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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142207 | QSFP receptacle with grounding plate and noise cancellation A QSFP receptacle includes a grounding plate in the housing between the first and second contact arrays such that the first and second contact arrays are equidistant from the grounding plate and a noise cancellation member making electrical contact with the groundin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128420 | Illuminating device and display device An illuminating device is provided with a cold cathode fluorescent tube (discharge tube) (20), an inverter circuit (T) that is connected to the cold cathode fluorescent tube (20) and drives the cold cathode fluorescent tube (20) to be turned on,... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8043098 | Electronic device with EMI shield spring device An electronic device comprises a circuit board, a conductive member, and a spring contact. The conductive member is spaced from the circuit board and comprises a surface opposite to the circuit board. The surface defines a recessed portion. The spring contact is con... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7976320 | Power plug A power plug is proposed, comprising: an electrode terminal base having a pair of electrically conductive terminals and a ground terminal; a power cable having insulated wires respectively connected to the conductive terminals and the ground terminal; a conductive c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7959467 | Communication module ground contact A transceiver module that utilizes a side contact spring portion to ground a shielded cable that is plugged into the transceiver module. In one example embodiment, a transceiver module includes a housing, a jack, and a side contact spring portion. The housing is ope... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7922501 | Substrate earthing mechanism for use in charged-particle beam writing apparatus A substrate earthing mechanism includes a plate-like spring extending toward a substrate in a direction parallel to a surface of the substrate, and a contact portion coupled to a tip end of the plate-like spring for coming into contact with the substrate to thereby ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909622 | Shielded cassette for a cable interconnect system A cassette includes a shell having a plurality of shielded channels extending between a front and a rear of the shell. Communication modules are loaded into the shielded channels. The communication modules have front mating interfaces configured for mating with corr... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901221 | Universal serial bus ground clip Disclosed is a clip configured to ground a receptacle, such as a micro universal serial bus (MUSB) receptacle, to a ground plane. The clip may comprise a pair of locating features extending from the front edge of the clip for alignment with an edge of a circuit boar... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7878824 | Shielded cassette for a cable interconnect system A cassette includes a housing having a plurality of plug cavities that are separated from adjacent plug cavities by shield elements. The cassette also includes a contact subassembly having a circuit board and a plurality of contacts arranged in contact sets coupled ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7758356 | Coaxial cable connector with electrical ground A coaxial cable connector includes a bonding block lug for receiving a grounding wire. The connector includes a body portion for receiving the end of a cable, a nut for securing the connector to a mating coaxial port, a post extending within the body portion for ext... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753698 | Grounding band for electrical connectors A conductive band for an electrical connector that includes an elastic metal strap with first and second ends and an array of flexible members extending between the first and second ends. Each of the first and second ends has a terminal lead. A clip is coupled to th... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753730 | Electrical contact holder assembly An electrical contact assembly holder includes a body having a cable interface. A contact holder is attached to the body on a side opposite from the cable interface and is provided with a plurality of contacts arranged in rows. Each of the contacts has a base that s... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7744384 | Spring contact structure and electronic device using same A spring contact structure (10) and an electronic device using same are provided. The spring contact structure is configured for releasing electrostatic charges of the electronic device, and includes a fixing portion (12), a clamping portion (14... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7731511 | Panel mounted power module A panel mounted power module is disclosed having an insulating housing and a conductive jacket. The insulating housing and the conductive jacket have corresponding flanges which oppose each other and are profiled to trap therebetween a panel. The power module includ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7686627 | Rail-type grounding terminal structure having a spring latch A rail-type grounding terminal structure composed of a metal grounding member and an insulating housing. The grounding member has better operation elasticity and can be easily tightly connected with a grounding rail. The grounding member includes a metal insertion l... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686626 | Rail-type grounding terminal having a two piece spring latch structure A rail-type grounding terminal structure composed of a metal grounding member and an insulating housing. The amount of waste material produced in manufacturing of the grounding member is reduced. In addition, the grounding member has larger contact face to increase ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682167 | External ground connection for an electrical appliance A grounding mechanism for an electrical appliance is provided. The electrical appliance includes an electrical plug configured for connection to an electrical ground, a chassis, an electrical component, and the grounding mechanism. The chassis is connected to the el... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682195 | Electrical connector with metallic shell An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing defining a lengthwise slot, a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing and extending into the lengthwise slot, a metal shell, and an EMI gasket. The metal shell comprises a body portion with a ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7641516 | Electrical connector A connector (200) is provided that comprises a dielectric body (DB), pins (302), and a plate (800). Each pin is captured within DB (404) so as to extend therethrough. Each pin is defined by a pair of nubs (410, 510) extending from ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7575446 | Chassis assembly and plasma display apparatus including the same A chassis assembly having an improved grounding performance and a plasma display apparatus including the chassis assembly are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus comprises: a plasma display panel displaying an image; a non-conductive chassis disposed on a rear p... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7559774 | Grounding lug for armored cable and method An external grounding arrangement for a fiber access terminal includes a lug extending through a housing of the terminal. The lug is connected to strength members of a fiber optic cable extending to the terminal by a clamp about the cable within the terminal and a r... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7537466 | Plug with retainer spring for an earth contact A plug (1) with a housing in the form of a sleeve (2) and an insulating body (3) arranged therein is provided, which retains extended contacts (4), which includes an electrically conductive retainer spring (9) for a ground contact ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7455534 | Apparatus for grounding one or more cables An apparatus is provided for grounding one or more cables, each cable having a cable jacket surrounding an electrically conductive layer that includes an exposed portion not covered by the cable jacket. The apparatus comprises an electrically conductive enclosure co... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7422481 | Electromagnetic interference containment in a transceiver module A transceiver module that utilizes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) containment structure for dealing with electromagnetic interference generated within the transceiver module. In one example embodiment, a transceiver module includes a housing, a printed circui... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416448 | Cable plug A plug or socket connectable to a cable having at least one conductor and a shielding is formed of several subassemblies and has a tubular and at least partially metallic casing and an electrically insulating holder fitted in the casing. A contact in the holder has ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410370 | Electrical connector with ESD grounding clip A connector is disclosed for preventing electrostatic discharge during connection of a USB-type connector. The connector includes a grounding clip provided within a recess formed at least partially down into the surface of the second level of the base block. The gro... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7371084 | Audio jack connector with reliable grounding device An audio jack connector (100) with reliable grounding device includes a dielectric housing (1) defining an inner receiving space (12) and a grounding member (2) mounted on the housing (1). The grounding member (2) includes a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367834 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a housing defining a plurality of terminal-receiving passages therein and two passages at the opposite sides. The passages are open at the front end and close at the back end. A plurality of terminals is contained in the terminal-rec... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7354287 | Shorting connector An electrical connector includes a housing that may form a first contact channel and a second contact channel. A first contact having a longitudinal axis may be disposed within the first contact channel, and a second contact may be disposed within the second contact... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351100 | Electric connector A plug member is adapted to be fitted into a socket member in a first direction. The plug member includes: a plug body, formed with a plug groove extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and plug contacts each having a blade portion. A p... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353059 | Medical device with low EMI leakage A medical device is configured to attenuate emission of electromagnetic radiation and comprises a housing, a circuit assembly mounted in the housing, and a panel coupled to the housing and to the circuit assembly. The panel comprises a first conductive region on an ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338300 | Static electricity conductive mechanism The present invention discloses a static electricity conductive mechanism including a plurality of conductive bumps and conductive members, for conducting static electricity generated by a connector device to a base thereof, the connector device having a connector b... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338322 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is disclosed, comprising an insulating main body provided with a plurality of through spaces; at least an electrical terminal accommodated in the insulating main body; and a metal housing covering the insulating main body and having a plurali... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335029 | Circuit board with shielded connection A combination circuit board and clamping device includes a circuit board having a conductor strip that conducts electrical voltage. A connection for a shielded cable with a device to clamp the cable sheath is provided on the circuit board. This device is in contact ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331807 | Electrical plug-in connection Electrical plug-in connection (1), having a plug part (2) and a mating plug part (3), which can be plugged together and produce a large number of electrical plug-in connections, at least the plug part (2) or the mating plug part (3... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314379 | Adapter device with resilient conductive means A computer adapter such as a TV card includes a circuit board to be inserted in an expansion slot of the computer system; a signal transmission connector socket having a first end secured to the circuit board and a second end to be coupled to an external signal tran... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313409 | Method and apparatus for transmit power control during beam switching A method and apparatus for transmit power control (TPC) while switching a beam among a plurality of beams in a wireless communication system. An antenna array generates a plurality of directional beams and preferably an omni-directional pattern and switches a beam a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309246 | Electrical connector with ESD protection An electrical connector assembly includes a conductive shell and a connector having a dielectric housing disposed within the shell. The housing has a mating face configured to receiver the contacts of a mating connector and a mounting face configured to mount the co... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301251 | Actuator equipped with an electronic card with an arrangement for limiting electromagnetic radiations The invention concerns an actuator. In a common housing are a motor contained in a metallic casing and an electronic card adapted to control the motor. The casing is electrically connected to a ground. This connection is made by a deformable element, whose deformati... | 11/27/2007 |
