Electrical connectors inventions 07/06

20060166519 - Control and interconnection system for an apparatus: Many devices, such as a turbocharger, use an apparatus to control their functions. For example, pneumatic and electric actuators are used to provide positional control of a mechanism on the turbocharger. The actuator must connect to the vehicles electrical system to provide suitable communication and control of the actuator. They...

20060166520 - Connecting assembly: There is provided a flexible, lightweight high-performance interconnect (1) that can cooperate with a variety of different textiles in the form of garments and/or upholsteries (60) for example, as well as with any of a variety of different electronic devices/systems (50) without compromising the innate characteristics (e.g., the comfort or...

20060166521 - High - frequency coupler for connection a coaxial plug to a high- frequency transmission line on a printed circuit board: A high-frequency coupler connects a coaxial plug to a high-frequency transmission line on a printed circuit board. The coupler comprises a first pair of spring lamellae, for electrically contacting a middle conductor of the coaxial plug, and having a second pair of spring lamellae, for electrically contacting an outer conductor...

20060166522 - Contact assembly and method of making thereof: A contact assembly including an insulative carrier having a plurality of passages formed therein. A spring contact is positioned in the plurality of passages. The spring contact includes a helical spring and a contact plate affixed to one end of the helical spring. The contact plate has a plurality of...

20060166525 - Evaluation board and cable assembly evaluation method: An evaluation board having an interconnection line pattern formed thereon is disclosed. The interconnection line pattern has a first end to be connected to a cable assembly and a second end to be connected to a measurement device measuring the transmission characteristic of the cable assembly. The evaluation board includes...

20060166524 - Frame of optical display: An optical display has a display panel, a circuit board, a flexible circuit board, a frame member and a barrier arm. The flexible circuit board has opposite end electrically connected to the display panel and the circuit board respectively. The display panel and the circuit board are installed in the...

20060166523 - Plug-type connection for a ribbon conductor: The invention relates to a plug-type connection in which a ribbon cable (1) is inserted into a plug (3). According to the invention, the ribbon cable (1) has a marking (2)....

20060166526 - Double printed circuit board with solderless connecting structure: Disclosed herein is a double printed circuit board with a solderless connecting structure, which electrically connects an upper board and a lower board of the double printed circuit board without soldering. The double printed circuit board comprises upper and lower boards, each having a hole with a conductive layer formed...

20060166527 - Assembly structure of an electrical card: The present invention discloses an assembly structure of an electrical card, wherein the conventional plastic frame and connector are integrated into a connector frame; the connector frame is engaged with upper and lower shells via press-fitting front press-fit platelets of the upper shell and press-fit hooks of the lower shell;...

20060166528 - Retention member for connector system: A retention member aligns and stabilizes one or more insert molded lead assemblies (IMLAs) in an electrical connector. The retention member provides for alignment and stability in the x-, y-, and z-directions. Such a retention member may be in connection with a right angle header connector. The retention member provides...

20060166529 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (7) for surface mounting on a printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulative housing (1); a number of terminals (5) disposed in the housing and having tails (51) extending beyond the housing, all the tails (51) defining a common mounting plane (52); at least one metallic mounting...

20060166530 - Connector assembling with side grounding pin: A connector is adapted for mating with a header with one or more side grounding pins. The connector comprises a first insulating connector body part with one or more receiving spaces for a side grounding pin, a conductive shield, substantially covering a first face of the connector body part, and...

20060166532 - Card-in/out device for an electrical connector: A card-in/out device for an electrical connector having a base composed of a bottom seat and an upper cover covering over the bottom seat. The device includes a sliding slot structure, a pushing piece and an elastic member. The sliding slot structure disposed in the base has a circulation path...

20060166531 - Metallic sliding slot structure for an electrical connector: A metallic sliding slot structure for an electrical connector, which includes a base in which the slot structure formed by folding and pressing a metallic plate is positioned. The slot structure includes a bottom plate, an inner track plate disposed above the bottom plate, an outer track plate having an...

20060166533 - Card connector: The invention is a compact card connector having an ejection mechanism that enables a push push operation, which can reliably achieve an operation which is such that the push button cannot protrude from the housing unless a card is inserted into a specified position. The card connector comprises a movement...

20060166534 - Reducing instrument for spinal surgery: An instrument is provided for use in orthopedic surgery for reduction of a connecting member such as a spinal rod toward an implant such as a bone screw. An embodiment of the instrument includes handle portions that are pivotable relative to each other and biased apart, and arm portions pivotable...

20060166535 - Reducing instrument for spinal surgery: An instrument is provided for use in orthopedic surgery for reduction of a connecting member such as a spinal rod toward an implant such as a bone screw. An embodiment of the instrument includes handle portions that are pivotable relative to each other and biased apart, and arm portions pivotable...

20060166536 - Electrical power connector: A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive contact having a projection engageable in the...

20060166537 - Method of making a patterned metal oxide film: A method of making a patterned metal oxide film includes jetting a sol-gel solution on a substrate. The sol-gel solution is dried to form a gel layer on the substrate. Portions of the gel layer are irradiated to pattern the gel layer and to form exposed portions. Irradiation causes the...

20060166538 - Bus bar connection for a gas-insulated switchboard system: According to the invention, a bus bar connection (SSK) is used which electrically interconnects the switchboard sections (F1, F2,) by means of at least one electrical connection element (KS), said bus bar connection (SSK) comprising bellows (FB) which can be mounted between the switchboard sections (F1, F2,), can be filled...

20060166539 - Audio jack with plug or head set indentification circuit: A jack (90) typically mounted in an aircraft seat is adapted for use with a variety of headset types. A jack has sockets (92, 93, 94) accepting any of several different types of plugs associated with different types of noise cancellation headsets or aviation industry headsets including one, two, or...

20060166540 - Flexible flat cable: A flexible flat cable is used for plugging into a socket. The socket includes an actuator border and a concave border. The actuator border and the concave border form a slot. The flexible flat cable includes a body and a guider. The body has a top surface and a bottom...

20060166541 - Card connector: A card connector can ensure credibility of electric contact between electrodes of an inserted card and contact elements against impact and vibration as well as lowering of the height. The card connector has a main body unit having a panel portion including contact elements with a spring property, and having...

20060166542 - Ic socket: An IC socket includes a socket body (10), a plurality of contacts received in the socket body, a first press cover (12) pivotally mounted at one end of the socket body, and a second press cover (14) pivotally mounted at an opposite free end of the first press cover. The...

20060166543 - Fixture for an embedded unit of an electronic device: The present invention is to provide a fixture for an embedded unit of an electronic device, which includes a casing having a first slot disposed at the surface on one side thereof; a latch member being movably coupled to the casing corresponding to the first slot and extended into the...

20060166545 - Connector: A male housing (1) has a hood (5) for receiving a female housing (2) and the female housing (2) has a locking arm (9) for engaging the hood (5) when the housings (1, 2) are fit together. Protection walls (19) are formed on the female housing (2) on opposite sides...

20060166544 - Connector assembly: When male and female housings are attached to each other, a side projection of a locking arm contacts and presses a side engaging part to bend the locking arm in a specific amount and overlap a side projection of the locking arm with a projection of the male housing. At...

