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CHARGING CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND PORTABLE COMPUTER

Application Number: 20130132742
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Lin, Weizhi; Cheng, Xiaoren; Yao, Ling; Zhao, Shuangcheng

Disclosed are charging control methods for a rechargeable battery and portable computers. The charging control method includes acquiring a control parameter for a charge current of the rechargeable battery; modifying, based on the control parameter, the charge current from a first charge current to a second charge current less than the first charge current; and charging the rechargeable battery with the second charge current. Compared with conventional methods of charging the battery always ...

MANAGING THE USE OF SECURE COMPARTMENTS IN CHARGING STATIONS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Application Number: 20130132307
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Phelps, Jack Standish; Johnson, Adam H.

The disclosed embodiments provide a charging station for portable electronic devices. During operation, the charging station obtains input from a user to the charging station. If the input matches an ongoing transaction associated with charging of the portable electronic device by the charging station, the charging station uses the input to identify a first secure compartment of the charging station containing the portable electronic device, wherein power is supplied to the portable electronic ...

CHARGING STATIONS INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Application Number: 20130132270
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: CHEN, JIA-LIN; CHIEN, CHIA-HUNG; WANG, CHUN-WEN; CHEUNG, HO-LEUNG

A charging station information control system is provided. The charging station information control system includes at least one processor. A plurality of modules to be executed by the at least one processor includes an information acquiring module and a matching module. The information acquiring module acquires positional information of an electric vehicle. A matching module determines one or more suitable charging stations whose positional information matches the acquired positional ...

AUDIO PATTERN MATCHING FOR DEVICE ACTIVATION

Application Number: 20130132095
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Giaimo, III, Edward C.; Murthi, Raghu

A system and method are disclosed for activating an electric device from a standby power mode to a full power mode. The system may include one or more microphones for monitoring audio signals in the vicinity of the electric device, and a standby power activation unit including a low-power microprocessor and a non-volatile memory. Audio captured by the one or more microphones is digitized and compared by the microprocessor against predefined activation pattern(s) stored in the non-volatile ...

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC PRODUCT HAVING A SHAPE CHANGE CHARACTERISTIC AND METHOD THEREOF

Application Number: 20130131887
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Pantech Co., Ltd.,

A flexible electronic product includes a flexible electronic assembled body and an actuator including a shape memory member. The actuator of the flexible electronic product deforms in response to an input. The flexible electronic assembled body includes a flexible display device, such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a plastic liquid crystal display (LCD), a plastic plasma display panel (PDP), an electronic ink panel, an organic thin film transistor ...

METALLIC IMPLANTABLE GRAFTS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

Application Number: 20130131784
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: owned subsidiary of Palmaz Scientific, Inc., Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd., a wholly

Implantable medical grafts fabricated of metallic or pseudometallic films of biocompatible materials having a plurality of microperforations passing through the film in a pattern that imparts fabric-like qualities to the graft or permits the geometric deformation of the graft. The implantable graft is preferably fabricated by vacuum deposition of metallic and/or pseudometallic materials into either single or multi-layered structures with the plurality of microperforations either being formed ...

CURRENT RECYCLING IN MULTIPLE LINEAR REGULATORS

Application Number: 20130131771
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Yang, Yuanyuan; Lehmann, Torsten

Described herein is an apparatus (30) for regulating voltages across a plurality of loads (21, 23). The apparatus comprises a first linear regulator (35) for regulating a first voltage across a first load (23) and a second linear regulator (37) for regulating a second voltage across a second load (21). The apparatus also has a current recycling node (33) provided between an output of the second linear regulator (37) and an input of the ...

OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR DEFIBRILLATOR

Application Number: 20130131526
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Wahler, Bruce Andrew; Hunt, David K.; L'Bahy, Aziz

A defibrillation circuit comprising a gas discharge tube and a light source arranged to pre-energize the gas discharge tube in order to provide predictable breakdown conditions of the gas discharge tube. The gas discharge tube may be used as an overvoltage protection device for the defibrillation circuit or for certain parts of the defibrillation circuit. An overvoltage protection device for medical devices is also described. The overvoltage protection device comprises a gas discharge tube and ...

