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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172587 | Card connector and detection switch The card connector can adequately detect the state in which an electronic device such as a memory card to be inserted and removed is fitted, and saves the footprint for mounting the card connector. With this card connector, a card detection switch detects a state in... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152545 | Card connector A card connector includes an insulating housing defining a first receiving chamber and a second receiving chamber, a monitoring terminal fastened in one side of the insulating housing and having a contact plate, a first switch terminal fastened in the one side of th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152544 | Energy-saving socket structure An energy-saving socket includes a housing, at least one control switch, and at least one LED (Light-Emitting Diode) indicator. The housing receives therein an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit includes at least one set of electrical receptacles and one set... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142214 | Joint structure A joint structure effective in reducing return loss and insertion loss of signals includes a body, a sleeve, a resilient element, a metallic pipe, a rod, two washers, and a packing. The sleeve is disposed in the body and penetrable by a terminal line. The sleeve has... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133066 | Connector apparatus and receiving connector of the connector apparatus A connector apparatus includes a receiving connector connected to a power source and including first and second power jack terminals, a control jack terminal, a control switch including first and second contact points, and an insulative spring positioned below the c... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123539 | Connector A female connector for supplying received power has a recess, terminals including power terminals for supplying the power, a locking mechanism to lock a male connector that is inserted into the recess in a mated state in response to insertion of the male connector i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123538 | Electronic card connector The present invention provides an electronic card connector, and intends to arrange one single testing terminal which forms a testing circuit together with an inherent conductive terminal of the electronic card connector, thereby obtaining a testing function which m... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118609 | Electrical connector An electrical connector that can provide stable contact between a signal transmission terminal and a short-circuit terminal even if the connector is downsized. The connector includes a main body having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities provided with lances ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118608 | Electrical connector having detecting terminals formed from the same terminal blank and method of making the same An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a number of terminals made from a same carrier strip. The terminals include a number of conductive terminals (2), a first and second detecting terminals (4, 3) inserted ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113858 | Cable connector having switching function A cable connector having switching function comprises a conductive terminal set comprising a fixed and a movable conductive terminals, an upper end of the movable conductive terminal having a slot, an upper end of the fixed conductive terminal being able to be moved... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113857 | High frequency connector An improved high frequency connector including an insulative housing, a shield covering the housing, a first terminal and a second terminal defining a switch and securely contacting with each other in normal position. The housing includes an upper insulating case an... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105100 | Power converter with rotatable plug The power converter of the invention includes a housing, two conductive pins, a flexible arm and a plug. The housing has a recess. The conductive pins protrude from the recess. The flexible arm is formed with a protrudent plate and a positioning block, which protrud... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8083533 | Connector assembly for an interlock circuit A connector assembly includes a housing, a current carrying conductor, and an interlock conductor. The housing has a cavity that receives conductive members and a shunt of a first connector. The cavity is bifurcated into a conductor channel and an interlock channel ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075324 | Connector assembly having a detection switch which is closed or opened by operation of a locking member A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector matable with the receptacle connector along a mating direction. The plug connector includes a lock activation portion movable between a lock position and an unlock position along an activation... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066523 | Power socket device having switches A power socket device having switches is disclosed and has a housing, socket units, positioning members and conductive frames. The housing is formed with recesses communicated with an inner space thereof. The socket unit is installed in the recess, and can be slid f... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057246 | Compact multiport test jack A multiport test jack that supports the testing of a number of individual telephone lines in an interface device, such as a network interface device or an optical line terminal, has a physical structure that is smaller in size than the size of a corresponding number... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052442 | Light string system A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted t... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8033848 | High density coaxial switching jack A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell con... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8011940 | Power socket device having switches A power socket device having switches is disclosed and has a housing, socket units, two conductive frames and switch units. The housing has bolt holes. Each of the socket units has a socket body and a pair of conductive terminals. The socket body is formed with a pa... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011939 | Coaxial connector The invention relates to a coaxial connector (1) for mounting on a printed circuit board adapted to receive a mating coaxial connector in an insertion direction (I). The coaxial connector comprises a contact spring (8) having a fixed leg (16) an... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7993148 | High density coaxial jack A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front cable connection locations is disclosed. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and an outer shield conductor. The center conductors are connec... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985096 | Connector with switch A connector includes an insulating housing, a metal shell that covers the insulative housing, and a switch. The switch includes a fixed contact and a movable contact. The fixed contact is formed by partially bending a rear end of a top surface of a metal shell downw... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980871 | Light string system A lamp system used in a light string system comprises a light assembly and a socket assembly. The light assembly comprises a light source, a base in communication with the light source, and a bypass activating system. The socket assembly comprises a socket adapted t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972156 | Electronic card connector with an improved housing for assembling a switch terminal thereof favorably An electronic card connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a first switch terminal retained on the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a receiving space, a receiving slot communicating with the receiving space along an up to dow... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967619 | Light string with improved shunt system This utility model relates to a decorative light, and particularly, to a decorative light capable of avoiding an open circuit condition on an entire string of bulbs that operate in series when an individual bulb is removed. The decorative light comprises a socket, a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967620 | Safety outlet A safety outlet comprises an electrical outlet having both hot and neutral plug blade apertures each with respective output contacts and input contacts associated. A safety tab is disposed adjacent each of the respective output contacts and the input contacts and is... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963784 | Audio jack connector An audio jack connector adapted for receiving a plug has a base which has a socket, a first terminal groove and a second terminal groove opened at a same side of the socket. The second terminal groove is located between the socket and the first terminal groove and c... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955102 | Locking system to keep movable contacts apart from fixed contacts of a short circuit Electrical circuit quick connection and disconnection system with automatic short circuit of current transformer secondaries and similar devices, consists of a multipole plug (6) and receptacle (11) system with automatic short-circuit capacity between ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955104 | Shorting clip terminal connector assembly including protrusion shield A shorting clip terminal connector assembly electrically shorts together terminals in a first connector body dependent on connection status of a first and a second connector body. A shorting clip terminal disposed in a shorting clip terminal cavity in the first conn... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955103 | Connector A connector adequately detects a state of an electronic component such as a memory card which is fitted in the connector by way of insertion, even when scrapes of a housing of the electronic component are produced due to insertion and removal of the electronic compo... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942684 | Connector device, receiving connector, and inserting connector A connector device includes an inserting connector and a receiving connector, wherein the receiving connector is connected to the electronic device; the receiving connector includes a single control plug terminal and two electric power jack terminals made of a condu... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931484 | Latchable power outlet A latchable power outlet with greater ease is disclosed, comprising: a base; at least two electrically conductive plates on the base, wherein the at least two electrically conductive plates are employed for making connection with a power supply and electrically cond... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922507 | Electrical card connector with a flange-like plane portion for guiding insertion of a card A card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a base, first and second sidewalls extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the base, a card receiving space defined by the base and the first and second sidewalls; a plurality of contacts held within t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901229 | Shorting terminal, a connector and an assembling method therefor A connector is provided with a plurality of terminal fittings (40), a shorting terminal (10) for shorting corresponding terminal fittings (40), and a housing (50) for accommodating the terminal fittings (40) and the shorting termin... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901230 | Power plug A power plug has a housing, two blades, a slider mounted through the housing, and a cylindrical resilient member mounted inside the housing. When the plug is unplugged, the ends of the blades inside the housing are not contacted with two spring leaves inside the hou... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896672 | EMI suppression for electrical connector An electrical connector includes a housing having a cavity configured to receive a plug therein. Contacts are arranged within the cavity for mating with a plug. The contacts include shield interfaces. A metal strip is arranged within the cavity and is electrically c... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896671 | Mounting socket for memory card and SIM card having integrated sensing switch A mounting socket includes an insulating socket body provided with a subscriber identification module card insertion recess and a memory card insertion recess. A metal housing coupled to an upper surface of the socket body defines the subscriber identification modul... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887349 | Safety electrical receptacle A safety electric outlet receiving an electrical plug having a first live standard sized plug blade and second neutral standard sized plug blade including an outlet housing having at least two slots permitting the admission of the first and the second plug blade. A ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887348 | Card connector A card connector is configured for receiving a card having contact pads with the card having a thickness and a width perpendicular to the thickness. The card connector includes a housing with a slot for receiving the card and conductive terminals within the housing ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878828 | Safety socket with plug configuration sensitive switch An electrical socket with a safety feature that prevents accidental shock due to insertion of an object or objects other than a typical electrical plug configuration. The socket ‘hot’ side conductor is not energized if an object is inserted into any single plug ... | 02/01/2011 |
