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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092228 | Termination for telecommunication and data engineering The invention relates to a termination (1) for telecommunication and data engineering, comprising a housing (10) which contains terminal strips for connecting up a prescribed number of pairs, wherein the housing (10) is designed to have mounting... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8070495 | Electrical connector assembly and back plate arrangement thereof An electrical connector assembly (1) mounted on a printed circuit board (4) includes at least two electrical connectors (2) located on one side of the printed circuit board (4) and a back plate arrangement (3) located on the other ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066515 | Multiple graphics adapter connection systems A system provides a digital multi-bit connection between two or more graphics adapters. Each graphics adapter is manufactured as a printed circuit board including a finger-type edge connector. When two or more graphics adapters are installed in a system the edge con... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8002556 | Termination for telecommunication and data engineering The invention relates to a termination (1) for telecommunication and data engineering, comprising a housing (10) which contains terminal strips for connecting up a prescribed number of pairs, wherein the housing (10) is designed to have mounting... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7972143 | Printed circuit assembly A printed circuit assembly includes a base printed circuit having a printed circuit receiving area and a plurality of electrical contacts provided on the printed circuit receiving area. The printed circuit assembly also includes a secondary printed circuit having a ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7905729 | Board-to-board connector The invention relates to a board-to board connector (9) comprising at least a first contact module (9a) with a first set of board contacts (20) for connecting to a first board (8), and a second contact module (9B) with a sec... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7780455 | System having primary and secondary backplanes A system comprises a primary backplane and a secondary backplane. The primary backplane has a surface region substantially devoid of components and a plurality of connectors to which electronic devices can be mated. The secondary backplane is removably mated to the ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771206 | Horizontal dual in-line memory modules Horizontal dual in-line memory modules are disclosed. In one embodiment, the memory module includes a circuit board, a plurality of memory chips attached to a top surface of the circuit board, and a plurality of connector contacts disposed under a back surface of th... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7753688 | Board co-edge coupling with conductive elements A bridge connector assembly may provide access to signals of a circuit that includes an integrated circuit. The bridge connector assembly may include first and second circuit boards that are mated edge to edge, structural members that maintain the position of each c... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7726975 | Lithium reservoir system and method for rechargeable lithium ion batteries A lithium-ion battery cell includes at least two working electrodes, each including an active material, an inert material, an electrolyte and a current collector, a first separator region arranged between the at least two working electrodes to separate the at least ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722359 | Connection assembly having midplane with enhanced connection and airflow features A connection assembly has a midplane, first midplane connectors and second midplane connectors. The midplane is divided into an airflow section and a connector section by a dividing line. The midplane defines a first side and a second side which faces away from the ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7686618 | Connector and connector device A connector has a housing, contact modules accommodated within the housing and having transmission path patterns with ends which form a plurality of contacts, and a connecting surface. Each of the contacts is exposed at the connecting surface. The contacts of each o... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682158 | Electrical card connector for different size cards An electrical card connector includes: a plastic base having one row of first terminals and a first slot; and an upper cover, which has a top surface and covers over the plastic base. A partition baffle is disposed below the top surface of the upper cover. Each side... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7635267 | Apparatus and method for retaining option card in a computer system Option cards—one or more as may be installed in a particular computer system—are retained in position against possibly dislodgement due to handling by a frame and cooperating cross bar and depending member elements which may be variously positioned relative to t... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7625214 | High density power connector with impedance control A power connector assembly is provided that has high power density capability and controllable impedance. One embodiment has a multi-layer stack of printed circuit boards that each contain one or more metal layers that function selectively as power and return planes... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7547214 | Edge-to-edge connector system for electronic devices A connector apparatus for connecting at least two electronic component substrates, e.g., printed circuit boards or flex circuits, to one another at the edges thereof, wherein each of the at least two substrates further comprises at least one electrically conductive ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7458815 | Module to couple to a plurality of backplanes in a chassis A chassis includes a plurality of slots to receive modules. The chassis further includes a first backplane to couple to modules that are received in the plurality of slots. The modules are to couple to the first backplane via a first communication interface on each ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448876 | PC card, PC card housing, and PC card mounting configuration The card mounting configuration includes a card with a height that is approximately half that of conventional cards and integration of a front plate and a back plate of the card with a support to prevent circuit board distortion. A card ejector is attached on the fr... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445456 | Printed circuit board A highly reliable printed circuit board which is capable of preventing a short circuit between traces from being caused by a solder bridge formed by excess solder. The printed circuit board has a solder resist covering copper foil traces formed on a substrate and th... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445457 | Techniques for connecting midplane connectors through a midplane A midplane has plated through holes (PTHs) which form a first profile and a second profile. The first profile has (i) an overlapping portion which overlaps at least part of the second profile and (ii) a non-overlapping portion which does not overlap any part of the ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443844 | Switched fabric mezzanine storage module A switched fabric mezzanine storage module (560) includes a storage module (562) and a switched fabric connector (563) coupled to the storage module. The storage module is coupled to directly communicate with a switched fabric (506), wher... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442094 | Telecommunications module A telecommunications module includes a housing, a plurality of contacts, which are exposed to allow the connection of wires herewith, and a connecting device for connecting at least some of the contacts with other contacts of the telecommunications module, wherein t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438556 | Electrical interconnection between multiple printed circuit boards An electrical interconnection system includes a stationary board (200), a removable board (300) having a number of conductive pads (304-306), and a connector (100). The connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440450 | Payload module having a switched fabric enabled mezzanine card A multi-service platform system, includes a backplane (104), a switched fabric (106) on the backplane, and at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane. A payload module (102) has one of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435098 | Electrical interconnection between multiple printed circuit boards An electrical interconnection system includes a stationary board (20, 20′), a removable board (30, 30′), an electrical connector (1, 1′) interconnecting the two boards, and an actuator (90, 90′). The electrical connector has a plu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435095 | Electrical interconnection system An electrical interconnection system includes a plurality of first boards (11) and a plurality of second boards (13) intersecting with each other for forming an array configuration. Electrical connectors (15) are set at quadrants defined by each... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425133 | Display device A display device includes a panel assembly for forming an image, a printed circuit board (PCB) connected with the panel assembly and having a connector; a support member for supporting the panel assembly and having the PCB installed on a rear surface thereof, and a ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7390192 | System and method for distributing power in an electronic system An electronic system comprises a system board, one or more cards adapted to couple to the system board, wherein the system board transfers signals to and from the one or more cards, at least one electrically conductive plate, and one or more connectors coupled to th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7364437 | Electronic device housing The invention includes techniques for mounting a printed circuit board (PCB) on a housing for an electronic device. The housing includes a top cover that combines with a base to form an internal space within the housing. The PCB has at least one tab that extends fro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361043 | Apparatus including card element, device inserted into apparatus and a method for connecting or disconnecting the card element An apparatus including a substrate and a card element to be installed on the substrate includes a first plane which inclines at a predetermined angle with respect to the substrate; a second plane which is provided on the card element, inclines at the angle with resp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359214 | Backplane with routing to reduce layer count An electronic system having a backplane designed for efficient routing of signal traces. The system includes two or more daughter cards that are connected to multiple other daughter cards in the system. These daughter cards are mounted centrally to the backplane in ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359216 | Small-frame computer with overlapping add-in cards A computer module for electrically coupling a motherboard with add-in cards comprises risers connected to the motherboard and oriented facing toward each other, where the risers are connected to the add-in cards at different elevations above the motherboard, so that... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354274 | Connector assembly for interconnecting printed circuit boards An connector assembly comprises a first connector comprising a first plurality of compliant electrical contacts arranged in first a linear array, a first insertion side, and a first opposed end. The illustrative connector assembly also comprises a second connector c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354275 | Graphics card connector module, and motherboard device having the same The present invention relates to a graphics card connector module for being connected to a motherboard device, the motherboard including a primary slot coupling over N channels, said graphics card connector module comprising a first coupling connector adapted to be ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352282 | Communication system A communication system includes a power line, a plurality of PLC networks connected to the power line in common, and an electronic control unit for controlling an electric equipment, connected to the power line between the PLC networks. The electronic control unit i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352589 | Modular computer system mechanical interconnection A modular computer system mechanical interconnection includes a primary chassis having a first opening and a secondary chassis attached to the primary chassis and having a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening are generally aligned. The ap... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347697 | Active connector Interconnection assemblies which adjust their alignment and performance through the use of control feedback from the data transferred through the assemblies. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349960 | Throttling distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device The present invention provides a method and apparatus for managing distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device. Periodically, statistical data is gathered by processes on one or more remote cards in a network device and transferred to a central proces... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343078 | Patch panels with communications connectors that are rotatable about a vertical axis A patch panel configured for mounting to a network rack, includes: a frame including mounting features at opposite lateral ends for mounting the patch panel to the network rack; a bezel mounted to the patch panel, the bezel including a plurality of outlet apertures,... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338332 | Flexible circuit to board connector A system includes a rigid electrical device including a first contact, and a flexible electrical device including a second contact. The system further includes a spring clip connecting the first contact to the second contact to electrically interconnect the rigid el... | 03/04/2008 |