ADJUSTABLE MRI HEAD COIL APPARATUS AND MRI SYSTEM

Application Number: 20130131498
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: General Electric Company,

An adjustable MRI head coil apparatus includes a plurality of plates. Each of the plurality of plates includes a plurality of RF receive elements arranged in a fixed orientation. The adjustable MRI head coil apparatus also includes a support coupled to at least one of the plurality of plates. The support includes a ball head mechanism configured to allow tilting of the adjustable MRI head coil apparatus in a least one ...

SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE ROD, SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE ROD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE ROD

Application Number: 20130130915
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Kasahara, Masayasu; Okuno, Yoshikazu; Hayase, Yuko; Fukushima, Hiroyuki

The phase transition temperature, at which the crystal lattice of LMO that constitutes an oxide layer as an intermediate layer or as a part of an intermediate layer becomes cubic, is lowered. A substrate for a superconducting wire rod includes an oxide layer (LMO layer (22)) which contains, as a principal material, a crystalline material represented by the compositional formula: La_z(Mn_1−xM_x)_wO_3+δ(wherein M represents at least one ...

HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR MAGNET SYSTEM

Application Number: 20130130914
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Boffo, Cristian; Gerhard, Thomas

The invention relates to a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet system, preferably for an insertion device for generation of high-intensity synchrotron radiation, consisting of the coil body (6), on the mantle surface of which poles with windings that lie between them are disposed, wherein at least one high-temperature superconductor strip (23) is wound onto the coil body (6) in one direction, and adjacent winding packages or sections are electrically connected with ...

Techniques for Protecting a superconducting (SC) Tape

Application Number: 20130130913
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Fersan, Semaan; Nickerson, Scott; Hermanson, Eric D.; Stanley, Charles L.; Tekletsadik, Kasegn D.; Citver, Gregory

Techniques for protecting a superconducting (SC) article are disclosed. The techniques may be realized as an apparatus for protecting a superconducting (SC) article. The apparatus may comprise a porous sleeve configured to fit around the superconducting (SC) article. The porous sleeve may be made of non-conductive, dielectric ...

FLIP-CHIP LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIER WITH HIGH POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY

Application Number: 20130130752
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.,

Disclosed are devices and methods for improving power added efficiency and linearity of radio-frequency power amplifiers implemented in flip-chip configurations. In some embodiments, a harmonic termination circuit can be provided so as to be separate from an output matching network configured to provide impedance matching at a fundamental frequency. The harmonic termination circuit can be configured to terminate at a phase corresponding to a harmonic frequency of the power amplifier output. ...

MULTI-MODE POWER AMPLIFIER

Application Number: 20130130750
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.,

A multi-mode power amplifier includes a high-power mode amplifier circuit, a mid-power mode amplifier circuit, and a low power amplifier circuit, where the low-power mode amplifier circuit comprises a plurality of independently selectable power cell/amplifier branches. The multi-mode power amplifiers selectively enable or disable amplifier branches to provide multiple levels of amplification. Selectively enabling certain of a plurality of split collector amplifier branches provides multiple low ...

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTING MEMBER, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTING MEMBER, AND BATTERY EQUIPPED WITH THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTING MEMBER AS ELECTRODE

Application Number: 20130130572
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Sakae, Akira

An electrically conductive connecting member which can be used for a battery having a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal composed of different metals from each other and which does not undergo electrolytic corrosion and reduction in electric resistance and has excellent mechanical strength. This electrically conductive connecting member is used for a battery in which a pair of output terminals are composed of different metals from each other, and includes an electrode ...

LOW-PROFILE CONNECTION SYSTEM

Application Number: 20130130571
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Ramey, Cary; Hamer, Colin

A high-voltage electric machine has one or more terminals at which wires are to be electrically connected to the machine. The machine's housing includes a cable entrance leading to the terminal(s) through which the wire is inserted. Access holes through the housing enable a technician to reach the terminals (for example, with a tool, such as a screwdriver) to connect each wire to a terminal. In some embodiments, the direction of the access through the hole to the terminal is substantially ...

