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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187020 | Plug-in system for trailer vehicles A plug-in system for trailer vehicles provided with an automatic coupling system of the supply lines, including a plug (1) supporting the line contacts (1a) and a socket (2). The plug (1) has guide elements (4) that actively... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8152558 | Shielded USB connector system The present invention relates to a universal serial bus (USB) connector for use in a base unit in a car kit comprising at least two pairs of shielded connection lines. It further relates to a USB cable for providing a shielded connection between a mobile unit and a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8100711 | Alignment assembly for electrical connectors A high speed electrical connector assembly is disclosed providing a first subassembly having connector assemblies attached to a daughtercard, and a second subassembly having connector assemblies attached to a backplane. A keying guide module is mounted to the daught... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7922514 | Socket connector having adjustable aligning arrangement An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a plate-like shape with at least one alignment hole (21) extending therethrough in a vertical direction, and a number of electrical contacts (3) secured in the insula... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7887361 | Fixture for installing a guide pin A fixture is provided for installing a guide pin to a substrate. The fixture includes an elongate body extending a length along a longitudinal axis between a mounting end portion and a receiving end portion. The mounting end portion is configured to be mounted on a ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7727001 | Electrical connector assembly A receptacle for an electrical connector assembly is provided and includes a housing having a contact retention portion for holding an electrical contact. The contact retention portion includes a connector face for engaging a plug assembly and a side proximate to th... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7553182 | Electrical connectors with alignment guides Electrical connectors of the present invention include alignment guides that provide rough connector alignment, vary an electrical contact mating wipe distance, and provide partial separation between two mating electrical connectors. The alignment guides can be, for... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7431607 | Shockproof image-storing device A shockproof image-storing device has a mounting guide, a socket assembly and a memory module. The mounting guide is a hollow rectangular parallelepiped and has two sides and two mounting tabs. Each mounting tab has a connecting rod. The socket assembly has a front ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367836 | RTM alignment and keying mechanism A rear transition module (220) includes a connector (230) in an RP0 mechanical envelope (242), and an RTM alignment and keying mechanism (232) in the RP0 mechanical envelope of the rear transition module that uniquely corresponds to a fir... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367325 | Fuel feed apparatus having electric connector A fuel feed apparatus is provided to a fuel tank. The fuel feed apparatus includes a lid member, a pump module, and an electric connector. The lid member plugs an opening of the fuel tank. The pump module is accommodated in the fuel tank for pumping fuel from the fu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367827 | Card connector with metal shell A card connector includes an insulating housing (10), a number of contacts (20), an ejector (30) and a metal shell (40). The insulating housing (10) defines a card receiving space (13) with a card insertion/ejecting directio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364475 | Spring based continuity alignment apparatus and method Disclosed is a method and apparatus for an alignment system for use in a data storage system for enabling numerous contact cycles between two surfaces in a robust manner. The system includes a first and a second surface each having at least two contact zones. Each o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359613 | Optical fiber termination apparatus for taut sheath splicing and method for using the same An optical fiber termination apparatus for taut sheath splicing includes a housing configured to be positioned around a section of an optical fiber cable with an uncut strength member of the optical fiber cable or a plurality of uncut and un-looped optical fibers ex... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356237 | Optical fiber cable termination apparatus An optical fiber cable termination apparatus for use with an optical fiber cable including a plurality of optical fibers includes at least one optical fiber enclosure assembly. Each optical fiber enclosure assembly includes a housing member and a cover member. The h... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7344380 | Method and device for producing an electrical connection of sub-assemblies and modules The invention relates to a method for producing an electrical connection of sub-assemblies and modules to a current supply device, which is provided with electric contact elements and magnetic bodies. According to said method, magnetic bodies of a consumer, which is... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341482 | Strain relief for ball grid array connectors Strain relief devices for electrical connectors are disclosed and include an insert for insertion into a housing. The insert may include spring beams that deflect during insertion into the strain relief housing. When the insert is fully received in the housing, a sl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341487 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a shielding shell (5), a connector housing (1) received in the shielding shell, a number of contacts (2) received in the connector housing, a printed circuit board (3) attached to the... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338321 | High-density, robust connector with guide means A high speed connector includes a plurality of wafer-style components in which two columns of conductive terminals are supported in an insulative support body, the body including an internal cavity disposed between the two columns of conductive terminals. The termin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335033 | Coupling a small form factor transceiver to a circuit board module using a form factor converter A system includes a circuit board module having a device mounting section. The system further includes a small form factor transceiver and a form factor converter. The form factor converter is configured to concurrently connect to (i) the circuit board module and (i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326090 | Fixing device for two-part connector and corresponding two-part connector Fixing device for two-part connectors for connecting electrical conductors, the device comprising a first bush (12) and a second bush (14) adapted to be mounted in respective bores in the two connector parts, the first and second bushes comprising comp... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326092 | Double ended guide pin assembly A double ended guide pin assembly includes a first guide pin body having a first rotation axis and a first keying surface. A second guide pin body has a second rotation axis and a second keying surface. A fastener element connects the first guide pin body to the sec... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320609 | Backplane connector A card assembly includes two spaced-apart circuit boards defining an interior region between the cards. Connectors may be mounted on the circuit boards and be located within the interior region. That is, respective interior sides of the circuit boards may face each ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319705 | Programmable pre-emphasis circuit for serial ATA A high-speed serial ATA physical layer transmits data over a communications medium using a serial ATA protocol. A serial ATA control circuit controls operation of the serial ATA physical layer. A serial ATA multiplexer outputs a serial ATA signal and has a plurality... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303410 | Connector in which a balance in physical distance between a ground contact and a pair of signal contacts can be maintained In a connector having a contacting portion side and a terminal portion side, a plurality of contact members are held by a housing to form on the contacting portion side a single row and forming on the terminal portion side two opposite end rows and a center row betw... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285005 | Locking element for an electrical connector The invention relates to a locking element for locking and unlocking a cable connector and a counterpart, said locking element extending along a longitudinal axis between a rear side and a mating side. At the mating side two or more resilient beams extend substantia... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281935 | Connector for modular electronic storage unit An electronic storage unit, which may contain a hard disk drive, is configured to removably mount to a recessed surface of a console. The housing includes a lip and a biased latch arm so that the lip can be inserted into a corresponding feature in the recessed surfa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281936 | Modular electronic storage unit An electronic storage unit, which may contain a hard disk drive, is configured to removably mount to a recessed surface of a console. The electronic storage unit includes a lip and a biased latch arm so that the lip can be inserted into a corresponding feature in th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278873 | Plug system for electrical plug connectors with latching device A plug-in system with an electrical pin-and-socket connector and a plug-in base for the connection of the electrical pin-and-socket connector with the plug-in base during the contact of a connector of the plug-in base with a socket of the electrical pin-and-socket c... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7258569 | Connector-alignment collar for blind mating electrical connectors Described are an apparatus and method for blind mating electrical connectors. A connector-alignment collar includes a frame with a multi-sided base portion. The sides of the base portion define an area within which to receive a connector closely. A guide cantilever ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258565 | USB connector assembly A USB connector includes a plug comprising an insulative member, a mating member, a first conductor assembly, two elongate flexible members, a metal case member comprising inner and outer pieces, and a plastic housing for enclosing the case member and comprising upp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252532 | Board mount connector suitable for automatic mounting In a connector to be mounted to a board having a pair of first through holes and at least one second through hole, a pair of supporting portions is formed on a housing holding a plurality of contacts arranged in a first direction. Each of the supporting portions pro... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252531 | Cable connector assembly having locking member with bent wings retaining thereon A cable connector assembly (1) for mating with a complementary connector, comprises an insulative housing (10), a plurality contacts (20) disposed in the housing, a plurality of cables (40), a pair of upper and lower covers (51, 52... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247058 | Vertical docking connector An electrical connector includes a main housing having a forward mating face and a rearward mounting face, and a plurality of contact modules received in the main housing. Each contact module includes an upper contact module and a lower contact module joined to the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246192 | Serial/parallel ATA controller and converter In one aspect, an interface circuit for interfacing a Parallel ATA bus to a storage device. The interface circuit including a storage device controller in communication with the storage device to control a flow of information between the storage device and a Serial ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244138 | Docking connector with locking retractable guide pins A docking connector comprises a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has an insulating first housing. The first housing includes guide pins that extend from a mating surface of the first housing. The guide pins are moveable toward and away fro... | 07/17/2007 |
