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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183473 | Optimized power package for electrical device Disclosed is a power package for an electrical device of an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in an Electric Power Steering (EPS) system, the power package including: a housing which is formed with an upper part and a lower part and is formed to be in a two-step structu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164007 | Conductive elastomeric seal and method of fabricating the same Method for fabricating a conductive elastomeric seal, which includes a set of springs plated with an electrically conductive material. Initially, the set of springs can be held in a z-axis position in a mold cavity shaped like a seal. A liquid elastomer can be injec... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158894 | Housing having an electrical component and an electrical feed line A housing having at least one electrical component situated therein and at least one electrical feed line, the housing having at least one through-opening, the electrical feed line being guided through the through-opening from an external environment into the interi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8124890 | Electronic device, method for holding electronic component, and method for manufacturing electronic device An electronic device includes: a housing; an electronic component provided inside the housing; and a holding member provided between an inner wall of the housing and the electronic component and configured to hold the electronic component. The holding member is conf... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8063319 | Electrical junction box and method for assembling the same An electrical junction box may include a casing with a lower casing member and an upper casing member. A multi-layered circuit board may be retained in the electrical junction box. The multi-layered circuit board may contain a lower layer circuit board, an upper lay... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8035040 | Electrical junction box provided with electric current sensor An electric current sensor is disposed in an upper end part of a casing in an electrical junction box. A detecting bus bar penetrates a through-hole in the electric current sensor so that opposite ends of the detecting bus bar project from the through-hole. A bolt h... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7947911 | Anti-tamper mesh A method of forming an anti-tamper mesh on an electronic device. The method includes forming at least one terminal on the electronic device and forming a conductive mesh on at least one surface of the electronic device, wherein the conductive mesh is in electrical c... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7943866 | Housing A housing of the present invention can house an electronic device therein and is provided with a cable housing capable of housing a part of a cable. The cable housing is formed of a depression and a protrusion extending out from a part of a first sidewall of the dep... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7884289 | Method for manufacturing an electronic assembly; an electronic assembly, a cover and a substrate The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electronic assembly (50) comprising an electronic component, a cavity and a substrate which method comprises; —providing an electronic component (10) having a first pattern with a substan... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7875812 | Method and apparatus for electrical component physical protection A method and apparatus for protecting a heat sensitive component from high temperature, mechanical shock and moisture are provided. An enclosure includes an outer housing surrounding an inner cavity configured to receive a heat sensitive component therein, a cover c... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7868258 | Radio frequency module assembly A radio frequency (RF) module assembly includes a substrate on which a predetermined component is mounted, the substrate comprising a connection terminal, and an RF module mounted on the substrate and processing a predetermined RF signal. The RF module includes a ho... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7847200 | Devices, systems, and/or methods for electrically coupling a high voltage electric motor Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a terminal box adapted to be releasably and/or operatively attached to a selected electric motor of a plurality of electric motors. The terminal box can be adapted to receive a plurality of electrical wires. The plurality of... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7759584 | Electronic part equipped unit An electronic part equipped unit includes a case body that includes a first recess portion for containing an electronic part and a second recess portion for containing a relay terminal which is connected to the electronic part, a wire side terminal to which a middle... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7667146 | Attachment device for attaching an electrical or electronic device to a top-hat rail An attachment device for attachment of an electrical or electronic device to a top-hat rail, including an attachable or integrated carrier plate, and a lockable fastener. The carrier plate has a holding device. The fastener is axially movable relative to the carrier... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7511233 | Flash memory drive with integrated male and female connectors The present invention is a flash memory drive including a printed circuit board, a male connector mounted to the printed circuit board, a female connector mounted to the printed circuit board, a flash memory chip mounted on the printed circuit board and electrically... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7498525 | Card type peripheral apparatus A card type peripheral apparatus is disclosed which can be removably inserted not only into a slot of an electronic apparatus of a small size but also into a slot of an external apparatus readily and with certainty. The apparatus includes a first case, an electronic... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7420817 | MEMS device seal using liquid crystal polymer An apparatus and method for a near hermetic chip carrier package having a base die and a lid die each formed of a substantially impermeable material and conjoined by a semi-permeable sheet or tape substrate of only a few thousands of an inch thickness that is formed... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420132 | Busway plug fitting containing an operating mechanism with a reverse link The present invention provides busway plug fitting having a housing assembly and a toggle mechanism disposed therein having at least two operatively linked operating handles. A first assembly is disposed on a first side member of the housing assembly and structured ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414204 | Display device and heat dissipating means therefor A display device including a display panel, a chassis base connected to the plasma display panel, the chassis base supporting the plasma display panel, and a flexible printed circuit having a driver integrated circuit thereon installed on the chassis base while bein... