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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8414321 | Power element for a motor of an industrial truck A power element for a motor of an industrial truck having a housing, and at least one circuit board, which has power and control components for the motor, and power terminals for the power supply line, which is led through a wall of the housing and is bonded to the ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8207829 | Method and device for commissioning a remote controller Apparatus and method for commissioning a wireless communication link between a remote controller device (24) that transmits a signal and a remote controlled device (11) that receives the signal include a first button (40) that is recessed within... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8172591 | Electrical connector assembly having electrical connector with low profile and processor with cone pins An electrical connector assembly (100) for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprises a plurality of contacts (3) and a processor (1), the contact (3) comprises a base portion (31), a pair of contacting portions (34) and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162683 | Miniature electrical connectors A miniature electrical connector comprising a floating and vertically orientable spring contact within but not physically secured to an electrically-conductive connector block of a female connector wherein the spring contact and connector block are designed such tha... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7704088 | Circuit board connector A circuit board connector is provided. The circuit board connector includes: a connector housing which is mounted on a circuit board; and a terminal which is press-fitted into the terminal press-fitting hole of the connector housing. The terminal includes: a termina... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699632 | Connector A prevention part projected forward from a rear-end surface of a hood part (12) has a first prevention piece (61) disposed within a region of a rear-end surface of the hood part (12) from which a plurality of tabs (22) is projected; and a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7677910 | Connector connection apparatus The present invention is to provide a connector connection apparatus to avoid drop of a connector without increase of cost. The connector connection apparatus includes a holder for receiving therein and holding the connector, a receiving portion main body for receiv... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7607929 | Electrical connector assembly having spring loaded electrical connector An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a mating end and a connector cavity extending from the mating end along a cavity axis. The housing has a panel wall including first and second sides with an opening extending therebetween and open to the con... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7500862 | Apparatus and method for floating connector capture An apparatus is disclosed that surrounds a connector and places it within the printer body in such away as to allow for the connector to float against the intrusion of a sliding can mounted with electronics and to set up and enable the printer. The problem solved is... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7404726 | Apparatus and method for floating connector capture An apparatus is disclosed that surrounds a connector and places it within the printer body in such away as to allow for the connector to float against the intrusion of a sliding can mounted with electronics and to set up and enable the printer. The problem solved is... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392068 | Alternative wirefree mobile device power supply method and system with free positioning The invention provides a power delivery system for a mobile device. The power delivery system includes a contactor device and a plurality of first electrical contacts on the contactor device disposed in an interspersed arrangement wherein first electrical contacts o... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381071 | Floating electrical connector with twisted contacts An electrical connector includes a fixed housing, a moveable housing, and a plurality of contacts. The fixed housing is attached to the moveable housing such that the moveable housing is moveable with respect to the fixed housing. Each of the contacts has a connecti... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367831 | Connectors, instrument assemblies and methods of connecting or disconnecting electrical connections under power A connector includes a first housing section having a plurality of electrically conductive contacts therein. The connector also includes a second housing section including a plurality of electrically conductive contacts that can form an electrical connection with th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7336199 | Inductive coupling system An inductive coupling system including a mandrel and an inner sleeve and outer housing that surround and rotate relative to the mandrel. The system also includes a mandrel electronics system and a housing electronics system that communicate electronically using a ma... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331795 | Spring probe-compliant pin connector Provided is an electrical connector for interconnecting electrical components such as a printed wiring assembly to one or more additional printed wiring assemblies. The connector includes a housing containing one or more compliant pins, one or more spring probes, an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322834 | Electrical connector with improved contacts An electrical connector (1) for mounting to a circuit board includes a dielectric housing (10) and a number of conductive contacts (20) positioned in the housing. The dielectric housing has a mounting surface and a top surface opposite thereto, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314377 | Electrical power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311561 | Connecting terminal A connecting terminal has a rectangular tube-like connecting portion 11 including a bottom plate 13, a first side plate not shown, a top plate 15 and a second side plate 16. At a rear end of the top plate 15, there is formed a lock... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311541 | Electronic connector An electronic connector includes a cover, a connector body and an aligning plate. The cover defines an opening therein. The connector body protrudes through the opening, and defines a first interspace therebetween for the connector body to be partially and movably r... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311530 | Dual segment molded lead frame connector for optical transceiver modules Exemplary embodiments of the present invention illustrate lead frame connectors for connecting optical sub-assemblies to printed circuit boards in optical transceiver modules. The lead frame connectors include a stamped and bent conductive lead structure that is enc... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309242 | Power connector A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303449 | Spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors having contact spring with insertion depth equal to or less than insertion width A spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors, has at least one housing chamber in a bushing housing, for accommodating a one-piece contact spring, the contact-giving spring tongues of which are bent out of a flat sheet-metal punched part, at least on one side, ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300317 | Electrical connector having a housing including an asymmetrical surface The invention relates to a connector device that includes a plurality of terminals of varying heights that extend upwardly from the surface of a circuit board, and a connector housing that defines a receptacle portion. The connector housing includes an asymmetrical ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281958 | Power terminal block A terminal block for use in an uninterruptible power supply comprises a first portion that includes a plurality of stalls, each of the plurality of stalls having an aperture, and at least one socket positioned in the aperture, the at least one socket arranged to acc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267554 | CPU socket with a cushion A center processing unit (CPU) socket holds a CPU and has a base and a cushion. The base has a bottom, a contact seat, multiple contacts, a cover and a latch. The contact seat is mounted in the bottom and has a recess. The contacts are mounted in the recess in multi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267568 | Floating connectors Apparatus including a first edge having a cutout adjacently located between a pair of counter bore panels, a connector assembly including a connector having a mounting flange with a pair of inserts and a pair of guide pins. The pair of inserts adapted to receive and... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241149 | Interposed electrical connector which is intended to connect two stacked electronic circuits and to the method of mounting same The invention relates to an interposed electrical connector which is intended to connect two stacked electronic circuits and to the method of mounting same. The inventive connector (1) comprising plugs (4) which are borne by a base (4), a guide ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238037 | Electronic module with elastic connector An elastic computer connector is described. The elastic computer connector utilizes an elastic device to couple the elastic computer connector to a corresponding computer connector with a predetermined contact force so as to eliminate a poor contact problem. The ela... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235964 | Test head positioning system and method An apparatus for supporting a load includes pneumatic units and couplers coupled to opposite sides of the load. The couplers move the load parallel to a first axis responsive to actuation of the pneumatic units. At least one of the couplers rotate the load about a s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226296 | Ball grid array contacts with spring action An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector is disclosed for providing improved solder ball connection with a substrate. The contacts may be compressed, enabling solder balls of the connector to abut with the substrate prior to reflow. During reflow, the c... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227334 | Charging apparatus used with a mobile robot A charging apparatus used with a mobile robot has an improved charging structure so that a mobile robot is easily brought into electrical contact with a charging unit, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and preventing a charging failure. The charging unit is provi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214080 | Connector and a connector assembly A female connector (F) is provided with an outer housing (10) in the form of a bottomed tube, a spring member (50) to be accommodated in the outer housing (10), and an inner housing (30) to be accommodated in the outer housing (10)... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214104 | Ball grid array connector An electrical connector having a leadframe assembly and a connector housing is disclosed. The leadframe may include a lead frame and an electrical contact extending at least partially through the lead frame. The connector housing contains the leadframe assembly in e... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210941 | Coaxial plug-and-socket connector having resilient tolerance compensation A coaxial plug-in connection, particularly for printed circuit boards. An outer and inner conductor are assigned to each board, and can be electrically connected to the outer or inner conductor of the other respective board via a sleeve-shaped plug-in adapter coupli... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200004 | Loading and unloading mechanism for removable power supply modules A loading and unloading mechanism adopted for use on removable power supply modules includes in one embodiment a connection plug installed on a removable power supply and a connection trough connected to a power supply circuit of a system end (such as a personal com... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182631 | Bridging member for electrical terminals A bridging member for electrical terminals provides each of the connecting pins of the bridging member with a sleeve of insulating material, which extends in the axial direction around the connecting pin in such a way that an inner free space is present between the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178419 | Control device with shift position detector, and power train with the control device A control apparatus includes a shift position detecting device for detecting a shift position that is changed by manual operation of the vehicle driver, an ECU for controlling an A/T based on a signal for a detected vehicle running state, and connectors that connect... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175447 | Backplane connector A backplane connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of terminal holes (11), a number of conductive terminals (5), a press block (3) and a spacer (7). Each of the conductive terminals has a mating portion (... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175463 | Securing device for electrical connectors A connector has a female receptacle and/or a male plug, or combination thereof. The female receptacle has a sleeve for holding prongs plugged into the receptacle and a mechanism for applying pressure against the sleeve such that actuation of the collar causes the so... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158372 | Electronic control unit In an electronic control unit, a chassis is provided with a plate portion, and a circuit board is secured to a board-side attaching surface of the plate portion with a predetermined space secured relative to the plate portion. The chassis is further provided with a ... | 01/02/2007 |
