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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142201 | Electrical connector assembly having pick-up cap A pick-up cap includes a main portion having a planar top surface with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Four latches are positioned at the two ends of the main portion and extend from the main portion, respectively. Each latch has a hook exten... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8100698 | Electrical connector with removable housing An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. Each contact includes a body portion, a spring portion and a soldering tail. The insulative housing includes a smooth top face, a plurality of generally paral... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7955086 | Socket connector with vented pick up cap thereon A socket connector includes an insulative housing defining an upper surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of contacts received in the housing, and a pick up cap assembly mounted upon the housing and covering the contacts. The pick up cap assembly includes a pick... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7866985 | CPU socket assembly with package retention mechanism A CPU socket assembly includes a CPU socket and a pick up cap mounted to the CPU socket. The CPU socket has an insulative housing with a receiving space, a number of electrical contacts secured to the insulative housing with contact portions disposed in the receivin... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7753687 | Pick up cap for use with socket connector having plug covering opening A socket connector has a pick up cap (3) cooperated with lateral shields (4) is provided. The pick up cap (3) has a base plate (30) and a plateau (31) surrounded by the base plate (30). The main purpose of the lateral shield... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7670145 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly comprises an insulating housing (1), a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the insulating housing and a picking up section (5) mounted on the insulating housing. Wherein the insulating housing has a base secti... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7628615 | Electrical connector assembly having improved pick up cap An electrical connector assembly (1) includes an electrical connector (5) and a pick up cap (2) fixed on the electrical connector (5). The electrical connector (5) comprises an insulative housing (3) and a plurality of conta... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621751 | Pickup caps for electrical connectors A pickup cap for an electrical connector is disclosed. The pickup cap may include a planar body portion and a plurality of opposing legs extending from a side of the body portion. A respective friction pad may extend from each leg. The friction pads may be received ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7566225 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The electrical connector assembly for connecting a chip module comprises: an electrical connector including an insulating main body, at least a conducting terminal, a cover body to restrain the chip module, and a rocker... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7563101 | Electrical connector having pick up cap An electrical connector (1) includes a housing having a window (11) defined through a center of the housing, and a pick up cap (30) having a top surface (301) providing an engagement surface (31) for being sucked by a vacuum pickup... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7484964 | Electrical connector assembly with floatably arranged wafer Provided is an electrical connector assembly comprises a supporting frame defining different sections arranged adjacent to each other. Each has generally a rectangular configuration with supporting surfaces along inner peripheral. A plurality of wafers each is suppo... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7455526 | Pick-and-place cap for land grid array socket Disclosed is an electrical connector assembly. The electrical connector assembly comprises a land grid array socket and the pick-and-placed (PnP) cap. The land grid array socket comprises a socket body and a loading mechanism. The PnP cap is removably attached to th... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7445453 | Pickup cap for an electrical connector A preferred embodiment of a pickup cap for an electrical connector includes a first portion having a substantially planar major surface. The pickup cap also includes a first and a second beam extending from the first portion for interferedly engaging projecting feat... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445454 | Electrical connector assembly with improved pick up cap An electrical connector assembly (5) includes an electrical connector (6) and a pick up cap (7) latchably assembly to the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing (60) and a number of conductive contac... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442043 | Electrical connector assembly background of the invention An electrical connector assembly for electrically connecting a lamp device (2) to a printed circuit board (3) includes an insulative housing (10) having a front slot (101) and a rear slot (103), the rear slot adapted to receive a b... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429182 | Socket assembly for securing socket body Disclosed is a socket assembly for electrically engaging an IC package with a PCB. The socket assembly includes a socket body, a loading mechanism, and a pick-and-place (PnP) cap. The socket body engages the IC package with the PCB. The loading mechanism includes a ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7370446 | Adapter for attachment to an ironing board An adapter for attachment to an ironing board includes a housing that can be affixed to a rest plate for an iron. A means is provided on the housing for affixing a socket for the electrical plug of an iron. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371095 | Connector easily adapted to miniaturization A connector includes a cover adapted to push a connection object toward a first contact. The first contact includes a first contact portion to be connected to a contact portion of the connection object. A second contact includes a second contact portion and a lockin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367822 | Electrical connector with pick up cap An electrical connector with a pick up cap comprises an electrical connector (2) and a pick up cap (1) mounted onto the connector (2). The electrical connector (2) comprises an insulative housing (20) defining a plurality of sidewa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362111 | Device for evaluating at least one electrical conducting structure of an electronic component An apparatus and method for evaluating the integrity of each contact pin of an electronic component having multiple contact pins. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a test device and a measuring instrument. The test device comprises a component fixture config... