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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057266 | Power connector having a contact configured to transmit electrical power to separate components Power connector including a connector housing having a mating side configured to engage an electrical connector. The connector housing also has a mounting side configured to interface with a circuit board. The connector housing includes a housing cavity that opens t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052486 | Electrical power outlet device and module thereof The present invention relates to an electrical power outlet device and a module thereof. The electrical power outlet device includes an electrical power outlet section and a main body section. The electrical power outlet section has an electrical power outlet unit w... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052485 | Electrical power outlet device and module thereof The present invention relates to an electrical power outlet device and a module thereof. The electrical power outlet device includes an electrical power outlet section and a main body section. The electrical power outlet section has an electrical power outlet unit w... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7896710 | Electrical contact device An electrical contact device for an arrangement includes two apparatuses, between which a relative movement takes place along a first movement path. In at least one embodiment, the electrical contact device includes a first contact, including a first contact surface... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7794289 | Circuit board connector assembly A circuit board connector assembly includes two receptacle connectors each including a receptacle insulating housing and a plurality of receptacle terminals disposed in the receptacle insulating housing, and a plug connector disposed on the top of two adjacent recep... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789714 | Connector assembly A connector includes a base defining a plurality of holes, and a plurality of pins inserted into the corresponding holes. The pins include a ground pin, a voltage signal pin, and a power-on signal pin. Wherein the length of the ground pin extending into a correspond... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7690951 | Ballast mounted connector receptacle A connector, method of connecting, and connector assembly preventing potting from disrupting the physical and electrical connection of a mated electrical connector assembly that can be connected and/or disconnected without cutting wires and with a single hand. ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7632156 | Connector and connector assembly having terminals with multiple contact areas A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector having a first housing with a plurality of first terminals received therein, and a plug connector matched with the receptacle connector and having a second housing with a plurality of second terminals fixed therei... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7614920 | Electrical connector with improved mating port for high speed signal transmission An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of first and second contacts retained in the housing and a metal shell enclosing the housing. The housing includes a base and a pair of side by side first and second tongue portions extending from t... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7527530 | Electric terminal connector block and tooling ensuring terminal insertion An electric terminal connector block is provided with oblong tool openings that communicate with interior channels of the connector block and with openings in the motor wiring electric terminals positioned in each channel of the connector block. The oblong shapes of... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7513803 | Fast plugging power line connector A fast plugging power line connector includes a female body, a male body, two plugging plates, two line connecting bases and two terminal clips. The female body has a locking projection, a separating wall to divide it into two plugging grooves. The male body has a s... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7491095 | Power supply socket device A power supply socket device includes a circuit board and sockets. Each socket is a rectangular base, and the sockets are arranged linearly on the circuit board and have insert holes in the sockets. The insert holes are arranged in rows and columns with at least one... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7422486 | Connectors to connect modules to electronic devices A connector is provided that facilitates an electrical connection between an electronic device and another device. The connector includes a base, a hollow sheath extending from the base, and a plurality of electrical connecting elements disposed and extending longit... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7384288 | Connector for printed circuit boards stacked one on another To provide a connector that enables change in the arrangement of signal connections ‘S’ and grounding connections ‘G’, merely by putting short-circuit pins in the housing of the connector, but without needing any change made in the circuit pattern on printed... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374461 | High speed receptacle connector part A receptacle connector part comprises a connector housing and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing. Each receptacle contact terminal includes two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preloading head. The conn... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369405 | Computer enclosure with removable bracket A computer enclosure includes a base (10), a securing member (30) and a bracket (50). A through hole (164, 184) is defined in the base. The securing member secured to base. A guiding groove (32) is defined in the securing member. T... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364477 | Low profile circuit board connector A printed circuit board connector has a mounting portion mounted on a first side of a printed circuit board and an elastically biased contact portion extending from the mounting portion. The mounting portion is enlarged for vacuum pick up. The contact portion has a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361044 | Socket that engages a pin grid array An example socket includes a plurality of contacts and a base. The base includes exterior walls and interior walls which extend between the exterior walls to form openings within the base such that each opening in the base includes one of the contacts. At least some... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7335043 | Electrical power contacts and connectors comprising same Preferred embodiments of power contacts include two or more opposing contact beams of a first type that are spaced apart along at least a portion of the length thereof when the power contact is in an unmated state; and two or more opposing contact beams of a second ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334761 | Cluster gauge mounting structure for vehicles A cluster gauge mounting structure for vehicles includes a hole part of an instrument panel, the instrument panel being connected to a windshield of a vehicle and forming a front inside part of the vehicle, a cluster gauge mounted to an inside of the hole part of th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331800 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array includes a first differential signal pair, a first ground contact lead adjacent to the first differential signal pair, and a second groun... | 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 |
