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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364455 | Integration area, system and method for providing interconnections among components The integration areas, system and method of interconnecting components provide efficient techniques for separating the conductive path between components from the pin-to-pin integration between components through the use of conductive elements that may be interconne... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7285973 | Methods for standardizing a test head assembly A standardized test head assembly for testing a plurality of integrated circuit dice each having a different bonding pad footprint, the test head assembly including an arrangement of probe holes defined by a predetermined configuration of contact positions, wherein ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7137827 | Interposer with electrical contact button and method An interposer having one or more hollow electrical contact buttons disposed in a carrier. The interposer is formed by disposing sacrificial posts in vias of the carrier. The electrical contact buttons are formed on the sacrificial posts by a metallizing process in d... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121875 | Integration area, system and method for providing interconnections among components The integration areas, system and method of interconnecting components provide efficient techniques for separating the conductive path between components from the pin-to-pin integration between components through the use of conductive elements that may be interconne... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7056150 | Electrical connector box An electrical connector box constructed to prevent inaccurate insertion of a short circuit forming terminal to the contacts of an internal circuit. A shorting terminal includes a conductor plate having multiple tabs extending from a link portion, the link portion be... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6902441 | Modular layered stackable connector system A connector system for use with first and second wire harnesses and including a male housing sub-assembly and an engageable and female housing sub-assembly which defines an open interior therebetween. First and second pluralities of terminal pins are associated with... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6898852 | Connector assembly with decoupling capacitors A connector assembly is disclosed and claimed. The connector assembly includes a connector and a cable attachable at one end to the connector. The cable includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer disposed over the first conductive layer. A layer... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6838975 | Retractable pin array identification apparatus and method An identification apparatus comprising an array of retractable conductive pins on a base component placed onto a primary device and in communication therewith. A set of shaped identifiers have a plurality of holes through which respective pins on the array of retrac... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830176 | System and method for repairing flex circuits A new system and method for repairing flexible circuits is disclosed. The flexible circuits conduct electrical signals to and from electronic devices. The system generally includes a flexible circuit substrate, at least one electrical conductor, and a repair patch. ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6804123 | Computer mainframe with superposed architecture A computer mainframe includes a housing, a motherboard, an intermediate circuit board, and a supporting bracket. A CD-ROM and a hard disk are attached to upper and lower sides, respectively, of the intermediate circuit board to sequentially superpose on and electric... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6666729 | Joint connector having plural connecting units and a joint plate A joint connector includes a connecting unit provided with a bus bar on an insulating plate. The bus bar includes a joint area connecting plural pressure welding areas of the bus bar, to which wires may be pressure welded. The joint connector also include... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6443737 | Circuit board, electrical connection box having the circuit board and method of making the circuit board A circuit board has an insulation board and strip bus bars arranged on the opposite faces of the board. On one face, the bus bars extend in parallel in a first direction. On the second face, the bus bars extend in parallel in a second direction crossing t... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6418034 | Stacked printed circuit board memory module and method of augmenting memory therein A stacked printed circuit board memory module in which a plurality of daughter circuit boards can be stacked onto a primary circuit board. The primary board and each of the plurality of daughter boards have electronic memory ICs mounted on the respective ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6360435 | Bidirectional interface tool for PWB development A first printed wiring board (PWB, 102) has a first set of parallel printed wires (108) on one face and a second set of parallel printed wires (214) on the other face. The second set is generally orthogonal to the first set. The first set terminates in a ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6324071 | Stacked printed circuit board memory module A stacked printed circuit board memory module in which a plurality of daughter circuit boards can be stacked onto a primary circuit board. The primary board and each of the plurality of daughter boards have electronic memory ICs mounted on the respective ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6297460 | Multichip module and method of forming same An electrical interconnection medium is provided having first and second overlying interconnection layers. Each interconnection layer includes parallel conductors, and the conductors of the first and second interconnection layers are oriented orthogonally... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6274819 | Method and article for the connection and repair of flex and other circuits An article and method for making and repairing connections between first and second circuits, such as flex circuits. The article 10 includes: a flexible dielectric substrate 12 having first and second edges 14/16, and a plurality of conductive circuit tra... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6056601 | Processor card connector A connector for mounting a processor card on a motherboard includes a base and an upper support chassis. The base is electrically and structurally coupled to a motherboard and the upper support chassis is mounted on the base. A processor card is received ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5999097 | Electrical lead and financial terminal including the lead An electrical lead has a first set of terminals (14) at one end of the lead and a second set of terminals (15) at the other end of the lead. A connector circuit (11,12) respectively connects the terminals (14) to the terminals (15). This circuit (11,12) i... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5919259 | Method and apparatus for supplying power to a CPU using an adaptor card A method and apparatus for supplying power to a central processing unit (CPU) in computer systems which normally mount CPUs on a motherboard and supplies power to the CPUs via motherboard circuitry which delivers CPU current from power supply sources conn... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5867366 | Electronic module and plastic substrate to accept and hold the electronic module The present invention relates to an electronic module, especially a storage module, having a strip on each of two opposite sides and a plastic substrate to accept and hold the electronic module in grooves in two U-shaped rails corresponding to the strips.... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5841836 | Network termination equipment A network termination equipment for connecting telecommunications apparatus to a telecommunications network has operative elements to perform terminal functions. The termination may perform line diagnostic functions, remote telemetry functions. Alternativ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5768106 | Layered circuit-board designing method and layered circuit-board A layered circuit-board designing method and layered circuit-board where circuit-boards to be overlaid are connected at the center or an arbitrary position of each circuit-board. The layered circuit-board includes an upper-layer first circuit-board, a low... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5691885 | Three-dimensional interconnect having modules with vertical top and bottom connectors Circuit supporting modules form a three-dimensional communication interconnect mesh. A first embodiment three-dimensional communication interconnect is a tetrahedral lattice having a regular, isotropic, three-dimensional topology in which each module conn... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5653607 | Electric connection casing An electric connection casing comprising a large intensity-current circuit through electric current having a large intensity flows; a small intensity-current circuit through electric current having a small intensity flows; and a fuse and a relay interpose... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5642055 | Electrical interconnect using particle enhanced joining of metal surfaces A method and apparatus for electrically interconnecting various electronic elements, including circuit components, assemblies, and subassemblies. A particle enhanced material metal contact layer, having a surface, formed on the electronic elements, includ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5610801 | Motherboard assembly which has a single socket that can accept a single integrated circuit package or multiple integrated circuit packages A motherboard assembly which has an integrated circuit socket that can be mated with either a single integrated circuit package or a multiple integrated circuit package module. The motherboard has a socket connector which can receive the external pins of ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5585602 | Structure for providing conductive paths A method for forming one or more conductive paths by providing a first pattern of pre-formed conductive elements and a second pattern of preformed conductive elements in a substrate and forming, at a single level, one or more lateral conductive links betw... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5583749 | Baseboard and daughtercard apparatus for reconfigurable computing systems A reconfigurable apparatus for computing systems including a set of baseboards and a family of daughtercards, together with a programmable interface to an external bus for a host system. Daughtercards attach to the baseboard through complementary connecto... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5537292 | Plug in expansion card for a subscriber terminal The expansion card is inserted into a narrow slot through the outside cover of the subscribers terminal and is guided by a carrier into the external connector. A protective casing on the card includes a pivotable door which permits the card to maintain a ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5513077 | Power distribution center for motor vehicle, provided with printed circuit boards, printed circuit webs and intermediate insulations arranged in layers An arrangement for a motor vehicle for central connection of electrical components, the arrangement comprises a housing, a plurality of supply circuits and control circuits, a plurality of circuit straps punched out of metal sheets and printed circuit boa... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5499162 | Universal frame for data card This is a data card frame provided with a unique end rail which is bifurcated to form a receptacle port which can accept any number of different connector headers each of which is designed not only to mate with a selected external plug or terminal but is ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5499163 | Printed circuit board clamp for housings of electronic, electric and apparatus installations A printed circuit board clamp, for clamping a printed circuit board to a housing of electronic, electric and apparatus installations, is secured to at least one fixing stud (1) disposed at the bottom of the housing and is provided with a bore (2). The cla... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5483422 | Keying card guide for PC card A guide mechanism prevents an improperly oriented PC card from being inserted a significant distance into a PC slot. A pair of PC card guide mechanisms are coupled to a PC male connector. A PC card is received at the guides as the card is inserted and pus... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5477418 | I/O connector for add in printed circuit cards for computer systems A connector system for an add in PC card for supplying network communications functions to a host computer wherein the connector to the network is a RJ type universal jack consisting of a socket and plug. A cavity in the card is formed by an opening in th... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5463531 | PCMCIA electronics housing An electronics housing that is compliant with a type II PCMCIA standard includes a frame (101) and coupled thereto a first and a second cover (103, 137), a connector (121) with a body (123) and a plurality of terminals (131), and a carrier (111) with a fi... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5457607 | Unified module housing A transmit/receive (T/R) module of a phased array radar having a unified housing comprising an integrated connector as part of the module housing, thereby eliminating a hermetic joint between a group of DC signal pins and the module housing. Power and RF ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5408386 | Socket assembly including a first circuit board located between a receptacle housing and a second circuit board A unit for providing a socket for a plurality of removably mountable peripheral devices to a computer including a receptacle for receiving the body of such removably mountable peripheral devices, the receptacle being generally block shaped and having a pa... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5355282 | Connector structure for modules in electronic apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a connector structure for achieving a signal connection between modules not by way of a motherboard. In an electronic apparatus in which a plurality of modules (3, 4) are mounted on a motherboard (1) in an ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5337219 | Electronic package A method for altering an electrical connection in an electronic package including one or more semiconductor chips overlying, i.e., mounted directly onto, or mounted onto one or more modules which are mounted onto, a substrate such as a printed circuit car... | 08/09/1994 |
