Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374088 | Portable reader A portable reader is arranged to read a card. The card is provided with a set of contact areas. The reader is provided with a connector. The connector is provided with a set of contact pads. The portable reader comprises a first and a second holding elements arrange... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375958 | Card adaptor A plurality of specific external connecting parts can be short-circuited, without increasing the number of parts and mounting work. A plurality of external connecting parts provided in parallel to each other, and a short-circuit part for short-circuiting edges locat... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367845 | Modular sockets using flexible interconnects A modular bare die socket assembly is provided for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338324 | Card connector with ejector A card connector comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, an ejector and a pressing member. The insulating housing has a rear wall and a pair of arms extending from lateral ends of the rear wall; the ejector is received on one of the arm and compris... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7281952 | Edge connector including internal layer contact, printed circuit board and electronic module incorporating same An edge connector, system, printed circuit board and electronic module are described, which include an edge connector comprised of a substrate, including a first major exterior surface, a second major exterior surface, and a minor exterior surface. The edge connecto... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275965 | Testing tools for I/O ports A testing tool for testing an I/O port includes a cable and a testing card. The cable includes a port formed at one end thereof configured for being connected to the I/O port, and a first connector formed at an opposite end thereof. The testing card includes two tes... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272428 | Wireless electrocardiograph system and method A method and system for wireless ECG monitoring is provided. An electrode connector, transmitter and receiver operate with existing electrodes and ECG monitors. The electrode connector includes connectors for attaching to disposable or reusable single electrodes. Th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7241167 | Connector A connector includes a housing and a required number of pusher members. The housing has a fitting aperture into which two or at least three flexible printed circuit boards are inserted and insertion openings for holding the required number of the pusher members. Whe... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220147 | Microconnector and manufacturing method of socket therefor A microconnector in which elastic contact force is improved and a manufacturing method of a socket therefore, are provided. The microconnector includes: the socket 10 in which plural cantilever terminal blocks 14 | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215991 | Wireless medical diagnosis and monitoring equipment A medical diagnosis and monitoring system having at least one sensor for detecting an electrical, physical, chemical, or biological property of a patient such as, but not limited to, EEG- and EKG-signals, respiration, oxygen saturation, temperature, perspiration, et... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7192311 | Apparatus for forming modular sockets using flexible interconnects and resulting structures A modular bare die socket assembly is provided for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172465 | Edge connector including internal layer contact, printed circuit board and electronic module incorporating same An edge connector, system, printed circuit board and electronic module are described, which include an edge connector comprised of a substrate, including a first major exterior surface, a second major exterior surface, and a minor exterior surface. The edge connecto... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7137849 | Connector Disclosed are contact members which have elastically deformable points of contact formed in two locations, and a main connector body for insulating and holding a plurality of contact members arranged at intervals in a width direction with the points of contact in th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134200 | Device and method for identifying cables A device and method for identification marking of cables, especially electric cables, that are continuously provided with unambiguous markings at least in their end sections. The cable is cut such that the marking of interest is visible directly behind the shell of ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125285 | Joint connector A joint connector includes an insulative connector housing, a plurality of connection terminals provided on the connector housing, and a board having a conductive wire. The connection terminals contact to the conductive wire for electrically connecting predetermined... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104802 | IC card connector An IC card connector in which in the insertion space for one IC card, the insertion space for the other IC card is secured, and contact parts are disposed near the insertion slot. In the insertion slot for one IC card, the insertion space for the other IC card is di... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094108 | Apparatus for forming modular sockets using flexible interconnects and resulting structures A modular bare die socket assembly is provided for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7078799 | Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a body having a cavity closed by a lid. In the cavity, an integrated-circuit chip is placed. Electrical connection leads are carried by the body. These leads have resilient inner terminal parts which lie in the cavity and are suitabl... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7049176 | Method of forming thick-film wiring and method of producing laminated electronic component In a method of forming a thick-film wiring on a substrate, photosensitive-electroconductive paste is filled into a pattern groove formed on the surface of a light-transmitting intaglio plate. The pattern groove corresponds to a desired thick-film wiring pattern. The... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040930 | Modular sockets using flexible interconnects A modular bare die socket assembly is provided for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor die to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket f... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025626 | Electrical connector assembly for flat flexible circuitry A connector assembly is provided for removably interconnecting first conductors of a flat flexible circuit to a plurality of second conductors without the use of conductive terminals. The assembly includes a male connector having a relatively rigid male body member ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997720 | Interconnecting module for the base of electronic equipment casing This interconnection module for the base of an electronic device casing carries out the transfer, at the faces of the printed circuit boards (4, 5) supporting the components of the device housed in the casing, of a field of connection points with the external... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6926561 | Integrated high and low frequency connector assembly A connector assembly includes a substrate assembly and a receptacle. The substrate assembly includes a first substrate layer having a conductive trace that is accessible for direct electrical interconnection with a first conductor associated with another device. A s... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923681 | Electrical assembly for solderless interconnection of circuit boards in a stacked configuration An assembly for providing electrical connection between first and second substrates aligned in a stacked configuration. The inventive assembly includes a conductor assembly having at least one elongate conductor adapted to engage a first electrical contact on the fi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922342 | Computer system employing redundant power distribution A computer system employing redundant power distribution. A computer system includes power distribution boards arranged to distribute power such that the computer system may continue to operate if there is any single point of power failure. The computer system inclu... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6881085 | Connector for plate object with terminals In a connector for a small circuit board, contacting means is formed independently of elastic means that provides contact pressure on the small circuit board when the edge portion of the small circuit board is fitted to the connector. The contacting means comprises ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6857908 | Connector with movable contact elements A connector for receiving a plug-in card comprises a carrier which defines a receiving space for the plug-in card, at least one guide hole which is formed in the carrier and which opens in the receiving space, a contact element which is movably arranged in the guide... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6796822 | Contact module and connector having the same A contact module includes: a strip base; and a plurality of first and second protrusions continuously extending from the first and second ends of the base, respectively. The second end is opposite to the first end. The first and second protrusions include the same m... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6758696 | Method and apparatus for forming modular sockets using flexible interconnects and resulting structures A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the remo... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6712630 | Pressure actuated zero insertion force socket An electrical connector for establishing an interconnection between the contact pads of a printed circuit board device under test (DUT) and an electrical device. The connector includes a flexible circuit carrying the interconnect between the DUT and pcb, which is mo... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6688911 | Electrical connector assembly for flat flexible circuitry A connector assembly is provided for removably interconnecting first conductors of a flat flexible circuit to a plurality of second conductors without the use of conductive terminals. The assembly includes a male connector having a relatively rigid male b... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6627483 | Method for mounting an electronic component A method for mounting an electronic component. In one example of this method, the electronic component is an integrated circuit which is placed against an element of a carrier, such as a frame of a carrier. The electronic component has a plurality of elon... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6612872 | Apparatus for forming modular sockets using flexible interconnects and resulting structures A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket f... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6478627 | Method and apparatus for forming modular sockets using flexible interconnects and resulting structures A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket f... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6402556 | Flexible circuit connector for circuit board applications An improved flexible circuit connector that is particularly useful in connections for circuit boards has a housing and a circuit card engaging assembly mounted therein. The circuit card engaging assembly includes at least two contact spring members having... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6346012 | Locking cartridge for conveniently locking very thin connector with near-zero inductance onto PC board The present invention discloses a direct-current (DC) electric connector that includes plurality of conductive and insulation layers constituting a near-zero inductance connector. The connector further includes a top and a bottom insulation-and-protection... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6319065 | Method and apparatus for forming modular sockets using flexible interconnects and resulting structures A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket f... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6116957 | Electrical connector for interconnecting two circuit boards An electrical connector (10) for interconnecting discrete circuits on a first circuit board (14) with discrete circuits on a second circuit board (16), includes an insulating housing (18) having a series of contact members (20) arranged in side by side ca... | 09/12/2000 |