| 7320426 | Cover for ball-grid array connector A presently-preferred embodiment of a cover for a ball-grid array connector comprises a top member and a first and a second side member adjoining opposing ends of the top member. The first and the second side members each have a mating feature formed thereon for eng... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309239 | High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303427 | Electrical connector with air-circulation features A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303401 | Electrical connector system with header connector capable of direct and indirect mounting A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector system for electrically connecting an electrical device and a substrate includes a header connector. The header connector has a contact. The contact includes a pin for engaging the electrical device; an intermediate ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303449 | Spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors having contact spring with insertion depth equal to or less than insertion width A spring bushing for miniature plug-in connectors, has at least one housing chamber in a bushing housing, for accommodating a one-piece contact spring, the contact-giving spring tongues of which are bent out of a flat sheet-metal punched part, at least on one side, ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270573 | Electrical connector with load bearing features Complementary contact and contact block designs are disclosed that help prevent movement of a contact received in the contact block when an electrical connector is press-fit or otherwise connected to a printed circuit board. A protrusion may be included on one or bo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270564 | Connector for connecting electrical wires to electronic boards in domotic networks An electrical connector for transmitting low-voltage signals among electronic units in domotic networks comprising a box-like connection shell, forming internally at least one receptacle for a corresponding electrical terminal; the terminal constituted by two parts,... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267583 | Electrical connection system An electrical connection system comprises a female connector having a plurality of female terminals, and a male connector having a plurality of male blade terminals having projecting portions that plug into the plurality of female terminals respectively when the fem... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267581 | Methods and apparatus for maintaining contact with an outlet prong connector A plug stabilizing apparatus includes a prong connector well-secured by a receptacle chamber. The connect has a prong portion, a clip portion, and a neck support situated therebetween, wherein the clip portion is configured to accept a prong having substantially the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264510 | Latching medical patient parameter safety connector and method The present invention is directed to a socket connector to couple electrical plugs to sockets mounted on circuit boards or cable ends. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The silo may contain a beveled outer sur... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7257466 | Intelligent control devices A control device operates to selectively provision power. The control device can be implemented as part of an electrical apparatus, such as a computer, television, VCR, hairdryer or other device which operates on AC power. The control device can be also implemented ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247058 | Vertical docking connector An electrical connector includes a main housing having a forward mating face and a rearward mounting face, and a plurality of contact modules received in the main housing. Each contact module includes an upper contact module and a lower contact module joined to the ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233998 | Computer architecture and software cells for broadband networks A computer architecture and programming model for high speed processing over broadband networks are provided. The architecture employs a consistent modular structure, a common computing module and uniform software cells. The common computing module includes a contro... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229319 | Printed board connector for differential signal transmission In order, to transmit differential signals between two printed boards, there is provided a printed board connector comprising an insulating connector housing and disk-shaped modules that contain electric contact elements and are arranged in the connector housing, wh... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229324 | High speed receptacle connector part A receptacle connector part comprises a connector housing and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing. Each receptacle contact terminal includes two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preloading head. The conn... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229318 | Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors An electrical connector that includes first and second linear arrays of electrical contacts is disclosed. The first linear array is arranged in a first pattern of signal contacts and ground contacts. The second linear array is arranged in a second pattern of signal ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226296 | Ball grid array contacts with spring action An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector is disclosed for providing improved solder ball connection with a substrate. The contacts may be compressed, enabling solder balls of the connector to abut with the substrate prior to reflow. During reflow, the c... | 06/05/2007 |