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7381908 | Circuit board stiffener Embodiments of the present invention provide improved circuit board stiffeners. In one embodiment the present invention includes a circuit board stiffener comprising a lower stiffener piece having a first lower surface for abutting an upper surface of a test system ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7352068 | Multi-chip module A multi-chip module is provided which allows memory space extension to improve function and performance. A first semiconductor chip is mounted on a mounting substrate, and a first semiconductor memory chip is mounted over the first semiconductor chip. A second semic... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351921 | Assembly for a microstimulator An electrode assembly includes an electrode electrically connected to a capacitor with a wire. An assembly carrier may be used to hold and secure at least the wire and capacitor during assembly. A method of assembly for attaching a wire to a capacitor and an electro... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339121 | Multi wire union box The multi wired union box consists of two parts attached together. The first being container with a bottom, top, and sides. Each of the sides has a portal. The second being a metal conducting placed in the shape to allow unbroken contact to each side of the box. The... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331794 | Reconfigurable interconnection device for electrical bundles A device (20) for interconnecting electrical bundles, includes a plurality of pluggable connection and cross-connect cards (34 to 38) for the electrical bundles. The device further includes a “main” printed circuit (28, 28b) fi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329129 | Test apparatus and method An upper side and a lower side of a coupling member are provided with spiral contacts including elastic deforming portions. The elastic deforming portions are made contact with connectors of an IC package. Thereby, contact pressure on the IC package can be reduced. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323890 | Multi-point probe A multi-point electrical probe for testing location-specific electrical properties on circuit boards. Four generally parallel, electrically conducting probe arms are produced preferably by wafer-based techniques, although any even number of probe arms between two an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324350 | MEMS RF switch module including a vertical via An apparatus and method to provide a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) radio frequency (RF) switch module with a vertical via. The MEMS RF switch module includes a MEMS die coupled to a cap section. The vertical via passes through the cap section to electricall... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320338 | Microvalve package assembly A microvalve assembly that can help protect a microvalve or an assembly of microvalves from the environment. Such a microvalve assembly may be mechanically assembled, without the use of adhesives and/or other materials that might out-gas and/or otherwise reduce the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318730 | Fine-pitch anti-wicking terminals and connectors using same A fine-pitch terminal and connector reduces the size of a connector in a direction in which a large number of terminals are arranged in parallel. A terminal is applied to a connector, to which a cable having a conductor covered with an insulator is attached, the ter... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310236 | Electronic device A casing that has an electronic component housed therein has a conductive layer made of a mixture of carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin and an insulating layer where only the thermoplastic resin is exposed on a surface of the conductive layer. The casing preven... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292448 | Circuit substrate A circuit substrate includes a first rigid substrate having a plurality of land portions located at a predetermined interval on one surface, a second rigid substrate having a plurality of second land portions located at a predetermined interval on one surface and a ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287322 | Lithographic contact elements A method of forming an interconnection, including a spring contact element, by lithographic techniques. In one embodiment, the method includes applying a masking material over a first portion of a substrate, the masking material having an opening which will define a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284996 | Wide safety strap for electrical fixtures An electrical fixture having a front side and a back side and defining longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions substantially orthogonal to one another. The electrical fixture may include a body, a flange, and at least one anchor. The body may have at least ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285864 | Stack MCP A semiconductor chip having an adhesive layer previously formed on an element forming surface thereof and having a bump exposed from the surface of the adhesive layer is wire-bonded to a printed circuit board. Another semiconductor chip is stacked on the above semic... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282795 | Modifying a semiconductor device to provide electrical parameter monitoring A method of modifying a semiconductor device to provide electrical parameter monitoring. The device includes a semiconductor die and a package substrate. The substrate includes a conductive plane. The die is connected to the plane via a plurality of connection struc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265991 | Housing cage for holding built-in modules A housing cage (1) comprising walls (2) defining sides of the housing cage and having wall sections (3). A plurality of contact surfaces (4), each of which is connected to one of said wall sections, are arranged so as to support built-in ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256356 | Apparatus and method for coupling a module assembly in a housing An assembly, such as a sensor assembly, includes an optional housing having an inner surface and an outer surface where the housing includes housing connecting features. The assembly further includes a module assembly with at least one resilient member, and an elong... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255569 | Connector system for mating multiple variant circuit cards with a fixed circuit board A system for coupling a variety of circuit cards to a circuit board, each circuit card having a respective function, the system comprising: a sequence of connectors mounted on the circuit board, each connector in the sequence of connectors having a respective functi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247508 | Semiconductor device with intermediate connector A semiconductor element and a circuit substrate each having electrodes disposed at narrow pitch are electrically connected with high reliability by conductive paste. A semiconductor device with a semiconductor section and a circuit substrate electrically connected a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239528 | Techniques for accommodating variations in chassis tolerances Techniques for accommodating chassis tolerances use joiners which enable outer side panels for a front card cage to reference a front side of a midplane, and outer side panels for a rear card cage to reference a rear side of the midplane. The joiners couple the oute... | 07/03/2007 |
