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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428605 | Symmetric USB device with metal-tube plastic-plug shell with USB plug centered and integrated with circuit board substrate A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device has a USB plug that is centered over a center-line of a circuit board. The circuit board with flash memory and a USB flash controller has metal pads that a USB connector is soldered to. The USB connector has a rear step that is ab... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7406344 | Wireless network card with antenna selection option A wireless network card includes an adaptable antenna connection structure that includes connections for one or more internal antennas and for one or more Radio Frequency (RF) connectors that may be coupled to one or more external antennas. A Printed Circuit Board (... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7354318 | Joint connector A joint connector according to the present invention is provided with a circuit board, a male connector having male terminals provided on the circuit board at a predetermined interval and standing in one direction and a direction that crosses the one direction, the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7304500 | Programmable logic module and upgrade method thereof A programmable logic module. In the programmable logic module, a first printed circuit board has a socket and a downloading unit. A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is disposed on the first printed circuit board. A nonvolatile memory stores program codes for pro... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305498 | Circuit for transmitting electronic signals on a status of connectivity of an electronic device A circuit (11) utilizing a serial advanced technology attachment (ATA) interface for transmitting connectivity signals from the serial ATA interface to a controller (10) in order for the controller to determine a status of connectivity of a hard drive ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294020 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical terminal for electrical connections formed from a metal stamping and including a coil spring interface. Broadly, the inventive electrical terminal includes a female terminal body having at least one opening for receiving ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284697 | PCMCIA-compliant smart card secured memory assembly for porting user profiles and documents A portable profile carrier stores and securely transports a user's profile and data files from one computer to the next. The profile carrier is a two-component assembly comprising a smart card and a PCMCIA smart card reader. The reader is physically constructed in a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275968 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a first insulating body and a second insulating body connected with the first insulating body. A plurality of first contacts are disposed in the first insulating body, and a plurality of second contacts are disposed in the s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265759 | Field changeable rendering system for a computing device One embodiment of a field changeable rendering system includes an output device interfaced to a motherboard, a fixed rendering device mounted to the motherboard for generating information to be output on said output device, a connector for attaching a field-changeab... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7229327 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical power system comprising a plurality of battery modules in series connection between adjacent battery modules, wherein each of the battery modules comprises a positive male terminal, a negative male terminal, and a socket ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204696 | Duplex receptacle This duplex receptacle will be factory installed in its own enclosure and sealed to provide safety and quick mounting. Both outlets can be constantly powered or one of the outlets can be wired for constant power and the other outlet controlled by a switch. Both appl... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200929 | Patch panel with modules A patch panel includes a back plane having front mounted pairs of termination locations, and an interconnect location electrically connected to each pair of termination locations. The termination locations connect to two patch cords. The interconnect location define... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188410 | Insertion of electrical component within a via of a printed circuit board A printed circuit board and method for reducing the impedance within the reference path and/or saving space within the printed circuit board. In one embodiment of the present invention, a printed circuit board comprises a plurality of conductive layers. The printed ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7173810 | Horizontally mounted power circuit breaker bus assembly A bus assembly that is structured to be coupled to a multiple pole circuit breaker and to a plurality of horizontally aligned vertical line conductors is disclosed. The circuit breaker has a back side with a line terminal and a load terminal for each pole extending ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153143 | Circuit carrier and production thereof A circuit carrier includes a substrate with two oppositely arranged areas. The terminal contacts of a flat connector strip are arranged in the edge regions of the areas. A through contact is arranged under at least one of the terminal contacts with concealed electri... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137011 | Removable mother/daughter peripheral card A peripheral card having a Personal Computer (“PC”) card form factor and removably coupled externally to a host system is further partitioned into a mother card portion and a daughter card portion. The daughter card is removably coupled to the mother card. In th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130670 | Wireless network card with antenna selection option A wireless network card includes an adaptable antenna connection structure that includes connections for one or more internal antennas and for one or more Radio Frequency (RF) connectors that may be coupled to one or more external antennas. A Printed Circuit Board (... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128601 | Wire cover for connectors A wire cover for an electrical connector that defines the direction in which a plurality of wires is led out of the electrical connector comprises a main body having side walls. At least one of the side walls has an interference member receiving recess. An elastic e... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124210 | Method and apparatus for updating computer code using an integrated circuit interface A method and apparatus for providing computer code updates through an integrated circuit card (smart card) interface. The smart card interface within a computer control device determines whether the card that is inserted into the smart card interface is either a mem... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118421 | Adapter device for electronic equipment The present invention is directed to an adapter device for electronic equipment, which is adapted to have ability to load another electronic equipment at a loading unit of the existing IC card, and comprises a casing (31) loaded at a host equipment (1)... