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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431605 | Connector position assurance apparatus A connector position assurance apparatus includes a header part, an electrically-conductive element connected to the header part and a connector part. As the connector part is received by an interior connector-receiving chamber of the header part, a pair of polarity... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7377792 | LGA socket connector having housing with upward protective protrusion adjacent contact terminal An electrical connector comprising an insulative housing defining a mating surface adapted to support an IC package, at least four passageways defined in region within the mating surface and each passageway associated a clapboard arranged between every two adjacent ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364478 | Connector and method for manufacturing and connecting wire A terminal connector and wire connecting method thereof are disclosed. The terminal connector includes a metal electric wire terminal, a metal material with the low melting point and an insulated sleeve. One section of the metal electric wire terminal bends to a C-s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7291903 | Memory card This invention is to provide an ultra-miniaturized, thin-sized memory card provided with a mechanism for preventing a wrong insertion to a memory card slot. A multi-function memory card is composed of a card body and a cap for housing the card body. The card body is... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264518 | Electrical contact including integral stop member An electrical contact is provided. An embodiment of the electrical contact includes a bottom member, a pair of side walls and a tongue. The bottom member includes a first portion and a second potion and also defines a horizontal plane. The pair of sides walls extend... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7217163 | Contact connection adapter for producing an intermittent electrical contact between two plugs A contact connection adapter for producing an intermittent electrical contact between two plugs has a main body and two socket-like receptacles placed thereon for the plugs. The cross-sections of the receptacle receiving the plugs to be connected intersect periphera... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7100879 | Speaker bracket Systems and techniques to simply, easily and quickly attache and detach a speaker to a mounting location. A speaker bracket can provide a pivot point for the speaker that also serves as an audio signal connection point. The speaker bracket can be built in a robust f... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097491 | Plug connector The invention concerns a plug connector for establishing a contact between an electrical component and a conductor bar of a lead frame (not shown). The plug connector has a lamellae packet with contact lamellae into whose slot the electrical conductor can be inserte... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094098 | Connector for apparatus Connection and disconnection between an apparatus and an electric wire are made by fitting an electric wire side housing in an apparatus side housing inside a mounting hole or removing the electric wire side housing from the apparatus side housing, so that the need ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081022 | Electrical apparatus having card insertion slot and combined printing apparatus having card insertion slot A combined printing apparatus includes a housing, an electric circuit substrate formed to extend from a top edge of a card insertion slot, a connector placed at a downside surface of the electric circuit substrate for connecting a memory card to an electric circuit,... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077692 | Devices and methods for mounting circuit elements The described embodiments provide devices and methods for creating an electrical connection in an electronic system. The devices and methods include a standoff that connects a circuit element with a circuit board and supports the circuit element at a sufficient heig... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077712 | Jointing sleeve component and joint electric wire The jointing sleeve component includes a sleeve made of electrically conductive metal. A diameter of the sleeve is to be reduced by swaging on a condition that core wire ends of a plurality of coated electric wires are received in the sleeve. Each core wire end is o... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074065 | Docking unit with spring-loaded connector A spring-loaded connector plate and assembly installed within an equipment unit for insuring alignment of the connector and a receptacle connector as the equipment unit is inserted into a docking unit. The spring-loaded connector assembly also ensures mechanical and... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052293 | Lever type electrical connector A lever type electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having a first housing mounting a plurality of first terminals. A mating assist lever is pivotally movably mounted on the first connector for movement in a pivotal operating stroke between a pre-m... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6993601 | Interface card including selectable data transmission route modes including first transmission route mode via memory buffer and second transmission route mode not via memory buffer An interface card includes data transmission routes which allow for data transmission in a plurality of data transmission modes and a mode selection switch for selecting a data transmission mode from the plurality of modes. With the interface card, a user is able to... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6942511 | Advanced backward compatible connector assembly for electrically connecting computer subsystems A backward compatible connector assembly that facilitates electrical communication between computer subsystems includes a receptacle, a receiver assembly and a conductor array. The receptacle includes a plurality of first connectors having a first connector length, ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6848933 | System and methodology providing coordinated and modular conveyor zone control The present invention relates to conveyor control system and methodology that may be operatively coupled with other such systems in order to implement a control strategy for a modular conveyor system. A module and/or series of modules are provided that clamp to a ca... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6846186 | BGA memory module with battery pack A battery pack for two 2032 batteries includes a molded plastic base having an upper surface on which the batteries are received and columnar standoff posts projecting from a bottom surface, as well as a molded plastic housing sized to receive the batteries and an u... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6821138 | ZIF socket connector having means for preventing CPU mounted on the connector from deformation due to a clamping force acting thereon A socket connector (1) includes a base (10) defining an array of terminal cells (111), a number of conductive contacts (30) received in the respective terminal cells, a cover (20) slidably mounted on the base and a driving device (... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6738259 | Apparatus supporting multiple memory card formats An apparatus is described that is capable of receiving a number of different types of flash memory cards using a single slot. The apparatus includes a housing that defines a slot to receive different types of removable memory cards. The slot includes a central regio... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6705876 | Electrical interconnect assemblies and methods Interconnect assemblies and methods for forming and using them. In one example of the invention, an interconnect assembly comprises a substrate, a resilient contact element and a stop structure with an embedded circuit element. The resilient contact element is dispo... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6702592 | Printed circuit board assembly with secondary side rigid electrical pin to mate with compliant contact An improved interconnection assembly is disclosed suitable for use, for example, in completing an electronic signal path between a printed circuit board (PCB) and an internal component within a head disc assembly (HDA) of a disc drive. The (PCB) has a pri... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6589075 | Device for rapidly assembling lamp rod and lamp seat A device for rapidly assembling a lamp rod and a lamp seat comprises a lamp seat in a though hole aside a wire connecting box and a lamp rod inserted into the lamp seat. An extending portion is extended from the lamp seat to the though hole. The lamp seat... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6524138 | Audio jack connector having means for preventing abrasion of a front face thereof by a mating plug connector A jack connector (1) is provided for receiving a mating plug (4). The jack connector includes an insulative housing having an upper wall (20), a rear wall (22) and a pair of side walls (23, 24). A receiving space (26) is defined together by the upper wall... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6496381 | Contact arrangement and counter-contact module A contact arrangement for an electrically contactable module that is arranged on a card-shaped carrier, having a first contact bank with a plurality of contact areas, of which at least one is disposed outside of a predefined region. A second contact bank ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6420973 | Wireless smoke detection system A wireless detection system for monitoring a predetermined area for an emergency situation. The wireless smoke detection system includes a plurality of detector units strategically positioned throughout the monitored area. Each of the plurality of detecto... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6404645 | System for supporting electronic components An apparatus and method for containing and supporting electronic components during electrical connection are described. The apparatus is a housing which includes a main body, a cover and a back member. A base is attached to the back member. The base inclu... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6386923 | Assembling structure of electronic unit to electrical connecting box An assembling structure of an electronic unit to an electrical connecting box is provided. This assembling structure is provided with a miss-connection preventing portion on at least one of an electrical connecting box and an electronic unit combined to e... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6280236 | Testing system with bridge clip, and connector having a positive stop A connector testing system includes a bridge clip having a body and a test lead connected thereto, a connector having a top portion and a housing having a test channel formed therein, an electrically conductive terminal strip disposed within the connector... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6152763 | Electrical contact for termination to flat conductive member Electrical contact (1) having a terminating section (20) that terminates a foil-form conductive member (60), and an elastic contact part (30) that elastically contacts the conductive member (60). The elastic contact part (30) has: [a] a spring arm (33) th... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152754 | Circuit board based cable connector A circuit board based cable connector is disclosed for use with a sensor connector tab to establish electrical signal connection between a sensor and a monitor or processor. The connector comprises a housing which encloses a circuit board. A slot is forme... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149456 | Connector with sealant depth indicator A connector can easily and reliably be checked to see whether the requisite minimum quantity of sealing compound has been injected. Tabs 14 of male terminal fittings 13 protrude from a base face of a fitting space 12. A sealing compound 20, consisting of ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6139352 | Insulation displacement connector with selectively removable abutment wall An insulation displacement connector having an abutment wall for selectively permitting passage of a wire through a wire passageway and out of the connector. A wire is inserted into an insertion hole of the wire passageway and is prevented from passing be... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6139376 | Female electrical terminal A female electrical terminal has a contact end a terminating end. The contact end is generally rectangular in cross-section and includes a pair of opposing side walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of a bottom wall, along with a top wall. A deform... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6068517 | Connectors having improved fitting spaces and suction nozzle conveying surfaces The invention offers a connector which does not require a sheet or suction aid to be attached to the connector when conveying the connector using a suction nozzle. That is, a female connector (10), capable of being conveyed by a suction nozzle (4) over a ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5893781 | Battery terminal with core wire end cover A fastening member 30 of a battery terminal 10 has a core wire covering member 32 formed by bending a pair of protecting members 32a which extend from the root portion of a wire barrel 31. The core wire covering member 32 is between the connecting portion... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5816861 | System for use with detachable hard disk drive An interconnection system includes a hard disc drive (24) having a standard header connector (101, 30) that can be electrically connected to one type of computer housing connector (102) by use of a flat cable (104) or, alternatively, can be attached to an... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5807146 | Radio frequency coaxial transmission line inner conductor connection system A two component connection system consisting of a female connector and a male connector. The female connector consists of three components joined together with a bolt. First is a cup that has the same inner and outer diameters as the tubing that forms the... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803770 | Connector for electrical cable and method of making A female electrical connector (164') is carried on an electrical cable (24') including plural electrical conductors (28'). The female connector includes an insulative housing (34a', 34b') defining a blind cavity (36') therewithin and an axial opening outw... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5800220 | Tab receptacle terminal A tab receptacle terminal fabricated by bending a single sheet of electrically conductive material. The receptacle terminal includes a receptacle box having at one end an opening through which a male terminal can be inserted. A spring is formed in the top... | 09/01/1998 |