20060166546 - Connector device, apparatus and method for acquiring data of electrical device using the connector device, and control system for electrical device: A connector device used for electrical connection between electrical devices, including: a first connector; an IC chip disposed in a casing of the first connector; a first antenna disposed in the casing of the first connector, for wirelessly transmitting ID data of the IC chip stored in the IC chip...

20060166547 - Electric contact element for a flat conductor: Electric contact element made of a sheet metal stamped part having a fit-on region for fitting to a conductor track of a flat conductor, the fit-on region having a planar base plate and a spring arm with locking arms at a distance above the base plate, and contact tongues being...

20060166548 - Electrical connector apparatus, system and method for use with medical devices: The present invention relates to an electrical connector apparatus, system and method for use with medical devices. In an alternative embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention comprises a first component comprising a first electrical connector adapted to electrically couple with a medical device, and a second component for establishing...

20060166549 - Wire cover for connectors: A wire cover for an electrical connector that defines the direction in which a plurality of wires is led out of the electrical connector comprises a main body having side walls. At least one of the side walls has an interference member receiving recess. An elastic engaging member extends from...

20060166550 - Stacked jack assembly providing multiple configurations: A stacked jack multi-port shielded and magnetically conditioned connector assembly is provided for assembly in three distinct configurations. In one configuration where power over ethernet is not required, the connector assembly has modular jack terminals which are directly connected to a motherboard. In a second configuration, the connector assembly can...

20060166551 - Pluggable connector with a high density structure: A pluggable connector (100) includes a dielectric housing (1), a contact group (2), a first sub-assembly (3), a second sub-assembly (4), a third sub-assembly (5), a back cover (6) and a pair of spring tabs (7). The dielectric housing defines a plurality of ribs (118). The first sub-assembly defines a...

20060166552 - Coaxial cable connector with grounding member: A coaxial cable connector includes tubular post, a coupler secured over an end of the tubular post for securing the connector to an appliance, and an outer body secured to the tubular post. An electrical grounding path is maintained between the coupler and the tubular post whether or not the...

20060166553 - Waterproof connector: A waterproof connector, which has a lock-releasing function without increasing the size of a connector housing thereof and has a relatively simple structure, and has a low cost without increasing the number of parts thereof, is provided. The waterproof connector includes: a waterproof sealing member mounted in a connector housing...

20060166554 - Waterproof device for electrical connector: A waterproof device for an electrical connector includes a sleeve for containing a plug at front end thereof and having a resilient tightening section at another end thereof. A waterproof element is arranged in the resilient tightening section. A bolting cap is arranged on the outer end of the sleeve...

20060166556 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector which can prevent damage to a protective wall is disclosed. The protective wall protects contact sections of the contacts and protrudes into the interior of the cavity in the housing to avoid damage to the contact sections, during the twist-insertion of the mating connector. The electrical connector...

20060166555 - Universal serial bus connector with integral shell: A universal serial bus connector (1) includes a metal casing (10), an insulative housing (20) and a mating pedestal (30) received in the metal casing, and a printed circuit board (40) with a front portion (41) received in the mating pedestal and a rear portion (42) received in the metal...

20060166558 - Shield connector: To decrease a space necessary for a layout for mounting an inner shell contained in a shield connector, a shield connector has an upper inner shell and a lower inner shell for electric shield of a cable in the shield connector, wherein a structure for latching operation of respective sidewalls...

20060166557 - Storage structure having a lid: A storage structure, including: a main body portion including an opening portion and a cable outlet portion; a lid slidably mounted on the main body portion to open and close the opening portion, the lid including a cable introductory portion; and a flat plate-shaped cable including a first end at...

20060166559 - Memory card adaptor: The invention provides a memory card adaptor in which the number of parts is reduced and the cost reduction can be attained. The adaptor has: an adaptor body 4 into and from which a small memory card is to be inserted and extracted through a card insertion port 11 that...

20060166560 - Modular high speed connector assembly: An electrical connector is provided that comprises a contact having a straight body portion defining, and extending along, a linear axis. The body portion has one end formed integral with a contact tail that is configured to be joined to a circuit board. The body portion has an opposed end...

20060166561 - Audio jack connector: An audio jack connector comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has a mating face, and the mating face is joined to a top face and bottom face. The housing defines slots where the openings of the slots are located at the bottom face and extend...

20060166562 - Combined connector: A combined connector comprising an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals. The insulative housing has a mating face and a rear face connecting with two opposite top face and bottom faces, and defines a plurality of terminal insertion slots. Each terminal comprises a mounting portion and a soldering portion....

20060166563 - Electrical connector and devices using the same: The subject disclosure is directed to female connectors which can be employed in a quick connect/disconnect system used in medical devices to provide a non-permanent electrical and mechanical engagement with a male connector. The female connectors include, inter alia, a connector body that has an outer periphery and an aperture...

20060166564 - Cigarette-lighter assembly connector with indicator for verifying proper insertion: A cigarette-lighter assembly connector includes an indicator, particularly a light source, that can be activated when the connector is sufficiently inserted into a cigarette-lighter socket to indicate to the user that a portable electronic device can be safely operated via the power supplied from the cigarette-lighter assembly connector....

20060166565 - Collapsing bridge crimp: The collapsing bridge crimp comprises a central portion and two mutually-opposite side arms extending from the central portion. Each side arm comprises a first portion attached to the central portion, the first portion being inwardly curved, and a second portion extending from the first portion and located above the central...

20060166566 - Structural component, especially shielding part: The invention relates to a structural component, especially a shielding part, with structural parts which are configured at least in part differently in terms of their superficial extension and/or the direction in which the extend, of which parts there is at least one structural part of a first type (10)....

20060160377 - Electronic device having a pivotable electrical connector, and electrical connector assembly: An electronic device includes a hollow pivot member interconnecting a main housing and a connector housing of an electrical connector such that the pivot member is rotatable relative to the electrical connector about a first axis and relative to main housing about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis,...

20060160378 - Multi-pin rf field replaceable coaxial mounting flange structure: A new and improved multi-pin RF field replaceable mounting flange structure, to be mounted upon a RF hybrid assembly, comprises a predetermined arrangement of multi-pin coaxial electrical connectors integrally incorporated upon a single field replaceable mounting flange structure for enabling the connection of a plurality of coaxial cables onto a...

20060160379 - Compliant interconnect assembly: An apparatus and method for making a compliant interconnect assembly adapted to electrically couple a first circuit member to a second circuit member. The first dielectric layer has a first major surface and a plurality of through openings. A plurality of electrical traces are positioned against the first major surface...

20060160380 - Mating extender for electrically connecting with two electrical connectors: A mating extender electrically engages with a pair of complementary connectors. The mating extender comprises an insulative housing having first and second mating sections, and a number of wafers parallelly assembled into the insulative housing. Each wafer comprises an insulative frame and a plurality of contacts each formed by a...

20060160382 - Electronic apparatus including connector terminal: On connection of a control board and an external apparatus, an externally connecting cable which is drawn out from a rear surface of the casing can be drawn out without interfering with other components. A connector terminal 32 which connects the external apparatus is mounted to be inclined with respect...

20060160381 - Image forming apparatus having high voltage circuit board: An image forming apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a main frame (4B) which supports an image forming unit (2). An electric charger (7) is provided as a high voltage unit on a front side (D1) of the main frame (4B), and a high voltage circuit board (14)...

