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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383631 | Method of fabricating antenna connector A method of fabricating an antenna connector is provided. The components of the antenna connector are mechanically assembled in an automatically operated workstation to effectively eliminate the labor/time consuming assembly process requiring assembly by hand as in ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347743 | Stagable electrical connector and method of assembly A stagable electrical connector and method of assembly has a housing and a shuttle that moves with respect to the housing from a staged position to an assembled position. An electrically conductive terminal snap fits to the shuttle when in the staged position and ge... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318274 | Method for fitting waterproof seal members over electric wires A method is provided for fitting waterproof seals onto outer peripheries of end portions of electric wires. The method feeds seals along the axis line of the wire and into a seal cavity. A passage forming member forms a feeding passage to feed the seal into the seal... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296347 | Method of forming an electrical terminal An electrical terminal includes a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion. The base pad legs have proximal and distal ends and are joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion. The legs are spaced apart from each othe... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7270573 | Electrical connector with load bearing features Complementary contact and contact block designs are disclosed that help prevent movement of a contact received in the contact block when an electrical connector is press-fit or otherwise connected to a printed circuit board. A protrusion may be included on one or bo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7254880 | Electromechanical drive device and method for manufacture thereof During the positioning of a control device for controlling an electromechanical drive, contact elements, which are connected to the control device in a fixed manner, are positioned in relation to one or more openings in a connector collar. To position the control de... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240432 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device testing contactor having a circuit-side contact piece and test-board-side contact piece A contactor is placed between a semiconductor device and a test board. A contact electrode of the contactor electrically connects the semiconductor device to the test board. The contact electrode is formed of a conductive layer provided on an insulating substrate. T... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229318 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array is arranged in a first pattern of signal contacts and ground contacts. The second linear array is arranged in a second pattern of signal ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229324 | High speed receptacle connector part A receptacle connector part comprises a connector housing and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing. Each receptacle contact terminal includes two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preloading head. The conn... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226296 | Ball grid array contacts with spring action An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector is disclosed for providing improved solder ball connection with a substrate. The contacts may be compressed, enabling solder balls of the connector to abut with the substrate prior to reflow. During reflow, the c... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214104 | Ball grid array connector An electrical connector having a leadframe assembly and a connector housing is disclosed. The leadframe may include a lead frame and an electrical contact extending at least partially through the lead frame. The connector housing contains the leadframe assembly in e... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182643 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes a linear array of electrical blade contacts is disclosed. Each contact may have a free-ended mating portion that extends from a mate surface of a dielectric base. The first linear array may include a first signal contact, a seco... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182616 | Connector receptacle having a short beam and long wipe dual beam contact A contact assembly for use in an electrical connector. The contact assembly includes an insulative contact block defining a plurality of apertures therethrough. The contacts assembly also includes a plurality of dual beam contact terminals. Each plurality of dual be... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176043 | Microelectronic packages and methods therefor A microelectronic package includes a microelectronic element having faces and contacts and a flexible substrate spaced from and overlying a first face of the microelectronic element. The package also includes a plurality of conductive posts extending from the flexib... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160117 | High speed, high signal integrity electrical connectors An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a terminal tray. The terminal tray may include a tray body having a latch extending therefrom. The connector housing may define a latch receiving window. The latch and latch receiving window may be disposed... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7118391 | Electrical connectors having contacts that may be selectively designated as either signal or ground contacts An electrical connector having a leadframe housing, a first electrical contact fixed in the leadframe housing, a second electrical contact fixed adjacent to the first electrical contact in the leadframe housing, and a third electrical contact fixed adjacent to the s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114964 | Cross talk reduction and impedance matching for high speed electrical connectors Lightweight, low-cost, high-density electrical connectors are disclosed that provide impedance-controlled, high-speed, low-interference communications, even in the absence of shields between the contacts, and that provide for a variety of other benefits not found in... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083432 | Retention member for connector system A retention member aligns and stabilizes one or more insert molded lead assemblies (IMLAs) in an electrical connector. The retention member provides for alignment and stability in the x-, y-, and z-directions. Such a retention member may be in connection with a righ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083481 | Circular electrical connector An electrical connector includes a hollow conductive post member having a circular periphery, a foot portion and a distal end. The distal end has a generally cup shaped indentation. A base member is included having top and bottom surfaces. The foot portion of the po... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059035 | Method for forming a bimetallic actuator A method for post-fabrication modification of the snap actuation properties of a thermally responsive bimetallic actuator by exposing a pre-formed bimetallic actuator to laser energy, thereby permanently altering the thermal response properties of the bimetallic act... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7018246 | Maintenance of uniform impedance profiles between adjacent contacts in high speed grid array connectors An electrical contact that is particularly suitable for use in high speed, grid array connectors is disclosed. The contact includes a retention member extending along a length thereof. The retention member is adapted to retain the contact within a connector base and... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008250 | Connector receptacle having a short beam and long wipe dual beam contact A contact assembly for use in an electrical connector. The contact assembly includes an insulative contact block defining a plurality of apertures therethrough. The contacts assembly also includes a plurality of dual beam contact terminals. Each plurality of dual be... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994569 | Electrical connectors having contacts that may be selectively designated as either signal or ground contacts An electrical connector according to the invention includes a linear contact array of electrically conductive contacts and a lead frame into which the contacts at least partially extend. The contacts may be selectively designated as either ground or signal contacts ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976886 | Cross talk reduction and impedance-matching for high speed electrical connectors Lightweight, low cost, high density electrical connectors are disclosed that provide impedance controlled, high-speed, low interference communications, even in the absence of shields between the contacts, and that provide for a variety of other benefits not found in... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6926537 | Interposer assembly An interposer assembly including specialized fastener retention apertures for use with a threaded fastener. The interposer assembly components are held together by the threaded fastener and aperture. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6857184 | Connecting method of pins and tin balls of an electric connector A connecting method for pins and tin balls of an electric connector. Pins of the electric connector elastically resist against tin balls so as to position the pins. The lower ends of the pins store elastic energy due to the elastically resisting contact. During weld... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6751862 | Method of making an electronic device An electronic device containing an electronic element such as a thermistor element is produced first by providing the element with electrodes formed on its two main surfaces facing outward away from each other, at least two terminals and a casing. Each terminal has ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6742251 | Method of crimping a terminal onto an electrical wire equipped with a water-proof plug using a positioning means An apparatus is provided that crimps an electrical wire having a water-proof plug onto a connector terminal in a given positional relationship and can be applied to an automatic assembling operation. In the vicinity of upper crimping members and lower crimping membe... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6671954 | Rubber plug insertion apparatus and rubber plug insertion method The rubber plug insertion apparatus 10 is provided with upper and lower rubber plug holders 36, 37 holding a rubber plug 14 which is to be mounted on the end of an electric wire 67, and upper and lower insertion guides 38, 39 for guiding the end of the el... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6643925 | Installation device for installing a flexible sensor on a seat cushion An installation device for installing a flexible sensor apparatus on a seating surface of a seat cushion includes an installation fixture having a saddle. The saddle includes a first face having a seating portion recess formed therein which generally conf... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6631560 | Method of forming connector press-connecting terminal In a method of forming a connector press-connecting terminal 10 including a pair of opposed press-connecting blades 22R and 22L (24R and 24L) formed respectively on opposite right and left side wall plates 20R and 20L thereof formed by a metal sheet, the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6574855 | Method of making a switch-equipped coaxial connector A method of making a switch-equipped coaxial connector comprises the steps of stamping a pair of switching members from a metal sheet, bending the stamped switching members to complete the switching members, press-fitting the switching members into separa... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6553655 | Terminal extracting tool A terminal extracting tool, which can extract a male type terminal in a female type connector, having a beam member provided at a front end thereof with a lock release pin to abut on a flexible locking piece of a connector housing, a holder slideably rece... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6532653 | Foldable connector assembly for miniature circuit card A PCMCIA card includes a support, circuit components for providing faxmodem functions with respect to the support, a housing containing at least part of the support, a retractable cord mechanism at least partly contained in the housing for connecting the ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6438829 | Methods for fabricating and using a plurality of electrical contact devices Each of a pair of composite structures includes at least one tubular member that is at least partially conductive and defines an electrical port. Each tubular member is electrically connected at a first end to a respective electrical lead and has a second... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438828 | Waterproofing arrangement for wire harness A sealant is applied to electric wires which comprise a wire harness at a location where a portion of this wire harness passes through a narrow diameter cylindrical member 6a of a grommet 6. An outer circumference of this portion to which the sealant has ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438831 | Method of manufacturing an interconnector A method of manufacturing an interconnector that is interposed between a pair of terminal plates each having electrodes arranged in a predetermined pattern, for electrically connecting the electrodes of the terminal plates, including arranging positioning... | 08/27/2002 |
