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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918683 | Connector assemblies and daughter card assemblies configured to engage each other along a side interface A connector assembly including a connector that has a mating surface with an array of connector terminals thereon. The mating surface interfaces with a side surface of a daughter card assembly when the daughter card assembly is moved to an engaged position. The arra... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7798840 | Expandable and collapsible peripheral device An expandable and collapsible peripheral device is disclosed, along with methods of manufacturing same. When in an expanded state, the peripheral device may have a length which conforms to the ExpressCard standard, and when in a collapsed state, the peripheral devic... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7727000 | Electrical connector having guidance for mating Disclosed is an electrical connector assembly adapted to isolate shock forces during mating. Such an electrical connector assembly may include a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, and a first guide module. The second electrical connector may ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7699644 | Electrical connector with protective member A connector for connecting a card edge module to a circuit board includes a housing that extends along a longitudinal axis between opposite first and second end portions. The housing including a card slot configured to receive a mating edge of the card edge module a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7670168 | Card connector for connecting with two cards A card connector (100) includes a first housing (1), a second housing (2) stacked with the first housing, and a pair of standoffs (7). The first housing includes a first shell (10) having a first main body (11) comprising a ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7658638 | Connector A connector capable of preventing an engaging portion of an ejection mechanism from being damaged even when a card-type electronic component is inserted obliquely with respect to a card inserting/ejecting direction. A cover is mounted on a housing having a card acco... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658637 | Connector having coupling guides for establishing connection with memory connector at right position A connector installed in a casing containing an electronic device such as a car navigation device is coupled to another connector installed in a memory device such as a hard disc. The connector includes a support member composed of a back plate and side plates conne... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7637768 | Guiding structure of connector A guiding structure of a connector includes a holder and an operating element. The holder has a board and at least one connector accommodating cavity. The board is adapted to extend from an inserting hole to a connector slot, and the connector accommodating cavity i... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7503796 | Card edge connector with a guide spring for precise contact guidance of a PCB Precise contact guidance of contact decks on a printed circuit board relative to the electric contacts in a card edge connector, is achieved using a pressing spring within the slot of the card edge connector in such a way that it mechanically deflects the mating reg... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7442087 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector comprises an insulative housing 10 defining a main body 11 with a plurality of passageways 12 for receiving corresponding contacts 20 therein, the sidewalls 14 substantially parallel extend forwards fro... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435127 | Card-type apparatus A card-type apparatus includes a circuit substrate and a card-type case for accommodating the circuit substrate including a flat portion disposed opposite to the circuit substrate with a gap between the circuit substrate and the flat portion. A memory card accommoda... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419400 | Flexible circuit connector assembly An electrical connector assembly for connecting a flexible circuit to a circuit board includes a flexible circuit attached to a clamp member and a plurality of alignment posts extending from the circuit board. The clamp member has notches that receive the posts to p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416452 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an elongated housing having a daughter-card receiving on a first surface and mother-card receiving channel on a second surface thereof and extending along a lengthwise direction for receiving a daughter-card member and mother-card me... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413463 | Containing structure for circuit board To prevent interference between an electronic element mounted on a circuit board and a casing upon inserting the circuit board into the casing and to facilitate insertion of the circuit board into the casing. A casing adapted to contain a circuit board may have oppo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7402072 | Positioning device for fixing an interface card on a computer casing without using screws A positioning device for fixing an interface card on a computer casing without using screws, is composed of a vertical wall board of a computer casing, which is provided with long through-holes; fixing seats, which are connected on an interface of the vertical wall ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399196 | Interface card fixing member An interface card fixing member is disclosed according to the present invention. The interface card fixing member is applicable to a fixing bracket of an electrical device, for fixing an interface card. The interface card fixing member includes a base connectible to... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381076 | Thin peripheral for mating with thicker connector A thin peripheral devices for mating with electrical connectors where the thickness of the device is less than the dimensions needed for mechanical engagement with the connector, has a body including electronic circuitry and a selectively deployable plug arrangement... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381081 | Auxiliary mounting apparatus for expansion cards A mounting apparatus for aiding in mounting a plurality of long expansion cards in electrical devices includes a rack, and a fixing member. Each of the expansion cards defines an aperture in one end thereof. The rack includes a supporting shelf, a beam, and a fixing... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367843 | Structure for SIM card assembly and disassembly A smart card holder frame for an electronic device which comprises a card holder, a member, and an alignment structure. The card holder has a base, a first wall, a second wall, a connector clip, and an open region structured to receive a smart card therein, the open... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364447 | Apparatus for docking a printed circuit board An apparatus to align and dock or undock a first electronic circuit board with a first connector with a second electronic circuit board with a second connector. The apparatus comprises a guide plate with a linkage to connect to a mounting plate. The first electronic... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355850 | Vented and ducted sub-rack support member A chassis for plug-in modules may be provided with a vented and ducted sub-rack support member. The vented and ducted sub-rack support member may deflect a portion of the air flowing within the chassis through vents in the top surface of the vented and ducted sub-ra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351106 | Electrical connector having an inner printed circuit board An electrical connector (100) for mounting on an external printed circuit board comprises an insulative housing (20) having a front mating face, a mounting face, a plurality of passageways (216) extending rearwardly from the mating face, a recei... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347714 | Electronic device assembly having securing feature An exemplary electronic device assembly includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first sidewall, a first projecting portion projecting from the first sidewall, a pair of first spring fingers protruding... | 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 |
| 7343439 | Removable modules with external I/O flexibility via an integral second-level removable slot The functionality provided to electronic devices by application specific removable modules is enhanced by viewing the removable modules as first-level removable modules and providing them with at least one second-level removable slot for selectively nesting second-l... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331809 | Computer system with fixing module for riser card thereof A computer system with a fixing module for riser card thereof is provided. By allowing the bottom side of the supporting pillar and the bottom parts of the two opposite sides of the supporting pillar engaging with each other, the riser card is supported by stress fr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331810 | Locking structure for interface card A locking structure fixes an interface card having a lateral portion and an end portion to a main board. The locking structure includes a sliding member having a sliding groove for the lateral portion of the interface card to slide along and a containing groove for ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326078 | Shield member The present invention provides a shield member for covering the slot of an electronic device, including at least a body for inserting and pluggable into the slot; a slide block disposed on the surface of the body and corresponding to the slot; and an elastic portion... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324346 | Plug-in module for portable computing device A plug-in module adds functionality to a portable electronic device. The module includes a housing that is accepted by a housing port of the portable electronic device. The module includes at least one latch to secure the module to the electronic device. Each latch ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320615 | Grounding spring plate for blade server and its mounting structure A grounding spring plate mounting structure includes a metal grounding spring plate mounted on each track inside a case for blade server to secure and ground a computer motherboard blade. The metal grounding spring plate has a flat base fitted into a recessed portio... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316570 | High performance edge connector In some embodiments, an electronic circuit card includes an edge connector positioned along an edge of the electronic circuit card, wherein the edge connector includes a conductive finger on an outer layer of the electronic circuit card, and a via positioned within ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314390 | Drawer-type card connector A drawer-type card connector is composed of a base, a cover member, an ejecting device, a slide member, a left card-fastening device, and a right card-fastening device. The base includes a bottom plate. The slide member is slidably mounted in the base, including a t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311529 | Electronic device with EMI shield An electronic device includes an enclosure, a circuit board, and an EMI shield. The EMI shield includes a cover plate, and a pair of side plates extending from two opposite sides of the cover plate. Two slide rails are formed in the side plates for receiving corresp... | 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 |
| 7310237 | Device for securing a circuit board to a socket The present invention provides a securing device for securing a card to a socket within a computer is provided where the card and the socket are coupled. The device includes a unitary base member comprising a foundation portion dimensioned to receive a stationary so... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306467 | Slot device A PC card slot device for an ExpressCard affords a smooth insertion of the ExpressCard into a slot for the PC card slot device, without the height of the slot being increased. A lower chassis ceiling wall defines the lower face side of a card storage space, and also... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300314 | Socket for trans-flash memory card A socket for installing a removable memory card in a device is provided having a hook switch mounted on a mainboard of a device and electrically connected thereto, and a sliding tray is insertable into the tray socket from a position extended from the device to make... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297015 | Apparatus for docking a printed circuit board An apparatus comprising a guide plate selectively securable in a position adjacent a first electronic connector, wherein the guide plate includes a linear slot. A mounting plate is positioned generally parallel to the guide plate, wherein the mounting plate comprise... | 11/20/2007 |
