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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8002563 | Card edge connector having a spring member for locking with a module A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing having a receiving slot formed therein and extending in a longitudinal direction for insertion of a module; a set of contacts retained in the insulative housing and protruding into the receiving slot f... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7938658 | Card edge connector with a fastener with a detent portion with a snap-fitting surface The card edge connector includes: an electrical receptacle formed with an abutting surface; two fasteners pivoted to the electrical receptacle, wherein each of the fasteners is formed with a snap-fitting surface that makes contact with the fastened surface to form a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938657 | Card edge connector with an ejector retained at a side wall thereof A card edge connector (100) includes an elongate insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) and an ejector (3) retained on the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing (1) defines a pair of opposed side walls ( | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922506 | Card edge connector A card edge connector for receiving a module and includes an insulative housing having a mounting face, a pair of side walls with a central slot formed therebetween, a tower portion extending upwardly from the side wall; a number of contacts mounted to the housing a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901226 | Connector of a simple structure having a locking mechanism A transceiver connector adapted to be connected to a mating connector having a fitting hole and a latch. A metal hood serving as a housing is configured to be insertable into the fitting hole in an inserting direction. The transceiver connector includes a lever form... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7766679 | Pluggable module and detaching jig thereof There is provided a pluggable module having grooves, on lateral faces, for latching with a cage and engaging portions for detachment, wherein the module body is detached from the cage by using a module detaching unit which is inserted along the grooves and which loc... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7749006 | Locking handle A locking handle for fixing a motherboard of a framework includes a locking part, a shell, an elastic part, and a fixing part. The locking part has an extending portion. The extending portion is projecting from the other side of the main portion. The extending porti... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7654837 | Chip card holder and portable electronic device using same An exemplary chip card holder (100) used in a portable electronic device for holding a chip card (50) is provided. The chip card holder includes a housing member (10), a holding member (20), and a driving member (30). The holding m... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7628626 | Easy-to-remove plug An easy-to-remove plug for insertion into a socket includes a body, two conducting plates extending forwardly and spacedly from a front end of the body, a shell sleeved on the body and movable forwardly and rearwardly relative to the body, and at least one linkage s... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7559782 | Storage device box A storage device box includes a casing unit, a releasing unit, and a cover. The casing unit has a front opening. The releasing unit extends movably into the casing unit through the front opening and is movable relative to the casing unit in the longitudinal directio... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7510416 | PIU plug-in/plug-off mechanism for electronic apparatus A PIU plug-in/plug-off mechanism for an electronic apparatus, which is capable of efficiently applying a force required for a plugging-in/off operation of connectors to a printed board by pressing a portion of the printed board close to a backplane. An operating han... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7500860 | Lever type connector including rotation restricting portion A lever type connector in which a connector holder is reliably fit into a receptacle holder to prevent a half-fitting is provided. In the lever type connector, a restricting recess is provided on the front side of an arm plate of a lever, and below a multiple force ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7494354 | Card edge connector with ejector A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing, a number of electrical contacts received therein and an ejector rotatably mounted thereon. The insulative housing defines a central slot for receiving a card therein. At least one tower is formed at one... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7484978 | Card edge connector A card edge connector for electrically connecting an electronic card with an upper notch and a lower notch in its lateral edges to a circuit board includes an elongated insulating body, conducting terminals received in the insulating body and an ejecting mechanism p... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484977 | Electrical card connector with lock device The present invention relates to an electrical card connector (100), comprising an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) receiving by the insulative housing (1), a shell (2) covering the insulative housing (1)... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7462049 | Electrical connector An electrical connector, for connecting an electrical connector to a circuit board, comprises an insulative housing defining a plurality of passages in an end thereof, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and an ejecting member being pivotally... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7455539 | Circuit board with lever-latch handle A plug-in circuit board for insertion into and withdrawal from a rack having at least one front profile rail includes a front plate and a lever-latch handle with a gripping bar pivotably-mounted to the front of the plug-in circuit board. The gripping bar includes an... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7442059 | Apparatus and method for the insertion and withdrawal of plug-in modules An apparatus for the insertion and withdrawal of a plug-in module with front panel into and out of a module carrier, includes a lever arm (2) pivotable about an axis (3) with a handle portion (2a) for the rotation of the lever arm as well... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431598 | Lever type connector A lever type connector comprises two connector housings, a lever which is rotatably attached to one housing and has cam grooves, and cam pins which are provided on another housing and guided by the cam grooves. Connecting or disconnecting is assisted by rotating the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427206 | Card connector A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts each adapted to contact a connection portion of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts and having an inserting opening for inserti... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416433 | Plug-in module with latch mechanism A plug-in module (100) includes a pair of opposite sidewalls (11, 21) parallel to each other and a latch mechanism (8). The latch mechanism includes a pair of sliders (4), a bail (3) and a pair of ejectors (5). The sliders a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408789 | Mounting device for expansion card A mounting device for a circuit card includes a motherboard adapted for receiving the circuit card inserted therein, a computer enclosure configured for accommodating the motherboard, a securing plate mounted on the computer enclosure, and a retaining member with a ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7386868 | External desktop dock for a cartridge-based data storage unit An external docking station for a removable data storage unit, allowing it to communicate with a computer system via a standard interface connection, such as a USB connector. In one implementation, the present invention provides a docking station that, in a locked o... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377796 | Connector In a connector 1 comprising: a connector housing 11 including two guide grooves 25 respectively for receiving two cam pins 15, and a lever 12 including two cam grooves 44 respectively engageable with the cam pins 15 a... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375980 | Mounting apparatus for expansion cards A mounting apparatus for mounting a plurality of expansion cards (50) in a computer includes a chassis (10), a rack (40), a fixing member (60), and a locking member (70). The chassis includes a rear panel (12). The rack is a... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374441 | Zero insertion force connector assembly for circuit boards/cards An apparatus and method for installing an electrical support structure, such as a printed circuit board or card in a computerized device, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the apparatus includes a connector assembly that includes a first structure having ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367826 | Compound connector for two different types of electronic packages Disclosed is a smart card connector for transmitting signals between a smart card and an external electronic system, wherein the smart card has contacts on one of two major surfaces thereof, the connector comprising: guiding structure defining a storage space having... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367828 | Memory card connector with ejector mechanism A memory card connector includes an insulative housing having a rear terminal-mounting section which mounts a plurality of terminals having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card. A metal shell is mounted on the housing and combines ther... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365993 | Mounting apparatus for expansion card A mounting apparatus for fixing an expansion card (20) in a base (10), the mounting apparatus includes a receiving portion (30), a bracket (40) and a latch (50). The receiving portion (30) is formed from the base (10)... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363055 | Method, apparatus and article to remotely associate wireless communications devices with subscriber identities and/or proxy wireless communications devices Apparatus and methods provide remote access to subscriber identity information and subscriber configuration information stored on one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs), to allow remote configuration of wireless communications devices. A SIM server provides ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355845 | Portable electronic device having a removable hard disk drive Provided is a portable electronic device having a removable hard disk drive in which the hard disk drive is adapted to have a slot-type removable shape, thereby allowing the hard disk drive to be conveniently mounted and used, and when the hard disk drive is detache... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354285 | Card insertion structure of electronic device A card insertion structure of an electronic device is provided, which includes an accommodating groove caved in the electronic device, a first cover covered on the accommodating groove, a card slot extending from a wall of the accommodating groove, and a second cove... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351090 | Latching mechanism for a module A latching mechanism for use in selectively securing a module within a receptacle of a host device. In one example embodiment, a latching mechanism includes a bail and a latch attached to the bail. The bail is configured to be attached to a shell of a module and to ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351079 | Card connector Card connector having pull-out structure such that inserted card of any form can be smoothly pulled out. The card connector includes base frame; connector body; shutter member; rotary arm whose one end is in the central position of shutter member and whose other end... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351077 | Electric power tool An electric power tool includes a main body having a tubular tool body part with an output portion at one end, and a battery pack detachably attached to the main body. The main body also has a grip portion extending from the tool body part radially downwardly. The g... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349200 | Latching mechanism A latch mechanism comprising a frame having an insertion axis therethrough. A first latch spring is disposed on the frame and is biased to an extended position. A handle is connected to the frame and is movable along the insertion axis between a first position and a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341467 | Card edge connector with ejecting means A card edge connector (100) for receiving a module comprises an insulative housing (2) having a pair of side walls (28) with a module-receiving slot (21) formed therebetween and a plurality of contact-receiving cavities (29) along ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341471 | Transceiver module A disclosed transceiver module includes: a body portion; a connector for external connection disposed at an end of the body portion, where a cable connector is connected thereto while the transceiver module is attached; and a pull sleeve disposed so as to surround t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338303 | Card connector assembly having carriage component A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (6), includes an insulative housing defining a cavity, two rows of terminals (4), a pair of springs (3), and a carriage component (2) being moveable between two ro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339784 | Fastening and automatic ejecting structure for battery of a notebook A fastening and automatic ejecting structure for a battery of a notebook is provided, which comprises: a first fastening element disposed on a predetermined position of the computer and swinging to and fro between a first position and a second position in a predeter... | 03/04/2008 |
