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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137131 | Support for electrical connector A connector assembly is provided including an HDMI connector having a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts extending through the housing. The contacts define a first terminal end extending out from the housing and configured to be connected to electrical t... | 03/20/2012 |
| RE42075 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for engaging with a mated connector in a mating direction comprises a dielectric housing receiving a number of contacts therein, and a pair of retention members for securely fixing the connector to a circuit board. The housing forms a pair of... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7850486 | Electrical connector provided with retaining member An electrical connector electrically mounted on a circuit board for connecting with a complementary connector, which comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the housing and a retaining member fixed in the insulative housing for fastening... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7785149 | Connector for on-board mounting The connector for on-board mounting includes a housing body having multiple contacts, metal locking engagement members each having a locking portion to be engaged with a locked engagement member provided to a cable-side connector for a purpose of locking a connectio... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7736177 | Electrical connector having improved contacts therein An electrical connector mounted on a PCB (printed circuit board) includes an insulating housing having a receiving room and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing. Said insulating housing has a tongue portion and a peripheral wall surrounds said ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7727010 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (100) for connecting a sheet-like connection member includes an insulating housing (1) provided with a plurality of conductive terminals (2, 3) and a pair of retaining members. The housing defines a pair of slots (15 | 06/01/2010 |
| 7670174 | Low profile electrical connector An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing and a pair of retaining members assembled to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a pair of positioning shoulders at two sides thereof,... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7604500 | Board-to-board connector A board-to-board connector adapted for being soldered to a printed circuit board includes an insulating housing, two soldering members and a plurality of electrical terminals. The insulating housing has a base board and four sidewalls extending downward from the bas... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7581986 | Surface-mounted connector A slot 21 is formed on each of both side walls of a connector housing 1. A housing attachment portion 12 of each fixing metal member 10 is inserted into and locked in an associated one of the slots 21. The housing attachment portio... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7540770 | Electrical connector An electrical connector detachably fitted with a mating connector includes a plurality of contacts, a housing arranging and holding the contacts therein and having guide portions for guiding the mating connector, and fixtures to be fixed to a substrate. The fixtures... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7524207 | Reinforcing tab, method of manufacturing the same and structure of connecting connector using the same A reinforcing tab for reinforcing connection between a circuit board and a surface-mounted connector includes a fixing wall to be fixed to a housing of the connector and a connecting wall defining a connecting surface on its end to be connected to the circuit board.... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7488208 | Connector configuration This connector configuration comprises: a fixing member that is a component of a connector and is fixed to a substrate in order to mount the connector onto the substrate; a case that is a component of the connector and has an installation groove formed thereon, into... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7458848 | Connector A circuit board connector has a fixing member (20; 32; 42; 52) for a housing (10) on a circuit board (K). Engaging portions (24) of the fixing member (20; 32; 42; 52) are bent to increase the areas of engaging surfaces (25) in the ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7410364 | Connector with header connector and socket connector that are mechanically and electrically connected with each other A connector comprising a header connector 20 and a socket connector 25. The connector 25 includes a fixed section 272 that is continuously formed at the tip of one end 2711 of a contact section 271 so that a part 2721... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390216 | Latch-type stackable connector A latch-type stackable connector includes a base seat having an insulating seat. Multiple terminals are side by side inlaid in the insulating seat. Multiple fixing latch pieces are respectively inserted in two sides of the insulating seat. Each fixing latch piece ha... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387540 | Electrical connector assembly having improved terminal An electrical connector assembly (100) for connecting a pair of separated circuit boards, includes a male connector (10) and a female connector (20) respectively for electrically connecting to the two circuit boards. The male connector includes ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7347725 | Metal fixing member for fixing a connector to a wiring board A metal fixing member for fixing a connector to a wiring board, includes a board fixing portion that is adapted to be secured to the wiring board, a housing mounting portion that is disposed in upstanding relation to the board fixing portion, and is adapted to be mo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341482 | Strain relief for ball grid array connectors Strain relief devices for electrical connectors are disclosed and include an insert for insertion into a housing. The insert may include spring beams that deflect during insertion into the strain relief housing. When the insert is fully received in the housing, a sl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335068 | Board to board connector The present invention is to provide a board to board connector, which comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of electrical terminals and a pair of fastening members. The insulative housing has a plurality of terminal chambers which pass from the bottom face th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331818 | Card connector assembly with reinforcing elements A card connector assembly (1) according to an embodiment includes an elongate insulative housing (10), a plurality of terminals (12), a pair of fastening members (14) and a pair of metal reinforcing elements (16). The plurality of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329146 | Surface mounted card connector A card connector with an insulating housing comprising a plurality of passageways; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways of the housing; the housing further receives metal guiding arms, each guiding arm having legs which engage opposite sides of the ho... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320618 | Electrical connector having a fastening assembly and a metal housing that pertain to different parts An electrical connector to be electrically connected to a transmission cable plug. The connector includes a plastic base, a metal housing and at least one fastening assembly. At least one connection slot and a plurality of terminals are formed on the plastic base. E... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309254 | Connector which can be increased in holding strength with respect to a substrate In a connector to be mounted to a substrate, a strengthening member is coupled to a housing holding a contact The strengthening member is adapted to fix the housing to the substrate and includes a side plate portion extending in a direction away from the substrate i... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309248 | Connector fixing structure for fixing a connector to a board A connector fixing structure for fixing a connector 11 to a board 10 includes a fixing metal member 12, and the fixing metal member 12 includes a connector mounting piece portion 16 for mounting on the connector 11, and a bo... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303443 | Socket and method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion The illustrative embodiments provide a socket, a method for manufacturing the socket, a device, and a method for compensating for a difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion between a socket and a printed circuit board. The socket includes surface mounted ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303445 | Connector and a connector assembly A male connector (M) is provided with a receptacle (10) and a female connector (F) is provided with a housing (40) that can fit into the receptacle (10) from the front. Mounting grooves (18) are formed by recessing both side walls (16 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291039 | Flat circuit connector with improved housing An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing in a side-by-side ar... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278861 | Connector assembly This connector assembly comprises a header (1) and a socket (2). The header (1) has a header contact member (4) with a first contact piece (41) and a second contact piece (42), and the socket (2) has a socket contact ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267577 | Connector to be mounted on an electric/electronic device A circuit board connector has metal fixing portions (60) for fixing a synthetic resin housing (10) to a circuit board (K). The fixing portions (60) are mounted into the housing (10) and are soldered to the circuit board (K). The housing (... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255678 | High frequency, high frame-rate ultrasound imaging system A system for producing an ultrasound image comprises a scan head having a transducer capable of generating ultrasound energy at a frequency of at least 20 megahertz (MHz), and a processor for receiving ultrasound energy and for generating an ultrasound image at a fr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232338 | Electrical connector with metal strengthen member An electrical connector comprises an insulated housing (1) defines a receiving cavity (10) and a pair of latching portions respectively formed at longwise ends thereof; a plurality of conductive terminals (2, 2′) disposed in the housing and ea... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207837 | Connector and a mounting method therefor A circuit board connector (1) has a housing (10), male terminals (20) and fixing members (30). Each fixing member (30) is formed by bending a metal plate into an L-shape to define a mounting portion (31) to mount the fixing ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204729 | Fixing auxiliary device A fixing auxiliary device includes a main body, at least an extension arm and an adhesive element. The main body has a first portion in contact with a connecting portion of a circuit board and a second portion coupled to an extension plate of a metallic assembly. Th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7179094 | SMT connector A surface mount technology connector comprises a housing provided with a plurality of contacts. At least one metal fitting is fixed to a sidewall of the housing. The metal fitting has a base and a soldering section for soldering to a circuit board. The base has a sm... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172434 | Electrical connection apparatus capable of resisting repetition of connection and disconnection In a connector including an insulating housing holding contacts, the housing is strengthened by two strengthening members made of metal. The housing has a pair of first wall portions extending and spaced from each other and a pair of second wall portions defining a ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7161366 | Method and apparatus for probe tip contact The invention is a method and apparatus for a probe tip contact for electrically coupling a substrate to a probe tip. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises a wrap-around contact that is precision formed utilizing a hydroform tool and brazed to a surface of a s... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134910 | Circuit board connector A connector has a housing (10) is formed with mount grooves (15) into which board fixing portions (30) made of a metal plate are mountable. Each board fixing portion (30) has main plate (31) and a soldering leg (32) projecti... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121880 | Surface-mounted connector In order to prevent a fixing terminal from being dislocated from regular-mounting-position on a connector main body when force is applied from outside before placed on a substrate, a surface-mounted connector including a connector main body to be placed on a substra... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112091 | Low-profile connector A low-profile connector for connecting two circuit boards of a-mobile equipment is constituted by a header and a socket. The header comprises a resin molded header body and a plurality of pairs of posts (conductive terminals) provided on the header body. The socket ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7094100 | Connector and method of mounting it A connector for a PCB (60) has two fixing members (40). Each fixing member (40) has a main plate (41) configured for mounting to a connector housing (12) and a mounting plate (42) bent from the main plate (41). Each m... | 08/22/2006 |
