Electrical connectors inventions 04/07

20070093080 - Pin contact with direct in-line connection to equalization component: A contact pin for a connector. The contact pin is broken into first and second pin parts. An equalization component is directly and serially attached between the first and second pin parts, and no equalization components are mounted to a printed circuit board.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070093081 - Device opener and vibration mechanism: An electronic mobile device having a first body, a second body mounted to the first body for movement relative to the first body between first and second positions, at least one of the first body and second body housing electronic circuitry. An electronic drive motor is linked to first body... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20070093082 - Via providing multiple electrically conductive paths: A via provides a plurality of electrical connections between conductors on different layers of a circuit board. The via includes an opening through the circuit board formed by a plurality of substantially partially overlapping bores. An electrically conductive plating is formed on an inner surface of the opening. The plating... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070093083 - Multi-purpose barrel sink: A wood-stave barrel (3), its top removed, having a sink (5) fitted into the open top of the barrel. Standard drainpipes and traps (7) for allowing waste from the sink to exit the barrel. In an alternative embodiment, a wood-stave barrel (9), its top not removed, having an above-the-counter vessel... Agent: Brian Robert Bogison

20070093085 - Electrical connector: An electric connector to be attached to a circuit board, includes: a housing having a sidewall portion, a first outer side surface, and a second outer side surface; a fitting protruding portion formed in the housing for receiving a mating connector, and including an opening portion and extending in a... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070093084 - Method for manufacturing antipressure linear circuit board and circuit board manufactured therefrom: A method for manufacturing an anti-pressure linear circuit board includes the following steps. First, a first circuit board is provided. The first circuit board is cut to form cut grooves. The cut grooves define a second circuit board, which is electrically connected with the first circuit board. A precisely calibrated... Agent: Hdsl

20070093087 - Communication adapter: A communication adapter for wall-mounting panel to provide better fastness, easy structure, lower production costs and powerful utility includes a casing comprised of an upper lid and a lower lid, a circuit board in the casing, plug and socket connecting to the circuit board, and locking hole on the lower... Agent: Banger Shia

20070093088 - Electrostatic discharge protection device: An electrostatic discharge protection device is provided. The electrostatic discharge protection device is disposed at a side of a printed circuit board of an electronic device, including a body portion, a first extending portion extended from the first flank, and a second extending portion extended from the second flank and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070093086 - Method and apparatus for fixed and replaceable module architecture: A method and apparatus for an electrical system architecture capable of providing fixed or modular components, for example, interface connectors, is provided. Fixed components allow product cost to be minimized. Modular components provide flexible configurability of products. In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, an electrical... Agent: Ross D. Snyder & Associates, Inc.

20070093090 - Relay module and electrical component unit: There is provided a relay module including: a power lead part connected to a power source; a connector lead part connected to a load; a relay switch interposed between the power lead part and the connector lead part, and electrically connected thereto; a control member for controlling the relay switch;... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070093089 - Relay-fuse system and method thereof: The present invention provides a relay-fuse system for increasing overall ampere interrupt current (AIC) rating of the relay. The relay fuse system comprises a relay having a base member configured to be connected to an electrical device; a fuse assembly mounted on the base member, the fuse assembly having a... Agent: Douglas K. Ford

20070093091 - Control unit of oven: Provided is a control unit of an oven. The control unit includes a board support panel, a first PCB, and a second PCB. The first PCB is installed on a backside of the board support panel, and the second PCB is installed on a front side of the board support... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070093092 - Grounding spring plate for blade server and its mounting structure: A grounding spring plate mounting structure includes a metal grounding spring plate mounted on each track inside a case for blade server to secure and ground a computer motherboard blade. The metal grounding spring plate has a flat base fitted into a recessed portion of the track, two channel-like mounting... Agent: Adlink Technology Inc.

