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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7607946 | Micro USB receptacle A micro USB receptacle includes a housing surrounding an axis, a terminal seat extending into the housing along the axis, and an engaging unit. The engaging unit has a first engaging member provided on the terminal seat, and a resilient second engaging member provid... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7566838 | Rotary DIP switch A rotary DIP switch includes a base having a receiving space and a shaft, a plurality of fixed contact terminals having fixed contact portions exposed in the receiving space, and a contact plate having a plurality of movable contact portions to contact the fixed con... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7537483 | Micro USB plug A micro USB plug includes a terminal seat and a terminal unit including two first terminals, two second terminals, and a third terminal. Each of the first, second, and third terminals extends into the terminal seat and has an extending segment formed with a contact ... | 05/26/2009 |
| D589887 | USB plug | 04/07/2009 |
| 7459647 | Electrical switch An electrical switch includes a dielectric casing, first and second terminal units, and an actuating unit. The dielectric casing includes a cover and a, mounting seat. The mounting seat is disposed in and attached to the cover. each of front and rear ends of the mou... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7236366 | High brightness LED apparatus with an integrated heat sink A high brightness LED apparatus with an integrated heat sink includes a heat sink base and at least one LED mounted in the heat sink base. The heat sink base includes multiple dissipating fins formed integrally on the substrate. Each of the at least one LED includes... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7150658 | Terminal for an electrical connector A terminal includes first and second base portions, first and second contact portions, first and second protruding portions, first and second spring arm portions, and an abutting portion. The first contact portion extends from the first base portion. The second cont... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7031486 | Earphone jack An earphone jack includes an insulative housing and conductive first, second and third contact members. The insulative housing has opposite front and rear ends, and is formed with a plug insertion hole that extends from the front end to the rear end. The plug insert... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6991497 | Earphone jack An earphone jack includes a dielectric housing, a conductive first contact set, and a conductive second contact set. The housing has a first housing portion formed with a cylindrical first plug receiving hole, and a second housing portion connected to the first hous... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6974920 | Multi-directional switch A multi-directional switch includes a conductive member with a central contact portion and four side contact portions. A push key can be actuated to press a selected one of four interconnected, conductive, resilient plate portions of an annular peripheral plate or a... | 12/13/2005 |
| D509192 | Electrical connector | 09/06/2005 |
| 6908343 | Earphone jack An earphone jack includes an insulative housing and conductive first, second and third contact members. The insulative housing has opposite front and rear ends, and is formed with a plug insertion hole that extends from the front end to the rear end. The plug insert... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6849876 | Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a conductive base that is formed with a through-hole defined by a hole-defining wall, a conductive first lead extending downwardly from the base, an LED die mounted on the base and connected electrically to the first lead, a conducti... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6811425 | Controller module responsive to input signals for controlling an electrical appliance In a controller module, a connecting seat of a circuit unit is disposed in a hollow case, is exposed from an open end of the case, is coupled electrically to a control circuit, and is formed with first conductive contacts. A terminal block, mounted detachably in a c... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6761593 | Electrical socket with a protrusion and a spring terminal piece for clamping a plug therebetween An electrical socket includes a socket body, a central terminal pin, and a curved spring terminal piece. The socket body includes a bottom surface with a dovetail groove, which has a rear end retaining portion that is adapted to receive an engaging end portion of a ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6619998 | Terminal-mounting seat adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board A terminal-mounting seat includes an insulated housing having left and right walls defining a bottom opening. A bottom cover is disposed below the housing for covering the bottom opening. A flexible connecting strip is interposed between and is integrally... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6580045 | Switch with pivotable actuator A switch includes a lower insulator body having a terminal bridging cavity, front and rear terminals spaced apart from each other and having contact end portions that extend into the terminal bridging cavity, a conductive contact member having an anchorin... | 06/17/2003 |
| 5814775 | Rotary switch with non-deformable connecting end portions A rotary switch includes an insulative first housing with first and second terminals, and an insulative second housing. The first housing has a top wall with an axial hole formed therein, a bottom wall with a socket-like cavity formed therein, an upright ... | 09/29/1998 |
