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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120008292 | CARD MODULE AND MODULE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY An electrical assembly includes a card module having a front end connector and an opposite back end connector. The card module is configured to be removably inserted into an opening formed in a front face of an electronic device. A header is mounted on a circuit board o... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002385 | Card Guide System and Method A cardguide to be disposed in a computer chassis during use. The cardguide includes a track to accept an edge of a printed circuit board of a modular computer device to be disposed in the computer chassis during use. The cardguide further comprises an integral clip conf... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110267787 | CHIP CARD HOLDER FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A chip card holder for holding a chip card includes a fixing member and a sliding member. The fixing member defines a receiving space to receive the chip card. The fixing member includes two latching portions at two opposite sides thereof. Each latching portion includes... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110216512 | Low Cost PCB Carrier and Connectivity System For Enclosed Electronics A low cost PCB carrier and connectivity system comprises a unique technique for securing a PCB within an enclosure, while providing electrical interconnection between wire cabling and/or other PCBs, without the use of screws.... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110188174 | BUS BAR ASSEMBLY A solid state contactor assembly includes at least one solid state switch electrically connected to a first bus bar via at least one conductive plate. The solid state switch controls a flow of current between the first bus bar and a second bus bar. A current sensor is f... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110170271 | Fixing Structure of Multi-Layer Printed Circuit Board The present invention relates to a fixing structure of a raulti-layer printed circuit board, and more particularly, to a fixing structure of a multi-layer printed circuit board, which has a simple structure and a high fixing force using a printed circuit board fixing po... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110149534 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a casing including a cover, an input portion provided on the cover and configured to receive an external input, a circuit board contained in the casing and including a switch configured to be operated by the inp... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110110055 | GUIDE FRAME FOR A PLUGGABLE MODULE A guide frame is provided for receiving a pluggable module having guide members that include upper and lower surfaces. The guide frame includes side segments extending lengths from loading ends to mating ends. The side segments are spaced apart from each other to define... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110069461 | CARD GUIDE MISALIGNMENT PREVENTION APPARATUSES AND METHODS Card guide misalignment prevention apparatuses and methods are disclosed for preventing misalignment of cards into a chassis. According an embodiment of one apparatus, a card guide system for facilitating insertion of printed circuit boards (PCBs) into a telecommunicati... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100328911 | MOBILE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER A mobile digital video recorder (MDVR) has a hollow shell, two board tracks, two brackets, a main board, power board, VSM board, and a storage device. The board tracks and the brackets are attached securely in the shell. The main board is mounted slidably and detachably... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100259881 | DISPLAY APPARATUS A display apparatus improved in the structure to connect a board assembly having a personal computer (PC) function. The display apparatus includes a display module embodying an image, a supporting frame disposed at a rear part of the display module, a plurality of drivi... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100165588 | ELECTRONIC CARD AND EXPANSION CARD COMBINATION An electronic card and expansion card combination includes an electronic card, for example, vertical insertion type Express card defining a 34 mm card accommodation space and accommodating a circuit board with an electric connector, and an expansion card, which has a fl... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100166211 | LIGHTWEIGHT AUDIO SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS AND METHOD A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and radi... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100134988 | EXPANSION BOARD RETENTION AND EXTRACTION MECHANISM An apparatus for applying a uniform retention and extraction force to a computer expansion board. The apparatus includes a body with upper and lower retaining members that define a retention channel between them sized to receive an edge of an expansion board. At each en... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100124034 | PRINTED BOARD AND PRINTED-BOARD-RECEIVING STRUCTURE A printed board to be loaded into a printed-board-receiving structure having a backboard and a guide rail, the backboard having a connector plug-in connectable to a connector on the printed board, the guide rail guiding the printed board toward the backboard and having ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100124033 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE OF AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT The invention relates to a terminal structure of an electronic component, such as a tuner, in which a printed circuit board 1 on which electronic components including a pin header 2 having a plurality of pin terminals, and a case frame 3 housing the... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100103633 | CASE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE A case for an electronic device includes a printed circuit board; a frame capable of storing the printed circuit board; a back board equipped on a back side of the frame, and including a connector for connecting the printed circuit board; rail holders equipped in predet... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100097773 | One Piece Card Guide for a Printed Circuit Board A one piece card guide for edge grounding a printed circuit board and guiding the board to a mounted position. The card guide is formed out of a single piece comprising an integrally formed pair of sidewalls facing each other and spaced apart to form a longitudinal slot... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100046181 | REMOVABLE CARD GUIDES FOR HORIZONTAL LINE CARDS A chassis for telecommunication gear including horizontal circuit boards includes an enclosure forming a front-accessible circuit board slot for receiving horizontal circuit boards. The circuit board slot has first connectors for receiving mating second connectors on th... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100039783 | Apparatus For Adapting Mezzanine Cards There is provided an apparatus for accommodating at least two different sized cards, the apparatus comprising a card housing comprising one or more card slots, each card slot being adaptable for inserting the at least two different sized cards; and a card guide system f... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090168376 | EXPANSION CARD RETENTION ASSEMBLY An exemplary retention assembly (30) is used to assemble an expansion card. The expansion card is mounted to an expansion card bracket (22) attached to an enclosure (24). The retention assembly includes a foldable holder (32) and a fixing mod... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090168375 | EXPANSION CARD RETENTION ASSEMBLY An exemplary retention assembly (30) is used to assemble an expansion card. The expansion card is mounted to an expansion card bracket (22) attached to an enclosure (24) The retention assembly includes a foldable holder (32), a resisting hand... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090103273 | GUIDE RECEPTACLE FOR TANDEM CIRCUIT BOARD MATING A guide module is provided for connecting a primary circuit board and a secondary circuit board to a common backplane circuit board. The primary and secondary boards are in a tiered arrangement with both the primary and secondary circuit boards having interface connecti... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090046438 | ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF AN ATTACHED-PLATE OF A SUBSTRATE In an attachment structure for attaching an attached-plate to a printed substrate which is installed in a mechanical chassis, the mechanical chassis includes a positioning pin for positioning the printed substrate; and the attached-plate includes a guide groove that eng... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080316719 | Function expansion datacard A function expansion datacard including a main board, a connector, a housing and a holder is provided. Several chips and the connector are disposed on a surface of the main board. The connector is situated near the edge of the main board. The housing disposed on the mai... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080259579 | Control device used for a computer casing on which a plurality of expansion cards is inserted A control device used for a computer casing on which a plurality of expansion cards is inserted, is composed of a first frame and a second frame which are installed in a casing of height of 2U; a connection element, which is connected on the first and second frames, and... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080204995 | Telecommunications Chassis and Card A chassis and associated telecommunication circuit card are disclosed. The chassis has heat dissipation and flame containment features while accommodating a high density of the circuitry cards. Embodiments include an inner housing with a double-layer middle floor dividi... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080180925 | Dual-Board Case for Multi-Mainboard System A dual-board case for multi-mainboard system includes a rectangular-sectioned tubular housing, in which two track sets are provided; and two mainboard trays being movably mounted on the two track sets to locate at an interior of two opposite lateral walls of the tubular... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080117605 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HOLDING MEMBERS An electronic device, comprises a cage (10) and a peripheral component (20). The cage comprises an inner sidewall (14), and an external sidewall (12) parallel to the inner sidewall, a receiving slot (15) formed between the inner sidewa... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080094809 | Electronic device installation structure An electronic device installation structure for housing an electronic device which is coupled with a signal transmission dock includes a chassis which has a housing trough to hold the electronic device. The housing trough and the electronic device have respectively a gu... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080057752 | Mount Structure and Electronic Apparatus A mount structure having a substrate, a connector secured to the substrate, and a flexible printed wiring board electrically connected to the connector and spaced apart from the substrate. The flexible printed wiring board is positioned below the connector and separated... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080037231 | Heat Transferring Guide for Electronic Cards An electronic card heat transferring guide is provided. The system includes at least one first clamping member, at least one second clamping member and a plurality of attaching members. Each first clamping member has at least one clamping aperture. Moreover, each first ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070223204 | Mounting unit and electronic apparatus First and second guiding rails are attached to support member in a mounting unit. The mounting unit is mounted in an enclosure of an electronic apparatus, for example. The second guiding rail at a first position extends straight on the extension of the first guiding rai... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070076385 | Component support A component support having two or more module carriers aligned with each other in a direction across a width of a component support. The module carriers have two insert card guidance devices connected with each other via a support element so that guides of the insert ca... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070070610 | Low profile autodocking multi-battery pack system and in place service PCI storage controller card with redundant cache and concurrently maintainable redundant battery backup A low profile auto docking multi-battery pack system and an in place service PCI storage controller card system with redundant cache and concurrently maintainable redundant battery backup are provided. A first battery and a second battery are disposed in line to provide... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20060285305 | Portable storage device A portable storage device comprises a rectangular cover case having an opening formed on a front side surface; a circuit board which is supported in the cover case in a state of being inserted in the cover case from the opening, and which is provided with a connector te... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060274516 | Electronic board device comprising a rack and an electronic board chassis for insertion into the rack This device is of the type comprising a rack, a chassis that can be inserted into the rack, and at least one electronic board that can be inserted into the chassis. According to one aspect of the invention, the chassis is arranged so as to enable the insertion of the or... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060238988 | Method and apparatus for coupling a modular component to a chassis A modular component coupling apparatus includes a chassis and a plurality of guide members mounted in the chassis which define a component channel, the plurality of guide members each including a first end and a second end, the second end including a component securing ... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060215378 | Card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to electronic equipment housings A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards, electronic pathway or component carrying cards, or the like, to an electronic equipment housing having a wall with a pair of openings formed to receive mounting feet provided on the card guide. The card guide body includ... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060198111 | Retainer and method for holding a circuit card against a clamping surface of a chassis or heatsink An improved retainer, apparatus and method for retaining a circuit card are provided, through the use of a circuit card retainer comprising a length of spring wire defining a longitudinal axis of the retainer, lying in a plane of the retainer, and formed to define a wav... | 09/07/2006 |