CRIMP TERMINAL

Application Number: 20130130570
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Onuma, Masanori; Takemura, Kousuke

Disclosed is a crimp terminal (1) provided with a conductor crimp unit (3A) that has a base (4) and a swage unit (5), which extends from the sides of the base (4) and swages in such a manner that a conductor (20) on the base (4) is crimped. Circular serrations (10a, 10b) are multiply provided to the inner surface of the conductor crimp unit (3A). The serrations (10a, 10b) have ...

STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING ELECTRIC WIRE TO CRIMP TERMINAL

Application Number: 20130130569
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Sato, Kei

The present invention is intended for pursuing cost cutting by making an exposed conductor of an electric wire smaller through use of a cover and enhancing electric connectivity between a crimp terminal and an electric wire. A metallic cover (30A) having at one longitudinal end thereof a half pipe region (31) having a circular-arc cross sectional shape and at other longitudinal end thereof an annular region (32) having a substantially circular cross sectional shape is ...

CRIMP TERMINAL

Application Number: 20130130568
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Onuma, Masanori; Takemura, Kousuke

A conductor crimp portion (11) before being crimped to a conductor (Wa) of an electric wire includes, in an inner surface (11R) of the conductor crimp portion (11), circular recesses (20) as serrations of the conductor crimp portion (11) scattered to be spaced from each other. The recesses (20) each has an inner bottom surface (20A) in a form of a hemispherical ...

CRIMPED TERMINAL

Application Number: 20130130567
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Onuma, Masanori; Takemura, Kousuke

In a crimp terminal (1) with a conductor crimp portion (11) having recessed serrations in the inner surface (11R), circular recesses (20) as serrations are provided in an inner surface (11R) of the conductor crimp portion (11) to be scattered so as to be spaced from each other before the conductor crimp portion (11) is crimped to a conductor (Wa) of an electric wire (W). A strip-shaped serration non-forming region (22) is provided in an ...

CRIMP TERMINAL

Application Number: 20130130566
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Onuma, Masanori; Takemura, Kousuke

A crimp terminal (10) includes a conductor crimp portion (12) having a cross section formed into a U-shape by a bottom plate (13) and a pair of conductor crimping pieces (14, 14) provided to extend on both sides of the bottom plate (13) and crimped to wrap a conductor (Wa) of an electric wire (W) disposed on an inner surface (13a) of the bottom plate (13). The conductor crimp portion (12) is crimped and connected to the conductor ...

CRIMP-STYLE TERMINAL

Application Number: 20130130565
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Onuma, Masanori; Takemura, Kousuke

A crimp-style terminal (10) is provided with: a base plate (13); a conductor crimp unit (12) which is formed, to have a substantially U-shaped cross section, from a pair of conductor swage pieces (14) which extend to both sides of the base plate (13) and are swaged to encase conductors (Wa) of a wire (W), said wire being arranged on the inner surface of the base plate (13), and which is crimped and connected to the terminals of the conductors (Wa); and ...

CRIMPED TERMINAL

Application Number: 20130130564
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Onuma, Masanori; Takemura, Kousuke

A conductor crimp portion (11) before being crimped to a conductor (Wa) of an electric wire includes, in an inner surface (11R) of the conductor crimp portion (11), circular recesses (20) as serrations of the conductor crimp portion (11) scattered to be spaced from each other. At an inner periphery corner portion where an inner bottom surface (20A) and an inner periphery side surface (20B) of each of the recesses (20) intersect with each other, a roundness portion (20C) for connecting the inner ...

Electrically Conducting Screw Connection And Special Screw For Such A Screw Connection

Application Number: 20130130563
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Giraud, Wolfgang; Schraer, Thorsten

The invention relates to an electrically conducting screw connection between two parts (10, 12) which are fastened to each other by a screw (16) having a screw head (18) and a shaft (22) and by a nut (28), wherein the screw (16) extends through a hole (14) in one of the parts (10), wherein the electrical contact between the other part (12) and the screw (16) is established by teeth (27) on the workpiece-side surface of ...

CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130562
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Nagayoshi, Tomihiko; Shinkawa, Daisuke

To obtain a connector capable of efficiently enhancing a shear strength to increase a holding force against a reduction in a lance holding force which is caused by a decrease in a size.

A connector 11 including a flexible engagement piece 25 which has a base end supported like a cantilever in a terminal accommodation chamber 17 for accommodating a terminal fitting and is thus deformable elastically, and has a free end 27 with which the ...

MODULAR JACK WITH ENHANCED SHIELDING

Application Number: 20130130561
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Regnier, Kent E.

An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating face, a plurality of openings therein configured as pairs of aligned openings and a receptacle for receiving a plurality of internal modules therein. A plurality of electrically conductive contacts are positioned within the housing with a portion of each contact extending into one of the openings for engaging contacts of a mateable connector. At least one conductive inter-module shield is located within the receptacle and ...

Compensation Network Using an Orthogonal Compensation Network

Application Number: 20130130560
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Panduit Corp.,

In one embodiment, the present invention is a communication connector, comprising a compensation circuit for providing a compensating signal to approximately cancel an offending signal over a range of frequency, the compensation circuit including a capacitive coupling with a first magnitude growing at a first rate over the range of frequency and a mutual inductive coupling with a second magnitude growing at a second rate over the range of frequency, the second rate being greater than the first ...

CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

Application Number: 20130130559
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: CHEN, YUN-LUNG

A connector assembly includes a plurality of connectors with a wire connecting rear ends of the connectors, and a frame receiving the connectors. The frame is made of insulated material. The frame has edges each defining a round corner to avoid harming the ...

HIGH FREQUENCY ADAPTER

Application Number: 20130130558
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Yu, Tien Chih; Ju, Ted

A high frequency adapter electrically connecting a docking device to a circuit board. The high frequency adapter includes an insulating body, a high frequency signal terminal conductively connected to the circuit board, and two grounding terminals located at two sides of the high frequency signal terminal and conductively connected to the circuit board. Lateral projections of the high frequency signal terminal and the two grounding terminals are approximately the same and overlapping. Both the ...

TERMINAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE

Application Number: 20130130557
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Kato, Hajime; Adachi, Hideomi; Kuboshima, Hidehiko

A terminal connection structure which enables miniaturization and reliable connection of terminal fittings to each other is provided. A terminal connection structure 1 includes first terminal fittings 5 connected to a motor 7, second terminal fittings 22 connected to an inverter, and a clip terminal. The first terminal fittings 5 and the second terminal fittings 22 respectively includes electrical contact portions 8 and 27 formed in a band ...

HIGH-CURRENT PLUG-IN CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130556
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Auer, Martin; Reiner, Gregor; Blakborn, Willem

A high-current plug-in connector for transmitting electrical currents, having a housing made of electrically conducting material, designed to mechanically and electrically connect to a cable, the housing having at least one open side for inserting a mating plug-in connector made of an electrically conducting material, and forming a chamber for accommodating the mating plug-in connector, and at least one contact element, which is arranged on the housing and designed so that the contact element ...

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130555
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Hirata, Toshihisa; Nukanobu, Yusuke

There is provided an electrical connector including; a first connector having a first housing, a second connector which is mated with the first connector to be electrically connected thereto, a plurality of first connector terminals which are attached to the first housing, a plurality of through-holes which are formed in the first housing so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction and into which the first connector terminals are inserted; and a recess formed adjacently to the ...

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPEDANCE MATCHED INTERMEDIATE CONNECTION POINTS

Application Number: 20130130554
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Girard, Donald A.; Proulx, Jerry; Marvin, Edward Gerald; Gailus, Mark W.

