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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152541 | Card connector A card connector which effectively prevents erroneous insertion of a card having a width smaller than a specified width has an introducing space formed between a body having contacts and a cover. An insertion preventing wall is formed in the body facing the upstream... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7918674 | System for protecting the engagable elements of a connector A protection system for a connector that comprises two connector elements (1, 2) provided with open ends that are mutually engagable one in the other along an engagement direction, the system comprising first and second shutters (11, 21), each connecte... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7841875 | Audio jack connector An audio jack connector for receiving a mating audio plug has an insulating housing having a rectangular base. The base defines a front end and a top surface. A passageway is formed at the front end of the base and extends into the base for receiving the audio plug.... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7794246 | Electronic storage device having multiple-direction rotation and allocation electrical connector An electronic storage device for connecting with a host system in accordance with the present invention includes a cover having a body section and a protection section bending from one end of the body section, and a main body having an electrical connector with an i... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7641484 | Connector cover structure of bill storage box Disclosed is a connector cover structure of a bill storage box, which can prevent a connector for electric power supply from being exposed to dust or foreign substances, during the process of mounting or dismounting a cassette box in or from the bill storage box. Th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7534115 | Secure fiber optic network keyed connector assembly Systems and methods for securing a keyed fiber optic network assembly are provided. A typical network system includes an assembly having a security feature and adapted to facilitate fiber optic communication between two mating fiber optic connectors. The security fe... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7448886 | Card connector with anti-mismating device A card connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (10), first and second sets of contacts (22, 24) received in the insulating housing (10), a protection door (40) and a resilient member (304). The insulating housing ( | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445473 | Memory card connector with improved foldable baffler A memory card connector includes a metal cover defining a receiving space in which two different types of memory cards are insertable in an insertion direction through an insert opening generally at a rear end of the metal cover to respectively correspondingly conne... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445472 | Safety electric socket A safety electric socket in which two spring-supported doorplates are respectively pivoted to a holder block to block the neutral and hot slots against outside dust and water and to stop the spring-supported on/off switching button from downward movement. The doorpl... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7431595 | Universal memory card connector In a memory card connector, a pivot shaft member is pivotally provided in a front side of the insertion hole for memory card for controlling the gap of the insertion hole for the insertion of a different memory card. The pivot shaft member has a protruding portion p... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425142 | Electrical connector for an in-body multi-contact medical electrode device An improved electrical connector for connecting a multi-contact medical electrode device with a plural-contact tail. Having a tail-receiving first elongate member with a tail-receiving void and a second elongate member. The second elongate member has a nesting surfa... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7390203 | Secure fiber optic network keyed connector assembly Systems and methods for securing a keyed fiber optic network assembly are provided. A typical network system includes an assembly having a security feature and adapted to facilitate fiber optic communication between two mating fiber optic connectors. The security fe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374439 | Card connector The invention comprises a top board with a plurality of buckling portions, each of two sides of the top board has a bearing hole, a sustaining frame connected with the top board, a spring hole provided in one side of the top board, a cover with an arc rim, two end p... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371012 | Optoelectronic module and plug arrangement A compact optoelectronic module that prevents undesirable heating by locating the electrical drive and/or receiving (control) circuit outside of the housing containing the optoelectronic transducer. The control circuit is mounted on a submount (PCB). The housing is ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364448 | Connector including circular bladder constriction and associated methods A connector may include first and second connector portions being movable between unmated and mated positions. First and second bladders may be in respective first and second connector portions and cooperate therewith so that opposing ends of the first and second bl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364444 | Shuttered electrical connector socket A shuttered electrical connector for receiving an electrical plug, the plug having a hinged tail for lockingly engaging with the connector, is disclosed. The connector includes: a body 20 defining a socket having 22 an open mouth 24; a central s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357653 | Dual-slot memory card adapter A dual-slot memory card adapter includes a base, a space in the base, a partitioning member integrated with the adapter or separately and laterally disposed in the space to divide the space into upper and lower slot areas, one corresponding attachment each provided ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349205 | Disk-drive enclosure having front-back rows of substantially parallel drives and method A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simul... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341194 | Adapter card An adapter card for receiving a mini MMC memory card to form a SD memory card is disclosed to include a housing formed of a top cover shell and a bottom cover shell, and a terminal holder set, which includes an electrically insulative holder block, and a plurality o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341480 | Releasable latch assemblies A latching device (200) is disclosed for use in supporting a junction block (202) on a supporting bracket (204). The latching device (200) includes a horizontal support (230) coupled to a hinge (232). A first cantilever beam... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338315 | Closure device with a movable flap The invention relates to a closure device comprising a wall, an opening provided in this wall, a flap which selectively adopts at least one closed position in which it blocks the opening and an open position in which it uncovers this opening. Pins are connected to a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334731 | Positive evidence-of-use feature for portable storage devices The invention is directed to a positive evidence-of-use feature for portable storage devices. A method for providing positive evidence-of-use for a portable storage device, includes: surrounding a portion of the portable storage device with a movable outer sleeve, w... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326085 | IC card wrong insertion preventing mechanism and IC card connector having the same Engaging portions of a wrong insertion restraining member for restraining wrong insertion of a MINI SD CARD have respective notches engaging the outer edges of openings of locking members. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315682 | Fiber optic protective shutter A protection system for a fiber optic coupling having a first housing with a guide slot in a side wall includes a protective cap with a slot in a side wall and defining a passage for receiving the first housing whereby the protective cap slot aligns with the guide s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312963 | Protective device with tamper resistant shutters The present invention is directed to a protection device that includes line terminals coupled to a power source disposed in an electric power distribution system. The protection device is configured to protect a portion of the power distribution system from at least... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309259 | Electrical card connector with shutter mechanism An electrical card connector (100) for compatibly insertion of a MINI SD card (91) and a SD card (92), includes an insulative housing (1), a number of first electrical contacts (31) and second electrical contacts (32) retain... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303413 | Drawer-type card connector A drawer-type card connector is composed of a base, a cover member, a slide member, a card-fastening device. The base includes a bottom plate. The slide member is slidably mounted in the base, including a top plate, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall. A receiving... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287917 | System and method for installing and retaining I/O connector without tools A system and method for installing and retaining an input/output connector without tools is presented. A user removes a module from a computer system in order to add or remove a transceiver. The module includes a housing and a front bezel, whereby a bezel latch atta... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7271351 | Modular poke-through floor device A poke-through device for installation in a hole in a floor structure. The floor structure defining a floor in a first working environment and a ceiling in a second working environment. The second working environment including a junction box. The poke-through device... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267561 | Card connector capable of avoiding erroneous insertion of electronic card A card connector includes a base having an opening at a front end thereof, two guide channels at bilateral sides inside, and a plurality of terminals mounted at a rear end thereof; at least one movable member movably mounted in the guide channels and having a stoppi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249975 | Micro SD adapter structure A micro SD adapter structure includes a casing having an insert slot which is a hollow structure in the shape of a mini SD card, a hollow portion at the casing, a plurality of fixing grooves on the casing and corresponding to the hollow portion, a plurality of sunke... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246950 | Fiber connector and adapter Fiberoptic connector and adapter assembly includes a fiberoptic connector received within an adapter. The connector has a cover on the connector housing. The cover pivots between open and closed positions to expose or cover, respectively, a optical fiber contained w... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228898 | Gravel pack completion with fluid loss control fiber optic wet connect A gravel pack completion with fluid loss control and fiber optic wet connect. In a described embodiment, a system for completing a subterranean well includes multiple assemblies installed in a wellbore. Each assembly has a fiber optic line. The fiber optic lines are... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223118 | Electrical terminal for linking two wire pairs The electrical connector assembly includes a first pair of contact members, each comprising a first termination end and a first connection end. A second pair of contact members, each comprising a second termination end and a second connection end, wherein the first ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214076 | Card connector with anti-mismating device A card connector comprises an housing defining a pair grooves and a receiving space with a first entrance opening; first and second sets of contacts retained in the insulating housing and exposed in the receiving space; a protection door moveably covering the first ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210856 | Distributed temperature sensing in deep water subsea tree completions A deep water subsea tree completion having a distributed temperature sensing system. In a described embodiment, a method of installing an optical fiber in a well includes the steps of: conveying an optical fiber section into the well; and monitoring a light transmis... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205477 | Surface mounted components using strip line conductors for surface wiring A wiring module includes a wire element selected from the group consisting of coaxial cable, a twisted pair of conductors, and a strip line conductor, a dielectric enclosure surrounding the wire element, a pin end having one or more pins in electrical communication ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7193160 | Floor box cover assembly A floor box cover assembly includes a cover and a ring assembly. The cover is pivotally connected to the ring assembly. The ring assembly rotates to allow the wires to extend through an access opening in the cover into the interior of a housing during use or to bloc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189089 | Side-rotation transforming plug A side-rotation transforming plug includes an insulating main body, a plurality of pins and two transforming elements. A plurality of pin slots are located at the front side of the insulating main body. The plurality of pins are located in the pin slots. The two tra... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186134 | Electronic modules having integrated lever-activated latching mechanisms An integrated latching mechanism for use with a user pluggable electronic module, such as an opto-electronic transceiver module, is disclosed. The latching mechanism allows the user to selectively latch the module within a corresponding host port by manipulation of ... | 03/06/2007 |
