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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837500 | Fixture for mounting an electrical connector The present invention relates to a fixture capable of fixing a USB connector on a housing. The fixture comprises a housing connection surface, a top surface, a first lateral surface, and a second lateral surface, wherein the housing connection surface is capable of ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828592 | Interface module An interface module includes a housing configured to hold at least one modular jack. The housing is configured to be mounted on a panel. The housing includes an electrically conductive portion. An electrically conductive fastener has a housing interface configured t... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7658643 | Connector fastening arrangement for printed circuit boards A connector fastening arrangement locks a connector housing to a printed circuit board, thereby to effect engagement between a resilient contact on the housing and a corresponding electrical element on the adjacent top surface of the printed circuit board. A rotary ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7648391 | Shaft lock socket system A shaft lock socket system comprises: a housing defining a receiving chamber; at least a socket received in the receiving chamber, installed with a gap between the back of the socket and the inward portion of the receiving chamber; and at least an adjusting member a... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7559796 | Panel-mount cable assembly A cable connector assembly (100) adapted for mounting to a panel (9) includes an insulated housing (1) having a base portion (11), a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion and at least a mounting portion (... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7540769 | Receptacle connector A receptacle connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals and a housing. The insulating body defines a plurality of cavities for receiving the terminals. The housing defines a receiving space for receiving the insulating body and a locking space f... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7534138 | Electrical cable shielding terminal A shield terminal engageable with a shield of an electrical cable includes a first member having a first contact surface inclined at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the terminal and a second member having a second contact surface inclined at an acu... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7527523 | High power terminal block assembly A power terminal and a method for making a power terminal having an electrically insulated connector body. A terminal insert is incorporated into the connector body and has at least one threaded electrically conductive member engaged with the terminal insert. The co... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7494374 | Panel mount electrical connector A housing is provided for use in an electrical connector. The housing includes an electrically conductive body having a mating end and a conductor exiting end, the mating end configured for coupling a mating connector. An electrically conductive flange is disposed b... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7399194 | Electric connector An improved single-pole electrical connector is disclosed. The connector has a base electrical connection at one end and a pin-and-collet type electrical connection at the other end. A nonconductive mounting base is used to attach the connector to an electrical dist... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7379304 | Hub IDU card insert panel and method An insert panel assembly for the IDU cards at the hub of a point-to-multipoint millimeter wave wireless communication system. Generic cards with terminations for the selective connection of remote transceivers are provided with an apertured faceplate over which an i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364442 | Fixing structure of circuit board and display module comprising the same A fixing structure for a circuit board includes at least one board mounting hole in the circuit board, the board mounting hole having a guide hole and an insertion hole, and at least one board mounting member inserted through the board mounting hole, the board mount... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359190 | Interface for expansion module and expansion module bay An expansion module including a housing having an interior, an end cap connected to the housing at one end, and an interface device positioned in the housing interior is described. The end cap includes at least two throughholes to the housing interior and at least t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351113 | Audio jack connector An audio jack connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals received in the dielectric housing and a nut received in the dielectric housing too. The dielectric housing has a first body. A nut fixing means protrudes from the bottom of the first bo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7326063 | Panel mount connector housing A housing is provided for use in an electrical connector. The housing includes an electrically conductive body having a first mating end and a second mating end. The first mating end is configured for coupling an electrical connector. The second mating end is config... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7264507 | Screen connector device for a circuit board mounted within a housing A screening connection device for a circuit board mounted within a housing possesses a plug component attached to the exterior of a housing wall by means of securing screws that may be coupled to a socket component mounted to the interior of the housing wall through... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7223129 | Vehicle power system with wire size adapter A power system with graphics display includes a wire size adapter that is a conductive ring that has an outer diameter sized to fit snuggly into an input terminal of the power system and has an inner diameter sized to fit snuggly around a power wire that is smaller ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218096 | Adjusting device for chip adapter testing pin An adjusting device for a chip adapter. The adjusting device comprises a main body having a plurality of adjusting holes into which testing pins of the adapter are inserted and a slider disposed on the main body and sliding perpendicular to the top surface thereof f... