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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021177 | Burn-in socket A burn-in socket includes a base, a sliding plate mounted to the base, a number of contacts, and an actuator mounted on the base. The contact each has a base portion secured to the base and a pair of arms extending through the pin holes of the sliding plate. The act... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7874859 | Electric connection box An electric connection box which is electrically connected to electrical equipments of an automobile via wire harnesses is installed at a center cluster provided at a central portion of an instrument panel of the automobile. A plurality of switches for controlling t... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7833036 | Electrical connecting apparatus An electrically connecting apparatus comprises a base member provided with slots penetrating in the plate thickness direction, contacts disposed within the slots so as to be able to contact electrodes of a device under test on the base member and for connecting the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7771220 | Electrical connecting apparatus An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus comprises an electrical insulating plate, an elastic plate made of an electrical insulating material arranged on the electrical insulating plate, a sheet-like conductive plate arranged on the elastic plate, and fir... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7374441 | Zero insertion force connector assembly for circuit boards/cards An apparatus and method for installing an electrical support structure, such as a printed circuit board or card in a computerized device, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the apparatus includes a connector assembly that includes a first structure having ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367738 | Apparatus and method for releaseably joining elements The apparatus and method for releasably joining first and second elements according to the present invention include a retaining member mounted to one of the elements and a reshapeable tube near the retaining member. The reshapeable tube has at least two states, an ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361029 | IC package, IC socket, and IC socket assembly An IC socket assembly includes an IC socket, constituted by: a plurality of electrical contacts; an IC package mounting surface; an insulative socket housing for holding the plurality of electrical contacts at the IC package mounting surface; and an urging member fo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350290 | Compression device for integrated circuit packages A compression device has a frame sized to accept an integrated circuit package and a pressor. The frame includes a surface defining an opening with an axis and at least one ramp extending from the surface. The ramp or ramps have upper and lower flat portions, substa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7294019 | Stacking connector having flexible extension portion A high speed stacking connector assembly includes a flexible extension portion. The flexible extension portion includes a first male connector, a center portion, and a second male connector. First and second flexible printed circuits (FPCs) extend parallel to one an... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7272774 | Extender card for testing error-correction-code (ECC) storage area on memory modules Memory modules with an extra dynamic-random-access memory (DRAM) chip for storing error-correction code (ECC) are tested on a personal computer (PC) motherboard tester using a cross-over extender card inserted into a memory module socket on the motherboard. ECC code... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267563 | Dual engagement lever interface A mass interconnect device having a receiver and test adapter, each having a plurality of modules, pins and patchcords connected thereto. The receiver has an independent rotatable engagement lever attached at each side for drawing a test adapter into engagement with... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248481 | Circuit board and system with a multi-portion socket Circuit board and system with multi-portion sockets, and signal methods practiced thereon are described herein. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7226305 | Low insertion force socket A socket assembly is shown as generally including a cover assembly and a base frame assembly. A low insertion force (LIF) package assembly is connectable to the socket assembly and is comprised of a pin assembly, housing a package. The cover assembly includes a sock... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7212409 | Cam actuated cold plate A cooling system for a computer includes a cam-actuated cold plate. Compliant, thermally conductive pins on the cold plate contact electronic heat generating electronic components when the cold plate is moved toward a circuit assembly that includes the electronic co... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202019 | Photothermographic imaging material A photothermographic imaging material having a support; a photosensitive layer containing photosensitive silver halide particles on one face of the support; and a non-photosensitive layer provided on a side of the support where the photosensitive layer is provided. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195507 | Socket apparatus with actuation via pivotal motion A socket apparatus includes a lid pivotally coupled to a socket. When the lid is in an open position, contacts in the socket are actuated to an open position for receiving an integrated circuit. When the lid is closed, levers coupled to the lid cease actuating the c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186126 | Floating electrical connector A floating connector is disclosed which can avoid a danger that the pin bodies will contact the inner circumferential surfaces of the through-holes formed in the movable housing when the movable housing moves in the vertical direction with respect to the fixed housi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180031 | Electrical connection in glazing operations A power connection apparatus of a vehicle is provided that includes a pair of substantially flat electrical conductor strips each having a first end and a second end. The first ends are adapted to be electrically coupled to integrated heater conductors in an automob... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170165 | Circuit board assembly with a brace surrounding a ball-grid array device An assembly includes a circuit board with a ball grid array device attached to a first side of the circuit board. A brace surrounding the ball grid array device has a series of mounting holes and a series of members extending between the mounting holes. The brace is... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150652 | Connector having a pair of printed circuits and facing sets of contact beams A connector assembly includes a male connector and a female connector. The female connector includes two printed circuit assembly portions (PCAPs). Each PCAP includes a printed circuit having a ground plane and a plurality of conductors. A plurality of contact beams... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121860 | Pinch-style support contact, method of enabling electrical communication with and supporting an IC package, and socket including same A socket for removably mounting an electronic device and which has utility for testing of the electronic device. The socket includes pinch-style support contacts which establish a reference seating plane for an IC package. The pinch-style support contacts each inclu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104825 | Socket assembly A socket assembly for accommodating an IC chip or package (IC) provided with a socket body having a generally rectangular configuration. A plurality of flat plate-like contact pins are arranged forming rows in parallel with each other so as to form rows along four s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7061101 | Carrier module Carrier module including a carrier module body for seating a semiconductor device on an underside thereof, having a pass through hole from an upper part to the underside the semiconductor device is seated thereon, a housing over the carrier module body, a supplement... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044764 | Socket for a pin grid array package A PGA socket having structure that permits the slide plate to be kept center-aligned while moving on the base housing, thus assuring that reliable electric connections be established between the PGA lead pins and the terminals of the socket. The PGA socket includes ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035112 | Automatic switch An automatic switch includes a main body having connector ports provided thereon, more than one or two sets of cable-connected connectors directly extended from the main body, and a circuit board provided in the main body and electrically connected to the sets of ca... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017259 | Housing removal tool A housing-remover tool for a press-fit connector. The tool including shoulder part pressers for pressing the shoulder parts of pin-shaped terminals, each shoulder part presser having a hollow part for receiving a pin part of the pin-shaped terminal and a cut-away pa... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000317 | Method for manufacturing electrical connectors for enhancing coplanarity The present invention is a method for manufacturing an electrical connector comprising an insulative housing with a base side and an opposed side and lateral sides interposed between said base side and said opposed side and at least one conductive contact extending ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979217 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes terminal pieces mounted respectively in mounting holes in a substrate. Each terminal piece has an intermediate portion having a first part connected to a connecting end portion exposed from the respective mounting hole, and a second ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969266 | Adapter for connecting a chip and a socker An adapter. The adapter comprises inner and outer guiding ribs for smoothly guiding the adapter into and out of a socket soldered on a circuit board without bending or breaking translation pins. This substantially enhances lifetime of the adapter and prevents damage... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964573 | Electronic part-mounting socket An electronic part-mounting socket includes a socket housing, and contacts The socket housing has contact receiving grooves formed at a bottom plate portion of an electronic part-receiving portion. The contact of an integral construction includes a fixing piece port... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965246 | Burn-in socket assembly A burn-in socket assembly (1) includes a base (10) receiving an IC and a number of contacts, a slider member (20) mounted onto the base and capable of moving along the base, a pair of actuation members (30) assembled onto the base, and a ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963492 | Lockable retractable locating frame of a BGA on-top test socket A lockable retractable locating frame of a BGA on-top test socket includes a push-and-lock mechanism that further comprises an accommodation room, a slider, and a sliding slot for riding the slider. The slider further includes a driving portion for receiving foreign... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960092 | Compression mount and zero insertion force socket for IC devices In a socket system and method for coupling a pin of an IC (integrated circuit) device to a contact pad of a circuit board, a zif opening on a socket asserts substantially zero force as the pin of the IC device is inserted therein. In addition, a compression mount le... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948963 | Securing device and method The connector is capable of securing a cord to an outlet, of securing extension cords, and/or of securing an extension cord to the cord of a power tool. The device may have a female receptacle and a male plug, only a female receptacle, or only a male plug. The femal... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6884087 | Socket with multiple contact pad area socket contacts A socket including multiple contact areas socket contacts is provided. The multiple contact areas enable the placement of components, such as capacitors, resistors, diodes and the like between the socket and a substrate. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6872083 | Socket for electrical parts The IC socket for electrical parts comprises a base plate, a tab film on the base plate on which an IC package is mounted and a pressing jig on the tab film for pressing the IC package toward the tab film. The tab film comprises an electrode pattern to be electrical... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6832919 | Land grid array socket with reinforcing plate An LGA socket (1) includes a slab like insulative housing (11), a reinforcing plate (12) attached on an exterior surface of the housing, and a clip (14) and a lever (15). The clip and the lever are respectively mounted on two oppos... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6811410 | Integrated circuit socket with capacitors and shunts An integrated circuit socket with capacitors and shunts is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, a socket is divided into a shunt area, a socket pin area, and a land side capacitor area. The shunt area may contain a variable number of power shunts... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6793505 | Ganged land grid array socket contacts for improved power delivery A socket may comprise an array of first contacts and a set of second contacts having a greater conductive cross-sectional area than the first contacts. The set of second contacts may also have a greater conductive area efficiency than the array of first contacts, wi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6793512 | Socket for semiconductor device A rib is provided in a partition wall of a contact deviation member, so that when movable contact pieces in one contact terminal is apart from each other, the relative position of the movable contact piece in the one contact terminal is restricted to a movable conta... | 09/21/2004 |
