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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123541 | Electrical connector with expanded cover An electrical connector for electrically connecting a module to a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing receiving the module, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing and a cover pivotally assembled to the insulative housing. The c... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7950945 | SIM card connecting device for portable electronic device A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card connecting device for a portable electronic device which is adapted to further reduce a thickness of the portable electronic device by limiting the height of the SIM card connecting device. The device includes: a printed circu... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7883349 | Socket connector having metallic positioning member securing electronic device therein A socket connector for receiving an electronic device includes an insulative housing with sidewalls extending upwardly and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing. The sidewalls define a receiving space for the electronic device. At least one side... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874861 | PCB connector For connecting multiple PC boards to form a PCB pane, a PCB connector is disclosed include a bearing strip, which has locating grooves spaced along the length, upright pins disposed in the locating grooves and inserted through respective through holes on connection ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7789691 | Chip card retaining mechanism and printed circuit board module incorporating same A chip card retaining mechanism includes a first holding frame, a second holding frame and a circuitry. The first holding frame includes a latching portion and a connecting board. The latching portion defines a first receiving room for receiving a first chip card. T... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7758368 | DIN rail mount A DIN rail mounted device that may be mounted to a DIN rail with minimal components and without requiring the use of tools. In some instances, an electrical device is provided that has one or more integrally formed rigid latches and one or more integrally formed fle... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7628633 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector has an insulating housing (10) receiving a plurality of terminals (12), a shell (11) mounted on the insulating housing, a guiding portion (15) located at one lateral side of the insulating housing, and a metal... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7621769 | Edge connector for field changeable graphics system One embodiment of an edge connector for a field changeable graphics system includes a right angle edge connector having a plurality of contact pins adapted to engage contacts on a graphics card. The edge connector is adapted to interface the graphics card with the m... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614899 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector includes a main board (5) with a first card edge connector (1) mounted thereon, a sub-board (6) with a second card edge connector (2) mounted thereon, and a pair of complementary board to board connectors (3, 4 | 11/10/2009 |
| 7438577 | Method of locking and activating a hot swappable daughter card Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus and a method for locking a cam lever, which positions a second card as inserted into a connector on a first card, and activating the second card with a coupling member. In one embodiment, the second card is inserted ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416133 | IC card An IC card is prevented from falling off readily an electronic device while maintaining the mechanical strength of the IC card. A recess for preventing a memory card from falling off an electronic device is provided at the side of one side of a principal surface of ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7391619 | Latch for interface card A structure of a latch for an interface card is provided. The latch has a base plate including a plurality of pins formed on two sides thereof, a horn and a spring portion. The spring portion has a supporting portion with an inclined face at a frontal side thereof, ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381074 | Locking and activation mechanism for a hot swappable daughter card An apparatus and a method for locking a cam lever which positions a second card as inserted into a connector on a first card, and activating the second card with a coupling member. In one embodiment, the second card is inserted between a pair of guides secured to th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7357663 | Electrical connector with latching member An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing (1) defining an receiving cavity (10); a plurality of conductive terminals (2) disposed in the housing and each terminal having a contact beam (21) with a contact portion exposed to ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357658 | Card retention mechanism A card retention mechanism comprises a first and second brackets. The first and second brackets are mountable to a circuit board. Further, the first and second brackets are adapted to retain a circuit card therebetween. The second bracket comprises an exposed region... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347448 | Inflator device for airbag installations An inflator assembly having an inflator base including a simple stamping. The inflator base includes an end wall, first and second openings in the end wall, a base side wall generally perpendicularly extending from the end wall, and an attachment collar generally pe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341476 | Inter-member connection structure, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus including inter-member connection structure An inter-member connection structure is provided. The inter-member connection structure has a contact-attached sheet having spiral contactors and a flexible printed circuit having electrode portions thereon that face each other. An elastic member and a fixed member ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331810 | Locking structure for interface card A locking structure fixes an interface card having a lateral portion and an end portion to a main board. The locking structure includes a sliding member having a sliding groove for the lateral portion of the interface card to slide along and a containing groove for ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331809 | Computer system with fixing module for riser card thereof A computer system with a fixing module for riser card thereof is provided. By allowing the bottom side of the supporting pillar and the bottom parts of the two opposite sides of the supporting pillar engaging with each other, the riser card is supported by stress fr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314389 | Electronic card connector The present invention discloses an electronic card connector that includes a protruding member installed at a lateral side inside an insulating body, such that a sliding portion can latch an electronic card. With the protruding member installed at a lateral side ins... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314388 | Adapter, memory card, and memory card module An adapter to be attached to a memory card for changing an external shape such that it can be inserted into a memory card insertion section of specific type equipment is provided. The adapter includes: an adapter body for defining a space housing the memory card; a ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310241 | Auxiliary mounting apparatus for expansion cards An exemplary mounting apparatus for aiding in mounting a plurality of long expansion cards in electrical devices includes a locating member, and a retention member rotatably attached to the locating member. The locating member includes a base wall, a pair of sidewal... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303419 | Connector A connector for electric connection has an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals receiving in the insulating body, and a retaining device for retaining the electric card to the connector. The retaining device has a main body. The main body has an inse... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300299 | Board standoff device for electrical connector assembly A board standoff device for mounting a first circuit board (e.g., daughter card) on a second circuit board (e.g., mother board) of an electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The first circuit board has a front end pivotably secured to a card edge connector mount... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300298 | Board securing device The present invention provides a board fixing device not having an arm portion along a side edge of a printed circuit board. In a connector having spring contacts forming a contact point row in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of a board, when on... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288005 | Semiconductor device having a module board A mother board mounts a memory module via a plug-socket coupling, wherein the edge of the memory module has a plug member mounted on a socket member of the mother board. The mother board has a plurality of abutment members abutting the edge surface of the bottom edg... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275966 | Connector with heat dissipating features A connector includes a housing having a plurality of spaced apart ribs. A slot is defined between adjacent ribs. The slots are open to the outer sides of the housing. A terminal positioned within each slot and is connected to the housing. This provides for the termi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275944 | Card connector capable of detecting insertion of card A card connector capable of detecting insertion of a card includes a housing; a plurality of terminals mounted to the housing; a contact portion formed in the housing; a tongue located in the housing and having an end mounted to the housing and the other end thereof... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272011 | Computer enclosure with rotatable cover mounting assembly A mounting assembly for computer cover includes a chassis having a rearwall, a cover mounted to the chassis, a first connecting bar and second connecting bar movably mounted on the rearwall of the chassis and a driving member mounted on the chassis. The cover has tw... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7252527 | Surface contact card holder A surface contact card holder (100) includes a body (10), a receiving mechanism (14), a guiding mechanism (20), and a latching member (25). The receiving mechanism is provided on the body for receiving a surface contact card (30... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247055 | Card connector A card connector comprises an insulating housing having a first card receiving slot provided with a plurality of contacts. At least one elastic projection extends into the first card receiving slot. The elastic projection is formed to have a first inclined surface t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234099 | High reliability memory module with a fault tolerant address and command bus A high reliability dual inline memory module with a fault tolerant address and command bus for use in a server. The memory module is a card approximately 151.35 mm or 5.97 inches long provided with about a plurality of contacts of which some are redundant, a plurali... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227760 | Fastening structure for add-on card An add-on card fastening structure is proposed, which is used for fastening an add-on card on a housing of an electronic device, wherein the housing of the electronic device is provided with a first positioning portion and a first coupling portion. The add-on card f... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220152 | Contact for a portable electronic device An apparatus is disclosed for a contact for a portable electronic device. The contact comprises a first contact for maintaining elastic connectivity with the mating contact, a second contact for providing an elastic force to push the first contact toward the mating ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207845 | Multi-function electrical connector An electrical connector (100) includes a first housing piece (2), a second housing piece (3) interrelated with the first housing piece, and a number of contacts (4) assembled to the first and second housing pieces. The first housing piece... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7184270 | Toolless printed circuit carrier assembly A printed circuit assembly carrier comprises a carrier frame configured to hold a selected printed circuit assembly of at least two different printed circuit assemblies in at least two different orientations, a first toolless retention feature coupled to a first sur... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172432 | Stacked multiple connection module A stacked multiple connection module that provides multiple times the input/output (I/O) signal capacity of a single connection module. In one embodiment, a stacked dual connection module includes first and second circuit boards with respective edge connectors maint... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156668 | PCB retention mechanism A circuit board (14) is installed and locked in place in a connector housing (12) which has a board-receiving slot (24) defined by side guides (44, 46) that closely engage upper and lower surfaces of the board during its forward insertion... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153149 | Connector A connector is disclosed into and from which a memory card can be inserted and removed with certainty. A slider is assembled in a slider accommodating chamber of a case body for movement among a leading end position, an intermediate position and a trailing end posit... | 12/26/2006 |