20060160383 - Anisotropic conductive connector device and production method therefor and circuit device inspection device: An anisotropic conductive connector device including an anisotropic conductive film provided with a plurality of conducting path forming portions extended in a direction of a thickness in a state in which they are insulated from each other through an insulating portion, and a sheet-like connector in which an insulating sheet...

20060160384 - Plug and cord protection device: An electrical plug and cord protection device for mounting to the wall and over a wall receptacle to prevent access to the receptacle and protect the plug and the cord that extends therefrom includes a dome-shaped cover portion hingably attached to a channel portion and a peripheral mounting flange through...

20060160385 - Grommet assembly: Provided is a grommet assembly including an elastic grommet main body and hard inner members to be fitted into the collar part of the grommet main body where openings for inserting electric wires are notched in part of the peripheral wall of the inner member. A lid wall is closed...

20060160386 - Method and apparatus for transferring wires that have been cut into lengths from a wire bundle into a single layer: A method and an apparatus for extricating and transferring wires cut into lengths from a loose, random wire bundle (B) into a single layer (L) of parallel wires, in which first the loose, random wire bundle is fanned out into a plurality of random wire layers, and from the fanned-out,...

20060160387 - Plasma display device: A display device which has a simplified assembly process and minimized product damage. The display device includes a display panel; a chassis base having a first surface for supporting and for fixing the display panel thereto; a circuit board fixed to a second surface of the chassis base, the circuit...

20060160388 - Electrical connector assembly: In one aspect, an electrical connector assembly can be removably coupled to a second electrical connector assembly. The electrical connector assembly includes an elastomeric insulative layer and a rigid conductive sleeve disposed within the insulative layer. One or both of the rigid conductive sleeve and the insulative layer have interior...

20060160389 - Method of brazing a liquid-cooled stator bar: A method for metallurgically bonding a stator bar to a coupling to reduce the incidence of leak paths resulting from corrosion. The stator bar comprises strands through which a liquid coolant can flow. Adjacent ends of the strands are received in an interior cavity of the coupling through an opening...

20060160390 - Fpc connector: An FPC connector comprises: a housing in which is formed a concave portion into which an FPC with a pair of engaging convex portions arranged on two flanks of a terminal portion of the FPC, is inserted; a cover-housing for covering, with opening and closing enabled, the concave portion of...

20060160391 - Multicontact connector insert and a multicontact connector fitted with such an insert: A multicontact connector insert may be configured to be placed in a housing of a connector casing. The housing may be formed at least in part by a tubular wall. The insert may include: a front face and a rear face; a side wall extending between the front and rear...

20060160392 - Waterproof interconnect structure for engaging electrical wire: The present invention is intended to provide a waterproof grommet structure which can be taken apart into its constituent pieces, i.e., a grommet, a connector, a terminal, etc., even after filled with waterproofing agent, to allow its maintenance to be performed. A waterproofing agent tank 2c is isolated from a...

20060160393 - Multi-environment in-line connector: An electrical connector assembly for use in environmentally challenging locations. The electrical connector assembly comprises a receptacle connector member, a plug connector member and a coupling nut that interface to provide dual radial seals so as to define dual contaminant barriers. The dual radial seals substantially eliminate the possibility of...

20060160394 - Electrical connector assembly having board hold down: An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a mother board (10) defining a pair of retention holes (13), a card edge connector (20) mounted on the mother board, a daughter card (30) including a mating edge (31) inserted into the card edge connector and a rear edge (32) defining a pair...

20060160395 - Methods, systems and computer program products for connecting and monitoring network equipment in a telecommunications system: Methods, systems and computer program products for interconnecting network equipment with a telecommunications system includes identifying a patch panel connector port to be connected to a network equipment port, generating a work order for connecting the identified patch panel connector port to the network equipment port via a patch cord,...

20060160396 - Methods, systems and computer program products for notifying telecommunications system technicians of pending work orders: Methods, systems and computer program products that notify technicians of work to be performed on a telecommunications system are provided. Interconnections with patch panel connector ports are monitored and a work order is generated in response to detecting the relocation of a patch cord connector at a patch panel. A...

20060160397 - Connector assembly structure of a terminal: The present invention relates to a connector assembly structure of a terminal used for converting connecting wires. A terminal base is disposed on a frame of a cooling system, and the terminal base has a socket into which a first connector is inserted. The first connector is connected to the...

20060160398 - Connector assembly structure of a terminal: The present invention relates to a connector assembly structure of a terminal used for converting connecting wires, comprising a first connector and a second connector disposed on a frame of a cooling system. The first connector is connected to the connecting wires that are connected to a stator of a...

20060160399 - Connector guide with latch and connectors therefor: A connector guide mounted in front of a receptacle connector is provided with a latch that engages a connector mounted on a circuit board when a mating connector is inserted into the connector on the circuit board. The guide is separate from the plug connector and serves to align contact...

20060160400 - Electrical plug connector: An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a printed circuit board with two sets of contact elements. The first set of contact elements is located on the front face of the printed circuit board and protrudes into an opening in the plug connector housing. The second set of contact...

20060160401 - Arrangement for supplying power to loads which are provided in a motor vehicle: An arrangement for supplying power to loads provided in a motor vehicle (1), in which arrangement a number of electrical lines, which corresponds to the number of loads, are combined in at least two units (K1, K2) which are connected to one another and, at one end, are connected to...

20060160402 - Power limited circuit cable for plenum applications in a constant current lighting system: A power limited circuit cable for plenum applications in a constant current lighting system comprises a twisted pair cable or a parallel pair cable, a ground conductor, a housing comprising a first compartment for the ground conductor and a second compartment for the twisted pair cable or parallel pair cable,...

20060160403 - Wire tap connector and contact therefor: A contact for a wire tap connector includes a substantially planar insulation displacement portion configured to receive a primary wire and electrically connect thereto, and a poke in wire section integrally formed with and attached to the planar insulation displacement portion. The poke in wire section is configured to accept...

20060160404 - Connector assembly for housing insulation displacement elements: An electrical connector for terminating at least one electrical conductor comprises a first side and a second side each comprising a housing including a cavity for receiving at least a first IDC element, a cap including a pivot portion and a cover portion, where the pivot portion is pivotally mounted...

20060160405 - Dual wire connector with multiple press fit connection: An electrical connector includes a nonconductive center housing and a plurality of substantially planar contacts situated within the housing. Each of the contacts includes an insulation displacement section, and at least one stuffer is slidably mounted to the housing and configured to engage a primary wire to more than one...

20060160406 - Electrical connector: The electrical connector assembly includes a first pair of contact members, each comprising a first termination end and a first connection end. A second pair of contact members, each comprising a second termination end and a second connection end, wherein the first connection end and the second connection end are...

20060160407 - Network connection system: A network connection system for connecting computer network components, the network connection system including a twisted pair cable having multiple conductors in twisted pairs a cable termination connector affixable at an end of the cable. The cable termination connector includes a slender elongate connector housing; and termination contacts located within...

20060160408 - Intermediate element for establishing a connection between a cable and a contact element, and connector assembly: The invention relates to an intermediate element for establishing a connection between a contact element and a core of a cable, the intermediate element being in a conductive elastic material able to cooperate respectively with the contact element and the core of the cable, characterized in that the intermediate element...

