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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100297865 | ELELCTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING PORTIONS FOR RATAINING CARD THEREIN An electrical connector for receiving a card includes an insulating housing, terminals and a metal frame attached to the housing. The housing includes a base having a terminal-location portion, a pair of sidewalls extending a first direction and a rear wall adjacent to ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100267253 | Electrical Connector An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2), a plurality terminals received in the housing (2), a stiffener (3) engaged with the housing (2), a clip (5) and a lever (4) pivotably mounted on two opposit... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100055937 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (7) received in the insulative housing (1), a loading arrangement (3) covered the insulative housing (1), a pressing member (2 | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090017644 | Land grid array connector assembly with pick up cap A connector assembly comprises a connector (2) comprising an insulative housing (21) being adapted for receiving an electronic package therein with a number of passageways therethrough and comprising a base portion (22) and a number of projections (... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090004903 | Electrical connector having hybrid standoff The present invention provides an electrical connector for establishing electrical connection between an IC module and a PCB. The electrical connector comprises an insulative housing and a set of electrical contacts received in the housing. The insullative housing has a... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080291638 | Electrical connector with clip mechanism Provided a clip set (50) for pressing a CPU toward LGA contacts of a CPU socket comprises, a rigid body having an elongate base (501) with upper and lower edges. A set of first pressing finger (502) extends from the upper edge traversally and away f... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080242122 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2), a plurality terminals received in the housing (2), a stiffener (3) engaged with the housing (2), a clip (5) and a lever (4) pivotably mounted on two opposit... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080160839 | Electrical interconnection with terminals in columns An electrical interconnection includes a plug connector (30) and a receptacle connector (40) mated with each other, with uniformly-spaced mounting portions (3053, 4053) for engaging contacts of two parallel spaced circuit boards. The uniformly-space... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080160806 | Electrical connector Provided is an electrical connector for electrically connecting a plug assembly to a PCB. The electrical connector has a base mounted to the PCB, which has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a plurality of conductive contacts received in... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080153363 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal (1) includes a resilient arm (10) and a separate solder member (11) contacted with the resilient arm. The resilient arm includes a base portion having a middle portion (101), an inserting portion (103) disposed a... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080108239 | Electrical connector with actuating mechanism An electrical connector (1) includes a base (10) defining a number of contact-receiving passages, a number of contacts received in the contact-receiving passages of the base, a cover (11) mounted to an upper surface of the base, and an actuating mec... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080108237 | Ball grid array socket having a positioning device An electrical connector (2) comprises an insulative housing (4) and a number of metal plates (3). The insulative housing (4) has a bottom floor (45) and a number of side walls (46) extending perpendicularly from the bottom floor... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080102681 | Zero insertion force connector with an improved driver member An electrical connector (1) for connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises an insulating base (10) arranged a plurality of terminals therein, a cover (11) moveable assembly on the base and a driver mechanism disposed on the ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080096432 | IC socket An IC socket includes a socket body (1) having a plurality of passageways (10) extending obliquely from a mating surface (101) toward a mounting surface (103). At least two terminals (2) are insertable into each of the passageways. Thu... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080070426 | Land grid array connector having improved stiffener A LGA connector (100) adapted for being mounted to a printed circuit board, includes a housing (30), a number of contacts mounted in the housing, a stiffener (50) coupled with the housing and defining a number of non-circular mounting holes (502<... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080045048 | LGA socket assembly having improved pickup cap to be ejected when a lever is lifted A land grid array socket comprises an insulative housing having a plurality of contacts. The insulative housing has a top surface for receiving a land grid array package. A cover member is pivotally mounted on a first end of the insulative housing. The cover member is p... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080009188 | Electrical connector assembly with reinforcing frame An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing (1), and a reinforcing frame (4) removably disposed on the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base (10) having a top side, and side walls (11) upwardly extendi... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080009195 | Electrical interconnection with mating terminals An electrical interconnection (100) includes a plug connector (1) and a receptacle connector (2) mated with each other, each connector including terminals thereof. Every two adjacent terminals (12, 21) of each connector have mating sections (... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080009158 | Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a pick up cap. The connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the housing, a stiffener being able to support and secure the housing, and a metal clip. The housing de... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070281507 | IC contact for LGA socket An IC contact (1) for use in an LGA socket includes a retention portion (10), a contact portion (11) extending from the retention portion, a solder terminal portion (12) extending opposite to the contact portion, and a connecting section (... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070281514 | Electrical socket An electrical comprises a base, and a plurality of contacts received in the base. The base defines a mating interface, a mounting interface opposite to the mating interface, and a plurality of passageways arranged between the mating interface and the mounting interface ... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070281527 | IC socket with contacts An IC socket includes a plurality of terminals (7) arranged in a matrix defined by row and column directions perpendicular to each other. The terminal includes a contact arm (73) extending from a middle portion of the terminal. The contact arm includes a f... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070281533 | Land grid array socket A land grid array socket (12) includes a dielectric housing (30) and a number of conductive terminals (40) secured thereto. A stiffener (50) having a pair of transverse flanges (504, 508) and a pair of discrete longitudinal sidewall (<... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070236889 | Electrical connector assembly with heat sink An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector (5) having a base (51) adapted to receive an IC package (7), the IC package on the base and having at least one electronic component (71) thereon, and a heat sink member (8<... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070238345 | Electrical connector 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 pass... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070218738 | Electrical Connector Provided is an electrical connector for electrically connecting a plug assembly having a plurality conductive pads to a PCB, comprising a dielectric housing including a base having a plurality of sidewalls extending therefrom; the base defining a receiving cavity for re... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070218718 | Electrical termial A conductive terminal (7) includes a right base portion (71), a connecting portion (72) extending from one side of the base portion (71), an elastic portion (72) extending from one side of the connecting portion (72), a securing... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070184690 | Electrical connector with pick up cap An electrical connector with a pick up cap comprises an electrical connector (2) and a pick up cap (1) mounted onto the connector (2). The electrical connector (2) comprises an insulative housing (20) defining a plurality of sidewalls ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070184699 | Electrical connector assembly having distortion-reduction mechanism An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a circuit substrate (3), a dielectric housing (4) and a number of conductive terminals (5) secured thereto seated on the circuit substrate, an integrated circuit package (6) mounted on the ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070173081 | Socket assembly An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (4), a stiffener (6) defined around the housing (4), a clip (7) pivotably engaged on one end of the stiffener (6), and a lever (8) engaged on an opposite end of ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070087625 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (200) includes an insulative housing (50) defining a number of passageways (56) and a number of conductive terminals (60) residing in corresponding passageways (56), respectively. The conductive terminals (60... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070082514 | Electrical connector assembly with fastening means An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an electrical connector (2) with a first plurality of holes (230) thereon, a heat sink (3) mounted onto the electrical connector and including a second plurality of holes (300) thereon, a... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070075207 | Electrical connector bracket An electrical connector bracket (50) comprises a base plate (51), a first sidewall (52) and a second sidewall (53) connecting the first sidewall (52) extending upwardly from two pairs of lateral sides of the base plate (51), a t... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070077792 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a housing (10), a number of signal terminals loaded in the housing (10) and a stiffener (11) disposed around the housing (10), a metal clip (13) and a lever (12) attached to... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070054533 | LAND GRID ARRAY CONNECTOR WITH REINFORCEMENT STIFFENER An LGA connector (1) comprises a housing (11) for receiving a number of contacts (12), a stiffener (13) partly covering and reinforcing the housing. The stiffener comprises a pair of lateral sides (130), a front end (131) defini... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070032118 | Socket connector A socket connector (10) using for electrically connecting a chip module (5) to a printed circuit board includes a housing (11), a number of terminals (12) received in corresponding passageways of the housing (11), a frame (13) m... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070020963 | Land grid array connector A land grid array (LGA) connector (1) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an insulative housing (2), a stiffener (3) coupled to the housing, and a plurality of ribs (23) projecting from a periphery edge of the housing... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070004244 | PGA socket connector with cover An electrical connector (10) includes a socket body (20) and a plurality of contacts (30). The socket body defines a mating surface (202) and a number of passageways (204) extending from the mating surface. Each contact includes a base... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060292935 | Land grid array connector An LGA electrical connector (10) includes an insulative body (20) of a substantially rectangular shape with a number of receiving holes (26), and a number of terminals (30) received in the respective receiving holes of the insulative body. Ea... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060141840 | Land grid array package socket An LGA socket (10) includes a socket body (30) having a number of terminals (40), a stiffener (50) attached to the socket body, and a load plate (60) and a load lever (70) pivotally mounted to two ends of the stiffener, respecti... | 06/29/2006 |
