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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047854 | Detachable element positioning structure A detachable element positioning structure disposed at a side of a slot for positioning a detachable element in the slot is disclosed. The detachable element positioning structure includes a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm connected to the slot. The first... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8002557 | Sink type electrical connector with L-shaped frame An electrical connector (4) comprises a frame (41) and a plurality of terminals (42) received in the frame. The frame comprises a first portion (410) defining a holding slot (4101), a second portion (411) extending angularly... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7794232 | Card connector and electronic device A card connector where a connector main body is fixed inside an electronic device and a tray is disposed so as to slide relative to the connector main body in a longitudinal direction. The tray is movable between an advanced position at which the entirety of the tra... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7641478 | Card bus connector assembly A card bus connector assembly mounted within a housing (40) includes a card bus connector (10) and an electronic card (20) having a number of grounding pads (23) disposed on a bottom surface thereof and a wedge-shaped protruding portion (... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7604482 | Electrical connector with retaining device An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1) mounting a plurality of terminals (2), a metallic shell (3) surrounding the housing and a pair of retaining devices (4). The shell (3) comprises a pair of opposite sidewall... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7581959 | Printed circuit board engagement systems and methods In some embodiments, co-planar printed circuit boards (PCBs) are electrically connected by leveraging an applied external force to generate a higher in-plane PCB connection force. A crank-and-slider in-plane PCB translation assembly includes a pair of coupling arms ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7442044 | Chip card retaining mechanism A chip card retaining mechanism for detachably retaining a chip card (50) and allowing the chip card to be connected to terminals (20) formed on a printed circuit board (60). The chip card retaining mechanism includes a base (10), two loc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442087 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector comprises an insulative housing 10 defining a main body 11 with a plurality of passageways 12 for receiving corresponding contacts 20 therein, the sidewalls 14 substantially parallel extend forwards fro... | 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 |
| 7431618 | Memory card connector system for stabilizing the position of a contacted memory card A memory card connector system includes a connector having a rear terminal-mounting section mounting a plurality of terminals for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card. The rear section defines at least part of a receptacle for receiving a mating end of the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7391609 | Disk-drive enclosure having laterally offset 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... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381081 | Auxiliary mounting apparatus for expansion cards A mounting apparatus for aiding in mounting a plurality of long expansion cards in electrical devices includes a rack, and a fixing member. Each of the expansion cards defines an aperture in one end thereof. The rack includes a supporting shelf, a beam, and a fixing... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367844 | Universal connector for micro memory cards A universal connector for micro memory cards comprises: an insulating body having a inserting port provided at the front end of the insulating body so as to allow the memory cards to be inserted into a receiving cavity formed inside the insulating body; a first set ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364452 | Connector for adjacent devices An apparatus and method for connecting servers within a rack-mounted server system. In one embodiment, a plurality of servers are positioned in respective bays of a rack. The bays generally constrain adjacent servers in a generally fixed spacing and in face-to-face ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363634 | Storage device assembly incorporating ejecting mechanism with safety latch A storage device assembly includes a storage device (40), a cover (30), a button (10) and a bracket (20). The storage device includes a tray (44). The cover defines a button slot (34) and a pair of apertures (38) ther... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359188 | Disk-drive enclosure having rows of alternately facing 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... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357642 | Card connector A card connector into and from which a card is inserted and removed, includes a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion to contact the card, a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having a fitting opening for inserting the card, a guide frame f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357655 | Electrical card connector A card connector comprises a housing having a receptacle section for receiving a card therein and a slider section, the slider section defining a leading member; a plurality of contacts received in the receptacle section; a slider engaging with the card which is pro... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351108 | Card connector A card connector comprises an insulating housing having a base; a plurality of contacts received in the base of the insulating housing; a shell covering the insulating housing to define a card receiving space and a card insertion direction. The insulating housing is... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349205 | Disk-drive enclosure having front-back rows of substantially parallel drives 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... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336505 | Deployable faceplate label surface A method according to one embodiment may include providing circuit board having a faceplate. The method of this embodiment may also include providing a label surface capable of moving between a deployed position and a stowed position. When the label surface is in a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331818 | Card connector assembly with reinforcing elements A card connector assembly (1) according to an embodiment includes an elongate insulative housing (10), a plurality of terminals (12), a pair of fastening members (14) and a pair of metal reinforcing elements (16). The plurality of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324349 | Method and apparatus for coupling a modular component to a chassis A modular component coupling apparatus includes a chassis and a plurality of guide members mounted in the chassis which define a component channel, the plurality of guide members each including a first end and a second end, the second end including a component secur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323846 | Battery having an extended terminal A battery, a battery charger, an electrical system, and a method of charging a battery. In one aspect, the battery includes a housing, a battery cell supported by the housing, a first terminal electrically connected to the battery cell and having a first terminal en... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322863 | Robust modular electronic device without direct electrical connections for inter-module communication or control A modular electronic device where (predominantly) sealed modules are aligned and attached/connected in pre-determined sequences, forming a robust block-like structure with extendable function: Control and/or inter-module communication are implemented without direct ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319586 | Disk-drive enclosure having drives in a herringbone pattern to improve airflow 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... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314708 | Method and apparatus for electronic synthesis of molecular structures A self-addressable, self-assembling microelectronic device is designed and fabricated to actively carry out and control multi-step and multiplex molecular biological reactions in microscopic formats. These reactions include nucleic acid hybridization, antibody/antig... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314388 | 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 ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310474 | Unit installed in electronic equipment and connection mechanism of transmission line of the electronic equipment A unit installed in electronic equipment includes a connector configured to connect a transmission line of the electronic equipment, and an access plate where a plurality of the connectors are provided. The access plate is slide-able against the electronic equipment... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309248 | Connector fixing structure for fixing a connector to a board A connector fixing structure for fixing a connector 11 to a board 10 includes a fixing metal member 12, and the fixing metal member 12 includes a connector mounting piece portion 16 for mounting on the connector 11, and a bo... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310692 | Memory card with integral covered second device connector for use with computing devices without a memory card slot Enclosed re-programmable non-volatile memory cards include at least two sets of electrical contacts to which the internal memory is connected. The two sets of contacts have different patterns, preferably in accordance with two different contact standards such as a m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306467 | Slot device A PC card slot device for an ExpressCard affords a smooth insertion of the ExpressCard into a slot for the PC card slot device, without the height of the slot being increased. A lower chassis ceiling wall defines the lower face side of a card storage space, and also... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303400 | Package of a semiconductor device with a flexible wiring substrate and method for the same A package of a semiconductor device with a flexible wiring substrate and a method thereof are provided. The package of the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate with at least one pad on a surface thereof, a bump bonded to the pad, an adhesive layer... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300295 | Connector which can be reduced in operating force and miniaturized In a connector having a guiding member for guiding movement of a connection object in a fitting direction and a removing direction opposite to each other, a connection element is coupled to the guiding member to be connected to the connection object with movement of... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300314 | Socket for trans-flash memory card A socket for installing a removable memory card in a device is provided having a hook switch mounted on a mainboard of a device and electrically connected thereto, and a sliding tray is insertable into the tray socket from a position extended from the device to make... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297005 | Connector pedestal A connector pedestal has a body which includes interior and exterior surfaces, upper and lower edges, and interface portion, and first and second sets of traces. The interface portion is provided proximate to the upper edge and is configured to be connected to a con... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294009 | Printed circuit board module and locking apparatus thereof A printed circuit board (PCB) module includes a motherboard, a sub-board, and a locking apparatus. The motherboard includes a first connector. The sub-board includes a second connector electrically coupled to the first connector. The locking apparatus includes a con... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295446 | Midplane connector for blades A computer system includes a plurality of blade servers, a midplane, a supplemental midplane, and a peripheral device separate from the blade servers. The midplane includes a plurality of connectors connecting the midplane to the plurality of blade servers. The supp... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291032 | Connector for adjacent devices An apparatus and method for connecting servers within a rack-mounted server system. In one embodiment, a plurality of servers are positioned in respective bays of a rack. The bays generally constrain adjacent servers in a generally fixed spacing and in face-to-face ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285022 | Slot adapter for reconfiguring slots in a network device A network device includes card slots and Network Module slots that be reconfigured to hold cards and network modules having different form factors. ... | 10/23/2007 |