20070093093 - Computer device with retractable connector: A computer device comprising a connector configured to be coupled to an external device, the connector configured to be disposed flush with an opening in a housing of the computer device in an extended position, the connector configured to retract from the opening in a retracted position.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070093094 - Handheld electronic apparatus: A handheld electronic apparatus includes a main body, at least a male connector and at least a female connector. The male connector is disposed in the main body for electrically coupling to an electronic device. The female connector is disposed in the main body for electrically coupling to another electronic... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070093095 - Connector protective cover and connector: A connector protective cover that is configured to be arranged over an inserting portion of a connector is disclosed. The inserting portion is exposed within an enclosure portion at an edge of a shield cover and is configured by arranging a signal contact and a ground contact at a protruding... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070093096 - Spring system, in particular for bicycles: A spring system, in particular for bicycles with a first spring and a second spring and a load-applying portion located to act therebetween. Between the first spring and the second spring a piston is located which is movably accommodated at a housing element. The housing element is made of a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070093097 - Card edge connector with ejecting means: A card edge connector (100) for receiving a module comprises an insulative housing (2) having a pair of side walls (28) with a module-receiving slot (21) formed therebetween and a plurality of contact-receiving cavities (29) along the slot, and a pair of end walls (26) connected to the side walls;... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070093098 - Elastic exercising device: An elastic exercising device has two connectors and at least one elastic wire connected between the connectors. Each connector has a fastener structure. The elastic wire has two distal ends to which two stopper structures are respectively formed to secure with the fastener structures of the connectors. The stopper structures... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070093099 - Electronic card connector: An electronic card connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (10), a plurality of contacts (20) received in the insulating housing (10), and a shell (30) mounted on the insulating housing (10). The shell (30) comprises a top plate portion (320), a pair of side plate portions (322) and a pair... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070093100 - Electrically conductive connection for a medical gantry: An electrically conductive connection is provided. The electrically conductive connection includes a gantry, rotatable about a pivot axis, and a stand. The connection comprising a wireless electrical contact, and at least one defined rotary position of the gantry. A radiation therapy system and method for operating a gantry of a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070093102 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator including an outer casing and an inner casing that is spaced from the outer casing across a heat-insulating space, the inner casing forming a storage compartment having a connector-mounting opening, the refrigerator including: a stationary connector provided in the heat-insulating space; a connector fastener accommodating the stationary connector... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070093101 - Terminal fitting and method of attaching the same: The terminal fitting includes: an electric contact part to be connected to a mating terminal fitting; and an electric wire connecting part including a bottom wall and a pair of caulking pieces rising up from the bottom wall, the pair of the caulking pieces caulking a conductor of a flat... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070093103 - Variable latch: Numerous embodiments of variable latch and a method of formation are disclosed. One or more embodiments of the claimed subject matter may comprise a latch with a plurality of contact points formed thereon, and method of fabrication. The plurality of contact points may allow adequate socketing of microelectronic packages of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070093106 - Electrical connector with position means: An electrical connector (100) for receiving a mating plug (5), comprises an insulative housing (1) having a front mating face (111), a mounting face (18), a plurality of side walls (12, 13, 14), and a receiving cavity (15) for receiving the plug and a plurality of passageways (181, 182, 183);... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070093105 - Elevated height electrical connector: An electrical connector includes first and second connector bodies which are arranged to first be positioned together, and then separated once electrical contacts have been inserted in at least one of the first and second connector bodies. During, after, or both during and after the separating of the two connector... Agent: Samtec Incorporated C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070093107 - Printed board, electronic device, and apparatus with controlled impedance: A design rule for a printed wiring board is provided. A conductive layer and a pad are separate from each other in a distance defined by the design rule, which sufficiently prevents the capacitance coupling between the conductive layer and the pad.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070093104 - System for warning against forgetting to pull out information recording medium: A system for warning against forgetting to pull out an information recording medium can improve working efficiency upon mounting a navigation unit and an on-board radio unit onto a vehicle, and notify a user of an alarm that causes no uncomfortable feeling, and is still inexpensive to manufacture. A drive... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070093108 - Lock mechanism for stage apparatus: A lock mechanism for a stage apparatus, includes a movable stage provided on a stationary member which is movable in a reference plane; a pair of engaging members which are provided on the movable stage; a pair of lock members which are positioned between the engaging members and are movable... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070093109 - Connector for a contact element: A connector for a contact element that is able to be screwed at the front part to a rear part of a first contact element, characterized in that the connector comprises means for locking the connection between the connector and the first contact element, that is able to be engaged... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070093110 - Connector and display device having the same: A connector preventing disengagement from a circuit board and a display device is presented. The connector includes a securing portion fixed to a surface of the circuit board and at least one protrusion extending from the securing portion. The connector is inserted into at least one through-hole in the circuit... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070093112 - Electrical rail coupler assembly: There is disclosed herein an electrical rail coupler assembly (1) to maintain in use electrical contact between adjacent railway carriages. The assembly (1) includes a pair of complementary coupler sub-assemblies (5) securable together in use to maintain electrical contact therebetween. Each coupler sub-assembly (5) includes a base (10) to be... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070093111 - Locking mechanism: A locking mechanism for securing a cover to a housing is provided. The housing includes an electrical socket. The mechanism includes a locking plate, a casing for enclosing the locking plate, and an engaging member. The locking plate has a securing member and a protruding member. The engaging member extends... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070093113 - Starter: The DC motor of the starter includes first and second field coils, an armature coil series-connected to one ends of the first and second field coils through a brush device, a connector bar to which other ends of the first and second field coils are connected, a motor lead joined... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070093115 - Locking outlet cover and method of use: The locking outlet cover is designed to protect electrical outlets from children. It includes an plate that attaches to a regular electrical receptacle. The plate then comprises a slide channel that is located above and below each outlet opening. On the slide channel is a round housing that is divided... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070093114 - Resilient latching device: A resilient latching device is mounted on an electrical connector for latching onto a mating connector. The resilient latching device has a mounting portion, a pressing portion, and a latching portion. The mounting portion is fixed on a top face of an insulative housing of the electrical connector. The pressing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070093116 - Connection device for fluid containers: A connection device for connection with an opening of a fluid container includes a cylindrical hollow part on which an expandable member, a movable member, a rotatable member and a handle is connected in sequence. The user holds the handle and operates a wrench to rotate the rotatbale member which... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070093117 - Component holding tape connecting apparatus: The invention improves an apparatus for connecting trialing and leading end portions of respective two component holding tapes through a metallic connecting member having caulking claws. The metallic connecting members 40 are positioned by metallic-connecting-member positioning protrusions 148 on each of six metallic-connecting-member receiving surfaces 142 provided on an outer... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070093118 - Equipment caddie system: A portable medical apparatus for holding a plurality of surgical tools wherein at least one of said tools is electrically powered and includes a power supply cord and a power plug is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a housing having at least one electrical outlet for removably receiving said power plug... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070093119 - Housing with integrated tension relief: A housing for an electrical product having a cable for an electrical terminal includes a first housing shell and a second housing shell. A tension relief for the cable is embodied integrally with one of the two housing shells. This housing shell with the integrated tension relief is made from... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070093120 - Cable exit for an electrical connector assembly: A coaxial plug assembly is shown provided with a main housing which houses a coaxial plug connector. A retention housing is provided which latches to the main housing and which retains the coaxial connector in place. In some embodiments, the retention housing includes an integral locking plate to which a... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20070093122 - Connector improved in dust tightness: In a connector provided with a main body including a plurality of contacts arranged in parallel in a first direction and a housing holding the contacts, an operating member is coupled to the main body and is rotatable between an open position at which a connection object is allowed to... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070093121 - Electrical component, in particular relay socket, having spring clamps, and method for the manufacture thereof: An electrical component, such as a relay socket, comprises a housing having at least one terminal provided with an insertion opening configured for receiving at least one conductor end. The insertion opening communicates with an assembly chamber formed in the terminal. A clamping device is arranged in the assembly chamber.... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070093123 - Journal printer data interrupt cable for real time data capture at the keystroke and scan level: An electrical data connection device characterized by multiple connection points for intercepting and redirecting data flow. Connection points are characterized by an arrangement of male or female contact members and receptacles which separably connect to data generating and data receiving units.... Agent: Mr. David Gary Thomas Sr.

