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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167628 | Polymer substrate for flexible display having enhanced flexibility Disclosed herein is a polymer substrate for a flexible display, comprising a reticular superelastic alloy structure and/or an annular superelastic alloy structure therein. The polymer substrate has an improved flexibility because the superelastic alloy structure is ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8100701 | Adapter and plug-in connection system A device which on the one side (socket side) includes a plug portion which may be inserted into the standardized plug socket. A plurality of chambers (15) is present on the other side (plug side), into which in each case a plug may be inserted. Moreover, the ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8075321 | Electrical connector for mounting a ribbon cable on a printed circuit board A connector and cable assembly is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The assembly includes a ribbon cable having an end that includes an electrical conductor. The assembly also includes an electrical connector that includes a dielectric body comprisin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7914301 | Electrical connector and manufacturing method thereof An electrical connector includes a fixing member having a support seat; a plurality of terminals, each having an embed section embedded within the fixing member along an extension direction via an insert-molding process and a contact section exposing from the suppor... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7891988 | System and method for connecting flat flex cable with an integrated circuit, such as a camera module A Flat Flex Connector (FFC) has connector flanges embedded in its insulated electrical traces. The flanges engage electrical circuits in a camera module such as a CMOS or CCD and are clamped into electrical engagement. The opposite end of the FFC makes electrical co... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7850464 | Keyboard connecting mechanism capable of assembling a keyboard conveniently A keyboard connecting mechanism includes a frame, a cable, and a socket. The frame is connected to a keyboard. At least one first positioning structure is disposed on the frame. The cable is disposed on a side of the frame. The cable includes a plurality of pins, an... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7722364 | Holder for a flexible circuit board A holder with a device for holding a flexible circuit board is provided. The holder comprises at least one further device for holding at least one component such that the component may be electrically connected to or disconnected from the circuit board. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7625220 | System for connecting a camera module, or like device, using flat flex cables A Flat Flex Connector (FFC) has connector flanges embedded in its insulated electrical traces. The flanges engage electrical circuits in a camera module such as a CMOS or CCD and are clamped into electrical engagement. The opposite end of the FFC makes electrical co... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7604487 | Device comprising flexible printed circuit and connection auxiliary member A device includes a chassis and a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit has a terminal portion which is disposed so as to overlap with a mounted area of a circuit board mounted on a surface of the chassis. The device includes a connection auxiliary ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7563110 | Multiple wavelength sensor interconnect A sensor interconnect assembly has a circuit substrate. An emitter portion of the substrate is adapted to mount emitters. A detector portion of the substrate is adapted to mount a detector. A cable portion of the substrate is adapted to connect a sensor cable. A fir... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7544066 | Electrical connector with flexible interconnect An electrical connector that utilizes a flexible substrate for providing electrical contact surfaces within the electrical connector is disclosed. Advantageously, the electrical contact surfaces can be precisely formed on the flexible substrate such that manual asse... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540746 | Electrical encoding of cable types and configurations In one embodiment, a system comprises one or more processors, a first circuit assembly having a plurality of circuit traces, a second circuit assembly having a plurality of circuit traces, a cable assembly connecting the plurality of circuit traces on the first circ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7438558 | Three-dimensional stackable die configuration for an electronic circuit board A three-dimensional die configuration for mounting electronic components to a circuit board includes a circuit board having at least one circuit board die, a first electronic component mounted at the circuit board die and a first substrate member including a first s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429177 | Flexible printed circuit board with contoured conductive lines An exemplary flexible printed circuit board (2) includes a wiring layer (21). The wiring layer includes a number of conductive lines (211). Each of the conductive lines includes a finger (213), a line portion (212) and a junction p... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429788 | Thin multichip flex-module A thin multichip module comprises: a foldable frame comprising two rigid, substantially planar members capable of being folded together about a selected fold axis to form a substantially closed structure; a flex circuit having a plurality of integrated circuit chips... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7409052 | Universal intercom adapter for varying residential wiring systems An intercom adapter used for selecting optionally one of three popular in-place residential wiring systems, in which two switches, each with two circuit-selecting contacts provide four permutations for selecting a circuit compatible for the in-place residential wiri... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394149 | Thin multichip flex-module A low insertion force multichip in-line module comprises: a substantially rigid frame; a flex circuit having a plurality of integrated circuit chips disposed thereon, the flex circuit having contacts at least partially exposed along one edge of the frame; and, a com... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381064 | Flexible flat cable termination structure for a clockspring The present invention is directed towards a flexible flat cable of a vehicular clockspring whose conductors are directly attached to the contacts of a mounting header. The flat cable comprises a series of conductors “printed” in-between a pair of insulating laye... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377787 | Tabbed circuit board and method for manufacturing same A circuit board for receiving and operably connecting a plurality of electrical components generally comprises: a flexible substrate of a predetermined length and having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge; a conductive trace applied to the flexible subst... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377794 | Multiple wavelength sensor interconnect A sensor interconnect assembly has a circuit substrate. An emitter portion of the substrate is adapted to mount emitters. A detector portion of the substrate is adapted to mount a detector. A cable portion of the substrate is adapted to connect a sensor cable. A fir... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374435 | Connecting device of a flexible printed circuit board A connecting device of a flexible printed circuit board has a reinforced backlight FPC board, is free from bad contact resulting from insufficient insertion of a terminal portion of a flexible printed circuit board into a connector, and ensures good connection witho... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372693 | Data storage system with improved power supply installation mechanism A device fastens a plug of a power cord to a frame which is configured to support a power supply. The device includes a body configured to attach to an installation location of the frame and substantially hold the plug at the installation location of the frame when ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367837 | Connector for flexible flat strip cables The present invention relates to a connector (1) for flat flex cables (2), with a housing (3), in which is provided: at least one introduction opening (4) for one end of a flat flex cable, spring contacts (5) for connecting the at ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364440 | Multi-lead keyhole connector An electrical connector for providing a watertight electrical connection between a flat, single or multi-traced, rigid and/or flexible printed circuit and a separate electronics unit. The electrical connector is comprised of a plug having one or more keyhole-shaped ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351070 | Microconnector for FPC connection and method of producing the same A micro connector comprising an insulator holding a lever, a printed circuit board which has a plurality of micro contacting terminals at a back surface thereof and an FPC cable which has a plurality of micro contacting pieces in an end thereof, wherein said insulat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351085 | Joint member and joint connector for wire harness A flexible wiring member, which is capable of being wound around a wire harness, is provided with joint-side terminals 14a, which are capable of being fitted with wire-side terminals, and the flexible wiring member includes a connection circuit for ele... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341476 | Inter-member connection structure, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus including inter-member connection structure An inter-member connection structure is provided. The inter-member connection structure has a contact-attached sheet having spiral contactors and a flexible printed circuit having electrode portions thereon that face each other. An elastic member and a fixed member ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333344 | Flexible printed circuit board A flexible printed circuit board includes a flexible substrate, which has a bonding zone, a folding zone, and a folding line between the bonding zone and the folding zone, two electrically conductive contacts respectively located at the bonding zone, two lead wires ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322828 | LED socket An LED socket is detachably mounted on a circuit board in an LED illuminating device. The LED socket has a connector with a lead connecting assembly for connecting an LED and multiple locking protrusions having locking grooves to hold the LED socket in an opening in... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319338 | Chip tester for testing validity of a chipset A chip tester is mounted on a circuit board for testing validity of a chipset includes a base member that receives the chipset thereon and that has a plurality of testing contacts in electrical communication with the circuit board and, and a top cover that is mounte... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318745 | Display systems and releasable power clamp for use therewith Display systems and a power clamp for use therein, the power clamp configured to releasably connect an illuminated graphics panel to a power source, are disclosed. The power clamp includes an actuating member, a biasing mechanism, a connector housing for retaining c... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309240 | Apparatus and electronic apparatus A mount structure having a substrate, a connector secured to the substrate, and a flexible printed wiring board electrically connected to the connector and spaced apart from the substrate. The flexible printed wiring board is opposed to the connector across the subs... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305625 | Data networking system and method for interfacing a user An interface is provided for data networking. Included is a network browser window associated with a network browser for displaying content associated with uniform resource locators (URLs) during network browsing. Also displayed is a plurality of identifiers adjacen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7297006 | Flexible connector with printed circuit lines encircling two axes The invention relates to a flexible connector formed from a single layer flexible film with printed circuit lines. The flexible connector comprises a first connection means, a second connection means, a first part extending from the first connection means, wherein t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285005 | Locking element for an electrical connector The invention relates to a locking element for locking and unlocking a cable connector and a counterpart, said locking element extending along a longitudinal axis between a rear side and a mating side. At the mating side two or more resilient beams extend substantia... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281953 | Computer card adapter Methods and apparatus to configure a computer to receive cards of a first or second card type are disclosed. The computer is configured through the use of an adapter including a flexible cable having a first connector adjacent one end and a second connector adjacent... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278865 | Electronic device with a grounding mechanism An electronic device includes: a conductive housing having an upright end wall formed with an opening; a mother board mounted in the conductive housing and having an end that is disposed adjacent to the upright end wall of the conductive housing, and a grounding tra... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276986 | Method and apparatus for improving signal integrity in a high speed flex cable A method for decreasing high-frequency attenuation effects in a flexible cable includes communicatively coupling signal-enhancing circuitry to a signal layer of the flexible cable. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271985 | System and method for crosstalk reduction in a flexible trace interconnect array A system for reducing signal crosstalk in a flexible trace interconnect array includes a flexible dielectric material base, and a plurality of conductors longitudinally arranged as pairs in a signal layer array on the base. At least one of the pairs of conductors co... | 09/18/2007 |
