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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182275 | Lever connector with a connecting member manipulating mechanism for turning a turn lever to manipulate a connecting member A lever connector includes a first connector portion including a first terminal housing with a plurality of first connecting terminals, a second connector portion including a second terminal housing with a plurality of second connecting terminals, a plurality of iso... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8147261 | Connector A connector assembly has a male connector (10) with a receptacle (14), a female connector (60) to be fit into the receptacle (14) and a moving plate (40) for positioning male terminal fittings (20). The moving plate (40 | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142213 | Connector A connector which can avoid lowering of a waterproof performance between a frame and a sub-housing. First and second housings are engaged by rotating a lever mounted on the first housing. The second housing has a second frame and second sub-housings are accommodated... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133065 | Lever-type connector A lever-type connector has a device-side housing (11) and a wire-side housing (41) to be connected with the device-side housing (11). Cam pins (15) project from the wire-side housing (11). Levers (60) are supported rotatably... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8105098 | Automated loading/unloading of devices for burn-in testing The automatic loading and unloading of devices for burn-in testing is facilitated by loading burn-in boards in a magazine with the stacked boards in the magazine moved into and out of a burn-in oven by means of a trolley. The trolley can include an elevator whereby ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105099 | Lever connector A lever connector includes a first connector portion including a first terminal housing with a plurality of first connecting terminals, a second connector portion including a second terminal housing with a plurality of second connecting terminals, a plurality of iso... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092239 | Substrate fixing member and electronic device A substrate fixing member that fixes a first substrate having an insertion hole into which a second substrate having mutually opposing an end portion is to be inserted, the substrate fixing member including a fixing member main body portion that covers a top surface... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8057245 | Lever-type connector A lever-type connector capable of preventing a worker from damaging a lever when removing the lever from a housing is provided. The lever-type connector includes a housing containing a contact, a wire cover and a lever. The wire cover includes a main body, stopper a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8033843 | Lever type connector A pivoting lever has tongue-like movable pieces formed in a squared U-shape on both side faces of a cover member, and locking claws at intermediate parts of the movable piece. A pivoting lever is pivotally supported on a support pin of the cover member. Circular arc... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033844 | Lever type connector A connector comprises housing, a lever and a lock portion. The lever, attached to the housing, is configured to be rotatable between a first position, where the connector is initially fit to another is established, and a second position, where the fitting is complet... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025513 | Lever-type connector with a housing with plurality of projections for engaging a retaining portion of a lever A lever type connector includes a lever which includes a pair of parallel plates and a grip portion connecting parallel plates each other and is attached to a connector housing. Each of the parallel plates is formed with a reception hole into which one of shafts is ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025512 | Object fitting/removing drive unit, and connector unit An object fitting/removing drive unit capable of fitting objects to each other, even if there is not enough working space in a fitting/removing direction of one object. Operation members holding cable connectors are accommodated in an inner frame in a manner movable... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016602 | Multicontact connector with an incorporated rotary locking part A connection assembly includes a first multicontact connector housing having at least one blocking element in relief; and a second multicontact connector housing having a housing body extending along a longitudinal axis and a locking cap that is movable relative to ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011938 | Electrical connector having linear actuator An electrical connector assembly is shown having a housing member with a mating assist which rotatably draws complementary connectors together. The mating assist is actuated by way of a linear actuator which rotates the mating assist member. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007298 | Electrical connector There is provided an electrical connector in which the retaining force of retaining a front cover is improved. Electrical connectors 1, and 1′ each have a housing 10 having contact accommodating cavities 13; a front cover 20 that... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007299 | Apparatus, mounting structure, inserting and pulling jig, and fixing method An apparatus includes a first substrate, a first connector disposed on a top face of the first substrate, a to-be-fixed member disposed on a back face of the first substrate, a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, a second connector disposed on the ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7985086 | Mounting apparatus for expansion card An exemplary mounting apparatus includes a connector and two latching mechanisms connected to two opposite ends of the connector. The connector defines a slot in a top surface thereof, and two sliding grooves in two opposite side surfaces thereof. Each sliding groov... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985087 | Card edge connector with improved retainer A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing, a number of contacts and a retainer disposed in the housing. The housing has a center slot extending along a lengthwise direction of the housing and a first tower section at one ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7967618 | Memory card connector A memory card connector is used for being plugged with a memory card. The memory card connector includes an insulating body having a plugging slot and two pivoting bases, two locking parts, and a plurality of conducting pins received in the insulating body. The memo... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963781 | Low insertion force connector The present invention provides a LIF (Low Insertion Force) connector fixing a vehicle body panel capable of reducing the number of parts and improving workability. The LIF connector fixed to a vehicle body panel includes a frame including a first guide groove, a fir... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959451 | Lever-type connector A connector is provided with a first housing (10) including a lever 30 rotatably mounted about supporting shaft bearings (34), and a second housing 60 including cam followers (63) engageable with cam grooves 41 of the lever ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959452 | Lever-type connector A lever-type connector capable of detecting displacement of a slider within a housing is provided. The lever-type connector includes a housing that has a contact receiving passageway for receiving a contact, a movable slider that is received within the housing, and ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955099 | Card edge connector A card edge connector comprises an insulating housing provided with a plurality of terminals, an actuator, an engaging member and a force transmitter. The insulating housing comprises at least one end tower disposed at an end thereof The actuator includes a push arm... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955100 | Connector and electronic device having the same An electronic device and a connector thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a circuit board and an electronic device and the connector disposed on the circuit board. The connector includes a slot and a cap. The slot is configured for a card module to b... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955098 | Card edge connector with an ejector assisting a memory card inserted therein A card edge connector (100) for mating with a memory card (900) includes an elongate insulative housing (1), and a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing (3); the insulative housing (1) defines a pair of s... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938655 | Lever-type connector There is provided a lever-type connector capable of preventing the dropping off from an inner housing from an outer housing to remain at a mating connector side, when the lever-type connector is separated from the mating connector. A lever-type connector is provided... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934936 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (1) for receiving a daughter card having a plurality of conductive surfaces is described. The connector has an elongated housing (5) having a slot (8) for receiving, the daughter card; the slot has electrical terminals ( | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931483 | Lever-type connector A lever-type connector having a housing that includes a contact receiving area, a slider receiving slot, a slider, a wire cover, an outlet, a lever provided with a connector and being rotatably and detachably disposed on the housing and the cover to slide the slider... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922504 | Lever-type connector A lever-type connector capable of securely and efficiently carrying out a secondary latch onto a contact by a retainer and release of the secondary latch is provided. The lever-type connector includes an inner housing, an outer housing, a retainer, a slider, a lever... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922503 | Lever-type connector A lever-type connector includes a housing and a wire cover. Shafts are extended from the housing. A lever attached to the housing has a pair of parallel plates and a grip portion connecting the parallel plates. Each of the parallel plates is formed with a hole in wh... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918675 | Multi-contact connector with a locking piece incorporated in the thickness of the housing A connection assembly comprising a first connector housing having at least one blocking element in relief, and a second housing comprising a housing body extending along a longitudinal axis and a locking cap movable relative to the housing body of the second housing... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918676 | Connector with a connection detecting function and with a force multiplying member First and second connector housings (10, 40) are connected by displacing a force multiplying member (24). The first housing (10) includes a pair of detection terminals (13) and a shorting member (19). The shorting member (19... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7891996 | Object fitting/removing drive unit, and connector unit An object fitting/removing drive unit which is capable of enhancing accuracy of positioning and fitting of objects to be connected. To determine a position of a header connector on an imaginary plane which is orthogonal to a fitting/removing direction of a cable con... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887347 | Lever engaging type connector To enable a male connector and a female connector to be opposed to each other in parallel, at least when female terminals and male terminals of the respective connectors start to be connected, so that engagement of the male terminals with the female terminals can be... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883347 | Power connection apparatus There is disclosed a power connection apparatus which can secure connection between a power socket and a power plug and which can simplify the connecting operation properties thereof. A handle rotatably attached to the power plug having terminals includes engaging c... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878825 | Lever-type connector In a lever-type connector, a lever 70 is pivotally mounted on a second connector housing 60, and by operating an operating portion 71 of the lever toward a fitting side, the second connector housing is fitted to a first connector housing 10 | 02/01/2011 |
| 7866995 | Electrical connector A connector includes a housing, a pair of headers, a pair of crank levers, a pair of ejectors, and a pair of clip arms. When a printed substrate is inserted into the housing, the pair of crank levers is caused to pivot so as to raise the pair of ejectors. Then, by m... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862353 | Electrical connector housing and electrical connector assembly incorporating the electrical connector housing An electrical connector housing has a housing body and a U-shaped lever that is connected to the housing body in a manner that the U-shaped lever can both pivot and slide relative to the housing body. The U-shaped lever engages a mounting structure so that the U-sha... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854619 | Lever-fitting connector A lever-fitting connector includes: a first connector; a second connector having a retaining portion; and a rotatable lever which engages the first connector with the second connector. The rotatable lever includes a retaining arm for provisionally retaining the leve... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7837485 | Electrical plug connector having a slider which connects with a cap upon the slider being inserted into a housing to latch the cap to the housing An electrical plug connector includes a first connector housing, a slider, and a cap. The slider has slider surfaces insertable into the first housing in a direction transverse to a direction of insertion of a second housing to the first housing at a connecting side... | 11/23/2010 |
