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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6108209 | Snap together PCMCIA cards with laser tack welded seams A cartridge having top and bottom metal covers which enclose a circuit board, the metal of the covers forming a seam which is welded at locations therealong to bond the two covers together. The covers may form a snap-fit, lap, or butting seam where the we... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6104617 | Extended PC card with extension connection A PC card has a sheet metal forward housing part (13) whose rear edge (36) is connected to a plastic molded rear extension part (14) before a sheet metal lower housing element (11) is connected to them, which enables simple coupling of the forward and rea... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101087 | Portable pen-based computer and auxiliary unit for use with a vehicular docking station A pen-based portable computer, or pen-tablet computer, for use with a vehicular docking station that allows for the exchange or replacement of components thereof without the need for returning the computer to the manufacturer. The computer utilizes a main... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6094360 | HF module with housing and printed circuit board arranged therein An HF module, for example a tuner, is provided with a housing (10) and a printed circuit board (11) which is arranged in the housing and supports electrical components (12). To simplify the housing and to optimize the space utilization on the printed circ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6091315 | Switch having a safety element A switch has a switching mechanism, which switches at a response temperature, for opening and closing a circuit that can be connected to external terminals of the switch. In this context, the switching mechanism has a movable contact, electrically connect... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088231 | RF and EMI shield A shield for a PCB package for shielding electromagnetic radiation from exiting or entering the package. Typically, the package includes first and second electrically conductive covers and first and second frames. A printed circuit board fits within the s... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6081431 | Shielded circuit board connector module The present invention provides a shielded circuit board module comprising a conductive frame and conductive cover for substantially shielding an entire circuit board. Apertures are provided in the frame so that connectors on the circuit board are exposed ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078503 | Partitionable cabinet A data server having a plurality of hot replaceable processing unit modules. Each module includes a motherboard having plugged therein: a CPU; a main memory; an I/O adapter card, and an interconnect printed board, electrically connected to the motherboard... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6078507 | Patch panel with incorporated distribution amplifiers A patch panel and distribution amplifier system within a single housing, including an input module and a plurality of output modules within the housing interconnected to a rear panel for input and output connectors and a front panel for the interconnectio... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6075704 | Input/output bus system in a tower building block system In a modular tower building block system for containing computing system devices, an I/O bus is incorporated into the modular blocks of the building block system by using a printed circuit board to carry the I/O bus in each modular block. The printed circ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072698 | Chip module with heat insulation for incorporation into a chip card A heat flow which is introduced into a chip module from the outside is specifically controlled to avoid delaminations between a covering composition and a chip during a hot-melt incorporation process. This takes place either by a heat-insulating layer whi... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069795 | PCMCIA card for receiving and contacting a chip card A contacting unit for a card with electronic components has a base plate with an array of contacts arranged at one edge of the base plate. A cover plate is connected to the base plate at least in the area of the edge and in the area of corners of the base... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6061250 | Full enclosure chassis system with tool-free access to hot-pluggable circuit boards therein A full enclosure chassis system with tool-free access to hot-pluggable circuit boards therein. The system includes a front access plate that can be opened and closed from the front of a primary chassis when mounted within a secondary chassis so that only ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6058024 | Electronic instrument with electromagnetic interference shield and method of manufacturing An electronic instrument having a housing containing a circuit assembly with a hole. A first shield in the housing is positioned adjacent the hole on one side of the circuit assembly, and a second shield is positioned on the opposite side of the circuit a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6058018 | Electronic card An electronic card which includes a printed circuit board interposed between card shields having edges. Tabs on an edge of one shield engage recesses on the edge of the other shield. The jointed shields of the card provide high level of rigidity, sufficie... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6058025 | Computer tailgate having expansion slot alignment pins A tailgate assembly of a computer including a tailgate member having a plurality of slots behind which may be positioned removable expansion boards, and an EMC gasket between the tailgate member and the expansion boards. An alignment pin projects from the... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055160 | High temperature oven electrical feed through An electrical feed through for use in a high temperature oven such as the oven in a gas chromatograph. The feed through includes printed circuit boards which are maintained in compression to prevent the boards from physically separating at the elevated te... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6049461 | Circuit unit and a method for producing a circuit unit A circuit unit having an insulating substrate (1) on which a conductive, flat coil (3) is located. The coil (3) can consist of a plurality of coil layer sections (9, 17) separated by insulating layers (11). To interconnect the individual coil layer sectio... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6049462 | PC cartridge for computers/game machines A PC cartridge for computers/game machines, including a bottom shell, an upper shell covered on the bottom shell, a PC board mounted within the bottom shell and the upper shell, and two connection ports connected to two opposite ends of the PC board, wher... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6049468 | PC card second generation shielding A PC card with a circuit board (14) and sheet metal cover parts (16, 17), is provided with a shielded volume (23, 29) where a circuit component (24) is isolated from circuit components outside the shielded volume. An internal shield (18) of electrically c... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6049449 | Computer with modular removable card cage A computer includes a main enclosure for housing a plurality of computer components. A subenclosure or card cage for housing a planar circuit board, including a CPU means, and at least one accessory board may be removably secured within the main enclosure... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6043991 | Card panel having a bracket with integrally formed track for an EMI reduction spring A card panel includes a conductive bracket and a circuit board coupled to the bracket. The bracket includes a front side, and first and second lateral sides. The board is coupled to an inner surface of the first side of the bracket, while an outer surface... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6043989 | Static electricity removing structure for portable electronic devices A printed circuit board with an electronic component and a wiring pattern is fixed in a casing. A static electricity removing member is provided at an edge of the printed circuit board adjacent to an inlet of the casing through which static electricity in... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6038139 | Mounting rack for plug-in electrical printed circuit board assemblies having means for damped dissipation of electrostatic potentials The mounting rack (BGT) has plug-in printed circuit board assemblies (BG) with an electrical resistor (R) between the front panel (FP) and the sliding contact (K). Any electrostatic charge applied to the front panel (FP) is damped by the electrical resist... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6034876 | Electronic device comprising structure fixing electrical connector directly to device case through no printed circuit board having the electrical connector In an electronic device comprising a case, a printed circuit board disposed in the case, and an electrical connector mounted on the printed circuit board for connecting the printed circuit board with an external circuit, the printed circuit board is fixed... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6031732 | Electronic apparatus with a shield structure and a shield case used in the shield structure and a manufacturing method of the shield case A shield case for use in a electronic apparatus enclosed in a housing, includes a groove mating with a protruding portion of the housing. When the shield case is clamped between a PC board and the housing, the shield case is urged toward the PC board, and... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6031731 | Mobile communication apparatus having a selecting plate mounted on circuit board A mobile cellular telephone 10 has a case 11 which is formed of frame portions 11a through 11f made of, for example, a reinforced plastic, a non-directional chip antenna 12, a circuit board 13 having the chip antenna 12 on one major surface (first major s... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6031724 | IC card and method of manufacturing the same An IC card includes a card-like substrate, an IC module, and an adhesive. The substrate is made of synthetic resin and has in one surface a hole for fixing the IC module. The IC module has a circuit board on which an IC chip is mounted and sealed with res... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6025998 | Method for manufacturing electronic parts and electronic parts using the method Disclosed is a method for manufacturing electronic parts in which the soldering operation, the operation of checking the soldering and the operation of mounting the shield cases are simplified and in which an improvement is achieved in terms of the dimens... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6023415 | Apparatus for electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) containment with in a chassis A printed circuit board and bulkhead assembly with I/O connectors that may be slidingly mated with a rear panel bulkhead frame of a computer chassis without removing the rear panel and without having to remove any mounting hardware. The I/O connectors are... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021049 | PCI and ISA adapter card guide pincher A retention device for retaining the forward edge of a PCI or ISA adapter card in a computer frame is provided. The retention device has a channel mounted to the frame opposite a rearward edge of the card. The channel has upper and lower panels which defi... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6018464 | Option card-equipping device for improving electromagnetic shielding and a computer using the same An option card-equipping device for improving electromagnetic shielding and a computer using the same includes a bracket of an option card and a shielding projection part. The bracket is connected to the option card. The shielding projection part shields ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6018461 | PC card with internal EMI shielding A PC card is provided with internal electromagnetic shielding to isolate two or more different circuit component areas of the card, which facilitates mounting of the shielding. In one card which is an extended card having a standard forward portion (102) ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6011699 | Electronic device including apparatus and method for routing flexible circuit conductors An electronic device such as a radiotelephone (100) includes a bottom housing (108) defining a first hinge aperture (2207) and a slot (2208) adjacent the first hinge aperture. A top housing (102) defines a second hinge aperture (2223) having an inner rota... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6011700 | Shielding case A shielding case eliminates the problem in that the fixing portion of a feed-through capacitor juts out of the cabinet thereof; it does not affect the mounting conditions or the like of internal electronic components even if a part of the cabinet is bent ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6011698 | Circuit protection from radio frequency energy A hybrid circuit in a molded plastic housing has an antenna in the housing connected to the ground lead of the circuit for dissipating RF energy which is applied to the circuit due to electromagnetic interference, thereby increasing the degree of immunity... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6008995 | Card cage accommodating PC cards of different size A card cage for mounting printed circuit cards of at least two sizes is disclosed. The card cage includes an insert removably mounted to a mounting bar position between first and second ends of the card cage. The insert extends along a portion of the widt... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6005775 | Circuit board mounting apparatus with inverted U-shaped mounting arms for mounting a circuit board This invention relates to a circuit board mounting apparatus with inverted U-shaped mounting arms for mounting a circuit board. The circuit board mounting apparatus comprises a base for loading the circuit board above it, two front end latching mechanisms... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6005774 | Integrated circuit card Disclosed is an IC card having a connector wherein a socket or a jack can be inserted in a direction that is parallel to the face of the IC card. The connector includes a connector body having a rotatable housing attached thereto. The housing has an openi... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6002591 | Printed circuit board mounting assembly and a method for mounting an integrated circuit device The invention in one particular embodiment is a bracket including a base having an opening shaped to accommodate a socket for an integrated circuit device; and at least one containment member rigidly extending from the base to define a void shaped to acco... | 12/14/1999 |
