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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075349 | Circuit board connector and connector assembly A circuit board connector includes a main body, first pins, and second pins. The main body is configured to be electrical connection to a circuit board and defines securing holes. Each first pin is straight. Each second pin is bent. The first pins and the second pin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070532 | Electrical connector assembly with anti-mismatching mating connectors An exemplary electrical connector assembly includes an insert connector and a receiving connector. The insert connector includes a first pin and a second pin. The receiving connector defines a first and a second holes corresponding to the first and second pins of th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7963808 | Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is configured to be provided with a communication line socket provided on a backside surface of a casing of the electronic apparatus, metallic terminals provided in the communication line socket, and abutment sect... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7850493 | Connector with foolproof structure A connector includes a housing and a base. The housing has a receiving hole for receiving a first-type plug. The base is assembled with the housing and has at least one foolproof structure. The foolproof structure and the base are formed as a single piece. The foolp... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7828604 | Connector assembly A connector assembly includes a plug connector having a base body and at least one inserting portion extended from a front of the base body. The inserting portion has a substantially circular plug groove of which an inner wall has a portion formed with an anti-misma... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7670194 | RJ-45 style communications jacks having mechanisms that prevent an RJ-11 style communications plug from being fully inserted within the jack RJ-45 style communications jacks include a housing having a plug receiving cavity, a guide protruding from a first surface of the housing into the plug receiving cavity and a stop provided at a second surface of the housing. The guide is configured to contact a plug... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7491094 | Electric disk brake The present invention provides an electric disk brake which enables an operation for wiring the harness to be easily conducted without the risk of lowering production efficiency. A caliper body-side connector 26 which, together with a harness-side connector | 02/17/2009 |
| 7419406 | Bathing unit controller A controller suitable for use in controlling components in a bathing unit is provided. The controller includes a controller body having a back surface and a front surface generally opposed to the back surface. The front surface includes a plurality of connector inte... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7390222 | Ultraviolet lamp for use in water purifiers A lamp is provided having terminal pins mounted on and extending outwardly along a longitudinal axis of an end cap of the lamp. The pins are offset relative to one another along the longitudinal axis. The end cap has semi-circular, parallel surfaces at one end, and ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7367841 | Metallic housing structure for USB connectors A metallic housing structure for USB connectors, includes a housing body and a lid body. The housing body has a base plate, two side plates extending up from the two sides of the base plate and a top plate connected to the upper front of the two side plates. The bac... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364090 | Memory cards having two standard sets of contacts Enclosed re-programmable non-volatile memory cards include at least two sets of electrical contacts to which the internal memory is connected. The two sets of contacts have different patterns, preferably in accordance with two different contact standards such as a m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354301 | DC adapter and electronic apparatus using the same A DC adapter that can be housed in a battery housing portion of an electronic apparatus selectively with a primary and secondary battery. The DC adapter is connected to an AC/DC converter and is inserted into a battery housing portion of an electronic apparatus so a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354303 | Wire holder for fixing electrical wire in electronic device A wire holder for fixing one or more wires on a plate of an electronic device includes a pair of latches formed on the plate defining a guiding slot therebetween in a lateral direction for containing the one or more wires. Each of the latches includes a main body, a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351090 | Latching mechanism for a module A latching mechanism for use in selectively securing a module within a receptacle of a host device. In one example embodiment, a latching mechanism includes a bail and a latch attached to the bail. The bail is configured to be attached to a shell of a module and to ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342181 | Maximizing capacitance per unit area while minimizing signal transmission delay in PCB A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided that maximizes compensation capacitance per unit area of the PCB while minimizing signal transmission delays in the PCB. The PCB includes a first section having a first dielectric constant (DK), a second section having a sec... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341482 | Strain relief for ball grid array connectors Strain relief devices for electrical connectors are disclosed and include an insert for insertion into a housing. The insert may include spring beams that deflect during insertion into the strain relief housing. When the insert is fully received in the housing, a sl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336498 | Memory card with push-push connector The present invention, roughly described, pertains to a small memory card that includes features which allow the memory card to be more easily handled by a user. In various embodiments, the memory card can include a chamfer and/or a raised portion that allows the me... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331826 | Electric disk brake The present invention provides an electric disk brake which enables an operation for wiring the harness to be easily conducted without the risk of lowering production efficiency. A caliper body-side connector 26 which, together with a harness-side connector | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331830 | High-density orthogonal connector A high-density orthogonal connector is disclosed and may include electrical contacts that are configured to receive contacts from an orthogonal header connector while minimizing signal skew and signal reflection. The electrical contacts in the connector may define c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331828 | Electrical connector key An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; a shield connected to the housing; and a mating connector key connected to the housing. The key includes a front section and a rear section. A portion of the shield is located... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329155 | Coaxial system with keying feature A keying system to control a mating interface between a plurality of mating jacks and plugs in a coaxial telecommunications panel. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326090 | Fixing device for two-part connector and corresponding two-part connector Fixing device for two-part connectors for connecting electrical conductors, the device comprising a first bush (12) and a second bush (14) adapted to be mounted in respective bores in the two connector parts, the first and second bushes comprising comp... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311562 | Preventing damage to RJ jacks from improper plug insertion An RJ-45 jack having a groove to accommodate the width of an RJ-11 plug to allow the plug to rise upward and away from the outer contacts of the RJ-45 contacts upon inadvertent insertion of an RJ-11 plug into the RJ-45 jack. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300313 | Electrical connector having staggered contacts A connector includes a housing with a plurality of contact cavities arranged in a matrix having M columns and N rows of contact cavities. Each of the contact cavities extend between a contact loading side and a mating side of the housing. Contacts are received withi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300316 | Electrical connecting assembly An electrical connecting assembly has an electrical appliance and a connector. The electrical appliance has at least one surface, a positive electrode plug and a negative electrode plug. The plugs are mounted separately on the surface. The connector connects to the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278863 | Receptacle connector A receptacle connector includes a housing having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. An inserting hole is defined in a middle position of the first sidewall. A first slot and a second slot are defined in the second sidewall. A first conductive terminal has a fir... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264499 | Power entry assembly for an electrical distribution system A power entry assembly for an electrical distribution system, the power entry assembly includes at least one conductor carrier and a housing connected to the at least one conductor carrier. The housing includes a first orientation relative to the at least one conduc... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264508 | Shielded connector, mating shielded connector and shielded connector assembly A shielded connector assembly has first and second housings (11, 31). The first housing (11) has a fitting space (17) formed with coupling ribs (16). A shielding shell (26) is in the fitting space (17) and has slits (27 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261470 | Optical receptacle adapted for connection to an optical plug The optical receptacle according to the present invention is attached to a printed board and an optical plug can be connected thereto. The optical receptacle comprises a tubular main housing and a socket housing which is inserted into and attached to the main housin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258565 | USB connector assembly A USB connector includes a plug comprising an insulative member, a mating member, a first conductor assembly, two elongate flexible members, a metal case member comprising inner and outer pieces, and a plastic housing for enclosing the case member and comprising upp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258493 | Keyed fibre optic connector A keying system for providing selective interconnection between a receptacle socket and a connector plug terminating an optic fibre, the connector plug adapted for insertion into the receptacle socket. The keying system comprises a raised boss configured to one of a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252549 | Connector, receptacle for connector and plug for connector A connector includes a receptacle 1 to be mounted on a substrate 11 and a plug 5 adapted to be connected to the receptacle 1. The receptacle 1 has a shield case 2 provided with connection terminals 31 therein, and the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241153 | Portable storage device with protective cap A portable storage device (1) includes a memory device with a USB interface (20) and a protective cap (30) detachably mated with the USB interface. The USB interface may be a conventional one, which has a metal shell (21) defined pair of ... | 07/10/2007 |
| RE39692 | Socket connector having a flexible internal barrier to prevent incorrect insertion of smaller sized plugs An improved socket connector has flexible interior barriers to prevent incorrect insertion of smaller sized plugs, where a flexible internal barrier is formed on a side of the socket entry leading into the socket cavity, and is composed of a flexible ramp attached f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207724 | Connector and receptacle containing a physical security feature A network comprising: (a) a plurality of different receptacles for facilitating a connection to different information networks requiring different access authorization, each different receptacle optically or electrically coupled to one and only one different informa... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195509 | Connector assembly structure of a terminal The present invention relates to a connector assembly structure of a terminal used for converting connecting wires, comprising a first connector and a second connector disposed on a frame of a cooling system. The first connector is connected to the connecting wires ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7163423 | Coaxial system with keying feature A keying system to control a mating interface between a plurality of mating jacks and plugs in a coaxial telecommunications panel. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7134918 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector (1) and a second connector (1′) having a same configuration with a housing (30, 30′) and a mounting face (34, 34′) adapted for mounting onto a printed circuit board PCB ( | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131872 | Modular jack connector having anti-mismating element A modular jack connector has an anti-mismating element for preventing incorrect insertion of smaller sized plug connectors. The modular jack connector includes all insulating housing, an insulating terminal seat disposed in the insulating housing, a plurality of con... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128609 | Mini-universal serial bus connector assembly A mini-Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector assembly with more terminals is used to fasten the transfer speed. A mini-USB connector assembly includes a male USB connector and a female USB connector. The male USB connector includes an isolation body, a front metallic... | 10/31/2006 |