20070093124 - Methods and structure for sas expander optimization of sas wide ports: Methods and structures within a SAS expander for monitoring bandwidth utilization of a SAS wide port associated with the expander and for effecting reconfiguration of the wide port to improve SAS domain performance. In one aspect, a SAS expander may monitor utilization of a wide port of the expander. If... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070093125 - Terminal block rear connection bar: Embodiments of a rear connection bar for a telecommunications terminal block are presented herein. In one or more embodiments, the rear connection bar is configured to secure at least a first and second size of connectors in a terminal block of a first depth when connected to the terminal block... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070093126 - Fixed seat of a socket: A socket having a flange is applied to a display device. The display device has a side plate further having a combining hole to mount the socket. When the socket is mounted inside the combining hole, the flange of the socket sticks the side plate around the combining hole and... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070093128 - Coaxial cable connector having collar with cable gripping features: A coaxial cable connector includes a collar and an axially movable locking sleeve coupled to the collar. The collar has a sleeve insertion end and at least one flexible finger for gripping a cable provided on the sleeve insertion end. The locking sleeve includes an internal ramped surface for deflecting... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070093127 - Prepless coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body and an annular post coupled to the connector body. The connector body has a rearward cable receiving end and an internal threaded surface defined in the rearward cable receiving end. The internal threaded surface is adapted to threadably engage an outer surface... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070093129 - Rail adjustment device: A rail adjustment device including an adjustment mechanism for adjusting and locating the rail. The adjustment mechanism includes a bar body having a locating section. Multiple pairs of notches are formed on opposite corners of the locating section. By means of swiveling the bar body, a locating member can be... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070093130 - Perpendicular fitting female terminal and housing to mount it therein: The perpendicular fitting female terminal according to the present invention comprises a tubular body having two first walls facing in a height direction and opposing to each other and two second walls facing in a width direction and opposing to each other, and extending in a depth direction, and a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070093131 - Connector: The connector includes a connector housing having two terminal fittings and terminal receiving chambers for receiving the terminal fittings, and a spacer 4 to be inserted into the connector housing through an opening. A receptacle for inserting an unlocking jig is formed on the spacer. The receptacle is opened at... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070093132 - Electrical card connector with shutter mechanism: An electrical card connector (100) for compatibly insertion of a MINI SD card (91) and a SD card (92), includes an insulative housing (1), a number of first electrical contacts (31) and second electrical contacts (32) retained in the insulative housing, a shielding shell (2) attached to a top of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070093134 - Fabric interconnect: There is provided a fabric interconnect comprising a portion of a garment manufactured to contain a seamless tube-like elastic chamber to enable insertion of an electronic device having a conductive portion, wherein the chamber has a first inner surface that is substantially electrically conductive and a second inner surface that... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070093133 - Fixing assembly: A component, e.g. a prosthetic ball and socket joint like an acetabular cup (11) of a prosthetic joint, having a male or female location feature (15) in a surface thereof for mutual interfit with a fixing member (12) of a fixing assembly for securing the fixing member to the surface... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20070093136 - Clamshell style holding part: A clamshell type device which is adapted for use in strain relief. The clamshell surrounds the wire and also surrounds at least a part of the connector that attaches to the wire. The clamshell may press against the connector to hold to the connector and also may press against the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070093135 - Enclosure with emi shield: An exemplary enclosure includes a housing to enclose a motherboard therein. The motherboard has a USB connector mounted thereon. The housing includes a front panel and a bottom plate. The front panel has a USB plug mounted thereon. A cable shield is formed on the bottom plate. A cable passing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070093138 - Electronic card connection devices: Electronic card connection devices are provided. An electronic card connection device includes a bottom plate, a first and a second fixing components, and an elastic structure. The bottom plate includes a first and a second lateral parts opposite to each other. The first fixing component and the first lateral part... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070093137 - Sim card connector with locking arrangement: A SIM card connector includes an insulative base including on its either side an L-shaped rear groove, a recess including a rear ramp, an intermediate protrusion, a tab between the rear ramp and the protrusion, and a front protuberance, and a front stop member; a cover including two side flanges... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070093139 - Edge connector including internal layer contact, printed circuit board and electronic module incorporating same: An edge connector, system, printed circuit board and electronic module are described, which include an edge connector comprised of a substrate, including a first major exterior surface, a second major exterior surface, and a minor exterior surface. The edge connector further includes at least one of a first conductive contact... Agent: Trask Britt

20070093141 - Apparatus and method for communications testing: A communications connector tester for quickly and accurately analyzing communications connectors at production to determine whether the connectors are fit for use in certain communications applications is disclosed. Test signals at several discrete frequencies are sequentially inputted into pairs of conductors in the communications connector under test, and output signals... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070093140 - Exchangeable covers for radio communication terminals: A radio communication terminal, includes a substantially flat terminal core with a frame unit having two opposing faces, two opposing shorter sides and two opposing longer sides. The terminal includes a cover which is detachably connectable to the frame unit. The cover includes at least two cover members, devised to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070093142 - Medical device with a mri-induced signal attenuating member: A lead includes a conductor having a distal end and a proximal end. The lead also includes a filter circuit in the conductor. The filter circuit filters out magnetic resonance imaging induced signals.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070093143 - Structure of connecting press-fit terminal to board: In a connecting structure in which a press-fit terminal 1 is inserted in a press-fitted condition in a through hole 3 in a board 2, a terminal plating layer 4 is formed at least on a board insertion portion of the press-fit terminal 1, and a through hole plating layer... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070093144 - System for electrically connecting and fastening at least one plate-type electrical conductor to a support piece: This system for electrically connecting and fastening at least one plate-type electrical conductor to a support piece provided with a nut designed to cooperate with a fastening screw of the conductor is characterized in that an annular spacer of electrically conductive material is joined to support piece on the side... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070093145 - Elastic contact: An elastic contact that can adjust the angle and can bend between the electrical connector and the mating connector, so that good contact is constantly maintained. The elastic contact is installed into an electrical connector and electrical connects with a mating connector. The elastic contact includes a body portion, an... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070093146 - Electrical contacts having solder stops: An electrical contact for use in an electrical connector, includes a contact body made of metal and having a contact head, a contact tail, and an anti-wicking region disposed between the contact head and the contact tail arranged to prevent wicking of a fusible material past the anti-wicking region in... Agent: Samtec Incorporated C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070087585 - Electromagnetic relay: An electromagnetic relay is provided which allows free design of arrangements of each external connecting terminal and is capable of effectively dissipating heat from a base and suppressing a rise in temperatures within the electromagnetic relay. The electro-magnetic relay includes a core, a coil, a yoke, an armature, an electromagnetic... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070087586 - Method and apparatus for minimizing the instalation height of electrical components: A method and apparatus for reducing the installation height of an over-sized electrical component on a primary circuit board subject to maximum height restrictions. The invention exploits the allocated tolerance both above and below the printed circuit board. The electrical component is mounted to a daughter board, which is offset... Agent: Michael Artemis

20070087588 - Interposer with electrical contact button and method: An interposer having one or more hollow electrical contact buttons disposed in a carrier. The interposer is formed by disposing sacrificial posts in vias of the carrier. The electrical contact buttons are formed on the sacrificial posts by a metallizing process in desired pattern using a mask. The sacrificial posts... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P. IBM Yorktown

