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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7220151 | Power connector A power connector for receiving a circuit board in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The power connector includes first and second walls operably disposed on a first side of a base portion for receiving at least a portion of a circuit board thereb... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7186152 | Electrical contact used in an electrical socket An electrical contact (1) used in a socket includes a base portion (11), a solder portion (12) bending front a bottom edge of the base portion, a vertical head (13) and a spring ann (14) extending from a top edge of the base portio... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175447 | Backplane connector A backplane connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of terminal holes (11), a number of conductive terminals (5), a press block (3) and a spacer (7). Each of the conductive terminals has a mating portion (... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7104811 | Angled terminal with flange for cooperation with press-fit jig A bent connector terminal with improved stability when held within a groove (23) of a comb-shaped, press-fit jig (20,22), the terminal aligned with a hole (32) of a printed circuit board (30) and to be press-fitted into the hole. In one e... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101228 | Electrical connector for memory modules A memory module electrical connector is comprised of an insulative housing and a plurality of electrical terminals. The terminals are stamped and formed from conductive material to include resilient contact portions for interconnection to the module, and compliant p... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083431 | Method and system of electrically connecting multiple printed circuit boards Method and system of electrically connecting multiple printed circuit boards (PCBs). A pin may be used for establishing electrical connecting the PCBs. The PCBs may include one or more openings for receiving one or more corresponding pins. The pins may include secur... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059873 | LGA-BGA connector housing and contacts Electrical connectors and contacts are disclosed. An electrical connector having a contact receiving well extending along a contact receiving direction, and having a generally T-shaped cross-section along a direction transverse to the contact receiving direction. An... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7021975 | Plug-in connector A plug-in connector having a housing, particularly a multi-pole, multi-row male or female multi-point plug, whereby the housing is provided with insertion chambers for inserting electrical contact elements. In order to be able to insert different contact elements in... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6979234 | Plug connection device A plug connection device comprises a contact pin and a receiving element. The contact pin has an outer surface. The receiving element has openings. Each of the openings has an inner surface that contacts the outer surface of the contact pin when the contact pin is r... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6913490 | High speed electrical connector An electrical connector comprising a connector housing holding signal contacts and ground contacts in an array organized into rows. Each row includes pairs of the signal contacts and some of the ground contacts arranged in a pattern, wherein adjacent first and secon... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6848952 | Card edge contact including compliant end An electrical terminal is adapted for insertion into a through hole of a circuit board and includes a first section that receives an electrical contact. The first section includes first and second spring arms proximate to each other at a contact point and configured... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6835074 | Jig for press-fitting terminals and a press-fitting apparatus A jig for holding terminals of a connector, the terminals each having a horizontal part extending in a horizontal direction from a main body of the connector and a vertical part extending in a vertical direction and connected with the horizontal part at a lower port... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6824399 | Device and system for recessing a fastener on a printed wire board A system and a device are provided for recessing a fastener on a printed wire board (PWB). The system includes a PWB having a fastener hole, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The system further comprises a recessed fastener adapter which includes a board interfac... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6812060 | Multilayer flexible wiring boards and processes for manufacturing multilayer flexible wiring boards The present invention provides bumpless ultrasonic bonding of flexible wiring board pieces. A metal coating 26 is formed on the surface of a contact region 181 of a metal wiring 28 of each of two flexible wiring board pieces | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808420 | High speed electrical connector An electrical connector comprising a connector housing holding signal contacts and ground contacts in an array organized into rows. Each row includes pairs of the signal contacts and some of the ground contacts arranged in a pattern, wherein adjacent first and secon... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6688895 | Electric connector having improved contact An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing (10), and a member of contacts (30) received in the housing. The insulative housing has a mating portion (13) and a mounting portion (110). Each contact includes an intermediate retention section (32... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6658731 | Method for fabricating connectors for interconnecting etched tri-metal circuit structures In conventional ETM circuit structures a pin connector in which the pin is etched from the ETM substrate and the mating cavity is etched from the ETM substrate to be mated. The connector utilizes the subtractive ETM structure processing to define any one ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655990 | Method of surface mounting a connector and connector There is disclosed a method of surface mounting a connector which enables a connector to be automatically mounted while preserving reliability of soldered portions and without additionally providing a special apparatus. The connector is formed to be thick... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6619999 | Solderless connector for opto-electric module An opto-electric module for connection with a printed circuit board having a through-hole comprising: (1) a substrate; (2) an opto-electric device electrically connected to the substrate; and (3) a compliant pin coupled to the opto-electric device and ext... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616459 | Card edge contact including compliant end An electrical terminal is adapted for insertion into a through hole of a circuit board and includes a first section that receives an electrical contact. The first section includes first and second spring arms proximate to each other at a contact point and... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6592382 | Simplified board connector A pair of circuit boards (60, 62) with holes (50, 56), are connected by right angle contacts (10) that are each formed of a single piece of metal with a 90° bend forming first and second elongated contact portions (20, 22) extending along perpendicular a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6565392 | Compliant section for an electrical contact The present invention is directed to an electrical contact having a compliant section. The electrical contact has a primary section retained within an electrical contact. The electrical contact has a secondary section that includes an elongated section an... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6517383 | Impedance-controlled high-density compression connector A compression attachment/contact system, for interconnecting microelectronic circuits and cable assemblies, provides capability of electrical shielding, characteristic-impedance control, and resistive loading and dampening. It utilizes cylindrical conduct... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6475042 | High-speed electrical connector An electrical connector (100) for mounting on a PCB (3) to electrically connect different electrical components includes an insulative housing (1) with a plurality of passageways (13) defined therethrough for receiving a corresponding plurality of electri... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6454615 | High-speed electrical connector An electrical connector (100) for mounting on a PCB (3) by a tool (5) to electrically connecting different electrical components includes an insulative housing (1) with a plurality of passageways (13) defined therethrough for receiving a corresponding plu... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6442036 | Substrate mount type terminal A terminal main body portion 2 of a rectangular cylindrical shape capable of being inserted into an attachment hole formed at a substrate is provided with a male type coupled terminal at its upper end portion and an attachment base portion 5 at its lower ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6340318 | Metal terminal A metal terminal is provided for insertion into the installing hole of a circuit substrate. The terminal has a slit that allows the terminal to be elastically deformable in a radial direction. The inserted portion has a tapered part with a diameter decrea... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6312296 | Electrical connector having enhanced retention of contacts in a housing An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing (20) and a plurality of first and second-type contacts (40, 50) received in the housing. The housing forms a pair of elongate ledges (23) running lengthwise along a bottom face (21) thereof. A plural... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6301125 | Unit with shield A unit with shield includes a sub-circuit board (20). This sub-circuit board (20) is covered by a first shield plate (12) and second shield plate (14) engaged with each other through the sub-circuit board (20), and inserted in a hole (24) formed in a main... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6290547 | Receptacle for an electrical connector A receptacle for an electrical connector which comprises an elongated insulative housing having parallel lateral walls, parallel end walls and base wall. An interior cavity is formed by those walls, and a longitudinal groove extends between the longitudin... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6210180 | Retention device for connector An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing, a number of terminals received in the housing, an insulative spacer and a retainer supportingly attached to the spacer. The terminals each comprise a base, an engaging end forwardly extending from th... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6109933 | Connector for printed circuit boards A connector for printed circuit boards comprises a housing of insulating material and a plurality of signal and ground contacts regularly arranged in rows and columns. At least a plurality of said contacts are provided with press-fit terminations for conn... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6010342 | Sleeveless high-density compression connector A compression connector for interconnecting microelectronic circuit and cable assemblies, providing shielding and characteristic impedance control, is readily configurable for high-density multi-connector arrays. A first embodiment includes a loop of insu... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5964596 | Removable body for an electrical connector A removable body for an electrical connector assembly. An electrical connector assembly includes a removable body and a plurality of substantially uniformly spaced pins or leads engaged thereto. The removable body includes a pair of oppositely opposed lev... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5885090 | Electrical connector with stabilized offset spring arm An electrical connector (10) includes a dielectric housing (12) having a terminal-receiving passage (14) for insertion thereinto of a terminal (16) in a given insertion direction (A). The terminal includes a first spring contact arm (22) projecting into t... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5755596 | High-density compression connector A compression connector assembly for interconnecting microelectronic circuit and cable assemblies, which provides shielding and characteristic impedance control, and is configurable in high-density multi-connector arrays. In a first embodiment, the connec... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5743769 | Press-in contact and a method for manufacturing the same A press-in contact includes a connection portion to be connected to a mating connector, a press-fitting portion to be fixed in a cylindrical through-hole of a printed circuit board by press-fitting, and a contact portion for introducing the press-in conta... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5740607 | Method for equipping a wiring backplane In order to reemploy the centering strips when equipping wiring backplanes with contact blades, the contact blades (2, 12) have their press-in zones introduced into a blade holder (1, 11) serving as a centering strip, being introduced thereinto in attitud... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5702257 | Electrical connector and terminal therefor An electrical connector (10) includes a housing (12) and a plurality of right angled terminals (70), each disposed in a respective terminal receiving passageway (34) thereof. The body portion (76) of the terminals includes a first push surface (78) proxim... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5639269 | Press-in spring clip A spring clip is provided which may be inserted by a flat die pressing onto it from above. The spring clip includes an insulator body with a plurality of contact springs arranged in at least one row. Each contact spring has two press-in shoulders (8,9) in... | 06/17/1997 |
