACLE - Connector retainers and methods of securing a connector such as a universal serial bus (USB) connector or a video and audio switcher (VAS) connector in a receptacle are disclosed. A disclosed example retainer to retain a connector in a receptacle includes a projection to engage the housing of an electronic device to secure the retainer to a housing; and a mount adjacent the projection to secure the connector to the projection. | 12-04-2008 |
20080305681 | CONNECTOR - A male terminal fitting ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090088022 | CONNECTOR | 04-02-2009 |
20090098772 | Electrical connector with a pair of improved detecting pins - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwards from a front face of the base portion and a plurality of terminals. The tongue portion defines a recess portion at each of opposite end walls thereof. Each defines a solder portion extending towards a bottom face of the base portion and a contacting portion located on the tongue portion. A pair of detecting pins are located in recess portions and each comprises a leg portion extending out the base portion and an arc section projecting out beyond the end wall of the tongue portion to be touched by a sidewall of a shielding shell of the counter connector when the electrical connector is inserted by the counter connector. | 04-16-2009 |
20090130902 | MULTI POSITION ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having more than one cavity extending along an insertion axis for inserting a connector in each of the more than one cavity. The housing has a slot extending perpendicular to the insertion axis and the housing has a locking chamber therethrough including a first section and a wider second section. A retention lock is inserted into the slot and held within the housing. The retention lock has a split center post with a top latch and the retention lock passes through the locking chamber so that the top latch locks within the wider second section of the locking chamber. The retention lock locks each of the more than one connector within each cavity. | 05-21-2009 |
20090142958 | CONNECTOR - Retaining projections are formed on and project outwardly in a right-left direction respectively from right and left side walls of a spacer. The retaining projections are used for achieving a provisionally-retained condition and a completely-retained condition of the spacer. When the side walls are elastically deformed, the retaining projections slide over respective retaining portions of a connector housing to thereby achieve the retained condition. The side walls which can be elastically deformed inwardly in the forward-rearward direction form portions of right and left outermost terminal passage holes, and therefore must hold respective metal terminals, respectively. Therefore, holding projections are formed on and project inwardly in the right-left direction respectively from the side walls. These terminal holding projections serve to hold the respective metal terminals in predetermined positions. | 06-04-2009 |
20090186523 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector sub-assembly including a housing having at least one electrical contact receiving area configured to receive an electrical contact; and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member located on a front section of the housing. The TPA member is laterally movable on the front section between an unlocked position and a locked position. The TPA member comprises two spaced sections configured to lock the electrical contact in the electrical contact receiving area at two spaced locations when the TPA member is moved to the locked position. This prevents unintentional withdrawal of the electrical contact from the electrical contact receiving area. | 07-23-2009 |
20090186524 | Connector - First terminal fitting accommodating chambers ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090247010 | Method and Apparatus to Provide Electromagnetic Interference Shielding of Optical-Electrical Module - A pluggable optical/electrical module is disclosed. One or more features operate to decrease electromagnetic interference are implemented, which features include deforming the portions that mate together to form the housing, placing elbow deformities on extending fingers to more properly seal the housing convex shape to housing to seal gaps between multiple sections, and placing an EMI insulating material within an opening that is formed for the latch that locks the module in place in a chassis. | 10-01-2009 |
20090247011 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LOCKING FEATURES - A connector assembly includes a housing having a cavity defined by at least one wall. The cavity extends between a mating end and a loading end. The housing has a terminal latch associated with the cavity, and the at least one wall has a projection extending into the cavity. A terminal is loaded into the cavity through the loading end and is held within the cavity by the terminal latch. The terminal includes body having an opening, wherein the projection extends at least partially into the opening to secure the terminal within the cavity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090318022 | Plug connector having a secondary lock for an electrical plug connection - A plug connector for an electrical plug connection including a contact chamber housing, having a plurality of contact chambers for receiving a contact body each, which is introducible into the contact chamber and is primarily engaged in the contact chamber housing in its end position, and having a secondary locking element which is guided displaceably across the direction of introduction of the contact bodies and which, in its locking position, respectively protrudes laterally into the contact chambers with a locking projection for secondarily locking the contact bodies primarily engaged there. The contact chamber housing is subdivided into a plurality of contact chamber housing sections each having at least one series of contact chambers by one or more parallel separating gaps, each of the contact chambers being open toward a separating gap or an outside of the contact chamber housing parallel thereto, the secondary locking element is a frame subdivided into compartments by one or more parallel partitions, the partitions engaging into the separating gaps when the secondary locking element is plugged onto the contact chamber housing, closing the laterally open contact chambers, and the secondary locking element plugged onto the contact chamber housing is displaceably guided across the direction of introduction of the contact bodies into the locking position. | 12-24-2009 |
