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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096823 | Electrical connector An electrical connector comprising a manipulative lever operative to engage with a mating electrical connector, which has a body portion and a pair of end portions connected respectively with both ends of the body portion and supported respectively by a pair of supp... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092243 | Universal serial bus (USB) connector retaining device and arrangement A device for retaining a USB connector in a USB port applies a force either to the walls of the USB port such that the walls of the USB port frictionally engage with the USB connector to retain it in position, or to a finger in a top surface of the USB port such tha... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092244 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating housing with a plurality of terminals disposed therein, a buckling part, and a locking element. The insulating housing has a receiving chamber penetrating through a rear thereof. The insulating housing defines two buckl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8062049 | Latch assembly for a connector assembly A connector assembly for mating with a multi-port electrical connector includes a shielded housing having a plurality of discrete shielded plug chambers and a plurality of plugs received in corresponding plug chambers. Each of the plugs are shielded from one another... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057249 | Electrical connector with slim-line cap An electrical connector includes a mating end having a plug interface. The mating end has a retaining surface defined around the plug interface. At least one retention feature is provided on the retaining surface. A cap is provided having a plurality of sides and a ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8029305 | Connector mounting structure, connector, a grommet and mounting method Connection resistance (Rc) resulting from the resilient deformation of a lock arm (26) is produced in the process of connecting two housings (10, 20), and connection resistance (Rb) resulting from a resilient restoring force of a grommet (30) he... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8011946 | Electrical connector assembly, plug, and socket An electrical connector includes a socket and a plug. The socket includes a sidewall and defines at least one latching hole. One end of each of the at least one latching hole is defined in the sidewall. The plug includes a main body, at least one latching mechanism,... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011944 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a cable connector; a receptacle connector connected to the cable connector in a first direction; and a locking protruding portion disposed on one of the cable connector and the receptacle connector. The locking protruding po... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011945 | Locking device and high voltage shield connector having the same The present invention provides a locking device and a high voltage shield connector having the same. The locking device of the present invention preferably includes a mounting hole configured to penetrate the circumferential surface of a female housing, a support me... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997920 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a plug connector, a receptacle connector and a locking element. The plug connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals mounted into the insulating housing, a shell wrapping the insulating housing. The locking ele... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985091 | Locking mechanism and information handling system using the same A data storage device is inserted in an information handling apparatus, and is prevented from being accidentally disconnected from the information handling apparatus by a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a frame receiving the data storage device, an... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7963792 | Plug detachment prevention structure Provided is a plug detachment prevention structure, such that when a plug equipped with a plug terminal and a plug retaining section that covers a part of the plug terminal is connected to a jack provided inside a housing, the plug detachment prevention structure re... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7938667 | Connector retaining bracket A retainer may include a hollow portion for holding a connector, a path for conveying the connector from outside the retainer to the hollow portion, a surface that is adjacent to the connector when the connector is held in the hollow portion, a fastener for applying... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7914315 | Coupling between a medical handpiece part and a supply hose A coupling for the production of a releasable connection between a medical, in particular a dental, handpiece part and a supply hose and for the transmission of current and if applicable further supply media from the supply hose to the handpiece part. The coupling i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7887358 | Connector clamp A connector clamp, for a hard drive having a first connector for mating with an external connector, having a top clamp and a bottom clamp. The top clamp includes a longitudinal section from which two arms extend, each arm including an integrally formed hole, and a b... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7819689 | Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap alternatively attached to a housing or a cover An electrical connector assembly (100) for electrically connecting a CPU to a PCB, comprises an insulating housing (30), a metal frame (40) receiving the insulating housing, a metal cover (20) moveably assembled on the metal frame, a leve... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815458 | Power source coupling and coupler having a power source coupling The present invention relates to a power source coupling for connecting two power coupling parts (5, 6): a first power coupling part (5) which is mounted on a first component (1) so as to be longitudinally displaceable and has a first connecting... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806713 | High speed radio frequency cable connector interface stabilization systems and methods The present disclosure provides a cable connector interface stabilization system, including: a component; one or more cables coupled to the component through one or more connectors; a spacer block disposed adjacent to the one or more connectors; and a retention memb... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7762829 | Connector assembly for termination of miniature electronics Connector and connector assemblies for use with miniature high power electrical components, and specifically with miniature LEDs. Although the connectors and connector assemblies are designed for use with miniature LEDs, these devices are not so limited and can also... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753708 | Connector unit A headrest side connector unit mounted on a headrest of a vehicle includes a stay as a holder and a connector. The connector includes a projection 430 to be received in a projection insertion hole formed on the stay. A tip part of the second connector at a si... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7699639 | Plug locking mechanism A locking mechanism is provided for securing a plug with a cable to an electronic device. The locking mechanism includes a base portion configured to abut against a side of the plug, a pressing portion slantingly extending from an end of the base portion, at least o... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7654848 | Tooling gage cable retainer A cable retainer for a tooling gage comprises a structure able to hold a cable into a terminal in the gage while still allowing full operation of the gage. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651359 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical cable assembly includes a carrier having an insulating housing and at least one retention clip for managing and securing terminated cable assemblies to the carrier. The side exterior walls of the insulating housing are configured to enable side-to-side... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651360 | Electrical card connector having a holding device An electrical card connector assembled on a bracket, comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received by the insulative housing; a shell covering on the insulative housing; and a holding device located at the outside of the electrical card connect... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7611370 | Connector A connector including a first connector housing; a second connector housing to be engaged with the first connector housing; a locking arm and pair of ribs for maintaining the engagement of the first and second connector housings. The locking arm includes: an arm par... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601019 | Electrical connection system A connection position assurance retainer may include mechanisms for retaining connectors. For example, a female connector and a male connector may be mated and retained. Male and female terminals, the female terminal including a terminal insert, may also be provided... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7568935 | Connector retaining bracket A retainer may include a hollow portion for holding a connector, a path for conveying the connector from outside the retainer to the hollow portion, a surface that is adjacent to the connector when the connector is held in the hollow portion, a fastener for applying... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7476116 | Connector of the movable member type With a pair of housings (10, 30) connected, a lever (20) provided in a female housing (10) is prevented from separating from a male housing (30) at two positions, i.e. at an engaged position of a cam follower (34) and a cam groove ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7396249 | Electrical connector with snap-fastening coupling mechanism An electrical connector includes an inner conductor, an annular insulator which surrounds the inner conductor and an outer conductor which surrounds the annular insulator. The electrical connector is provided with both a threaded coupling mechanism and a snap-fasten... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371102 | Lock structure of connector In a connector lock structure 1 provided at female and male connectors which can be fitted together, the female connector 2 has an engagement portion 14, and a slide lock member 13 is supported on the male connector 3 so as to move... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367834 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a housing defining a plurality of terminal-receiving passages therein and two passages at the opposite sides. The passages are open at the front end and close at the back end. A plurality of terminals is contained in the terminal-rec... | 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 |
| 7347714 | Electronic device assembly having securing feature An exemplary electronic device assembly includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first sidewall, a first projecting portion projecting from the first sidewall, a pair of first spring fingers protruding... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342782 | Locking device A locking device for locking a removable module on an electronic device is provided. The locking device has a switch, a base and an elastic component. When the base is located in a locked position, the base can prevent the removable module from separating from the e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335051 | Battery holder A battery holder (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a positive contact (3) and a negative contact (2). The housing defines a bottom wall (10) and a sidewall (11) extending from the bottom wall, which form a receiving ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326075 | Remote release of a cable connector An apparatus for remotely releasing a connector, e.g., an RJ-45 connector, is described. Embodiments of the invention allow a user to release a cable comprising a connector from a connector jack when the connector jack is difficult to reach. The invention may be par... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320613 | Automatic locking electrical outlet A female locking electrical outlet is provided including an outlet body having slots for apertured prongs of a standard male electrical plug, a pair of receptacles and a locking member mounted within the outlet body. The locking member has locking tabs that engage w... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311546 | Connector, a mating connector and a connector device A holding cap (RC) is mounted on a terminal holding portion (51) of a female housing (5) from the front, and a tubular cover (52) is so formed outward of the terminal holding portion (51) to surround the holding cap (RC). First shake prev... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303433 | Lamp socket for high wattage lamps A zero insertion force socket for a lamp. The lamp socket (10) for a high wattage lamp (12) having lamp pins (14, 16), comprises a substantially solid, parallelepipedonal electrically insulating body (18), preferably of a ceramic material... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281324 | Method of simultaneously fabricating circuit blocks A method of simultaneously fabricating a plurality of circuit blocks is presented. Each circuit block is configured for aligned positioning onto a housing of an individual electrical connector. The method includes simultaneously fabricating a plurality of circuits o... | 10/16/2007 |
