181 |
Device for transmitting signals and current between end points |
US12218233 |
2008-07-11 |
US20090053921A1 |
2009-02-26 |
Frank Schroer Diol.Ing; Andreas Pedimonte Dipl.Ing |
A device is provided for transmitting signals and current between end points which can be moved relative to one another and between which at least one flat ribbon cable that extends in turns (11, 12) is arranged. The turns (11, 12) are joined together by an inversion point (13) and divided into an inner and an outer winding region. The flat ribbon cable is accommodated in an essentially circular cassette (K) and comprises at least two electrical conductors embedded parallel to and at a distance from one another in a covering of insulating material. The cassette (K) comprises a rotor, which is rotatable about its axis and carries at least one of the end points, and a stationary stator, which likewise carries at least one of the end points, which rotor and stator enclose between them an annular winding space for receiving the flat ribbon cable. The flat ribbon cable includes means by which its elastic flexural strength, and consequently its spreading force, is increased in the region of the inversion point (13). |
182 |
WIRELESS TERMINALS WITH INTEGRATED HIGH SPEED SERIAL COMMUNICATION HINGES |
US11761539 |
2007-06-12 |
US20080311962A1 |
2008-12-18 |
Randolph Cary Demuynck |
The disclosure describes wireless terminals with first and second members held together by a hinge assembly with high-speed serial communication serial data transmission paths that extend through the hinge assembly. |
183 |
ROTATABLE COMPONENT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONICS ENCLOSURE |
US12113457 |
2008-05-01 |
US20080212290A1 |
2008-09-04 |
Robert B. Basham; Shah Mohammad Rezeul Islam; Gregg S. Lucas; Kenneth R. Schneebeli |
An electronics component support assembly and an electronics system assembly employing the component support assembly are provided. The component support assembly includes a rotatable base support and a component connector assembly. The rotatable base support is sized to reside within an electronics enclosure and to operatively support multiple electronics components thereon. The component connector assembly is associated with the rotatable base support, and at least some electronics components of the multiple electronics components couple thereto when operatively supported by the rotatable base support. Rotation of the rotatable base support facilitates access to the multiple electronics components, and the component connector assembly allows for rotation of the rotatable base support with the multiple electronics components operatively supported on the rotatable base support. |
184 |
Card-edge board connector that electrically connects two boards |
US11366491 |
2006-03-03 |
US07374426B2 |
2008-05-20 |
Shinya Akamatsu |
A card-edge board connector is provided which does not require a relay board, does not make connection of the card-edge board fixed at a certain position or does not cause a difference in propagation time of a signal even if connecting terminals of the card-edge board are disposed in two rows. The card-edge board connector includes a first connector on which a card-edge board is mounted, a second connector on which a board is mounted, a hinge for holding the first and the second connectors capable of rotational movement, and a flexible connecting board connected to between the first and the second connectors, for electrically connecting the card-edge board and the board to each other. |
185 |
Cable winder |
US11489949 |
2006-07-20 |
US07357666B2 |
2008-04-15 |
Sung Chiang Wu |
The present invention relates to cable winders, more particularly to a cable winder using the spring force of a spiral spring to pull back a signal transmission cable automatically. The cable winder further includes a clamping part and a spiral rail for retaining the cable by sections, whereby the cable winder will retain the length of the cable better. Further, the cable winder has only one cable (whose two terminals respectively connected to two connectors), thereby removing the problem of deteriorating electric contact in a conventional two-cable winder after long-term frictional erosion that result in signal distortions and noises. |
186 |
Device for transmitting signals or current between end points |
US11509087 |
2006-08-23 |
US07329135B2 |
2008-02-12 |
Otto Nachbauer; Frank Schroer |
A device for transmitting signals or current between end points which can be moved relative to one another is specified between which at least two flat ribbon lines (4-7) extending in turns and accommodated in an essentially circular cassette are arranged which have at least one electrical conductor, t the end points, continuing lines can be connected to the flat ribbon lines (4-7)—The cassette consists of a rotor (1) which is rotatable about its axis, and a stationary stator (2), which enclose between them an annular winding space (3) for accommodating the flat ribbon lines (4-7) One of the flat ribbon lines being arranged between one end point each of the rotor (1) each and one end point of the stator (2), in such a manner that it rests against he rotor (1) with at least one first turn and, after passing through a U-shaped reversing point, against the stator (2) with at least one second turn, the direction of winding of which is opposite to that of the first turn. All flat ribbon lines (4-7) used in the device are combined together with a common annular conductor support to form a one-piece unit constructed in the form of a printed circuit, which is arranged in the winding space (3) of the cassette in the assembled position, and the conductors of the individual flat ribbon lines (4-7) are continued without interruption in the conductor support. |
187 |
Housing for an airbag module |
US11418460 |
2006-05-05 |
US07316414B2 |
2008-01-08 |
Petra Bathon; Andreas Hans; Hans-Martin Hauck; Takashi Sakaguchi; Norbert Müller |
