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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134878 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (100) includes a dielectric housing, a contact terminal (3), a compression spring (4) and a retaining terminal (5). The contact terminal has a body portion (30) and a contact portion (310) extending f... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7090504 | Land grid array socket having improved terminals A land grid array (LGA) socket is adapted to receive an IC module (40) and mounted on a PCB (50). The socket (1) includes an insulative housing (30) having a plurality of passageways (302) and a plurality of electrical terminals ( | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048574 | Resilient contact structure with bypass wire and camera having such contact A contact structure having a spring with electro conductivity. The spring is fixed at one inner end side of a battery housing by engaging a plurality of inflection parts of the spring to one end side of the battery housing. The spring urges the battery to the other ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6905377 | Contact for land grid array socket A contact is provided for use in a land grid array (LGA) socket. The contact includes a support body defining a support body plane. The support body is configured to be held in a hole in an LGA socket and has opposed side edges. The contact also includes a contact b... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6814586 | Electric connector An electric connector is disclosed to include an electrically insulative housing, and a plurality of terminals respectively mounted in respective terminal grooves in a tilted position, each terminal having a base for bonding to a circuit board, a support arm upwardl... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6814626 | Electrical connector for chargeable battery An electrical connector for a chargeable battery includes a housing, a number of pins, a number of springs and a number of terminals. The housing includes a mating surface, a mounting surface and a number of receiving holes defined between the mating surface and the... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6749440 | Electrical contact with dual electrical paths An electrical contact (1) for electrically interconnecting two electrical interfaces (31, 41) includes a retention portion (11), an extending portion extending (12) from one end of the invention, and a second engaging portion (114)... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6672875 | Spring interconnect structures An interconnection element of a spring (body) including a first resilient element with a first contact region and a second contact region and a first securing region and a second resilient element, with a third contact region and a second securing region.... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6626708 | Single piece spring contact A one-piece electrical contact is disclosed which includes an upper movable contact portion and a lower and fixed contact portion, which is mountable to a printed circuit board. The top contact portion and printed circuit board portion are interconnected ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6575791 | Electrical connector providing reliable electrical interconnection with mated devices An electrical connector (1) includes an elongate insulative housing (12) defining a number of cavities (22) in a longitudinal direction (X) thereof, a number of groups of contacts (12) respectively received in corresponding individual cavities of the hous... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6386733 | Light emitting diode mounting structure A light emitting diode mounting structure for a light emitting diode having four leads has two metal plates fixed to wire on a housing. The leads engage the metal plates in electrical contact therewith and are supported by the metal plates, a surface part... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6358061 | High-speed connector with shorting capability A connector for high speed applications includes both signal and reference or power terminals arranged on opposite sides of a circuit-card receiving slot of the connector. The reference or power terminals have a pair of spring arms that extend up from a b... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6293814 | Socket contact with kelvin contact for testing integrated circuit devices A socket contact with Kelvin contact for the testing of IC devices comprising a plurality of conducting strip sets embedded across a non-conducting base. Each strip set includes two pairs of electrodes. Two pairs of electrodes are designed such that each ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6280254 | IC card connector An IC card connector comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts. A plurality of passageways is defined through the insulative housing for receiving the corresponding contacts therein. Each contact comprises a first contacting arm, a secon... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276941 | Board to board connector A board to board electrical connector comprises an insulative housing defining a plurality of channels at both sides thereof and a plurality of conductive contacts received in the respective channels. Each contact comprises a resilient portion, an arm ext... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257899 | Soft internal touch contact for IC socket A soft internal touch contact (1) for a Land Grid Array (LGA) socket (4) for interconnecting an LGA package (5) with a printed circuit board (PCB) (6) comprises first and second spring arms (13, 14) on opposite ends thereof, and a solder portion (16) betw... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6227869 | Terminal for an LGA socket An LGA socket comprises an insulative housing defining a number of passageways therethrough and a corresponding number of terminals retained therein. Each terminal forms upper and lower spring arms partially extending beyond the corresponding passageway, ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6149467 | Contact arrangement for use with high speed transmission A high speed connector (10) includes an insulative housing (12) defining a central slot (14) with two rows of passageways (16) by two sides thereof wherein each passageway (16) receives a contact (18) therein. Each contact (18) includes a base (20) with r... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6033233 | Electrical connecting device, and semiconductor device testing method An electrical connecting device and related method of testing a semiconductor device which provides for testing of a semiconductor device under excellent and stable current transfer characteristics. Moreover, the electrical connecting device is easily pro... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6019611 | Land grid array assembly and related contact An LGA type IC assembly is mounted on a PCB by means of a fastening means which sandwiches the LGA assembly and the PCB between two plates. Conductive contacts received in passageways defined through a socket of the assembly each have two engagement porti... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5984693 | Contact of an LGA socket A contact of an LGA socket comprises a main plate having two guiding and positioning extensions projecting upward from two ends of a beveled upper edge thereof, two lower engagement pins extending downward from two ends of a lower edge of the main plate, ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5913700 | Card edge connector having low inductance contact system An electrical connector for interconnecting a circuit card to a substrate includes a dielectric housing having an elongated slot which is open for receiving an edge portion of the circuit card, and a plurality of contacts which are spaced-apart along a le... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5628635 | Test socket for an integrated circuit A socket has a main socket body 10 and a plurality of contact members 12 adapted for making electrical contact with electrical parts (20, 30) of both small outline package (SOP) type and small outline J-leaded package (SOJ) type. The contact members 12 ha... | 05/13/1997 |
| 4941832 | Low profile chip carrier socket A chip carrier socket has terminals (2) positioned therein to provide an electrical connection between a chip carrier (4) and a substrate (6). The terminals (2) have first arms (10) which cooperate with the chip carrier (4), second arms (12) which engage ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4708666 | Triaxial to coaxial connector assembly A connector assembly for connecting a triaxial cable to a coaxial cable. The assembly includes a first connector member supporting a plurality of triaxial connectors, and a second connector member matable with said first connector member and supporting a ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4647124 | Electrical connector for interconnecting arrays of conductive areas An electrical connector for positioning between and electrically interconnecting electrical components. The electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having compartments and contact elements freely disposed in the compartments and having cantilev... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4568902 | Contact piece for air-cooled transformers having conductive lines A contact piece for providing conductive interconnection between the delta connection of the windings of a three-legged core transformer includes an insulative body having opposing vertical end surfaces in each of which a pair of end contacts is provided ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4565415 | Socket for fluorescent lamps Sockets for fluorescent lamps of the type which have a pair of parallel bayonet pins in each end thereof, the lamp adapted to be moved at right angle to the axis of the lamp in order cause the pins at opposite ends to enter grooves or channels formed in t... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4477801 | Seed monitor apparatus harness adapter for a convertible planter A harness adapter is disposed between the seed monitor logic circuitry and the individual row unit seed detectors upon conversion of a planter for operation of only a portion of its planting units. The adapter provides a continuous series of connections f... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4370017 | Complanate contact terminal An electrical contact terminal of the type contained in a connector housing comprises a yoke portion having extending therefrom a contact arm and a spring arm. The contact arm has an electrical contact portion on one side thereof and a bearing portion on ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4362353 | Contact clip for connecting a ceramic substrate to a printed circuit board The present invention relates to a contact clip which may be attached to a ceramic or other type substrate and which may be plugged into a PCB and thereby provide electrical connections between the substrate and the conductive traces on the board. More pa... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4199209 | Electrical interconnecting device The present invention relates to a device for electrically interconnecting two printed circuit boards or the like where the conductive pads are on extremely close spacing. More particularly, the invention includes a plurality of resilient connectors embed... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4161346 | Connecting element for surface to surface connectors The present invention relates to a connecting element of the type for interconnecting electrical circuits on two electronic component-carrying devices such as printed circuit boards and substrate devices. More particularly the invention discloses a connec... | 07/17/1979 |
| 3953818 | Externally bussed, encapsulated current limiting fuse for pad mounted transformers A rigid, unitary, externally mounted combination bus bar and current interrupter especially adapted for protecting pad-mounted transformers from the effects of fault currents is provided which precludes catastrophic transformer failures by ensuring that a... | 04/27/1976 |