An electrical wafer for electrically connecting to a printed circuit board. The electrical wafer includes an insulative housing and at least one signal conductor disposed in the insulative housing. The at least one signal conductor includes an intermediate portion having a connection point. The connection point includes first and second ends, at least one of which has a width greater than a portion of the at least one signal conductor outside the connection point. The insulative housing has at ...

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MOUNTING SYSTEM

Application Number: 20130130553
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Thomas, Evan V.

A flexible connector system that includes a multi-terminal conductor, a housing that at least partially houses the multi-terminal conductor, a base member and complementary connection elements for connecting the housing and the base ...

BATTERY ADAPTER

Application Number: 20130130552
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: KOBAYASHI, Yukio; UMEMURA, Shingo; SUZUKI, Hitoshi; OTA, Tomoyuki

A battery adapter can include a plurality of machine-side-connecting sections capable of being connected to a plurality of battery-connecting ports provided on an electric machine, and a battery-side-connecting section(s) to which a battery or batteries can be connected. The number of the machine-side-connecting sections is preferably configured to be larger than the number of the battery-side-connecting section(s). Further, the electric machine is preferably connected to the ...

Blade and Housing Assembly

Application Number: 20130130551
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Mayer, Peter; Rosenblatt, Max; Shibata, Mei

The invention provides an improved method of routing power from a power source such as an AC power source directly to a printed circuit board and then to an appliance that interfaces with one or more appliance claws that are connected directly or indirectly to the circuit board. Various embodiments offer superior durability, manufacturability, and cost-effectiveness. They may also decrease the dimensions, cost, and complexity of a robust ...

CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH NEW ARRANGEMENT OF TERMINALS

Application Number: 20130130549
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: CHEN, JUN; WU, JERRY

A cable assembly comprises a housing defining a receiving space; a spacer assembled to a rear end of the housing; a plurality of terminals integrated with the spacer, and arranged into two rows and received into the housing. And each row of terminals comprises at least two grounding terminals and a connecting piece connecting with rear ends of at least two grounding terminals. A metallic plate is received into the spacer and contacted to the connecting piece. And a cable is electrically ...

CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH NEW ARRANGEMENT OF TERMINALS

Application Number: 20130130548
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: CHEN, JUN; WU, JERRY

A cable assembly comprises a housing, a plurality of terminals received in the housing and divided into several terminal groups and a cable electrically connected with the plurality of terminals. Each terminal group comprises a pair of signal terminals and a grounding terminal. Each terminal defines a body portion, a mating portion extending forwardly from a front end of the body portion, and a terminating portion extending rearwardly from a rear end of the body portion. The two mating portions ...

CABEL END CONNECTOR WITH CONNECTING BAR

Application Number: 20130130546
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: QI, FENG-JUN; CHEN, JUN; WU, JERRY

A cable end connector includes an insulating housing defining a rear cable-location portion thereof, a plurality of conductive terminals including contacting portions and terminal portions located in the rear cable-location portion, a plurality of cables each having wires and a connecting bar defining a first touching end and a second touching end. The wires of the cable overlap the terminal portions one by one except one wire and one terminal portion. The first touching end overlaps one ...

Electrical Signal Connector

Application Number: 20130130545
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: WEI, Kai-Chih; Chien, Ming-Feng; Holland, Michael

An electrical connector for use with coaxial cables includes deformable cylindrical casing and a slidably engaged ...

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130544
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: WEI, Kai-Chih

An electrical signal connector for assembly with a coaxial cable includes a locknut defining an abutment flange at the front side, an inner tube fastened to the rear side of the locknut opposite to the abutment flange and defining a bearing surface portion for receiving the coaxial cable, a cylindrical casing fastened to the rear side of the locknut around the inner tube and defining a first deformable body portion and a second deformable body portion, a barrel and a torque sleeve attached to ...

CONTINUITY CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130543
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Chien, Ming Feng; Holland, Michael

A male coaxial cable connector includes spring with tines and a fastener wherein the spring is housed by the fastener and distal ends of the spring tines are arranged to provide a spring ...

COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTION MODULE, MULTIPOLE CONNECTOR FOR COAXIAL CABLE, AND MULTIPOLE COMPOSITE CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130542
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Fujitsu Component Limited,

A coaxial cable connection module including a body; a first signal terminal including a first flat signal contact face; a first ground terminal including a first flat ground contact face; a second signal terminal including a second flat signal contact face; and a second ground terminal including a second flat ground contact face. The first signal contact face and the first ground contact face are arranged, on the first surface of the body, in parallel with each other with a predetermined pitch ...

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130541
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Chien, Ming-Feng; Holland, Michael; Wei, Kai-Chih

An electrical connector includes a locknut having an annular locating flange, a core tube for receiving the copper core, inner dielectric insulator and aluminum foil shield of a coaxial cable and supporting the braided metal wrapper and outer plastic sheath of the coaxial cable, a casing surrounding the core tube and having first and second tubular deformable portions and a vertical rear stop edge, and a barrel mounted on the casing between the first tubular deformable portion and the locknut ...

WIRING HARNESS FOR CLOTHING, ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING SUCH A WIRING HARNESS, AND GARMENTS INCORPORATING SUCH A WIRING HARNESS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Application Number: 20130130540
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Skullcandy, Inc.,

A wiring harness for clothing, and garments so equipped. The wiring harness is of asymmetrical configuration, and may extend through channels positioned substantially along reinforced portions of the garment. The wiring harness includes a T-junction from which extend a male media connector and two media cables, a first media cable extending along seams of one side of the garment, and a second media cable extending along a neck portion of the garment from the T-junction at one side to another ...

CONNECTOR

Application Number: 20130130539
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,

A connector has a first housing (10) with two detection terminals (13) and a second housing (20) with a resilient deforming portion (25). A detection unit (40) is in the second housing (20) and has two connecting portions (42) that rub against the detection terminals (13) in the process of connecting the two housings (10, 20). The connecting portions (42) are connected to the detection terminals (13) when the housings ...

INSULATION PIERCING CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS AND CONNECTIONS INCLUDING SAME

Application Number: 20130130538
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: La Salvia, José Alexandre

An electrical connector assembly for mechanically and electrically connecting first and second cables each including an elongate electrical conductor covered by an insulation layer includes a housing configured to receive the cables, an electrically conductive bus member in the housing, an electrically conductive first and second blade members in the housing each having an inner end, an outer end and an insulation piercing feature on the outer end. The inner ends are coupled to the bus member ...

TERMINAL STRUCTURES FOR WIRING DEVICES

Application Number: 20130130537
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: IDEAL Industries, Inc.,

Terminal structures for wiring devices, such as receptacle assemblies, are disclosed having first and second spring assemblies constructed of a first metal and each having at least one spring finger with the first and second spring assemblies being connected to respective first and second conductive contacts that are constructed of a second metal, wherein the terminal structures are configured for push-in termination of conductive stripped ends of respective first and second wires between the ...

CONNECTOR STRUCTURE

Application Number: 20130130536
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventor: Terasaka, Yutaka

A connector structure includes a clamping terminal including a first terminal part and a second terminal part which project from a terminal base, and an insertion space which is formed between the first terminal part and the second terminal part. An insertion member is formed with a fixing slope part, which is inclined with respect to an insertion direction, at a front end part of the insertion member in the insertion direction. A conductor exposed from the circuit body is fixed to the fixing ...

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN OUTER HOUSING, AN INNER HOUSING AND AN INDICATOR SLEEVE

Application Number: 20130130535
Publication Date: 2013-05-23
Inventors: Amerio, Fulvio; Eckel, Markus; Plazio, Adriano

The invention relates to an electrical connector (1) with an inner housing (2), an outer housing (3) and a locking arrangement (L). In order to provide a control mechanism for a correct insertion of the inner housing (2) into the outer housing C(3), the invention provides that the electrical connector (1) has an indicator sleeve (18), whose insertion into the outer housing (3) is blocked by the locking arrangement (L), if the inner housing ...