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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8018727 | Gauge circuit board holding device A meter spacer unit includes a dial spacer, a lateral spacer flexibly connected to the dial spacer by a joint, and a rear connecting member flexibly connected to the lateral spacer by a joint. The lateral spacer includes a connection member adapted to connect to a p... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7990727 | Ball grid array stack The invention discloses a device comprising a stack of at least two layers, which may comprise active or passive discrete components, TSOP and/or ball grid array packages, flip chip or wire bonded bare die or the like, which layers are stacked and interconnected to ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7843699 | Circuit device and method for manufacturing the same A circuit device includes an element and a base body. The element has a pair of projections on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The base body has an engagement standing part extending in a standing direction. The element is assembled to the base body in a state,... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7595997 | Multilayer ceramic electronic component, multilayer ceramic substrate, and method for manufacturing multilayer ceramic electronic component In a multilayer ceramic electronic component, a pedestal portion is provided on a region of a first main surface of a multilayer ceramic body and includes a non-metallic inorganic powder and a resin so that the pedestal portion is fixed to the first main surface wit... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7573718 | Spacer, printed circuit board, and electronic equipment The spacer is formed as an elastic member with no ends thereof, which is detachably attached, by exploiting its elastic deformation, onto a printed wiring board to which is fixed an electronic component having a component package, on one of whose surfaces connection... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7436057 | Elastomer interposer with voids in a compressive loading system An electronic module and a method of assembling the electronic module. A circuit board is connected to a chip substrate by an array of connectors, and a base member is on the side of the circuit board away from the chip substrate and connector array. An elastomeric ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432702 | Circuit board damping assembly A circuit board damping assembly provides a damping node for a circuit board coupled in spaced relationship to another circuit board or chassis. The circuit board damping assembly includes a chassis or circuit board forming a base member; a circuit board coupled in ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430129 | Positioning assembly A positioning assembly is used for positioning a circuit board on a case. The circuit board shifts relative to a case along a integrate direction or a release direction. The positioning assembly includes a fixed member, a movable member, and a latching member. The l... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7393580 | Layered board and electronic apparatus having the layered board A layered board is disclosed which can avoid the occurrence of cracks in a core layer due to shearing stress caused by a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion between the core layer and a buildup layer. The layered board includes a core layer which serves a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7352589 | Modular computer system mechanical interconnection A modular computer system mechanical interconnection includes a primary chassis having a first opening and a secondary chassis attached to the primary chassis and having a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening are generally aligned. The ap... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7289337 | Electronic card with braced structure The field of the invention is that of electronic computers that have to operate in a harsh mechanical environment. One of the main fields of application relates to computers for on-board fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft avionics systems operating in a highly vibr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286369 | Pad and electronic device employing the same The present invention discloses a pad and an electronic device employing the same, wherein the pad has an accommodating groove, a ditch disposed around the periphery of the accommodating groove, and at least one guiding groove disposed between the ditch and the acco... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7245496 | Circuit board fixer structure A circuit board fixer structure, for fixing a circuit board having at least one through hole, includes a carrier for carrying the circuit board, a pillar, and a stud. The pillar is mounted on the carrier and is formed with a first opening and a second opening corres... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233503 | Assembled structure and clamping device thereof An assembled structure. A first substrate having a base surface is connected to a second substrate by at least one metallic clamping device. The clamping device, vertically disposed on the second substrate, comprises two parts: a first half and a second half having ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230327 | IC card An IC card that has improved endurance and demonstrates increased resistance to cracking of the case and peeling of the substrate when a bending force acts upon the IC card. First protrusions and second protrusions are formed in a recess for fitting a LGA. The secon... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7193859 | Cabinet for television set and cabinet for electric apparatus A cabinet (10) for a television set or an electric apparatus includes a casing having a front wall (11) and a bottom wall (12), a key top (13), guide structures (20a, 20c, 20b) for holding a narro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172432 | Stacked multiple connection module A stacked multiple connection module that provides multiple times the input/output (I/O) signal capacity of a single connection module. In one embodiment, a stacked dual connection module includes first and second circuit boards with respective edge connectors maint... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170757 | Field changeable graphics system for a computing device One embodiment of a field changeable graphics system for a computing device includes a graphics card and an interface assembly. The interface assembly is adapted to interface the graphics card with the motherboard of a computing device, without directly mounting the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159313 | Solderless electronics packaging and methods of manufacture To decrease the thickness, or stack height, of an electronics package, the package includes a solderless compression connector between an integrated circuit (IC) package and a substrate such as a printed circuit board (PCB). In one embodiment, the IC package is moun... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158384 | Vibration reducing structure of electronic device A vibration reducing structure of an electronic device includes first and second housings, a printed circuit board, a first post and a second post. The first and second housings define a closed space therebetween. The printed circuit board is disposed within the spa... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7136289 | Dual-stacked 10 Gigabit X2 uplinks in a single rack unit switch A system for providing dual 10 GB uplinks in the front side of a single rack unit switch that stacks two MSA X2 I/O devices in a limited space. In one embodiment the two X2 I/O devices are mounted on opposite sides of a single circuit board positioned above the moth... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128623 | Tab terminal A tab terminal, capable of being mounted in a parts mounting space on a printed circuit board which is small in height, includes a terminal body, an extension portion formed integrally with the terminal body so as to extend from one end edge of the terminal body in ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113409 | Mounting structures for electronics components Mounting structures for facilitating fast and easy installation and/or removal of electronics components into or out of a computer system are disclosed. The mounting structures include a base and a stackable mounting structure. Each mounting structure generally incl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7091414 | Fine resolution pin support fixture with light weight design A pin support structure comprising a first foil having opening and a second foil having openings. The first foil is secured to a foil support frame and the second foil is secured to a foil support frame. The foils are maintained in spaced apart relationship by a sep... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091605 | Highly moisture-sensitive electronic device element and method for fabrication A highly moisture-sensitive element and method of making such element includes an encapsulation enclosure encapsulating all of the highly moisture-sensitive electronic devices on a substrate and a sealing material positioned between the substrate and the encapsulati... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085141 | Methods and apparatus for holding circuit boards together A circuit board holder includes a base portion, and a mounting portion coupled to the base portion. The mounting portion is configured to actuate with a first circuit board when the circuit board holder attaches to the first circuit board. The circuit board holder f... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048564 | Sealed electronic module with fastenerless circuit board support post A sealed electronic module includes a housing having an open end and a circuit board that is both peripherally and centrally supported within the housing, where potting material applied to the exposed face of the circuit board peripherally and centrally affixes the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042734 | Multi-slot CompactPCI blade assembly A CompactPCI blade assembly includes a main printed circuit assembly (PCA), a mezzanine PCA, an electrical connector, and at least one support structure. The main PCA is couplable to a connector plane of a CompactPCI-based computer system. The electrical connector i... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036956 | Bottom lighting module A bottom lighting module comprises a substrate, a nut, a first diffusion sheet, a support, a second diffusion sheet and at least one light-emitting diode (LED). The nut is set on the substrate. The first diffusion sheet is disposed on the nut. The support comprises ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6995982 | Spring loaded plunger for circuit board installation and removal A motherboard is secured in a chassis by a spring loaded plunger. An anchor member is mounted in the chassis. The anchor member includes a ramp and a receiver. The motherboard has an opening formed therein. A first member is secured to the motherboard. A second memb... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6967850 | Supporting a short printed circuit card A short card support for supporting a short printed circuit card insertable into an electronic system is disclosed. The short card support has a card guide end adapted to couple to the card guide of the electronic system and a card receptor end adapted to couple wit... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967848 | Adapter for contacting smart cards Adapter for contacting chip cards with a connection of a data processing unit standardized according to a PCMCIA standard, including a plug-in card-like housing which has an insertion slot opening on a front end into a mounting channel for mounting a chip card and a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6958200 | Nickel-metal hydride storage battery and assembly of the same In a nickel-metal hydride storage battery comprising: an electrode plate assembly including current collectors on the top and bottom portions; an alkaline electrolyte; and a battery case having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped part for accommodating the el... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6934152 | Systems and methods for connecting an electronic apparatus to a backplane An electronic apparatus includes a first assembly and a second assembly. Each assembly has a circuit board defining a front side and a back side, a set of connectors mounted to the front side of that circuit board, and a heat sink disposed over the front side of tha... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930498 | Membrane probing system A membrane probing assembly includes a probe card with conductors supported thereon, wherein the conductors include at least a signal conductor located between a pair of spaced apart guard conductors. A membrane assembly includes a membrane with contacts thereon, an... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6906266 | Method and structure for fastening a planar board to a chassis A planar board for attachment to a chassis and the resulting attachment structure and method of forming the resulting structure is provided. The planar board has components on one face thereof oriented toward one face of the chassis. The chassis has at least one sta... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898087 | Resilient element A resilient element includes interconnected lower and upper parts. The lower part includes a planar bottom segment having front and rear ends, a first curved segment that curves upwardly and rearwardly from the front end of the planar bottom segment, and a second cu... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6889426 | Method for manufacturing wired circuit board A method for manufacturing wired circuit board that enables a wired circuit board of high quality to be manufactured without changing in dimension of the wired circuit board substantially. In this method, the wired circuit board is wound in layers in the winding pro... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6867984 | Resilient contact element A resilient contact element includes a unitary conductive contact strip that has a strip axis and that is configured with a mounting section, a curved section, a resilient section and a contact section. The mounting section is to be disposed on a mounting plane, and... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6867969 | Shielding cage assembly adapted for dense transceiver modules A shielding cage assembly (10) for shielding a plurality of transceiver modules therein includes a conductive hanger (1), a conductive upper and a lower shielding cages (21, 22), and a spacer (3). A plurality of dividing walls (23, 25 | 03/15/2005 |