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114378 | Planar resonant tunneling sensor and method of fabricating and using the same Planar resonant tunneling sensor devices and methods for using the same are provided. The subject devices include first and second electrodes present on a surface of a planar substrate and separated from each other by a nanodimensioned gap. The devices also include ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7098808 | System having termination for data loading port A subsystem of an avionics system is operated in a first mode for receiving software via a port; and in a second mode in accordance with a circuit that includes a terminator coupled to the port. By using the terminator to convey information regarding a desired confi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093807 | Device and method for grouping, organizing and separating multiple cables and other control lines A device for holding a plurality of associated cables in a defined orientation relative to each other is disclosed. The device includes a support structure that defines a plurality of cable retaining locations each adapted to receive and releasably retain an associa... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089971 | Guide tool for telecommunications cables A guide tool for organizing and identifying telecommunications cables during network cabling installation. Said guide tool is comprised of a solid, flexible material with multiple openings arranged in a curvilinear pattern around an arch. Cables are placed through t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083451 | Stacked electrical connector An electrical connector (1) has a first port (11) with a number of first terminals (21) received therein, a second port (12) with a number of second terminals (22) received therein, a number of third terminals (23) located b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083399 | Motor-driven compressors A motor-driven compressor includes a housing having a compression portion for compressing refrigerant, a motor for driving the compression portion, and a drive circuit for controlling the motor. A connection member having a plate shape is disposed at one end of the ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077660 | Land grid array structures and methods for engineering change A Land Grid Array structure is enhanced with a flex film interposer that not only provides a Land Grid Array (LGA) electrical connection between a Multi-Chip Module (MCM) and the next level of integration such as a system board, but also provides a reliable means to... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080164 | Peripheral device having a programmable identification configuration register Methods and apparatuses for programming identifications of a peripheral device are described herein. According to one embodiment, the exemplary method includes programming, based on predefined data, one or more fields of configuration registers of a peripheral devic... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076408 | Method for ensuring consistent protocol in the location of circuits and connectors having multiple circuit-receiving cavities A method of reducing the record of a multi-cavity terminal connector comprising the steps of assigning cavity numbers and locations to a properly oriented, full-scale CAD graphic of the connector, creating an integer from a concatenation of the cavity numbers and co... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7021951 | Self-normalling jack with magnetically controlled normal circuit or relay A self-normalling jack with a magnetically controlled normal circuit, switch or relay comprising a pair of receptacles having a sensing means for sensing the insertion of a plug, the sensing means in communication with an electronic normalling circuit, switch or rel... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997738 | Wire-identification plugs for electronic devices A kit for marking a predetermined position of at least one wire connected to an electronic device includes at least one male plug that has an elongated prong section integral with the body. The prong section includes an end portion spaced forwardly of the body and i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 7000054 | Switch for an electronic apparatus A smart switch design in an external data storage or a flash memory reader/writer application that controls a power on/off to both a data storage device and an electronic bridge board inside a interface cable, the external data storage including: an enclosure for pr... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994560 | External power source connecting device for an electric vehicle A plurality of prongs of a connector box and a plurality of receptacles of a receptor box are electrically connected by mating each respectable pairs together. The boxes are coupled by a mechanical leveraged maneuver. The connecting device then connects vehicular ci... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971892 | Method and device for protecting pins of a pin connector A method of protecting the pins of a pin connector of a backplane preferably includes installing a protective cover over the pins of the pin connector. The protective cover preferably includes at least one connector having receptacles for receiving the pins of the p... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959395 | Method and apparatus for the conditional enablement of PCI power management A method and apparatus are disclosed for conditionally enabling/disabling PCI power management in a computer-based system employing a central resource and an operating system. Non-CLKRUN# compatible PCI devices in the system are identified and whether or not the non... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950779 | Apparatus and method for detecting incorrect connector insertion, and program for carrying out the method An apparatus for detecting incorrect connector insertion. The apparatus includes a first member including a first connector; a second member including a second connector; a test signal output processing unit that outputs a first test signal to the first member and t... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946843 | Test paddle having a universal binding post A testing device for connection to a relay is provided. The testing device comprises a binding post and a test paddle. The test paddle includes a body portion, a stud, a contact and a handle. The body portion has a stud opening, a contact opening associated with the... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6916211 | Electrical circuit breadboard An electronic circuit construction system uses plastic perforated connectors with mounting posts that are inserted directly onto a pictorial diagram of an electronic circuit. An underlying foam base anchors the posts in place. Components and hook-up wire depicted on... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6893268 | Removable mother/daughter peripheral card A peripheral card having a Personal Computer (“PC”) card form factor and removably coupled externally to a host system is further partitioned into a mother card portion and a daughter card portion. The daughter card is removably coupled to the mother card. In th... | 05/17/2005 |
