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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182277 | Connector A connector has a housing, an insertion slot, an actuator and a biasing member. Into the insertion slot, a connection target is inserted along an insertion direction. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177571 | Connector A connector has a housing, an insertion slot into which a connection target is inserted, an actuator and a contact. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172592 | Connector having a rotatable press member A connector configured to effectively prevent an incomplete connection caused by an imperfect insertion of an object to be connected. A tip of a flexible circuit inserted into a connector main body abuts against a lock member, a press member is rotated toward one di... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8133067 | Electrical connector with locking engagement between an actuator and an insulative housing An electrical connector for connecting a flexible printed circuit board comprises an insulator, a plurality of terminals and an actuator mounting onto the insulator. The insulator comprises a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall and a pair of side wall j... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128425 | Cable connector having multiple, mutually independent contact arms A cable connector is provided including an insulative housing having an insertion opening through which a flat flexible cable may be inserted. An actuator is movably mounted on the housing and configured to be moved from a first position at which the flat flexible c... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8105102 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for connecting a flat conductive member includes a housing made of an electrical insulating material and including a terminal holding groove, and a terminal held in the terminal holding groove for contacting with the flat conductive member. T... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8079861 | Relay connector A flat flexible cable connector (10) has a housing (31) with an insertion opening (33) in its front face. Two lengths of flexible cable (51a, 51b) are placed end to end and are inserted into the opening. The connector... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075328 | Connector with an actuator pushed by a base-plate A connector 100 for use in accepting a base-plate, the connector 100 comprising; a housing 110; an actuator unit 120 which is rotatably attached to the housing 110; and a contact 130 which has a first clipping portion 131... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070503 | Charging interface for rechargeable devices A novel charging interface for rechargeable devices is disclosed herein. The present charging interface has a male plug, formed from circuit board material, which electrically and slidably interconnects with a female socket in at least two orientations. The female s... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052446 | Electrical connector with improved terminals An electrical connector with improved terminals, includes a dielectric housing having a connecting end, a mating end opposite to the connecting end, a plurality of slots arranged therein, a plurality of stop grooves formed adjacent to the connecting end and respecti... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043104 | Cable connector A cable connector (1) for receiving a flexible circuit member (101) includes an insulative housing (11) with a receptacle (13) for receiving the flexible circuit member therein. A plurality of terminals are provided in terminal receiving ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033852 | Connector assembly for coupling circuit boards A connector assembly includes a housing, a connector interface body, an elongated shaft, and a cam. The housing has an opening extending into the front face and an elongated channel oriented along the longitudinal axis. The cam is within the opening of the housing a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035408 | Socket fixture for testing warped memory modules on a PC motherboard A memory module test socket can accept modules with bent or warped printed-circuit boards (PCBs). A support plate is mounted above a Personal Computer (PC) motherboard by standoffs. An extender card fits through a slot in the support plate. The bottom edge of the ex... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025516 | Connector having an actuator operable to hold a plate-like connection target between two metal abutment portions A plate-like connection target is inserted into a connector along a first direction. The connector has a first metal member having a first metal abutment portion, a second metal member having a second metal abutment portion, and an actuator operable to push the seco... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7993151 | Shielded insertion and connection structure of flat cable connector A shielded insertion and connection structure for a flat cable connector includes a receiving housing and a hold-down member. The receiving housing forms a receiving compartment and two side walls formed at opposite ends of the receiving compartment. The hold-down m... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7976324 | Device opener and vibration mechanism A device, method and computer program product for effecting vibrations in a device. In accordance with one example embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for effecting vibrations in a mobile electronic device having a first body and a secon... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955107 | Connector structure A connector structure, accommodating a flat cable via a front end thereof is disclosed. The flat cable defines a recess at each lateral side thereof; and the connector structure includes a connection base, a lid member, a plurality of terminals, and a pair of latch ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7946872 | Cable connector A cable connector including a housing with an inserting hole adapted to receive a flat cable including terminals mounted on the housing that has contact parts to be electrically connected to lead wires of the flat cable. The connector includes an actuator having a m... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7909630 | Electrical connector having contact portion An electrical connector is to be connected to a flat conductive member. The electrical connector includes a housing; a terminal held in the housing; and a pressing member supported on the supporting portion to be rotatable for pressing the flat conductive member aga... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905739 | Connector connection terminal and connector using the same A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901232 | Electrical connector for a flexible flat cable An electrical connector is provided, capable of exerting a sufficient clamping force on a flat cable to reliably provide electrical conductivity while the connector is low-profile. The connector includes a contact having a base, a contact beam, and a pressing arm. T... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896675 | Connector connection terminal comprising a pointed portion formed through Electroforming and connector incorporating the same A connector connection terminal has a fixed piece to be inserted to a base of a connector, a coupling portion extending from the fixed piece, and a movable piece extending in parallel to the fixed piece to both sides from a free end of the coupling portion and being... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892002 | FPC connector having grounding structure An electrical connector for electrically connecting with a flexible circuit board includes an insulative housing (1) defining a mating space with a bottom surface, a plurality of contact terminals (2) assembled in the housing each including a contact e... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887351 | Electrical connector for flat conductor An electrical connector for a flat conductor that has a novel positioning and retaining structure is disclosed. The electrical connector comprises a housing, a pressure member and a plurality of conductive terminals spaced with a certain interval and planted onto th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7871281 | Connector A connector has a base having an opening to be inserted with a tip portion of a flexible printed circuit board at a front surface, and having a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole alternately juxtaposed at a predetermined pitch at the front surface and ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7862358 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for a flat conductive member includes a housing having a bottom wall, a top wall, a first receiving groove, and a second receiving groove. The first receiving groove and the second receiving groove extend from a first side toward a second sid... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850473 | Electrical connector An electrical connector including a housing provided with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted into the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the housing, a conductive shell mounted on the housing for covering partially the sa... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7845962 | Aft-lift electric connector for a flexible circuit board The present invention discloses an aft-lift electric connector for a flexible circuit board. The electric connector includes a housing, a terminal and a pressing element. As a fixed arm is formed with a flange and a side edge of the pressing element is formed with a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837489 | Electrical connector A novel electrical connector that is thin and can hold a belt-like body. The electrical connector has two kinds of contact elements. When an actuator is rotated, an operation section of the actuator presses one connector element downward, and force from the one conn... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833035 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for connecting an FPC includes an insulating housing having a receiving space, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and an actuator retained on two ends of said insulating housing. Each contact includes a pivot arm engag... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828571 | Electrical connector having locking projections A connector to which an object is to be connected, includes an insulator having at least one contact support groove, and at least one contact which is fixed to the insulator by being inserted into the contact support groove, the contact being contactable with the ob... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828570 | Connector having improved pivoting member design A connector to be detachably fitted with a connecting object, includes a required number of contacts, a housing, and a pivoting member acting upon the contacts to bring them into contact with a connecting object. In case of having many contacts, at least one contact... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7815451 | Electromagnetic coupler registration and mating A system includes a first bus coupler element, a second bus coupler element, and a visual element associated with the second bus coupler element and including a transparent media enabling the second coupler element to be visually aligned with the first coupler eleme... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7789688 | Connector The present invention provides a connector that has high contact reliability and versatility enabling the reliable electric connection of flexible printed boards with a spread in thickness and flexible printed boards with different thicknesses. In this connector, a ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785121 | Flat circuit connector with dust cover An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening at a front portion thereof for receiving an end of the flat circuit, along with a rear terminating portion. A plurality of te... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775820 | High temperature connector body A ceramic connector body for a high temperature electrical connector, such as those used in high temperature gas sensors, incorporates a pair of opposing ceramic body portions which are operative for pivoting engagement and to be fixed in a connector body retainer w... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766680 | Flexible circuit board connector A connector device to be used with a flexible printed circuit board including a connector. The flexible printed circuit board has on its front and rear surfaces ground patterns, signal patterns and phase inversion signal patterns arranged such that the signal patter... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762826 | Connector An ultrathin connector that is easy to assemble has a base in which a plurality of positioning concavities are provided side by side in a lower surface thereof, connection terminals having a shape obtained by bending a needle-like metal material in two and joining i... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7736164 | Circuit board electrical connector An electrical circuit board connector includes a housing made of an electrical insulating material; a groove formed in the housing for receiving a flat conductive member from a rear side of the housing; a signal terminal arranged at a front side of the housing; a gr... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731516 | Connector system for engaging a portion of a plug within a receptacle An cable connector system is provided. A receptacle for the connector system includes a pair of opposing compression plates and at least one rotatable member configured to move the opposing compression plates as the rotatable member rotates. The compression plates c... | 06/08/2010 |