20100035467 | Contact Element Having a Snap-On Lance for a Plug Connector - Unipolar or multipolar electrical plug connectors include contact carriers having contact chambers, into which contact elements can be inserted. These contact elements latch with so-called snap-on lances. In the present SYSTEM, the latching is produced by a part of the contact element with a snap-on lance, a smooth outer geometry of the contact element being present in the assembled state, but by latching of a non-resilient snap-on lance within the contact chamber. Consequently, the advantages of the snap-on lance locking mechanism unite with those of the clean-body construction. | 02-11-2010 |
20100041272 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a terminal and a connector body. The terminal has a recess and has one or more tabs. The connector body has a cavity that is constructed and sized to receive the terminal. The connector body has a nib protruding into the cavity, and has one or more rails protruding into the cavity. When the terminal is received in the cavity, the nib mates with the recess and the tab bears against the rail. | 02-18-2010 |
20100068930 | CONNECTOR - A connector comprising: a connector housing including an upper wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall which define an opening having an U-shape when viewed from in a direction parallel to each of the upper wall, the bottom wall, and the side wall, wherein the opening opens in the direction; a terminal accommodated in the connector housing and including an end to which a wire is fastened, the end contacting both the upper wall and the bottom wall at the opening; and a cover which covers and uncovers the opening. | 03-18-2010 |
20100136829 | DIVIDED CONNECTOR - A divided connector, comprises a terminal having an electric contact part protruding from a main body front part and an electric wire attached under pressure to a main body rear part; an inner housing that allows the terminal inserted into an inner part to be engaged with a terminal engaging piece and attached and the main body front part to protrude from a front end; an outer housing that allows the inner housing inserted into an inner part from a rear part to be engaged with a flexible engaging piece and attached; a terminal positioning regulating wall provided in the outer housing and having a contact part inserting hole for inserting the electric contact part; and a front part positioning frame protruding in the rear surface of the terminal positioning regulating wall correspondingly to the contact part inserting hole to enclose and position the main body front part. | 06-03-2010 |
20100151730 | Contact housing and electrical contact device - In a contact housing having a contact chamber for accommodating a contact body which can be inserted into the contact chamber through an assembly opening in a direction of insertion, in an operational position of the contact body in which it is stopped within the contact chamber, at least one element of contact chamber is lying against a stopping surface (support surface), of contact body, which generally points in a direction opposite to the insertion direction in such a way that the removal of the contact body is generally prevented counter to the insertion direction, the present invention provides that a center axis of the assembly opening has a lateral offset transversely to the direction of insertion with respect to a center axis of the stopped contact body; that in the contact chamber, in the direction of insertion, behind the assembly opening, a displaceably situated, elastically flexible spring is provided that extends into the path of the contact body, which narrows the path for the contact body and can be deflected by the contact body, and which is designed to be stressed in an assembly position during the insertion of the contact body. | 06-17-2010 |
20110076886 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector is provided comprising a female member configured to couple with male member. The female member includes a female receptacle having an opening, and a female terminal is at least partially disposed within the female receptacle. At least one wall of the female receptacle is resiliently deformable to urge the female terminal together with a male terminal of a male member. | 03-31-2011 |
20110104944 | CONTACT HOUSING AND ELECTRICAL CONTACT DEVICE - In a contact housing having a contact chamber for accommodating a contact body which can be inserted into the contact chamber through an assembly opening in a direction of insertion, in an operational position of the contact body in which it is stopped within the contact chamber, at least one element of contact chamber is lying against a stopping surface (support surface), of contact body, which generally points in a direction opposite to the insertion direction in such a way that the removal of the contact body is generally prevented counter to the insertion direction, the present invention provides that a center axis of the assembly opening has a lateral offset transversely to the direction of insertion with respect to a center axis of the stopped contact body; that in the contact chamber, in the direction of insertion, behind the assembly opening, a displaceably situated, elastically flexible spring is provided that extends into the path of the contact body, which narrows the path for the contact body and can be deflected by the contact body, and which is designed to be stressed in an assembly position during the insertion of the contact body. | 05-05-2011 |
20110143588 | CONNECTOR - A waterproof connector has a deformation space ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110165794 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector sub-assembly including a housing having at least one electrical contact receiving area configured to receive an electrical contact; and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member located on a front section of the housing. The TPA member is laterally movable on the front section between an unlocked position and a locked position. The TPA member comprises two spaced sections configured to lock the electrical contact in the electrical contact receiving area at two spaced locations when the TPA member is moved to the locked position. This prevents unintentional withdrawal of the electrical contact from the electrical contact receiving area. | 07-07-2011 |