20070087587 - Method for manufacturing circuit board for semiconductor package: A method for manufacturing a circuit board for a semiconductor package is proposed. The method includes providing a circuit board having a circuit layer formed on at least one surface thereof, wherein the circuit board is defined with at least one predetermined area, the circuit layer includes a plurality of... Agent: Mr. Joseph A. Sawyer, Jr. Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070087589 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises an axial lead component and signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts has a contact area and a base formed opposite from the contact area, which is electrically connected to a lead end of the axial lead component. An insulative inner housing has a main body... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070087591 - Connector: A connector includes contacts each having a contact portion, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between the contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion; a housing fixing the contacts; and a slider having urging portions pivotally moved between the connection and pressure receiving portions of... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070087590 - High density, high speed connector: A high density, high speed, low profile, electrical connector (100) includes a housing (10) and conductive contacts (20) partially positioned in the housing. The housing has a base (11) defining therethrough a number of passageways (114). Each contact has a body portion (21) and a pair of cantilevered beams (22)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070087592 - Two circuit board housing integrated interconnect: An electrical device includes terminals encased within a housing and having distal ends connectable to two different circuit boards to provide a reliable electrical connection between the circuit boards. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are electrically connected through terminals that are embedded within the housing. Openings... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070087593 - Structure for monitoring semiconductor polysilicon gate profile: Detection of a profile drift of a polysilicon line is enhanced by a test structure that (1) measures a bottom width and an average width of a cross sectional area of the same polysilicon line (2) correlates the two measurements, and (3) compares such correlation with a previous correlation of... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20070087594 - Card unit, device unit, card attaching/detaching method and electronic apparatus: A card unit on which a card attached to a connector and detached from it is loaded has a frame, which is loaded with the card and is expanded and contracted, and an attaching/detaching mechanism which attaches the card to the connector and detaches the card from the connector by... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070087595 - Electrical connector with improved housing: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulated housing (10), a plurality first contacts (40) and second contacts (30) retained in the insulated housing and a metallic shell (20) assembled to surround the insulated housing. The insulated housing has a base (112), a top wall (110) and a bottom wall (111).... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070087596 - Portable terminal and sliding type cradle: Disclosed is a portable terminal through which a user can watch displayed images with convenience. The portable terminal includes a body housing having a plurality of first keys; and a sliding housing having a plurality of second keys, a plurality of speaker units, and a display unit. The sliding housing... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm

20070087597 - Apparatus and method for terminating probe apparatus of semiconductor wafer: A probe apparatus and method of terminating a probe that probes a semiconductor device with a signal cable from a tester side by side at a proximal end of the probe and a distal end of the signal cable. In one embodiment, the probe apparatus includes: a chassis; a dielectric... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070087598 - Interconnect and method for joining receptacles: A connector is provided for forming a substance transfer pathway between two or more volumes without exposing the interior contents of the volumes to an exterior environment. A removable cover is provided over a flap-defining membrane or boundary element, wit h the flap including an adhesive. Two receptacles and/or conduits... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070087599 - Lever type connector: A lever type connector of the present invention includes a connector housing, a cover, a lever rotatably mounted on the connector housing, and a snap tab mounted on the cover. During rotation of the lever from an unlocking position to a locking position, the snap tab is pressed by the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070087601 - Card connector with anti-mismating device: A card connector (1) includes an insulating housing (2); a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulating housing (2) and a shell (4). The shell (4) covers the insulating housing (2) to define a card receiving space therebetween and defines a card insertion direction. The contacts (3) comprise a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070087600 - Surface contact card holder: A holder for holding a surface contact card (40) includes a main body (10), a latch (20), a fixing portion (18) and an elastic element (30). The main body defines a receiving groove (16) and a sliding groove (17). The receiving groove is located at one side of the main... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070087602 - Protective cover for a surgical tool: A cover that protects a tip of a surgical instrument. The tip can be placed within a housing of the cover. The housing has openings on each end that allow sterilization fluid to flow across the tip during an autoclave procedure. The tip can be placed on a handle of... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070087603 - Electrical system assembly with mounting bracket: A bracket assembly for tool-less mounting in a raceway including a pair of substantially identical brackets, mated together, including a first bracket and a second bracket. Each bracket includes a support body, at least one lockable protrusion connected to the support body, at least one protrusion lock connected to the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070087604 - System to place receptacles and distribution blocks: An electrified wall panel in a modular furniture environment includes a plurality of multi-port electrical distribution blocks diversely located throughout the panel. Certain ones of the multi-port electrical distribution blocks are fixed to wall panel frame members and other ones of the multi-port electrical distribution blocks are free of the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070087605 - Connector: A connector includes contacts each having a contact portion, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between the contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion; a housing fixing the contacts; and a slider having urging portions pivotally moved between the connection and pressure receiving portions of... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070087606 - Sealing member and system: A sealing system comprises a pair of clamping members and a sealing member between them. The sealing member is defined by a generatrix following a closed-loop curve around a longitudinal axis. In a cross-section in a plane that includes the longitudinal axis, the generatrix of the sealing member can have... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070087607 - Board connector: The present invention relates to a board connector for electrically connecting together circuit boards which are incorporated in, for example, a mobile telephone. A dust-proof measure is carried out by swingably attaching a cover member to a plug via a fulcrum shaft, and covering contact portions of the plug and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070087608 - Delivery device and method: A delivery device and a delivery method allow at least one substance to permeate through the skin. The delivery device includes at least a receiving member, a conductive member, and a controlling member. After the receiving member for storing the substance comes into contact with the skin, an electric field... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070087609 - Method and apparatus of integrating work: An apparatus 30 for coupling a first member 15 and a second member 17 by a clip and a screw is constituted by member moving means 131L, 131R for moving the second member 17 relative to the first member 15, reaction force detecting means 132L, 132R provided to the member... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070087610 - Screen assembling structure: A screen includes a panel, a connecting post, and a pair of securing members fastening the panel to the connecting post; the panel has through holes near to an edge thereof; the connecting post has a receiving trench longitudinally extending along each side thereof; one of the securing members has... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070087611 - Ic socket with lever: An IC socket (1) includes a base (2), a cover (5) slidably engaged upon the base, and a lever (4) for driving the cover to slide on the base. The lever includes a lateral rod (41) and a longitudinal rod (42) connected to the lateral rod. The lateral rod is... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070087612 - Plug-socket assembly: An object of the present invention is to provide a plug/socket assembly in which the plug will never pull out of the socket even if an excessive pull-out force is applied to the plug. A plug/socket assembly (10) comprises a plug (20) and a socket (30) for receiving and fixing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070087614 - Connecting device for a plug-and-socket connection containing two connectors: In order to avoid jamming and permanent deformation during the connecting operation, the first connector (2) will always be in alignment with the second connector (4) during the pivoting operation. The connecting device of the invention is well-suited for the simple realization of plug-and-socket connections in the clinical field, in... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070087613 - Electrical connector with quick release means: An electrical plug connector arrangement includes a male plug member that is normally locked in engagement with a female socket member by a plurality of radially inwardly directed spring fingers that engage the threads of an externally threaded portion of the plug member, together with an annular quick-release member that... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070087615 - Methods and structure for sas domain transceiver optimization: Methods and structures within a SAS domain for automated tuning performance of a coupled pair of transceivers. In one aspect hereof, control registers of a transmitting transceiver coupled to a receiving transceiver are adjusted to a plurality of distinct combinations of settings. For each distinct setting, a test pattern may... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070087617 - Gearwheel and method for manufacturing a gearwheel: Gearwheel and method for manufacturing a gearwheel The invention concerns a gearwheel (1) with an external part (2), an insert (3), and a connecting part (4) for creating a form-fitting connection between the external part (2) and the insert (3), wherein the connecting part (4) is made from a material... Agent: Nath & Associates, PLLC

