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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147260 | Power outlet socket safety shield device A power outlet socket safety shield device comprises a left slider comprising a left transverse baffle and a left inclined stopper. A right slider comprises a right transverse baffle and a right inclined stopper. At least one elastic element is positioned between th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8079855 | Connection apparatus A connection system, in particular an electrical connection system, having a male connector and having a female connector has a bayonet-type connection for connecting the male connector and the female connector. The bayonet-type connection has at least one axially e... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8038455 | Connector assembly having retractable stabilizer including inward flexing securing member A connector assembly includes a retractable stabilizer moveable between a blade alignment position and a seated position in a shroud of a male connector. The retractable stabilizer is in the blade alignment position when the connector assembly is unmated and in the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7988469 | Universal serial bus adapter A universal serial bus adapter includes an adapter board, a sliding element, a receiving cover, and a pivoting element. The adapter board includes a main board, a golden finger board extending from an end of the main board, and a number of signal pins arranged on th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7887345 | Single use connector for pulse oximetry sensors This disclosure describes systems and methods for a single-use oximetry sensor in which a single-use connector is used with the sensor assembly. The disclosure describes a connector which consists of a single-use male connector for use with female connector on an ox... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887346 | Safety shutters for electrical receptacle A safety shutter device for an electrical receptacle comprises left and fight overlapping sliding blocks. A sliding plate supports a small sliding block. A supporting bracket supports the fight and left sliding blocks and the sliding plate. A first flexible componen... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883346 | Supply hub safety shield A supply hub safety shield device for a power socket comprises left and fight slide blocks comprising sloped shields and platform shields. A slide platform is configured to house the left and right slide blocks such that the left and right slide blocks slide along a... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874852 | Cover structure for portable electronic devices A cover structure includes a cover, a main body and an elastic member. The cover includes an engaging portion and a sliding member. The main body includes a latching portion. The elastic member is integrally formed with the main body. The elastic member defines a sl... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866992 | Connection system, in particular electrical connection system A connection system, in particular an electrical connection system, having a male connector and having a female connector has a bayonet-type connection for connecting the male connector and the female connector. The bayonet-type connection has at least one axially e... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7766677 | Dustproof receptacle connector A dustproof receptacle connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals, a shield and a dustproof cover. The dielectric housing defines a plurality of terminal grooves therein for receiving the terminals. The shield surrounding the dielectric housin... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7708572 | Burn-in socket having protecting device A burn-in socket includes a base, a number of contacts received in the base, and a protecting device. The base has a first projection and a second projection. The protecting device is assembled to the base and moves from a first position to a second position relativ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7686630 | Connector including foreign body preventing unit including blocking sheet member and locking unit A connector includes a male connector including plural male terminals, a first body provided with the plural male terminals, and a first terminal housing formed with a first housing opening facing respective ends of the plural male terminals, and a female connector ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7612993 | Card connector A card connector includes a plurality of contacts adapted to contact memory cards, a housing holding the contacts and having a plurality of inserting openings arranged in vertically overlapping relationship for inserting memory cards, respectively, and a shell cover... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7581969 | Connector with auxiliary housing having inverted insertion preventing portion A connector (A) has an auxiliary housing (30) and tabs (91C) project from the front surface of the auxiliary housing (30). A frame (10) has a chamber (13) for the auxiliary housing (30) and a receptacle (12) for surro... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7556514 | Electrical power supply device, and connector A connector for an electric power supply device is disclosed. The connector is arranged to mate a corresponding connector at an apparatus to which the electrical power supply device is arranged to supply electrical power, wherein the connector comprises at least one... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7500859 | Electrical connector connectable in water or in a liquid medium An underwater electrical connector having an electrically insulated contact chamber (21) receiving a pin (5) of a male coupling element in a contact area (41). A piston element (29) and the contact pin (5) slide in the contact cham... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7416423 | Portable storage device A portable storage device is provided. A housing has a first opening and a second opening. A storage body has a connector and a pair of positional restriction structures. The storage body slides in the housing to make the connector extend outside the housing or hide... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7380713 | 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 system in accordance with an embodiment includes: a movable outer sleeve for surrounding a portion of the portable storage device, wherein the movable outer sleeve is con... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371129 | Elevated height electrical connector An electrical connector includes first and second connector bodies which are arranged to first be positioned together, and then separated once electrical contacts have been inserted in at least one of the first and second connector bodies. During, after, or both dur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367848 | Shielded water-proof joint Disclosed is a shielded water-proof joint connecting a first mating-based plug to an inner conduction wire having a second mating-based plug and a third mating based plug and transmitting/receiving a signal, comprising a first mating-based jack for receiving the fir... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364445 | USB flash device with rubber cover A USB device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), a metal shell secured to a front of the PCBA, a plastic frame secured to a rear of the PCBA, and a rubber case including a case body covering the plastic frame case such that a plug shell connector exten... | 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 |
| 7361036 | Electrical connector with lever and latch An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a mate assist system for assisting in mating the electrical connector to a mating electrical connector. The mate assist system includes a lever pivotably connected to the ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352593 | Anchoring member to facilitate fastening daughter boards to a mother board and a method for use An anchoring member and related method are disclosed for substantially parallel assembly of two additional daughter printed circuit boards (PCB) and heat sink on each side of main of mother PCB, and to retain a predetermined mating distance thereto to retain a prede... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351083 | Electrical connector having terminating device The present invention provides an electrical connector (100) defining a receptacle (200) for receiving a mating plug. The electrical connector (100) is mounted on a mother printed circuit board (10) and includes a number of conductive con... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347715 | Connector device A female housing (10) is mounted into a male housing (30) in a direction substantially normal to a connecting direction of the two housings (10, 30), and is inserted from this mount position toward the back side of a receptacle along the connect... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341465 | Electrical card connector having an anti-mismating mechanism An electrical card connector (100) for electrically connecting with an electrical card (6) includes an insulator (1) defining a receiving space (14), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulator, a pair of latching portions (... | 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 |
| 7334848 | Hydraulic pressure controller A hydraulic pressure controller is provided which includes a hydraulic unit for controlling hydraulic pressure and an electronic control unit. The hydraulic unit includes a block in which are mounted electric actuators. The electronic control unit controls the elect... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335037 | Electrical connector which is equipped with a rapid disconnection system The invention relates to an electrical connector which is equipped with a rapid disconnection system. In order to reduce damage caused to the electrical connector by electric arcs, the inventive connector comprises a release (15) and a spring (16). Acc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7329133 | Connector A connector has a male housing (10) with a receptacle (11) and a moving plate (14) is disposed in the receptacle (11). A female housing (20) can fit in the receptacle (11) and in the moving plate (14). First cam follo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322859 | Electrical connector A bayonet electrical connector has a spring loaded safety pin for locking the bayonet coupling. The pin projects into a recess, and a sleeve surrounds the part having the recess. The sleeve has a tab which projects into the recess, the sleeve being slidable to make ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322858 | Multi-functional receptacle A universal receptacle facilitates improved connectivity between electronic devices through plug-type connectors within a range of form factors. In one aspect, the receptacle includes an elongate, open ended chamber, a series of conductive terminals disposed in the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311558 | Receptacle and plug therefor An electrical receptacle defines a receptacle formation of a mating formation pair to prevent a standard plug from establishing electrical connection while permitting an otherwise standard plug defining a corresponding plug formation to be sufficiently inserted to e... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300292 | Jack type connector with a shutter, and plug type connector The invention provides a jack type connector B with a thin shutter which is to be used in, for example, an IO port of a mobile terminal device such as a portable telephone, and also a plug type connector A which is to be used in combination with the jack type connec... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283362 | Heat dissipation device having a locking device A heat dissipation device includes a retention module, a heat sink, a locking plate and a clip rotatably connecting with the retention module. The retention module includes an opening in a center thereof. The heat sink includes a heat conducting body and plurality o... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278858 | Socket with integral, retractable socket contact protector In some embodiments, a socket with integral, retractable socket contact protector is presented. In this regard, a contact protector is introduced to protect contacts, and to provide openings through which the contacts can emerge to couple with lands. Other embodimen... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279633 | Apparatus for providing an electrical wiring hub An apparatus for an electrical wiring hub is provided. The electrical wiring hub includes: a hub housing, configured to receive a plurality of wires; a plurality of conductor rings, configured to conduct electrical current from one of the plurality of wires to anoth... | 10/09/2007 |
