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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129362 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTION ASSEMBLY In at least one embodiment, a vehicle power module comprises a first printed circuit board (PCB) including a first plurality of electrical components for providing a first voltage and a second voltage. The vehicle power module further comprises a second PCB including a ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120083140 | INTERFACE CONTACT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR An electrical connector includes a housing and a contact held by the housing. The contact has a mating interface configured for mating with a mating contact of a mating connector. The contact has a planar side extending to a tip. An interface contact is separately provi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071009 | ELECTRICAL SOCKET ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING ADJACENT CIRCUIT BOARDS An electrical socket assembly including a socket housing having coupling and flange portions and a contact cavity that extends through the coupling and flange portions along a central axis. The coupling and flange portions have different peripheral contours that extend ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120040540 | Electrical Connector And Circuit Board Assembly An electrical connector adapted to electrically connect with a plug-type electrical connector of the periphery equipment of the computer. The electrical connector includes a housing, an insulating body, a plurality of first conductive terminals, and a plurality of secon... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033380 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR EXPANSION CARD A mounting apparatus for mounting an expansion card to a printed circuit board (PCB), includes a connector on the PCB, and a latch member pivotably connected to the connector. The connector defines a slot to receive the expansion card. The latch member is a rectangular ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120021621 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYERED FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a multilayered flexible circuit board. The method of manufacturing a multilayered flexible circuit board may include integrally forming a first flexible printed circuit board and a second flexible printed circuit board divid... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020088 | CONNECTOR, AND LED LIGHTING APPARATUS USING THE CONNECTOR A connector includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector which connect a circuit board to a connecting object and allow relative movement therebetween in a common plane or in mutually parallel planes. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle contact includ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120003847 | CONNECTOR FOR INTERCONNECTING CONDUCTORS OF CIRCUIT BOARDS A connector comprises a generally cylindrical dielectric body with a central bore in the dielectric body. The dielectric body has a first end and second end opposite the first end. Conductors extend axially through the cylindrical dielectric body and are spaced apart fr... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003846 | 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 a s... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003848 | HIGH DATA RATE CONNECTOR SYSTEM A connector and circuit board assembly includes terminals in a connector that are mounted to vias in a circuit board. Signal and ground terminals are thus coupled to signal traces and ground planes in the circuit board. Additional pinning vias that are aligned with the ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120003845 | SPLIT RING TERMINAL ASSEMBLY A connector assembly configured to electrically connect a first substrate with a second substrate is provided. The connector assembly includes an insulating support member including an array of apertures, and terminal assemblies disposed in the apertures. Each terminal ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110310628 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM A light emitting diode (LED) interconnection system is provided. The system includes a cable having a driver end and a termination end. The cable has conductive pathways extending between the driver end and the termination end. The driver end is configured to engage a d... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110294309 | EXPANSION CARD AND EXPANSION APPARATUS THEREOF An expansion card includes a card body and an expansion apparatus. The expansion apparatus includes a connection board and a connector mounted to the connection board to connect to the card body. A connection portion is mounted to the connection board and connected to t... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110287638 | LARGE SCALE HYBRID SOCKET FOR AN AREA ARRAY DEVICE An apparatus is disclosed for aligning socket housing segments for an area array device. Each socket housing segment includes at least a first surface and a second surface, with the second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface of each socket housing seg... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110275227 | MODULE TO CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR A connector is provided. The connector includes contact members having a main body with a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear. A base extends from the bottom of the main body. The base is configured to be surface mounted to a first circuit board. An electrical contact ex... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275228 | CAPACITIVELY COUPLED CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electrical connector is provided that includes a plug portion having an upper surface on which one electronic device is disposed, and a receptacle which is disposed on another electronic device. The plug portion has plug side contact conductors which are positioned s... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269318 | CONNECTOR The present invention provides a technique that is easy for soldering fixture to a printed circuit board and is easy to handle. Regarding a connector having an insulating base portion and a conductive portion, in at least one direction of a surface to which the conducti... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110256740 | Connector that enables connection between circuit boards with excellent space efficiency A particular connector is for selectively connecting a first and a second mating connector which are insertable into the particular connector from mutually perpendicular directions, respectively. The particular connector includes a contact and a housing holding the cont... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110256742 | Patch Panel Assembly For Use With Data Networks A patch panel (100) for use with infrastructure management systems that utilizes a plurality of cables interconnected to end-user devices and work area outlets, and integrated circuits to monitor the status of these end-user devices and outlets includes a pair of... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110256741 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR INCORPORATING PASSIVE CIRCUIT ELEMENTS An electrical connector that electrically connects a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board is disclosed, where the electrical connector in the preferred embodiment includes: (a) an insulative housing; (b) a plurality of signal conductors, with a... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250766 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY A connector assembly includes a riser card, a first connector, a bent connector, and a second connector. The riser card includes a first side and a second side. The first connector is mounted on the first side of the riser card. The first connector includes at least one... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110250767 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM HAVING TRANSITION ASSEMBLY An electrical connector assembly includes a first substrate and a second substrate that is configured to be placed into and out of electrical communication with the first substrate by moving the second substrate along a direction that is parallel to the first substrate.... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110237095 | Connector With Electrostatic Discharge Protection An electrical connector having electrostatic discharge protection comprises a body and an electrostatic discharge dissipative element. The body defines a socket having electrical contacts configured to make electrical contact with electrical contacts along a bottom surf... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230068 | COMPONENT COMPRISING A CHIP IN A CAVITY AND A STRESS-REDUCED ATTACHMENT A mechanically improved component comprising a chip in a cavity and a stress-reduced attachment is specified. A component comprises an opening in a housing, an opaque cover or a mechanically flexible line connector, which is attached to two locations.... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110230067 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM HAVING CONTACT OVERLAPPING VIAS An electronic connector system includes an electronic package and an interposer connector assembly. The electronic package has a body with a conductive member disposed on a mating surface of the body. The conductive member is coupled with a conductive via that extends i... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110214319 | ELECTRONIC GREETING CARDS The present invention is to provide an improved electronic greeting card, which includes an automatic power-on device that can play pre-recorded message of the sender as soon as it is opened to surprise the receiver of the card. It also includes a slidable USB connector... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110207342 | INCREASED DENSITY CONNECTOR SYSTEM A connector system is provided for electrically connecting a receptacle printed circuit to a header printed circuit. The connector system includes a header assembly configured to be mounted on the header printed circuit. The header assembly includes header contacts. A r... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110195584 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PLUG-TYPE CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION MODULE WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PLUG-TYPE CONNECTOR The invention relates to a printed circuit board plug-type connector (1), comprising a housing, in which contact elements (6) are arranged, wherein the contact elements (6) have a first contact part at one end and a second contact part at the opposi... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110177701 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING DEVICE An electrical connecting device is disclosed and includes a printed circuit board, an electrical connector, and a fixing gum. The electrical connector is used for electrically connecting a chip module onto the printed circuit board and has at least one gum positioning p... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110177700 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR An electrical connector is disclosed and includes a body and a cover. The body has a first through hole and an area for conducting and accommodating solder between the first through hole and the edges of the body. The cover is movably disposed on the body. The color of ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110165784 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Electrical connectors for interconnecting circuit boards. One such connector includes an integral flange for mounting a guidance pin in any of multiple orientations. A corresponding keying block may have a polarization component that can be mounted in a corresponding nu... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110159710 | ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS HAVING OFFSET ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS An array of electrical connectors is provided having a first plurality of electrical connectors configured to be mounted on a substrate, and a second plurality of electrical connectors configured to be mounted on the substrate at a location adjacent the first plurality ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110159709 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED FEATURE FOR SECURING SOLDER BALL THEREON An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a number of passageways, a number of electrical contacts received in the passageways and a number of solder balls disposed on the electrical contacts respectively. The electrical contact or together with the in... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110159473 | ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS HAVING OFFSET ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS An array of electrical connectors is provided having a first plurality of electrical connectors configured to be mounted on a substrate, and a second plurality of electrical connectors configured to be mounted on the substrate at a location adjacent the first plurality ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110151685 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR COUPLING CIRCUIT BOARDS A connector assembly includes a housing, a connector interface body, an elongated shaft, and a cam. The housing has an opening extending into the front face and an elongated channel oriented along the longitudinal axis. The cam is within the opening of the housing and i... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110151684 | ELECTRICAL ELEMENT AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR An electrical element is revealed. At least one receiving hole disposes on an insulating body. A conductive layer disposes on surfaces of the receiving hole. At least one soldering body mounts in the receiving hole correspondingly and contacts with the conductive layer.... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110151686 | DISTRIBUTOR CONNECTION MODULE The invention relates to a distributor connection module (1) comprising a housing (2) in which at least one printed circuit board (3) with function elements (30) is arranged, input contacts (20) and output contacts (21) for conn... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110124206 | Board-To-Board Connector A board-to-board connector is disclosed. The board-to-board connector comprises a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has a first housing and a first terminal, and is configured to be mounted on a first board. The first terminal is fitted in the ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110104911 | BRIDGE CONNECTORS AND CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SAME A bridge connector configured to electrically and mechanically couple adjacent circuit boards. The connector includes a connector housing that has a mating side configured to interface with board surfaces of adjacent circuit boards when mounted thereon. The housing incl... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110104913 | Edge card connector having solder balls and related methods An edge card connector includes: a substantially rigid, insulating housing having internal electrical contacts to engage the edge of a first circuit board inserted into the housing; solder balls arranged on an outer surface of the housing in a selected pattern to establ... | 05/05/2011 |
