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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7390208 | Card connector assembly having improved terminal A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (5), includes an insulative housing (1) defining therein a slot (11) and a number of passageways (131) communicating with the slot, and a number of terminals (2... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7338303 | Card connector assembly having carriage component A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (6), includes an insulative housing defining a cavity, two rows of terminals (4), a pair of springs (3), and a carriage component (2) being moveable between two ro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7294019 | Stacking connector having flexible extension portion A high speed stacking connector assembly includes a flexible extension portion. The flexible extension portion includes a first male connector, a center portion, and a second male connector. First and second flexible printed circuits (FPCs) extend parallel to one an... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7241177 | Terminal-protective card connector A terminal-protective card connector composed of a housing including a base having a rear sidewall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, and a rear platform; a group of first terminals and a group of second terminals, each of which includes a root portion and a contac... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238044 | Connection structure of printed wiring board An FPC is electrically connected to a printed wiring board. The FPC includes an elongated substrate and a conductor part laminated on the face of the substrate. The conductor part includes a plurality of conductors extending along the axial direction of the substrat... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7052330 | Electrical connector having conductive contacts An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (4), an insulative carrier (1), a spring (3) and a pair of conductive contacts (2). The insulative housing has a base (41) and a periphery wall enclosing therearound and define... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7014487 | Connector capable of preventing abrasion A slider is incorporated in a connector. A guide is designed to guide movement of the slider along a predetermined plane. An elastic terminal or contact extends to the free tip end from the stationary end. An inclined surface is defined on the slider so as to receiv... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6494781 | Card edge connector A first connector housing (1) accommodates substrates (3), and pressing portions (7) extend on opposite sides of the substrates (3). Terminal fittings (5) are accommodated in the second housing (2) and are provided with contact pieces (9) for contacting f... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491549 | Backplane connector with juxtaposed terminal modules thereof A backplane connector (2) has a housing (4), an inserted body (6) and a plurality of contacts (10) inside the housing. The inserted body can be swiveled toward the contacts and away from each other. In a mounting position, in which the inserted body and t... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6447346 | Multipolar connector apparatus with force transmitting member A plurality of steps respectively constituted by inner housings (19) are incorporated into an outer housing (18) of a female connector (12). Moreover, a pushing operation force transmitting member (20) is incorporated there into. The engaging relation of ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 5509820 | Integrated circuit key and connector notably for such a key The disclosure relates to "chip" type electronic keys and the connectors designed to work with these keys. A bolting or blocking groove is provided in the face of the key opposite the one supporting the chip, in an intermediate position between this chip ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5091618 | IC card reader/writer The present invention relates to an IC card reader/writer into which an IC card can be easily inserted and having connection reliability of contact points thereof. According to the present invention, there is provided an IC card reader/writer including an... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5066241 | Electrical connector apparatus for use with an integrated circuit card An electrical connector includes a housing having a recess for receiving an integrated circuit card containing integrated circuit elements and a contact pattern. The connector includes flexible electrodes pretensioned to project into the recess and connec... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4938716 | Device for setting up electrical contact among conductors distributed between two elements, notably contacts between the elements of a memory card and those of its reader Disclosed is a device for setting up electrical contact among conductors distributed between a first element and a second element, the setting up of the contact between the conductors having to be made when the first element is in a determined position wi... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4904197 | High density zif edge card connector A zero insertion force edge card connector is described, for connecting to cards with closely-spaced conductive pads, which is rugged and reliable. The connector includes numerous elongated contacts, each having a middle portion embedded in a dielectric f... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4894022 | Solderless surface mount card edge connector A solderless surface mount card edge connector is presented. In one embodiment, a connector is attached to a printed circuit board 53. The connector includes a plurality of contacts and extrusions. A daughter board includes a rigid portion on which are at... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4872851 | Electrical connector with torsional contacts An electrical connector for providing electrical connection to a substrate having contact elements thereon (e.g., a printed circuit board) wherein torsional contacts are utilized. The contacts, actuated by a vertically moving, slidable member (e.g., a cam... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4752244 | Zero insertion force edge clip interconnect pin An electrical interconnect pin, particularly suitable for attachment to the edge of a flexible printed circuit board or "flex circuit", has an edge clip with an opening that can be temporarily enlarged to facilitate the attachment of the pin to the edge o... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4718859 | Zero insertion force connector for flexible flat cable A zero insertion force connector is provided for flat cables having conductors on one or both sides. The ZIF connector includes a base having a plurality of generally parallel slots for receiving generally C-shaped portions of contacts with contact arms o... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4487468 | Card edge connector locking device The invention is a locking device for locking circuit cards in zero-insertion force card edge connectors of the type having a vertically moving upper housing. More particularly, the locking device includes two pairs of pivotally mounted arms which are cam... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4392700 | Cam actuated zero insertion force mother/daughter board connector A zero insertion force connector is disclosed for making an interconnection between a mother circuit board and a daughter circuit board. A receptacle assembly is mounted on the mother board and includes a housing with a carrier block movably mounted there... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4392704 | Low insertion force printed circuit card connector An edge connector wherein an insulated base defines an elongated opening and an insulated carrier is slidably mounted to the base. The carrier is provided with an elongated opening for receiving a printed circuit board. A series of conductors are pivotly ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4370012 | Electrical connector for circuit board or substrate Edge connector comprises a housing assembly having a board receiving trough which receives edge portions of a printed circuit board. The housing assembly comprises an insulating housing in which contact terminals are contained and a sheet metal frame of c... | 01/25/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4331372 | Substrate connector system utilizing a contact actuating bar The present invention relates to a connector system adapted to electrically connect an active device substrate to the conductive paths on a printed circuit board. The connectors of the system have means therein to relieve the force exerted by the containe... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4327955 | Reduced insertion force connector A connector for reduced insertion force includes one or more U-shaped insulators, each having two portions and a gap between them to receive a printed circuit board. A conductor is held by each insulator so that part of the conductor is free to move betwe... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4266839 | Zero insertion force toggle link connector A progressively activated zero insertion force connector block having a toggle link actuating a plurality of spring terminals to alternately cause said springs to contact and release a circuit board. As the first spring terminal engages or disengages the ... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4221448 | Connector for printed circuit boards A connector having a resilient contact that makes a rolling contact with the conductor pads of a printed circuit board instead of a wiping contact therewith. According to the invention, a resilient contact has a first portion which is initially in the pat... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4176900 | Low insertion force connector A low insertion force connector assembly comprising a number of contact modules. Each contact module includes a nonconductive contact carrier housing having oppositely facing sides and comprising, extending between the oppositely facing sides, a pair of c... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4169644 | Electrical connection devices An electrical connection device, particularly but not exclusively for printed circuit boards, consists of a rigid insulating support for receiving a board, resilient contact members each having one end fixed relative to the support and adapted to engage r... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4159861 | Zero insertion force connector An electrical connector in which two rows of resilient contacts are mounted in a connector housing on opposite sides of a slot which is adapted to receive a printed circuit board or similar electrical component therein. The end portion of the spring conta... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4118094 | Zero-entry force connector An electrical connector is provided for electrically interconnecting the conductive terminals of a flat electrical circuit-bearing structure such as a circuit board with a backplane or the like. The connector includes a housing having a slot, into which t... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4087148 | Electrical connector with zero insertion force An electrical connector with zero insertion force for mechanically supporting and contacting the conductive fingers of printed circuit boards, liquid crystal plates, and like contact carriers. The connector is comprised of an elongated connector body, an ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4021091 | Zero force printed circuit board connector A zero force printed circuit board connector in which two rows of resilient contacts are mounted on opposite sides of a printed circuit board receiving slot in a connector housing. The upper ends of the contacts in the two rows are inclined toward each ot... | 05/03/1977 |
