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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164913 | Fastener and electronic device having the same A fastener includes a cylinder and a draw hook. The cylinder includes a main body, two resilient arms extending from an end of the main body, and a flange extending from a circumference of an opposite end of the main body. A number of protrusions spaced in the axial... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7978477 | Dual-channel optical navigation device A dual-channel optical navigation system with vertically aligned sensors. The dual-channel optical navigation system includes a circuit board, a contact navigation sensor, and a free-space navigation sensor. The circuit board mechanically supports and electrically c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7420830 | Memory card module A memory card module includes a first circuit board, and a second circuit board. On one surface of the first circuit board, there are flash memories and a controller. The second circuit board is installed at one end of the first circuit board and is electrically con... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405948 | Circuit board device and method of interconnecting wiring boards A circuit board device comprises a first wiring board (79) having plural first electrode terminals (73, 75, 77) for connection row-arranged on a surface layer, a second wiring board (87) having plural second electrode terminals (81, 83, 85 | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400511 | Electronic component mounting structure An electronic component mounting structure includes a board and an electronic component mounted on a surface of the board. The board includes lands. The electronic component includes a body and terminals extending from the body. Each terminal is electrically connect... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7372707 | Positioning member for circuit board and circuit board positioning mechanism having the positioning member The invention provides a positioning member for a circuit board and a circuit board positioning mechanism having the positioning member, which is adapted to limit the latitude of a first direction of the printed circuit board installed on a housing. The circuit boar... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359210 | Shock absorbing system for circuit boards A shock absorbing system may be mounted on a circuit board, such as a carrier card, to reinforce the circuit board and/or to absorb shock forces from a neighboring circuit board, such as a mezzanine card coupled to the carrier card. The shock absorbing system may in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349222 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display panel, a chassis coupled to the plasma display panel, a substrate having a hole therethrough and having circuits to drive the plasma display panel, the substrate spaced apart from the chassis, a grounding boss extending from the chassis, the groundi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338837 | Semiconductor packages for enhanced number of terminals, speed and power performance An integrated circuit device package with a first part (101) having a cavity (104) to mount the chip (105), further I/O terminals (102) on the top surface and terminals (103) on the bottom surface. The chip has contact pads (107... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333347 | Screwing control device of a computer chassis A screwing control device of a computer chassis is composed of a computer chassis, a panel of which is pre-built with a plurality of positioning holes; a screw element, a center of which is provided with a screw hole and which is able to be locked and fixed into one... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324344 | Techniques for attaching a heatsink to a circuit board using anchors which install from an underside of the circuit board A heatsink attachment assembly includes a first anchor, a second anchor and a heatsink clip. The first anchor is configured to insert into a first hole in a circuit board in an upward direction from an underside of the circuit board toward a topside of the circuit b... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321493 | Techniques for attaching a heatsink to a circuit board using anchors which install from an underside of the circuit board An improved heatsink attachment assembly includes a first anchor configured to secure to a first location of the circuit board, and a second anchor configured to secure to a second location of the circuit board. Each anchor includes legs having looped end portions c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7304856 | Assembly for holding circuit cards An assembly for holding circuit cards may comprise a plurality of slots, each slot being configured to receive a circuit card. At least one slot may be modifiable so as to permit the at least one slot to hold circuit cards having differing depths. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7286371 | Attaching heat sinks to printed circuit boards using preloaded spring assemblies An integrated circuit assembly including a heat sink, a socket, a printed circuit board and a chassis to be held together under spring bias. The assembly may be secured together with less than 2 mm spanning between a printed circuit board and a chassis. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7276840 | Structure with a plurality of substrates, its manufacturing method and crystal oscillator with the structure The structure provided with a plurality of substrates of the present invention is provided with a plurality of substrates each provided with chip-shaped circuit devices connected by poles also used as electrical wiring. At least one pole connecting the plurality of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264501 | Fixing mechanism The invention provides a board-shaped fixing mechanism, which is adapted to fasten a planar board having a plurality of first positioning portions onto a carrier board, and includes a plurality of second positioning portions adapted to correspondingly couple with th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262976 | Connector fastener A fastener is disclosed to include a locating block that supports an interface card on a circuit board, a hollow hook member inserted through a mounting through hole in the interface card into the through hole of the locating block to secure the interface card to th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253511 | Semiconductor multipackage module including die and inverted land grid array package stacked over ball grid array package A multipackage module has multiple die of various types and having various functions and, in some embodiments, the module includes a digital processor, an analog device, and memory. A first die, having a comparatively large footprint, is mounted onto first die attac... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7209365 | Card retention device A card retention device includes a latch member pivotally coupled on a side wall which is located in a chassis of a computer and is located corresponding to a distal end of an expansion card. The latch member includes a stem which has a first latch section and a sec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7180751 | Input/output transition board system An input/output transition board system for collecting and distributing input/output signals between a backplane board and an I/O board while allowing for additional electronic devices. The input/output transition board system includes a transition board having at l... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173329 | Package stiffener Arrangements are used to supply power to a semiconductor package. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170740 | Foldable support structure A foldable support structure suitable for a notebook is provided. The notebook includes a keyboard, a circuit board, and a support frame, disposed above the circuit board for carrying the edge of the keyboard. The support structure is disposed inside an opening of t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161093 | Aligning gear An aligning gear for an electronic device including a circuit board having at least a first fixing section and a housing having at least a second fixing section is disclosed. The aligning gear includes a first limiting member and a second limiting member, both of wh... | 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 |
| 7130198 | Resin-packaged protection circuit module for rechargeable batteries and method of making the same A protection circuit module for rechargeable batteries includes a substrate, electronic components mounted on the obverse surface of the substrate for forming a protection circuit for rechargeable batteries, a housing mounted on the obverse surface of the substrate ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119276 | Method and apparatus for board mounting in a chassis A board mounting apparatus includes a chassis and a chassis base member positioned in the chassis, the chassis base member defining a channel and an open volume adjacent the channel. A first portion of the channel comprises a first width. A second portion of the cha... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114974 | Electrical connector assembly having board hold down An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a card edge connector (20) used to be mounted on a mother board (10) and defining a slot (210), a daughter card (30), and a board hold down (40) for being mounted on the mother b... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7083477 | Providing mechanical support for modular interconnect systems A connector system includes a first connector assembly that is electrically connected to wiring on a first printed wiring board and a second connector assembly that is electrically connected to wiring on a second printed wiring board. Each connector assembly include... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077692 | Devices and methods for mounting circuit elements The described embodiments provide devices and methods for creating an electrical connection in an electronic system. The devices and methods include a standoff that connects a circuit element with a circuit board and supports the circuit element at a sufficient heig... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075772 | Electrostatic gripping device An electrostatic gripper for moving wafers includes bipolar electrodes with an insulating layer of zirconium oxide, which are positioned on a circuit board. The gripper is produced by a pressing process and can be operated with a DC voltage of less than 900 V. As a ... | 07/11/2006 |
