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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184442 | Case of an electronic device A case for an electronic device includes a printed circuit board; a frame capable of storing the printed circuit board; a back board equipped on a back side of the frame, and including a connector for connecting the printed circuit board; rail holders equipped in pr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179684 | Sliding adapter panel with living hinge and forward/rearward locking An adapter panel including a chassis and a plurality of sliding adapter packs that define a front adapter field of the adapter panel. The sliding adapter packs includes a frame assembly having a living hinge and a lever arm. The living hinge locks the sliding adapte... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169788 | Printed board and printed-board-receiving structure A printed board to be loaded into a printed-board-receiving structure having a backboard and a guide rail, the backboard having a connector plug-in connectable to a connector on the printed board, the guide rail guiding the printed board toward the backboard and hav... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8064210 | One piece card guide for a printed circuit board A one piece card guide for edge grounding a printed circuit board and guiding the board to a mounted position. The card guide is formed out of a single piece comprising an integrally formed pair of sidewalls facing each other and spaced apart to form a longitudinal ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7920387 | Removable card guides for horizontal line cards A chassis for telecommunication gear including horizontal circuit boards includes an enclosure forming a front-accessible circuit board slot for receiving horizontal circuit boards. The circuit board slot has first connectors for receiving mating second connectors o... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7907416 | Power supply system, power cable distributor, power supply subrack and integrated equipment A power supply system is provided, which includes a power supply subrack (PSS) and a power cable distributor (PCD). The PSS includes one or more power modules and a third connector (51), and the PCD is adapted to introduce one or more electrical signals from ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7889508 | Plug-in unit-mounting structure and electronic apparatus A plug-in unit-mounting structure which makes it possible to efficiently mount plug-in units having different sizes in all slots. PIUs of printed board type which are different in size are mounted using respective mounting frames associated therewith. Box-shaped PIU... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7800914 | Apparatus and method for storing and regulating access to portable electronic devices A storage unit and associated methods of use enable clinicians to store portable electronic devices in a centralized location while ensuring that proper authorization is needed to access the devices. The storage unit is formed with an enclosure for housing portable ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7706147 | Computer housing with plug-in card module A computer housing (41) for free-standing use includes a computer (10) with slots for the insertion of extension cards, and further at least one card carrier (20) for carrying extension cards (51). The card carrier (20) includes a ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7679924 | Configurable chassis guidance system and method A configurable chassis guidance system and method are described. The system may be practiced as a chassis and/or a module or an element thereof (e.g., a mating guide). The system and method allow reconfiguration of multiple modules of various module widths without t... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7672139 | Shelf for electronic plug-in devices A shelf for electronic plug-in units is provided. The shelf includes at least one support plate that has at least one shaped opening. At least one guide rail is arranged for being mounted on the support plate, which includes a guide groove for receiving the electron... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7656676 | Removable data storage device and related assembling method A removable storage device includes a substrate whereon a plurality of components are arranged. Advantageously, the removable storage device comprises a casing of the package type suitable to completely cover these components and to form, together with the substrate... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7639507 | Control device used for a computer casing on which a plurality of expansion cards is inserted A control device used for a computer casing on which a plurality of expansion cards is inserted, is composed of a first frame and a second frame which are installed in a casing of height of 2 U; a connection element, which is connected on the first and second frames... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7626826 | Expansion card carrier and method for assembling the same An expansion card carrier is disclosed, the expansion card carrier including a top portion for covering an expansion card, at least one side portion for supporting the top portion, and at least one pair of card guides for allowing an expansion card to slide along in... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7613006 | Electronic device installation structure An electronic device installation structure for housing an electronic device which is coupled with a signal transmission dock includes a chassis which has a housing trough to hold the electronic device. The housing trough and the electronic device have respectively ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606045 | Head or bottom element of a component support A head or bottom element of a component support, having guide rails arranged side-by-side and aligned in an insertion direction for receiving a printed circuit board of a plug-in module, wherein the guide rails are formed by one-piece guide elements of the head or b... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7529101 | Assembly retention latch having concave release structure In one non-limiting aspect thereof this invention provides a structure having a generally planar quadrilateral shape that includes a bottom portion defining a mounting section; a vertical wall portion that extends upwards from the bottom portion and a top-most porti... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7515433 | Method and apparatus for progressively connecting a controller to an external circuit of a building A method and apparatus are provided for operatively connecting a controller to an external circuit, by connecting the external circuit to a circuit card mounted for slidable movement into operative engagement with a connection element disposed on a side surface of t... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7499286 | Mounting adapter for electronic modules A mounting adapter for inserting one or more electronic modules in a system is disclosed. The mounting adapter includes a sleeve having first and second portions that are each configured to receive an electronic module. The sleeve also includes a dividing member tha... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7466559 | Component support A component support having two or more module carriers aligned with each other in a direction across a width of a component support. The module carriers have two insert card guidance devices connected with each other via a support element so that guides of the inser... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7443695 | System for protecting electronic components A system having a removable protective enclosure for an electronic component. The protective enclosure may have a base and a circuit board that may be captured by the base without use of a tool or a separate fastener. A memory module may be disposed on the circuit b... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443690 | Adapter device, memory device and integrated circuit chip A memory device has a variable storage capacity depending on the object of use by a user, thereby improving convenience in use of the device. The memory device has a casing which may be loaded into host equipment. The casing has a plural number of loading sections i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436683 | Wafer level packaging structure with inductors and manufacture method thereof A wafer level packaging structure with inductors and manufacture method thereof. The method comprises providing a substrate, having several inductors, forming conductive lines and holes to connect the inductors and the wafer, and bonding the substrate and the wafer ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426116 | Retention device A retention device is applied in an electronic device. The electronic device has a case and a circuit board, and the circuit board can shifts relative to the case along an integrate direction or a release direction. The retention device includes a first fastener, a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426115 | Dynamic sliding module and uses thereof A dynamic sliding module is described. The dynamic sliding module includes a track, a dynamic slide, and a guiding device. The track includes a first opening and the guiding device is disposed adjacent to the first opening. When the dynamic slide slides along the tr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420816 | Apparatus and method for installing an electrical support structure An apparatus and method for installing an electrical support structure, such as a printed circuit board or card within a computerized device, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the apparatus includes a first structure, a second structure supported by the f... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417868 | Casing unit for electronic device In a casing unit for accommodating a printed circuit board, a case has a plurality of walls, one of the walls being partially or entirely open to form an open surface through which the board is inserted into the case. Guides, secured on side walls, comprise two guid... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414857 | Multilayer ceramic capacitor with internal current cancellation and bottom terminals Low inductance capacitors include electrodes that are arranged among dielectric layers and oriented such that the electrodes are substantially perpendicular to a mounting surface. Vertical electrodes are exposed along a device periphery to determine where terminatio... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414856 | Electronics module assembly An electronics module assembly for detachably retaining a pair of electronic sub-modules in a single slot of a chassis. A host module of the electronics module assembly is configured to be detachably received and retained in a slot of the chassis. The host module ha... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7399196 | Interface card fixing member An interface card fixing member is disclosed according to the present invention. The interface card fixing member is applicable to a fixing bracket of an electrical device, for fixing an interface card. The interface card fixing member includes a base connectible to... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397671 | Low profile autodocking multi-battery pack system and in place service PCI storage controller card with redundant cache and concurrently maintainable redundant battery backup A low profile auto docking multi-battery pack system and an in place service PCI storage controller card system with redundant cache and concurrently maintainable redundant battery backup are provided. A first battery and a second battery are disposed in line to pro... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391621 | Electronic device In an electronic device printed circuit boards in a housing are kept parallel to each other by guiding means. One or a plurality of these printed circuit boards is connected with a housing part each on their corresponding edge by means of electronic plug-in connecti... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388757 | Monolithic backplane having a first and second portion A subrack having a front side and a rear side, wherein the subrack is coupled to receive an Advanced Mezzanine Card module, the subrack includes a monolithic backplane having a first portion and second portion, where the first portion runs substantially along the fr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7375955 | Computer bezel A computer bezel includes a main body (100), a shutter (10) movably attached to the main body, a pair of springs (50) connecting the shutter and the main body, and a bracket (40). The main body includes an opening (110) and a pair ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375979 | Method and apparatus for routing a differential pair on a printed circuit board A differential pair (200) is provided by routing a printed circuit board (202) having high density interconnect (HDI) substrate (204) with first and second metal layers (212, 218) such that a first runner (206) forms a zigzag patte... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369416 | Electrically shielded module carrier Electric or electronic modules may be carried by an electrically shielded module carrier that includes a cover element and a base element enclosing at least one mounting region which is divided into a front section and a rear section by an intermediate wall card. Ho... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359216 | Small-frame computer with overlapping add-in cards A computer module for electrically coupling a motherboard with add-in cards comprises risers connected to the motherboard and oriented facing toward each other, where the risers are connected to the add-in cards at different elevations above the motherboard, so that... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355850 | Vented and ducted sub-rack support member A chassis for plug-in modules may be provided with a vented and ducted sub-rack support member. The vented and ducted sub-rack support member may deflect a portion of the air flowing within the chassis through vents in the top surface of the vented and ducted sub-ra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355861 | Card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to electronic equipment housings A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards, electronic pathway or component carrying cards, or the like, to an electronic equipment housing having a wall with a pair of openings formed to receive mounting feet provided on the card guide. The card guide body in... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352590 | Eject-lever apparatus for optical transceiver The eject-lever apparatus of the present invention is arranged in an optical transceiver having a substrate, where the optical transceiver is being received in a housing having a slot arranged therein with the substrate being plugged into the slot, the apparatus com... | 04/01/2008 |
