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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE41224 | Connector A connector including a first connector element and a second connector element that are coupled into a single unit, in which the first connector element has an engagement projection that projects interior of the first connector element and extends in the direction o... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7491090 | Pluggable optical transceiver with a ground finger The pluggable optical transceiver of the present invention provides a tailed finger that comes in contact with the inner surface of the cage by pushing outward by the optical connector when the optical connector mates with the optical receptacle. While, when the opt... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7485002 | Shielded connector and shielding shell A shielding shell (30) of a male housing (10M) and a shielding shell (30) of a female housing (10F) have the same shape, touching portions (35) of the shielding shells (30) are such that outer touching pieces (32) hav... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7479036 | Movable connector bracket for end mounting panel members A connector assembly configured for mounting on a panel member includes a connector having an axis. An EMI bracket surrounds the connector, the EMI bracket being relatively movable along the axis while maintaining electrical communication with the connector. ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7473139 | Universal EMC gasket An electromagnetic gasket includes a conductive shell having a pair of side walls and end walls extending therefrom defining at least one opening. The pair of side walls and the end walls have at least one outward bias and at least one inward bias positioned thereon... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7455554 | EMI shroud with bidirectional contact members An EMI gasket takes the form of a formed conductive shroud that completely encircles a metal shielding cage. The shroud has an opening that is surrounded by a plurality of sides and the shroud contains a base portion that has slits formed in a leading edge thereof. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7438595 | Small-sized electrical connector easily improved in EMI characteristics In an electrical connector to be connected to a mating connector having a locking portion for locking a connected state between the electrical connector and the mating connector, a conductive shell includes a recessed portion adapted to be engaged with the locking p... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431617 | Connector A connector configured to mate with a corresponding connector. The connector comprises a conductive shell, a housing and a plurality of terminals. The conductive shell comprises an elastic portion and a plate portion having an opening. The plate portion is configure... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7402078 | Electrical connector with firm frame for mating with corresponding connector An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) for receiving a number of contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The metal shield includes a first frame (401) and a second ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390221 | Microphone connector and method of shielding the same A microphone connector and a method of shielding the same, the microphone connector including a crimping sleeve that covers component members inside a connector portion, the microphone connector being capable of connecting the crimping sleeve and a connector housing... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372428 | Dish antenna with multiple contact connector assembly A dish antenna having a multiple contact connector assembly for utilization with one or more viewing systems or other systems such as two-way data exchange systems including satellite receivers and/or television receivers. The single positionable dish can be positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371116 | Connector socket for eSATA and USB plugs A connector socket for external serial ATA (eSATA) and universal serial bud (USB) plugs has a casing, an eSATA contact set and a USB contact set. The casing has a cavity defined in the casing, an inner rear surface and a contact seat formed on and extending forward ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367842 | Coaxial connecting plug The invention relates to an electric connecting plug comprising a plug member provided with an internal contact and at least one external contact radially remote from the internal contact with respect to the longitudinal axis of the member. The plug member is receiv... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364463 | Stacked connector assembly The present invention discloses a connector comprising an insulating base body having a base portion, and the base portion further includes a plurality of layers of containing space; an external casing installed on an external side of the insulating base body; a fir... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361054 | Connector assembly with bracket A connector assembly includes an insulative housing adapted for mating with a complementary connector, a conductive shell shrouding the insulative housing and comprising a front opening adapted for receiving the complementary connector and a flange adjacent to said ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357675 | Universal EMC gasket An electromagnetic gasket includes a conductive shell having a pair of side walls and end walls extending therefrom defining at least one opening. The pair of side walls and the end walls have at least one outward bias and at least one inward bias positioned thereon... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351098 | EMI shielded electrical connector and connection system A shielded electrical connection system has a pair of electrical connectors each comprising an inner insulator housing and an outer housing of conductive material. A shunt member of conductive material contacts conductive plug and socket portions of the respective e... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338322 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed, comprising an insulating main body provided with a plurality of through spaces; at least an electrical terminal accommodated in the insulating main body; and a metal housing covering the insulating main body and having a plurali... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7329139 | Snap lock connector The present invention, in one aspect, provides a connector apparatus that can be used in, among other things, applications requiring RF or high-speed digital electrical signals. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326083 | Modular assembly of medical electrical leads A modular terminal assembly, which may be a connector assembly, for a medical electrical lead includes at least one contact conductor extending therefrom that may or may not be coupled to a lead body conductor. A lead body assembly, for the medical electrical lead t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7294023 | Coaxial plug-and-socket connector The coaxial plug-and-socket connector is for high frequencies, particularly in the GHz range, and comprises a socket part and a plug part as well as an elastic electrical contact element. The contact element connects the outer conductor of the socket part to the out... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288006 | Electrical adapter The present invention provides an electrical adapter for electronically coupling with two electrical connectors, which includes a first electrical connector unit, a second electrical connector unit and a printed circuit board. The first electrical connector unit inc... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281954 | Socket connector improved in adaptability to a terminal position of a connection object In a socket connector for connecting a first connection object to a second connection object, a housing has a receiving portion for receiving the first connection object in an inserting direction and holds a conductive contact and a conductive engaging member. The c... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275945 | Chassis with multi-cantilever spring fingers for EMI shielding and ESD protection of electronic devices A chassis utilizes spring fingers having contact portions and mid portions where each spring finger forms multiple cantilevers to provide different spring constants. Accordingly, the increase in force resulting from displacement can be better controlled and even min... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270573 | Electrical connector with load bearing features Complementary contact and contact block designs are disclosed that help prevent movement of a contact received in the contact block when an electrical connector is press-fit or otherwise connected to a printed circuit board. A protrusion may be included on one or bo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258574 | Snap-fit electromagnetic shield A snap-fit shield is provided which fits securely within a frame opening, and which shields and grounds the opening while eliminating a need for a complementary connector portion. The shield has an insulative inner housing having a first base wall and a first pair o... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252536 | Self-aligning vibration resistant coupling apparatus A self-aligning coupling apparatus incorporates a first connecting element having a body with a first set of accessory teeth and a second connecting element having a body and a second set of accessory teeth for engagement of the first set. A coupling ring joins the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238048 | Receptacle A receptacle comprises a receptacle housing having a body, a plug interface portion extending therefrom, and a contact support member with pivot areas formed therein for urging contacts disposed in the housing into alignment. A receptacle further comprises a shieldi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238047 | Connector plug and mating plug The invention concerns a coaxial connector plug and mating plug in which the connector plug has a connector housing that is open at the front end for plugging in the mating plug and contains a canal holding an insulated internal conductor contact, with a clamp sleev... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229318 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array is arranged in a first pattern of signal contacts and ground contacts. The second linear array is arranged in a second pattern of signal ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223125 | Electrical connector with retaining shell An electrical connector (100) adapted for receiving a module body (4) comprises an insulative housing defining a cavity (10) for receiving the module body therein, a plurality of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing and a shiel... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211739 | Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield for a cable-bulkhead interface An electromagnetic interference and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) shield adapted to reduce unwanted EMI/RFI from a shielded cable assembly—equipment enclosure interface. The EMI/RFI shield includes one or more conductive walls extending substantially perp... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202019 | Photothermographic imaging material A photothermographic imaging material having a support; a photosensitive layer containing photosensitive silver halide particles on one face of the support; and a non-photosensitive layer provided on a side of the support where the photosensitive layer is provided. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201588 | Electronic apparatus with jack A grounding wire is formed by bending a conductive wire. The grounding wire includes a winding portion formed on a horizontal portion so as to be smaller in diameter than a cylindrical portion of a jack, a horizontal proximal portion in parallel to a circuit board, ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195497 | Retention member for connector system A retention member aligns and stabilizes one or more insert molded lead assemblies (IMLAs) in an electrical connector. The retention member provides for alignment and stability in the x-, y-, and z-directions. Such a retention member may be in connection with a righ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189097 | Snap lock connector The present invention, in one aspect, provides a connector apparatus that can be used in, among other things, applications requiring RF or high-speed digital electrical signals. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182616 | Connector receptacle having a short beam and long wipe dual beam contact A contact assembly for use in an electrical connector. The contact assembly includes an insulative contact block defining a plurality of apertures therethrough. The contacts assembly also includes a plurality of dual beam contact terminals. Each plurality of dual be... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182612 | Electrical connector assemblies An electrical connector assembly comprising a first housing configured to receive a first electrical connector and a second housing configured to receive a second electrical connector. The first electrical connector may be configured to be placed in a mated position... | 02/27/2007 |
