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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440287 | Extended USB PCBA and device with dual personality An extended Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector plug and socket each have a pin substrate with one surface that supports the four metal contact pins for the standard USB interface. An extension of the pin substrate carries another 8 extension metal contact pins tha... | 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 |
| 7422445 | Sinking electrical card connector A sinking electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (10) sinking partially into a hole defined on a printed circuit board (30) (PCB), a number of terminals (20) retained in the insulating housing, a shell (40) mounted on th... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7385665 | Display device A display device includes a display panel which includes an effective display section, a flexible board which supplies a driving signal to the effective display section, a connection part at which the display panel and the flexible board are connected, and a plurali... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367812 | Circuit board and electrical assembly using the same An exemplary circuit board (21) includes an indention portion at a side of the circuit board, and a plug slot (251). The indention portion includes a bottom wall (211) and a side wall (212), and the side wall located between the bottom wa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359208 | USB device with metal plug shell attached to plastic housing A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a molded plastic housing structure such that metal contacts are exposed on a plug portion of the housing structure, and includes a metal plug shell attached to the housing structure such that an uppe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7291037 | Flexible circuit board A flexible circuit board is provided, comprising a flexible substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of electrically conductive pads overlaid on an upper surface of the flexible substrate. Front ends of the electrically conductive pads d... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284990 | PCB and connector design A circuit board (PCB) and connector design, which provides for better electrical connection between the PCB and its host, especially for when used in high-speed optical systems. The PCB has an electrical flex embedded within it. The flex is connected to electrical c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7179115 | Alien next compensation for adjacently placed connectors A connector is provided for compensating crosstalk with respect to an adjacently placed connector. Each of the connectors includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of pairs of contacts on the PCB, a plurality of pads disposed at edge portions of the PCB fo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7134884 | Electrical connector with high durability cycles An electrical connector (1) comprises a mating cavity (147) defining a front-to-back direction for mating and unmating, a supporting bracket (14) defined in the mating cavity, and a printed circuit board (20), the supporting bracket compr... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104809 | Memory card shaped card reader The present invention is to provide a circuit board in a housing and a plurality of contacts fixedly mounted on each of one end, the other end, and at least one side of the circuit board by surface mounting for forming a first external connector, a second external c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7074052 | USB device with case having integrated plug shell A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a plastic housing, which in turn is inserted or otherwise secured inside an outer case. The case is made of metal or hard plastic, and includes a handle portion that is integrally connected to a plug... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040900 | Main board A main board with a base comprising a first port and a second port parallel to each other and with a gap formed therebetween. First and second connectors are selectively disposed on the base. When the first connector is disposed on the base, a first distance is form... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018224 | Charge-controlling system A bifurcated conductive pad positioned on an electrical mating component, such as a circuit card, a contact portion of a cable assembly, or the like, having a main body and a mating edge. The bifurcated conductive pad receives a mating element having a built-up char... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994563 | Signal channel configuration providing increased capacitance at a card edge connection A signal channel extends from motherboard to a daughter card across an edge connection. The daughter card includes a conductive plane that is held at a constant electrical potential. In order to compensate for a number of sources of inductance within the signal line... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6899546 | Printed circuit board A printed circuit board provided with an attachment which surrounds surface contacts of the printed circuit board that are to be contacted by a printed circuit board connector that covers the portion of the printed circuit board and edges of the printed circuit boar... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6804119 | Method and edge connector providing electrostatic discharge arrest features and digital camera employing same A connector, particularly suited for use in a digital camera, having electrostatic discharge features that prevent the occurrence of electrostatic discharge events. The connector comprises a printed circuit board that includes a ground contact, a power contact, and ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6802729 | Contact for error resistant coupling of electrical signals A signal connector assembly with a plug contact within a plug having a high resistive portion. When the plug of the assembly first makes contact with the electrical receptacles within a mating receptacle, the high resistive portion prevents a current surge. As the p... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6765804 | Printed circuit interface to an I/O connector A circuit board arrangement facilitates a direct connection to a chassis mounted connector. The arrangement comprises a printed circuit board with a first signal conductor terminating at an edge of the printed circuit board. A second signal conductor is disposed adj... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6719570 | Card-type portable device In a card-type portable device, a terminal board is provided in the terminal board mounting area of a circuit board. Terminal electrodes are provided on a surface of the terminal board. The terminal electrodes are arranged at a height position according to a device ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6666705 | Method and apparatus for AGP universal connector A first aspect of the invention is an electrical connector that includes a housing formed to include first and second opposing ends and an elongated slot between the ends. The slot receives a connective edge of a printed circuit card. Closely spaced conta... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6641408 | Compliant contacts for conductive devices A conductive device includes a substrate and a plurality of conductive traces supported by the substrate. Each trace has a contact portion. Moreover, sufficient substrate material is removed from the substrate to sufficiently lessen stiffness of selected ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634561 | Memory card electrical contact structure A small, flat rectangularly shaped electronic circuit card, such as one containing non-volatile memory, has a row of contacts mounted on bottom surfaces of a row of recesses extending along a short edge and an adjacent angled corner. At least one of the r... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6511327 | Simplified network interface device A network interface system or device is disclosed that represents an optimal balance in the cost of the materials for the components and the cost of the assembly time required of a field technician. One or more lines from the network provider, e.g., a tel... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6439900 | Sliding connector interface with non-metallic contacts A communication module is provided having a movable electrically conductive interface. This module comprises a printed circuit board with a first slidably receiving contact surface for providing electrical connectivity to the movable electrically-conducti... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428335 | Bus bar with terminal insulator and connector guide therefor A laminated bus bar has thereon a male terminal formed either from only two electric strip conductors separated by a layer of insulation, or from two groups of conductors separated by a layer of insulation. When only two conductors are employed, one may b... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425766 | Impedance control in edge card connector systems A connector system including a circuit card and method of manufacturing same is provided. By way of example, the system includes a connector having an elongated housing with an elongated card-receiving slot. A plurality of signal terminals and ground term... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6312264 | Connecting device A connecting device for the electrical connection of a support board to another component is proposed. The support board has a recess open toward its end and delimited to the side by spring arms, contact faces for the electrical connection being arranged ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6296499 | Contact for error resistant coupling of electrical signals A signal connector assembly with a plug contact within a plug having a high resistive portion. When the plug of the assembly first makes contact with the electrical receptacles within a mating receptacle, the high resistive portion prevents a current surg... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6241537 | ESD protective connector apparatus Embodiments of the invention include connector assembly for a handheld computer. The connector assembly includes a plurality of conductive elements disposed on a first side of a printed circuit board housed with the handheld computer. One or more of the c... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6204632 | Apparatus for charging multiple batteries A modular battery charging system is provided in two main embodiments. In a first embodiment, the modular battery charging system includes a power supply, an elongated track, a connector, and at least one battery charging module. The power supply converts... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6179664 | 64PCI-ISA add-on card with a card edge connector that can plug into both 64PCI-ISA and 32PCI-ISA slots A 64PCI-ISA edge connector has a standard ISA edge connector and a 64-bit PCI edge connector. The 64-bit PCI edge connector has a 32-bit PCI edge connector and a 64-bit edge connector extension. A gap between the 32-bit PCI edge connector and the 64-bit e... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6152754 | Circuit board based cable connector A circuit board based cable connector is disclosed for use with a sensor connector tab to establish electrical signal connection between a sensor and a monitor or processor. The connector comprises a housing which encloses a circuit board. A slot is forme... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6115260 | Memory module with obstacle removing terminal structure A terminal structure in a memory module includes a male connector having a plurality of terminal strips adapted to be engaged with the terminal tongues in the female socket. Each of the terminal strips has an obstacle removal portion defined therein for r... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6102742 | Electrical connector having variable resistance contacts A ribbon style electrical connector is provided having at least one variable resistance contact such that an electrical resistance between the variable resistance contact and a corresponding mating contact of a second mating connector varies from a relati... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6031368 | Sensing apparatus for cable termination devices in power distribution systems Coupling apparatus is provided for assembly with separable insulated connector components on power cables for power distribution systems. The coupling apparatus provides either direct or indirect coupling, e.g. to provide interconnection to the connector ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6027028 | Connector formed as a sleeve pushed over a standard chip card A connector in the shape of a standard printed circuit chip card having contact areas joined by conductors and to be used to apply battery recharging energy to an electronic device such as a mobile telephone through a chip card receiving slot in the devic... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5963045 | Method for testing circuit board assemblies An edge-testable circuit board includes a circuit board having a planar surface and a board edge. Conductive pads are formed on the board edge and are electrically coupled to test nodes of the circuit on the circuit board. The conductive pads may be locat... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5954521 | Interface card connector An interface card connector that includes a plastic main body and a PC board that includes a main portion and a front insertion portion. The insertion portion is provided on top and bottom surfaces with multiple elongated conductor contact strips. The pla... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5947748 | Connector for programmable logic controller having modifiable termination therefor A connection scheme for a Programmable Logic Controller is taught. Briefly stated, a printed circuit board having a plurality of electrically conductive traces therein and a plurality of electrically conductive fingers associated with the conductive trace... | 09/07/1999 |
