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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D675995 | Coaxial connector | 02/12/2013 |
| 7306092 | Transport system for small components A system for transporting small components, generally electrical components, arranged in a row comprising an arbitrary number of chain links. The components are accommodated within a cavity present in the chain links. The cavity is defined by at least two walls, at ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7223128 | Surface mount modular jack An improved modular telephone-style jack featuring a guidance system positioned on the lower outer wall so that the guidance system maintains the position of the surface mount solder tails of the contacts of the jack in a controlled fashion. The guidance system cons... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6960027 | Method of fixing a ferrule to an optical waveguide A ferrule (4) for an optical waveguide (1), according to the invention, is characterised in that the ferrule (4) is made of plastics material, and in that the ferrule (4) is for example more transparent than the casing (2, 3) of th... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6949172 | Arrangement enabling a liquid to flow evenly around a surface of a sample and use of said arrangement The invention relates to an arrangement enabling a liquid (2) to flow evenly around a surface of a sample (3); said arrangement has a flow chamber (1) through which a liquid (2) flows via inflow and outflow pipes (7, 8). The sample... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6899551 | Component for assembly on a printed circuit board Described is a component for mounting on a circuit board, comprising a multiplicity of electrical terminal members for connection to said circuit board. The component is characterized in that several electrical terminal members are fixed in a predetermined relative ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6872103 | Bushing contact The invention relates to a socket contact (1) including a back-up spring (3) and a base spring (2), the back-up spring (3) enclosing the base spring (2) in box-like manner with a first wall (11), a second wall (12), a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6793501 | Electric components for printed boards and method for automatically inserting said components in printed boards An electric circuit board component, in particular a RF coaxial connector, in which the housing (1) of the component is fixed on the circuit board (7) by way of solder joints between the SMD solder connections provided on the bottom side (6) of ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6788266 | Diversity slot antenna Disclosed is a high performance, low cost antenna for wireless communication applications which benefit from a dual feed diversity antenna. The antenna device can be fabricated from a single layer of conductive material, thus allowing easy, low cost manufacture of a... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6765300 | Micro-relay A microstructure relay is provided, having a body that includes upper and lower portions. The lower portion is formed from a substrate, and the upper portion is formed on the substrate to avoid bonding of the lower portion to the upper portion. A support member is f... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6740264 | Method for making an optical component A method of making an optical component wherein an optical component carrier is introduced through an opening (2) into a mold (1). The carrier is aligned relative to the mold (1) by means of at least one positioning means. A removable closure me... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736647 | Printed circuit board connector The circuit board edge connector described serves for connecting a first circuit board and a second circuit board adapted to be mated substantially vertically with said first circuit board, and is characterized in that that the part of the circuit board edge connect... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6676424 | Apparatus and method for effecting electrical connection between a power source and equipment An apparatus for effecting electrical connection between a power source and equipment includes: (a) a first conductor having a first aperture; (b) a second conductor having a second aperture; (c) an insulator having a connecting bore coaxial with the firs... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674353 | Magnet system for a relay The magnet system is part of a relay, which displays particularly low-noise switching. Components of the magnet system include a core unit (1), an armature (6) and a not represented coil, whereby the armature (6) is preloaded in an open position. The low-... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6632107 | Electrical connector having a centering member The invention relates to a connector and connector system between a first substrate (1) which may be, for example, a back plane with a male connector (2), and a second substrate (3) on which a corresponding female connector (4) is mounted. For centering a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6628095 | Actuator for remote operation of a circuit breaker An actuator for remote operation of a switch, such as a recloser-type circuit breaker in a power distribution network, comprises an electric mechanism including an electric motor and electro-magnetic clutch mechanism, which is energisable to connect the m... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6616469 | Electrical and fluid interconnect The present invention provides an electrical and fluid interconnect for providing electrical connection between one or more circuits or electrical devices and a mateable circuit board or substrate, and for providing fluid coupling of a cooling fluid to pe... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6570466 | Ultra broadband traveling wave divider/combiner An ultra broadband traveling wave divider/combiner (TWD/C) with a two section power splitter with an isolation resistor connected in series with a capacitor across the outputs of each set of transmission lines in the first and second sections. The TWD/C m... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6531939 | Electromagnetic relay The relay comprises a base body (27), a coil (1), a core arrangement (3), an armature (10) and a contact system. The contact spring (16) is configured as an arc and arranged to be connected with the armature (10) in such a way that it is subjected to unif... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520791 | Electrical connector jackscrew system A jackscrew system preventing undesired problems during mating and de-mating of miniature electrical connectors. The jackscrew includes a thrust shoulder that separates the jackscrew threads from the remainder of the shaft. A "C-shaped" retaining ring is ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6513989 | Ferrule container for holding a multiple optical fiber disposed in a ferrule, and a connector for connecting multiple optical fibers A ferrule container for holding a plurality of ferrules retaining a multiplicity of optical fibers. The ferrule container includes outer walls defining a plurality of parallel ferrule passageways for holding a plurality of ferrules, and a ferrule holder i... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6496396 | Reverse recovery circuit, method of operation thereof and asymmetrical half-bridge power converter For use with an asymmetrical half-bridge power converter having a primary switching circuit coupled to a primary winding of a transformer and a rectifier coupled to a secondary winding of the transformer, a reverse recovery circuit a method of operation t... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6445597 | Local loop control system for a multiple output power converter A local loop control system and method of operating the same for use with a power converter. The power converter includes a first output coupled to a first synchronous rectifier circuit and a second output coupled to a second synchronous rectifier circuit... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6437547 | Board mountable power supply module with multi-function control pin A board mountable power supply module is described. The power supply module includes a power train for converting an input voltage into a regulated output voltage and a controller operable to control the power train. The power train is connected to the in... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435906 | Printed circuit board electrical connector with anchoring device An electrical connector for assembly on a printed circuit board, the electrical connector having connecting elements for connecting the electrical connector at least electrically to the printed circuit board, and including an anchoring device for mechanic... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434012 | Circuit board interconnect Interconnection apparatus is provided which is especially useful to mount and connect circuit boards having a contact assembly of resilient compressive contacts to a backplane or other mateable board or device. The apparatus includes an enclosure having g... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6406319 | Connector module A connector module is provided that includes a first connector housing, a second connector housing and a connector positive assurance member. Insertion of the first housing into the second housing will cause a latching mechanism located within the assembl... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6382840 | Connector for detachable connection of an optical waveguide to another optical waveguide A connector for detachable connection of one end region of an optical waveguide to another optical waveguide in a plug-in direction includes a ferrule and a housing. The housing has a holding region for holding and guiding the ferrule such that the ferrul... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6375506 | High-density high-speed input/output connector A printed circuit board connector includes an elongate electrical housing defining a plurality of bounded compartments. An insulative support member includes support elements individually resident within the bounded compartments. A pair of elongate electr... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6364705 | Connector including a releasable contact engaging latch A connector has a slot formed in a housing to accommodate a terminal and a lance disposed in the slot to engage with and latch the terminal inserted into a slot. A curved surface is formed on a part of the terminal which is in contact with the lance so th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354865 | Modular electrical plug including a printed circuit substrate An electrical connector which incorporates a printed circuit substrate to accurately modify electrical signals on the cable terminated in the connector. The connector utilizes two distinct sets of contact terminals, the first set acting to terminate the c... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6343012 | Heat dissipation device with threaded fan module A heat dissipation device for removing heat from an electronic device package includes a retaining clip having a central member and a first pair of legs depending downwardly therefrom. The retaining clip has a bore with female threading therein. Free ends... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6342827 | Thermal fuse for fixing on a circuit substrate In order to obtain a self-restoring fuse, it is proposed that a planar thermal bimetal snap element (1, 9) is provided that is secured on the circuit substrate (4) with refractory solder on the basis of at least one solder location and that is thermally c... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6320486 | Electromagnetic relay with a fuse The relay has a structure with a coil, yoke and armature as well as contacts, whereby one of the contacts is connected to a terminal element via the yoke and a plug fuse. The yoke has a yoke section that extends laterally at the relay into the proximity o... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6316728 | Cross-connect cabinet A cross-connect cabinet for an underground telecommunication installation wherein the bundle of conductors electrically connecting the splice connector with a pivoted terminal field is so constructed and arranged to avoid bending the bundle of conductors ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6313512 | Low source inductance compact FET topology for power amplifiers A field effect transistor (FET) comprising a plurality of drain finger electrodes, source finger electrodes and gate finger electrodes disposed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate; a drain bus disposed outside the active region and electrical... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309244 | Connector assembly and power shunt contact A connector assembly is provided wherein a circuit is provided between two connector housings, such as two header connector housings, adapted to connect to two mating connector housings, such as two mating harness connector housings. Such circuit is provi... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309237 | System with printed circuit boards that can be plugged together A system has first printed circuit boards which are plugged into a second printed circuit board mounted in a frame. The system includes guides being provided for guiding the first printed circuit boards and includes at least one guide mounted on a support... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6304451 | Reverse mount heat sink assembly A reverse mount heat dissipating device, for removing heat from an electronic device package, includes a circuit board with a bore therethrough. A semiconductor package is affixed to the top surface of the circuit board via a number of electrical contacts... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6300851 | Electromagnet system and method for assembling a core and a yoke in such a system The electromagnet system has a yoke (1) and a round core 92) that has a cylindrical shaft and an outwardly expanded cone section (25) toward the fastening end. The core has its shaft plugged in advance into a round hole (13) of the yoke proceeding from th... | 10/09/2001 |
