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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062039 | Adjustable test socket An adjustable test socket for aligning an electronic device with spring probes in a test fixture is provided having two adjustable walls or four adjustable walls. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047856 | Array connector for optical transceiver module A connector having a Ball-Grid Array on one side of a connector circuit board and a socket recess on the other side of the connector circuit board can be used to mate an opto-electronic transceiver module to a system circuit board. A base portion of the transceiver ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033836 | Circuit with flexible portion A circuit includes a first plurality of contacts configured to be in electrical communication with a plurality of electronic devices. The circuit card further includes a flexible portion including a dielectric layer, a second plurality of contacts, and a plurality o... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029292 | Multi-socket guide and test device comprising the same A multi-socket guide for guiding a semiconductor package to a semiconductor package testing device includes a housing, a guiding unit disposed in the housing, the guiding unit guiding the housing to the semiconductor package testing device, and a mounting unit dispo... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8007288 | Apparatus for connecting a multi-conductor cable to a pin grid array connector An apparatus for connecting a multi-conductor cable of a first device to a pin grid array connector of a second device, wherein said apparatus comprises a first printed circuit board (PCB) for terminating the conductors of the cable, which are connected to a first P... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7993145 | Socket connector having electrical contact with low profile A socket connector (100) adapted for electrically connecting a package to a printed circuit board comprises a substrate (2) and a plurality of contacts (3), the substrate (2) comprises a top surface (21), a bottom surface (22 | 08/09/2011 |
| 7980865 | Substrate with raised edge pads A separable electrical connection may be provided with a landside pad on one of two electrical components to be joined. The landside pad may be made up of two parts, including a flat portion and a raised edge formed on the flat portion. In some embodiments, the rais... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7959446 | Electrical element and electrical connector An electrical element is revealed. At least one receiving hole disposes on an insulating body. A conductive layer disposes on surfaces of the receiving hole. At least one soldering body mounts in the receiving hole correspondingly and contacts with the conductive la... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955091 | Connector assembly having alignment members for holding a module An electrical connector for electrically coupling an electronic module and an electrical component. The connector includes a substrate that has first and second surfaces separated by a thickness. The substrate includes interconnects that extend through the substrate... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938649 | Electrical connector having improved contacts An electrical connector comprises an upper housing, a lower housing and a plurality of contacts which each have a top contact received in the upper housing and a bottom contact received in the lower housing. The top contact is formed with a keeping portion and a low... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922498 | Burn-in socket having self-centering supporting bracket A burn-in socket includes a base, a plurality of terminals received in the base, a self-centering supporting bracket mounted above the base in a floating manner and a plurality of elastic elements mounted between the base and the supporting bracket. The supporting b... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909617 | Electrical connector having contact aligned in predetermined arrangement An electrical connector (1) for connecting a land grid array (LGA) chip with a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a housing (10), and terminals (11) received in passageways (104) of the housing. The housing has a base (100) and s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901217 | Module socket A low-profile module socket includes a socket housing, which is open at a module insertion surface and at an opposing surface, and includes peripheral wall parts and a plurality of contacts. Each contact connects at one end to a module on the inside of the socket ho... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896658 | Apparatus and method for adjusting position of electronic component An apparatus, includes a plurality of pins which include a longitudinal axis, each of the pins to be respectively electronically contacted with each of a plurality of terminals of an electronic component by pressing each of the terminals onto each of the pins from a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7871275 | Interposer frame assembly for mating a circuit board with an interposer assembly An interposer frame assembly includes a static frame and a biasing frame. The static and biasing frames include legs joined with and oriented at an angle with respect to one another. The legs include mounting surfaces and opposite upper surfaces that are interconnec... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7857634 | Socket connector having positioning members severing as poisoning members for electronic device A socket connector for receiving an electronic device includes an insulative housing having a base and a pair of sidewalls located at opposite sides of the base, a plurality of contacts retained in the base, and at least one positioning member attached to the sidewa... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7845956 | Electrical component interface An apparatus and method of providing an electrical component interface is disclosed. For one embodiment, the electrical component interface includes an electrical component adapter. The electrical component adapter includes an electronic component solder pattern for... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841868 | Socket connector having positioning members for orientating cover and base thereof A socket connector (1) for electrically connecting a Central Processing Unit (CPU) with a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), includes a base (10), a cover (20) and a shaft (30) attached to the cover and pivotally driving the cover to move on th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837478 | Electrcal connector with detachable aligning key An electrical socket connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a general flat base (11) with a mating surface (11a) adapted to face a chip package (3), and a mounting surface (11b) adapted to face a pr... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833022 | LGA socket having alignment posts with crash ribs An LGA socket includes an insulative housing and a plurality of electrical contacts secured on the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a top face and a bottom face opposite to each other. The insulative housing has a number of alignment posts at corne... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7819696 | Shielded connector having prolonged latches to provide reliable retaining force to positioning the camera module mounted therein A shielded connector (1) for electrically connecting a camera module to a printed circuit board at least comprises a metal housing (10) configured by a base and four sidewalls and a spring (20) against with the base of the housing. And one of th... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815442 | Burn-in socket with improved contacts A burn-in socket for electrical connecting with package having solder balls, includes a base and a number of contacts received in the base. Each contact has a spring section movable in the base, a contact section extending upwardly from the spring section and a rete... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7811097 | Circuit with flexible portion A circuit includes a first plurality of contacts configured to be in electrical communication with a plurality of electronic devices. The circuit card further includes a flexible portion including a dielectric layer, a second plurality of contacts, and a plurality o... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811096 | IC socket suitable for BGA/LGA hybrid package An IC socket is provided with first and second contact pins and a socket body supporting said first and second contact pins. The first contact pin is used to establish a connection with a first terminal of a semiconductor package, while the second contact pin is use... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798818 | Electrical connector with improved housing An electrical connector (1) for interconnecting integrated circuits (ICs) to a circuit board, includes an insulative housing (2, 3) defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough, and a plurality of contacts received respectively in each of... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794236 | Land grid array (LGA) socket for various package sizes An LGA socket for receiving substrate packages of various sizes and a method of fabricating the socket. In an embodiment, the socket has a planar surface for seating a substrate package. Socket contacts are disposed on the planar surface in a layout common to the la... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794237 | Electrical connector having improved retaining arrangement between the housing and the contacts An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways, the passageways each defining an upper section, a lower section of a diameter larger than that of the upper section, and a plurality of contact sets respectively disposed in... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789672 | Socket with position clumps A socket adapted for electrically connecting a semiconductor package to a printed circuit board, comprises an insulating body and a plurality of position clump. The insulating body has a plurality of sidewalls, which define a plurality of assembling slots. The posit... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785114 | Modification of connections between a die package and a system board Modification of the connections between a die package and a system board is described. In one example a pattern redistribution module is used in a socket. The module has a first array of contacts on one side of the module. The contacts have a first configuration to ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7762820 | Solder ball socket connector A socket connector (10) utilizes contacts (41) that have a shape similar to an inverted ohm sign and which have two flexible contact arms (43) located at one end thereof for contacting elements such as solder balls (62). The other end of ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753693 | Contacts and electrical connecting apparatus using the same An electrical connecting apparatus uses a plurality of contacts each of which includes: a principal portion having an outer face curved and directed to a conductive portion of a base plate and received in a recess and a slit of a housing; a front end portion continu... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748991 | IC socket and manufacturing method for the same An aspect of the present invention inheres in an IC socket includes a plate-like socket base body which includes through hole forming portions having a plurality of contact housing holes formed so as to penetrate the plate-like socket base in a front-to-back directi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7731507 | Electric connector An electric connector is disclosed to include an electrically insulative housing, which has solder ball receiving portions, terminals respectively mounted in the housing corresponding to the solder ball receiving portions, each terminal having an endpiece, which def... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726977 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (1) includes four pieces of insulative housing segments (21) having a number of electrical contacts (3) received therein. Each insulative housing segment includes two engaging edges (213) for attaching with another... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7717744 | Shielded connector for reducing the deflection of the terminal A shielded connector (1) comprises at least a metal housing (10) configured by first, second, third and fourth sidewalls (100, 101, 102, 103) defining a receiving space (104) therebetween, and first and second terminal insert securely att... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7699619 | Socket for camera module A socket for a camera module includes an insulative terminal assembly housing that supports a plurality of conductive terminals. The housing serves as the bottom of a socket and it is surrounded with a conductive metal shell that defines a cavity which receives a ca... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7686620 | Electrical connector configured by unit section An electrical connector for electrically connecting an integrated circuit package to a circuit substrate includes a first and a second unit sections, and each unit section has a number of terminals received therein. Each unit section includes a mating surface, an op... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682159 | Electrical connector and camera device having the same An electrical connector for electrical connecting a camera module with a circuit board includes an insulative casing and a number of signal terminals. The insulative casing includes a bottom wall and a number of side walls. A receiving space is defined between the b... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682160 | Land grid array connector with interleaved bases attached to retention frame A Land Grid Array connector (1) comprises an socket (2) having opposite upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of contacts (4) received in the socket and a retention frame (3) assembled with the socket. Each contact comprises upper and low... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7677902 | Extended package substrate An apparatus may include an integrated circuit package comprising a plurality of conductive pads and having a face, and a socket coupled to the integrated circuit package and to the conductive pads, the socket having a footprint. In some aspects, the footprint is sm... | 03/16/2010 |