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198503 | Securing device for PCB with I/O ports A securing device assembly in a computer enclosure includes a panel (10) and a printed circuit board (20). The panel defines an opening (11). The printed circuit board includes a base board (21), and at least one electrical component (... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182638 | Mounting tabs arrangement A mounting tab arrangement for mounting a housing assembly. The housing assembly includes a plurality of connectors extending from the housing assembly and a plurality of mounting tabs extending from the housing assembly. Each of the mounting tabs extends between a ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168971 | Gasket retainer A gasket retainer is mounted on a connector body to hold a rounded conductive gasket in position around an open end of the connector body. The gasket retainer has an elongated body with an upper surface, a lower surface and a central open portion to form an outer pe... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165995 | Electromagnetic interference shielded connector and method for assembling the same An electromagnetic interference shielded connector includes a plurality of electric wires, which has connecting parts at ends of the electric wires respectively; a connector housing, which contains the electric wires and the connecting parts; and a metallic shieldin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7136289 | Dual-stacked 10 Gigabit X2 uplinks in a single rack unit switch A system for providing dual 10 GB uplinks in the front side of a single rack unit switch that stacks two MSA X2 I/O devices in a limited space. In one embodiment the two X2 I/O devices are mounted on opposite sides of a single circuit board positioned above the moth... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121879 | Anti-escape socket and plug arrangement An anti-escape socket and plug arrangement used in a POS (Point of Sales) system is disclosed to include an anti-escape socket, which has a face panel, an insertion hole and multiple screw holes in the face panel, a base panel, a socket body at the base panel corres... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121878 | Vibration resistant connector A vibration resistant connector is disclosed which includes an insulating body with two juxtaposed cavities extending through the middle of the insulating body for holding a plurality of conductive terminals, and a fixing sheet secured on the insulating body. The fi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121857 | Tolerance-absorbing interconnect system using a spring-loaded connector Described is a connector assembly and interconnect system for absorbing physical tolerances. The connector assembly includes a shoulder screw, a spring, and an electrical connector. A barrel portion of the screw passes through hole in a flange of the connector. Secu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7083465 | Serial ATA interface connector with low profiled cable connector A cable assembly (1) includes a first connector (100), a second connector (200) and a cable set (300) connected with the first and second connectors. The first connector includes a first housing (11) and a plurality of signal and p... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070229 | Underhood electronic interior integration An electronic system generally includes a flatwire electronic site and a flatwire bus electronically connecting the flatwire electronic site to an electronic device in the engine compartment. The flatwire electronic site has a flexible substrate with electronic comp... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044782 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a shield case for surrounding a contact portion of a terminal to be connected to a mating connector to be fitted in through an opening formed in a conductive front panel of an electrical device; and an attaching surface to be attache... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036779 | Locking structure for a clamp In a locking structure for a clamp, the clamp is formed with a projecting component to be fixed to a counterpart member through a through hole of the counterpart member via locking wings. A base plate section is equipped with a coupling step section which can engage... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994586 | Printed circuit board supporting structure A printed circuit board supporting structure includes a printed circuit board, a board support constituted by a conductor, and a clamping device that clamps and fixes the printed circuit board to the board support, a solder bump pattern provided on a board surface o... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6984148 | Electrical connector apparatus and cover therefor An electrical connector apparatus includes an electrically insulating base, and a conductor extending through the base. The conductor may include a first electrical terminal located on a first side of the base and a second electrical terminal located on a second sid... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976871 | Connector reveal A case (12) for a computer monitor (10) having a tub (16) with a case aperture (38) therein adapted for receiving a subpanel (26). The subpanel (26) has a plurality of electrical connectors 28 which are user accessibl... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966795 | Surface mounted electrical component An electrical component having an insulating housing with the housing having a bottom mounting surface and at least one anchor element receiving aperture extending up into the housing from the bottom surface of the housing. An anchor element, having a bottom end, is... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951485 | AD adapter module An AD adapter module including an AD adapter device, a socket, shielding case and a supporting part. The socket has a lateral side with a side protrusion on the lateral side, and is installed on the AD adapter device. The shielding case has a hole penetrating throug... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6932493 | Fluorescent light tube adaptor An adaptor (2) for fitting a fluorescent tube (80) to a fluorescent tube housing. The adaptor includes a body portion (6) for attachment to an end of the fluorescent tube (80), a pair of contact and arm assemblies and a lid portion (8 | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921281 | Structure of power line fixing module in electronic apparatus A structure of a power line fixing module for an electronic apparatus. The structure includes an electronic-apparatus housing having a first side plate having a first fixing hole, a power line having a connector at one end thereof, a fixing medium cooperating with t... | 07/26/2005 |
