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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075320 | Multipole matrix connector The invention concerns a matrix connector comprising a first pair of plug-in connectors and a second pair of plug-in connectors, in which the first pair of plug-in connectors has a housing, in which at least one flexible printed circuit board with at least one array... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8011934 | Camera apparatus, portable electronic device using the camera apparatus and method of assembling the portable electronic device A camera apparatus attached to a portable electronic device includes a camera module, a holder, and a PCB. The holder includes a socket and a resisting member secured in the socket. The PCB includes a contact portion. The contact portion and the camera module are re... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7990164 | Method of designing a probe card apparatus with desired compliance characteristics A probe card apparatus is configured to have a desired overall amount of compliance. The compliance of the probes of the probe card apparatus is determined, and an additional, predetermined amount of compliance is designed into the probe card apparatus so that the s... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988458 | Socket connector for digital camera module A socket connector for a digital camera module includes a base, a plurality of contact terminals, and a flex printed circuit board. The base includes a base body and a plurality of arms extending from the base. The contact terminals are mounted in the base, each con... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985078 | Electrode junction structure and manufacturing method thereof The electrode junction structure includes: a glass substrate; a plurality of flexible substrates, in a planar view, arranged to cross over an edge of the glass substrate and arranged to have a space from each other along the edge; an adhesive for joining the glass s... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980864 | Connector for flexible printed circuit board A connector adapted for receiving a longitudinally inserted flexible printed circuit board therein includes an insulating housing having a base board, a plurality of electric terminals disposed in the insulating housing and a pressing cover vertically movably mounte... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980863 | Printed circuit board flexible interconnect design In some embodiments, a circuit board interconnect may include one or more of the following features: (a) a first circuit board having a plated through hole within a metal pad on the circuit board, the through hole providing a passage for solder to connect the first ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963775 | Electrical connector having at least one hole with surface mount projections An electrical connector for electrically coupling an electronic module and an electrical component. The connector includes a connector body that has first and second mating surfaces. The connector body includes interconnects that extend through the connector body be... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955089 | Three-dimensional connector for a coordinate input device A three-dimensional connector, which is used by a coordinate input device of a touch pad has a flat conductor cable with an end being connected to the touch pad and another end having multiple conductive lines. Each of the conductive lines is attached with a vertica... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7927110 | Connector clip A connector clip adapted for holding a flat cable directly against a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a pair of vertical walls mounted on the PCB with a width same to the flat cable, a pair of horizontal walls extending inwards from the vertical walls to commonl... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918670 | Cable assembly An electrical connector includes a flex circuit, and a spring-and-pressurized-gas mechanism for selectively pushing electrical contacts of the flex circuit against contacts of an interposer used to make electrical contact with a part to be electrically tested, a dev... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914296 | Interconnecting assembly with conductive lever portions on a support film The invention provides an interconnecting assembly including a main structure having first and second portions, an inner terminal on the main structure, a support film having first and second portions, an inner contact and outer terminal formed on opposing sides of ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7891985 | Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display panel, a flexible printed wiring board, a printed circuit board, a support member to support the display panel and the printed circuit board, and a frame member to cover the printed circuit board and to assist support of the di... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878820 | Connector device for interconnecting circuit substrates A connector device for interconnecting circuit substrates is obtained, in which a pitch for electrically conducting paths can easily be aligned with a pitch for electrodes on the side of circuit substrates. The connector includes a rectangular parallelepiped connect... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874848 | Connector for inserting wiring board, and method for manufacturing the same A wiring board insertion connector having only a small restriction on the structure of a wiring board to be inserted to the connector and high connection reliability includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a spacer layer that is located between the first sub... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7862344 | Electrical connector having reversed differential pairs A contact module is provided for an electrical connector. The contact module includes a body having a mating edge portion and a mounting edge portion. A lead frame is held by the body. The lead frame includes a differential pair of terminals extending between the ma... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850461 | Clip for maintaining connection with electrical tail Disclosed is a mechanical device that can be used to help maintain a connection between an electrical tail and an electronic device such as a touch sensor screen. The mechanical device deflects upon installation over the tail and the electronic device so that pressu... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841867 | Hard disk drive apparatus A hard disk drive (HDD) apparatus includes a connector combined with a side of a printed circuit board (PCB) and with a connection terminal of a flexible printed cable (FPC), a flip pivotably combined with the connector to lock the connection terminal into and unloc... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7815441 | Rigid-flexible board and method for manufacturing the same A rigid-flexible board and a method for manufacturing the same can be provided, whereby the material yield ratio can be enhanced and the productive yield can be also enhanced. A rigid board with a step for connection and a flexible board with a connector at the edge... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7811094 | Contact member and connector A contact member which is resistant to contact failure even if the environment of use is bad. A film is affixed to the surface of a long plate-shaped elastic body which is disposed between two to-be-connected objects. A electrically-conducting path which electricall... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794235 | Continuous wireform connector Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing woven electrical connectors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connector is formed with a continuous wire having adjacent sections with passageways formed from the wire through which loading elements may be inserted. In som... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7785113 | Electrical connection structure An electrical connection structure allowing reduction in height and easy disassembly, wherein a first connecting member comprises a flexible substrate comprising a flexible insulating film, at least one conductive pad formed on at least one side thereof, a conductiv... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7766669 | Compression connector with compressing, mounting and locking assemblies Compression connectors and methods are provided that are suitable for mating a flat flexible circuit and a printed circuit board. A mounting assembly secures a locking compression assembly to the printed circuit board. Pliable compression springs mounted on rotatabl... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7731505 | Three-dimensional connector for a coordinate input device A three-dimensional connector for a coordinate input device, which provides a touch pad and a support plate under said touch pad, includes a flat conductor cable. The flat conductor cable has an end connecting with the touch pad and another end providing a plurality... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731506 | Pin layout of a golden finger for flexible printed circuitboard A pin layout of a golden finger for FPC is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate; a first conductive layer, having a plurality of first routings; a second conductive layer, having a plurality of second routings; and a plurality of conductive members; wherein the f... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7722398 | Electrical connector assembly with a protecting section over a flexible printed circuit board connected thereto A shielded connector assembly for interconnecting a camera module (50) to a printed circuit board (not shown) via a flexible printed circuit board (70) comprises a shielded shell (10) having a receiving space (100), a spring plate (30 | 05/25/2010 |
| 7708565 | Connection arrangement and method for optical communications An arrangement for connecting an electronic subassembly and an optical subassembly in an electro-optical communication device such as an electro-optical transceiver. The arrangement includes a body of a rigid dielectric material for mounting e.g. on the optical suba... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7699618 | Optical transceiver with an FPC board connecting an optical subassembly with a circuit board The specification discloses an optical transceiver that provides a FPC board to electrically connect the OSA with the circuit board. The FPC board provides pads to be connected with corresponding pads formed on the circuit board and at least one opening in adjacent ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690923 | Two-sided FPC-to-PCB compression connector An electrical connector with a flexible printed circuit (FPC) received may carry electrical signals between the FPC and a substrate. Latching mechanisms may serve to position the cap on the body such that the positions facilitate the insertion and retention of the F... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7690924 | Electrical connector to connect circuit cards In one aspect, an electrical connector to connect circuit cards includes a compliant member that includes a first end portion and a second end portion, a first rigid member attached to the first end portion of the compliant member and including a first bore extendin... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7666001 | Circuit connection structure and printed circuit board To prevent damage to equipment due to the oblique insertion of a fat cable, a capacitor-connection line having a capacitive circuit element is disposed adjacent to a power supply line of a printed circuit board and connected to a ground of the printed circuit board.... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7654829 | Electronic device and connector assembly A connector assembly includes a circuit board, a housing, terminals, a flexible circuit board and a reinforcement plate. The housing has a depression portion and is disposed on the circuit board. The depression portion has a first opening and a second opening adjace... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648370 | Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display panel, a flexible printed wiring board, a printed circuit board, a support member to support the display panel and the printed circuit board, and a frame member to cover the printed circuit board and to assist support of the di... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7641480 | Axial multi-wire barrel connector for interconnecting a controller console to catheter including a distally mounted ultrasound transducer assembly A connector assembly is disclosed for coupling a signal wire bundle from a controller console to a hand-operated catheter assembly. The connector includes a female connector component having a cylindrical cavity, wire fingers disposed within the cylindrical cavity, ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7628618 | Flexible cable positioning device A flexible cable positioning device is disclosed. The flexible cable positioning device comprises a baseboard, a positioning housing, a cover and a flexible cable. The baseboard has a plurality of contact points. The positioning housing is located on the baseboard a... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7607923 | Electrical connecting device An electrical connecting device for two electrical components which, when assembled, have electrical contact areas facing each other. The electrical connecting device comprises: a plurality of metallic connecting elements, each connecting element having first and se... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7594817 | Electrical flex connector for mounting on a printed circuit board In one embodiment, an electrical connector for a printed circuit board includes a body having a fixation portion for affixing the connector to an associated printed circuit board. The fixation portion includes a first side formed between a second and third side. A f... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7578677 | Shielded shell having a spring finger integrally formed therewith A shielded shell (1) for interconnecting a camera module to a printed circuit board via a flexible printed circuit board comprises a base wall and a frond wall, a back wall, a left wall and a right wall cooperatively defining a receiving space. A plurality of... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7559772 | Multi-conductor flat cable connector An electrical connector is provided, which includes an insulative housing and a flexible bus inserted into the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base defining a slot therein, and a mating portion connected with the base. Mounting portions are int... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7553166 | Electrical connector for connecting a plurality of printed circuits The present invention comprises an inexpensive and simple means for electrically and mechanically connecting a plurality of printed circuits together. The present invention also comprised embodiments where the printed circuits can be moved relative to each other wit... | 06/30/2009 |
