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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7670185 | Electrical connector with shell An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2) having upper and lower surfaces, with a plurality of passageways (not label) extending therebetween, the insulative housing (2) further including longitudinal ends each form a block ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670186 | Electrical card connector assembly An electrical card connector assembly includes an electrical card connector (100) and a PCB (4) where the electrical card connector is assembled. The electrical card connector includes a metal shield (1), an insulating housing (2) and a t... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670187 | Stacked card connector A stacked card connector (100) includes a first electrical card connector (1), a second electrical card connector (2) under the first electrical card connector. The first card connector comprises a first insulating housing (12) received a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661989 | Memory card connector A memory card connector adapted for receiving a memory card includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals, a first shielding shell and a second shielding shell. The insulating housing has a bottom wall, a rear wall, two opposite first and second sidewalls... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658649 | Card connector mechanism and card adapter having the card connector mechanism A connector mechanism for a card, capable of being thinned, and a card adaptor having a connector mechanism for a card. A connector mechanism for a card, having an installation section (2a) in which a card (1) having external connection sections... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7654868 | Card connector A card connector is disclosed that includes an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts. The insulating housing defines a plurality of contact slots. Each of the contact slots extends outwardly and laterally to opposite sides to form two resisting protrusions ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654869 | Card connector A card connector (100) for connecting with an electronic element, includes a first connector (30) comprising a first insulating housing (50) retaining a plurality of first terminals (51) and a first cavity (20) for receiving a firs... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651377 | Electrical card connector assembly An electrical card connector assembly (100) comprises an insulating housing (10), a plurality of terminals (20) received in the insulating housing, and a plurality of cables (50). The insulating housing comprises a main body (110),... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651378 | Electrical card connector with guide member An electrical card connector for receiving at least two different cards, comprises: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received in the housing; an L-shaped shell assembled on the housing defining a receiving space for receiving the card; and a guide memb... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7648399 | All-in-one card connector An all-in-one card connector includes a base frame, a cover member; a first terminal having a plurality of first terminals each having a molding part embedded in the base frame and a rear end thereof partially exposed outside a rear end of the base frame; a bridge p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7648398 | Memory card connector A memory card connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and an ejection mechanism mounted to a side of the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines a receiving space for receiving a memory card and a plurality of terminal grooves f... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645166 | Card connector A card connector includes an insulating housing defining a receiving room for receiving a card, a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housing and each having a contact portion stretching into the receiving room for electrically contacting a ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7632151 | Card reader A low profile card reader is disclosed to include a circuit board with a USB connection interface at the front part, an electrically insulative inner shell bonded to the circuit board outside the USB connection interface and defining an accommodation space, a card c... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628652 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector includes a metal shield (1) defining a receiving room in which a memory card is insertable in a card insertion direction through an insert opening generally at a front end thereof, an insulated housing (2) shielded by the m... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628653 | Electrical card connector with improved card restriction structure An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing defining a card receiving space and a plurality of contacts for mating with a first card and a second card wider than the first card. A card restriction member is fixed to the insulative housing and include... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621783 | Card connector capable of avoiding multiple false actions of card A card connector capable of avoiding multiple false actions of an inserted card includes a base frame; a cover member jointly form a card chamber with thee frame; a plurality of terminals mounted to the base frame, extending into the card chamber; and two adjacent m... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614916 | Memory card, memory card adaptor and combination thereof The present invention provides a first memory card, a memory card adaptor and a memory device combining the first memory card and the memory card adaptor. The first memory card has dual interfaces for the host, wherein one interface is the USB interface and dual int... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611385 | Memory card connector A memory card connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing, and a shell. The insulating housing has a base. The base defines a first edge, a second edge contiguous to the first edge, a third edge and a fourth ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7604509 | Card connector A card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (4) receiving a plurality of terminals, a first shell (1) mounted on the insulating housing to define a first receiving space for retaining a first card and having a locking piece (15, 16 | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604508 | Electrical connector utilizing contact array An electrical connector (100) for electrically connecting a substrate (4) to a printed circuit board (5) comprises an insulative housing (2) and a plurality of contacts (3) arranged in matrix. The insulative housing defines a recei... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7588467 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (2), a shell (1) mounted on the insulating housing, a plurality of terminals (3). The insulating housing includes a plurality of terminal rooms (23) arranged in two rows along a ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7578703 | Card connector A card connector (100) includes a terminal module (2) and an insulating housing (3). The terminal module has a body plate (20) and a plurality of first terminals (21) received in the body plate. The insulating housing associates wi... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7575479 | Card connector A card connector includes a first housing, a plurality of first terminals, a second housing and a plurality of second terminals. A plurality of accepting grooves are arranged in the first housing. An inserting groove is opened in the inner side of the accepting groo... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7572151 | Plug connector for mobile communication device A plug connector for a mobile communication device is provided. The plug connector includes a plurality of contact pins, an insulator, and an outer shell. The contact pins are provided correspondingly to contact terminals of a socket connector for the mobile communi... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7568952 | Electrical card connector with pressing plate having rounded edge to avoid damaging inserted card Provided herewith an electrical card connector includes an insulative housing defining a front portion and a rear portion with a mating interface extending therebetween. A plurality of contact is received in the housing and having their contact engaging portion exte... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568953 | Electrical connector An electrical connector adapted for receiving a first electronic card and a second electronic card has a first connector element that includes a first base having a first body, and a set of first terminals received in the first base. Two lateral walls and two holdin... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563138 | Electrical card connector with improved contacts An electrical card connector (100) to be mounted on a printed circuit board and includes: an insulative housing (1) having a first receiving cavity (14) for receiving a first card (300) and a second receiving cavity (13) for receiv... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559804 | Card connector A card connector assembled on a bracket, comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing, the shell covering the insulating housing and a holding device. The insulating housing defines a card insertion/ejection direction. ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556534 | Dual-card connector A dual-card connector has an insulating housing. The insulating housing has a top surface which defines a first surface and a second surface, the second surface is lower than and adjoins the first surface. A plurality of first and second terminals is respectively mo... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7547234 | Memory card electrical contact structure A small, flat rectangularly shaped electronic circuit card, such as one containing non-volatile memory, has a row of contacts mounted on bottom surfaces of a row of recesses extending along a short edge and an adjacent angled corner. At least one of the recesses ope... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7544098 | Connector having a stopper mechanism defining a movable range of a housing receiving a connection object In a connector adapted to be connected to and disconnected from a connection object in connecting and disconnecting directions, the connector includes a first housing for receiving the connection object and a second housing holding the first housing so that the firs... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540782 | Card connector and method for producing housing assembly A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts adapted to contact connection portions of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts. Metal plates made of a metal are installed in th... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7540783 | Card connector with terminal protection A card connector includes a housing defining multiple accommodation chambers, pressure boards respectively and vertically movably accommodated in the accommodation chambers, each pressure board having slots and rear bearing portions protruding over the top wall, and... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530852 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector for receiving a first card and a second card comprises a first insulating housing and a second insulating housing. The first housing defines a bottom surface, a concave portion formed from the bottom surface of the first housing upwardly... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527528 | Electrical card connector assembly An electrical card connector assembly (10) for receiving a first and a cards includes a first card connector (100) and a second card connector (200). The first card connector includes a first housing (12), a plurality of first terminals (... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7520780 | Fraud preventing security arrangement for an electrical connector for chip cards A security arrangement for an electrical connector for connecting an electrical memory card to contacts wherein the connector includes a bottom plate made of insulating material including a series of blades for contact with a land of the card. The arrangement includ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7517251 | Contact assembly for a chip card A chip-card holder for connecting contact pads of a chip card with connections of device circuitry. The holder has a dielectric holder body engageable between the chip card and the device connections, a plurality of contact elements on the body each having a contact... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517252 | Thin solid state drive housing structures Thin solid state drive (SSD) housing structures are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, a structure for housing an SSD includes a pair of brackets configured to support a PCBA of the SSD at either side of the PCBA via one or more ledges with cor... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510442 | Connector A connector includes a housing and a plurality of contacts, and the bottom portion of the housing has a holding bar for holding the contacts. In a region of the bottom portion of the housing corresponding to tips of all the contacts extending from the holding bar up... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510443 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector (1) includes a housing (10) having a main body (13), and first and second sidewalls (11,12) substantially parallel extending forwards form opposite ends of the main body; the main body defining a receiving cav... | 03/31/2009 |
