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A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172606 | Attachment device for a connector An attachment device (1) for a connector, includes at least two clamps (2a, 2b, 3) that can attach the attachment device (1) in a removable manner to a panel (30), and a base (4) that delimits a housing ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7959469 | Connector device and connector assembly A connector device (10) has a connector (20) to be mounted on a metal case (11) that accommodates a device therein and is covered by a first shield shell (50) and a second shield shell (60). Connecting portions for connecting the f... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7934951 | Two mount and three mount socket design with attachment and alignment Various socket configurations having coaxial alignment and attachments are disclosed. The various socket configurations can use two-mount and three-mount configurations to facilitate adaptability to high density routing. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7819693 | LGA socket having improved standoff An LGA socket includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive terminals received retained in the housing, a stiffener surrounding the insulative housing, a load plate and a load lever pivotally assembled to the stiffener, and a locking mechanism. The locking ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7699650 | Electronic device with voltage-resistant connectors An electrical device includes a conductive member and a voltage-resistant connector to be mounted to the metal enclosure. The conductive member such as a metal enclosure, includes a pair of clasping portions separated from each other. Each of the pair of clasping po... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7654864 | Mounting bracket structure When a predetermined rupture load is applied to a mounting bracket formed on an attachment part, a rupture develops in the mounting bracket, and the attachment part can be separated from a base part by this rupture. The mounting bracket, in which a slit extending in... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7614910 | Electrical connector Described are electrical connectors for hi-power applications where multiple electrical wires are to be maintained apart and electrically insulated from one another. The connectors are to be used to mount the plurality of wires to a receptacle of a casing so as to e... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7601026 | Card-through-connector fastener for reducing connector distortion A card-through-connector fastener for reducing connector distortion is disclosed. One embodiment provides circuit card coupled with electronics associated with an actuator. A connector assembly is also coupled with the circuit card, the connector assembly for convey... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7544092 | Pin socket with a rib An electrical connector comprises a housing (1), a cover (2) mounted on the housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) received in the housing (1), a pair of screw members (5) mounted on two ends of the housing (1) for... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7476126 | Clip-based fastening arrangement for attaching multi-pin connector to rear panel of electronic equipment chassis A clip is attachable to a flange of a connector terminating an electrical cable, and is configured to mechanically couple one side of the flange to an edge of a connector-installation aperture of a chassis, such that a distal end of the connector may engage a recept... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7381102 | System for electrically connecting and fixing at least one conductor to support piece This system for electrically connecting and fastening at least one plate-type electrical conductor onto a support piece provided with a threaded pin designed to be engaged in a corresponding hole of conductor and to cooperate with a nut for screwing conductor onto s... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379304 | Hub IDU card insert panel and method An insert panel assembly for the IDU cards at the hub of a point-to-multipoint millimeter wave wireless communication system. Generic cards with terminations for the selective connection of remote transceivers are provided with an apertured faceplate over which an i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377793 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a circuit board having a printed board and an electronic component mounted to the printed board, a housing for receiving the circuit board therein, and a connector mounted to the printed board. Top and bottom walls of the housing hav... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364471 | Card connector A card connector into and from which at least one card is inserted and removed includes a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact the card, and a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having a fitting opening into which the ca... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7349960 | Throttling distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device The present invention provides a method and apparatus for managing distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device. Periodically, statistical data is gathered by processes on one or more remote cards in a network device and transferred to a central proces... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7322834 | Electrical connector with improved contacts An electrical connector (1) for mounting to a circuit board includes a dielectric housing (10) and a number of conductive contacts (20) positioned in the housing. The dielectric housing has a mounting surface and a top surface opposite thereto, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7306224 | Support for a drive motor of image-bearing rollers in amusement machines The support for a drive motor of image-bearing rollers in amusement machines constitutes an assembly allowing for its removal with regard to a general support (8) fixed to the machine, constituted of a base (1) on which the motor (2) is fixed, w... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7288001 | Electrically isolated shielded multiport connector assembly The present disclosure relates to a multiport connector assembly for a telecommunication connector system that is designed to reduce crosstalk noise between adjacent ports by electrical isolation design. The reduction of noise is done by non-conventional methods of ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280529 | Providing network management access through user profiles The present invention provides a method for managing telecommunications networks through user profiles that establish management capabilities and lists of network devices capable of being managed through each user profile. Through profiles, users may be given contro... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267568 | Floating connectors Apparatus including a first edge having a cutout adjacently located between a pair of counter bore panels, a connector assembly including a connector having a mounting flange with a pair of inserts and a pair of guide pins. The pair of inserts adapted to receive and... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266595 | Accessing network device data through user profiles The present invention provides a method and apparatus for accessing network device data through user profiles. User profiles may be created by network administrators, and the corresponding user profile data may be stored in a central network management system (NMS) ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263597 | Network device including dedicated resources control plane The present invention provides a method and apparatus for improving transmission of control information within a network device and between multiple connected network devices. Specifically, a control path is included within a network device that is independent of th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255597 | Detachable attachment structure and electric connection box therewith The case main body is saliently provided with an attachment bracket 65 having a screw hole 69a and the attachment bracket 65 is provided with a slit 69b communicated with the screw hole 69a and extending to the... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252544 | Connector having a U-shaped fixing member with screw holes In a connector including a contact and a housing holding the contact, a fixing member is coupled to the housing. The fixing member has a pair of facing portions faced to each other in a first direction via a part of the housing. The facing portions are connected to ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249972 | Electrical connector receptacle with lock nut An electrical connector receptacle having a simple connector housing structure, a secure grounding connection of a metal shell to ground, and excellent durability, includes a connector housing having a pair of locking sections with nut-storing-sections formed therei... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243891 | Mounting bracket, and method therefor A bracket for attachment to a support for mounting a fixture, and method for installing the same are provided. The bracket includes a base having first and second sides. The bracket also includes first and second flanges extending from the first side of the base, th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240364 | Network device identity authentication The present invention provides a method and apparatus for authenticating the identities of network devices within a telecommunications network. In particular, multiple identifiers associated with a network device are retrieved from and used to identify the network d... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225240 | Decoupling processes from hardware with logical identifiers The present invention provides methods and apparatus for decoupling functional processes, such as network protocol applications and device drivers, from hardware resources through the use of logical resources. Logical resources are created to represent the hardware ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225244 | Common command interface A common command interface (CCI) provides an interface abstraction allowing network device applications to maintain one set of code for each command regardless of which command interface (e.g., web, CLI, NMS, etc.) initiates the command. That is, the command code in... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7192314 | Power connector assembly device A power connector assembly device includes an insulator, a containing chamber corresponding to a power plug, a containing hole corresponding to a power terminal, containing slots for placing conductive terminals, and a latching slot being latched with a fixing side ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186141 | Power connector with fastening member A power connector (1) is attachable to a panel and connecting with a cable for power transmission. The power connector includes an insulative housing (2) defining a number of passages (213, 214), first and second contacts (3, 4) received ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179125 | Mounting device for connector A mounting device for mounting a connector (30) to a panel (10) includes a shield (20). The panel defines a plurality of slits (15) and a hole (13) therein. Each slit defines a wide portion (151) and a narrow portion (153... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163422 | Protection of hard drive interface connector Damage of a connection between a connector and a circuit board on which the connector is mounted is to be prevented at the time of connecting the connector with a corresponding connector on a host side. In one embodiment, an HDD is provided with a serial ATA connect... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160133 | Nurse call connector system and method A system and method for providing an electrical and mechanical connection which includes a housing having a face, an electrical connector mounted to the housing and configured to engage with a second electrical connector, a receiver connected to the housing and enco... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140887 | Electrical wiring device with multiple types of wire terminations A wiring device is provided with three different ways in which the bared end of an electrical conductor can be coupled to the contacts inside the body of a wiring device. A clamping plate is placed upon the threaded body of a terminal screw. In a first arrangement t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143153 | Internal network device dynamic health monitoring The present invention provides a method and apparatus for internal network device dynamic health monitoring. To increase network device availability, internal network device evaluations of resource attributes are conducted against threshold expressions and network m... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136289 | Dual-stacked 10 Gigabit X2 uplinks in a single rack unit switch A system for providing dual 10 GB uplinks in the front side of a single rack unit switch that stacks two MSA X2 I/O devices in a limited space. In one embodiment the two X2 I/O devices are mounted on opposite sides of a single circuit board positioned above the moth... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130870 | Method for upgrading embedded configuration databases The present invention provides a method for upgrading embedded configuration databases while a network device is operating and with minimal disruption to network device operation. While a network device is operating and using an embedded primary configuration databa... | 10/31/2006 |
