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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427215 | Plug-in connector for guiding a cable through an opening of a separating wall of an, in particular, military device A plug connection for guiding a cable through an opening of a partition, comprising a device socket having a plug receiving portion, and a plug with an insertion body with a locking ring that cooperates with locking elements of the plug receiving portion. At least o... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416449 | Electrical connector assembly with improved covers An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector unit comprising a first insulative housing and a first metal shielding covering the first housing, a second connector unit comprising a second insulative housing and a second metal shielding covering the se... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7387533 | Connecting socket for a data network The invention relates to a connecting socket for a data network, comprising a housing and at least one female connector, the housing being made of plastic, and the inner surfaces of the housing being at least partially metallized. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381105 | Electrical contact surface having numerous protrusions Electrical contacting surfaces are disclosed having numerous electrically conductive substantially spherical protrusions. These contacting surfaces may be used repeatedly in low voltage applications. The numerous electrically conductive substantially spherical protr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364458 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulated body and a plurality of conductive terminals. A plurality of terminals accommodating holes disposed inside the insulated body for receiving the conductive terminals therein. There is a metal shielding layer arranged on t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361038 | Microswitch connector The invention relates to a Microswitch connector (11), having an insulating housing (13) with a contact chamber (31) with an insertion opening (15) and a contact switch spring (25) arranged in the contact chamber (31). The h... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361063 | Shielded connecting block providing reduced alien crosstalk A patch panel includes a first outlet having a first connecting block; a second outlet having a second connecting block, the second connecting block positioned adjacent to the first connecting block; a conductive shield positioned between the first connecting block ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341462 | Connector terminal fabrication process and connector terminal An upper tier terminal is provided with a fitting portion and a board attachment portion. When the upper tier terminal is being fabricated, a first wire member which is a component of the fitting portion and a second wire member which is a component of the board att... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329150 | Electrical connector An electrical connector, includes an insulating housing having a plurality of terminal receiving holes, and a plurality of conductive terminals received in the receiving holes respectively. The insulating housing has a metal layer for shielding the conductive termin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7297005 | Connector pedestal A connector pedestal has a body which includes interior and exterior surfaces, upper and lower edges, and interface portion, and first and second sets of traces. The interface portion is provided proximate to the upper edge and is configured to be connected to a con... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7273401 | Grouped element transmission channel link with pedestal aspects A pedestal connector that incorporates one or more grouped element channel link transmission lines is seen to have a dielectric body and two opposing contact ends that are intended to contact opposing contacts or traces. The dielectric body has an S-shaped configura... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7249974 | Shielded jack assemblies and methods for forming a cable termination A jack assembly for use with a modular electrical plug includes a jack housing. The jack housing includes an electrically non-conductive substrate metallized with a metal shield layer. The jack housing defines a socket adapted to receive the plug. At least one elect... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232331 | Plug-in connector for a connector-ended cable An electrical connector (10) having a contact element (50) retained in a hollow body (12). The body (12) has an internal socket structure (44) for receiving an end of the contact element (50) so that insulation displacement ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7189120 | Electrical connector with terminal vias A connector includes a housing including terminals and isolating legs extending between the terminals. Vias extends through the housing to provide paths from upper and lower surfaces of the terminals. The terminals have upper portions, lower portions and via portion... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7140917 | Shielded electrical connector having latch means, and method of fabricating same An electrical connector includes a two-part housing comprising a non-conductive first housing part and a non-conductive second housing part with a conductive layer. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the non-conductive first housing part. The termina... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134879 | Anisotropic conductive material body, display apparatus, method for producing the display apparatus, and conductive member An anisotropic conductive material body includes an insulating medium; and a plurality of conductive members dispersed in the medium. At least a surface of each of the plurality of conductive members is conductive. A force is applied to at least one of the plurality... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131846 | Integrated unit with antenna and switch Integrated unit (1) having a connector (3) mounted on a printed circuit (2), the connector having a support (4) in which are placed a first blade (5) and a second blade (10) linked to the printed circuit, the first blade hav... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114962 | Circuit unit device When a first circuit unit and a second circuit unit are to be positioned and superposed by positioning portions and positioning portions, an exposed portion of a circuit conductor in the second circuit unit is deformed corresponding to a difference in a dimension be... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7025605 | Board-to-board connector with compliant mounting pins A connector assembly for connecting differential signal circuits on two different circuit boards has a connector housing formed from an insulative material with a conductive coating on the surfaces thereof and with cavities formed therein to receive terminal assembl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018239 | Shielded electrical connector A shielded electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a plurality of terminal-receiving cavities and a plurality of board-engaging pads projecting from the bottom of the housing. A plu... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011556 | Contact module, connector and method of producing said contact module The present invention provides a contact module, a connector, and a method of producing the contact module. The contact module includes a base and a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts is bent at both ends in one direction. In a section view of each of the c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997762 | Electrically shielded connector In an electrically shielded connector, conductive material covers an outer surface of said body and is spaced away from a conductive structure included in the connector to create electrical isolation therebetween. A channel in which the connector is situated is eith... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994578 | Micro-connector structure and fabricating method thereof MICRO-CONNECTOR STRUCTURE AND method of making the same are disclosed. The micro-connector is microminiaturized and improved its degree of compaction by using semiconductor process. The process is etching silicon substrates into V-shaped channels and then a layer of... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988901 | Connector for printed circuit surface mounting and method for making same The invention concerns an input/output connector (10) comprising a first electrically insulating part (1), including at least a fixing element (2, 4) and at least a contact strip, and a second part (50) acting as housing, which partly cov... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6981898 | Connector A connector includes multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in a housing, and facilitates the wiring design and the wiring operation for substrates. The two signal contacts in each of the multiple pairs are arranged at a distance in the longitudinal direction of... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6951489 | Spring connector for surface mounting in an electronic device, and method for manufacturing the spring connector A spring connector has a case made of resin. Conductive films are formed on an inside wall of a space in the case, on an upper surface of the case, on an outside wall of the case, and on an underside of the case so as to electrically connect the inside wall with the... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6926539 | Terminal assembly for high-speed connector A board to board connector for use in high speed signal transmission applications includes male and female connector components that interengage with each other. Each of the male and female parts has an insulative housing that holds a plurality of individual termina... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916188 | Differential signal connectors with ESD protection A connector assembly is provided with opposing and interengageable first and second connector components. Each of the two components preferably includes upper and lower housing formed from an insulative material coated with electrically-conductive material, with cav... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6890213 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulator and a plurality of contacts supported by the insulator. The insulator formed of an insulating plastic material is formed with a plurality of contact insertion apertures for inserting the contacts. Surfaces of the insulat... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6884092 | Electrode for use in an electrochemical treatment process An electrode comprises an outer tube containing a spiral inner electrode which surrounds a rod held at its ends by fittings in the ends of the tube. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6869322 | Method of producing an electrically conductive connection between metallic components having a non-conductive coating A method is provided for producing an electrically conductive connection between metallic components (2, 6), such as an agitator blade assembly (6) and a drive shaft (2) which have a non-conductive coating (7). In the method an at least p... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6863545 | Automotive connector with improved retention ability A conductive enclosure for a connector mounted to a circuit board is disclosed, and the enclosure is made in the form of a shroud having an enclosure portion that receives one connector therein and a receptacle portion for receiving a second connector therein that i... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6808414 | Modular shielded connector A modular connector includes at least a pair of dielectric housing modules defining at least one conductor-receiving passage therebetween. The passage is split axially whereby a passage portion is disposed in each housing module. The housing modules are plated with ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6802729 | Contact for error resistant coupling of electrical signals A signal connector assembly with a plug contact within a plug having a high resistive portion. When the plug of the assembly first makes contact with the electrical receptacles within a mating receptacle, the high resistive portion prevents a current surge. As the p... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6783401 | Apparatus for improving performance of electrical insulating structures Removing the electrical field from the internal volume of high-voltage structures; e.g., bushings, connectors, capacitors, and cables. The electrical field is removed from inherently weak regions of the interconnect, such as between the center conductor and the soli... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6722893 | Test and burn-in connector An interconnection device is provided for temporary connection of a first electronic system to a second electronic system having a support substrate that includes an ordered array of conductive solder pads. A plurality of coil signal contacts are mounted to the cond... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6702590 | High-speed mezzanine connector with conductive housing A board to board connector for use in high speed signal transmission applications includes male and female connector components that interengage with each other. Each of the male and female parts has an insulative housing that holds a plurality of individ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6666693 | Surface-mounted right-angle electrical connector A presently-preferred electrical connector comprises an electrically insulative base member having a first surface, a substantially planar second surface, and a plurality of stud members projecting from the second surface. The base member has a plurality ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659800 | Interface connector for protecting against electromagnetic interference The present invention relates to an interface connector for protecting against electromagnetic interference. The interface connector includes a layer of insulating coating of mylar or other heat-resisting polyester. An elastic flexible portion is formed b... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659784 | Connector with switching device In order to switch, especially aerials, between two channels while at the same time ensuring pressure contact with a sufficiently wide contact area, a connector (1) is made which includes a resilient switching blade (3) provided with a side arm (4). This ... | 12/09/2003 |