20060160409 - Card type led illumination source: An LED illumination apparatus includes at least one connector and a lighting drive circuit. The connector is connected to an insertable and removable card-type LED illumination source, which includes multiple LEDs that have been mounted on one surface of a substrate. The lighting drive circuit is electrically connected to the...

20060160410 - Connecting device of a flexible printed circuit board: A connecting device of a flexible printed circuit board has a reinforced backlight FPC board, is free from bad contact resulting from insufficient insertion of a terminal portion of a flexible printed circuit board into a connector, and ensures good connection without leaving contaminants, scratches, or the like on contacts...

20060160411 - Grounding structure for a liquid crystal module: A grounding structure of a liquid crystal module is disclosed. The grounding structure is adapted for protecting a control printed circuit board of the liquid crystal module from electro-magnetic interference. In one embodiment, the grounding structure comprises: i) a frame configured to receive the control printed circuit board, ii) a...

20060160412 - Cable management device: A cable management device, which comprises a body having an axis and at least one planar flange and at least one cable retainer; this apparatus allows for removable attachment of a cable during axial winding in a single plane, which results in uniform and neat storage of cable or cord....

20060160413 - Terminal block jumper: An electrically insulated body carries one of more jaw members which are mountable over threaded terminals in a meter socket to provide a bypass connection between line and load socket terminals to enable a watthour meter to be removed and reinstalled relative to the socket. In another aspect, the jaw...

20060160414 - Motherboard and pci express slot: A motherboard includes a PCI Express slot and a chipset. The PCI Express slot has four sidewalls; a topside of the PCI Express slot has a first aperture, and one of the four sidewalls has a second aperture. The first and second apertures are connected together in order to form...

20060160415 - Coupling and method for producing a hermetic seal: A base has an opening therethrough and is made of a first material. A connector shell has a neck at least partially insertable within the opening of the base. The connector shell is made of a second material. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the first material is greater than...

20060160417 - Coaxial cable connector assembly: A coaxial connector assembly includes a coaxial cable connector and a shield for the connector, the shield including spring fingers adjustably engaging the connector....

20060160416 - Coaxial cable connector with pop-out pin: An electrical connector having a front end for attachment to a terminal and a back end for attachment to a coaxial cable includes a body, a post mounted within the body; and a contact assembly movably mounted within the post. The contact assembly includes a guide, a pin mounted to...

20060160418 - Controlling conductor displacement in connectors with an inner conductor: In one aspect, the present invention provides an electrical connector having a center conductor and means for preventing displacement of the center conductor, which displacement typically occurs in conventional connectors when the connector is heated and then cooled....

20060160419 - Rf microwave connector for telecommunication: A RF microwave connector for telecommunication comprises a plug; a metal housing of the plug is combined with an insulator; a female terminal is combined with the hollow portion of the insulator; the female terminal has a main body, two opposite contact plates are extended from two sides of one...

20060160420 - Connector: A connector comprising: a connection terminal; a connector housing having a terminal receiving chamber in which said connection terminal is inserted and a lance that is elastically deformable to engage the connection terminal in the connector housing; and a front holder supported on a front end portion of said terminal...

20060160421 - Flexible cable interconnect with integrated emc shielding: In a flat flex cable, signal lines are surrounded by logic ground planes above and below which are viaed together left and right. The ground planes coupled with the flex cable dielectric determine characteristic the impedance and attenuation of the cable and provide differential signal EMI shielding. All signal layers...

20060160422 - Electrode connector containing plate and battery module employed with the same: An electrode connector includes a conductive wire and plates mounted on the wire such that the plates can be electrically connected to electrodes of cells. The plates are electrically connected to the wire. A battery module is manufactured with the electrode connector. The electrode connector is electrically connected to the...

20060160423 - Slide-out electronic card connector: A slide-out electronic card connector includes a seat body and a slide cavity being defined between two opposite sides of the seat body. Multiple terminals are inlaid in the seat body. A cartridge snugly slidably disposed in the slide cavity of the seat body. An electronic card can be stably...

20060160424 - Electrical connector assembly having board hold down: An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a card edge connector (20) used to be mounted on a mother board (10) and defining a slot (210), a daughter card (30), and a board hold down (40) for being mounted on the mother board. The daughter card includes a mating edge (31)...

20060160425 - Filter connector: A filter connector includes a dielectric housing having a mounting face. At least one row of terminal-receiving passages are formed in the housing through the mounting face. A row of filter-receiving pockets are formed in the housing through the mounting face respectively in alignment with the passages, and with one...

20060160426 - Methods and apparatus for maintaining contact with an outlet prong connector: A plug stabilizing apparatus includes a prong connector well-secured by a receptacle chamber. The connect has a prong portion, a clip portion, and a neck support situated therebetween, wherein the clip portion is configured to accept a prong having substantially the same dimensions as the prong portion of the connector...

20060160427 - Coaxial electrical connector: A coaxial electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a front mating face and a rear face. A first, central terminal-receiving passage extends in a direction between the faces, along with at least one second, auxiliary terminal-receiving passage. At least one auxiliary terminal is received in the second passage. A...

20060160428 - Communications jack with compensation for differential to differential and differential to common mode crosstalk: A communications jack assembly includes: a jack frame having a plug aperture; a dielectric mounting substrate attached to the jack frame; and a plurality of conductors engaged with the mounting substrate, each of the conductors including a fixed end portion mounted with the mounting substrate and a free end portion...

20060160429 - Plug connector with mating protection and alignment means: A plug connector is disclosed that has a body portion and a circuit card extending forwardly of a mating face of the connector. The circuit card is protected in place by a pair of protective flanges that extend forwardly from the body portion and which flank the circuit card to...

20060160430 - Subsea electrical connector: The present invention is directed to various embodiments of a connector. In one illustrative embodiment, the connector includes a first connector half and a second connector half adapted to be coupled to a power supply source, wherein the first and second connector halves are adapted to, when coupled to one...

20060160431 - Patch panel and strain relief bar assembly: A patch panel and strain relief bar assembly includes a patch panel, two bracket assemblies connected to the patch panel and a strain relief bar connected to the bracket assemblies. Each bracket assembly includes a first bracket and a second bracket removably secured to the first bracket. The first bracket...

20060160432 - Multiple digital printing techniques for fabricating printed circuits: Methods of fabricating a printed circuit and printed circuits, including a method comprising: (a) depositing a conductive material to form a first conductive pathway upon a substrate; (b) depositing a dielectric material directly over at least a first portion of the conductive pathway utilizing an electrophotographic process; and (c) depositing...

20060160433 - Electrical connector: In an electrical connector assembly, housings are locked with each other by locking a rear holder provided in a first connector with a cooperating second connector. In a rear holder main body 52 of a rear holder 51 there are formed a plurality of resilient clamping lances 53 which clamp...

20060160434 - Method and device for connecting an electric conductor to a metal rail and a tool for attaching a bushing in an opening in a metal rail: A tool for fastening the bushing comprises an elongate expansion device (23) and a fitting nut (20) cooperating with the expansion device (23). The expansion device (23) is provided with a threaded portion (26) at a first end and a tool spigot (24) at a second end and is provided...

