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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183470 | Shielding cage having improved gasket A shielding cage (1) partially mounted to an opening (31) defined through a panel (3) for at least an electrical module. The shielding cage has a cage body (13) and a gasket (14) mounted around a front portion of the cage body. The... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183155 | Lower profile connector assembly A connector assembly (1000) includes a first connector (100) including a first insulative housing (11), a plurality of first terminals (12) supported by the first insulative housing, each first contact having a body portion and two contac... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182284 | Electrical connector assembly with improved fastening device An electrical connector includes a housing including a mating portion defining a mating direction and located on the front portion thereof and a supporting portion rearward extending from the mating portion, a plurality of contacts receiving in the housing, a cover ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182280 | Socket connector having cushioning arrangement facilitating smooth placement and ejection of electronic device A socket connector includes a mating portion with a plurality of contacts received therein, a sidewall extending upwardly form the mating portion; and a movable supporting member mounted with the sidewall. The supporting member has a seating plane that is higher tha... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177581 | Electrical connector with board locks with retaining portions abutting block portions of the connector An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a pair of board locks retained in the housing. The insulative housing defines a mating surface, a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, a plurality of passageways penetra... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172623 | Compression connector having contacting ends with co-used deforming section A compression connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals assembled to the housing. The insulative housing having a first mating surface and a second mating surface opposite to the first mating surface. Each terminal cavity disposed between and running... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172621 | Electrical connector with metallic wire contacts An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and contacts made from metallic wire. The insulating housing includes a front portion with a mating cavity and a rear portion. Each contact includes a contacting portion, a leg portion and a connecting portion c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172620 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: an insulative housing (2) having a plurality of passageways (24) arranged into a first row and a second row; a plurality of terminals (3) received into the corresponding passageways of th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172598 | Electrical connector having improved base plate to support cam An electrical connector includes a base, a cover, a protecting mechanism, and a cam. The base has a contacting area with a plurality of passageways and a first end besides the contacting area with an opening in a first end thereof. The cover is slidably mounted upon... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172597 | Electrical connector with sliding latch An electrical connector includes a socket with a number of electrical contacts and a loading mechanism surrounding the socket. The loading mechanism includes a stiffener, a load plate mounted to one end of the stiffener and rotating from an open position to a closed... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172591 | Electrical connector assembly having electrical connector with low profile and processor with cone pins An electrical connector assembly (100) for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprises a plurality of contacts (3) and a processor (1), the contact (3) comprises a base portion (31), a pair of contacting portions (34) and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172582 | IC socket having a housing provided with a reinforced plate to support a latch member An IC socket comprises a socket body, a plurality of contacts, an actuator mounted on the socket body and moveable up-and-down relative to the socket body, and a latch member configured with one end thereof connecting with the actuator via a pivotal shaft and anothe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172581 | Electrical connector configured by upper and lower housings with contact terminals disposed therebetween An electrical connector for electrically connecting a circuit processing unit (CPU) with a number of soldering balls to a print circuit board (PCB) comprises a first body having a plurality of bottom holes, a second body mounted on the first body and having a plural... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172579 | Electrical connector having dust-proof shutter driven by magnetic force An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining a mating compartment (10) with an opening (101) in communication with the mating compartment (10), a plurality of contact terminals (2) disposed within the mating ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164010 | Cable assembly with switch device A cable assembly (100) comprises a cover (2) having a plurality of retaining slots (216, 226) arranged in a row along a transversal direction; a number of connectors (12, 13, 14, 15) mounted to the retaining slots, respectively; and a swi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162695 | Electrical connector having improved common mode choke An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) and a terminal module (20) received in the insulative housing. The terminal module includes a daughter board (21), a choke group, a number of mating terminals (24) m... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162685 | Socket connector having a locking member to restrict upward and downward movement of a fastened portion of a load lever A socket connector mounted on a mother board includes a socket body with a plurality of contacts received therein, a load plate rotatable with respect to the socket body and capable of being located in a closed position above the socket body, a load lever engaged wi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162680 | Board-mounted electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals secured in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a front face and a rear face opposite to the front face. The housing further includes at least one tongue portion ex... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162679 | Insulation displacement contact and electric connector using the same An electric connector for mating with a complementary connector includes an insulation housing, at least an insulation displacement contact, and at least an insulated wire. The insulation housing includes two rows of contact holding portions which are respectively a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162678 | Electrical connector having board eschewing cavity An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second circuit board mounted with a second electrical connector which is intended to mate the first connector, the first electrical connector further includes a recessed cavity to receive a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157601 | Contact for electrical connector A contact (1) includes a first contact pin (2), a second contact pin (3) and a spring (4). The first contact pin includes a mating end (26), a body (23) having a first body portion (232) and a second body portion (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157596 | Compact multi-function card connector A card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (1) defining a card receiving space; a set of first contacts (21) supported by the insulative housing and adapted for mating with XD card, and the first contacts having at least one grounding... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157584 | Cable connector assembly A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing, a number of connectors retained in the insulative housing and a number of cables retained at a rear side of the insulative housing to electrically connect with the connectors. The insulative housing defines ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157580 | Electrical connector assembly having engaging means for providing holding force An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: a housing (1) comprising a first shield part (15), a second shield part (16) assembled with each other; at least one printed circuit board (2) disposed in the housing; a strain rel... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157579 | Electrical connector assembly having engaging means for providing holding force An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises: a housing (1) comprising a first shield part (15), a second shield part (16) assembled with each other; at least one printed circuit board (2) disposed in the housing; a strain reli... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157577 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector (100) includes a receiving space (10) for receiving an electrical card, and includes an insulative housing (1) and an ejecting mechanism (4) retained in the insulative housing (1). The ejecting mechanis... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157576 | Card edge connector with an improved latch mechanism A card edge connector for use with an electronic card, comprises an elongated housing having a pair of opposed side walls along a lengthwise direction, a central slot between the side walls, a tower portion upwardly extending at one end thereof. The central slot ext... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154470 | Electrical connector assembly with antenna function An electrical connector assembly (100) with antenna function comprising: an electrical connector (20) comprising a metal shell (21); a metal patch (30) connecting to the metal shell (20) and comprising a radiating element (32 | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154468 | Multi-band antenna A multi-band antenna includes a grounding element located on a first planar, a connecting element, a first radiating portion, and a second radiating portion. The connecting element is substantially of L-shape configuration and located on the first planar. The first ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152569 | Extension to version 2.0 universal serial bus connector with additional contacts An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152568 | Cable assembly with new interface A cable assembly (100) comprises a case (2) having a receiving room (25); a printed circuit board (3) received into the receiving room; a cable (5) extended into the receiving room and electrically connected with a rear portion of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152567 | Electrical connector having a paddle board with a transformer with a magnetic core embedded in the paddle board A modular jack connector (100) includes a contact module (2) having a paddle board (22) formed with two conductive sections (28b). The contact module includes two transformers (24) each including a magnetic core (271)... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152566 | Electrical connector with resilient arm configured in fixed ended beam manner formed on metal shell An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing. The metal shell includes a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls connecting the top wall an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152555 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: a housing (1) having a receiving room (11) therein communicated with an exterior along a longitudinal direction and defining a receiving cavity (14) formed on a top surface thereof. A pai... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147255 | Electrical connector assembly wth compact configuration An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises an insulative housing (1) having a receiving space (14) therein communicated with an exterior along a longitudinal direction, a partition (15) formed in the receiving space and dividing th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144062 | Multi-band antenna A multi-band antenna includes a grounding portion (300), a number of radiating members and a short-circuit portion (200). The short-circuit portion comprises a first short-circuit piece (210) connecting with the grounding portion and located in ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142231 | Connector assembly featured with quick-release mechanism An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a first and second contact received in the housing. The housing defines a mating face, a rear face opposite to the mating face, and a supporting face disposed between the mating and rear faces. A mating cavi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142229 | Card connector with cam feature for facilitating insertion of a card A card connector (100) defining a card receiving space, includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a slider (41) moveably assembled on the insulative housing, and a spring (42) ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142226 | Electrical connector with improved notch structure to separate large and small receiving cavities arranged side by side An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative body (1) having a wide tongue (123) and a narrow tongue (121) split by a gap (124) therebetween. A metallic shell (32) includes a front pocket (320) defining a larg... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142224 | Cable assembly with improved shielding member An cable assembly includes an insulative housing; a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing; a cable having a plurality of wires connected to the terminals; and a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing and the terminals, the metallic shell... | 03/27/2012 |