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351087 | Land grid array package socket Disclosed is an LGA socket (1) including a socket body (10) having a number of terminals (11) embedded therein. A stiffener (12) is bottomed to the socket body. A load plate (14) and a load lever (15) are pivotally assembled... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347707 | Electrical connector An electric connector used for connecting a chip module includes an insulating body, an electric conducting terminal, a latch base, and an attaching cover, and both sides of the attaching cover press on both sides of the latch base respectively. Both sides of the at... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320616 | Insulation displacement connector assembly and system adapted for surface mounting on printed circuit board and method of using same There is provided an insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly having a main body defining at least one wire channel. The main body has at least one substantially flat surface to which a vacuum nozzle can be affixed in order to pickup the IDC assembly. The ID... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278856 | Contact protector for electrical connectors A protective housing removably attached to an electrical connector to prevent damage to contacts of the connector during, for example, shipping or handling of the electrical connector before the connector is connected with an electrical device such as a second elect... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264488 | Pickup cap for electrical connector An electrical assembly comprises an electrical connector, and an improved pickup cap that is provided with a surface area configuration that has the potential to impart a more even temperature distribution across the ball grid array during reflow. Some embodiments o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264487 | Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap An electrical connector assembly (1) includes an LGA connector (2) having a metal clip (25) and a pick up cap (3). The pick up cap has a planar body (30) forming a plane top surface (300). Several holes (302, 303, 309... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255601 | Cap for an electrical connector An electrical assembly that may include a weighted cap. The weighted cap may provide counterbalancing to a non-proportional ball-grid array connector integrated circuit package for connection with a substrate. The weighted cap provides compensation for variations in... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247043 | Land grid array integrated circuit connector A land grid array integrated circuit (LGA IC) connector uses a pressing rod assembly linked with a cover for opening/closing operation. The LGA IC connector includes a first tooth and a second tooth driven by a first post and a second post of a positioning section t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210952 | Circuit component socket and method for mounting the same According to one embodiment, a circuit component socket includes: a frame; a base member attached to the frame, the base member having a surface where a circuit component storage portion is formed for storing a circuit component, and a connection terminal surface as... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7167013 | Suction cap for IC sockets and IC socket assembly using same An IC socket suction cap and an IC socket assembly that employs the suction cap are configured to reduce the risk of deforming a housing of the IC socket assembly. The IC socket assembly includes a loading plate for applying pressure on the IC socket housing by the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150643 | Loading system for a land grid array connector assembly A loading system for a land grid array connector assembly includes a base plate (1), a load plate (2), and a load lever (3). The base plate includes a back wall (12) defining a pair of latching beams (124) and a blocking tab (12... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140890 | Electrical connector assembly capable of being moved by vacuum-suction device An electrical connector assembly is adapted to be moved by a vacuum-suction device, and includes an electrical connector that has an insulating housing having opposite top and bottom surfaces. The top surface is formed with a receiving space that is defined by a sur... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137840 | Fastening structure and an electrical connector using the fastening structure A fastening structure and an electrical connector using the fastening structure are provided. The fastening structure includes an upper rod and a lower rod. The rods individually include an axle center part, a pressing part, and an operating part. When the operating... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121844 | Pick-up cap for land grid array connector A pick-up cap (13) is provided for an LGA connector (12). The LGA connector includes a load plate (24) defining a rectangular opening (240) in a middle portion thereof and a pair of pressing portions (241) surrounding the opening. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112066 | Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap An electrical connector assembly (1) includes an LGA connector (2) and a pick up cap (3) mounted onto the connector. The connector defines a number of cells (26) for receiving a corresponding number of contacts (22). The pick up ca... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097465 | High density connector with enhanced structure An electrical connector (1) includes a housing (2) and conductive contacts (3) partially positioned in the housing. The housing has a base wall (20) and side wall (21). The top edge of the side wall has a thickness larger than othe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090517 | Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap A land grid array connector assembly of the present invention includes an LGA connector and a pick up cap (6) attached thereon. The LGA connector includes an insulative housing (2), a plurality of contacts (24) received in the housing, a load pl... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083421 | Electrical connectivity system capable of being mounted to an object, and method of manufacturing same An electrical connectivity system capable of being mounted to an object includes a housing (110), a mounting mechanism (120) integrated with the housing, and a power cord (130). The housing includes an electrical connection port (111) and... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080986 | Pick up cap for carrying IC socket A pick up cap (40) for carrying an LGA socket (30) is disclosed according to the present invention. The pick up cap has a major body (42) with a pair of ears (44) at opposite sides of the body. The body defines a smooth top surface (42... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070428 | Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap An electrical connector assembly (1) includes an LGA connector (2) and a pick up cap (3) mounted onto the connector. The connector defines a number of cells (26) for receiving a corresponding number of contacts (20). The pic... | 07/04/2006 |
