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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828599 | USB connector and USB device A USB connector for connecting with a USB female comprises metal legs, a connecting line, a substrate and a rotating shaft assembly. One end of the metal legs connects with one end of the connecting line. The metal legs are formed on a surface of the substrate. The ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7322835 | Battery latch mechanism A latch mechanism for securing a battery module (70) includes a bracket (10), and a pair of latch members (50). The bracket includes a recess (18), a back plate (16) defining a pair of cutouts (162), and a pair of fixing fra... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7299373 | Systems and methods for a controllable release of power supply in a mobile device Systems and methods are disclosed for removing a power supply from a host unit running a computer program, without losing data or causing a cold boot. The present invention employs a retaining assembly for the power supply that delays removal of the power supply unt... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7269026 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus includes: a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) adapted to display images; a chassis base arranged on a rear portion of the PDP; printed circuit boards arranged on a rear portion of the chassis base and adapted to drive the PDP, the printed circuit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268308 | Isolation switch for power transfer A power system including a power transfer device that prevents a common load from at once being powered by a main and auxiliary power source, and eliminates any possibility of back feeding the main power source from the auxiliary power source. First and second circu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7029294 | Enclosed electrical connector with isolator for shielded cables A shielded cable assembly that receives a shielded cable therein and includes an isolator or spacer block having a bore and a spring having a fixed portion disposed about the isolator and a resilient portion extending into the bore. A housing retains the isolator an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6926552 | Electrical cable connector An electrical connector includes a housing having a cavity and a surface for engaging a window. The connector includes first and second compressible conductive contacts disposed within the cavity of the housing and in electrical contact with circuit elements in a co... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6783377 | Ground terminal and method of forming it A ground terminal (11) has a fixing portion (12) formed with a bolt hole (12a) for receiving a bolt (B) for fixing the fixing portion (12) to a mount member (A), a wire-connecting portion (13) for fixing a wire, and a coupli... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6663431 | Shielding in a power connector An electrical connector and method for making power connections between multiple power conductors in a shielded power cord and electrical components in a metal cabinet having a panel with a receptacle therein for receiving the electrical connector. A conn... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6604962 | Plug for connection to an RCA or phono type socket A plug for connection to an RCA or phono type socket wherein a signal pin (15) is frictionally located within the bore of said socket and a pin-like return conductor (16) is adapted to make contact with the socket casing. The spacing (17) between the sign... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6437245 | Terminal processing method and structure for shield cable The invention relates to terminal processing method and structure for grounding the terminal of a shielding braid wire 34 contained in a shield cable 30. The invention employs first connectors 14A, 14B fixed to members 10A, 10B to be grounded at least upo... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6426877 | Semiconductor device incorporating module structure A semiconductor device comprises a plurality of semiconductor block modules mounted on a system board. The semiconductor block module comprises a block socket and a module board fitted thereto. The block socket assumes an annular shape and has connection ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6390852 | Cable connector assembly with an improved grounding structure A cable connector assembly (100) includes a cable set (5) and an electrical connector (8). The cable set has a plurality of signal wires (52) and a grounding wire (51), surrounded by a shielding braid (50). The connector has a dielectric housing (1) with ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6328603 | Electric connector grounding structure An electric connector grounding structure includes an electrically insulative housing, the electrically insulative housing comprising a receiving chamber adapted to receive a matching electric connector; an electric circuit assembly unit mounted in the el... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6230406 | Flexible bond harness and manufacturing method therefor A flexible bond harness including a flexible ground subassembly and a rigid ground subassembly which are joined together by a barrel connector. The flexible ground assembly has a first terminal connector which is mounted to the distal end portion of a sub... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6196869 | Mounting bracket and power bus for a connector block In a mounting bracket for a connector block of the type having an elongated wall and a plurality of spaced fingers extending therefrom, each of the fingers has a portion shaped to support the connector block. An insulation is provided along at least one s... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5931693 | Structure of terminal for coin-shaped battery An improved terminal apparatus is provided for electrical connections to a coin-shaped battery of a kind which may be employed in portable electronic equipment. The terminal apparatus includes a positive terminal plate for engaging a side surface (i.e., a... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5896275 | Ground and shield for a surface acoustic wave filter package A grounding member for installation between a surface acoustic wave filter package and a circuit board to which the filter package is mounted. The grounding member is formed from electrically conductive sheet stock material as a leaf spring which is defor... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5788528 | Cable connector with a releasable clip The high-speed electrical transmission cable connector assembly of this invention includes an electrical connector having a connector backshell with an internal cavity for receiving an electrical insert to interface with an electrical interface device. An... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5618208 | Fully insulated, fully shielded electrical connector arrangement A shielded electrical connector having an elongated annular housing composed of an electrically insulative material molded so as to form an elongated structure for the connector and at least a portion of a grasp for a user of said connector. The housing d... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5573411 | Built-in plug with a grounding wire contact pin A built-in plug with a grounding wire contact pin (3) is located on and projects from a plug side of a plug housing (2), and is designed for connection to an electrically conductive housing (5) of a part (6) into which the plug is to be incorporated. To m... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5537294 | Printed circuit card having a contact clip for grounding a printed circuit board found therein A printed circuit card having a printed circuit board therein with ground contact pads. The printed circuit card is made of a conductive housing in which the printed circuit board resides. At least one ground contact clip is interfaced with both the groun... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527991 | Grounding strap for panel mounted electrical switch A generally rectangular plastic switch housing has locating tabs that position a U-shaped hardened steel grounding strap on the housing so that the strap and housing can be conveniently mounted from the front of a panel in a panel opening that includes re... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5479320 | Board-to-board connector including an insulative spacer having a conducting surface and U-shaped contacts A printed circuit board modular assembly is disclosed. The disclosed invention comprises a first printed circuit board having an electronic terminal portion for providing electrical connection to the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit b... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5473117 | Flexible cable grounding scheme A method for electromagnetically shielding the end of a rigid cable (10) containing a large number of conductors to provide increased bending flexibility is disclosed along with a ground strap assembly (24). Ground strap assembly (24) is designed to shiel... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5418330 | Apparatus for grounding an internal lightning protector device An effective grounding of electrical equipment, electrical cables, housings, and the like, is accomplished by connector lugs that are initially formed as an integral part, for example, of a connecting sleeve that surrounds a protective casing or an envelo... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5381308 | Electrical component arranged for locking and electrically conecting in an opening of a panel fromexternally of the panel A device and method for locking an electrical component, having a body and a flange portion, with a panel through a panel opening, in which the flange abuts a first face of the panel, which includes moving an actuator on the body of the component to displ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5130896 | Apparatus for electromagnetic interference containment for printed circuit board connectors A printed circuit board for mounting in a housing, having a mounted connector for making connections with the circuit board through the housing includes a layer formed from electrically insulating material and a conductive structure formed on such layer w... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5063130 | Electrophotographic light-sensitive material An electrophotographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises an electroconductive support having formed thereon a photoconductive layer containing at least inorganic photoconductive particles and a binder resin, whe... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4986779 | Local area network interface A local area network interface assembly includes an outlet box for receiving at least one connector assembly therein. The outlet box is profiled to receive from the rear thereof, an edge card connector, which is snap latachable into the outlet box. The co... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4952158 | Conductive board spacer The conductive spacer of this invention comprises a supporting member and locking members extending from both ends of the supporting member. When the locking members pass through holes in printed boards, the conductive spacer secures the printed boards a ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4944683 | Grounding clamp A grounding clamp for grounding a ground wire to a grounding rod includes a strap, a segment of which is to be looped around the grounding rod and secured and connected electrically to the grounding rod by a stud having a head for passing through a select... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4916358 | Kinescope grounding system The present invention provides an improved grounding system for a kinescope having a conductive outer coating. The system includes a conductive metal tape having an adhesive on one surface thereof and exposed metal on the other surface thereof. The metal ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4862311 | Overvoltage protector for use with data cables An overvoltage protector for use with data cables. The protector is connected between the data cable and the piece of equipment to which the data cable is ordinarily connected. The equipment has a chassis ground. The protector includes first and second co... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4790765 | Connector shunt structure A ground shunt structure for an electrical connector which receives a shielded cable includes a electrically conductive spring encircling an exposed end portion of the cable shielding to make physical and electrical contact therewith. An elongated strip o... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4708666 | Triaxial to coaxial connector assembly A connector assembly for connecting a triaxial cable to a coaxial cable. The assembly includes a first connector member supporting a plurality of triaxial connectors, and a second connector member matable with said first connector member and supporting a ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4685752 | Electrical connector The electrical connector is physically attached to the external surface of a metallic structure (and which might contain flammable fluid) solely by virture of an annular layer of resinous adhesive. The annular adhesive layer is carried by the centrally-op... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4623205 | Bonding flange adapter A bonding flange adapter is disclosed which provides an efficient and quick device for attaching bonding ribbon to sleeves or splicing casings used in connection with cable in the telecommunications, i.e. television, telephone, telegraph, etc., field. Tel... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4511196 | Printed circuit board connector with integral ground plane A connector with an integral ground plane for making connections between two circuit boards is disclosed in which the connector has a bar-shaped body including generally C-shaped contacts extending in a row on opposite sides of the body. A ground plane in... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4469385 | Modular electrical connection terminal A terminal for electrically connecting electrical conductors (6) to rigid electrical terminal pins (7) comprises a plurality of U-shaped individual contacts (2). One arm (20) of each contact (2) is connected to one of the conductors (6). The other arm (23... | 09/04/1984 |