20120149240 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120282806 | ELECTRIC POWER CONNECTOR - In an electric power connector, without requiring a special operation of a user, the electric power connector exposes an internal electric terminal at a starting time of charging, and also covers the internal electric terminal on completion of the charging so as to prevent from contacting with outside, or prevent water, dust, and the like from entering. A power supplying inlet (electric power connector) ( | 11-08-2012 |
20130017720 | CONNECTORAANM Maegawa; AkihitoAACI Yokkaichi-CityAACO JPAAGP Maegawa; Akihito Yokkaichi-City JP - A connector (C) is formed by insert molding such that terminal fittings ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130065436 | TERMINAL FITTING AND CONNECTOR PROVIDED THEREWITH - A rectangular tube ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130143440 | CONNECTOR - A terminal fitting is inserted into a terminal holding chamber of a front member. A guide recess is in an opposing wall face opposing a lance, of inner faces of a terminal accommodation chamber, an escape recess continuous with the guide recess is in a receiving face of the terminal holding chamber, a guide projection protruding from a position rearward of the front end of an angular tube portion and making sliding contact with a bottom face of the guide recess is in an opposing outer face of the angular tube portion. The length from the guide projection to the front end of the angular tube portion is larger than the distance between the front end of the guide recess and the rear end of the receiving face, and the height of the receiving face relative to the bottom face is smaller than the height of the opposing outer face. | 06-06-2013 |
20130295794 | TERMINAL LOCKING STRUCTURE IN CONNECTOR HOUSING - A terminal locking structure for locking a terminal in a terminal accommodation chamber of a connector housing, the terminal locking structure comprises: a locking lance configured to lock the terminal to prevent the terminal from coming off from the terminal accommodation chamber, the locking lance being bendable in a direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal into the terminal accommodation chamber; and a flexible arm bendable in the direction intersecting the insertion direction of the terminal into the terminal accommodation chamber together with the locking lance, the flexible arm being formed extending from a front end of the locking lance to the insertion opening side provided for a corresponding terminal in the terminal accommodation chamber and being connected to an inner wall of the terminal accommodation chamber. | 11-07-2013 |
20140287622 | BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module to be attached to a cell group includes a plurality of cells each having positive and negative electrode terminals. The battery wiring module includes a busbar connecting the electrode terminals, a voltage sensing terminal overlapped with the busbar and connected to one of the electrode terminals, and an insulation protector including a housing and a wire guiding groove. The voltage sensing terminal is configured to sense a state of the cell group. The busbar and the voltage sensing terminal are housed in the housing. The wire guiding groove is configured to guide a sensing wire that extends from the voltage sensing terminal to extend out of the housing. In the housing, a bus bar lock tab and a sensing terminal lock tab are formed on one elastic locking piece. | 09-25-2014 |
20140308846 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING RESILIENT LATCHES - An electrical connector includes a shell with a chamber and an insert assembly received in the chamber. The insert assembly has cavities therethrough that are configured to receive contacts. The contacts are configured for electrical connection to mating contacts of a mating connector. The insert assembly has resilient latches extending from an outer periphery of the insert assembly that engage the shell to hold the insert assembly in the chamber. | 10-16-2014 |
20140342606 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - The electric connector includes an electrically insulative housing forming therein a terminal space, a terminal inserted into the terminal space, the terminal including a sheath section, and an engagement section formed at the sheath section, a lance protruding towards an axis of the terminal space in the housing, the lance being engaged to and disengaged from the engagement section, a resilient support supporting the lance such that the lance can be resiliency deformed in a direction away from the axis, a path through which a jig can be inserted into the housing towards the lance, and a pair of terminal supports situated horizontally facing each other such that the jig inserted into the housing through the path is located therebetween, and making contact with the sheath section when the terminal is inserted into the housing. | 11-20-2014 |
20140364005 | CONNECTOR HOUSING - A housing used for an electric connector, includes a terminal space into which an electric terminal is to be inserted, and a lance for preventing the electric terminal from being slipped out of the terminal space, the lance including a flexible portion, and a protrusion extending from the flexible portion and engaging with the electric terminal, the lance defining an escape space in which the flexible portion can be bent in a direction in which the protrusion and the electric terminal are disengaged with each other, the flexible portion having a passage along which a jig can move and which extends in a direction in which the jig is inserted into the lance, the jig being used for disengaging the protrusion and the electric terminal from each other. | 12-11-2014 |
20150038011 | Junction Box for Snap Together Electrical Connections to Photovoltaic Panels - A junction box adapted to provide an electrical connection to an electrical wire attached to a photovoltaic panel. The junction box has a lower portion which has an entry slot to allow entry of the wire into the junction box and a raised protrusion over which the wire is bent and formed to be substantially in the same shape as the raised protrusion. The junction box also has a clamp adapted to be attachable to said lower portion, whereby the clamp holds the wire in place for providing the electrical connection. The wire is preferably bus ribbon. The lower portion preferably has an elastic polymeric element disposed between the raised portion and the wire. The raised protrusion may have an elastic polymeric element. | 02-05-2015 |