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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8292668 | Electrical connector In an electrical connector, a housing includes opposite front and rear end walls, and an insertion slot that is formed between opposite upper and lower inner wall surfaces extending in a front-rear direction and that opens at the front end wall. A terminal has a mov... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8202126 | Connector A connector comprising an insulative housing that has a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side wherein all four sides are connected to form a mating face and a board-mounting end; a plurality of terminals supported in the housing and terminating at the board-mou... | 06/19/2012 |
| 7927149 | Interconnection assembly for printed circuit boards An apparatus electrically interconnects pins that project from the rear side of a backplane in separate arrays corresponding to respective circuit boards at the front side of the backplane. The apparatus comprises a connector board assembly extending across the rear... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7722404 | Plug-in connector for printed circuit boards The invention relates to a plug-in connector for printed circuit boards, comprising a plurality of contact elements, whereby said contact elements have two connecting faces each. The one connecting face is configured as an insulation displacement contact for connect... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7708599 | Card edge connector with power contacts A card edge connector (100) includes an elongate insulative housing (1), a plurality of signal contacts (3) and a pair of power contacts (4) retained in the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing (1) defines a pair o... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7654870 | Interconnection assembly for printed circuit boards An apparatus electrically interconnects pins that project from the rear side of a backplane in separate arrays corresponding to respective circuit boards at the front side of the backplane. The apparatus comprises a connector board assembly extending across the rear... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7452242 | Connector with heat dissipating features A connector includes a housing having a plurality of spaced apart ribs. A slot is defined between adjacent ribs. The slots are open to the outer sides of the housing. A terminal positioned within each slot and is connected to the housing. This provides for the termi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7438601 | Connector A connector includes a plurality of first contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a first surface of an object of connection and a plurality of second contacts each having a contact arm that contacts a second surface of the object of connection. The plurali... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7371120 | Memory card connector A memory card connector includes an insulating housing having a base board defining longer cavities thereon. Each longer cavity has a guiding cavity having two first mounting grooves. The guiding cavity extends rearward to form a connecting cavity being wider than t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7344417 | DIP connector The DIP connector of the present invention comprises a housing being provided with a receiving chamber into which a counterpart member being to be fitted, and a contact being fitted in a storing concaved part being concaved from the receiving chamber. The storing co... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343078 | Patch panels with communications connectors that are rotatable about a vertical axis A patch panel configured for mounting to a network rack, includes: a frame including mounting features at opposite lateral ends for mounting the patch panel to the network rack; a bezel mounted to the patch panel, the bezel including a plurality of outlet apertures,... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316570 | High performance edge connector In some embodiments, an electronic circuit card includes an edge connector positioned along an edge of the electronic circuit card, wherein the edge connector includes a conductive finger on an outer layer of the electronic circuit card, and a via positioned within ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300312 | Method for assembling connectors A connector is assembled by providing a base and an earth terminal unit which is located to be aligned with the base and the earth terminal unit is pressed into the base to let a front end of the earth terminal unit contact an inside of the base. A casing is then pr... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7275966 | Connector with heat dissipating features A connector includes a housing having a plurality of spaced apart ribs. A slot is defined between adjacent ribs. The slots are open to the outer sides of the housing. A terminal positioned within each slot and is connected to the housing. This provides for the termi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273381 | Plug connector A plug connector for electrically connecting a printed wiring board with a card-edge connector includes a first connector-contact arrangement and a second connector-contact arrangement. The first connector-contact arrangement is inserted to the card-edge connector a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264512 | PCI express connector A method, apparatus and system are disclosed for a Peripheral Component Interconnect (“PCI”) Express connection device that supports use of device bus widths different than the size of the connector in communication of data processing, addressing and/or control ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255586 | Connector device A connector device includes a plug including a plurality of plug terminals and a socket including a plurality of socket terminals. Ground plug terminals each have a recess on the contact surface, and ground socket terminals each have a dimple on the contact surface ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246190 | Method and apparatus for bringing bus lanes in a computer system using a jumper board Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for providing a bus in a computer system. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises: a central processing unit (CPU), a bridge coupled to the CPU, a first slot configured to receive a device, where a first portion of the bridge ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234971 | Motherboard and expandable PCI express slot that accepts different interface cards A motherboard includes a PCI Express slot and a chipset. The PCI Express slot has four sidewalls; a topside of the PCI Express slot has a first aperture, and one of the four sidewalls has a second aperture. The first and second apertures are connected together in or... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7198526 | Low-profile flag electrical terminal connector assembly A low-profile, flag quick-connect terminal connector assembly where the connector, when assembled, is completely insulated. The electrically-conductive, metallic connector has a transition with an industry-standard crimp at one end and a contact at the other. The co... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7168990 | Female side connector for high current A female side connector for high current includes at least one contact unit including a contact, a contact support section, and a connection terminal: and a connector housing for placing the contact support section. The contact is provided by superposing a plurality... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7101207 | Memory card connector A memory card connector has an insulative frame, a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulative frame, an ejecting device for guiding a memory card in or out, a shell shielding the insulative frame, and an activation switch. The conductive terminals ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090509 | Multi-port pluggable transceiver (MPPT) with multiple LC duplex optical receptacles An interface converter module includes a metallized housing having a first end and a second end. A printed circuit board is mounted within the housing and has mounted thereon electronic circuitry configured to convert data signals from a host device transmission med... | 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 |
| 7029333 | Electrical connector for boards and method of making A housing made of an insulating synthetic resin has a connecting recess opened in the connecting direction. The side walls defining the connecting recess is provided with terminal retainer recesses arranged side by side in the lateral direction. The openings are for... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020274 | Universal apparatus and method for interfacing signals with telephony networks A communication apparatus is used to interface signals with any one of a plurality of telephony networks having different impedances. The apparatus includes memory, a processor, a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter, and an interface port. Different sets of impedance ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004763 | Board-to-board electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a first connector (2) and a second connector (3) for mating with the first connector. The first connector includes a housing (21) and a plurality of male contacts (22) and female contac... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997728 | Card edge connector A card edge connector is provided, and comprises a first insulating housing, a second insulating housing, a pair of latches and a plurality of conductive terminals. The first insulating housing comprises a first elongated base and a pair of supporting beams. Each of... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6951486 | 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... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945786 | Solderless method for transferring high frequency, radio frequency signals between printed circuit boards A connector system and method for cooperating printed circuit boards includes a housing member having a clip receiving slot and circuit board engaging surface that is positioned against a first printed circuit board. At least one electrically conductive clip member ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6908330 | Storage peripheral having a robust serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) PCB connector A storage peripheral, such as disk drive, having a robust PCB connector configured in accordance with a SATA standard. The disk drive has a disk, a disk controller system, and a PCB for mounting the disk controller system, and a housing attached to the PCB. A first ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6851953 | Card-edge connector and card member A card-edge connector of the present invention includes a card member including a circuit board and a plurality of card-edge electrodes arranged on the circuit board. A connector is affixed to a stationary board and includes a plurality of contacts corresponding one... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840809 | Electrical connector having improved contacts An electrical connector (1) includes a dielectric housing (2) and a number of first and second contacts (3, 4) received in the housing. Each first contact includes an intermediate portion (30), an engaging portion (32) extending up... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6830470 | Electrical device connector According to some embodiments, a device includes a connector to hold an electrical module at an acute angle with respect to a surface on which the connector is to be mounted, and a first contact, a first portion of the first contact to contact the surface and a seco... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6761572 | Mini memory card connector A mini memory card connector is constructed to include an insulating housing defining an insertion slot for receiving one of a set of mini memory cards, front terminal grooves, middle terminal grooves, and rear terminal slots, a set of first terminals respectively m... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6726499 | Electrical connector having improved terminals An electrical connector (1) includes a dielectric housing (10) and a number of upper and lower terminals (20, 30). The dielectric housing defines a slot (15) extending in a longitudinal direction thereof and a number of upper and lower pa... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6644980 | Connector structure, female connector, and male connector Problem to be Solved Allowing mounting of a hard disc drive on a substrate without useless open space remaining on the substrate, and allowing miniaturization of the substrate. Means to Solve the Problem A connector structure providing a female connector 10 fi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6572385 | Low profile electrical connector A low profile electrical connector (4) includes an insulative housing (5), a number of electrical contacts (6) and a pair of boardlocks (7) retained to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a number of passageways (505) extending vertically t... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6568943 | Electric connection device, battery having electric connection device, and electronic equipment having battery A connection device for electrically connecting a contact 304 of an equipment with a board 36 in a battery 100, the device comprising a housing 41 having an aperture 40H, and a connection terminal 300 arranged within the housing 41 correspondingly to the ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6402542 | Electrical connector An electrical connector comprises a body portion comprising a vertical portion and a horizontal portion connected to the vertical portion. A reception slot is defined in the vertical portion. A plurality of first contacts are formed in the reception slot.... | 06/11/2002 |
