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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074354 | Method of making a self-balanced dual L-shaped socket An embodiment of the present invention is a method of making a Land Grid Array (LGA) socket. A contact area of a socket is divided into a first L-shaped area and a second L-shaped area. The first L-shaped area has a first center, a first outer long side, and a first... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056224 | Method of manufacturing a network jack A method for manufacturing a network jack is provided. The method includes steps of: a) providing a circuit board having a first side, plural first contacting areas along the first side, plural second contacting areas and an upper and a lower surfaces; (b) forming f... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7856712 | Method of manufacturing a female terminal A method for manufacturing a female electrical terminal includes, according to one embodiment, blanking of strip of conductive material and forming a wire connecting portion to receive an electrical wire. The blank may include a contact arm extending into an area ad... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7621045 | Method of producing a probe with a trapezoidal contactor A probe is disclosed, comprising a beam 4B, which has a front end 4b1, an intermediate portion 4b2 and a base end 4b3, the front end being a portion for contacting a test subject through a contactor, the base end bein... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7400155 | Membrane probing system A substrate, preferably constructed of a ductile material and a tool having the desired shape of the resulting device for contacting contact pads on a test device is brought into contact with the substrate. The tool is preferably constructed of a material that is ha... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7370414 | Methods for manufacturing lead frame connectors for optical transceiver modules Methods of manufacturing lead frame connectors for use in connecting optical sub-assemblies to printed circuit boards in optical transceiver modules. The lead frame connectors are formed by first stamping a selected configuration of conductors in a conductive ribbon... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363695 | Method of fabricating a temperature sensing tube A temperature sensor temperature sensing tube and its fabrication method comprised of a step that provides for a tubular blank of an appropriate length, a step in which a curvilinear semifinished product of the tube member bottom section aperture is formed, a step i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365280 | Switch and manufacturing method thereof A switch provided with a fixed contact and a movable contact coming into contact with each other and separating from each other. The surface of at least one of the fixed contact and the movable contact is provided with a plurality of recesses whose edges are overlap... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7346983 | Method for manufacturing spark plug A spark plug is provided, for a provisional bending process for manufacturing the spark plug, as a work in a condition where an earth electrode is straight and substantially in parallel with an axial line of a center electrode. In the provisional bending process, tw... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340812 | System for processing a cable using at least two tools The system (1) for processing a cable (5) comprises a first set of tools (30(i)), a second set of tools (35(j)) and a processing device (10) for executing different processing steps for processing a cable (5) u... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340825 | Method of making a transformer A transformer and method of making includes first half primary and secondary windings as metallic circuits that are etched on a metallic cladding of a first liquid crystal polymer (LCP) sheet. Secondary windings are positioned in spaced relation to the primary windi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334327 | Manufacturing method of radio frequency connector A method of manufacturing a RF connector includes the following steps. First, a first workpiece with first assembly units is provided. Each first assembly unit includes a first joint piece with a first joint portion, a metal shell with a ring and soldering tags exte... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318734 | Switching terminal and method for making the same A switching terminal (1) applied to a detecting equipment includes a carrier strip (10), a movable terminal (13) and a stationary terminal (12) respectively extending from a common edge of the carrier strip; Each of the movable terminal a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309241 | Pick and place electrical connector An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a circuit board. The connector includes an insulative upright body having a front mating face and a rear terminating face. An engaging plate extends from the mating face of the body in a forward mating direction aw... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7302758 | Manufacturing and mounting method of electrical contacts for control members of small dimensions, in particular for the horological field There is disclosed a method for manufacturing and mounting electric contacts for control members of small dimensions, particularly for control members used in the horological field. This method includes the following steps: a) stamping and pre-shaping a plate of ele... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7295448 | Interleaved power converter A power converter architecture interleaves full bridge converters to alleviate thermal management problems in high current applications, and may, for example, double the output power capability while reducing parts count and costs. For example, one phase of a three ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289329 | Integration of planar transformer and/or planar inductor with power switches in power converter A power converter integrates at least one planar transformer comprising a multi-layer transformer substrate and/or at least one planar inductor comprising a multi-layer inductor substrate with a number of power semiconductor switches physically and thermally coupled... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287326 | Methods of forming a contact pin assembly A compliant contact pin assembly method for making is provided. The compliant contact pin assembly includes a contact pin formed from a portion of a substrate with the contact pin compliantly held suspended within the substrate by a compliant coupling structure. The... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284321 | Method for testing a chip with a package and for mounting the package on a board A method for testing a chip with a package having connecting pins and mounting the package on a board combines the advantages of a package with inline connecting pins with that of a package with offset connecting pins. The package with inline connecting is inserted ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7266889 | Membrane probing system A substrate, preferably constructed of a ductile material and a tool having the desired shape of the resulting device for contacting contact pads on a test device is brought into contact with the substrate. The tool is preferably constructed of a material that is ha... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254889 | Interconnection devices A spring system arrangement and a related connector are disclosed. The purpose is to allow the use of contact springs, such as coil contact springs, with relatively large size body, to be located on a small center distance, i.e. pitch, and to electrically connect wi... | 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 |
| 7228628 | Electrical connector and method of making the same In one aspect, the invention provides a method for making an electrical connector. The method may include: obtaining a part having a first end portion, a second end portion, and an interim 1 portion between the first and second end portions; flattening the se... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7226323 | Chained terminals and method of forming chained terminals Chained terminals have a carrier (1) with opposite first and second side edges and terminal fittings (2) coupled to the first side edge of the carrier (1). The carrier (1) is formed with feed holes (6, 7) in correspondence with the... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223133 | Electrical conductor wedge connector splice An electrical conductor splice for connecting at least two electrical conductors. The splice includes a connector shell having a generally elongate open first lateral side; and two wedges adapted to be located in the shell at longitudinally spaced positions from eac... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219426 | Method of manufacturing protruding-volute contact A method of manufacturing a protruding-volute contact for attaining electrical continuity with an electrode of electronic equipment or inspection equipment, the method comprising the steps of forming a plastic mold (resist structure) with a metal mold; forming a lay... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216426 | Method for forming a separable electrical connector A method for forming a separable electrical connector having an electrical interface surface includes the steps of molding an interface shell from a thermoplastic, placing the interface shell against an electrical interface portion of a mold cavity and molding a hou... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210225 | Methods for controlling contact height Methods for setting contact height in an electrical connector are disclosed. Each of a plurality of electrical contacts may be seated in a connector housing such that each contact has a respective initial height relative to the housing. At least one of the contacts ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195497 | 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... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191518 | Method of making a hyperboloid electrical contact A hyperboloid contact socket is provided which comprises a tubular body of conductive material and preferably having at one end a lip defining an entrance aperture for receiving a mating pin terminal and having on the opposite end a termination of an intended config... | 03/20/2007 |
