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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147265 | Card edge connector and latch thereof This invention relates to a card edge connector and a latch thereof. The connector is used to receive a printed circuit card and includes a housing having two opposite ends, a card slot disposed between two opposite ends. The housing has a first width. The latch as ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8087950 | Mounting apparatus for memory card A mounting apparatus for mounting a memory card includes a socket, a locking member attached to one end of the socket, and an operation member pivotably attached to the locking member. The operation member is used for operating the locking member to lock or release ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075330 | Mounting apparatus for memory card A mounting apparatus for mounting a memory card includes a socket, a locking member attached to one end of the socket, and an operation member movably attached to the locking member. The operation member is used for operating the locking member to lock or release th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062047 | Connector A connector soldered to a PCB has an insulating housing of which two opposite ends are recessed to form a pair of holding recesses, terminals mounted in the insulating housing with soldering portions projected out of a bottom of the insulating housing, a supporting ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7955112 | Card-edge connector having latches interlocked with printed circuit board An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and at least one terminal, the insulative housing having a front face, at least one cavity and at least one receiving slot formed in the front face for receiving a printed circuit board and communicating with th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7927120 | Connector A connector has an insulating housing of which two opposite ends extended frontward to form a pair of supporting arms, terminals mounted in the insulating housing having soldering portions projected out of a bottom of the insulating housing, a positioning member. Th... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918678 | Connector assemblies having guide rails with latch assemblies A connector assembly for mating with a pluggable module includes a receptacle assembly for receiving the pluggable module and an interface electrical connector defining a back of the receptacle assembly. The interface electrical connector is configured to mate with ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7892006 | Connector having an improved fastener A connector includes an insulative housing having a pair of side walls with a central slot formed therebetween, a set of terminals including first terminals and second terminals and an ejector. Each side wall has a set of passageways. Each first terminal has a first... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7850475 | Apparatus for PCI express add-in card retention Apparatus for PCI express add-in card retention into PCI express female connector. Said apparatus prevents wiggling of PCI express add-in cards in case the PCI express connector has retention ridge or not. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7828574 | Edge connector for reverse insertion of daughter board An edge connector assembly includes a PCB defining a first face, a second face opposite to the first face thereof and a notch therein, a daughter board defining a front mating portion and a rear retaining portion and an edge connector mounted in the notch of the PCB... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7819685 | Board connector A card connector that allows a card to be at least partially coplanar with a logic board is described herein. A system having a card at least partially coplanar with a logic board is also disclosed. A card connector that allows at least one longitudinal plane throug... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7731518 | Stacking connector A stacking connector is formed by a connector main body and a plug substrate, the connector main body has a substrate sandwiching member including a sandwiching gap into which the plug substrate fits, and a projection projecting into the sandwiching gap, the plug su... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717727 | Latching device for locking a daughter board in an edge connector A latching device includes a base member of insulating material including a bridge portion and a pair of board-connecting portions connected by the bridge portion; a metallic latching member located at a front face of the bridge portion of the base member and includ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7717728 | Electrical Connector An electrical connector has an insulative housing, terminals and two fastening assemblies. Each fastening assembly has a latching member and a bracket. The latching member is mounted movably on the insulative housing and has a hooking section to hook on a memory mod... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713079 | Card edge connector A card edge connector includes an insulating body having opposite lateral side frames for mounting respectively two metallic pieces thereon, and terminals mounted in the insulating body and coupled to a circuit board. When an insertion side with conductive terminals... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7661974 | Mounting apparatus for expansion card A mounting apparatus includes a connector for engagingly receiving a bottom portion of an expansion card, and a latching member. The latching member includes a main body and a latching portion connected to the main body for engaging an end of the expansion card. The... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7497714 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (3) includes an insulative housing (1) having an upper sidewall (16) and a lower sidewall (17), a slot (10) opening frontwardly defined between the upper and lower sidewalls (16, 17), the lower sidewa... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7467963 | Locking structure for card edge connector A locking structure for a card edge connector includes a pair of locking devices attached on both sides of the circuit board spaced from the connector housing. The two locking devices and the connector housing define a card receiving space. Each locking device has f... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7442044 | Chip card retaining mechanism A chip card retaining mechanism for detachably retaining a chip card (50) and allowing the chip card to be connected to terminals (20) formed on a printed circuit board (60). The chip card retaining mechanism includes a base (10), two loc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7371097 | Socket connector with latch locking member A socket connector for connecting a card edge module to a circuit board includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between opposed ends. The housing includes a mounting face configured to be received on the circuit board and a slot configured to receive ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367843 | Structure for SIM card assembly and disassembly A smart card holder frame for an electronic device which comprises a card holder, a member, and an alignment structure. The card holder has a base, a first wall, a second wall, a connector clip, and an open region structured to receive a smart card therein, the open... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357677 | Micro SD adapter structure A micro SD adapter structure includes a casing having an insert slot, a hollow portion at the casing, an embedding groove at the hollow portion, a plurality of sunken grooves corresponding to the hollow portion, a connecting base proximate to each sunken groove; a t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357655 | Electrical card connector A card connector comprises a housing having a receptacle section for receiving a card therein and a slider section, the slider section defining a leading member; a plurality of contacts received in the receptacle section; a slider engaging with the card which is pro... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351079 | Card connector Card connector having pull-out structure such that inserted card of any form can be smoothly pulled out. The card connector includes base frame; connector body; shutter member; rotary arm whose one end is in the central position of shutter member and whose other end... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344402 | Apparatus and method for component module insertion and removal protection Component module insertion and removal protection in computer systems. In one aspect, a connector assembly for a component module includes a connector that receives the component module and receives power from a power selection circuit, and a module attachment mecha... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341467 | Card edge connector with ejecting means A card edge connector (100) for receiving a module comprises an insulative housing (2) having a pair of side walls (28) with a module-receiving slot (21) formed therebetween and a plurality of contact-receiving cavities (29) along ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331818 | Card connector assembly with reinforcing elements A card connector assembly (1) according to an embodiment includes an elongate insulative housing (10), a plurality of terminals (12), a pair of fastening members (14) and a pair of metal reinforcing elements (16). The plurality of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7315458 | Fixing mechanism for fixing a functional extension card to a mechanical frame A fixing mechanism for functional extension cards is disclosed, which can be fixed by fixing bolt thereof to the mechanical frame of a computer system having at least a first positioning hole and a second positioning hole, and to a bayonet board of the functional ex... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312991 | Electronic apparatus having a vibration absorber An optical access apparatus is provided. The optical access apparatus includes a mounting plate, characterized in that the mounting plate has a bent portion acting as a balance plate of the optical access apparatus. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7275963 | Storage medium loading mechanism and storage medium drive unit A loading device for a platelike storage medium incorporating a semiconductor memory and having at least a plurality of terminals, including a terminal portion having a plurality of connection terminals adapted to be connected to the terminals of the storage medium,... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273381 | Plug connector A plug connector for electrically connecting a printed wiring board with a card-edge connector includes a first connector-contact arrangement and a second connector-contact arrangement. The first connector-contact arrangement is inserted to the card-edge connector a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264491 | Method and apparatus for linear insertion and removal of a memory module in a computer system Methods and systems for insertion of a memory module into a computer system are provided. The method includes removing an access door of the computer system to make a connector accessible, the access door having a size substantially smaller than a footprint of the m... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258567 | Board mounting type connector with metal fastening member A board mounting type connector includes: a housing being made of a resin, the housing holding a plurality of terminals, each terminal being arranged in parallel and connected to a circuit board; and a metal fastening member being fixed to both ends of the housing i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247047 | Motor vehicle glass pane A motor vehicle glass pane has an electrical arrangement (3) with conductor junction areas (2) arranged one beside the other an one surface of the pane (1). A connecting element is provided which is connected to the conductor junction areas (... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244134 | Electrical connector having a locking device The present invention discloses an electric connector for inserting an expansion card, and the electric connector includes an insulating body having a plurality of terminal containing holes, at least one electrically conductive terminal disposed in the terminal cont... | 07/17/2007 |
