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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157601 | Contact for electrical connector A contact (1) includes a first contact pin (2), a second contact pin (3) and a spring (4). The first contact pin includes a mating end (26), a body (23) having a first body portion (232) and a second body portion (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8105117 | Spring connector and terminal device A spring connector includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor. The inner conductor is formed of a conductive material, and has a small-diameter portion, a large-diameter portion, and a resilient portion axially disposed so as to be integrally and continuousl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087956 | Conductive contact holder and conductive contact unit A conductive contact holder includes a holder substrate that is made of a conductive material. The holder substrate has a first opening section for holding conductive signal contacts, and a holding member that is made of an insulating material and that is arranged i... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083552 | Probe pin A probe pin includes a barrel having an internal space extending from one end to the other end, a plunger provided at the one end of the barrel, a plunger provided at the other end of the barrel, and a coil spring received in the barrel for supporting the plungers e... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8066534 | Probe connector A probe connector includes a pedestal shell having a pedestal platform and a barrel extending upward from the pedestal platform with a fastening body protruded outward at a top of the barrel, a positioning shell removably coupled to the fastening body and having a b... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8043126 | Deployable medical lead fixation system and method An improved medical lead assembly and method of use is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead body, and a spring member positioned adjacent to the lead body. The spring member may be deployed a selectable amount to maintain the lead body in a fixed location wit... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038483 | Image forming apparatus and electrode member for the same An image forming apparatus includes: a first electrode including a spring portion extending in an axial direction and an annular contact portion extending from a first side in the axial direction; a first frame including a through hole, through which the annular con... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033872 | Contact terminal for test socket An electrical connector contact comprises an upper and lower contact pins and a spring device disposed between the upper and lower contact pins. The upper contact pin includes a main portion, two pair of stopping portions respectively projecting from two sides of th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029323 | High power electrical interface connection An electrical connection includes a socket having a bore and a pin. The pin is allowed to move along an axis defined inwardly into the socket bore, and also to move radially relative to the axis. The socket bore has a generally conical portion. The pin has a general... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025537 | Electrically conductive component suited for use in access control devices An access control device (10) has an electronic/electric control unit (19) fed with electrical current via an electrically conductive fastener (28), such as the ones that also function to clamp the outdoor and indoor housings (15, 17) of ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7972184 | Contact for burn-in socket A contact for a burn-in socket electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a first contact, a second contact and a spring disposed between the first contact and the second contact. The first contact and the second contacts have a sam... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7955140 | Spring connector with a bottom cover and fabricating method thereof A spring connector includes a barrel made by stamping a metal foil to form with a top opening, a first receiving space, a bottom opening and a cover being capable of being positioned to cover the bottom opening and to space from the bottom opening, a plunger inserte... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7927155 | Secondary disconnect for circuit breaker drawout system A secondary disconnect for a circuit breaker drawout system is provided. The secondary disconnect includes a plurality electrical connectors that are coupled to spacer frames. The spacer frames are movably mounted to guide pins that couple the secondary disconnect t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922544 | Pogo pin, the fabrication method thereof and test socket using the same Disclosed is a pogo pin including: a hollow body having a spring structure by spirally cutting at least a portion of an outer surface thereof; and a conductive material filling at least an inside of the body. According to the present invention, when testing a semico... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914348 | Probe connector A probe connector includes an insulating housing having a base, and a plurality of probe pin assemblies. The base defines a front surface which has a plurality of inserting holes arranged side by side. The inserting hole has a channel at a bottom thereof and reachin... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909660 | Right angle type spring connector To provide a right angle type spring connector in which a caulking work is not necessary, the number of components is small, and electric connection is reliably maintained. The right angle type spring connector is configured as follows. A tube is formed with ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7878867 | Electrical contact having an upper contact with a thickened base portion An electrical contact (100) comprises an upper contact (1), a lower contact (3) and a spring (2) located between the upper contact (1) and the lower contact (3), the upper contact (1) comprises a base portion (11 | 02/01/2011 |
