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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7530815 | Press-fit device for connecting two electronic components A press-fit device is used for connecting two electronic components, a plurality of conductive substrates are set on a surface of a first electronic component, and a contact area is set on a second electronic component corresponding to the conductive substrates. The... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530816 | Tape carrier package A tap tape of a tape carrier package prevents connection parts from being eroded. The tap tape includes a base film having a device hole formed to mount a driver chip for driving a panel of a flat panel display, input patterns positioned on the base film and having ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7517228 | Surface mounted micro-scale springs for separable interconnection of package substrate and high-speed flex-circuit An integrated circuit may be coupled to a printed circuit board through a split socket. The integrated circuit may be packaged with a package substrate electrically coupled to a socket which, in turn, is electrically coupled to a printed circuit board. Between the p... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7497695 | Connection structure for printed wiring board The present invention relates to a connection structure for a printed wiring board to be electrically connected to a FPC. The FPC has an elongated substrate, and plural conductors are laminated on a surface of the substrate for extending along an axial direction of ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7494344 | Heating element connector assembly with press-fit terminals An improved heating element connector assembly includes an insulative, rectangular frame with a central opening and a plurality of conductive terminals which are press fit into openings in the frame. The terminals are spaced apart from each other lengthwise of two o... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7484967 | Optical module with a flexible printed circuit board to be electrically connected with a host board The present invention is to prevent a snapping of wiring patterns formed on a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board by bending the FPC board and to make the length of the pattern short to suppress the degradation of high frequency signals transmitted on the wiring pa... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7479017 | Right angle electrical connector A right angle electrical connector assembly includes a connector frame including a plurality of posts, each of the plurality of posts including at least one standoff rib extending therefrom, a flexible circuit having a first end portion and a second end portion, the... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476106 | Rotatable signal socket A rotatable signal socket includes a fixing part, a connecting part, and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The rotatable signal socket is assembled on a printed circuit board (PCB) of an electronic device for connecting a signal cable to the PCB. The fixing p... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7467953 | Cable connector assembly with improved coupler An electrical connector assembly comprises at least two electrical connectors and a flexible printed circuit; each electrical connector comprises a housing, some contacts each having a curved contacting portion and a flat rear tail portion, and the all flat rear tai... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7458819 | Tape carrier package A tap tape of a tape carrier package prevents connection parts from being eroded. The tap tape includes a base film having a device hole formed to mount a driver chip for driving a panel of a flat panel display, input patterns positioned on the base film and having ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455531 | Flexible board, electrooptic device having a flexible board, and electronic device The disclosure is directed to flexible boards, electrooptic devices having flexible boards, and electronic devices. In one example, wires are disposed longitudinally along the length of a flexible board. Terminals are arranged laterally across the width of the flexi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455530 | 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... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455529 | Wiring board, input device using the same wiring board and method of manufacturing the same input device A wiring board used for various electronic apparatuses, an input device such as an optically transparent touch panel using the wiring board, and a method of manufacturing the input device. A plurality of electrodes provided at the side of one end of one principal su... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7452214 | Interconnect assemblies, and methods of forming interconnects, between conductive contact bumps and conductive contact pads In one embodiment, an interconnect assembly includes conductive contact bumps extending from a bumped flex circuit assembly, and conductive contact pads attached to a rigid printed circuit assembly. Each conductive contact pad has a contact surface having a hole and... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452213 | Electrical contacts with compliant supports An assembly comprises a flex circuit including a first set of electrical contacts on a first side of the flex circuit and a compliant support backing adjacent a second side of the flex circuit and opposite the set of electrical contacts. The first set of electrical ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7445462 | Method of connecting signal lines, a printed circuit board assembly and electronic apparatus having the same A method of connecting signal lines, a printed circuit board assembly and an electronic apparatus having the same. The present general inventive concept provides a printed circuit board assembly in which signal lines are connected between a first board and a second ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442046 | Flexible circuit connectors A system includes a first electrical device including a conductive structure, and a second electrical device including an opening and a conductor provided in the opening. The conductor contacts the conductive structure of the first electrical device to electrically ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442047 | Compression connector for connecting a flat flexible circuit to a printed circuit board A compression connector for connecting the conductor pads of a flat flexible cable to the conductor pads of a printed circuit board. The connector includes a carrier plate which carries a hardboard, the flexible circuit and an interposer through the use of extending... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438558 | Three-dimensional stackable die configuration for an electronic circuit board A three-dimensional die configuration for mounting electronic components to a circuit board includes a circuit board having at least one circuit board die, a first electronic component mounted at the circuit board die and a first substrate member including a first s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435101 | Electrical connection member for connection between objects to be connected An electrical connection member includes a base sheet, an insulating first elastic body arranged on one surface of the base sheet, and an insulating film having a first part 31a arranged on the first elastic body. The first part 31a has a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435098 | Electrical interconnection between multiple printed circuit boards An electrical interconnection system includes a stationary board (20, 20′), a removable board (30, 30′), an electrical connector (1, 1′) interconnecting the two boards, and an actuator (90, 90′). The electrical connector has a plu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425135 | Flex circuit assembly An assembly for coupling an electrical device with a rigid structure using a flex circuit is provided. The assembly includes a staple having posts which extend into the rigid structure and secure the staple to the rigid structure. The flex circuit couples with both ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425134 | Compression mat for an electrical connector An electrical connector assembly includes a flexible circuit attached to a clamp member and a compression mat between the clamp member and the flexible circuit. The compression mat has a number of spaced-apart pillars that overlay contacts of the flexible circuit. T... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422440 | Method and apparatus for determining a position of a location dependent device The present invention provides an interconnect for a location dependent device. The interconnect includes at least one bus adapted to provide at least one bus signal to the location dependent device and a plurality of electrical contacts external to the location dep... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407393 | Super slim compact flash (CF) light universal serial bus (USB) device An embodiment of the present invention includes a super slim compact flash (CF) light Universal Serial Bus (USB) device having a top cover, a top cover slot formed within the top cover and forming a top cover slot cavity, a sliding plug connector positioned within t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407408 | Flexible circuit connector assembly with strain relief An electrical connector assembly has a flexible circuit with a central portion that carries a contact field. Slots extending towards the central portion define a pair of strain arms that attach the flexible circuit to a clamp member. Forces transmitted to the strain... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7399192 | High density flexible wiring board A high density flexible wiring connection device comprises a flexible flat cable (FFC) having narrow-pitch conductors and a flat cable connector (FC connector) having a double-sided contact designed for narrow-pitch wiring and having upper and lower contact terminal... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387515 | Printed circuit board connection An improved printed circuit board connection for connecting a first printed circuit board to a second printed circuit board in a manner that permits physical engagement at a different position than the electrical engagement, and a method for making the improved prin... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384272 | Flexible printed circuit board assembly, method for manufacturing the same, and portable terminal comprising the same The present invention relates to a flexible printed circuit board assembly. A flexible printed circuit board assembly of the present invention comprises a flexible printed circuit board having a plurality of circuit patterns; a connector mounted at a location spaced... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381060 | Electrical connector array An electrical connector and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: 1) inserting a wire into a groove formed in a guiding member; 2) passing the wire along with the guiding member through an elastomer; 3) removing... | 06/03/2008 |