20070087616 - Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for preventing a breaking and poor contact, without increasing the number of steps, thereby forming an integrated circuit with high driving performance and reliability. The present invention applies a photo mask or a reticle each of which is... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070087618 - Installation apparatus: An installation apparatus for installing a wire harness over a fixed structural body and a movable structural body which is slidingly movable to the fixed structural body, the installation apparatus includes a case that receives the wire harness such that the wire harness extends in a sliding direction of sliding... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070087619 - Led string light engine and devices that are illuminated by the string light engine: A string light engine includes a plurality of LEDs, a plurality of IDC connectors, and an insulated flexible conductor. Each IDC connector is in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of LEDs and is operatively mechanically connected to at least one of the plurality of LEDs. The... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070087620 - Flat cable bending holder: A flat cable bending holder includes a plate 11 which has a bending reference side 14 at an outer circumferential edge thereof and in which a flat cable FCa of a front side of a bent line S is mounted on a front surface TA and a flat cable FCb... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070087621 - Wire harness-side shield connector: A wire harness-side shield connector comprising an outer case fittingly connected to a unit-side connector and having a shielding function, and a housing receiving connection terminals fixed respectively to end portions of a plurality of shielded wires, wherein said outer case comprises a shield shell which receives said housing and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070087622 - Adjustable connection mechanism for use in uninterruptible power supply apparatus: An adjustable connection mechanism of an uninterruptible power supply apparatus includes a first connector, a second connector, a supporting member and a carrier plate. The first connector is arranged on a battery module and electrically connected to the battery module. The second connector is electrically connected to a power supply... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070087623 - Connector assembly: A connector assembly is disclosed that includes a first connector provided at an end of a printed board of an electronic apparatus, the first connector having a connector main body part thereof projecting from an opening in the panel of the electronic apparatus; a second connector provided at an end... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070087624 - Rooftop electrical boot: A rooftop electrical boot for electrical service entrance to a building is described which allows it to be installed on a building without the electric power to the building being shut off and without the need to hire an electrician to connect or to disconnect electric power lines to the... Agent: Peter R. Bahn Patent Attorney

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) each include a securing portion (62) extending along a lengthwise direction of the passageways (56), a connecting portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070087626 - Connector with outer conductor axial compression connection and method of manufacture: An electrical connector for a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor, the connector in combination with a cable and a method of manufacturing. The the electrical connector having a connector body with a bore between a connector end and a cable end. The bore having an inner diameter shoulder... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070087627 - Sealing security shield: A security shield for a coaxial cable interconnection between a male connector and a female connector includes a gasket having a cross-section fitted to an annular shoulder of the security shield. When the security shield is fitted onto the coaxial cable interconnection, the gasket provides a seal between the security... Agent: Pastel Law Firm Christopher R. Pastel

20070087628 - Coaxial cable connector with self-gripping and self-sealing features: A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a rearward cable receiving end and a gripping ferrule fixed within the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body. The gripping ferrule includes at least one flexible finger deflected in a radially inward direction and extending in a forward direction... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070087630 - Board placement method and system for defective printed circuit board panel having multiple interconnected printed circuit board units: In a board placement method and system, a PCB panel having multiple interconnected PCB units and a vacant space is placed on a work surface of a reference platform. The work surface has an opening corresponding to the vacant space. The reference platform has a micro-adjusting unit, which includes a... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greenley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070087629 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector has a rectangular insulative housing, a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing, a shell enveloping the insulative housing, and a grounding plate assembled on the insulative housing. The grounding plate includes a connecting portion, a plurality of distal ends extending from the connecting portion, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070087632 - High speed transmission shield cable and method of making the same: A high speed transmission shield cable (100) includes a pair of wires (13) each including an inner conductor (131) for carrying high frequency signals and an inner insulator (132) surrounding the inner conductor for providing a sheath, at least a grounding conductor (12) disposed adjacent to the wires for providing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070087631 - Spring assisted two-piece motion-transmitting cable: A two-piece motion-transmitting cable assembly includes first and second cables, each having a core wire surrounded by a conduit; a male housing connected to the first cable and having a ridged length adjustment section; a spring retainer slideably interconnected with the exterior of the male housing and having a female... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070087633 - Test plug and cable for a glucose monitor: Methods and apparatuses for electrically connecting a medical glucose monitor to a glucose sensor set, as well as for testing the operation of the glucose monitor, monitor cable and glucose sensor set are provided. In one embodiment, an electric cable comprises a cable member, a first connector and a second... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070087634 - Jack assembly: The present disclosure relates to a jack assembly including a jack mount having a front side and a rear side. A jack of the assembly is adapted to be slidably mounted in a jack receiving region of the jack mount. The jack assembly also includes a plurality of cross-connect contacts,... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C. Attn: Karen A. Fitzsimmons

20070087635 - Installation apparatus: An installation apparatus for installing a wire harness over a fixed structural body and a movable structural body which is slidably provided to the fixed structural body, the installation apparatus includes a case that receives the wire harness such that the wire harness extends in a sliding direction of the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070087636 - Contact member, connector, substrate and contact system: A pair of contact members 10, 10 coming into contact with both of a front-surface and an undersurface of a substrate 2 by elastic forces, comprise a pair of first contact points 11, 11 getting, when the substrate 2 is inserted, apart from each other due to a thickness of... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070087637 - Connector assembly for an implantable medical device and process for making: A connector circuit assembly for use in an implantable medical device, and a method of making the assembly that includes a core portion formed of a thermoplastic material using either an injection molding process or a machining process. This core portion is adapted to be fitted with at least one... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070082509 - Electrical adapter: An electrical adapter (100) in accordance with the present invention includes a first connector (20), a second connector (30) and an adapting device (10) electrically interconnecting with the first and the second connectors. The adapting device includes a first printed circuit board (120) defining a number of first through holes... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070082510 - Coaxial angle connector: A right angle coaxial connector comprises a unitary body, (1) having a dielectric insulating member (4) secured along a longitudinal tubular bore extending along axis F-F through said unitary body (1) and holding a predominantly longitudinal inner conductor (2), having male ends (2A, 2B), in its correct position along the... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070082511 - Signal processing equipment: According to one embodiment, signal processing equipment comprising a second circuit conducting signal processing by the first supply voltage generated in the first circuit, a fourth circuit conducting signal processing by the second supply voltage generated in the third circuit, a standard ground terminal to which each ground terminal of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070082512 - Three-dimensional flexible interposer: A generally planar interposer having a plurality of interposer contact pads to contact a plurality of first contacts of a first electronic device on one side of the interposer, and a plurality of electrical connections between the interposer contact pads and a plurality of pressure contacts on the other side... Agent: Intel/blakely

