Electrical connectors inventions 05/07

20070123064 - Folding electric apparatus: A folding electronic apparatus is proposed, the rigidity of the hinge of which is sufficiently high, in which signal wires for connecting a movable portion with a stationary portion can be easily incorporated. The apparatus includes: a stationary portion (2) and a movable portion (3) which are connected to each... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070123065 - Connector system: A connector system conveys signals supporting patient medical parameter data acquisition and includes a connector body supporting a plurality of clusters of pins, e.g. at least first, second and third clusters. An individual cluster includes a plurality of pins. The first, second and third clusters are mutually isolated by a... Agent: Jack Schwartz & Associates

20070123067 - Flexible ring interconnection system: Multiple small conductive and flexible hollow rings, each of which is made from a pliable material, provide a flexible connection medium for use between a substrate and a microelectronic device package. Each ring is soldered to both the substrate and the device. A portion of the sidewall of each ring... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070123066 - Interconnection element for bga housings and method for producing the same: An electronic component includes an interposer substrate and at least one semiconductor chip mounted on the interposer substrate. A plurality of electrical connections electrically couple a rewiring of the interposer substrate to contact regions of the at least one semiconductor chip. A plurality of connection elements are positioned for electrical... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20070123068 - Conductive ball arraying apparatus: A conductive ball arraying apparatus adopts the following means. At first, the apparatus comprises an arraying jig having a conductive ball insert section formed in a predetermined area, a ball cup having an opening in its lower face and capable of housing a multiplicity of conductive balls together with the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070123069 - Clip ribbon and apparatus for splicing surface mounted device carrier tapes: Disclosed is a clip ribbon and apparatus for splicing surface mount device carrier tapes. The clip ribbon has a plurality of clips used for splicing carrier tapes are connected to one another in a line. The apparatus for splicing device carrier tapes has a tool for splicing the carrier tapes... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070123070 - Catheter winder/unwinder and an arteriography system provided with such a winder/unwinder: A catheter winder/unwinder comprising at least a first system and a second system is disclosed wherein, the first system comprises a first receptacle that receives a catheter and a first drive mechanism that applies movement to the catheter, the second system comprising a second receptacle that receives a guide and... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20070123072 - Connector mounting construction and method: An upper end of a housing (31) is fit into a fitting hole (17) in a lid (12), and a fastenable portion (40) projects horizontally from a bottom end of the housing (31). A bolt (41) is inserted vertically through an insertion hole (42) in the fastenable portion (40) and... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070123071 - Usb connector with clipping grooves: A USB connector comprises an insert-molded member formed by insert molding technology and a metal shell, wherein the insert-molded member includes an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals. The terminal bearing portion of the insert-molded member extends outward a first side arm and a second side arm having... Agent: Kao H. Lu

