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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6971890 | Land grid array connector assembly with pick up cap A land grid array connector assembly (10) of the present invention includes an LGA connector (12) and a pick up cap (13) attached thereon. The LGA connector includes an insulative housing (20), a plurality of electrical contacts (28 | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971886 | LGA to PGA package adapter An adapter assembly is provided for adapting an LGA packaged IC to a PGA socket. The adapter assembly comprises a package body with a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of pins received in the through holes and each having a spring end and an insertion end.... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971887 | Multi-portion socket and related apparatuses A multi-portion socket, related components, and systems having such socket/components are described herein. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969266 | Adapter for connecting a chip and a socker An adapter. The adapter comprises inner and outer guiding ribs for smoothly guiding the adapter into and out of a socket soldered on a circuit board without bending or breaking translation pins. This substantially enhances lifetime of the adapter and prevents damage... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967411 | Stackable layers containing ball grid array packages Layers suitable for stacking in three dimensional, multi-layer modules are formed by interconnecting a ball grid array electronic package to an interposer layer which routes electronic signals to an access plane. The layers are under-filled and may be bonded togethe... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965245 | Prefabricated and attached interconnect structure A interconnect assembly features a prefabricated interconnect structure metallurgically bonded to a terminal of a larger structure. Fabrication of the interconnect structure's independently and seperate from the larger structure enables the use of economic mass fabr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964573 | Electronic part-mounting socket An electronic part-mounting socket includes a socket housing, and contacts The socket housing has contact receiving grooves formed at a bottom plate portion of an electronic part-receiving portion. The contact of an integral construction includes a fixing piece port... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963492 | Lockable retractable locating frame of a BGA on-top test socket A lockable retractable locating frame of a BGA on-top test socket includes a push-and-lock mechanism that further comprises an accommodation room, a slider, and a sliding slot for riding the slider. The slider further includes a driving portion for receiving foreign... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957963 | Compliant interconnect assembly An apparatus and method for making a compliant interconnect assembly. The compliant interconnect assembly includes a first carrier having a first major surface and a plurality of through openings. A first major surface of a first flexible circuit member having a plu... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957965 | Electrical connector assembly with a transfer member An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector (2), a second connector (4) and a transfer member (3). The first connector has a first housing (20) and a number of first contacts (21) received in the first housing. An I... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957973 | Land grid array connector and method of assembling an IC chip therein A land array grid (LGA) connector and a method for assembling an IC chip into the LGA connector is provided. The LGA connector comprises an insulative housing (1) having a plurality of electrical terminals (2) received therein, a reinforcement plate ( | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956390 | Method and apparatus for verifying temperature during integrated circuit thermal testing An test block includes a box-like body and four rails extending from side edges of the body. During thermal testing, the test block is mounted between a test head and a test socket such that the rails provide a thermal path between the test block body and contact pa... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6957005 | Pogo contactor assembly for testing of and/or other operations on ceramic surface mount devices and other electronic components A contactor assembly useable on a component testing system for electrically contacting a terminal on a device under test (DUT) for parametric testing and eventual sorting as part of component batch processing includes a holder subassembly and a tip subassembly. The ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953347 | Stitched LGA connector A land grid array connector is formed by attaching a reinforcing member to a frame and coating the reinforcing member with an elastomeric compound to form a reinforced, flexible body portion of the connector. Conductive wires are inserted in pairs in an array in the... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953348 | IC socket An IC socket receives an IC provided with arrayed terminals. In the IC socket, a conductive block is formed with a first face opposing to the received IC, and a plurality of holes arrayed in association with the terminals of the received IC. Each of a plurality of c... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948946 | IC socket An IC socket includes an insulating housing having a plurality of wall blocks defining a plurality of slanting passageways penetrating inclined therethrough and a limit portion downwardly extending therefrom, a plurality of contacts received correspondingly in the s... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948979 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (10) includes at least one connector (12) and a shell (14) surrounding the connector. A number of locking tabs (24) extend vertically beyond a joint face (23) of the connector. Each locking tab defi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948945 | Matrix connector A matrix connector includes a first electrically insulative housing and a second electrically insulative housing arranged in a stack with the respective terminal slots respectively aligned, and terminals sets each formed of a movable terminal axially slidably mounte... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948944 | Wiring board with built-in electronic component and method for producing the same A built-in electronic component-mounted wiring board includes an electronic component having a connecting terminal and being mounted on a support; an insulating layer provided on the support so as to cover at least a portion of the electronic component; an opening p... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946859 | Probe structures using clamped substrates with compliant interconnectors One embodiment of the present invention is a structure useful for testing circuits that includes: (a) a substrate having contactors on a first side and pads on a second side; (b) a card having pads on a first side; and (c) interconnectors that electrically connect t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945788 | Metal contact LGA socket A socket is provided which has an insulative housing surrounding a metal substrate. The substrate has an array of apertures which are located in spatially arranged order to accommodate the precise pattern desired for the device to be connected. Contact assemblies in... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945791 | Integrated circuit redistribution package The present invention provides a redistribution package having an upper surface that includes contacts with reduced pitch that correspond, for example, to that of a Controlled Collapse Chip Connection (“C4”) structure formed on a chip, and a lower surface having... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945794 | LGA contact with extended arm for IC connector A fastening mechanism for an LGA socket (40) mounted on a PCB (50) for nesting an IC package (30) includes at least one holding unit (60) having a base portion (602) connected with the PCB, a resilient arm (604) extended fro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945792 | Socket for electrical parts A socket for electrical parts is provided with a latch operative mechanism that opens and closes latches 3, synchronized with an operation of a socket cover 2. The latch operative mechanism open the latches 3 in a state with the socket cover ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947293 | Method and apparatus for providing power to a microprocessor with integrated thermal and EMI management A microprocessor packaging architecture using a modular circuit board assembly that provides power to a microprocessor while also providing for integrated thermal and electromagnetic interference (EMI) is disclosed. The modular circuit board assembly comprises a sub... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943292 | Printed circuit board stiffener A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly includes a stiffener member that eliminates the need for a separate PCB housing. The stiffener member is attached to the PCB at a first mount interface without the use of fasteners and is attached to a vehicle structure at a se... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942493 | Connector structure for connecting electronic parts A connector structure comprising a first connecting layer and a second connecting layer. The first connecting layer consists of an electrically insulated portion and a plurality of electrical conductive portions each having first and second surfaces opposing to each... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942495 | Electrical contact with interferential protruding portions A contact (1) used in an electrical connector (3) appears C-like shape and includes a first arm (10) connecting to an IC module (4), a second arm (12) connecting to a PCB (5), and a medial portion (14) connecting ther... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942497 | Socket assembly for test of integrated circuit, and its integrated circuit and tester The socket assembly includes a guide block, a guide part and a pressurizing plate. The guide block is in a terminal region of a test board, the guide block defining an area into which an integrated circuit can be inserted opposite terminals formed on the test board ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939173 | Low cross talk and impedance controlled electrical connector with solder masses An electrical connector, comprising: a dielectric base; a plurality of ground or power contacts in the dielectric base; a plurality of signal contacts in the dielectric base and angled relative to the ground or power contacts; and a plurality of solder balls secured... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6939143 | Flexible compliant interconnect assembly A method and apparatus for achieving a fine pitch interconnect between a flexible circuit member and another circuit member with co-planar electrical contacts that have a large range of compliance. The interconnect assembly includes a substrate with one or more comp... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938338 | Method of making an electronic contact Microelectronic contacts, such as flexible, tab-like, cantilever contacts, are provided with asperities disposed in a regular pattern. Each asperity has a sharp feature at its tip remote from the surface of the contact. As mating microelectronic elements are engaged... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932622 | Electrical connector A land grid array connector (1) for electrically connecting a CPU package (3) to a printed circuit board includes a housing (2) and a number of contacts received in passageways (284) of the housing. The housing has a bottom wall (28 | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932619 | Twist contact for electrical connector A electrical contact, which is secured in a slot of a housing used to electrically connect a printed circuit board with a chip module comprises a tail portion mounted on the printed circuit board, a contact portion with a torsion portion based on the axis of the slo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929484 | Apparatus for applying a mechanically-releasable balanced compressive load to an assembly such as a compliant anisotropic conductive elastomer electrical connector An apparatus for applying a mechanically-releasable balanced compressive load to an assembly such as a compliant electrical connector that electrically connects an electrical device to a first side of a two-sided substrate. The apparatus includes a backup plate coup... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929505 | Electrical connector with reliable resilient beams An electrical connector (1) for connecting a land grid array (LGA) chip with a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a housing (10), and terminals (11) received in passageways (102) of the housing. The housing defines a base (100) a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929486 | Socket for electrical parts and method for using the same A socket for the electrical part of the present invention has a socket body to be mounted on a circuit board and to accommodate the electrical part and a contact pin disposed in the socket body, through which the circuit board and the electrical part are electricall... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927588 | Ball alignment plate testing apparatus and method for testing semiconductor chips There is disclosed an assembly for use in testing ball grid array devices, the assembly including a novel ball alignment plate. The ball alignment plate is a thin material having a pattern of holes precisely formed therethrough. The pattern of holes is formed to mat... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923657 | Electrical contact with compliant termination leads An electrical contact is provided that includes a body configured to be held on a circuit board. The body of the contact is movable relative to the circuit board along at least a first axis of motion. The contact includes a contact portion joined with the body that ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923658 | Support for an integrated circuit package having a column grid array interconnect A method for mechanically supporting a integrated circuit (IC) package having a column grid array (CGA) interconnection with a printed circuit board (PCB) is provided by inserting a supporting device between the IC package and the PCB after the IC package is solder ... | 08/02/2005 |