A housing for an airbag module for arranging on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle comprises a hinge mechanism for pivotably fixing the housing to a steering wheel and at least one fixing mechanism for additionally mounting the housing on the steering wheel in a floating manner. The hinge mechanism and the fixing mechanism are arranged at a distance from each other. The inventive housing also comprises a contact mechanism for triggering a vehicle horn. The contact mechanism is arranged at a distance from the hinge mechanism, and the housing mounted in a floating manner can be pivoted about the hinge mechanism in order to trigger the vehicle horn by applied pressure. |
188 |
Signal transmission cable with adaptive contact pin reference |
US11259203 |
2005-10-27 |
US07267552B2 |
2007-09-11 |
Gwun-Jin Lin; Chih-Heng Chuo; Kuo-Fu Su |
A signal transmission cable with adaptive contact pin reference structure includes a first cable having a connecting edge; a second cable having a connecting edge; a component lay-out section having a first lateral edge adjacent to the connecting edge of the first cable, and a second lateral edge; and an overlapping section having an inner lateral edge adjacent to the second lateral edge of said component lay-out section with a folding line formed between them, and an outer lateral edge adjacent to the connecting edge of the second cable with another folding line formed between them. Signal transmission lines included in the component lay-out section and the first cable are correspondingly connected with one another, and signal transmission lines included in the overlapping section are correspondingly connected to those included in the second cable and the component lay-out section. |
189 |
Volute Spring |
US11625530 |
2007-01-22 |
US20070173078A1 |
2007-07-26 |
Claudia Reck; Michael Mueller; Volker Seipel |
A volute spring for a steering system, having a stator with a fixed bearing, the stator being substantially coaxial with an axis of rotation, a rotor opposing the stator, the rotor being rotatable about the axis of rotation and the rotor being located substantially concentric with the stator and coaxial with the axis of rotation, and an axle protruding from the stator and extending through the stator, the axle cooperating with the fixed bearing, where an at least partially circumferential area of a radial section of stator is located between the axial section of the rotor and a ring associated with hollow axle, thereby axially and radially securing the rotor with respect to the stator is disclosed. |
190 |
Non-reversing short tape coil device |
US10966860 |
2004-10-15 |
US07192293B2 |
2007-03-20 |
Philip L. Wasalaski |
The invention provides an apparatus including a housing and a spool disposed in the housing for rotation. The apparatus also includes a wire disposed in the housing and having a first end fixedly engaged with the housing and a second end fixedly engaged with the spool. The wire is moveable between a first configuration generally wound around the spool and a second configuration generally unwound with respect to the spool and arranged along an inner surface of the housing. The wire moves between the first and second configurations in response to relative rotation between the spool and the housing. The apparatus also includes at least one guide member disposed in the housing and movable along an arcuate path. The guide member moves in an opposite direction of rotation of the spool to guide movement of the wire between the spool and the housing. |
191 |
Device for transmitting signals or current between end points |
US11509087 |
2006-08-23 |
US20070049083A1 |
2007-03-01 |
Otto Nachbauer; Dipl.Ing Schroer |
A device for transmitting signals or current between end points which can be moved relative to one another is specified between which at least two flat ribbon lines (4-7) extending in turns and accommodated in an essentially circular cassette are arranged which have at least one electrical conductor, t the end points, continuing lines can be connected to the flat ribbon lines (4-7)—The cassette consists of a rotor (1) which is rotatable about its axis, and a stationary stator (2), which enclose between them an annular winding space (3) for accommodating the flat ribbon lines (4-7) One of the flat ribbon lines being arranged between one end point each of the rotor (1) each and one end point of the stator (2), in such a manner that it rests against he rotor (1) with at least one first turn and, after passing through a U-shaped reversing point, against the stator (2) with at least one second turn, the direction of winding of which. is opposite to that of the first turn. All flat ribbon lines (4-7) used in the device are combined together with a common annular conductor support to form a one-piece unit constructed in the form of a printed circuit, which is arranged in the winding space (3) of the cassette in the assembled position, and the conductors of the individual flat ribbon lines (4-7) are continued without interruption in the conductor support. |
192 |
Connection structure of connector |
US11006531 |
2004-12-08 |
US07168955B2 |
2007-01-30 |
Masakazu Umemura; Tsutomu Sawada |
A rock arm having repulsion is provided in a protruding condition in a rotary case in a spiral cable unit, and an engagement portion with which a hook of the rock arm engages is formed in a male connector. The male connector engages with the spiral cable unit by the engagement of the hook of the rock arm with the engagement portion, to prevent bending of the rock arm, in the state with the female connector fitted in a fitting hood portion. |
193 |
Broadband high-frequency slip-ring system |
US11192910 |
2005-07-29 |
US07142071B2 |
2006-11-28 |
Donnie S. Coleman |
A velocity compensated contacting ring system includes a first dielectric material, a plurality of concentric spaced conductive rings and a first ground plane. The first dielectric material includes a first side and a second side. The plurality of concentric spaced conductive rings are located on the first side of the first dielectric material. The conductive rings include an inner ring and an outer ring. The first ground plane is located on the second side of the first dielectric material. A width of the inner ring is greater than a width of the outer ring and the widths of the inner and outer rings are selected to substantially equalize electrical lengths of the inner and outer rings. |
194 |
Electric connecting device |
US10512298 |
2003-04-09 |
US07097478B2 |
2006-08-29 |
