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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6788528 | HP jornada vehicle docking station/holder A docking station and holder for use with a portable computer, and in particular, an HP Jornada™ portable computer. The docking station has a contour that is designed to receive the HP Jornada portable computer. The docking station connects to a center console of ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6739880 | Circuit board-to-board interconnection device A connection device is provided for connecting a pair of circuit boards. A dielectric housing has a spacer portion for positioning between an upper circuit board and a lower circuit board. A conductive metal connecting member includes an upper plate portion sandwich... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736681 | Communications connector that operates in multiple modes for handling multiple signal types A communications connector assembly comprising a jack configured to mate with at least two different types of plugs. The jack comprises a wire board having first and second signal processing circuits thereon. When a first one of the different types of plugs is mated... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6678456 | Fiber optic cable management system A fiber optic cable management system that may be provided in a bay (or shelf) of an optical communications housing. The fiber optic cable management system includes at least one and preferably several interconnecting fiber optic cable guides. Each fiber ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6668129 | Optical fiber wiring board having an extension portion An optical fiber board has a substrate, optical fiber arranged as wiring on the substrate, and extension portions in each of which some optical fibers are led out from the substrate to be adjacent to each other in a row. The adjacent optical fibers at a b... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6658183 | Process for fabricating tapered microstructured fiber system and resultant system The invention involves providing a microstructured fiber having a core region, a cladding region, and one or more axially oriented elements (e.g., capillary air holes) in the cladding region. A portion of the microstructured fiber is then treated, e.g., b... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6654522 | Process for fabricating tapered microstructured fiber system and resultant system The invention involves providing a microstructured fiber having a core region, a cladding region, and one or more axially oriented elements (e.g., capillary air holes) in the cladding region. A portion of the microstructured fiber is then treated, e.g., b... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641415 | Cable reel having inner cases A cable reel includes a stationary member forming an outer cylinder and a movable member forming an inner cylinder and rotatably coupled to the stationary member. A flat cable is accommodated in an annular space defined by the stationary and movable membe... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6643447 | Fiber optic terminator apparatus and method A fiber optic terminator apparatus for terminating unused optical fibers or optical fiber bundles. The apparatus forms a heat sink having two half portions, with each half portion including an involute-shaped cavity. The involute-shaped cavities are furth... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6638117 | Connector terminal having tab with tapered portion A connector terminal which includes a terminal base portion; and a tab extending from the terminal base portion to be inserted into an opponent terminal. The tab includes a bottom face portion and an upper face portion which extends from the bottom face p... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6638116 | Medium voltage motor control center springless finger cluster A medium voltage controller for electrical equipment, such as motors, transformers, reactors, and capacitors, having an arc resistant cabinet, swaged internal electrical connections, a one-piece self-aligning withdrawable finger cluster, a pull-out instru... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6638111 | Board mounted electrical connector with improved ground terminals An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board and includes an elongated dielectric housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. A plurality of signal terminals are mounted on the housing and are spaced longit... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634896 | Method and apparatus for transferring electrical signals among electrical devices An apparatus for a power and/or data I/O port, comprised of a connector assembly (400 in FIG. 21A) which has male plug (433) with conductors (437, 435, 439, and 441), insulators (443, 438), and a female receptacle (414) with conductors (417, 419, and 421)... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633722 | Light guide plate with alicyclic resin A light guide plate which is made of a polymeric resin having an alicyclic structure and has recesses for reflection formed on a light reflecting surface, the recesses being so arranged that the density of the recesses increases with the distance from a l... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631230 | Imaging application using coherent optical fiber bundle A coherent optical fiber bundle is used in place of a lens for imaging. The input end of the bundle is shaped into the shape of a desired area for receiving light. The light is received and modified according to the shape. The other end can be flat and pr... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629854 | Structure of wiring connection In a structure of wiring connection, plate-like first to fourth wirings are typically used. A connecting portion of the first wiring is connected to that of the third wiring, and a connecting portion of the second wiring is connected to that of the fourth... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6628860 | Fiber optic connector systems A fiber optic connector system that includes a fiber optic plug and a fiber optic socket (or input) is described. The fiber optic input includes mechanisms for mounting the fiber optic input to a printed circuit board, an optical component, and an optical... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626698 | Holder for a flat circuit member A holder holds an FPC (flexible printed circuit) wound therearound. The FPC includes conductors, and first and second insulating sheets. The first sheet is removed from an end portion of the FPC to thereby expose the conductors, and a hole is formed throu... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623275 | Filtered electrical connector with adjustable performance using combined multi-aperture ferrite cores A filtered electrical connector with adjustable performance using combined multi-aperture ferrite cores is disclosed. More particularly, the filtered electrical connector includes a connector housing made of an electrically insulating material, at least t... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6625373 | Cable exit trough with insert A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623294 | Adapter with manually retractable cable assembly and electrical plug assembly An electrical adapter having a manually retractable cable assembly where the electrical contacts of the retractable cable assembly are disposed along an axis of rotation to minimize the friction between the cable and contacts therein when the cable is ext... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6621963 | Submarine casing for a submarine optical cable A submarine casing for a submarine cable is shielded by a metal sheath from the deleterious effects of hydrogen generated from a sea-earth by electrolysis. Cylindrical parts (3,4) are covered by a wrapped metal sheet (8) and tapering parts by a fitted or ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6621955 | Method for fabricating integrated micro spherical lens for optical fiber switch and the device made therefrom The present invention provides a fabrication process for making an integrated micro spherical lens for an optical switch. Through a semiconductor micro imaging process and a wet-etching process of micro electromechanical working, a plurality of V-shape gr... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6621976 | Integration of array on non-rod shaped optical elements with array of fibers in a structure and associated methods Arrays of non-rod shaped optical elements may be integrated with fiber arrays arranged in a positioning structure. The use of non-rod shaped optical elements allow the elements to be lithographically created already accurately aligned relative to one anot... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616477 | High frequency electrical connector A high frequency electrical connector that includes an insulation body with contact terminals, a lead wire connected to the contact terminals and a casing enclosing the insulation body and the lead wire. The insulation body at a position close to the cont... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6612875 | Multifunctional vehicle adapter A multifunctional car adapter is provided. The multifunctional car adapter includes a main body with a first chamber formed therein. The main body has extending therefrom a connecting portion defining a second chamber. A plug unit is disposed in the secon... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612857 | Electrical connector system and method having optical and/or cooling capability A rectangular connector assembly having a plurality of contacts, with each contact being enclosed in a metal shield along the contact length is disclosed. The assembly has a rectangular metallic housing that contains a plurality of contact channels throug... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612847 | Slip plate assembly and method for conductively supplying electrical current under rotational and translational force applications A slip plate assembly (40) for supplying electrical current under rotational and translational force applications, includes a housing (39) and at least one draw unit (70). While subjected to rotational and translational forces, each draw unit (70) dispose... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6604959 | Electrical connector termination tool A tool for terminating wires to electrical connectors includes an outer body configured to fit with an operator's hand and a first receiving member mounted in the outer body for releasably holding an electrical connector in place within the outer body. A ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6606441 | Plastic optical fiber, optical fiber cable and optical transmission device A plastic optical fiber includes having a first core, a second core having a different refractive index from the first core, disposed concentrically on the outside of the first core, and a clad disposed concentrically on the outside of the second core, wh... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604861 | Cable management system for fiber optic connector assemblies A cable management system is provided for a fiber optic connector assembly. The system includes a receptacle and a plurality of fiber optic connector modules received by the receptacle. The modules terminate a plurality of fiber optic cables with lengths ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6603668 | Interlayer structure with multiple insulative layers with different frequency characteristics An inter-layer structure between a power layer and a ground layer of a printed circuit board includes an insulative magnetic structure with at least two layers of insulative magnetic substances with different complex magnetic permeability frequency charac... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6599030 | Method for polishing a fiber optic connector A method for polishing an end face of a ferrule is disclosed herein. The ferrule includes an opening in which an optical fiber is positioned. The method includes the step of recessing an end of the optical fiber relative to the end face of the ferrule. Th... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6599138 | High frequency board-to-board connector The invention relates to a high frequency board-to-board connector for interconnecting electronic sub-assemblies. The high frequency board-to-board connector includes a row of conductive pins received in an insulative housing for connecting with receptacl... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6599034 | Sealed airtight container for optical-semiconductors and optical-semiconductors module A sealed airtight container wherein the width of the exposed electrode part provided in a ceramic terminal part is enlarged, and the exposed electrode part is connected to a wiring part and the width of the wiring part is equal to the enlarged width of th... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595782 | Electric plug having adaptively rotatable connection member housing A rotatable plug has a mediate disk received in the housing and having at least two connecting blades securely connected thereto, a mediate connector placed on top of the mediate disk, and a top disk received in the housing and placed on top of the mediat... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595698 | High density fiber terminator/connector A high density fiber terminator/connector and methods of making the high density fiber terminator/connector are provided. One method comprises using deep reactive ion etching to etch a plurality of holes through a silicon substrate, wherein each hole is s... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595789 | Electronic unit, shield cable connecting structure, connecting method, wires waterproof-connecting structure, and method Terminal tools 16 are fixed to end portions of a plurality of wires 12 that are covered with a shield lacing 10, and a shield case 30 is connected/fixed to the shield lacing 10. End portions of respective wires 12 are inserted into a unit housing 40 of th... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6592407 | High-speed card edge connector An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative member (10) defining two rows of slanted cavities (30) along a longitudinal direction thereof, two rows of conductive contacts (12) obliquely received in corresponding slanted cavities and two grounding p... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6594437 | Optical fiber separation and regrouping device A separation and regrouping device for conductive elements such as optical fibers is disclosed. The device includes a housing and a plurality of conductive elements extending through an interior region thereof. The housing surrounds encapsulation disconti... | 07/15/2003 |
