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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187024 | Connector assembly with a light indicative of a connector status A connector assembly includes a housing, a light source located within the housing, and a cover element covering at least a portion of a mating face of the housing. The housing includes a connector that is arranged to electrically mate with a peripheral connector pr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8152560 | Connectivity sensing assembly A receptacle assembly includes a housing having a front mating face and receptacles configured to receive plugs therein through the front mating face, where the plugs have connectivity pins attached thereto. The receptacle module includes connectivity sensor areas a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142220 | Connector with a configuration aid on its outer shell or an insulative body disposed in the outer cell An electronic connector comprises an outer shell having a first side and a second side, an insulative seat body having a first side and a second side, a plurality of terminals extending along the first side of the insulative seat body, and a configuration aid formed... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139353 | Modular universal parts and personality parts of a docketing system The disclosed docking systems for an electronic device may provide any accessory function and may include more than one connector such as a battery charger connector, a USB hub, a memory card hub, an audio boom box connector, and the like. A modular universal part i... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8002576 | Modular jack incorporated with LED compartment An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) with a mating space (13), a plurality of contacts (21) disposed in the insulative housing (1) with a mating portion (211) protruding into the mating space (... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980886 | Socket device having identification function The invention provides a conducting device having identification function, which includes a device body, a socket part disposed on the device body, a first identification unit and a second identification unit disposed on the device body. Compared with the prior art,... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7927130 | Electronic apparatus and connector module used for this electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus wherein at least one detachable module is inserted into a rack and the module is connected with the rack by male/female connector, wherein it is made possible to detect any bending of pins of the male connector before the module is mounted in... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7867017 | Connector insertion sensing structure A connector insertion sensing structure includes an electrically insulative housing having an insertion hole for the insertion of an external modular plug and a vertical front mounting groove located on the front wall at one lateral side of the insertion, a metal se... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7766692 | Cable interconnect systems with cable connectors implementing storage devices In order to monitor connectivity status associated with an interconnect cable from the end-points to which either end of the cable is attached, a storage device storing a field replaceable unit identifier is provided to uniquely identify a cable end-point, which ide... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7727005 | Key coded power adapter connectors A key coded power connector and a system and method for making key coded power connections are disclosed. A power connector such as a power adapter connector is configured with either a visual keying system, a physical keying system, or both. The physical keying sys... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7690942 | Illuminated power receptacle The present invention relates to the field of enhanced electrical power receptacles and associated plugs. Specifically it relates to power receptacles that are easy to identify and use. It achieves these features with a receptacle that has the individual prong-holes... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7585181 | Disposable surgical connector Disclosed herein is a disposable surgical connector. The surgical connector includes a first and a second member. Each of the members have compatible guide structure to cause a force fit between the members when the members are slid into place. The first member also... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7520773 | Flap seating indicator A flap seating indicator for loadbreak and deadbreak connectors that include a substantially round ring-shaped body and a plurality of flaps located around the circumference of the body and extending from one of the side edges. Each of the plurality of flaps has a f... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7517242 | Clamping device for power cables The invention relates to a clamping device for power cables with an essentially tubular bell housing in which a tubular holding element for a power cable is arranged mobile along the central longitudinal axis of the bell housing, and with a spring which is arranged ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7497722 | Space-optimized sensor connector A sensor system includes a sensor element and a body. A number of electrical contact points with which contact may be created via electrical contact elements are provided on one side of the sensor element. Electrically conductive insertion parts are introduced into ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7436310 | Patch panel cover mounted antenna grid for use in the automatic determination of network cable connections using RFID tags An RF antenna grid design in which the antenna array is installed on a patch panel cover allows for the retrofitting of an RF antenna grid on existing patch panel based systems without disrupting network operation. An apparatus for determining connectivity between d... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7399205 | Plug and receptacle having wired and wireless coupling A plug and a communication module communicate wirelessly. The plug includes prongs that couple to sockets of a power outlet to receive power for a device associated with the plug. The plug carries circuitry that communicates wirelessly with circuitry of the communic... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380322 | Device for insertion of contacts into connector insulator cavities A contact insertion device comprises an arrangement of elements the like of independent linear multi axis actuator providing positioning and fixation for electrical connection element and cylindrical elongated electrical conductor article having a wire electrically ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371107 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is connected with a circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of pins received in the insulating body. The insulating body is transparent. There is an identification layer on the bottom of the insulat... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354287 | Shorting connector An electrical connector includes a housing that may form a first contact channel and a second contact channel. A first contact having a longitudinal axis may be disposed within the first contact channel, and a second contact may be disposed within the second contact... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351095 | Disposable surgical connector Disclosed herein is a disposable surgical connector. The surgical connector includes a first and a second member. Each of the members have compatible guide structure to cause a force fit between the members when the members are slid into place. The first member also... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7343078 | Patch panels with communications connectors that are rotatable about a vertical axis A patch panel configured for mounting to a network rack, includes: a frame including mounting features at opposite lateral ends for mounting the patch panel to the network rack; a bezel mounted to the patch panel, the bezel including a plurality of outlet apertures,... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331816 | High-speed data interface for connecting network devices An interface adapted for high speed data transmission between network elements that decreases signal interference and cross-talk between the wires of a cable used for connecting the network elements. Various connection schemes are used for shielded pairs of wires wi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329132 | Low-insertion force-lever connector for blind mating An electrical connector according to the present teachings can be coupled together with a low insertion force. The electrical connector can utilize levers to create a mechanical advantage and reduce the input force required to couple the mating members together and ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7297018 | Method and apparatus for patch panel patch cord documentation and revision A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring and reporting cable connectivity such as patch panel port-level connectivity on a real-time basis. For patch panel systems, the approach is based upon a distributed architecture that may be modularly scalable and ma... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294013 | Connector Terminal fittings (21A, 21B) are inserted into cavities (45) of a housing (40) and are locked by locks (28). A cover (70) is mounted on the rear of the housing (40), and is locked by cover locks (60). The cover... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7277294 | Contactor draw out tray An electrical contactor draw out tray has a movable frame and a stationary frame in which the movable frame carries the electrical components for an electrical feeder circuit. The stationary frame is preferably housed within a power distribution center and has input... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275876 | Optical transmission circuit device A plurality of boards are arranged perpendicular to a base plate and parallel to each other. An optical transmission circuit connects the boards according to an optical transmission method. Each of the boards has a photoelectric conversion circuit that converts opti... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270565 | Connector housing, connector housing marking method, and method of inserting terminal metal fitting into connector housing An object of this invention is to provide a connector housing which can be prevented a terminal-receiving chamber from receiving a wrong metal terminal. A connector housing 1 comprises a plurality of terminal-receiving chambers 20 and a pluralit... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264488 | Pickup cap for electrical connector An electrical assembly comprises an electrical connector, and an improved pickup cap that is provided with a surface area configuration that has the potential to impart a more even temperature distribution across the ball grid array during reflow. Some embodiments o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261591 | Pluggable connector with a high density structure A pluggable connector (100) includes a dielectric housing (1), a contact group (2), a first sub-assembly (3), a second sub-assembly (4), a third sub-assembly (5), a back cover (6) and a pair of spring tabs (7).... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262974 | Techniques for alleviating the need for DC blocking capacitors in high-speed differential signal pairs A circuit board has a first component interface configured to connect to a first circuit board component, a second component interface configured to connect to a second circuit board component, a differential signal pair electrically connecting the first component i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261587 | Connector and a method of assembling it Terminal fittings (21A, 21B) are inserted into cavities (45) of a housing (40) from behind and are partly locked by metal locks (28). A cover (70) is mounted on the rear surface of the housing (40), and a detector ( | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259683 | Rack A rack has a plurality of LEDs arranged on the front surface thereof correspondingly to respective units. The rack is provided with an LED lighting circuit which lights these LEDs, on the back of a display section and an input section. The LED lighting circuit has a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255601 | Cap for an electrical connector An electrical assembly that may include a weighted cap. The weighted cap may provide counterbalancing to a non-proportional ball-grid array connector integrated circuit package for connection with a substrate. The weighted cap provides compensation for variations in... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247791 | Security barrier for electronic circuitry An enclosure for protecting at least a portion of a printed circuit board that includes a top and bottom cover each having an insulating layer between an outer conductive layer and an inner conductive layer. Each outer conductive layer and each inner conductive laye... | 07/24/2007 |
