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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128429 | FPC U-shaped nail To provide an electric connector capable of securing a sufficient distance between a position at which a projecting portion of a flat electric cable is placed and a position soldered on the surface of a circuit board even when the electric connector is formed having... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7993157 | Cable connector assembly A housing having a first portion and a second portion for holding a cable device presenting a plurality of cables extending to a communication plate extending to an output outlet to cooperate with external devices. A locking device defined in the second portion to r... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7922520 | Cable connector including intermediary interconnection board A cable connector includes a contact assembly including an electrically insulating block body and multiple signal contacts incorporated therein; an intermediary interconnection board having multiple contact connection pads, multiple groups of wire connection pads, a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7878842 | Busbar device and circuit board having the same A busbar device includes a conductive body. The conductive body is provided with a number of mounting holes corresponding to the mounting holes of a mount device for mounting the busbar device. The conductive body is a flexible conductive body, and the distance betw... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7758374 | Cable connector assembly having wire management members with low profile A cable connector assembly (100) includes two rows of conductive terminals (2) held in an insulative housing (1), a plurality of wires (60) electrically connecting with the corresponding conductive terminals, and upper and lower spacers (... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7699646 | Cable connector assembly A cable connector assembly (100) has a terminal connector (3), a number of cables (1) connected to the terminal connector, an outer shell (71) defining an interior space (710) receiving the terminal connector, an inner shell (70... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7520774 | Micro coaxial cable connector assembly An micro coaxial cable connector assembly, comprising: an elongate insulative housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending from the base portion, and a plurality of passageways defined through the base portion and the tongue portion; a plurality of cont... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7510425 | Cable assembly with wire management board and method of manufacturing the same A cable assembly (100) according to the present invention includes a number of wires (4) each having an inner conductor (41) and an insulation layer (42) enclosing the conductor, a PCB (2) having opposite rear and front ends, an up... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7467969 | Cable connector assembly with wire management member A cable connector assembly (100) according to the present invention includes an insulator (2), a PCB (5) and a wire management member (4). The insulator includes a front side, a rear side, a number of terminal passages (24) between... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7442074 | Wiring board and method for producing the same A wiring board includes first and second feeding electrodes (2, 3) provided along both sides of an insulating substrate (1), feeding bus lines (4) extending in a traverse direction and connected to both the feeding electrodes, and conductor wiri... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430799 | Apparatus for deforming flexible cable sections extending between rigid printed circuit boards A method for preforming of two or more flexible cables in an arrangement consisting of a combination of rigid printed circuit boards and flexible cable sections extending therebetween. Moreover, also provided is an apparatus for the preforming of two or more flexibl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7404732 | Connector and printed circuit board connected to the same A connector capable of electrically connecting a printed circuit board to a flat cable without soldered connections. Each of a plurality of first connecting terminals provided at a first housing has a portion that sandwiches a predetermined conductor through an insu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7387515 | Printed circuit board connection An improved printed circuit board connection for connecting a first printed circuit board to a second printed circuit board in a manner that permits physical engagement at a different position than the electrical engagement, and a method for making the improved prin... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7349223 | Enhanced compliant probe card systems having improved planarity Several embodiments of enhanced integrated circuit probe card and package assemblies are disclosed, which extend the mechanical compliance of both MEMS and thin-film fabricated probes, such that these types of spring probe structures can be used to test one or more ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7335057 | High density planar electrical interface An apparatus including a substrate having a plurality of through holes and a plurality of cables, including wires and/or coaxial cables, extending through respective ones of the plurality of through holes of the substrate. Each of the cables comprises a conductor an... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333164 | Liquid crystal module A liquid crystal module is disclosed. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal module includes a first frame and a second frame configured to support a back light module and configured to fixedly secure a liquid crystal display panel and the back light module together ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318745 | Display systems and releasable power clamp for use therewith Display systems and a power clamp for use therein, the power clamp configured to releasably connect an illuminated graphics panel to a power source, are disclosed. The power clamp includes an actuating member, a biasing mechanism, a connector housing for retaining c... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311539 | Duplex plug adapter module A duplex plug adapter module includes a dielectric housing having a forward end and a rearward wire receiving end. The housing is configured to be mechanically coupled to first and second signal cables. A contact is held within the housing. The contact has a forward... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310875 | Connector for high-speed communications A high speed electrical connector is provided that comprises a substantially planar dielectric, a substantially planar ground plane, and a signal conductor. The ground plane is disposed on one planar surface of the planar dielectric and the signal conductor is dispo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303429 | Terminal and connector using the same A terminal and a connector using the same are provided. The terminal includes a contact portion having a number of contact protrusions for making electrical contact with terminal portions of a cable; a support portion connected to the contact portion via a connectio... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300303 | Method and apparatus for attaching flexible circuit to a rigid printed circuit board An apparatus comprising a spring retainer attachable to a printed circuit board and a spring having a fixed end attached to the spring retainer and a free end that contacts and exerts a force on the printed circuit board when the spring retainer is attached to the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291038 | Connector and printed circuit board connected to the same A connector capable of electrically connecting a printed circuit board to a flat cable without soldered connections. Each of a plurality of first connecting terminals provided at a first housing has a portion that sandwiches a predetermined conductor through an insu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287987 | Electrical connector apparatus and method An electrical connector apparatus and method for connecting circuit traces on two or more independent circuit board assemblies. A compressible elastomeric member is wrapped with a flexible circuit assembly having a plurality of independent circuit traces, with each ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285015 | Multiconductor flat ribbon cable plug connector A connector has a longitudinally rearwardly open housing having a forwardly open contact chamber. A flat multiconductor cable projects longitudinally forward in the housing into the contact chamber and is connected there to respective contacts. A spacer extends long... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275953 | Wire comb A wire comb for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards that is mounted adjacent one or more ends of a circuit board to permit the individual wires to be spaced apart yet held in place during an over molding process; and to permit connec... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275948 | Connector A connector of upper contact type for an FPC comprising a cover housing constituted of synthetic resin alone. The housing includes first contacts and second contacts alternately arranged in parallel on a line. Each of the first contacts has an elastic arm coming int... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272428 | Wireless electrocardiograph system and method A method and system for wireless ECG monitoring is provided. An electrode connector, transmitter and receiver operate with existing electrodes and ECG monitors. The electrode connector includes connectors for attaching to disposable or reusable single electrodes. Th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271345 | Method and apparatus for attenuating flexible circuit resonance The present invention includes a method and apparatus for attenuating flexible circuit resonance. The apparatus includes a flexible circuit assembly. The flexible circuit assembly has a flexible circuit having a flexible cable with first and second sides. The flexib... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269026 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus includes: a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) adapted to display images; a chassis base arranged on a rear portion of the PDP; printed circuit boards arranged on a rear portion of the chassis base and adapted to drive the PDP, the printed circuit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259970 | Substrate, connecting structure and electronic equipment A substrate has an electrical wiring pattern formed thereon, one or a plurality of electrical parts provided thereon, a first contacting part and a second contacting part provided thereon and electrically connected to the electronic parts, and one or a plurality of ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244139 | Electric connector and method for manufacturing the same A plug body is adapted to be fitted into a socket body in a first direction, and formed with a groove extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of plug contacts has a first contact piece and a second contact piece opposing to each ot... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241166 | Electric equipment In order to prevent any erroneous insertion of a thin circuit board 3 into a gap 5 formed between a main circuit board 1 and a connector 2 when the thin circuit board 3 is inserted into an inserting port 2e formed at ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234965 | Wiring structure using flexible printed circuit board and optical module using the same The present invention prevents the wiring pattern formed on the FPC board with the support board from being damaged or broken by the edge of the support board when the FPC board is bent at the edge portion of the support board. According to the invention, the FPC bo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234962 | Wire connecting terminal structure An improved wire connecting terminal structure extensively used in different electric appliances and equipments includes a wire connecting terminal in an input/output interface of the structure. The wire connecting terminal includes a plurality of metal contact brac... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232334 | Electrical connecting device A flat cable 11 has a connecting end 23 provided with a conductor exposing part 24, in which an insulating coating 22 is removed so as to be electrically connected to a plurality of terminals 3 and a plurality of conductors 21 | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229310 | Circuit board assembly with wire comb An approach for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards. A wire comb is mounted adjacent one or more ends of the circuit board to permit a way to space apart individual wires, to hold them in place; and to permit welding or soldering of ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229297 | Method and system for making and using an electrical connection between a conductor and a circuit board A method and system for connecting and using a circuit board connected to a conductive element is disclosed. The circuit board includes a backstop and a plurality of conductive traces positioned on an edge. The conductive element includes a plurality of conductive l... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223105 | Cable connector incorporating anisotropically conductive elastomer A separable electrical connector for separably, electrically interconnecting the conductors of one multi-conductor cable to the conductors of a second electrical device that may be an electrical device such as a chip, or a second multi-conductor cable, or a flexible... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220133 | Optical disc apparatus An optical disc apparatus is constructed so that: a first member formed of a plate-shaped or sheet-shaped insulating material is disposed on a flexible printed-wiring board which interconnects a main circuit board and an optical pickup; a second member with a protru... | 05/22/2007 |
