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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128428 | Cross connect patch guidance system An intelligent network patch field management system and specialized cross-connect cable are provided to help guide, monitor, and report on the process of connecting and disconnecting patch cords plugs in a cross-connect patching environment. The system is also capa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8105106 | Disposable illuminated electrical plug adapter A disposable, non servicable, illuminating electrical adapter (205) that quickly illuminates and attaches to a conventional electrical plug (285) and functions to illuminate both an electrical receptacle 220 and the adapter face itself for the p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100712 | RJ-45 connector A Registered Jack-45 (RJ-45) connector matching a connector with two light emitting diodes includes a main body forming two light guide posts. Each light guide post includes a first end facing a corresponding light emitting diode, and a second end opposite to the fi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092250 | Electrical connection device with light indicator An electric connection device including a first connection member to be powered by an electric current and a second conjugated connection member, the first connection member being provided with at least one luminous member having at least two states and powered by a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8070511 | Hard disk drive (HDD) hot-plugging connector A hot-plugging connector is provided for a hard disk drive (HDD), including an HDD plugging port and a connection port for an SATA cable and a power supply and further includes an HDD plugging indication device having a positive terminal that is supplied with power ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062059 | Switched receptacle device with LED indication A switched receptacle device with led indication made up of a standard two-outlet receptacle that has two respective hot terminals and two respective neutral terminals, a resistor electrically connected to a first outlet neutral terminal; an LED having a first lead ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057252 | RJ-45 connector A Registered Jack-45 connector matching a connector with two light emitting diodes, includes a main body engaged with the connector, and a light guide member fitting about the main body. The light guide member includes two light guide posts. Each light guide post in... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8002577 | RJ-45 connector A connector includes a main body, a reflecting member, and a cable electrically connected to a rear end of the main body. An elastic latch is formed on a top of the main body opposite to the cable. The reflecting member is fitted to a rear portion of the main body, ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7976336 | Trigger signal-lighted connector A trigger signal-lighted connector including a terminal housing in which multiple terminals are inlaid; an adapter circuit board having multiple lines of printed circuits, each printed circuit being connected between one of the terminals and one of multiple signal w... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967630 | Electric connection device with light indicator The invention relates to an electric connection device including a first connection member (1) to be powered by an electric current and a second conjugated connection member (2), the first connection member (1) being provided with at least one l... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963795 | Light guiding structure for electric connector A light guiding structure for electric connector includes an insertion base being provided at two opposite lateral sides with a recessed portion each; at least two light-guiding units being separately connected to the two lateral sides of the insertion base, and res... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7922519 | RJ-45 connector A connector includes a main body, and a cable electrically connected to a rear end of the main body. An elastic latch is formed on a top of the main body. Two protrusions are formed on a rear portion of the top of the main body. A surface of each protrusion is coate... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914320 | Cable connector assembly with sticky film A cable connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (2), a plurality of contacts (3) received in the insulative housing, a cable (7) electrically connected with the contacts, a light guiding member (6), a cover enclosin... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7841892 | Cable assembly with conductive wires neatly arranged therein A cable assembly comprises a mating member, a print circuit board having two conductive traces, an LED attached to the print circuit board, a cable having a positive wire and a negative wire connected with the mating member, and a pair of contacts respectively corre... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7815464 | Storage device having a memory module, cover, and light-transmission elements A storage device has a memory module, a cover, and light-transmission elements. In one such storage device, a cover has light-transmission elements extending from opposing exterior surfaces of the cover. In a configuration of the memory module and the cover, the lig... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7811120 | Electrical connector having improved LEDs An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) defining a number of insertion slots (112), a number of LED (Light Emitting Diode) pairs (20) received in the insertion slots, and a number of fixing portions (31) r... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7785136 | Power connector and a method of assembling the power connector A power connector (100) has a mating plug (10) having an internal printed circuit board (15) and a light-emitting component (151) mounted to the internal printed circuit board, a cable (30) connecting with the internal printed circ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785135 | Electrical connector having an improved magnetic module An electrical connector (100) has a housing (10) defining an opening therein (101), a magnetic module (3) mounted to the housing and a shield (50) surrounding the housing. The magnetic module includes a printed circuit board (31... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7758373 | Cable assembly with conductive wires neatly arranged therein A cable assembly (100) comprises a mating member (4), a print circuit board (2), an LED (3) attached to the print circuit board (2) and a cable (6) having a positive wire (61) and a negative wire (62) connected... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753719 | Dc power plug with LED's improved connecting method An electrical connector includes a housing with a plurality of receiving spaces, a group of terminals received in the housing, an indicator received in the housing, and a shielding covering on the housing. The terminals include a central portion connected to anode a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736174 | Illuminated face receptacle structure The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device having a body and a cover coupled to the body including a receptacle face structure which forms an interior region with at least one reflective surface. At least one light emitting device is disposed i... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7717735 | Electronic apparatus According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a housing; a circuit board that is housed in the housing; a connector that is mounted on the circuit board and has a jack opening disposed to be exposed from the ho... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713082 | Multi-functional shackle structure A multi-functional shackle structure is composed of a tube. Two ends of the tube are transfixed respectively with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) flash disk and an LED (Light Emitting Diode) illuminating assembly. An end of the USB flash disk is a circuit board which i... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708586 | Illuminated panel-mount connector receptacle An illuminated panel-mountable receptacle is disclosed. The receptacle body may be a translucent material and may be captivated to a panel by a front nut and a rear nut. A mounting nut is slotted so that the mounting nut may be threaded onto the rear portion of the ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7686643 | Method and apparatus for visual indication in cable network systems A cable network system includes a distribution assembly having a plurality of visual indicators mounted thereto, and a jack assembly removably coupled to the distribution assembly. The jack assembly has a plurality of jacks configured to receive cables of the cable ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677916 | Power plug assembly The present invention relates to a power plug assembly, comprises a cable having two power wires, end sections of each wire has plural conductive metal wires; a terminal set composed by a positive terminal and a negative terminal, a connecting section is respectivel... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7670170 | Connector assembly having a light pipe assembly A connector assembly includes a first connector having a housing and a plurality of contacts extending from the housing. The housing and the contacts define a mating interface and the first connector includes a light source. A second connector has a housing and a pl... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661983 | Lighting connector A lighting connector including a terminal enclosure, an adapter circuit board and an insulating layer. Multiple terminals are enclosed in the terminal enclosure. A first side of the adapter circuit board is provided with multiple terminal contacts with which the ter... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654858 | Indicator light for connector An illuminated connector for a device output may be used as a status indicator, showing various states of the output, including output on, proper functioning, and improper functioning. The illumination may be provided through a face of the physical connector, around... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651365 | Outlet adapter with EL elements, receptacles for other electric devices, and prongs for supplying power from a power source to the receptacles and EL elements An outlet adaptor with EL elements has at least one set of prongs to connect with an existing outlet device and at least one set of receptacle members connected to the prongs by a metal structure(s) that enables other electric devices to get electric signals from th... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7648385 | Electrical connector having a LED device thereon An electrical connector includes a display device (3) having an illuminant portion (31) and legs (32) extending from the illuminant portion. An insulating housing (1) has a front wall (111), a rear wall (112), four side wall... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7632134 | Electrical connector having protective member An electrical connector includes a terminal block defining a plurality of receiving passageways extending therethrough, a plurality of terminals respectively received in the terminal block and a protective member assembled to the front side of the terminal block. Ea... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7621773 | Receptacle assembly including a light pipe structure A receptacle assembly that is coupled to a host system and configured to receive an electrical component is provided. The receptacle assembly includes a guideframe having a front end, a back end, and a passage that extends therebetween. The guideframe is configured ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614905 | Modular jack A modular jack (100) for receiving a mating plug includes a visual indicator (3) having a lighting pipe (31), a pair of pins (32) extending from the lighting pipe and a separate guiding pipe (33), and an insulative housing (1 | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607937 | Power plug assembly The present invention relates to a power plug assembly, includes: a cable having two power wires; a lighting unit, the center of the lighting unit is provided with a ring-shaped hole for being connected onto the cable, and the lighting unit is disposed behind the tw... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7597582 | Backplane for use in a push-in rack for peripherals A backplane for use in a push-in rack for peripherals includes slots with plug connectors that connect with peripherals which have been pushed into the push-in rack, and at least one further plug connector that connects the backplane to a control apparatus. An assig... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7597583 | Electrical connector having a LED device thereon An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1) defining a mating face and a cylindrical receiving space (13) running though the mating face. A plurality of terminals is retained in the insulating housing and each includes contacting portion... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7591670 | Connector device having counter thereof A connector device having a counter thereof includes a connector, a micro control unit, an encoder, a display drive unit, and a display unit. The connector provides a power signal to the micro control unit when plugged an electrified device. The micro control unit o... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7588457 | Electrical connector having improved indicating module An electrical connector (1) has an insulative housing (3) having a number of channels (310), an indicating module (8) assembled to the insulative housing and an outer shield (7) enclosing the insulative housing. The indicating modu... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7581982 | Electrical plug connector An electrical plug connector for connection of an electrical cable (2) to an apparatus, such as a sensor or an actuator, includes a housing (3) having a contact mount (5) holding a variety of contacts (4), and an electronics circuit (6... | 09/01/2009 |
