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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182277 | Connector A connector has a housing, an insertion slot, an actuator and a biasing member. Into the insertion slot, a connection target is inserted along an insertion direction. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178857 | Method and apparatus for flattening solid surface A method for flattening a sample surface by irradiating the sample surface with a gas cluster ion beam, generates clusters of source gas in a cluster generating chamber, ionizes the generated clusters in an ionization chamber, accelerates the ionized cluster beam in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177575 | Connector assembly A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The second connector has a receptacle portion configured to receive a mating portion of the first connector, a lock key, and a biasing member. The lock key has a pushed portion and is received i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177571 | Connector A connector has a housing, an insertion slot into which a connection target is inserted, an actuator and a contact. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8147269 | Connector assembly A connector assembly has a receptacle connector mounted on a substrate and a plug connector matable with and removable from the receptacle connector on a plane parallel to the substrate. The plug connector includes side portions. The receptacle connector includes gu... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656462 | Electrical connector | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134286 | Discharge tube, ferrule, lighting device, display device and television receiver In a discharge tube, a conductive ferrule is provided on an end portion of a glass tube. The ferrule includes a body that is to be mounted to the outer circumference of the glass tube and has a contact portion to be electrically conductively fixed to a relay connect... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8118446 | Discharge tube supporting structure, supporting member, discharge tube, ferrule, lighting device, display device and television receiver Discharge tubes, each of which includes a glass tube and a ferrule that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is fitted to each end portion of the glass tube, are supported by a plurality of pairs of relay connectors (or supporting members) provided on the front... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113871 | Connector assembly A connector assembly has a first connector, a second connector matable with the first connector along a mating direction, a mating assistance mechanism, a mating maintenance mechanism, and a detection mechanism. The mating maintenance mechanism includes a stopper, a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109774 | Connector having a rotary engaging member In a connector for connecting a connection object having a locked portion, a movable member is provided so as to be movable in a predetermined direction between a connecting position and an ejecting position together with the connection object. A cam mechanism is co... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087947 | Connector A connector which has a high level of contact stability. An operation member is formed by blanking and bending a metal plate. First and second linking portions that are disposed in a manner opposed to each other to connect a pair of operation portions are in an arra... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079858 | Lamp connector for a backlight assembly A connector is configured to hold a lamp extending in a first direction. The connector includes a housing and a terminal. The terminal includes a first connection portion configured to establish connection with a lamp contact portion formed on the lamp, a second con... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079853 | High-speed differential transmission connector A connector comprises a plurality of ground contacts, a housing, a coupling portion, and a second connection portion. The ground contacts are provided with first connection portions, respectively, which are to be connected to drain lines of first cables, respectivel... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075328 | Connector with an actuator pushed by a base-plate A connector 100 for use in accepting a base-plate, the connector 100 comprising; a housing 110; an actuator unit 120 which is rotatably attached to the housing 110; and a contact 130 which has a first clipping portion 131... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075324 | Connector assembly having a detection switch which is closed or opened by operation of a locking member A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector matable with the receptacle connector along a mating direction. The plug connector includes a lock activation portion movable between a lock position and an unlock position along an activation... | 12/13/2011 |
| D649512 | Electrical connector | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062041 | Connector A connector has a mating surface on which the connector is mated with a mating connector in a first direction. The connector includes a power supply contact and a housing. The housing is formed with a power supply contact holder and a protrusion. The power supply co... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047725 | Assembly-type durable optical connector adapter In an optical connector adapter for use in connecting a first and a second optical connector plug to each other, a second adapter half is butted against a first adapter half in a predetermined direction. The first and second adapter halves have engaging means for ma... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039749 | Differential transmission signal cable and composite cable containing the same A differential transmission signal cable is provided. The differential transmission signal cable includes one pair of signal wires including a central conductor covered by an insulating layer, a drain wire arrayed along the signal wires, and an outer conductor for c... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033740 | Optical connector having an internal clearance at a part to be connected to an optical fiber In an optical connector including a base housing, a cover housing, and a clamp fixing the cover housing to the base housing, the base housing is provided with a groove for positioning and holding an optical fiber of an optical cable, a first recessed portion continu... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025516 | Connector having an actuator operable to hold a plate-like connection target between two metal abutment portions A plate-like connection target is inserted into a connector along a first direction. The connector has a first metal member having a first metal abutment portion, a second metal member having a second metal abutment portion, and an actuator operable to push the seco... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025511 | Connector A connector is matable with a mating connector. The connector has a contact, a housing, a sliding shell, at least one engagement portion and at least one disengagement portion. The housing holds the contact. The sliding shell covers, at least in part, the contact an... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8007326 | Connector capable of suppressing board—induced contact damage A connector capable of preventing a contact portion of a contact from being damaged. The contact is held by a housing having an accommodating portion for accommodating an inserting portion of an inverter board. The contact has a contact portion which is capable of b... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999452 | Connecting member improved in assemblability with respect to a connection object and a combination thereof A connecting member is adapted to be coupled with a connection object including a pipe portion having a sealed end and a terminal portion protruding outward from the sealed end. The connecting member includes a tubular portion adapted to be fitted over an outer peri... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997747 | Discharge tube, ferrule, lighting device, display device and television receiver In a discharge tube, a conductive ferrule is provided on an end portion of a glass tube. The ferrule includes a body that is to be mounted to the outer circumference of the glass tube and has a contact portion to be electrically conductively fixed to a relay connect... | 08/16/2011 |
| D643369 | Electrical connector | 08/16/2011 |
| D642986 | Electrical connector | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988487 | Connector A number of the terminal rows RT1 to RT3 are minimized, as compared to a number of the connect rows RC1 to RC4. In the terminal row RT1, the terminal portions 304 of the signal contact pair C22, C23 are arrange... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988483 | Connector with a flange to attach to a mounting surface and a locking portion passing through an opening in the surface to secure a mating connector In a connector including a to-be-fitted portion for fitting to a mating connector in a first direction and a conductive shell covering the to-be-fitted portion, the shell is provided with a flange extending from a shell body in a second direction crossing the first ... | 08/02/2011 |
| D642535 | Electrical connector | 08/02/2011 |
| D642534 | Electrical connector part | 08/02/2011 |
| D642533 | Electrical connector part | 08/02/2011 |
| D642532 | Electrical connector part | 08/02/2011 |
| D642531 | Electrical connector | 08/02/2011 |
| D642530 | Electrical connector | 08/02/2011 |
| D641705 | Electrical connector | 07/19/2011 |
| 7954968 | Backlight module, backlight module manufacturing method, lighting device, display device and television receiver In a backlight module, when relay connectors exposed to a back side of a chassis are engaged with the connector portions of a lighting jig, the power from the power supply source of the lighting jig is supplied to discharge tubes via the connector portions and the r... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934957 | Connector with circuit board mounted ground portion A connector is mountable on a circuit board and matable with a mating connector inserted from a front end of the connector toward a rear end of the connector. The connector has a plurality of contacts, a holder for holding the plurality of contacts so that the plura... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7927136 | Connector with shielding connecting portion and press-crimping member A connector to be connected to a cable having a core wire and a shielding wire includes a contact having a terminal portion to be connected to the core wire, an outer conductor having a shield connecting portion to be connected to the shielding wire, and a housing h... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927122 | Connector assembly having an improved connection mechanism A connector assembly has a first connector and a second connector matable with the first connector. The first connector includes a first contact having a first contact portion and a first housing configured to hold the first contact. The second connector includes a ... | 04/19/2011 |