20060160435 - Swaged synthetic cable terminations: A connecting system which allows a standard rigging fixture to be connected to a synthetic cable termination by swaging. The cable termination is provided with a swaging sleeve. When the standard rigging fixture is placed next to the termination, this swaging sleeve is swaged over a portion of the standard...

20060160436 - System and method for measuring/evaluating moving image quality of screen: A screen motion image quality measuring/evaluating apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a rotatable mirror 2; a camera 3 for capturing a screen through the mirror 2; and a control unit 6. The control unit 6 is arranged to control such that when it is detected based on a...

20060154497 - Inspection contact structure and probe card: In the present invention, an inspection contact structure is attached to the lower surface side of a circuit board in a probe card. In the inspection contact structure, elastic sheets with protruding conductive portions are respectively attached to both surfaces of a silicon substrate. The silicon substrate is formed with...

20060154498 - Plasma display device with grounding module: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel mounted on a first side of a chassis base, a mount on a second side of the chassis base, the mount being electrically connected to the chassis base, a printed circuit board including an electrical grounding section and having an opening...

20060154496 - Wiring board incorporating components and process for producing the same: To provide a component built-in wiring board and a manufacturing method thereof capable of further improving component mounting density without deteriorating reliability. The component built-in wiring board includes: a conductive layer (34, 35) extending in a thickness direction of the board and buried in the board without being exposed from...

20060154499 - Press-fit terminal, printed board connection structure using the press-fit terminal, and electrical connection box: In printed boards arranged in a vertical relationship, outer peripheral portions of an upper printed board are projected outward from outer peripheral portions of a lower printed board. Conductive bodies with terminal holes are arranged side by side on the upper and the lower printed boards along peripheral edges of...

20060154500 - Anisotropic conductive connector and wafer inspection device: The anisotropically conductive connector of the invention comprises an elastic anisotropically conductive film composed of a plurality of conductive parts for connection each extending in a thickness-wise direction of the film and arranged in a state separated from each other and an insulating part formed among these conductive parts for...

20060154501 - Capacitor material with metal component for use in circuitized substrates, circuitized substrate utilizing same, method of making said circuitized substrate, and information handling system utilizing said circuitized substrate: A material for use as part of an internal capacitor within a circuitized substrate includes a polymer resin and a quantity of nano-powders including a mixture of at least one metal component and at least one ferroelectric ceramic component, the ferroelectric ceramic component nano-particles having a particle size substantially in...

20060154502 - Adapter nut: The adapter assembly in accordance with the present invention is threaded internally at each end and allows back-to-back coupling of a plug and a cord connector while providing a completely weather-tight seal. Six different sizes of the adapter nuts are available to allow coupling of different size plugs. A Wetguard™...

20060154503 - Wide safety strap for electrical fixtures: An electrical fixture having a front side and a back side and defining longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions substantially orthogonal to one another. The electrical fixture may include a body, a flange, and at least one anchor. The body may have at least one terminal extending laterally to the exterior...

20060154504 - Input circuit for vacuum electron device rf amplifier: A self-guiding cover assembly for a vacuum electron device (VED) enclosure has a cover, a pair of guide plates, and a pair of guide elements. The cover has a top, a sidewall, an inside and an outside, and at least one electrical connector disposed on the inside of the cover...

20060154505 - Connector and connector assembly: A moving plate (30) has a substantially rectangular bottom portion (38) and a surrounding wall (32) projecting from the outer periphery of the bottom portion (38). Shake preventing projections (37) are formed on the opposite outer side surfaces of the surrounding wall (32) including the shorter sides of the bottom...

20060154506 - Card connector: A connector for plural kinds of cards includes a housing, and a gate-shaped slider slidable on slide rails provided on both sides in a card inserting space in the housing. Inserting a wider and thicker card, the card engages and moves together with the slider into housing to contact contacts...

20060154507 - Device and method for latching separable insulated connectors: A latching mechanism for joining separable insulated connectors employs a plurality of finger contacts to create an interference fit with an electrode probe of an elbow connector. The electrode probe enters a cylindrical grouping of the plurality of finger contacts and a projection causes an interference fit between the finger...

20060154508 - Flat circuit connector: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A plurality of signal terminals are mounted on the housing along the opening and include contact portions for engaging signal conductors on...

20060154509 - Waterproof structure applied to ac plug and socket: A waterproof structure applied to an alternating current plug and an alternating current socket includes a plug body and a socket body. The plug body has an inserting portion, a covering portion formed thereon, a limiting portion formed between the plug body and the covering portion, and a washer positioned...

20060154510 - Electrical pin-and-socket connector: The invention concerns an electrical pin-and-socket connector, in particular for use between a socket (primer) and an electrical control unit for a retention system in motor vehicles, which provides for the locking of the pin-and-socket connector with a long-lasting connecting and engaging and disengaging ability in its locked position, to...

20060154511 - Connector: A moving plate (50) is movable between a retained position and a released position in a receptacle (35) of a male housing (30). One receiving portion (52) is provided in a middle part of the front surface of the moving plate (50), and a resiliently deformable latch (42) projects from...

20060154512 - Pressure-welding connector and method of manufacturing the same: For preventing interference between a pressure-welding terminal and a wire pressure-welding jig by eliminating spread of the pressure-welding terminal, by using a wire pressure-welding jig including a connector holding portion and a terminal guide wall, a connector housing is placed in the connector holding portion. The pressure-welding terminal in the...

20060154513 - Angled patch panel with cable support bar for network cable racks: A patch panel mountable to a network rack includes a patch panel frame and rack mounting plates. The frame forms a central section having a longitudinal width sized to fit within the network rack. The rack mounting plates are provided on opposite longitudinal ends of the central section and allow...

20060154514 - Slide-to-latch panel mount connector: An electrical connector includes a housing having a forward mating end and a rearward contact loading end. The housing includes first and second opposite sides. The housing is configured for insertion into a panel opening that has an inner edge. The housing is inserted into the panel opening in a...

20060154515 - Sliding module for portable terminal: Disclosed is a sliding module for a portable terminal including a main housing and at least one sub-housing movably mounted on the main housing to perform an opening/closing motion. The sliding module includes a disc rotatably mounted on the main housing; links each of which has a first end coupled...

20060154516 - Connector overmold spacer: A connector assembly includes a terminal crimped to an electrical conductor. The terminal is retained in a terminal area of a connector housing. A cable seal is positioned within an opening of the connector housing that leads to the terminal area. A spacer at a rear side of the connector...

20060154517 - Freely rotational receptacle: A freely rotational receptacle includes an upper casing member with a hollow space, a receptacle body, a terminal set, a first contact ring, a second contact ring, a relay seat and a lower casing member. When the freely rotational receptacle is assembled, the receptacle body, the terminal set, the first...

20060154518 - Electric connector box: In a heat radiator plate, a mounting bracket extending from a peripheral edge portion of the heat radiator plate, an auxiliary heat radiator plate portion extending along the mounting bracket and positioned between the mounting bracket 39 and a body through a gap and a radiant heat radiator portion formed...

20060154520 - Lid for mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal: An earphone microphone terminal cover is a lid for covering an opening formed at a mobile phone body, and includes a lid portion covering the opening and located in a groove communicated with the opening; and a first projection formed at the lid portion for insertion into a concavity extending...