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 substrate (4) mounted onto the electrical connector and including a third plurality of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070082515 - Interconnecting electrical devices: A male contact, a connector assembly of the type used to electrically connect electrical devices includes male contacts, and a method of manufacturing an electrical connector are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070082513 - Self-balanced dual l-shaped socket: An embodiment of the present invention is a Land Grid Array (LGA) socket. A first L-shaped area has a first center, a first outer long side, and a first outer short side. The first L-shaped area contains a first set of contacts oriented in a first direction. A second L-shaped... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070082516 - Electric contactor: An electric contactor includes an insulating main body and a plurality of conducting terminals. Several terminal accommodating holes are formed on the insulating main body. Each accommodating hole has a first conducting terminal and a second conducting terminal connected together, and the first and second conducting terminals can move relative... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070082517 - Power transmission chain and power transmission device: A power transmission chain (1) has links (11), pins (14), and interpieces (15). The links (14) each have a front and a back insertion parts (12, 13) through which the pins are inserted. The pins (14) and the interpieces (15) connect links (11) that are arranged side by side in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070082518 - Tab assembly: A snap-on tab assembly for electrically grounding a fluid separation device comprising a main body having a first surface for securing the main body to the separation device without the aid of a tool and a second surface for maintaining the main body in continuous electrical contact with the separation... Agent: Thomas N. Phung Jacobson And Johnson

20070082519 - Telecommunications components having reduced alien crosstalk: A telecommunications system comprising: a first printed circuit board associated with a first port, the first printed circuit board having first plated through holes for receiving first insulation displacement contacts associated with a first connecting block and first traces on the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070082520 - Card connector device: A card connector device whose structure is simple and which can hold plural types of cards of different widths. A plate-spring-shaped card position control unit is formed on the top of a case by partially cutting off a part of the case. The tip of the card position control unit... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070082521 - Memory card connector: A memory card connector includes an insulative housing having a terminal-mounting section which mounts a plurality of conductive terminals having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card. The housing at least in part defines a card-receiving cavity for receiving the memory card. A card eject mechanism includes... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070082522 - Carrier and an assembly including a carrier and a telecommunications module: A carrier useful in the field of telecommunications to which a plurality of telecommunications modules are mountable. The carrier includes at least one spacer adapted to create a wire or cable slack by spacing the wires or cables from that part of the carrier on which the spacer is provided.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070082523 - Backing sheet for a die for a foil stamping machine: A die (10) for a foil stamping machine. The die (10) includes a backing plate (11) of steel and an image layer (13) fixed to the plate (11) by means of an adhesive layer (12). The plate (11) is generally flat and is provided with a plurality of slots (14... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070082525 - Drinking vessels: The invention includes embodiments of a device having two or three receptacles for holding liquids for drinking by a user. The receptacles are fixated in relation to each other such that a user can drink all, or substantially all, of the liquid in one of the receptacles without spilling liquid... Agent: Patricia A. Wenger

20070082526 - Screwdriver bit and mating socket: A screw driver bit includes four side walls arranged in a square cross section substantially throughout a length thereof which taper inwardly towards one another towards the apex of the bit such that the bit is arranged to mate with each of a plurality of different standard size Robertson type... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070082524 - Telecommunications module and an assembly including at least one telecommunications module: A telecommunications module has a front and a rear side and at least two contacts which are in disconnectable contact with each other at a disconnection point, wherein at least one contact has at least two projections in the vicinity of the disconnection point and on either side of the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070082527 - Current distribution bus: A current distribution bus comprises an electrically conductive conduit which has been brought into a flattened shape at least regionally by pressing and whose end sections are made in sleeve shape for the connection of electrical leads.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070082528 - Flexible connector with printed circuit lines encircling two axes: The invention relates to a flexible connector formed from a single layer flexible film with printed circuit lines. The flexible connector comprises a first connection means, a second connection means, a first part extending from the first connection means, wherein the first part is adapted to form a coiled part... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070082529 - Die pickup apparatus, method for using the same and die pickup method: A die pickup apparatus including a wafer sheet push-up unit provided inside a suction stage that suction-holds a wafer sheet having thereon dies. The wafer sheet push-up unit is made of push-up members, and the inner most push-up member is connected to a linking up-and-down moving shaft, so that when... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070082530 - Gas turbine combustor bulkhead panel: A section panel assembly for a bulkhead of a gas turbine combustor includes a section panel defining a rear or cold side and defining a front or hot side. The panel has a circumferential inner edge, a circumferential outer edge and radially extending first and second side edges each extending... Agent: John Swiatocha Pratt & Whitney

