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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8002567 | 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, and reinforcing mount members provided respectively on end portions of ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988480 | Card edge connector with an improved metal hook A card edge connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a pair of opposed side walls (11), a end wall (12) connected to the side walls (11), a retainer (15) and a reinforcement wall (16) both of which pr... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7946876 | Smart card holder for portable electronic device A smart card holder includes a connector, two rocker arms and a latching member. The connector includes a connecting plate having a plurality of contacts formed thereon. The two rocker arms respectively rotatably connect an end of the connecting plate. The latching ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7914312 | Connector having a support board moving upward to ensure contact between a flexible circuit board contacts and electrical terminals A connector includes an insulating housing defining a receiving recess for receiving a flexible printed circuit board and a pair of receiving cavities located at two sides of the receiving recess, a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housin... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7892007 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a printed circuit board, a header coupled to the printed circuit board, and an electrical cable termination configured to mate with the header. The printed circuit board has a printed circuit board ground contact. The header... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883350 | Header connectors with rigid latches This approach generally pertains to a header connector with rigid latches. The connector includes columns with column cavities therein and latching mechanisms having latch beams and latching ends, with a plurality of mating contacts with mounting pins affixed to a d... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7862361 | Electrical flex connector for mounting on a printed circuit board An electrical flex connector device for a printed circuit board, comprising a female member having a fixation portion for affixing the female member to an associated printed circuit board, a tab member extending from the fixation portion and configured to guide a ma... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7841882 | Micro gangmate multi-port modular RF card edge connector A connector assembly includes: at least one signal contact adapted to terminate at least one conductor of a cable; at least one terminal adapted to receive the at least one signal contact; a housing including a channel configured to receive the at least one terminal... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837492 | Electrical connector having matched impedance by contacts having node arrangement An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing. Each conductive contact has a contacting portion, an engaging portion and an extension portion electrically connecting with the contacting ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833041 | Connector with a flexible printed circuit board 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 plurality of insertion holes passing from the front surface to a rear surface juxtaposed at a predetermined pitch, a conne... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7794260 | Mobile phone and memory card fixing device thereof A memory card fixing device including a base and two resilient fastening structures is disclosed. The resilient fastening structures are provided at the two opposite sides of the base. Each fastening structure has a guiding portion and a recess. A memory card slides... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7713080 | Electrical flex connector for mounting on a printed circuit board An electrical flex connector device for a printed circuit board, comprising a female member having a fixation portion for affixing the female member to an associated printed circuit board, a tab member extending from the fixation portion and configured to guide a ma... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7654847 | Probe having a field-replaceable tip A probe is provided for testing the electrical characteristics of a device. The probe includes a housing, a plurality of cables, a circuit board located within the housing, and a field-replaceable probe tip. The probe tip includes an array of contacts. Each of the p... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7507100 | Method and apparatus and method for connecting a first flat conductor with a second conductor An apparatus for establishing a substantially unitary connecting structure including a generally flat conductor member carrying a first plurality of first electrical conductors and a second conductor member carrying a second plurality of second electrical conductors... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7497715 | Cable connector assembly for solar device A cable connector assembly (100) includes a metallic plug member (1) connecting with a cable (3) connecting thereto, a metallic receptacle connector (2) for accommodating the plug member (1) and a printed circuit board (4) w... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7438601 | Connector A connector includes a plurality of first contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a first surface of an object of connection and a plurality of second contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a second surface of the object of connection. The plurali... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427212 | Connector for a display apparatus A connector that is capable of reducing defects in display apparatuses is presented. The connector includes a body, a plurality of terminals and a cover. The body has a base and a sidewall. The terminals are disposed on the body and arranged to make an electrical co... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425135 | Flex circuit assembly An assembly for coupling an electrical device with a rigid structure using a flex circuit is provided. The assembly includes a staple having posts which extend into the rigid structure and secure the staple to the rigid structure. The flex circuit couples with both ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7371127 | Modular jack A modular jack (100) is adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board (6) and has a housing (1) and a plurality of terminals (5) received in the housing. The housing includes a main body (4), an insert module (2), and a pr... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7367837 | Connector for flexible flat strip cables The present invention relates to a connector (1) for flat flex cables (2), with a housing (3), in which is provided: at least one introduction opening (4) for one end of a flat flex cable, spring contacts (5) for connecting the at ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364442 | Fixing structure of circuit board and display module comprising the same A fixing structure for a circuit board includes at least one board mounting hole in the circuit board, the board mounting hole having a guide hole and an insertion hole, and at least one board mounting member inserted through the board mounting hole, the board mount... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364461 | Direct attachment of coaxial cables Techniques for attaching a coaxial cable to an assembly are provided. A conductive layer is applied to a top and bottom surface of a first layer and the bottom surface of a second layer. An aperture is formed through the first layer. The first layer is affixed to th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7361065 | Connector assembly for conductive plates A connector assembly for mating with a self-supporting plate fabricated from a conductive material, the plate formed with a plate mounting edge and first and second surfaces extending from the plate mounting edge includes an alignment housing mounted to the plate at... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7351070 | Microconnector for FPC connection and method of producing the same A micro connector comprising an insulator holding a lever, a printed circuit board which has a plurality of micro contacting terminals at a back surface thereof and an FPC cable which has a plurality of micro contacting pieces in an end thereof, wherein said insulat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347738 | Low profile electrical connector assembly and terminal therefor A low profile electrical connector assembly has terminals attached to insulated electric cables that are disposed in topless slots of a connector base. Each terminal has two longitudinally spaced retention slots. The connector base has two transverse grooves that ex... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347719 | Electrical connector with strain relief features A preferred embodiment of a connector system includes a first electrical connector for mounting on a first substrate. The first electrical connector has a housing, and a contact mounted on the housing. The connector system also includes a second electrical connector... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347700 | Electronic apparatus capable of mounting a plurality of modules According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a casing; a circuit board provided in the casing; a connector mounted to the circuit board and detachably connecting a first module; and a first storing portion positioned between the first module and th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344390 | Installation structure of parallel wire on board A parallel wire is installed on a board. Wire parts of strip-off margins at both ends of the parallel wire are bent so as to form bent portions before the wire parts are inserted into the board. The wire parts inserted into the board are prevented from being removed... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7341482 | Strain relief for ball grid array connectors Strain relief devices for electrical connectors are disclosed and include an insert for insertion into a housing. The insert may include spring beams that deflect during insertion into the strain relief housing. When the insert is fully received in the housing, a sl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341474 | Lumped resistance electrical cable A lumped resistance electrical cable has a multiple twisted pair ribbon cable having first and second conductive lines and twisted and untwisted portions. In the untwisted portions, one of the conductive lines on each of the twisted pairs is formed with an electrica... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338332 | Flexible circuit to board connector A system includes a rigid electrical device including a first contact, and a flexible electrical device including a second contact. The system further includes a spring clip connecting the first contact to the second contact to electrically interconnect the rigid el... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338313 | Motor-vehicle electrical connector assembly A wire having a conductive core surrounded by an insulation sheath is fitted to an electrical connector having a housing formed with a longitudinally extending passage and a contact part in the passage. The contact part has a front end having pair of sides adapted t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338292 | Board-to-board electronic interface using hemi-ellipsoidal surface features A board-to-board interconnect is presented. The interconnect is fashioned from solder beads or hemi-ellipsoidal surface features on a surface of a printed circuit board and contact pads on a second printed circuit board. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336900 | Byte-wide optical backplane switch A byte-wide optical switch and switching method are provided. The optical switch includes a first set of ports for receiving in parallel an optical byte of data, and multiple second sets of ports each capable of outputting in parallel the optical byte of data. An ar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337256 | Distributed control system with multiple control levels and/or downloading A field controller for use in a distributed control system including an area controller and at least one field controller. The field controller manages at least one controlled device in an industrial process operation. The field controller comprises a processor modu... | 02/26/2008 |
