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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189347 | Printed board unit and fixing parts thereof A technique is provided for improvement in convenience and in cost reduction of a fixing part of a printed board unit. A printed board unit includes a plurality printed board including a first printed board and a second printed board; and at least one fixing part, i... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8149590 | Circuit board fixing element A circuit board fixing element is provided. The circuit board fixing element is used for fixing a circuit board on a sheet, and includes a fixing portion, a buckling portion, and a connecting portion. The buckling portion is made of a resilient material. The connect... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8125795 | Circuit module and circuit board assembly having surface-mount connector The present invention relates to a surface-mount connector for electrically interconnecting a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The surface-mount connector includes a first end part and a second end part. The first end part is bonded onto the first cir... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8050054 | Electronic device with a base plate A base plate for a heat sink comprises a cooling plate and spacer elements, which are arranged on the surface of the cooling plate. The spacer elements and the cooling plate are made as one piece and the material in the surface region of the cooling plate and of the... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7760514 | Fastening support assembly Embodiments of the present invention provide a fastening support assembly configured to securely connect a first panel above a second panel. The fastening support assembly includes a shaft having a cap at a first end and a distal tip at a second end. The shaft defin... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7733667 | Microphonics suppression in high-speed communications systems One design aspect in electronic systems, such as communication systems, is noise suppression. More particularly, this relates to microphonics suppression in high-speed communication systems, such as microwave wireless radio systems. The present invention contemplate... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733668 | Hybrid integrated circuit device and method for manufacturing same A hybrid integrated circuit device includes: an insulating substrate (1) having a lower surface formed with wiring patterns including ends arranged along ends of the lower surface at a predetermined pitch (P); electronic components (3) mounted on the s... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7719855 | Spacing device for modular system A spacing device for adapting electronic modules for insertion into a system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the spacing device includes a body and guide features configured to align the body with mating guide features of electronic modules. The spacing device also... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7692933 | Apparatus and methods for interconnecting electrical circuit substrates and components A stand-off having a flange and a projecting portion extending from the flange is integrated with a first substrate, for example, a printed circuit board (PCB), by forming a hole in the PCB, inserting the projecting portion of the stand-off through the hole, and att... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7505286 | Printed circuit board assembly retention and support device A device for coupling a printed circuit board assembly to a computer chassis is described. The device may include a base. The device may include at least two posts. The posts may be located on opposite sides of the base. The posts may couple the device to the comput... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7391622 | Composite structural member having an integrated electrical circuit A composite structural member with an integrated electrical circuit is provided. The structural member includes a plurality of layers of structural reinforcement material, and two or more electrical devices are disposed at least partially between the layers with an ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7359210 | Shock absorbing system for circuit boards A shock absorbing system may be mounted on a circuit board, such as a carrier card, to reinforce the circuit board and/or to absorb shock forces from a neighboring circuit board, such as a mezzanine card coupled to the carrier card. The shock absorbing system may in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349222 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display panel, a chassis coupled to the plasma display panel, a substrate having a hole therethrough and having circuits to drive the plasma display panel, the substrate spaced apart from the chassis, a grounding boss extending from the chassis, the groundi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345891 | Circuit board assembly A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, an electronic component and a structure coupling the electronic component to the circuit board. The structure retains the electronic component relative to the circuit board at a selected one of a plurality of positi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338244 | Attachment device for turbine combustor liner An attachment device for coupling one or more restrained members to a frame. In at least one embodiment, the attachment device may be configured to attach one or more turbine combustor liners to a carrier. The attachment device may include a body rotatable about an ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338299 | Surface mounted electronic component An exemplary surface mounted electronic component has block body including a bottom soldering surface, a top surface and a peripheral wall having a first peripheral wall portion and a second peripheral wall portion. The bottom soldering surface defines a first solde... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316574 | Systems and methods for protecting an electrical component from impact or repeated mechanical stress An electrical component is mounted on a carrier printed circuit board. A first header connector connects the carrier printed circuit board to a printed circuit board on one side of the electrical component. A second header connector connects the carrier printed circ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313001 | Electrical switch having a mount for an electrical circuit The invention relates to an electrical circuit arrangement (3) having electrical and/or electronic components (4). The components (4) are arranged on a mount substrate (5). The conductor tracks (6) for electrical connection of the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304853 | Apparatus of optical display module for fixing circuit board An optical display module comprises a circuit board, a supporting device and four connecting devices. The connecting devices are bonded on the circuit board by welding. The supporting device has four slots associated with the connecting devices. The supporting devic... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300299 | Board standoff device for electrical connector assembly A board standoff device for mounting a first circuit board (e.g., daughter card) on a second circuit board (e.g., mother board) of an electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The first circuit board has a front end pivotably secured to a card edge connector mount... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292458 | Circuit board assembly having a set of edge clips for connecting multiple boards together A circuit board assembly includes a motherboard defining a motherboard plane, and a daughter board defining a daughter board plane which is substantially parallel to the motherboard plane. The motherboard and the daughter board electrically connect to each other thr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289337 | Electronic card with braced structure The field of the invention is that of electronic computers that have to operate in a harsh mechanical environment. One of the main fields of application relates to computers for on-board fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft avionics systems operating in a highly vibr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270176 | System and apparatus for fixing a substrate with a heat transferring device A system for fixing a substrate with a heat transferring device in an assembled orientation; the system comprising: a substantially rod-shaped positioning member having a length generally symmetrically oriented about an axis and a generally constant lateral expanse ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257007 | Spacers for cells having spaced opposed substrates In an active semiconductor backplane for a liquid crystal spatial light modulator, spacers (25) which are distributed over the backplane extend above an array of electrical and/or electronic elements and comprise at least two layers essentially of the same ma... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248483 | High power density insulated metal substrate based power converter assembly with very low BUS impedance An electrical power circuit assembly including an insulated metal substrate (IMS) printed circuit board (PCB), a filter (PCB), and one or more bus bars disposed between the IMS PCB and the filter (PCB), the bus bar geometry configured to reduce the inductance betwee... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245496 | Circuit board fixer structure A circuit board fixer structure, for fixing a circuit board having at least one through hole, includes a carrier for carrying the circuit board, a pillar, and a stud. The pillar is mounted on the carrier and is formed with a first opening and a second opening corres... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233503 | Assembled structure and clamping device thereof An assembled structure. A first substrate having a base surface is connected to a second substrate by at least one metallic clamping device. The clamping device, vertically disposed on the second substrate, comprises two parts: a first half and a second half having ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215557 | Assembly comprising multiple microelectronic modules An assembly that includes two or more microelectronic modules in a self-sustaining structure that is adapted to be installed in a housing. The microelectronic modules are affixed to supports that are attached to ribs and arranged in parallel-spaced relationship. Whe... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208833 | Electronic circuit device having circuit board electrically connected to semiconductor element via metallic plate An electronic circuit device comprises: a semiconductor element having a first surface and a second surface, with the first and second surfaces being on first and second sides of the semiconductor element, respectively, and facing in opposite directions; a first ele... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209345 | Cathode ray tube clamp A clamp for securing a printed circuit board on a cathode ray tube, in which the clamp has a split ring with overlapping jaws and teeth on each end of the jaws, wherein the jaws and teeth are adapted to engage and hold the clamp on the cathode ray tube, and wherein ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7193859 | Cabinet for television set and cabinet for electric apparatus A cabinet (10) for a television set or an electric apparatus includes a casing having a front wall (11) and a bottom wall (12), a key top (13), guide structures (20a, 20c, 20b) for holding a narro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180751 | Input/output transition board system An input/output transition board system for collecting and distributing input/output signals between a backplane board and an I/O board while allowing for additional electronic devices. The input/output transition board system includes a transition board having at l... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172432 | Stacked multiple connection module A stacked multiple connection module that provides multiple times the input/output (I/O) signal capacity of a single connection module. In one embodiment, a stacked dual connection module includes first and second circuit boards with respective edge connectors maint... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170757 | Field changeable graphics system for a computing device One embodiment of a field changeable graphics system for a computing device includes a graphics card and an interface assembly. The interface assembly is adapted to interface the graphics card with the motherboard of a computing device, without directly mounting the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161808 | Retaining heat sinks on printed circuit boards A heat sink assembly may be plugged into a receiving element in a printed circuit board. A retention element includes upper and lower portions. The lower portion may be plug locked onto a printed circuit board. The upper portion then telescopes into and releaseably ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7136289 | Dual-stacked 10 Gigabit X2 uplinks in a single rack unit switch A system for providing dual 10 GB uplinks in the front side of a single rack unit switch that stacks two MSA X2 I/O devices in a limited space. In one embodiment the two X2 I/O devices are mounted on opposite sides of a single circuit board positioned above the moth... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135644 | Permeable conductive shield having a laminated structure A permeable conductive shield providing protection from electromagnetic interference and electrostatic discharge has a laminated structure suitable for application to the foil side or the component side of a circuit board. The laminated structure includes an array o... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113409 | Mounting structures for electronics components Mounting structures for facilitating fast and easy installation and/or removal of electronics components into or out of a computer system are disclosed. The mounting structures include a base and a stackable mounting structure. Each mounting structure generally incl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102892 | Modular integrated circuit chip carrier An apparatus and method is disclosed that allows for the arranging in a three dimensional array semiconductor chips on a circuit board. A unique chip carrier is disclosed on which any IC chip can be positioned on above the other on a circuit board. Additionally, the... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083431 | Method and system of electrically connecting multiple printed circuit boards Method and system of electrically connecting multiple printed circuit boards (PCBs). A pin may be used for establishing electrical connecting the PCBs. The PCBs may include one or more openings for receiving one or more corresponding pins. The pins may include secur... | 08/01/2006 |