20060154519 - Ram connector and method of use thereof: A coaxial cable compression connector is provided, wherein the connector comprises a connector body a post and a coupler, and further wherein the cable is compressed onto the connector such that traction forces between the cable, connector body and post provide a secure grip and substantial seal on the cable...

20060154522 - Keyed electrical connector with sealing boot: A seal for an electrical connector in a connector block having a connector channel with a keyway is provided. The seal includes a tubular body that defines a longitudinal axis therethrough. The body includes a forward portion defining a forward end and a rearward portion defining a rearward end. The...

20060154521 - Method for sealing partition bushing connector coaxial contacts, adapted coaxial contact and resulting connector: A method for sealing coaxial contacts of a partition bushing connector to seal hermetically a connector (C) of the type which consists in inserting the contacts (300) constituting the connector to the inside of the recessed part (130) of said support (100) and in filling the free volume left between...

20060154523 - Plugging type dental liquid housing container: For sure sealing and easy handling, the plugging type dental liquid housing container comprises a container main body 1 having a holding blade plate projected on an outer circumference of a liquid housing part 1a; a flat face 1ea, a slope face 1eb and a stepped face 1ec at of...

20060154526 - Printed circuit board and electronic apparatus equipped with the same: A printed circuit board is adjacently mounted on a part of a chassis substantially in parallel with each other and the chassis serves as an all-overlaying GND pattern layer. Furthermore, by placing an insulator between the printed circuit board and the chassis, the stray capacitance around signal lines D+ and...

20060154524 - Shell for electrical connector: Provided is a parallelepiped electrical connector shell with a terminal seat enclosed therein. The shell is mountable on a PCB and is adapted to connect to a port of a mating connector. The shell comprises a first latch on a top surface for engaging with a recess on a mating...

20060154525 - Thin peripheral for mating with thicker connector: A thin peripheral devices for mating with electrical connectors where the thickness of the device is less than the dimensions needed for mechanical engagement with the connector, has a body including electronic circuitry and a selectively deployable plug arrangement. The plug arrangement includes a first plug portion including a plurality...

20060154527 - Contact maker for power semiconductor modules and disc cells: The present invention relates to a contact maker for the gate terminal of power semiconductor components in disc cells and power semiconductor modules. Disposed above the power semiconductor component is a shaped member that incorporates in the region of the gate terminal a recess, and this recess, in turn, also...

20060154528 - Card connector: A card connector comprises an insulating housing having a first card receiving slot provided with a plurality of contacts. At least one elastic projection extends into the first card receiving slot. The elastic projection is formed to have a first inclined surface that rises at an inclination in a card...

20060154529 - Die-cast adapter: An adapter includes an integrally-molded metal housing defining a first port axially aligned with a second port, each adapted to receive an optical connector plug having a cylindrical ferrule. A junction portion defines a cylindrical axial passage between the ports and has a first end adjacent the first port and...

20060154530 - Connector system: A connector is disclosed. The connector comprises a plurality of universal serial bus (USB) pins, and a plurality of pins for additional functionality, wherein the connector can engage a conventional USB connector or a connector that also utilizes the plurality of pins. Accordingly, in the present invention, a male and...

20060154531 - Crosstalk canceling pattern for high-speed communications and modular jack having the same: Disclosed herein are a crosstalk canceling pattern for high-speed communications and a modular jack having the same, which includes a compensating capacitor on a transmission line to cancel crosstalk due to parasitic capacitance generated between neighboring insert pins, and includes a second compensating capacitor to correct phase mismatch due to...

20060154532 - Cassette relay block attachment structure: Lock portions 4 are provided more inside than outer-most wall surfaces 5a, 6a of a cassette relayblock 1, and the cassette relay block 1 is inserted into space surrounded by periopheral walls 16 to 19 on an attaching side, and fixed by the lock portions 4 and locked portions 10...

20060154533 - Printed-circuit board and circuit unit incorporating the circuit board: A printed-circuit board and a circuit unit incorporating the circuit board. The printed-circuit board capable of achieving a suitable contact area of sealing resin includes a metal circuit pattern formed on a substrate, a plurality of mounting electrodes formed on the substrate for electrically connecting at least one electronic component,...

20060148276 - Electrical connection device for bushing which supplies filaments, such as glass filaments: An electrical connection device for supplying power to a bushing that delivers filaments, especially glass filaments. The device includes a connection jaw clamp and an electrical connection piece with no protective sheath and including a flexible body, having one end that is connected to the jaw clamp and a free...

20060148277 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing electrical harnesses: The present invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing a harness of segments of electrically conductive wire, the harness including a connector and the apparatus comprising a harness support that is elongate along an axis; the apparatus further comprises a connector support (100) fitted with members (101, 102, 109) for fastening...

20060148278 - Connector with inductive coupling: The inductive coupling for transferring electrical energy to or from a transducer and measuring circuit, consists of a male connector part (2) and a female connector part (10). The male part (2), includes a single layer solenoid (7) wound on a ferromagnetic rod (6), the ends of the solenoid (5a...

20060148279 - Telecommunications patching system that utilizes rfid tags to detect and identify patch cord interconnections: A telecommunications patching system includes a patch panel having a plurality of connector ports, and having an RFID reader and RF antennas associated with the connector ports. A plurality of patch cords are configured to selectively interconnect pairs of the connector ports. Each patch cord has opposite ends and a...

20060148280 - Angled compliant pin interconnector: An angled compliant pin connector is provided, comprising an insulative housing and a plurality of press fit pins. Each said pin includes a first leg and a second leg, the legs joining to define a V-shape. One or both such legs may define an therethrough, the apertures at least partially...

20060148281 - Connection of package, board, and flex cable: In some embodiments an apparatus includes a board, a package coupled to the board, and a flex cable coupled to the package and extending between the board and the package. Other embodiments are described and claimed....

20060148282 - Electronic component assembly: An electronic component assembly including an electrical connector and an electronic subassembly. The electrical connector has a housing with a receiving area, electrical contacts connected to the housing, and fusible elements. The electrical contacts include first electrical connection sections in the receiving area and second electrical connection sections proximate a...

20060148283 - Surface-mount electrical connector with strain-relief features: A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes a housing, and a surface mount conductor positioned on the housing. The surface mount conductor has a surface mount end. The electrical connector also includes a substrate penetrable electrical conductor positioned on the housing. The substrate penetrable electrical conductor provides strain relief...

20060148284 - Systems and methods for protecting an electrical component from impact or repeated mechanical stress: An electrical component is mounted on a carrier printed circuit board. A first header connector connects the carrier printed circuit board to a printed circuit board on one side of the electrical component. A second header connector connects the carrier printed circuit board to the printed circuit board on the...

20060148285 - Anisotropic conductive connector and probe member and wafer inspecting device and wafer inspecting method: An anisotropically conductive connector including elastic anisotropically conductive films each having a functional part, in which a plurality of conductive parts for connection containing conductive particles and extending in a thickness-wise direction of the film have been arranged in a state mutually insulated by an insulating part. Assuming that a...

20060148286 - Grounding clamp apparatus and method: A grounding clamp provides a direct connection to ground between a power transmission or power distribution apparatus and a nearby ground plane. As a grounding clamp is being attached to the mating interface of a power transmission or power distribution apparatus, the angled gripping surfaces permit an operator to ground...

