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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172594 | Low insertion force multi-pole connector device A multi-pole connector has a first movable or plug-in connector member (30) with a plurality of electric contacts (131) supported by a terminal strip (31). The electric contacts are arranged in a pattern. The movable member (30) is design... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7744394 | Golden finger protecting device A golden finger protecting device includes a first, a second, and a third sidewall is connected between corresponding sides of the first and second walls. The first, the second, and third sidewalls are formed by folding a substrate along two parallel fold lines, to ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7575457 | Contact connector assembly for a sensor-dispensing instrument A contact connector assembly, which is adapted to be used in a sensor-dispensing instrument that contains electrochemical test sensors, comprises at least four electrical contacts, a housing connector, a base connector and a moveable mechanism. The housing connector... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7540752 | High conductor density connector for zero transmitted force engagement A releaseable multi-channel electrical connector is designed for small size, and ease of use without generating manipulation forces that might be transmitted to an attached living subject. Two pivoting frame members on which electrical snap connectors are mounted ar... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7527513 | Contact member deformation slot connector A connector includes an inserting part where a plug connector is inserted, a contact member provided at a side of the inserting part, the contact member being where a basic end part is fixed, and a driving part configured to drive the contact member to a position wh... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7442063 | Card edge connector The present invention provides an electrical connector (100) comprising a housing assembly (10, 20) defining a slot, a number of contacts (30) assembled to the housing assembly (10, 20), a carriage (80) up and down moveably assembl... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7416430 | Contact connector assembly for a sensor-dispensing instrument A contact connector assembly, which is adapted to be used in a sensor-dispensing instrument that contains electrochemical test sensors, comprises at least four electrical contacts, a housing connector, a base connector and a moveable mechanism. The housing connector... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7390208 | Card connector assembly having improved terminal A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (5), includes an insulative housing (1) defining therein a slot (11) and a number of passageways (131) communicating with the slot, and a number of terminals (2... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387528 | Connector for flexible printed circuit board A flexible printed circuit board connector includes a housing, a sliding cover and a pair of support nails. A pair of guiding grooves and a pair of insertion holes are defined in sidewalls of the housing for receiving the support nails. A protruding portion is forme... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381073 | Radiological imaging apparatus A radiological imaging apparatus allowing semiconductor radiation detectors to be easily replaced with new ones and densely arranged. Terminals (31cjk) and (33cjk) are provided on a bottom surface of a detector aggre... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371093 | ZIF connection accessory and ZIF browser for an electronic probe A ZIF connector is mounted on a tiny PCB that carries damping components and flying leads that are connected or soldered to locations of interest on a PCB. There may be one or many of such ZIF connector/connection accessories in any particular test set-up. A ZIF bro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371094 | Aligned contact group and electrical connector for flexible substrate An electrical connector includes contacts each having a junction to be electrically connected to another substrate and a pair of contact portions bifurcated and extending from the junction to form a bearing space therebetween, and an array plate for forming thereon ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361042 | Electrical connector An electrical connector including a housing, first and second contacts arranged in the housing, each of which has a fixed part engaging with a board-shaped portion of the housing and an operating part movable to the fixed part, and an actuator movable to the housing... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7338303 | Card connector assembly having carriage component A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (6), includes an insulative housing defining a cavity, two rows of terminals (4), a pair of springs (3), and a carriage component (2) being moveable between two ro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316579 | Zero insertion force cable interface An electrical connector includes a cable end connector which mates with a board mount connector. The cable end connector includes a plurality of header modules that each include pivotal contact-bearing headers. The headers are coupled to ribbon conductors in a paral... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300303 | Method and apparatus for attaching flexible circuit to a rigid printed circuit board An apparatus comprising a spring retainer attachable to a printed circuit board and a spring having a fixed end attached to the spring retainer and a free end that contacts and exerts a force on the printed circuit board when the spring retainer is attached to the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291031 | Zero insertion force cable interface A connector assembly includes a female dual row connector, and a male dual row connector configured to be inserted into the female dual row connector. The female connector is configured to be compression mounted onto a circuit card, and has conductive tails for bein... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7267580 | Card edge connector having heat-dissipating mechanism According to one embodiment of the present invention, a card edge connector (100) includes an elongated insulative housing (1) having a central slot (15) cooperatively enclosed by a bottom wall (150) and a pair of sidewalls thereof (13... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269026 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus includes: a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) adapted to display images; a chassis base arranged on a rear portion of the PDP; printed circuit boards arranged on a rear portion of the chassis base and adapted to drive the PDP, the printed circuit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265989 | PC card A PC card is provided which can be used to add multiple capabilities to an information processing apparatus in cooperation with a conventional card only by the use of a single card slot. The PC card 1 comprises a card main body 10 which is provi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261589 | Connector for flexible printed circuit An electrical connector for connecting a sheet-like member includes a housing (1) defining an insertion slot (10); a plurality of terminals (2) arranged in the housing in parallel relationship with a predetermined pitch, each of the terminals ha... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261588 | Connector having a lever for opening and closing upper and lower arms of forked contact members The present invention provides a connector including: an approximately box-shaped housing having an insertion opening for the insertion of an FPC; forked contact members provided within the housing; and a lever which is provided so as to face the insertion opening o... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255586 | Connector device A connector device includes a plug including a plurality of plug terminals and a socket including a plurality of socket terminals. Ground plug terminals each have a recess on the contact surface, and ground socket terminals each have a dimple on the contact surface ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7186150 | Split key in a press-fit connector A connector comprises multiple electrically-conductive pins coupled along a line and a press-fit edge connector body intersected by a slot configured for insertion of the multiple pins. Multiple contacts are contained within the press-fit edge connector body and con... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182616 | Connector receptacle having a short beam and long wipe dual beam contact A contact assembly for use in an electrical connector. The contact assembly includes an insulative contact block defining a plurality of apertures therethrough. The contacts assembly also includes a plurality of dual beam contact terminals. Each plurality of dual be... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179107 | Connector for flexible printed circuit A connector (100) for connecting a sheet-like electronic member includes a housing (10); a number of terminals (20) loaded in the housing, said terminal including a first and second beams (21 and 22) defining a gap therebetween; an... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172444 | Hard drive contact pin connector device A connecting device for insertion into a slot of a hard drive (5) and having internal circuit closing, the device having a front substrate (1) with slots (12), separated by rails (123). There are metal spring blades (2) located in ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168990 | Female side connector for high current A female side connector for high current includes at least one contact unit including a contact, a contact support section, and a connection terminal: and a connector housing for placing the contact support section. The contact is provided by superposing a plurality... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7140891 | Dustproof receptacle connector A dustproof receptacle connector includes a dielectric housing having a cavity. A plurality of terminals and a dustproof means are received in the cavity. The back end of the dielectric housing is a closed end. A pair of guide grooves are defined in lateral sides of... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134895 | PC board assembly A latching mechanism for holding an electronic card on a printed circuit board, includes an insulative fixing device mounted to the printed circuit board and a metallic latching device attached to the fixing device. The fixing device provides the positioning post ex... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134892 | Socket for electrical parts A socket for an electrical part includes a socket body to which an electrical part is accommodated, the socket body having a base portion to which a number of contact pins and a movable member disposed to the socket body to be vertically movable. The movable member ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121859 | Flexible cable interconnect assembly A data transmission interconnect assembly capable of transmission speeds in excess of 40 Gbps in which, for example, a line-card is detachably coupled to a backplane using flexible flat cables that are bent to provide a continuous, smooth curve between the connected... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118421 | Adapter device for electronic equipment The present invention is directed to an adapter device for electronic equipment, which is adapted to have ability to load another electronic equipment at a loading unit of the existing IC card, and comprises a casing (31) loaded at a host equipment (1)... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118408 | Flat cable coupler and electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly comprises a flexible flat cable and a coupler. The flexible flat cable has a tip. A plurality of conductors is provided on a section of the tip between ends thereof. The coupler includes a first holding member mated with a second hol... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094106 | Adaptor for memory card An adaptor for using a mini-sized memory card in an appliance having a slot for a regular-sized memory card is provided. This adaptor is formed with a base and a cover made of a resin material, a plurality of electrically conductive members fixed to the base so as t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086884 | Electrical connector for flexible flat cable An electrical connector with upper contacts, for a flexible flat cable. The connector is an electrical connector for gripping a flexible flat cable by upper contacts, and the connector includes two kinds of contact members for gripping the flexible flat cable, a hou... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080987 | Apparatus for connecting electronic units together An apparatus for making an electrical connection with an electrical unit which has an edge portion and terminals disposed along the edge portion. The apparatus includes a supporting member and a connector supported by the supporting member. The connector has a body ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7052325 | Structure for all-in-one memory card socket An all-in-one memory card reader includes a socket into which can be inserted memory cards having more than one distinct specification. A pivot base and a blocking slide are provided at the contact tips of connecting terminals welded on the base board, such that the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7039073 | Bound mode technique for accommodating high-bandwidth data flow within an intermediate network node A bound mode mechanism and technique efficiently accommodates high-bandwidth data traffic flow within an intermediate node of a computer network. The bound mode mechanism combines two half-slot line card connectors of a backplane in an aggregation router into a sing... | 05/02/2006 |
