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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7884288 | Screened housing with press-fit pins and method for production thereof A screened housing (1) with press-fit pins (2) for electrical contacting on an electrical support component, in particular for automobile application, is composed of two housing sections (14,15) each including a housing base (3) each with... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7663066 | Process for creating a durable EMI/RFI shield between two or more structural surfaces and shield formed therefrom A method for producing a durable electromagnetic and radio frequency interference shield between two or more structural members of a wall or enclosure and a shielded shelter produced using the method. In one embodiment, joints between structural members are preferab... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7601921 | EMI shielding containers Embodiments of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding containers are disclosed according to the present invention. The EMI shielding containers are especially useful for protecting sources of electronic evidence from EMI contamination prior to data extraction.... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7576289 | Electromagnetic shielding An electromagnetic shield is provided for a room or for a building, including overlapping, conductively connected, and electrically conductive mesh or grid sections (1-4). The sections are grounded and folded in the overlapping area, where the folds of... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7504592 | Electromagnetic interference shields and related manufacturing methods According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of board level shields having single piece constructions. In an exemplary embodiment, a shielding enclosure includes sidewalls and an integral top surface. The sidewalls include upper and lower portion... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7491899 | EMI shields and related manufacturing methods An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield according to one embodiment generally includes a frame and a cover. The frame includes peripheral walls each having at least one folded portion forming an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall. The cover includes a lid por... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7368666 | Surface-mounting type electronic circuit unit without detachment of solder A surface-mounting type electronic circuit unit includes pedestal bases. The pedestal bases are attached to first lands provided on the bottom surface of an insulating substrate and are made of plate-shaped metal material having a solder film on the outer surface th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351107 | One-piece electromagnetic shield having mechanical attachment features A one-piece electromagnetic circuit board shield has a series of depending legs that extend through corresponding slot openings in a circuit board for mechanically retaining the shield in place on the circuit board, and intervening teeth that bite into a peripheral ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342184 | Three-dimensional configurations providing electromagnetic interference shielding for electronics enclosures The present invention provides a configuration of a computer-chassis containment or other electromagnetic device method for manufacture in which a “one-hit” solution may be implemented to provide adequate electromagnetic interference shielding (EMC shielding) an... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316593 | Electrical connector with embedded canted coil spring A female electrical connector and method of using same includes a body having a bore therethrough for receiving electrical plug and a helical groove formed in the bore. A canted coil spring is disposed in the helical groove and protrudes therefrom for providing both... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313002 | Shielding structure for a control module A shielding structure for a control module installed on the surface of a rear cover of a display comprises a plurality of engaging portions disposed at both lateral sides of the control module installed on the rear cover of the display, a shielding cover in which th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307223 | Durable EMI/RFI shield between two or more structural surfaces and shield formed therefrom A method for producing a durable electromagnetic and radio frequency interference shield between two or more structural members of a wall or enclosure and a shielded shelter produced using the method. In one embodiment, joints between structural members are preferab... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294020 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical terminal for electrical connections formed from a metal stamping and including a coil spring interface. Broadly, the inventive electrical terminal includes a female terminal body having at least one opening for receiving ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7277301 | Electronic device with shield An electronic device includes a circuit board (20) and a shielding cove (10). The circuit board includes a plurality of mounting holes (26), a first surface (22), a second surface (24) opposite to the first surface, and at least on... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274964 | Use of an axial canted coil spring as an electrical contact to minimize resistivity variations under dynamic loads A medically implantable electrical connector includes a housing having a bore with an internal groove therein along with a pin sized for insertion into the housing bore. A film removing spring is disposed in the housing groove dynamic loading of the spring in the gr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7229327 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical power system comprising a plurality of battery modules in series connection between adjacent battery modules, wherein each of the battery modules comprises a positive male terminal, a negative male terminal, and a socket ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222532 | Package for electro-mechanical systems A packaging system in one example comprises an improved mechanical packaging system for a circuit board disposed between housing elements, the improvement comprising an upper housing member having a centrally disposed opening provided therethrough, a unitary electro... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7184277 | Gaming machine with universal PC board mounting system A printed circuit board mounting system for a gaming machine comprises a universal mounting plate and adaptive mounting hardware. The universal mounting plate supports a printed circuit board with any mounting hole pattern, and includes a fixed pattern of mounting l... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183498 | High-frequency module and electronic device using the module A high-frequency module has an attached shield case. Barrier 36 of the shield case has wall 37 provided by being bent from ceiling section 32; wall 38 that is opposed to wall 37 and that is provided by being bent from ceiling secti... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177161 | Compact radio equipment and method of mounting the same A compact radio equipment includes internal circuits on two or more printed circuit boards electrically connected to each other and securely mounted in structure. With this structure, a first metal shield frame is mounted on a first printed circuit board to cover co... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161095 | Electrical fitting for snap in connection of cables A duplex electrical fitting having an improved arrangement on the trailing end for attaching electrical cables thereto. A connector body includes a leading opening, a midportion, two trailing openings, and a sidewall. Two open channels are provided in the sidewall o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154054 | Electrical fitting for snap in connection of cables An electrical fitting having an improved arrangement on the trailing end for attaching electrical cables thereto. A connector body includes a trailing opening and an intermediate flange. An open channel extends from the trailing opening to the intermediate flange an... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6621002 | Concealed biaxial card to frame grounding scheme A ground from a printed circuit board to the frame of an electronic system is formed by a biaxially-compressible conductive spring that is captivated between the printed circuit board and a plastic stiffener to which the board is fastened. The spring make... | 09/16/2003 |
| 4816613 | Electrical shielding case An electrical shielding case for shielding a plurality of circuits from each other, which includes a plurality of plate portions formed by dividing a metallic flat plate, and remaining parts of the plate portions left for connection when outer peripheries... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4710591 | EMI/RFI shielding assembly for cathode ray tube monitors The present disclosure describes a shielding assembly which finds particular application in the suppression of electromagnetic emissions from the face of a CRT mounted in a metal chassis. The assembly effects an emissions seal with two electrical terminat... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4697044 | Casing for electronic devices A casing for electronic devices is provided which includes a frame formed by a metal plate, a cover formed by a metal plate for covering an opening portion of the frame a shield plate for dividing a space in the frame, and a tip portion of the shield plat... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4567318 | RF Shielded electronic component housing An RF shielded housing for a signal distribution system component includes a cast metal base member which forms an interior chamber in which circuit elements of the component are contained. An access aperture is provided on one wall of the housing to faci... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4339628 | RF Shielding support for stacked electrical circuit boards A combined supporting arrangement and RF shield for stacked circuit boards has several conducting shields, each shield covering a respective circuit board and having an edge flange, part of the flange being turned under to space a particular circuit board... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4246438 | Spacers In a method of connecting, for example, two coaxial cables, an electrical connection between the outer cable conductors is made by means comprising a hollow dimensionally-recoverable member, solder, and an electrically conductive deformable member at leas... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4218578 | RF Shield for an electronic component This disclosure relates to a housing or enclosure for an electronic component such as a hybrid module to provide RF shielding therefor. The RF shield has a gap separating two parts of the housing or enclosure to provide D.C. isolation between input and ou... | 08/19/1980 |
