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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142240 | Lead pin for package substrate Disclosed herein is a lead pin for a package substrate. The lead pin for the package substrate includes a cylindrical connection pin; and a head part that is formed on one end of the connection pin and has a convex round part formed on the lower end of the he... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8070535 | Printed circuit board terminal and printed circuit board connector having the same A printed circuit board terminal includes a rectangular metal wire rod having a substantially rectangle cross-section. One longitudinal end portion of the printed circuit board terminal includes an insertion portion that is configured to be inserted into a through h... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7972186 | Elastic sheet structure An elastic sheet structure includes a plate portion, two wedged portion formed at opposite sides of the plate portion, and a latching portion formed another side of the plate portion. The wedged portion and the latching portion can be formed by bending two extending... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7909665 | Electrical connector An improved electrical connector for use with a glazing is disclosed. The glazing preferably comprises a ply of glazing material having a first electrically conductive component mounted thereon, and a second electrically conductive component, joined to the first by ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909666 | Solder attached contact and a method of manufacturing the same There are provided the steps of preparing a contact (10, 20), which is formed from a metallic sheet including a base portion (11, 21), an elastic deformation portion (12, 22), and a contact portion (13, 23), and in which a recess (15, ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7837522 | Electrical contacts with solder members and methods of attaching solder members to electrical contacts An electrical contact including a head, a tail including an opposing pair of major surfaces and a hole, a body connected at one end thereof to the head and at another end thereof to the tail, a peg arranged adjacent to the hole and to extend perpendicular or substan... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7695329 | Method of attaching a solder element to contact and the contact assembly formed thereby A method of attaching a solder element to a contact and the contact assembly formed thereby. The contact assembly is used in a connector. The solder element is either staked or stapled to the contact. The solder element can take a variety of shapes and disclosed her... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7575488 | Receptacle connector for a battery in the mobile electric device Provided is a receptacle connector for a battery in a mobile electric device. The receptacle connector includes a contact terminal, a connection terminal, and an extension portion. The contact terminal electrically contacts a plug connector of the mobile electric de... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7568958 | Electrical terminal for sealed accumulator A terminal for a sealed accumulator includes a single-piece body made of aluminium with at least one tinned zone for soldering to an electronic card and at least one non-tinned zone for connection to a current output terminal of the accumulator. The electrical termi... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7537498 | Solder-bearing contacts and method of manufacture thereof and use in connectors In one aspect, a surface mount contact is provided for attachment to a circuit board or the like. The contact includes an elongated electrically conductive pin that has a first end and an opposing second end. A pre-formed heat re-flowable material is attached to one... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7485017 | Pin grid array package substrate including pins having anchoring elements A microelectronic package substrate and an electrically conductive pin. The substrates includes: a die-side surface adapted to receive a die thereon; a printed circuit board (PCB)-side surface adapted to be mechanically and electrically bonded to a PCB; an array of ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7448923 | Connection for flex circuit and rigid circuit board Conductive pads of a flex circuit may be electrically connected to conductive pads of a rigid circuit board. The conductive pads of the flex circuit may be sized, configured and alignable to the conductive pads of the rigid circuit board. A spacer with a plurality o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7438593 | Component for a printed circuit board and method for fitting a printed circuit board with this component A printed circuit board component includes a housing carrying a peg that engages a printed circuit board hole. This peg has a radially projecting detent lug extending beyond the plug outer periphery. The lug is located and formed on the peg so the peg outer peripher... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416420 | Conductive adhesive bond Conductive adhesive bonds are used preferably where the contact bonds are subject to great temperature variations, for example, on a throttle valve controller. In order to increase the mechanical stabilization of the conductive adhesive bonds, the surface of the con... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7371083 | Circular electrical connector An electrical connector includes a hollow conductive post member having a circular periphery, a foot portion and a distal end. The distal end has a generally cup shaped indentation. A base member is included having top and bottom surfaces. The foot portion of the po... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364460 | Fixing member and fixing structure The fixing member of the present invention can be mounted to a fixed member that is fixed to a printed circuit board and that is used for fixing the fixed member to the printed circuit board, the fixing member including: a mounting member main body fixed to the fixe... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357294 | Method for mounting a semiconductor package onto PCB A method for mounting a semiconductor package onto PCB includes a semiconductor package comprising a plurality of outer terminals exposed out of an encapsulant. A PCB having a surface with a plurality of contact pads is provided. Each contact pad has a first exposed... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357651 | Female connector, female connector mounting structure, and method of mounting female connector to substrate A single pole female connector has: a mounting base portion in which is formed a terminal insertion hole into which a male terminal can be inserted; an extending portion extending outwardly from the mounting base portion; and a terminal contacting portion which exte... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352593 | Anchoring member to facilitate fastening daughter boards to a mother board and a method for use An anchoring member and related method are disclosed for substantially parallel assembly of two additional daughter printed circuit boards (PCB) and heat sink on each side of main of mother PCB, and to retain a predetermined mating distance thereto to retain a prede... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352873 | Electret-condenser microphone An electret-condenser microphone according to the present invention includes a vibrating diaphragm and a back electrode which compose a condenser; a cylindrical case which houses the vibrating diaphragm and the back electrode; a circuit board which is housed in an o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347750 | Solder-bearing contacts and method of manufacture thereof and use in connectors In one aspect, a surface mount contact is provided for attachment to a circuit board or the like. The contact includes an elongated electrically conductive pin that has a first end and an opposing second end. A pre-formed heat re-flowable material is attached to one... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345247 | Circuit board threadplate A circuit board threadplate for connection of a component to a circuit board is provided wherein such threadplate may be mechanically mounted to a circuit board without the use of manual labor. Specifically, the threadplate is compatible with present Surface Mount T... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338299 | Surface mounted electronic component An exemplary surface mounted electronic component has block body including a bottom soldering surface, a top surface and a peripheral wall having a first peripheral wall portion and a second peripheral wall portion. The bottom soldering surface defines a first solde... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338298 | Plug-in connection A plug-in connection having at least three multipole contact banks, preferably a plug-in connection comprising a multipoint pin connector and a multipoint slot connector, the multipoint pin connectors having at least one first contact element and the multipoint slot... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331832 | Structure of focusing mesh for field emission display A structure of a focusing mesh for a field emission display includes a cathode substrate and a rectangular mesh. The cathode substrate with one edge formed a cathode conductor including a joint area. The mesh includes a plurality of pores formed in matrix and a L-sh... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322834 | Electrical connector with improved contacts An electrical connector (1) for mounting to a circuit board includes a dielectric housing (10) and a number of conductive contacts (20) positioned in the housing. The dielectric housing has a mounting surface and a top surface opposite thereto, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318730 | Fine-pitch anti-wicking terminals and connectors using same A fine-pitch terminal and connector reduces the size of a connector in a direction in which a large number of terminals are arranged in parallel. A terminal is applied to a connector, to which a cable having a conductor covered with an insulator is attached, the ter... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303409 | Connector and base thereof A connector includes a base, a circuit structure and a terminal base. The base has a body and a plurality of pins, wherein a surface of the body is formed with a plurality of recesses, and the pins are respectively inserted the recesses. The circuit structure is ele... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296347 | Method of forming an electrical terminal An electrical terminal includes a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion. The base pad legs have proximal and distal ends and are joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion. The legs are spaced apart from each othe... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292458 | Circuit board assembly having a set of edge clips for connecting multiple boards together A circuit board assembly includes a motherboard defining a motherboard plane, and a daughter board defining a daughter board plane which is substantially parallel to the motherboard plane. The motherboard and the daughter board electrically connect to each other thr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275315 | Method for repair soldering of multi-pole miniature plug connectors A method for repair soldering of multi-pole miniature plug connectors on printed circuit boards, having signal contact pins in the SMT design and shroud pins in the THR design. The plug connectors have shrouds whose shroud pins project out on the back of the printed... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270548 | Electrical connector and method for connecting it to the glass pane of a motor vehicle An electrical connector for electrical devices such as heating panels, antennas, or the like that are provided on glass panes on motor vehicles, having at least one soldering area to be soldered onto the glass pane and having a connector area joined electrically con... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264486 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (200) includes an insulative housing (50) defining a number of passageways (56) and a number of conductive terminals (60) residing in corresponding passageways (56), respectively. The conductive terminals ( | 09/04/2007 |
| 7232340 | Methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors The present invention relates to methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors. Specifically, an apparatus for reducing crosstalk in the form of a termination cap for a connector is disclosed. The cap is manufactured of a material configured ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229310 | Circuit board assembly with wire comb An approach for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards. A wire comb is mounted adjacent one or more ends of the circuit board to permit a way to space apart individual wires, to hold them in place; and to permit welding or soldering of ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226299 | Circular electrical connector An electrical connector includes a hollow conductive post member having a circular periphery, a foot portion and a distal end. The distal end has a generally cup shaped indentation. A base member is included having top and bottom surfaces. The foot portion of the po... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223939 | Electrical connector for a window pane of a vehicle A window pane has a substrate formed from glass and includes an electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical conductor. An electrical connector is operatively connected to and in electrical communication with the conductor for transferring electri... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223136 | Condenser microphone and method for manufacturing substrate for the same A substrate is obtained as follows. A structure is formed using a metal plate for a lead frame on which terminals and connection portions are formed; the terminals are exposed from either a front or back surface and the connection portions connect the terminals toge... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214068 | Laser ribbon bond pad array connector A laser ribbon bond pad array connector is disclosed for electrically connecting a RF module to an IMD circuit board in an implantable medical device. The array connector includes a connector body with a plurality of electrically isolated bonding fingers embedded in... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207811 | Electrical connector An electrical connector having an electrically non-conductive carrier, the carrier having a plurality of contact pin mounting holes extending there through. Each hole has a square cross-section. An electrically conductive contact pin is passed through each hole. A r... | 04/24/2007 |