| 7857669 | High power electrical interface connection An electrical connection includes a socket having a bore and a pin. The pin is allowed to move along an axis defined inwardly into the socket bore, and also to move radially relative to the axis. The socket bore has a generally conical portion. The pin has a general... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7845988 | Electrical connector contact An electrical connector contact adapted for connecting a chip to a circuit board comprises a first terminal, a second terminal electrically connecting with the first terminal and a spring. The first terminal is defined with a first abutting portion and a contact bea... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7828605 | Conducting mechanism for electronic device A conducting mechanism includes a conducting member, an engaging member, a spring, and an insulting member. The spring connects the conducting member to the engaging member. The conducting member and the engaging member are slidably received in the insulating member... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7815474 | Probe connector having a mounting platform A probe connector includes an insulating housing and a probe pin assembly. The insulating housing has a base defining a front surface. The front surface has an inserting hole extending frontward and rearwards. A mounting platform is integrally surrounded a rear surf... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815473 | Contact and connecting apparatus A contact and a connecting apparatus are provided to enable miniaturization and shortening and cost reduction in response to further miniaturization and finer pitch of inspection objects. The contact is one electrically for contacting a terminal of a wire and includ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7798867 | Environmentally sealed contact A contact probe assembly may include a cylindrical member including a barrel having a first opening located at a first end of the barrel and a second opening located at a second end of the barrel. The contact probe assembly may also have a plunger having a first end... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7740508 | Probe block assembly A probe block assembly includes a block and a cable terminated to a coaxial connector that is configured to electrically communicate with a plurality of probes inserted in the block. The coaxial connector includes a connector signal contact configured to separably c... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736198 | Method of deployable medical lead fixation An improved medical lead assembly and method of use is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead body, and a spring member positioned adjacent to the lead body. The spring member may be deployed a selectable amount to maintain the lead body in a fixed location wit... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731546 | Microelectronic contact structure A probing apparatus can include a plurality of contact probes, which can be of a type that is disposed along an axis. Each contact probe can include a contact portion, a base portion, and resilient portion. Multiple arms can form the resilient portion, which can be ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7717756 | Probe connector A probe connector has a barrel having a main body which defines a chamber therein, and a base connected with one end of the main body. The main body has an opening at a middle portion thereof. A plunger is mounted to the barrel and partly exposes from the other end ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713095 | Contact A contact includes: an insulating housing, including a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and formed with an insertion hole parallel to the first face and the second face, the first face formed with a first slit extending in an axial direction ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699666 | Electrical contact arrangement having a first and a second contact piece A first contact piece and a second contact piece interact to give a contact configuration. The second contact piece is singled-sided and can be reversibly deformed. In order to increase the contact pressure of the second contact piece onto the first contact piece, a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7699667 | Environmentally sealed contact A contact probe assembly may include a cylindrical member including a barrel having a first opening located at a first end of the barrel and a second opening located at a second end of the barrel. The contact probe assembly may also have a plunger having a first end... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7625247 | Self-contained internal connector seizure mechanism In one embodiment a self-contained seizure mechanism comprises a plunger, a spring, and a retainer guide having means for movably securing the plunger to the retainer guide. The retainer guide may have a receiving slot for receiving wings of the plunger and fingers ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7621785 | Quick connector for electric heating tube A quick connector includes a main body externally provided with a bottom slot, an annular rib, and guiding recesses located above the annular rib, and internally defining a receiving space communicable at a lower end with the bottom slot via an opening; a lying U-sh... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7611389 | Connector The invention relates to a connector comprising a housing, a spring biased contact surface facing in a front direction of said connector for establishing a contact with a connector counterpart, said contact surface being movable within a working area against a sprin... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7607952 | Battery contact A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an op... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7585192 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing. The housing defines a plurality of passageways passing through a rear surface and a front surface thereof. An upper portion of a rear of the passageway extends sideward ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7563144 | Cartridge for contact terminals and semiconductor device socket provided with the same A probe pin cartridge includes a first substrate disposed opposite to a positioning member, a second substrate laid beneath the first substrate, having the same contour as that of the first substrate and a plurality of probe pins held by the first and second substra... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559806 | Electrical contact The present invention relates to a contact for electronic devices. The contact includes an upper contact, a lower contact, which includes a contact portion, a lower contact coupled to the upper contact, and a spring fitted over a predetermined area between the upper... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7544102 | Plunger-type contact unit A contact unit which enables reduction of an interval between contacts to be inserted into a through hole formed in a plate. A contact of an IC socket is formed so that a first flange portion is disposed in a first gap between an upper plate and an intermediate plat... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7527532 | Battery contact A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an op... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7485011 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing. Each contact has a first terminal and a second terminal which has a base portion and a leading arm extending from said base portion. Said base port... | 02/03/2009 |
