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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187007 | Electrical pressfit plug connector having a laterally bent power pin An electrical pressfit plug connector for fastening to a printed circuit board includes contacts, which on the front side and back side of the plug connector are each situated as a single or multi-row male multipoint connector, and which are configured on the front ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8167629 | Electronic device An electronic device has: a connector having plural kinds of terminals with respectively different cross section shapes; and a substrate having a plurality of through-holes with lands formed therein. In the electronic device, a width W1 of an insertion portio... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162678 | Electrical connector having board eschewing cavity An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second circuit board mounted with a second electrical connector which is intended to mate the first connector, the first electrical connector further includes a recessed cavity to receive a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8066518 | Waterproof connector, mounting structure of waterproof connector and mounting method of waterproof connector A waterproof connector is mounted on a circuit board fixed within an enclosure. The waterproof connector is connectable with a mating connector through a connector passageway formed in the enclosure. The waterproof connector includes a contact electrically connectab... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8052431 | Electrical connector having improved insulative housing An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue potion extending forwardly from the base portion. The base portion has a mounting surface for being mounted to a printed circuit board upwardly, and a lower surface opposite to... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8029294 | Connector set and jointer for use therein A connector set includes at least one of a header and a socket and a jointer. The jointer extends in a direction and is configured to couple the header and the socket so as to be in parallel with each other. The jointer includes first jointer connecting portions pro... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7988461 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a circuit board having vias each extending at least partially through the circuit board along parallel via axes and an electrical connector configured to be mounted on the circuit board. The electrical connector includes a p... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7972146 | Plug-in connector for circuit boards The invention relates to a plug-in connector (1) for circuit boards (40), comprising a number of contact elements (30). Each contact element (30) is fitted with two terminal ends, one of which is designed as a wire-connecting contact for ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7931480 | Electrical connector with new type of contacts An electrical connector includes an insulative housing; an upper row of contacts and a lower row of contacts parallel to each other. Each contact includes a retention portion, a mating portion and a pressing arm extending from two opposite ends of the retention port... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7896660 | IC card An IC card includes a frame with a rectangular border open on one side, a printed circuit board equipping an electronic component, a plate-shaped connector, and one pair of conductive shell plates. The connector constitutes one side of the frame. The one pair of she... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7857638 | Electrical connector with latching members An electrical connector (100) for mounting onto a printed circuit board (5), includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2, 3) received in the housing and a pair of latching members (4) retained to the ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7794240 | Electrical connector with complementary conductive elements An electrical interconnection system with high speed, differential electrical connectors. The connectors are formed with columns of conductive elements, some of which carry signals some of which act as ground conductors. The conductive elements may contain projectio... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7722365 | Connector and electronic control apparatus having the same In a connector, a connector terminal has a first portion partially supported by a connector housing to be parallel to a wiring board, a second portion exposed outside the housing to be parallel to the board and located closer to the board than the first portion, a j... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7695289 | Connector A connector includes a housing and a contact. The contact includes a first part including a first terminal part and a first connection part; a second part including a second terminal part and a second connection part, and a third part including an elastic part havin... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686623 | Electronic device including printed circuit board, connector and case An electronic device includes a printed circuit board, a connector mounted on the printed circuit board, and a case housing the printed circuit board. The connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals arranged in the housing. The case has an opening port... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7658623 | Electronic apparatus with a pin mount An electronic apparatus has an electronic component and a pin mount. The electronic component has a working surface and two pins protruding from the working surface and each pin being bent to form an L-shape with a proximal part and a distal part. The pin mount has ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7607947 | Electrical connector An electrical connector adapted for being electrically connected with a PCB stably, includes an insulating housing defining a plurality of terminal passageways for receiving terminals and at least one through-hole located at one side of the terminal passageways. The... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7559773 | Electrical connecting apparatus The present invention prevents damage of adjacent mounting portions caused by heat at the time of mounting of contactors and further reduces the arrangement pitch of the contactors. An electrical connecting apparatus uses at least four types of contactors different ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7500857 | Arrangement with a contact element A circuit board (20) is equipped with at least one conductor path (22) and a contact element (44). The latter is adapted to mechanically engage and electrically contact an electrical conductor (66). In the region of a conductor path (2... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7497700 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a connector body (2), and a plurality of passageways (20). A passageway retention wall (202) extends into each of the passageways. Each of the terminals (3) has a terminal retention section (322) de... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7481657 | Electrical connector An electrical connector including dielectric housing; and a plurality of arrays of terminals disposed in respective portions of the dielectric housing, wherein at least two of the arrays of terminals have different pitches; and wherein at least one of the respective... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7458825 | Double-sided USB-compatible plug connector adapted for insertion in either orientation into a USB-compatible receptacle A double-sided male USB connector and various card-shaped devices having one or more male USB connectors, which may be single or double sided and are dimensioned to fit into a USB receptacle. When provided with a double sided connector, electronics may be provided t... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7442053 | Apparatus for restricting rotational moment about a longitudinal axis of SMT connectors An electrical connector includes a first connector body having an interlocking feature extending therefrom. The interlocking feature interlocks the first connector body with a complimentary interlocking feature extending from an adjacent second connector body to dis... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433195 | Doubled-sided pluggable backplane The invention discloses a double-sided pluggable backplane, having one side on which one or more than one front backplane connector is disposed according to width of plot positions and the other side on which one or more than one rear backplane connector is disposed... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422444 | Orthogonal header An electrically-conductive contact for an electrical connector is disclosed. Such a contact may include a lead portion, an offset portion extending from an end of the lead portion, and a mounting portion that may extend from a distal end of the offset portion. The l... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407391 | Joining structure between ceramic substrate and power supply connector A joining structure joining a ceramic substrate having a metal member buried therein and a power supply connector which supplies power to the metal member is provided. The joining structure includes a counterbore, a stress relaxation insert member, and a brazing mem... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405573 | Electrical connector for semiconductor device test fixture and test assembly An interconnect assembly is for use in connection with a semiconductor device under test (DUT) having a plurality of leads to electronic test equipment. The interconnect assembly includes a cable including a plurality of wires with at least one wire for sensing a si... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399187 | I/O connector An I/O connector includes a housing, an insulating body and a plurality of terminals. The housing has a recess for receiving the insulating body. The insulating body defines fixing cavities on a bottom surface thereof and fixing grooves on a back surface thereof for... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399188 | Terminals of a receptacle connector firmly mounting on a printed circuit board A receptacle connector includes a housing, an insulating body and a plurality of terminals. The housing defines a recess for receiving the insulating body. The insulating body defines cavities on top and bottom surfaces thereof. A back surface of the insulating body... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7390199 | Connector mounting structure A connector mounting structure includes a circuit board and a male connector. The male connector is surface-mounted to the circuit board and has a housing and terminals. The housing includes a body member and a fixing member fixed to the body member. The fixing memb... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371082 | Fiber optic connector and method A fiber optic connector including a ferrule surrounding an optical fiber and a hub engaging the ferrule. The hub includes a front portion having first and second opposing surfaces and first and second tapered regions extending from the first and second opposing surf... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371131 | Connector having retentive rib A connector includes conductive pins inserted into apertures in a housing. The pins may include a single groove or a pair of opposing grooves in which ribs of the housing are disposed. The ribs may conform to the shape of the grooves to retain the pins in the housin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373031 | Apparatus for an electro-optical device connection An optical fiber connector for releasably coupling an optical fiber to an electro-optical module is disclosed. The optical fiber connector includes a housing, a strain relief, a fiber retention clip, and a pair of latching arms. The housing includes a housing bore d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364477 | Low profile circuit board connector A printed circuit board connector has a mounting portion mounted on a first side of a printed circuit board and an elastically biased contact portion extending from the mounting portion. The mounting portion is enlarged for vacuum pick up. The contact portion has a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361022 | Electrical connector The present invention discloses an electrical connector, which may reduce the stress concentration and elastic fatigue of conductive terminals and increase the normal contact force of conductive terminals. To achieve the objects described above, an electrical connec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362589 | Circuit board adapted to couple to different types of add-in cards A circuit board comprising at least one slot provided on a surface of the circuit board. An add-in card can be mated to the slot. The slot comprises a first electrical connection adapted to couple to an add-in card of a first type and a second electrical connection ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354281 | Method and apparatus for restricting rotational moment about a longitudinal axis of SMT connectors An electrical connector includes a first connector body having an interlocking feature extending therefrom. The interlocking feature interlocks the first connector body with a complimentary interlocking feature extending from an adjacent second connector body to dis... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347739 | Devices, systems, and methods for coupling electrical wiring Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a connector, which can define a plurality of cages. The plurality of cages can define a plurality of cage openings. The connector can comprise a plurality of pins, which can be disposed in an alternating proximal-distal relatio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347698 | Deep drawn electrical contacts and method for making A method for making a contact begins by providing a sheet of material. A portion of the sheet is deep drawn to form a cavity having at least one sidewall, the cavity extending away from a rim formed by a non-drawn portion of the sheet. At least one spring member is ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341470 | Electrical connector for flexible printed circuit boards A connector includes a plurality of contacts having at least one contact portion adapted to contact a connecting object, a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having a fitting opening into which the connecting object is inserted, and a member for bringing... | 03/11/2008 |