20060148287 - Electrical connector including insulating boots and associated methods: An electrical connector includes an electrically conductive body having spaced apart cable-receiving passageways for receiving respective electrical cable ends. The electrically conductive body may also have at least one respective fastener-receiving passageway intersecting each of the cable-receiving passageways. An insulating cover may be on the electrically conductive body and include...

20060148288 - Electrical device with fixed contacts, mobile contacts and inspectable arc chambers: An electrical device for low-voltage applications that comprises at least one fixed contact designed to connect to a corresponding mobile contact; the electrical device also comprises at least one module, on which said fixed contact is housed, and the module is operatively connected to a structural part of the device...

20060148289 - Input circuit for vacuum electron device rf amplifier: A self-guiding cover assembly for a vacuum electron device (VED) enclosure has a cover, a pair of guide plates, and a pair of guide elements. The cover has a top, a sidewall, an inside and an outside, and at least one electrical connector disposed on the inside of the cover...

20060148290 - Input circuit for vacuum electron device rf amplifier: A self-guiding cover assembly for a vacuum electron device (VED) enclosure has a cover, a pair of guide plates, and a pair of guide elements. The cover has a top, a sidewall, an inside and an outside, and at least one electrical connector disposed on the inside of the cover...

20060148291 - Electrical socket adapter: The present invention relates to an electrical socket adapter for selectively providing electrical pins and insertion holes in different configurations, the adapter comprising a casing with openings in a front side of the casing and at least one pin holder being removeably placed in the casing, wherein the pin holder...

20060148292 - Separable insulated connector and method: A separable insulated connector provides a current path for high-energy distribution between a power transmission or power distribution apparatus and an elbow connector. As gases and conductive particles exit the separable insulated connector during loadbreak switching, the gases and particles are re-directed away from a mating electrode probe and diverted...

20060148293 - Floating connector spring and assembly: A floating connector spring capable of movement in multiple degrees of freedom to enable the mating of at least two connectors that may be misaligned relative to one another. The connector spring includes first and second arms spaced form one another and extending substantially in the same direction. The first...

20060148295 - Modular electronic storage unit: An electronic storage unit, which may contain a hard disk drive, is configured to removably mount to a recessed surface of a console. The electronic storage unit includes a lip and a biased latch arm so that the lip can be inserted into a corresponding feature in the recessed surface...

20060148294 - Plasma display panel (pdp): A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) includes: a panel adapted to display images using a plasma discharge; a chassis base attached to the panel and adapted to support the panel; a circuit board adapted to supply signals to electrodes of the panel; a signal transmission unit adapted to electrically connect the...

20060148296 - Shape-memory actuator device with protection against over-stresses: A shape-memory actuator device comprises means for interrupting electrical supply to a shape-memory element when the axial load applied to said element exceeds a predetermined threshold value....

20060148297 - Electrical connector: A land grid array connector of an embodiment of the present invention includes an insulative housing, a stiffener harnessed on the housing, a load plate and a lever pivotally mounted to two ends of the stiffener. A pair of spaced securing portions extends from an end of the load plate,...

20060148298 - Ic socket: An IC socket for testing an IC package is provided including a socket body (10), a press cover (14) preferably pivotally mounted to a first longitudinal end (101) of the socket body so as to be rotatable with respect to the socket body, and a press member (12) disposed between...

20060148299 - Structure and method for connecting conducting lines to terminals: A connector structure is provided. The connector structure includes a terminal base having plural terminals, a clip device vertically arranged with the terminal base via a positioning piece and including plural conducting lines and a rotating device located on the clip device....

20060148300 - Usb connector with latching arrangement: A USB connector includes a plug comprising an insulative member, a mating member, a first conductor assembly, two elongate flexible members, a metal case member comprising inner and outer pieces, and a plastic housing for enclosing the case member and comprising upper and lower shells; and a jack comprising a...

20060148301 - Connector: A connector electrically coupled with a plug, includes a housing into which the plug is inserted, the housing having a plurality of contact pins and a locker connected with the housing, to be elastically coupled with one side of the plug when the plug is inserted into the housing so...

20060148302 - Wire containment cap with an integral strain relief clip: A wire containment cap for reducing horizontal strain on a cable terminated at a communication jack. The wire containment cap is part of the communication jack and includes a strain relief clip that may be actuated to apply pressure to the cable. The applied pressure holds the cable in place...

20060148303 - Press-contacting terminal: A press-contacting terminal includes a terminal connection portion for electrical connecting to a mating terminal, and a wire connection portion that is extended from the terminal connection portion in a first direction. The wire connection portion includes a base plate portion, first and second side plate portions that are provided...

20060148304 - Electrical connector and socket assemblies: An electrical connector assembly for a cable having a plurality of insulated conductors comprises a body having a respective recess for receiving a terminating pin each of the conductors. A respective spigot sealingly engages within each of the recesses and has a passage for receiving an associated one of the...

20060148305 - Cable connector assembly and system: The invention relates to a cable connector assembly including cover means and connecting means, wherein the cover means include wall portions and an opening adapted to accommodate the connecting means. At least one of the wall portions is at least partially curved for guiding at least one cable of one...

20060148306 - High frequency application device: Provided is a high frequency application apparatus comprising a high frequency generator 1, a probe arrangement 3 which is connected to the high frequency generator 1 and which includes at least two electrodes 8, 9, and at least two lines 11 which connect the electrodes 8, 9 to the high...

20060148307 - Display device with a jack: A display device with a jack is disclosed. The display device (1) includes a display screen (10), a display bezel (40), a jack (20), a guide groove (21), and a guide wall (22). The guide groove and the guide wall are for guiding a user to insert a plug into...

20060148309 - Connector: A connector, to which a flat band cable having a plurality of conductive channels is connected at one side, and a counterpart connector is connected at another side, is disclosed. The connector includes an electrically insulative block and a contact member that is inserted into the block. The contact member...

20060148308 - Plug-in connector for connecting two flat strip conductors and associated plug-in connector system: The invention relates to a plug-in connector for connecting two flat strip conductors, including at least one spring element which provides the required normal contact power for the connection of the two flat strip conductors. The spring element contacts the two flat strip connectors and produces the electric contact between...

20060148311 - Sensor: A sensor for devices such as mining machines, shaft-lining supports or extracting plants in underground mining, comprising a sensor device (15) disposed in a casing (11) and scanning measurements or variables and converting them into electric signals, also comprising a connecting element (26) in the form of a plug or...

20060148310 - Usb connector conversion device: The present invention is directed to a USB connector converting device adapted for connecting a USB equipment having USB plug to an external unit through a USB cable in conformity with the USB standard, which is connected to a USB equipment (23) having a first USB (Universal Serial Bus) plug...

20060148312 - Flexible printed circuit board with improved reinforcing structure: A flexible printed circuit (FPC) board includes a flexible substrate, an electric terminal portion, and a reinforcing structure. The electric terminal portion is disposed on a bottom surface of the flexible substrate and is suitable to be inserted into an electrical connector to electrically connect therewith. The reinforcing structure is...

20060148313 - Circulatory current choke: The invention is a compensator for minimizing circulatory current losses generated in a winding of an electric machine, the compensator comprising a frame part made of a magnetically conductive material and a winding formed in the frame part, the winding comprising at least one conductor having at least two sub-conductors;...

