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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7955087 | Midplane of communication device A midplane of a communication device, includes the first connectors and the second connectors which connect with each other via high-speed traces, the first connectors arrange in parallel at one side of the midplane, the second connectors arrange in parallel at the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7887334 | Board connecting connector with board holding device A board connecting connector configured to mount a mounting board on a motherboard, the board connecting connector includes a connector main body having one end fixed to the motherboard and another end including an inserting opening where the mounting board is inser... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7857629 | Dual in-line connector A connector having a number of SMT pads and a number of in-line package pins is provided. The connector can be applied to both a peripheral component interconnection (PCI) card and a peripheral component interconnection express (PCIE) card. The number of the connect... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7762818 | Multi-function module An embodiment is a method and apparatus to provide a multi-function module. A circuit board has a form factor and a connector edge corresponding to a first interface standard. The connector edge includes first and second groups of pin-outs that are mapped to pin-out... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7717715 | System, method and apparatus using at least one flex circuit to connect a printed circuit board and a socket card assembly that are oriented at a right angle to one another There is disclosed apparatus for routing signals between at least one PCB within a test head and a socket card assembly. In an embodiment, the apparatus may include at least one flexible circuit electrically connecting first and second sides of the PCB and the socke... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713066 | Card edge connector device and method A device may include a card including a card connector and/or a card edge lockshield disposed on at least a card connector first side. Additionally, a computer system may include a motherboard including at least one mating connector and/or at Least one card includin... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7677900 | Back-to-back mounted electrical connectors An electrical connector assembly is provided that includes a pair of connectors configured to be mounted onto a midplane circuit board in a back-to-back orientation. Each connector includes offset engagement members that mate with corresponding engagement members on... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7630196 | Disk-drive enclosure having non-parallel drives to reduce vibration and method A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simul... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7556501 | Standing board fixing structure and television receiving apparatus In fixing a standing board to a main board, the standing board is held by a first and a second fixing holder and fixed at right angles to the main board. The first and the second fixing holders are identical, being formed of metal plates having the same shape. The f... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7473100 | Connector A connector capable of detecting whether or not two connected objects each having a substantially plate-like shape have been normally inserted into a housing. A first insertion-detecting contact and a second insertion-detecting contact are arranged adjacent to each ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7443694 | 25 degree tool-less expansion card bracket An expansion card bracket for a computer server has an expansion card support attachable to a motherboard and an expansion card accepting portion disposed near a top of the support. The expansion card accepting portion is configured to support an expansion card at a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7416452 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an elongated housing having a daughter-card receiving on a first surface and mother-card receiving channel on a second surface thereof and extending along a lengthwise direction for receiving a daughter-card member and mother-card me... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7379021 | Circuit board A circuit board includes an antenna substrate and a main substrate. The antenna substrate has at least one first linking portion. The main substrate has at least one second linking portion. The first linking portion connects with the second portion so that the anten... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374426 | Card-edge board connector that electrically connects two boards A card-edge board connector is provided which does not require a relay board, does not make connection of the card-edge board fixed at a certain position or does not cause a difference in propagation time of a signal even if connecting terminals of the card-edge boa... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367838 | Intermediate connector In an electrical connector adapted to be interposed between two connection objects to electrically connect the connection objects to each other, a flexible conductive film, mounted on a base member, includes a flexible insulating film having an outer surface and an ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352593 | Anchoring member to facilitate fastening daughter boards to a mother board and a method for use An anchoring member and related method are disclosed for substantially parallel assembly of two additional daughter printed circuit boards (PCB) and heat sink on each side of main of mother PCB, and to retain a predetermined mating distance thereto to retain a prede... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349226 | Functional module with card guide engagement feature A functional module is provided for use in conjunction with an electronic equipment enclosure that includes a card cage having two end card guides and one or more middle card guides interposed between the end card guides. The functional module includes a double-wide... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339786 | Modular server architecture with Ethernet routed across a backplane utilizing an integrated Ethernet switch module A modular server system includes a midplane having a system management bus and a plurality of blade interfaces on the midplane. The blade interfaces are in electrical communication with each other. A server blade is removeably connectable to one of the plurality of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334052 | Versatile dual port connector element arrangement A hard disk controller (HDC) chip has interchangeable “A” and “B” ports of differential connector element pairs, with one connector element of each pair being disposed closest to the edge of the chip and with the other element inboard of it to facilitate con... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322834 | Electrical connector with improved contacts An electrical connector (1) for mounting to a circuit board includes a dielectric housing (10) and a number of conductive contacts (20) positioned in the housing. The dielectric housing has a mounting surface and a top surface opposite thereto, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320601 | Power storage structure A power storage structure comprises a mother element having a rechargeable battery mounted on the inside and at least a socket, a power plug, and a coupling part on the outside. The coupling part is for coupling with a daughter element. The daughter element is a tra... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318745 | Display systems and releasable power clamp for use therewith Display systems and a power clamp for use therein, the power clamp configured to releasably connect an illuminated graphics panel to a power source, are disclosed. The power clamp includes an actuating member, a biasing mechanism, a connector housing for retaining c... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318757 | Leadframe assembly staggering for electrical connectors An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a plurality of identical leadframe assemblies received in the connector housing. Each of the leadframe assemblies may define a leadframe mating sequence. The leadframe assemblies may be arranged relative to... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316571 | Support structure of circuit module A circuit module includes a printed circuit board, which is vertically mounted on a system circuit board. The support structure includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member. The first supporting member is arranged on a first side of the printed ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309173 | Optical transponder module with dual board flexible circuit According to embodiments of the present invention, an XFP optical transponder module includes a dual board flexible circuit. In embodiments, the dual board flexible circuit includes two printed circuit boards coupled together via a connector. In one embodiment, the ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309257 | Hinged leadframe assembly for an electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed with a connector housing and a leadframe assembly received in the connector housing. The leadframe assembly may include a dielectric leadframe housing and first and second electrically-conductive contacts extending through the le... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303443 | Socket and method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion The illustrative embodiments provide a socket, a method for manufacturing the socket, a device, and a method for compensating for a difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion between a socket and a printed circuit board. The socket includes surface mounted ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300298 | Board securing device The present invention provides a board fixing device not having an arm portion along a side edge of a printed circuit board. In a connector having spring contacts forming a contact point row in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of a board, when on... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300303 | Method and apparatus for attaching flexible circuit to a rigid printed circuit board An apparatus comprising a spring retainer attachable to a printed circuit board and a spring having a fixed end attached to the spring retainer and a free end that contacts and exerts a force on the printed circuit board when the spring retainer is attached to the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291031 | Zero insertion force cable interface A connector assembly includes a female dual row connector, and a male dual row connector configured to be inserted into the female dual row connector. The female connector is configured to be compression mounted onto a circuit card, and has conductive tails for bein... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287987 | Electrical connector apparatus and method An electrical connector apparatus and method for connecting circuit traces on two or more independent circuit board assemblies. A compressible elastomeric member is wrapped with a flexible circuit assembly having a plurality of independent circuit traces, with each ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286372 | Transceiver module with PCB having embedded traces for EMI control A PCB is provided that is suitable for use in applications where EMI control is of interest. The PCB includes circuitry that communicates with an edge connector having edge traces located on its surface. Additionally, embedded traces are disposed within the dielectr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282649 | Printed circuit board On the surface of a back board outermost-layer signal lines have different lengths. A difference in lengths of connector lines connected to the outermost-layer signal lines makes the total signal line lengths substantially equal. A digital signal generated in the ci... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282935 | Regenerator probe A probe apparatus has first and second access ports and a measurement port. The first and second access ports are adapted to be interposed in a test circuit. A voltage amplifier and a voltage splitter are adapted to present the second access port and the measurement... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278855 | High speed, direct path, stair-step, electronic connectors with improved signal integrity characteristics and methods for their manufacture An electrical connector comprised of a plurality of electrical contacts arranged in a stair-step configuration designed to mate with electrical components having electrical contacts arranged in a stair-step configuration. A direct connect signaling system comprised ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271357 | Interface test system High to medium voltage interface test systems and methods of testing high to medium voltage systems are provided. A high to medium voltage interface test device for testing a circuit connected comprises a block having a first aperture and a plug having a finger to i... | 09/18/2007 |