20070082531 - Angular rate sensor: An angular rate sensor includes a base member serving as a base, an angular rate sensing element having a vibrating member, a wiring member having a flexible, electrical insulating tape portion and a electrical wire portion. The wiring member has end portions fixed to the base member and a middle... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070082532 - One touch connection and disconnection method and apparatus: A first connector is disposed on a housing associated with a power supply for a plasma arc system or on a lead for a plasma arc torch. The first connector is adapted to mate with a second connector along a longitudinal axis. A locking member causes, upon application of a... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070082533 - One-touch connection and disconnection method and apparatus: A first connector is disposed on a first end of a lead in a lead set for use with a plasma arc torch. The first connector is capable of engaging a second connector by causing a compression force in a second connector. The second connector compression force is caused by... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070082534 - Shielded connector: A shielded connector (A) has a housing (20) for accommodating terminal fittings (40) connected with ends of wires (10). A metallic shielding shell (30) is provided in the housing (20), and a tubular connecting member (50) connects an end of the shield (11) and the shielding shell (30). Thus, the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070082535 - High speed, high signal integrity electrical connectors: An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a terminal tray. The terminal tray may include a tray body having a latch extending therefrom. The connector housing may define a latch receiving window. The latch and latch receiving window may be disposed such that the latch engages the latch... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070082536 - Cable connector having fastening member: A cable connector (100) in accordance with the present invention includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of passageways (13) therethrough, a number of contacts (2) assembled to the insulative housing and respectively received in the passageways, a cable (5) including a number of conductors (50) respectively electrically connecting... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070082537 - Electronic connector: An electronic connector includes a cover, a connector body and an aligning plate. The cover defines an opening therein. The connector body protrudes through the opening, and defines a first interspace therebetween for the connector body to be partially and movably received in the opening. The aligning plate includes a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070082538 - Connector for electrically contacting consumers: The invention relates to a connector (24) for electrically connecting consumers (34), especially in bus systems, comprising a cable section, especially for an automotive heating or air-conditioning installation. The invention provides an improved system For establishing contact between a cable section, bus-capable electronics (4) and a consumer (34), which allows... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070082539 - Insulation displacement connection for securing an insulated conductor: A connector for engaging a conductor enclosed by insulation includes a housing including a base, the housing having a slot directed toward the base, a throat whose width is less than a width of an outer surface of the insulation, and a retention recess communicating with the throat and having... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070082540 - Shielded connecting block providing reduced alien crosstalk: A patch panel includes a first outlet having a first connecting block; a second outlet having a second connecting block, the second connecting block positioned adjacent to the first connecting block; a conductive shield positioned between the first connecting block and the second connecting block to reduce alien crosstalk.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070082541 - Clip for flat flexible cable: A retainer for a flat flexible cable includes a first closure portion having a top surface, a bottom surface and side surfaces, a second closure portion having a top surface, a bottom surface and side surfaces, and a hinge portion separating the first and second closure portions. At least one... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070082542 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector including a housing having a mating interface and a contact interface configured to receive an end of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) having at least one row of FPC contacts, and contacts received in the housing and extending between the mating interface and the contact interface. Each... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20070082543 - Apparatus and method for managing prescription benefits: A system and method are disclosed for managing prescription benefits. Case records containing information regarding patients and prescription coverage activities for the patients are stored in the system. Users are allowed access to the system via an appropriate electronic communication network. The user can subsequently perform various tasks in order... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070082544 - 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... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20070082545 - Slide module and mobile terminal having slide module: A slide module having a first slide member moving in a lengthwise direction, a second slide member moving in a widthwise direction, and a guide member disposed between the first and second slide members, guiding movement of the first slide member in the lengthwise direction and guiding movement of the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070082546 - Compression tool for compression connector: A compression tool for connecting a coaxial cable compression connector to a coaxial cable include first and second operating arms rotatably connected at a pivot point, similar to a pair of pliers. Each operating arm includes a handle at one end, but the first arm includes a holding jaw at... Agent: Pastel Law Firm Christopher R. Pastel

20070082547 - Resin coating method, insert molding, and resin-coated metal gears: An insert molding method comprising an insert molding step of separately preheating an insert member and a mold, and injecting a molten resin; a step of holding a molding in the mold; and a step of gradually cooling at room temperature after taking the molding form the mold is provided.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070082549 - Connector having a movable member: A lever (40) is mounted rotatably on a female housing (10) and includes a cam plate (47) with a cam groove (41). The cam plate (47) is arranged on only one surface of the female housing (10). In addition to an engaged position of a cam groove (41) and a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070082548 - Electrical connector housing with terminal position assurance (tpa) member: An electrical connector including a plurality of electrical terminals; and a housing having the electrical terminals connected thereto. The housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member movably connected to the first housing member. The first housing member includes snap-lock latches which lock the terminals in terminal... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070082552 - Connection device: A connection device for connecting an optical fiber to an electrical device has a housing, a cable gland, and a plug for insertion into the corresponding socket of the electrical device, the housing having a cable passage for insertion of the optical fiber, the plug being held at least partially... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070082551 - Electrical connector bridge arrangement with release means: A plug-in electrical bridge connector includes a pair of parallel bridge contacts that extend through contact openings contained in an insulated bus bar housing arrangement for electrical engagement with bus bars mounted in chambers contained therein, respectively. A locking device is arranged in at least one of the bus bar... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070082550 - Shielded connector module housing with heatsink: A port connector module supplies power over Ethernet with a power supply mounted to the port housings. The compact arrangement for providing distributed power frees up significant space in the system architecture, while providing a high degree of functionality for power management operations. The power board integrates a number of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070082553 - Molded connector for water or fuel sealing: An electrical connector for use in an area subject to fluids such as gasoline or water. Typically, the connector would be used in a fuel injector to an electronic control module found in automotive and recreational motors. Once the wires have been stripped, they are then fused to a centering... Agent: William B Ritchie Law Ofice Of Williams B. Ritchie

