Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187009 | High density electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of electrical contacts secured to the insulative housing. Each of the contacts includes a flat plate engaging with the insulative housing, a spring arm bending and extending upwardly from a side edg... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8167630 | High density connector and method of manufacture Electrical connectors capable of being mounted on circuit substrates by BGA techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing such connectors. There is at least one recess on the exterior side of the connector elements. A conductive contact exte... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8147256 | Electrical connector and terminal thereof An electrical connector and a terminal are disclosed. The terminal, comprising: a base having an upper end and a lower end; a flexible arm extending upward from the upper end of the base; a retaining portion extending upward from the upper end of the base, wherein a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142225 | Electrical connector soldered on a printed circuit board An electrical connector is soldered on a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has a containing gap opened at one side thereof. A top surface of the printed circuit board defines a plurality of first soldering points arranged around the containing gap. Ea... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133063 | Connector with removable covers An electrical connector including a housing; one or more recesses formed in one or more sidewalls of the housing; a plurality of terminals disposed in respective portions of the housing such that solder tails of the terminals are accessible through the one or more r... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8105095 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly, for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board (PCB) (1), comprises an insulative housing (2); an insulator (4) separated with the insulative housing, and comprising a bottom surface and a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100703 | Electrical connector with abutting ribs against PCB An electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals with tail portions and an insulating housing defining a mounting face and a mating face opposite to the mounting face. The insulating housing includes a plurality of parallel first walls extending in a first ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096815 | Reliable electrical connection electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly has a printed circuit board having a row of first and second circuit traces and an electrical connector for mounting on the printed circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a longitudinal base and... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092236 | Battery connector A battery connector is adapted for being assembled to a printed circuit board. The battery connector includes an insulating housing, two holding elements and a plurality of terminals. The insulating housing has two opposite side surfaces. The insulating housing defi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087943 | Power semiconductor module including a contact element A power semiconductor module including a contact element. One embodiment provides an electrically conductive contact element extending in a longitudinal direction and having a first end and a second end lying opposite the first end. The contact element has a first f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079851 | Socket with lower contact A socket, for connecting an IC (integrated circuit) package to a printed circuit board, has an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a plurality of holes and a plurality of retaining slots.... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8066519 | USB connector A USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector includes an insulating housing having a base portion. The base portion extends rearward to form an extending portion. Two sides of a rear surface of the extending portion define two receiving cavities, respectively. A separatin... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8052433 | Electrical connector having retention means arranged adjacent to passageway for holding fusible member thereto An electrical connector used for connecting a circuit processing unit (CPU) with pins with a print circuit board (PCB) includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals received in the housing and a plurality of fusible members mechanically fixed into the hou... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052434 | Socket connector with contact terminal having waveform arrangement adjacent to tail portion perfecting solder joint A socket connector configured with an insulative housing defining a mating interface surrounded with peripheral walls and a mounting surface is disclosed. A plurality of passageways is defined between the mating interface and the mounting surface and having an openi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052436 | Electrical connector with stable retaining terminals An electrical connector includes an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving slots running through the insulating body; a plurality of terminals respectively received in the receiving slots; and a plurality of solder balls, in which each of the solder balls ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052435 | Connector A connector soldered to a PCB has an insulating housing of which two opposite ends recessed to form a pair of receiving recesses, terminals mounted in the insulating housing having soldering portions projected out of a bottom of the insulating housing, a positioning... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047857 | Battery connector A battery connector mounted on a printed circuit board which has an insulating housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, a rear surface and two side surfaces. The front surface defines a plurality of terminal grooves. The rear surface defines ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033839 | Socket connector with contact terminal having waveform arrangement adjacent to tail portion perfecting solder joint A socket connector is configured with an insulative housing defining a mating interface surrounded with peripheral walls and a mounting surface. A plurality of passageways is defined between the mating interface and the mounting surface and having an opening at the ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029295 | Connector for an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure According to one embodiment, a connector for a composite structure includes at least one conducting element that is coupled to a node of an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure. The composite structure has two opposing surfaces in which the conductin... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8007292 | Component having a mechanical contact and method for producing the component A component having a mechanical contact for connecting the component to a carrier, particularly a printed-circuit board, a coating made of an adhesive material being formed on the contact; the adhesive material containing an encapsulated adhesive substance. A method... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7988463 | Electrical connector retaining a print circuit board at a middle highness An electrical connector secured to a PCB having a plurality of welding areas on an upward face and a plurality of through holes running through the PCB includes an elongate insulative housing and a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulative housing. The insul... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976319 | Surface mount electrical connector having flexible solder tails An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end and a board end. The housing has a plurality of contact cavities extending along a longitudinal axis between the mating and board ends. A plurality of contacts are received within the contact cavities. T... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955095 | Battery connector and contact used therein A battery connector, for being mounted to a printed circuit board, includes an insulating housing defining a front surface, a rear surface and a mounting surface. The front surface has a plurality of contact receiving cavities spaced from one another. An upper parti... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942678 | Connector assemblies A headset connector assembly that includes a connector plate, a casing, and electrical contact members is provided. The connector plate can have a first mating surface, a second mating surface, and at least two apertures existing between the first and the second mat... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7927112 | Elelctrical connector having board-locking contacts An electrical connector secured to a PCB having welding areas and through holes, includes an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity and a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing. Each contact defines a contacting portion received in the receiving cavit... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914304 | Electrical connector with conductors having diverging portions An electrical connector that includes a dielectric housing and at least one pair of signal conductors adapted to mate with a printed circuit board. The pair of signal conductors include first and second conductors. The first conductor includes a first mating portion... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909621 | Socket connector having contact terminal tail with split solder ball retained thereon and method fabricating the same An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a number of passageways, a number of electrical contacts received in the passageways and a number of solder balls disposed on the electrical contacts respectively. Each electrical contact includes a contact... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7896661 | Card edge connector with improved soldering portions of terminals A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defining a central slot, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposite to ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896662 | Pin connector with notches on soldering surfaces of pins A pin connector includes an insulating housing defining pin-retaining-holes and connector pins retained in the retaining holes. Each of the connector pin has a header portion with a soldering face thereof and a shank portion extending from the header portion. The he... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7878823 | Electrical connector having improved contact terminal An electrical connector (100) is soldered to a circuit board (4) via a number of solder members (3) and includes an insulative housing defining a number of passageways (12), and a number of contact terminals (2) inserted in the pas... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7862348 | Connector for an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure According to one embodiment, a connector for a composite structure includes at least one conducting element that is coupled to a node of an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure. The composite structure has two opposing surfaces in which the conductin... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850466 | Through board inverted connector A connector assembly includes a housing and a contact. The housing extends from a front end to an opposite back end. The housing includes an interior chamber inwardly extending from the front end that is configured to receive a mating connector through the front end... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7828562 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a base having a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of conducting pins respectively located in the through holes. There is a convex block located at the side wall of the base for each of the through holes. Each of the conduct... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7802999 | High density connector and method of manufacture Electrical connectors capable of being mounted on circuit substrates by BGA techniques are disclosed. Also, disclosed is a method of manufacturing such connectors. There is at least one recess on the exterior side of the connector elements. A conductive contact exte... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7789677 | Electrical connector having low board mounting profile An electrical connector (1), which is adapted for mounting to a circuit board (5), has a mounting foot (21) with a top mounting surface (211), an elongated base portion (23) protruded outwardly from said top mounting surface (21... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7771213 | Solderable electric contact terminal A solderable electric contact terminal includes; an insulating foam rubber having a predetermined volume; an insulating non-foam rubber coating layer adhered to the insulating foam rubber such that the insulating non-foam rubber encloses the insulating foam rubber; ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7749000 | Electrical connector An electrical connector adapted to be mounted to a PCB for electrically connecting with a butting component includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines a soldering surface and a matin... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7708568 | Connector assembly A connector assembly adapted for electrically connecting with a mating plug connector includes a socket connector and a PCB. The socket connector has an insulating housing defining a front surface, a rear surface and a lateral surface. The front surface is formed wi... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7704082 | Through board inverted connector A connector assembly is configured to be mounted to a substrate that has an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side. The connector assembly includes a housing and one or more contacts. The housing has a front end and a back end, with an interi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699628 | Electrical connector having reinforcement member attached to housing An electrical connector (200) adapted for electrically connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate, comprises an insulative housing (3), a plurality of terminals (4) and a reinforcement member (5). The housing (3) com... | 04/20/2010 |