20060148314 - Pcb mounted audio jack: An audio jack (10) is provided for being electrically connected with a PCB (20) and includes a jack body (12) and a plug port (14) configured for receiving an audio plug (16) therein. The jack (10) further includes a plurality of electrical contacts (88, 92, 112) for cooperating with corresponding...

20060148315 - Coaxial connectors: A coaxial connector mountable on an end of a coaxial cable having a central conductor (cc) and an exterior conductor (ce), the connector comprising a first conductive contact element (2; 27; 38; 40) for contacting the central conductor (cc), a second conductive contact element (4; 21; 302; 411) for contacting...

20060148316 - Male header connector device: The invention relates to a connector device that includes a plurality of terminals of varying heights that extend upwardly from the surface of a circuit board, and a connector housing that defines a receptacle portion. The connector housing includes an asymmetrical surface adapted to receive a plurality of terminals, and...

20060148318 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector (1) is provided for accommodating an electrical card. The electrical card connector comprises a dielectric housing having a plurality of connector terminals (20), a pair of soldering pieces (30), a shielding (40) assembled on the dielectric housing and defining an insertion port for insertion therein of...

20060148319 - Hdmi type electrical connector assembly: A HDMI type electrical connector assembly includes an insulative body comprising at least one top recess having at least one top tab, and at least one bottom tab; parallel conductors; a metal front housing formed by bending a metal sheet and comprising a front projected sheath including upper and lower...

20060148317 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device is disclosed that comprises a board, a ground terminal disposed on the board, a connection terminal disposed on the board, a semiconductor chip mounted on the board, and a shield member electrically connected to the ground terminal. The semiconductor chip, the ground terminal, and the connection terminal...

20060148320 - Detection of connection and disconnection of computer peripheral: In some embodiments a connector is to couple a peripheral, and a detector coupled to the connector is to detect if the peripheral is disconnected from the connector in response to a reserved pin and a power pin. Other embodiments are described and claimed....

20060148321 - Wall plate comprising signal splitting device: In one embodiment of the present invention, a wall plate formed to cover a wall box is described. The wall plate comprises a back side which has a signal splitting device with a first coupling member formed and exposed for connectability with an antenna or cable wire device transferring an...

20060148322 - Memory card connector: A memory card connector includes an interior cavity for receiving a memory card. An insulating housing has a rear terminal-mounting section and at least one longitudinal side wall section extending forwardly from one end of the rear section. A metal shell covers at least a portion of the insulating housing...

20060148323 - Facial feature analysis system: A facial feature analysis system is provided. The disclosed system includes a virtual filter bank and a virtual discriminator. The virtual filter bank comprises a feature localization main module having an ancillary data bank which supplies a signal Sg for control functions. The system calculates face localization based on parameters...

20060148324 - External communication jack for mobile terminal: The present invention relates to an external communication jack for a mobile terminal that prevents damage caused by rotation of a plug inserted therein. The external communication jack comprises a body having an insertion passage for accepting a plug, a terminal mounting part formed on the body for mounting the...

20060148325 - Communications jack with printed wiring board having self-coupling conductors: A communications jack includes: a jack frame having a plug aperture; a plurality of contact wires, the contact wires having free ends that extend into the plug aperture, the free ends of the contact wires being arranged serially in side-by-side relationship; a plurality of insulation displacement connectors; a dielectric mounting...

20060148326 - Multiple-use, stimulation-accommodating connector: A multiple-use connection system includes an elongate body having an axial tail-receiving passage and having lengthwise sides, and at least two essentially parallel rows of axially-spaced pin receptacles transverse to the tail-receiving passage, the pin receptacles of one of the parallel rows being exposed along one of the lengthwise sides....

20060148327 - Multiple-use, stimulation-accommodating connector: A multiple-use connection system includes an elongate body having an axial tail-receiving passage and having lengthwise sides, and at least two essentially parallel rows of axially-spaced pin receptacles transverse to the tail-receiving passage, the pin receptacles of one of the parallel rows being exposed along one of the lengthwise sides....

20060148328 - Plug connector equipped with compression contact terminals: The invention concerns a plug connector (1) equipped with compression contact terminals (5). In order to clean each of the contact surfaces of at least one first compression contact terminal (5) of a plug connector (1) and of a second contact terminal (9) of a connector with fixed base (2)...

20060148329 - Electrical connector including viewing windows and associated methods: An electrical connector for electrical cables may include an electrically conductive body, a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) insulating cover, and windows aligned with cable end viewing openings in the conductive body. The electrically conductive body may have spaced apart cable-receiving passageways for receiving respective electrical cable ends therein, and with each...

20060148331 - Chamber housing for forming an electrical plug-in connection part: A chamber housing of an electrical plug-and-socket connector includes rows of chambers which open onto a front housing side to receive elements. Springs respectively extend into the chambers for locking the elements. A slider channel extends along a middle row, connects with the middle row chambers, opens onto a transverse...

20060148330 - Signal connector: The invention relates to a signal connector, which mainly includes a leading structure provided between the shell and the body. The leading structure can expand the opening of the shell with its legs in order to leave from the leg of the body that will facilitate the connection of the...

20060148332 - Electrical connector with high durability cycles: An electrical connector (1) comprises a mating cavity (147) defining a front-to-back direction for mating and unmating, a supporting bracket (14) defined in the mating cavity, and a printed circuit board (20), the supporting bracket comprising a front portion (144), the front portion comprises a top surface, the printed circuit...

20060148334 - Electrical conductor wedge connector splice: An electrical conductor splice for connecting at least two electrical conductors. The splice includes a connector shell having a generally elongate open first lateral side; and two wedges adapted to be located in the shell at longitudinally spaced positions from each other inside opposite ends of the shell. Each wedge...

20060148333 - Electrical splice connector: An electrical splice connector including a shell and two wedges. The shell includes two wedge receiving areas. The receiving areas are located at least partially lateral to each other. Each receiving area includes a general wedge shape. Each receiving area also includes a conductor contact surface generally parallel with each...

20060148335 - Terminal device for electrical equipment: A charge section, for example, a terminal metal fitting, pushing screw, metal retainer and terminal plate) is covered by an upper insulation case and a lower insulation case. An opening of the upper insulation case and openings of a lower insulation case in which a connection electric wire that is...

20060148336 - Electrical connector including removable tether and cap assemblies and associated methods: An electrical connector includes a respective removable fastener inlet closure cap for each tubular fastener inlet, and a respective flexible tether having a proximal end removably connected adjacent a corresponding tubular fastener inlet and a distal end integrally molded with a corresponding removable fastener inlet closure cap. The connector may...

20060148338 - Contact element for electrically: The object of the invention is a contact element, in particular of ignition voltage parts in internal combustion engines, with an outer sleeve in whose inside an axially acting compression spring is provided....

20060148337 - Electrical connection device: An electrical connection device is arranged for connection to a machine cable and includes a pin and a socket. The pin and the socket have engagement surfaces with the pin or socket having another surface that forms a wedging surface for the device. The pin and the socket are moveable...

20060148339 - Electrical plug contacts and a semi-finished product for the production thereof: The invention discloses a semi-finished product for making plug-in contacts in plug-in connectors for electric DC power systems in motor vehicles which are operated at a nominal voltage at which electric arcing may occur, having an electrically conductive main body made of a non-precious metallic material that carries, at least...