20070082554 - Small-sized electrical connector easily improved in emi characteristics: In an electrical connector to be connected to a mating connector having a locking portion for locking a connected state between the electrical connector and the mating connector, a conductive shell includes a recessed portion adapted to be engaged with the locking portion in the connected state. The recessed portion... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070082555 - Electrical connector suitable for transmitting a high-frequency signal: In an electrical connector for connecting first and a second connection objects through a plurality of contacts, a housing includes a front housing for receiving the first connection object and a rear housing coupled to the front housing in a first direction and for receiving the second connection object. The... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070082556 - Jack with modular mounting sleeve: A housing for a coaxial jack including an opening for receiving the jack, the opening including a guide for preventing rotation of the jack within the opening. The housing also includes a stop to limit sliding of the jack within the opening and a flange extending from an outer surface.... Agent: Attention Of Steven C. Bruess Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070082557 - Communications connectors with floating wiring board for imparting crosstalk compensation between conductors: A communications connector includes: a dielectric mounting substrate; a plurality of conductors mounted in the mounting substrate; and a wiring board. Each of the conductors includes a fixed end portion mounted in the mounting substrate and a free end portion, each of the free end portions being positioned in side-by-side... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070082558 - Apparatus for producing electrical wiring: An apparatus for producing electrical wiring constituted by at least one wire inserted in a corresponding receptacle of a connector provided with at least one corresponding electrical terminal, that comprises: a region for loading wires in corresponding preset seats, selected among a plurality of seats formed on a holder comb;... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070082559 - Contact spring: A contact spring comprises: a support portion connected to electrical equipment; a contact portion electrically connected to an external power supply terminal; at least two bent portions connected between the support portion and the contact portion and having a bent shape.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070082560 - Method and computer program product for assembling a plurality of pages together: A method and computer program product for assembling sheets of paper include cutting at least one “female” cut motif having a female slit in a first sheet. For each female slit, the method and computer program product include cutting in a second sheet a “male” cut motif having a central... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070082563 - Hybrid contact lens system and method of fitting: A hybrid contact lens comprises a substantially rigid zone having an aspheric base curve with a given apical radius and a substantially flexible hydrophilic peripheral portion coupled to the substantially rigid zone, the peripheral portion having one of a plurality of radii, wherein a conic constant of the substantially rigid... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070082561 - Method and device for manufacturing a wire cord: A machine for manufacturing a cord consisting of twisted metallic wires comprises a pair of crimping wheels with meshing toothed surfaces for crimping a plurality of wires when they are passed between said meshing toothed surfaces, and a twisting means for twisting together the wires along a twisting path downstream... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070082562 - Multi-beam optical scanning device: The present invention relates to an optical scanning device for reading out from or writing on an information carrier. Said optical scanning device comprises a radiation source for producing a radiation beam, means for dividing the rad i tion am infordation calriero sub-beams, focusing means for focusing the plurality of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070077783 - Rotary connector system: A system for conducting an electrical signal from a first device to a second device, which members are relatively rotatable is provided. The system includes first and second Hall effect assemblies. The first Hall effect assembly is rotatable upon rotation of one of the devices, and the second Hall effect... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070077784 - System and method for accessing a user interface via a secondary device: An adapter provides a link between a digital media player having a memory on which is stored digital media files, a display device, and a remote control. The adapter receives from the digital media player data which is used to generate a representation of a user interface which is provided... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070077785 - Electrical connector: A kind of electrical connector comprising insulator body and conductive terminal; the insulator body is installed with several terminal receptor holes; each receptor hole is installed with the first conductive terminal and the second and third conductive terminal located at the two ends of the first conductive terminal; the second... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070077787 - Interconnection device: Methods of manufacture of interconnection devices that include using a non-forming process to manufacture a plurality of compression contacts, each compression contact including a cantilevered beam portion that is tapered along its length, and disposing each of the plurality of contacts within a respective cavity in a substantially planar carrier... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070077786 - Intervening connection apparatus capable of easily and acurately positioning a conductor: In a connection apparatus for electrically connecting two connection objects to each other, a frame is disposed between the connection objects and has two surfaces faced to the connection objects, respectively. An elastic member penetrates the frame and has two end portions protruding from the two surfaces, respectively. A conductor... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070077789 - Electrical connector for a chip module: An electrical connector for a chip module including an insulator body and a conductive terminal. The insulator body has a plurality of receptor holes. Each of the plurality of receptor holes has a first conductive terminal and a second receptor hole. A first end of the first conductive terminal forms... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070077788 - Electronic apparatus incorporating latch mechanism: An electronic apparatus includes a cover, a latch fixable to the cover and a base pivotally connectable with the cover. The latch includes a hook having a shank portion and a hook portion extending from the shank portion, and the shank portion defines a slanted surface thereon. The base includes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070077790 - Electrical cordset having connector with integral signal conditioning circuitry: An electrical cordset for connecting a sensor connector used with a piston position sensor located within a high pressure environment and a control system. The cordset has a connector that is comprised of a housing having a cavity formed therein. A high pressure assembly having a plurality of pins is... Agent: Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione

20070077791 - Method for controlling pluggable port on interface board of communication device and interface board: A method for controlling a pluggable port on an interface board of a communication device, pre-setting; the process of controlling the port includes: the communication device receiving an external inputted password and verifies the received password according to a pre-set password; the communication device enables or disables the pluggable port... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

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 two opposite sides of the stiffener (11), wherein a securing plate (15)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070077793 - Detachable pedestal: A detachable pedestal. The detachable pedestal comprises a base and a support. One end of the base is a first connecting end. The first connecting end comprises a first connecting portion and a first guide portion. One end of the base is a second connecting end. The second connecting end... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070077794 - Grounding device for reducing emi on pcb: A grounding device for reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) on a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a grounded portion formed on the PCB, a threaded hole defined in the PCB, and a connecting member. The grounded portion is a part of a grounding layer of the PCB and with high impedance.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070077795 - Rail system: A rail system (100) is disclosed which may be employed within a commercial interior (102). The rail system (100) comprises a series of primary-tracks (130) in a spaced apart configuration. The rail system (100) also comprises a series of cross rails (132) releasably interconnectable to the primary tracks (130). The... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070077796 - Wire management grommet with non-captive closure member: This invention relates to a two-piece grommet adapted for holding a cable in an aperture, such as in a desk or work surface so as to absorb any strain imposed on the cable and to provide an attractive covering for the hole drilled to pass the cable. The grommet consists... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070077797 - Connection system: A connection system. The connection system includes a connection receptacle comprising a first component coupled to a chassis and a second component coupled to the first component. The first and second components are collapsed into a compact configuration when the connection receptacle is in a closed position. According to the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070077798 - Connector: A connector includes a rear cover which is fixed to a rear portion of an outer housing in non-contacting relation to an inner housing. A strain relief structure, including a wire bending portion for bending and holding wires, is provided at the rear cover. The connector further includes springs. The... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070077799 - Modular wall panel electrical assembly: A modular wall panel system including at least one wall panel having a raceway with at least one receptacle opening therein and at least one receptacle assembly. The at least one receptacle assembly includes a retaining device that retains the receptacle to the raceway and a restraining feature that restrains... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070077800 - Secure cable system: Secure cable connections in a structure. Cables are routed between a fixed surface and a removable surface to connectors within a lockable enclosure. Removable surfaces include raised floors, suspended ceilings, and the like that generally comprise tiles for access to an area between the removable surface and the fixed surface.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070077801 - Holder for bipin tube-type fluorescent lamp: A lampholder has an inner part centered on an axis and formed with a radially extending and axially open inner slot having a predetermined small width. It also has an outer part surrounding the inner part and formed relative to the axis with a radially extending and axially open outer... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070077802 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly including a first and a second connector, the first connector including a terminal unit and a housing having a wall section, where the terminal unit protrudes from the wall section enabling the first connector to be mated with the second connector. The terminal unit is movable... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070077803 - Lateral engaging structure of an electrical connector: A lateral engaging structure of an electrical connector is disposed at one side of a plastic base of the connector to engage with an inserted circuit board. The structure includes a main body and an elastic arm. The main body has vertical first and transversal plates. The first plate is... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070077804 - Electrical connector: This invention is about providing a kind of electrical connection design comprising insulator body and conductive terminal; the insulator body is designed with several receptor holes, where each receptor hole is designed with the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal; the outer side of the two conductive terminals... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070077805 - Optical apparatus using flexible printed wiring board: An optical apparatus including an electrical component which is movable in a plane, and a flexible printed wiring board in the shape of a strip, the widthwise direction thereof being parallel to the plane, which connects the electrical component to a stationary board, wherein the flexible printed wiring board includes... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

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