Andreas Dietrich |
The invention relates to an electric connecting device, especially for arrangement between a steering wheel and a steering column switch module of a motor vehicle, comprising a stationary housing part and a rotationable housing part which respectively include a connecting unit and enclose at least one spiral-shaped wound-up, flexible electric conductor whose respective end is connected to the connecting unit and which is guided in a reverse-direction loop inside the housing. The conductor is associated with a forced guidance element in a positive fit, engaging the peripheral side of the conductor and resulting in a defined winding or unwinding of the conductor during a rotational movement of the rotationable housing part. The forced guidance element comprises a toothing that engages into the respective recesses in the conductor and may be assigned to the rotatable housing part, the stationary housing part, or both. |
195 |
Cellular phone and cellular phone manufacturing method |
US11260215 |
2005-10-28 |
US20060093134A1 |
2006-05-04 |
Takao Ito |
A cellular phone and a manufacturing method thereof capable of achieving attractive design as well as high operating efficiency in the assembly process. A cellular phone comprises a first housing, a second housing, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a flexible cable to electrically connect the first and second circuit boards, and a hinge that rotates about a prescribed rotation axis. When the first and second housings are in their open positions resulting from the rotation of the hinge, one edge of the second housing is located vertically above one edge of the first housing. The hinge includes hinge semi-cylindrical portions that form a hollow part capable of accommodating the flexible cable. The first and second circuit boards are mounted on the first and second housings, respectively. The flexible cable is accommodated in the hollow part. One end of the flexible cable is threaded through an aperture formed at the one edge of the second housing. A protection cover is attached to the one edge of the second housing to cover over the aperture. |
196 |
Spiral cable device |
US10420841 |
2003-04-23 |
US07038139B2 |
2006-05-02 |
Yukihiko Kanayama; Morihiro Matsuda; Junji Kawamuro; Shoichi Shono; Yasunori Okada |
A spiral cable device is provided with a cylindrical casing, an inner cylinder rotatable relative to the cylindrical casing, and a flexible flat cable connected to the inner cylinder at one end thereof and to the cylindrical casing at the other end thereof. The flexible flat cable has plural leads arranged in a single layer and is folded to form multiple layers of the leads, so that even where the flexible flat cable is to have many leads, the spiral cable device can be made short in the axial direction thereof. |
197 |
Electrical connector between two end points |
US10320435 |
2002-12-17 |
US06994557B2 |
2006-02-07 |
Rainer Huscher; Helmut Rebhan |
An electrical connector between relatively movable end points, comprises a cassette having a stator which is stationary in the mounted position and a rotor which is rotatable relative to the stator about a common axis, the stator and rotor each bearing one of the end points. In the cassette, between the stator and the rotor, an electrical conductor (10) running in a coiled fashion is situated with its ends fixed to the end points in order to connect to continuing connecting lines. To simplify connection of the connecting lines, an identical electrical contact element is attached to each end of the conductor (10). The electrical contact element is provided with pins (22) which are suitable as contact pins for attaching a plug and as contact surfaces for fixedly connecting the conductors of a connection line. |
198 |
Device for signal transmission between two terminals |
US11153916 |
2005-06-15 |
US20060008216A1 |
2006-01-12 |
Peter Zamzow; Helmut Steinberg; Josef Krauthan |
A device for signal transmission includes two terminals, between which a flat ribbon line (10) is arranged, which runs in turns, forms a winding body, is housed in an essentially circular cassette, and has at least two parallel, spaced conductors (15) embedded in a sheath (16) made of insulating material. The cassette consists of a rotor that can rotate about the axis of the cassette, on which rotor one of the terminals is attached, and of a stationary stator, on which the other terminal is attached. The winding body of the flat ribbon line is arranged between the stator and rotor. To reduce the sliding friction between the flat ribbon line (10) and the plastic parts of the cassette, the sheath (16) of the flat ribbon line (10) is covered all the way around and over its entire length by a thin layer (17) of a cross-linked insulating material with very good antifriction properties. |
199 |
Broadband high-frequency slip ring system |
US10778501 |
2004-02-16 |
US06956445B2 |
2005-10-18 |
Donnie S. Coleman |
A contacting probe system includes at least one flat brush contact and a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a feedline for coupling the flat brush contact to an external interface. The flat brush contact is located on a first side of the PCB and the PCB includes a plated through eyelet that interconnects the flat brush contact to the feedline. |
200 |
APPARATUS FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO A STEERING WHEEL CARRIED PORTION OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT |
US10811086 |
2004-03-25 |
US20050196978A1 |
2005-09-08 |
Norman Ritchie |
An apparatus for maintaining electrical contact to one or more circuits carried by a steering wheel and portions of the circuits separated from the steering wheel comprises first and second housing sections. At least one annulus is carried by one of the housing sections and at least one contact maintaining finger is carried by the other of the housing sections. These components are electrical connected to one another and to respective circuit components to maintain the circuit connections as a steering wheel, that is coupled to one of the first and second housing components, is rotated relative to the other of the first and second housing components that is coupled to the steering column. |