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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189329 | Storage control apparatus A storage unit is provided with a plurality of sub storage units configured to include a plurality of hard disk drives, an enclosure, a printed wiring board, a power supply device, and a cable holder. The sub storage units each operate separately. The enclosure is p... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8172619 | Smart card heat sink A heat sink for a smart card, the heat sink having a contact plate having a contact surface, a riser extending upward from the contact plate, and a hook extending upward from the contact plate and located opposite the riser is disclosed. A smart card socket having a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167659 | Connector block feature A memory card connector, within a slot of a host device, for receiving a first memory card having a first row of contact fingers and a second row of contact fingers and a second memory card having only a single row of contact fingers. The memory card connector inclu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167658 | Combined structure of a USB plug with a built-in card-reading slot A combined structure of a USB plug with a built-in card-reading slot, and more particular, a combined structure for the patent application U.S. Pat. No. 7,575,481 that permit a convenient manufacturing and meets different needs. An isolation base is provided in coop... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157596 | Compact multi-function card connector A card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (1) defining a card receiving space; a set of first contacts (21) supported by the insulative housing and adapted for mating with XD card, and the first contacts having at least one grounding... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8142229 | Card connector with cam feature for facilitating insertion of a card A card connector (100) defining a card receiving space, includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a slider (41) moveably assembled on the insulative housing, and a spring (42) ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8123566 | Electronic device, adapter and receptacle An electronic device, an adapter and a receptacle are provided. The electronic device includes a card body, a plurality of first and second terminals, and at least one stub. The card body has a front edge, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123562 | Electrical connector assembly with improved contact soldering ends An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) assembled in the insulative housing, a cable (4) welded with the contacts. The insulative housing includes a base portion (11), a t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113886 | Memory card mounting device for portable terminal Provided is a memory card mounting device for a portable terminal, the memory card mounting device including a first socket installed in the terminal in a state where an opening through which a memory card is inserted is positioned on a side surface of the terminal ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109794 | Contact, and card adaptor and card connector having the same In a contact of the present invention, a first plate spring piece portion 11c having a first fulcrum portion 11b in one side extends in a cantilevered manner from the first fulcrum portion 11b in a direction opposite to a ca... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109793 | Self-contained electronic instrument with a microcontroller, in particular an ambulatory medical recorder The instrument includes a connector block (24) suitable for receiving a removable memory card (12), a printed circuit (20), a case including an opening (16) for insertion of the memory card, and contacts (48) for reprogramming the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100724 | Electrical connector featured USB/eSATA interfaces An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and contacts, the insulating housing defines a mating cavity and a tongue portion in the cavity, the tongue portion defines a first and a second mating face. A set of first contacts each defines a first contacti... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092256 | Card connector assembly and electronic apparatus A card connector assembly includes a substrate, a card connector, and a stud member. The card connector is mounted on the substrate, and includes a pin member which has a neck section and an engagement section coupled to the tip side of the neck. The stud member is ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079876 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (1) with a number of passageways (115), a number of conductive contacts (3) retained in the passageways. Each contact includes a planar retaining portion (31), a solder portion (... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070520 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a set of first contacts (21), and a metal shell (4) covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a receiving space (15) for receiving a first car... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052475 | Memory card socket A memory card socket is disclosed. The memory card socket has a body for receiving a memory card, many pins to electrically connect to the memory card, two elastic members for holding the memory card, and a blocking member for restraining one of the two elastic memb... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8038477 | Card connector with a housing with two covers receiving two cards A card connector (100) for receiving two cards includes an insulative housing (1), a lower cover (5) disposed at one side of the insulative housing for defining a first card receiving space (102), an upper cover (4) disposed at an ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8016618 | Multiple integrated circuit card connector with a card detection terminal An integrated circuit (“IC”) connector includes a card detection contact terminal which is provided substantially at a central part of a housing unit and between a first grounding contact terminal and a second grounding contact terminal, and first and second con... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011964 | Smartconnect flash card adapter A multi-memory media adapter having a plurality of ports, each having at least one set of contact pins adapted to connect to different types of flash cards. Signals are mapped to the contact pins depending upon the type of flash card. In one embodiment, a controller... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011965 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (3) assembled in the insulative housing, a pair of metal pads (5) assembled to the side walls of the insulative housing, and a metallic shell (2). The i... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997935 | Card connector capable of scraping A card connector composed of a base frame, at least one terminal set, and a detective terminal. While a card enters a card space inside of the base frame, it works on and forces a working portion of a working springy piece of the detective terminal toward a passive ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7967640 | Card connector with a bottom wall with isosceles triangle shaped contacts A card connector according to the present invention includes a bottom wall of a base member configured to support a plurality of contacts in a cantilever manner. A rectangular SIM card is inserted into the card connector in such a manner that the shorter side of the... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959471 | Electrical connector A first groove portion into which a first plug connector can fit and a second groove portion that surrounds the first groove portion and into which a second plug connector can fit are formed in a receptacle connector. By arranging first receiving-side contacts that ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955135 | Electrical card connector with at least a retention piece extending vertically from contact A card connector, comprising an insulative housing having a base, a plurality of passageways extending along a widthwise direction of the base, a plurality of retention slots defined on two lengthwise sides of each passageway, and a plurality of contacts received in... | 06/07/2011 |
| RE42410 | Adapter, memory card, and memory card module An adapter to be attached to a memory card for changing an external shape such that it can be inserted into a memory card insertion section of specific type equipment is provided. The adapter includes: an adapter body for defining a space housing the memory card; a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950964 | N-IN-1 card connector utilizing FPC for improved co-planarity A card connector includes a first housing extending along a front-to-rear direction and defining a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a vertical direction thereof. Multiple groups of terminals are mounted on the first housing with tails pro... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7931502 | Card edge connector and method for assembling the same A card edge connector for electrically coupling between contact electrodes on an electric circuit board and harnesses includes: a housing with a board insertion opening; harness terminals coupling with the harnesses; and junction terminals coupling between contact e... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909650 | Card connector provided with function for detecting an integrated circuit card A card connector is provided which has a reduced size. The card connector includes a plurality of contacts which are held in a housing including an accommodating space for accommodating an electronic card. The plurality of contacts include a first switch contact and... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7892034 | Smart card connector comprising landing contacts and a cover spring as a card stopper A smart card connector adapted to receive and place a smart card in a reading position is disclosed. The smart card connector comprises a contact support; a plurality of reading contacts attached to the contact support at a terminating end thereof, each of the readi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878857 | Elelctrical connector with notch for receiving mating componet An electrical connector includes an insulating housing. The insulating housing includes a base having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and a plurality of sidewalls having a top surface high than the top surface of the base. The top surface... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878858 | N-in-1 card connector An N-in-1 card connector (100), used for receiving at least two cards (a MS card A and a SD card B), includes an insulative housing (10), a number of first terminals (40) retained in the insulative housing, an ejector comprising a slider (30 | 02/01/2011 |
| 7871298 | Stacked card connector A stacked card connector (100) has a terminal module with a set of first terminals (2). The first terminals (2) have cantilever beams (22) and the cantilever beams (22) substantially spread in a plane, the first terminals verticall... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867034 | Card connector A card insertion slot in the card connector through which two types of cards, large and small cards, can be selectively installed in a card accommodation space include first and second guideways in corresponding to the sizes of the cards. The card connector includes... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862382 | Memory card connector A memory card connector is able to insert and remove a memory card (200) without leaving marks of insertion and removal on the memory card (200), prevent the memory card from popping out when the memory card is inserted and removed and enable miniaturi... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862381 | Connector block feature A memory card connector, within a slot of a host device, for receiving a first memory card having a first row of contact fingers and a second row of contact fingers and a second memory card having only a single row of contact fingers. The memory card connector inclu... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7833063 | Card connector A card connector (10) may receive first and second cards includes a housing (11) having an insertion opening for receiving cards (51a and 51b), a plurality of first connection terminals (15a) disposed in the ho... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7833064 | Foolproof multi-card connector A foolproof multi-card connector includes a housing having two sliding grooves bilaterally arranged on the inside, multiple sets of metal terminals, a movable partition board, which has two pivots respectively inserted into the sliding grooves and movable vertically... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824225 | Electrical connector having terminals insert molded to a base board An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a row of terminals formed by cutting a metal sheet. The insulating body has a base board defining a row of terminal cavities. Each of the terminal cavities includes a fixing cavity. A plurality of exit cavities... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7824226 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal integrated with an insulating housing by means of insert molding includes a long and narrow base plate embedded in the insulating housing, a soldering portion extended from one end of the base plate and a contact portion connected with the oth... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7798859 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal integrated with an insulating housing by means of insert molding includes a base plate embedded in the insulating housing, a soldering portion and a contact portion oppositely extended from two opposite ends of the base plate. A portion of the... | 09/21/2010 |
