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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7937831 | Method for connecting an electric actuator to a printed circuit board A method of connecting an electric actuator to a printed circuit by metal contacts having an open contact zone. The metal contacts are soldered to the printed circuit using an SMD-type automated method performed at a high speed and at a high temperature, and the ele... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7685705 | Method of fabricating a probe card A probe card for testing dice on a wafer includes a substrate, a number of cantilevers formed on a surface thereof, and a number of probes extending from unsupported ends of the cantilevers. The unsupported ends of the cantilevers project over cavities on the surfac... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7600314 | Methods for installing a plurality of circuit devices A technique is provided for installing circuit components, such as memory devices, in a support, such as a socket. The device to be installed is supported in a holder or shell. The holder is positioned over a support region in the receiving socket. A manual actuator... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7503110 | Method for removing press-fit components from printed circuit boards A method is provided for removing a component from a medium. The method includes applying an adhesive to a portion of a component. An attachment member is inserted into the portion of the component. The attachment member is pulled with a pulling element in a directi... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7367116 | Multi-layer printed circuit board, and method for fabricating the same To provide an interlayer-connected, multi-layer flexible printed circuit board having high bonding reliability and most suitable for micropatterning the circuit layers in the device; and to provide a high-productivity method for fabricating the device. A mult... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363693 | Wire-processing device A wire-processing device has a belt-drive that feeds a wire to a swivel-arm with a gripper. Drives operate the swivel-arm in a swiveling motion and/or in a linear motion. The swivel-arm has a neutral position on a longitudinal axis of the wire and on the axis is a p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361031 | Printed circuit board assembly and method of producing the same A printed circuit board assembly is formed by a press-fit connector attached to a printed circuit board. The press-fit connector includes a plurality of press-fit terminals and a housing. An overlapping resist part is formed on the printed circuit board. The overlap... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7322104 | Method for producing an ink jet head An ink jet head includes a substrate having a flow path construction member constructing a plurality of discharge ports for discharging ink and a plurality of ink flow paths corresponding thereto, and a plurality of energy generating elements corresponding to the pl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311241 | Method of mounting terminal on printed board, terminal mounted printed board and electric connection box accommodating the terminal mounted printed board, which are formed by the method A printed board is arranged above solder blowing nozzles of a spot flow soldering apparatus with first terminal groups facing upward, second terminal groups projected toward the solder blowing nozzles are shielded by shield jigs, solder jetted from the solder blowin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310875 | Connector for high-speed communications A high speed electrical connector is provided that comprises a substantially planar dielectric, a substantially planar ground plane, and a signal conductor. The ground plane is disposed on one planar surface of the planar dielectric and the signal conductor is dispo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299541 | Contact press-fitting apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a contact press-fitting apparatus which can perform the press-fitting of all of the contacts with high reliability, without leading to problems such as buckling of the contacts, even in cases where the array pitch ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300289 | Electrical cordset having connector with integral signal conditioning circuitry An electrical cordset for connecting a sensor connector used with a piston position sensor located within a high pressure environment and a control system. The cordset has a connector that is comprised of a housing having a cavity formed therein. A high pressure ass... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279633 | Apparatus for providing an electrical wiring hub An apparatus for an electrical wiring hub is provided. The electrical wiring hub includes: a hub housing, configured to receive a plurality of wires; a plurality of conductor rings, configured to conduct electrical current from one of the plurality of wires to anoth... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278207 | Method of making an electronic package An electronic package and method of making the electronic package is provided. A layer of dielectric material is positioned on a first surface of a substrate which includes a plurality of conductive contacts. At least one through hole is formed in the layer of diele... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263770 | Electrical connector Provided is an electrical connector having first and second surfaces and configured to establish electrical communication between two or more electrical devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a resilient, conductive contact retained in ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263755 | Method for the manufacture of fillings for utilization in the mechanical processing of aqueous paper fiber stock A method for fabricating fillings that are utilized in refiners for the purpose of refining paper fiber stock. The filling manufactured in accordance with the method of the present invention includes a base body, an overlay template on the base body and processing e... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263769 | Multi-layered flexible print circuit board and manufacturing method thereof A multi-layered flexible print circuit board comprising an insulating layer, a circuit layer formed on the front and back surfaces of the insulating layer and a hole connecting between the circuit layers via the insulating layer, wherein there is provided an electri... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262076 | Method for production of semiconductor package A method for production of a semiconductor package which enables uniform conduction processing for all through holes covered by the conduction processing without being limited to any specific structure, is free from surface relief shapes and internal voids, and enab... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243422 | Apparatus for press-fitting An apparatus for positioning and press-fitting press-fit portions of roughly L-shaped legs of contacts arranged in multiple rows in a connector into a substrate includes a press-fitting head and an alignment plate. The press-fitting head is rotatable between a rest ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242084 | Apparatuses and associated methods for improved solder joint reliability Apparatuses and associated methods to improve integrated circuit packaging are generally described. More specifically, apparatuses and associated methods to improve solder joint reliability are described. In this regard, according to one example embodiment, one or m... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240427 | Pin contact and method and apparatus for its manufacture A pin contact for pressing into electrical engagement with a plated section in a hole in a circuit board. The contact includes a deformable portion for engaging the plated section with a feed-through portion and a terminal portion at opposite ends thereof. An end pa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240433 | Method of fabricating a thermal inkjet head having a symmetrical heater A method for fabricating a thermal inkjet head equipped with a symmetrical heater and the head fabricated by the method are provided. The method incorporates two thick photoresist deposition processes and a nickel electroplating process. The first thick photoresist ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225530 | Connector press A connector press provides for learning a specified connector pressed position, adjusting a force based threshold, and simultaneously pressing multiple connector types into a circuit board. The force based threshold may be adjusted via a slider bar on a user interfa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207106 | Method of assembling cable modem device There is disclosed a cable modem device capable of reducing unnecessary signals inputted into a circuit substrate which processes signals and signal terminals from the outside and unnecessary radiation generated by the circuit substrate, the device having a hexahedr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198969 | Semiconductor chip assemblies, methods of making same and components for same Semiconductor chip assemblies incorporating flexible, sheet-like elements having terminals thereon overlying the front or rear face of the chip to provide a compact unit. The terminals on the sheet-like element are movable with respect to the chip, so as to compensa... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188408 | Method of making a straddle mount connector A method of making an electrical connector includes the steps of: providing a connector body (2) having an insert (5) defining a recessed area (54a) at one side and a number of channels (54b) at an opposite side; assembling ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190590 | Holding fixture, component mounting method, electronic circuit unit and electronic apparatus A holding fixture that holds a component and mounts the component on an electronic circuit board includes a holding member that holds the component at a side of a first surface of the electronic circuit board, a first fixing member that includes a first base that is... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185425 | Method for connecting printed circuit boards By forming a terminal at a tip of a lead part of a lead frame, and by fixing this terminal and a connecting pad which was formed on an upper surface of a first printed circuit board, the lead frame is attached to the first printed circuit board. By cutting off a fra... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183496 | Soldered heat sink anchor and method of use An anchoring mechanism and method are provided for securing a component to a printed circuit board. The anchoring mechanism may include a loop, a first leg extending from the loop, and a second leg extending from the loop. The first leg may mount through a first hol... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166080 | Wire convertible from over-the-wire length to rapid exchange length Apparatus for use in deploying medical devices. The apparatus includes a wire having a diameter such that the wire can appropriately be used with either a corresponding over-the-wire configured catheter or a rapid-exchange configured catheter. The wire has a locatio... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155818 | Method of fabricating a connector In an electrically shielded connector, conductive material covers an outer surface of said body and is spaced away from a conductive structure included in the connector to create electrical isolation therebetween. A channel in which the connector is situated is eith... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137827 | Interposer with electrical contact button and method An interposer having one or more hollow electrical contact buttons disposed in a carrier. The interposer is formed by disposing sacrificial posts in vias of the carrier. The electrical contact buttons are formed on the sacrificial posts by a metallizing process in d... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134191 | Terminal press-fitting device A press-fitting device in which a terminal of a connector having a staggered arrangement section of the terminal of the connector is press-fitted into an insertion hole is provided. In the press-fitting device, a first terminal restricting member on which a guide se... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134194 | Method of developing an electronic module An electronic module and method that enable circuitry required by one form of the module (e.g., a developmental unit) to be omitted in a second form of the module (e.g., a production unit), without necessitating additional changes in the module. The electronic modul... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131193 | Heat-shrinkable retainer for PCB double-sided assembly An apparatus to retain an assembled component on one side of a double-sided printed circuit board during reflow of other components subsequently positioned on an opposite side of the double-sided printed circuit board and methods for manufacturing and using the same... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117590 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117597 | Method of manufacturing liquid discharge head A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head provided with a liquid flow path communicating with a liquid discharge port on a substrate has a step of forming a first electrically conductive layer on the substrate, a step of forming a molding member into the pat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114250 | Method of making components with releasable leads A connection component for making connections to a microelectronic element is made by providing leads on a surface of a polymeric layer and etching the polymeric layer to partially detach the leads from the polymeric layer, leaving a portion of each lead releasably ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100273 | Interconnect validation instruments Interconnect validation instruments and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an interconnect validation instrument has a shell with an opening at first end thereof and a second end opposite the first end. The second end has a plurality of holes. Each of the plur... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090509 | Multi-port pluggable transceiver (MPPT) with multiple LC duplex optical receptacles An interface converter module includes a metallized housing having a first end and a second end. A printed circuit board is mounted within the housing and has mounted thereon electronic circuitry configured to convert data signals from a host device transmission med... | 08/15/2006 |
