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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146820 | Ice maker for refrigerator An ice maker for a refrigerator/freezer having a control module for more reliably driving a rotatable ice ejector for removing ice bodies from a mold of the ice maker and for refilling mold cavities with water. The control module has an ice ejector drive with a driv... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140918 | Shielded electrical connector for mounting on a circuit board A shielded electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing for mounting on the circuit board and including a front mating end and a rear terminating end. A plurality of conductive terminals are mo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140917 | Shielded electrical connector having latch means, and method of fabricating same An electrical connector includes a two-part housing comprising a non-conductive first housing part and a non-conductive second housing part with a conductive layer. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the non-conductive first housing part. The termina... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140339 | Foot operated electric starter modification kit A kick start switch modification kit and method for modifying an electric starter system on a motorcycle to a foot-operated electric starter simulating the classic foot operated kick start mechanism. Novel components which are contained in the modification kit inclu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128597 | Flat circuit connector with magnetized actuator An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of a flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and have contact portions exposed... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114989 | Coaxial electrical connector A coaxial electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a front mating face and a rear face. A first, central terminal-receiving passage extends in a direction between the faces, along with at least one second, auxiliary terminal-receiving passage. At le... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108520 | Board mounted electrical connector A circuit board mounted electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a top face, a bottom board-mounting face and a front mating portion extending generally parallel to the circuit board. A set of first terminals are mounted in the housing through the t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104812 | Laminated electrical terminal A laminated terminal is provided for an electrical connector and includes a plurality of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure. Each metal layer includes a joining section, a contact section and a terminating section. A plurality of projections ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101196 | Sealed electrical connector assembly A sealed electrical connector assembly is provided for mounting between a pair of printed circuit boards. The assembly includes a first electrical connector having a dielectric housing mounting a plurality of conductive terminals which have tail portions connected t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101230 | Combined connector A combined connector comprising an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals. The insulative housing has a mating face and a rear face connecting with two opposite top face and bottom faces, and defines a plurality of terminal insertion slots. Each terminal co... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101222 | Memory card connector assembly for receiving multiple memory cards A memory card connector assembly is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The assembly includes a first memory card connector for mounting on the circuit board and including a housing defining a bottom card-receiving space for receiving a first memory ca... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097505 | Shielded electrical connector A shielded electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a front mating end, a rear terminating end and a plug-receiving cavity extending into the housing from the front mating end thereof. A conductive shield substantially surrounds the housing and has ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086866 | Circuit board mounted electrical connector An electrical connector system includes a connector mounted on a printed circuit board and mateable with a mating connector in a mating direction at an acute angle to the circuit board. A connector housing mounts at least two sets of first and second terminals. The ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081003 | Electrical connector with improved latching system An electrical connector is provided with a latching system for latching the connector to a mating connector. The electrical connector includes an interior terminal module having a dielectric body which mounts a plurality of conductive terminals and a pair of latch a... | 07/25/2006 |
| D524753 | Electric connector | 07/11/2006 |
| D524754 | Low profile electric connector | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059915 | Panel mounted modular jack terminated to a circuit board A modular jack is mountable in a panel and to a circuit board. The modular jack includes a non-conductive housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. The front end has a receptacle for receiving a mating jack plug. The rear end has a slot for recei... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048588 | Multiple port memory card connector A memory card connector includes a lower dielectric housing part having a terminal-mounting base and a pair of side wall sections extending forwardly from opposite sides of the base. An upper dielectric housing part is mounted on top of the lower housing part and ha... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044772 | Electrical connector and cable assembly An electrical connector and cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of parallel conductors with insulation around and between the conductor. The insulation has at least one opening therethrough between a pair of adjacent conductors. A plural... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040917 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle connector (24) having a first non-conductive housing (51) for mounting on a printed circuit board (28) and including a mating receptacle (54). A plurality of board terminals (52 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042728 | Clamping structure and heat dissipating module using same A clamping structure is used to fix a heat-dissipating body on a chip module. The clamping structure comprises a clamping body, two clamping portions, a pivot element, a top frame and a bottom frame. The two clamping portions are respectively connected to two sides ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029319 | Flat circuit connector An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit which has a given width and an insertion end narrower than the given width to define at least one shoulder section at a side of the circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing hav... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029311 | Latch for electrical connectors A flexible latch is provided for an electrical connector and includes an elongated flexible strip having front and rear ends fixed to a connector housing, with the strip being spaced from and flexible relative to the housing between the fixed ends. The flexible stri... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014491 | Electrical connector with improved latch An electrical connector is provided with a latching system for latching the connector to a mating connector and includes a dielectric housing having a forward mating end. A pair of latch arms are disposed at opposite sides of the housing and each latch arm includes ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011548 | Board mounted side-entry electrical connector A side-entry, blade-receiving electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a bottom wall and a blade-receiving receptacle at a side of the housing. At least one conductive terminal is mo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001189 | Board mounted power connector An electrical power connector is mountable on a printed circuit board. The connector includes an outer terminal and an inner terminal, both of which are of generally inverted U-shaped configurations, with the inner terminal nested in the outer terminal. Solder tails... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001213 | Shielded electrical connector A shielded electrical connector is provided for terminating a plurality of coaxial cables, each cable including an inner conductor surrounded by a dielectric cover and an outer conductive shield. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating end and a ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994577 | Panel mounted electrical connector system An electrical connector system includes a panel having a front face, a rear face, a hole through which a connector can mate with a complementary connecting device at the front face of the panel, and an opening spaced from the hole. A connector includes a dielectric ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986671 | Board mounted electrical connector assembly An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board which includes a mounting surface, an opposite mating surface, a locating hole and a terminal-receiving aperture. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a front board-mounting fa... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6974344 | Board mounted electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly is provided for mounting on a circuit board. The assembly includes a first connector having a first dielectric housing fixed to the circuit board. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing and are electrically co... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957986 | Compressible pin assembly A compressible pin assembly includes a barrel, a contact pin and an elastic element. The contact pin is arranged within the barrel. The contact pin has a contact element. The elastic element is arranged within the barrel to bias the contact pin, so that the contact ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951488 | Circuit board mounted electrical connector An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a board mounting face and a mating face generally perpendicular to the board mounting face. The housing includes a plurality of terminal-r... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6942503 | Electrical connector with grounded shutter member An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a receptacle for receiving a complementary mating connector. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing and have contact portions exposed in the receptacle for engaging appropriate cont... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923661 | Power connector for mounting on a circuit board A low profile blade receiving electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a blade insertion cavity which extends generally parallel to the printed circuit board. A pair of generally U-s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918798 | Female terminal with flexible sidewalls and flat angled contacts A female terminal with a mating end suited for receiving a male pin with flat surfaces and a circuit-connecting end for connection to a wire. A terminal-receiving passageway at the mating end has two spaced apart sidewalls, which may be in the form of U-shaped chann... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916209 | Electrical signal transmission system An electrical signal transmission system includes a plurality of elongated conductors extending in a generally parallel array. The conductors have input ends at one end of the array and output ends at an opposite end of the array. Each conductor includes an elongate... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6896529 | Connector equipped with terminal protection device A connector equipped with a terminal protection device including an insulated housing and terminals. The insulated housing includes a plurality of terminal cavities to receive the terminals, and the two ends of the terminals extend beyond the insulating housing. The... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6851986 | Battery to circuit board electrical connector An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having first and second spaced-apart faces with at least one terminal-receiving passage communicating between the faces. The passage includes a terminal mounting portion and a terminal securing portion. A conduct... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6851983 | Electric connector An electric connector formed of an electrically insulative housing and terminals installed in respective terminal slots of the housing is disclosed in which each terminal has a U-shaped springy supporting portion supported inside one terminal slot of the housing, a ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6837740 | Flat circuit connector An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit having a bottom surface and a top surface. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on t... | 01/04/2005 |
