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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7171745 | Apparatus and method for force mounting semiconductor packages to printed circuit boards An apparatus and method for force mounting semiconductor packages onto printed circuit boards without the use of solder. The apparatus includes a substrate, a first integrated circuit die mounted onto the substrate, a housing configured to house the first integrated... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172435 | Display device structure with circuit board secured to display panel and method of securing circuit board to panel thereof A display and a method of coupling at least one circuit board to a panel of the display. The display comprises a frame mounted on the display panel. The frame comprises a first body and a second body perpendicularly connected to the first body. The circuit board is ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168959 | Electrical connector with support element An electrical connector for receiving a module (200) includes a shield (10, 11) defining a receiving space (104) for receiving the module, an FPC (3) received in the receiving space for electrically connecting the module and a support ele... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168961 | Expansible interface for modularized printed circuit boards An expansible interface for expanding different kinds of data from a primary printed circuit board (PCB) (1) to a subsidiary PCB (2), the primary PCB is fixed with board-to-board connectors (13, 14) and flexible printed circuit (FPC) connectors ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168960 | Connecting mechanism A connecting mechanism, designed for attaching a sheet-like conducting cable with an upper and down insulating films sandwiching a conducting core consisting a plurality of wires onto a conducting pad on a computer circuit board, comprises a retaining structure havi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165977 | Electrical connector with flexible printed circuit board An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (10), a conductive member (20) received in the insulative housing, and a Flexible Printed Circuit Cable (70) electrically connecting with the conductive member. The FPC has one e... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167012 | Universal wafer carrier for wafer level die burn-in A reusable burn-in/test fixture for testing unsingulated dice on a semiconductor wafer consisting of two halves. The first half of the test fixture is a wafer cavity plate for receiving the wafer, and the second half establishes electrical communication between the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165976 | Intermediate connector allowing easy retry In a connector adapted to be interposed between two connection objects to connect the connection objects to each other, use is made of a plate-like base member having first and second surfaces opposite to each other. An insulating sheet includes a first end fixed in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163830 | Method for temporarily engaging electronic component for test An electronic socket is described for providing either or both temporary and permanent attachments of electronic components to a substrate having interconnection circuits. The socket includes wells filled with a conductive fluid or paste for temporary attachment to ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160139 | Contact assembly A contact assembly (11) for providing electricity to an electroluminescent display (12) that is mounted on an outer face of a carrier plate (10). The contact assembly includes contact pads (16) on the outer face of the carrier plate and a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161243 | System and apparatus for socket and package power/ground bar to increase current carrying capacity for higher IC power delivery A socket and package apparatus are disclosed for increasing the amount of power that can be delivered from an IC board to an IC where the IC package is mounted in a socket connected to the IC board. In one embodiment, the IC package includes a first power plane alon... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160119 | Controlled compliance fine pitch electrical interconnect A method and apparatus for achieving a very fine pitch interconnect between a flexible circuit member and another circuit member with extremely co-planar electrical contacts that have a large range of compliance. An electrical interconnect assembly that can be used ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156666 | Connecting device for a multilayer flat element equipped with electrical functional elements and flat element A connector for a flat multilayer element that includes a first rigid glazing pane provided with one or more electrical functional elements and a second rigid glazing pane joined flat to that side of the first rigid glazing pane that is provided with the functional ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158350 | Ground interconnects Apparatus and method for grounding a flexure of a head suspension assembly to a moving support such as an actuator arm or an E block close to a preamplifier, write driver or other wiring such as a flexible circuit located on the moving support in a disk drive assemb... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153144 | Module connector A module connector has a simple module base connector capable of being used instead of a module socket, thereby allowing connection to wiring members such as an inexpensive flexible flat cable. The module base connector, formed as a thin plate, is interposed between... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147480 | Connecting structure of flexible printed circuit board to printed circuit board The present invention provides a simple structure for connecting a flexible printed circuit board to a printed circuit board in which when connecting a flexible printed circuit board to a printed circuit board, the positioning thereof can be made easily, the connect... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147488 | Module structure of AC connector A module structure of an AC connector applied to an electronic device is disclosed. The module structure of the AC connector at least includes an isolation main body having a through hole and an opening, an integrally formed conducting element, a holding element and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148428 | Flexible cable for high-speed interconnect A system and method are disclosed in which flex cables are affixed to PCBs, for providing high-speed signaling paths between ICs disposed upon the PCBs. The flex cables are fixably attached to the PCBs so as to substantially mimic their structural orientation. Where... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147479 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulation body and a conducting pin received in the insulation body. The conducting pin includes a body and a flexible contacting arm that flexibly and compressively contacts an external electronic element. On the backside of the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144256 | Connector arrangement between a flexible ribbon cable and a component The invention relates to a connector arrangement, between a flexible ribbon cable (1) and a component (5) of an electrical circuit, whereby the flexible ribbon cable (1) has a stripped conductor region on one side of the end for connection, comp... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144257 | Mounting structure, electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and method of manufacturing electro-optical device An electro-optical device is provided wherein a plurality of electronic components is integrally mounted on a circuit board and the circuit board is then connected to an FPC board. In the FPC board, a protrusion portion extending in the length direction of the FPC b... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142000 | Mounting spring elements on semiconductor devices, and wafer-level testing methodology Resilient contact structures are mounted directly to bond pads on semiconductor dies, prior to the dies being singulated (separated) from a semiconductor wafer. This enables the semiconductor dies to be exercised (e.g., tested and/or burned-in) by connecting to the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140916 | Electrical connector having one or more electrical contact points An electrical connector having one or more electrical contacts for providing an electrical connection to an inserted pin is provided. The electrical connector includes a spring made of electrically conductive material and a loading element attached to the spring and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137828 | Reinforced flexible printed circuit board A reinforced flexible printed circuit board (20) includes a conductive portion (21) and a connection portion (22). The conductive portion includes a first metallic wire layer (23) having a plurality of conductive metallic wires, and two f... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134907 | Connector assembly having low profile A connector assembly (1000) comprises a cable end connector (100) soldered with a number of wires (3) and a header connector (200) which is mounted on a motherboard to mate with the cable end connector. The cable end connector comprises a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134891 | Flat cable and connector as well as electronic device A connector 1 according to the invention comprises a main body 10 for receiving the front end of a flat cable 2 being inserted therein, a movable pressurizing member 11 adapted to press and rigidly secure in position the flat cable 2 | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131861 | Connection device for flexible circuit The subject of the invention is a connection device for a flex circuit (12), comprising a support (16), means (18) for positioning flex circuit (12) relative to said support (16) and conformation means (20) for flex circuit ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131849 | Connector for connecting printed circuit boards Embodiments of a connector (which may also be also referred to as a connector unit) are described. In accordance with one embodiment, the connector may comprise a case, first and second connectors, at least one stiffener bar, and at least one flexible circuit. The f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132741 | Semiconductor chip assembly with carved bumped terminal A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor chip that includes a conductive pad, a conductive trace that includes a routing line, a bumped terminal and a metal filler, a connection joint that electrically connects the routing line and the pad, and an enca... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128597 | Flat circuit connector with magnetized actuator An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of a flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and have contact portions exposed... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129113 | Method of making a three-dimensional stacked semiconductor package with a metal pillar in an encapsulant aperture A method of making a three-dimensional stacked semiconductor package includes providing a first semiconductor chip assembly that includes a first chip, a first conductive trace and a first encapsulant, wherein the first conductive trace includes a first metal pillar... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129575 | Semiconductor chip assembly with bumped metal pillar A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor chip that includes a conductive pad, a conductive trace that includes a routing line, a bumped terminal and a metal pillar, a connection joint that electrically connects the routing line and the pad, and an enca... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125281 | Systems and methods for connecting electrical components The present disclosure is directed to methods and devices that use a contact interface for establishing an electrical connection with an electrical component. In certain exemplary embodiments, the contact interface of a device includes at least one loading fiber and... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7121840 | Suspension with no-solder, no-resin conductor extending through insulator-spaced metal layers A resin free and solder free electrical connection in a disk drive suspension interconnect is provided including an electrical connection between conductive traces of a first metal layer and a second metal layer with a conductor pin having electrical connection with... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121893 | Electrical switch having an electrical connection element An electrical switch for an electric device is provided, including a contact system including at least one electrical power supply line, an electronic control circuit and an electrical connection element arranged between at least one contact face of the control circ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121859 | Flexible cable interconnect assembly A data transmission interconnect assembly capable of transmission speeds in excess of 40 Gbps in which, for example, a line-card is detachably coupled to a backplane using flexible flat cables that are bent to provide a continuous, smooth curve between the connected... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121874 | Flexible printed circuit (FPC) edge connector A flexible printed circuit (FPC) connector is surface mountable on a printed circuit board (PCB). An edge of an FPC is insertable into a slot in the connector so that contact beams in the connector press on corresponding conductors in the FPC, thereby making electri... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121837 | Connector A new connector that is reduced in size and has a higher density of contacts implemented therein is provided. This connector has a contact module arranged on a connector main body. The contact module is formed into a sheet structure, and a plurality of contacts are ... | 10/17/2006 |
