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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033865 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing (1) for mating with an electrical card and a block (3). The insulative housing (1) defines... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7717752 | 276-pin buffered memory module with enhanced memory system interconnect and features A memory subsystem system including a rectangular printed circuit card having a first side and a second side, a length of between 149.5 and 153.5 millimeters, and first and second ends having a width smaller than the length. The memory system also includes a first p... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7534145 | Design and method for plating PCI express (PCIE) edge connector Embodiments of methods and apparatus for plating a PCI Express edge connector are described. In one embodiment, a printed circuit board having connectors is employed for electroplating one or more of the connectors formed thereon. The printed circuit board comprises... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7494382 | Method and apparatus for positioning a printed circuit board in a circuit board panel An alignment structure of individual printed circuit board and method thereof are disclosed. The alignment structure of individual printed circuit board includes a panel body and an assembling part. An aligned part having a geometric feature is disposed on an inner ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491092 | Card edge connector with durable key An electrical connector (100) include an insulating housing, one row of contact disposed in the housing, a key (6) and a position member (67). The housing defines an elongated slot (12) extending longitudinally along a first direction whi... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7442088 | Methods and apparatus for the prevention of incorrect card insertion A system or method ensures proper insertion of a circuit board (“card”) assembly into a card support assembly. A card assembly includes a first keying feature other than on a faceplate connected to the card assembly. The keying feature may be a notch, tab or slo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442093 | Card edge connector with durable key A card edge connector is adapted for connecting a card to a mother board, includes a housing made from insulating material. The housing includes a slot for receiving the card, a retaining hole communicating with the slot and a plurality of conductive contacts receiv... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7377815 | Card connector device A card connector device whose structure is simple and which can hold plural types of cards of different widths. A plate-spring-shaped card position control unit is formed on the top of a case by partially cutting off a part of the case. The tip of the card position ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364820 | Card connector The invention relates to a card connector. On one side of a housing 11 into which a card 1 having a cutaway portion 2 on one end side of a tip end is to be inserted, the card connector has a sliding member 50 which has a projecting portio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364467 | Card edge connector with durable key A card edge connector (100) adapted for a daughter card with at least one notch comprises a housing (1) made from insulating material and contacts. The housing comprises a slot (12) for receiving the daughter card along its length direction and ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7349226 | Functional module with card guide engagement feature A functional module is provided for use in conjunction with an electronic equipment enclosure that includes a card cage having two end card guides and one or more middle card guides interposed between the end card guides. The functional module includes a double-wide... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341490 | Design and method for plating PCI Express (PCIE) edge connector Embodiments of methods and apparatus for plating a PCI Express edge connector are described. In one embodiment, a printed circuit board having connectors is employed for electroplating one or more of the connectors formed thereon. The printed circuit board comprises... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7287994 | Modular plug device A modular plug device includes an adapter and a plug. The adapter has an insulating casing and a locking button. The insulating casing has two side arms and is provided with pivoting portions. One side arm is provided a projecting portion on the surface of the inner... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289333 | Apparatus and method for providing input/output voltage signals between connected circuit boards A first circuit board connectable to a second circuit board is disclosed. The first circuit board includes at least one set of contacts, a detection circuit, and a voltage generator. Each set of contacts is configured to receive an electrically conductive keypin for... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267561 | Card connector capable of avoiding erroneous insertion of electronic card A card connector includes a base having an opening at a front end thereof, two guide channels at bilateral sides inside, and a plurality of terminals mounted at a rear end thereof; at least one movable member movably mounted in the guide channels and having a stoppi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7238054 | Electrical connector A connector includes a plurality of contacts each having at one end a contact portion adapted to contact a connecting object, at the other end a connection portion to be connected to a substrate or the like, and between the contact and connection portions a fixed po... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234972 | Card connector capable of guiding small card A card connector includes a housing; a connection base mounted to the housing and having a plurality of terminals for corresponding connection with an inserted card; and an inclined guide member mounted in the housing. The housing further includes a guide piece loca... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234099 | High reliability memory module with a fault tolerant address and command bus A high reliability dual inline memory module with a fault tolerant address and command bus for use in a server. The memory module is a card approximately 151.35 mm or 5.97 inches long provided with about a plurality of contacts of which some are redundant, a plurali... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207815 | Card connector A card connector for connecting an expansion card to a circuit board and including a long insulating body with a central slot and a plurality of conductive terminals. The card connector also includes a metal casing with a covering function covering the insulating bo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192312 | Design and method for plating PCI express (PCIE) edge connector Embodiments of methods and apparatus for plating a PCI Express edge connector are described. In one embodiment a printed circuit board having connectors is employed for electroplating one or more of the connectors formed thereon. The printed circuit board comprises ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193620 | Wireless device lighting system A wireless device lighting system provides backlighting of a display (104) and/or a user interface (1526) of a wireless device (100). A user interface (1526) includes a plurality of buttons (112) for entering information and at lea... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186150 | Split key in a press-fit connector A connector comprises multiple electrically-conductive pins coupled along a line and a press-fit edge connector body intersected by a slot configured for insertion of the multiple pins. Multiple contacts are contained within the press-fit edge connector body and con... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186145 | Acute extender card The acute extender card makes the possibility for testing different electronic components (for example, video cards, sound cards and etc.) without limitation for plug in external cables to the test component at the same time the acute extender minimize the propagati... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7140925 | Power connector with safety feature Electrical receptacle connectors are provided including an insulative housing and AC power contacts disposed therein that are configured for engaging an external power supply. The receptacle connectors are employed with a safety guard for restricting operator access... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133287 | ATCA integrated heatsink and core power distribution mechanism An integrated heatsink and core power distribution mechanism. First and second power rails are disposed on opposite sides of one of more integrated circuits on a printed circuit board (PCB). The power rails are electrically coupled to a power supply and the integrat... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128618 | Connector check fixture A check fixture for electrical connectors, including a pin nest made of a rigid plastic such as Delrin, having parallel slots and bores contiguous with said slots formed therein to receive one piece contact pins in precise arrangements and orientations to fit a conn... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128612 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector is provided for accommodating various electrical cards. The electrical card connector comprises an integral housing (1) defining an inserting port (11), a plurality of terminals (2, 3, 4, 5) respectively received in ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121894 | Card connector A card connector is compatible with different types of memory cards. The card connector has an insulative frame and a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulative frame. The insulative frame has a plug portion defining a plurality of slots for receiv... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118421 | Adapter device for electronic equipment The present invention is directed to an adapter device for electronic equipment, which is adapted to have ability to load another electronic equipment at a loading unit of the existing IC card, and comprises a casing (31) loaded at a host equipment (1)... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114975 | Card edge connector with position guider A card edge connector includes a connection part and a position guider. The connection part includes a plurality of terminals disposed in parallel to electrically connect to contacts of a daughter board. The position guider disposed inside the connection part includ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108557 | Integrated circuit (IC) card connector including a movable braking piece An Integrated Circuit (IC) card connector includes a housing member, an ejection mechanism, and a plurality of braking pieces. The housing member includes an accommodation portion for selectively accommodating an IC card. When the ejection mechanism ejects the IC ca... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103753 | Backplane system having high-density electrical connectors A computer system architecture in which functionally compatible electronic components are located on modular printed circuit boards. Thus, a type of processor used by the system can be changed by replacing the printed circuit board incorporating the processor. Simil... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090127 | Connector identification module for mobile platform A connector for use with a mobile platform, such as an aircraft, which forms a part of the aircraft installation, and which can therefore not be readily removed from the aircraft once installed. In one preferred form the connector includes a standardized connector b... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090512 | Connector system for conductive plates An electrical connector for mating with a conductive plate having a plate mounting edge, and first and second surfaces extending from the plate mounting edge is provided. The connector includes a contact having a contact mounting edge and a lead interface edge oppos... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081011 | Connector Contacts are provided wherewith attachment to a board can be made with adequate attachment strength, without requiring soldering, which can be easily removed from the board without causing damage to occur. Parts of wiring rounds 37 positioned at the extreme d... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059909 | Electrical card connector with improved contact structure There are provided a contact structure for a card connector (100). The contact structure includes a plurality of contacts (2) which are arranged in parallel with one another. Among the plurality of contacts, there is a detect contact (22) which ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059915 | Panel mounted modular jack terminated to a circuit board A modular jack is mountable in a panel and to a circuit board. The modular jack includes a non-conductive housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. The front end has a receptacle for receiving a mating jack plug. The rear end has a slot for recei... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7037142 | Power connector with safety feature Electrical receptacle connectors are provided including an insulative housing and AC power contacts disposed therein that are configured for engaging an external power supply. The receptacle connectors are employed with a safety guard for restricting operator access... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032234 | Cartridge and drive unit for preventing erroneous insertions of the cartridge A cartridge and a drive unit that drives a cartridge and has an insertion opening into which the cartridge is inserted are provided. The drive unit includes a shutter which opens and closes the insertion opening, and a mechanism for locking a close state of the shut... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021970 | Connector A connector includes a block and a required number of contacts held and fixed in the block. A plate-shaped piece made of a heat resistant and electrically insulating material is fixed to the block on that side of the contacts to which conductors are connected. The p... | 04/04/2006 |