20070123073 - Semiconductor devices with conductive clips: A semiconductor device is described that includes a die connected between a conductive platform and a conductive clip. The semiconductor device is formed by a process that includes mounting a first surface of each of multiple die to each of a number of conductive mounting platforms of a lead frame... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070123074 - Circuit connection structure and printed circuit board: To prevent damage to equipment due to the oblique insertion of a fat cable, a capacitor-connection line having a capacitive circuit element is disposed adjacent to a power supply line of a printed circuit board and connected to a ground of the printed circuit board. When a flat cable is... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070123075 - Remote receptacle control: Remote duplex receptacle systems (1600, 16001) are used with power poles (1622), walls, floors or the like. One receptacle system (1600) includes a junction box (1602) with a conduit (1608) and patch cord (1614) extending therefrom. The system (1600) is programmable using a wand (892) to effect control relationships between... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070123076 - Card edge connector: The present invention provides an electrical connector (100) comprising a housing assembly (10, 20) defining a slot, a number of contacts (30) assembled to the housing assembly (10, 20), a carriage (80) up and down moveably assembled in the slot; and a latch arm (50) being pivotally mounted to an... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070123077 - Electrical connection: An electrical connection is provided for connecting electrically transmitting cables and/or wires to one another or any other component in a manner that provides an environmentally sealed connection. The electrical connection includes an electrical connector for connecting electrical cables or wires that includes seals which are disposed in grooves in... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070123079 - Connecting device arranged between a steering wheel and a pitman module of a motor vehicle: A connecting device arranged between a steering wheel and a pitman module of a motor vehicle encompasses a stator part and a rotor part accommodated therein for enclosing a flexible line comprising several individual electrical conductors, is taken up with its two wide sides via a U-shaped turning section with... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070123080 - Connector: To provide a connector in which a plug and a receptacle can be connected easily and the plug and the receptacle are separated from each other by rotating a coupling ring. A plug (1) is structured so that an inner circumference of an external cylinder (11) includes a pair of... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070123078 - Foldable information processing apparatus: A foldable information processing apparatus includes a hinge part that foldably couples two housings with each other, a crank-type structured flexible printed circuit board that passes through the hinge part and electrically connects the two housings to each other, and a protector that protects an end surface of the flexible... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070123081 - Robot control device and robot system: A robot control device is connected to an industrial robot through a connection cable. The robot control device has a casing that accommodates an actuator controller. A side surface of the casing has a stepped portion. The stepped portion includes a connecting portion located in such a manner that the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070123082 - Interconnect assemblies and methods: Interconnect assemblies and methods for forming and using them. In one example of the invention, an interconnect assembly comprises a substrate, a resilient contact element and a stop structure. The resilient contact element is disposed on the substrate and has at least a portion thereof which is capable of moving... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070123083 - Press-in contact with crimp arms for a circuit board: The invention relates to a device for contacting an electrical conductor of a cable with a conductor trace (8) of a circuit board (2), characterized in that the device is made as a press-in contact (1) fittable in a hole of the circuit board (2) and securable there without solder... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070123084 - Electric contact and female terminal: An electric contact and a female terminal have high spring elasticity and high electric conductivity. In the electric contact 1 arranged inside the female contact maker 11, the contact member 2 in an approximately cylindrical shape is formed by the composite member composed of the electric conductive member 3 and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070123085 - Case member having connector portion: There is provided a case member having a structure for preventing the pushing-out of a seal member caused by gas leakage within a connector portion and also for preventing an annular lip portion of the seal member from falling when fitting the connector portion and a mating connector to each... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070123086 - Storage body: A storage body with improved decorativeness and an improved degree of freedom in its function and in its design comprises a main body, a cover body, and a locking mechanism. The main body has an opening portion. The cover body is supported by the main body in such a manner... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070123087 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for connecting electrically an electronic card to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing (10) and at least one piece of lower terminal (12) comprising a mating portion (121), the mating portion receiving in a bottom wall (131) and extending into a mating slot (135), a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070123088 - Electrical connector: A electrical connector includes a housing (11) with a peripheral wall and a front projection (17) that extends from said peripheral wall in the plugging direction so as to plug in a dent portion (43) of a mating connector (30) thereby providing a large plugging length without increasing the connector... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070123089 - Connector for connecting electronic component: An electronic-component connector that forms a secure detachable connection and is packaged in a small space even when the electronic component is a module or other component that is linked to an optical waveguide or other signal transfer member, and transmits and receives a signal such as an optical signal... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070123090 - Pluggable optical transceiver module: A pluggable optical transceiver module is provided. The pluggable optical transceiver module is fitted to and removed from a receptacle having a clamp at an end in an optical communication system body and includes a housing frame having an adaptor at which a light emitting diode (LED) display unit and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070123091 - Releasable wire connector: A releasable wire connector has a housing and a cap slidably engaging one another and enclosing an electrical contact. The contact has inner and outer flexible fingers disposed opposite wire ports in the housing and cap. The fingers engage conductors inserted into the connector to retain the connectors therein and... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070123092 - Novel cutting wire for devices such as edge trimmers or brush cutters: The invention relates to a cutting wire (10) which is intended for a vegetation-cutting or -trimming device. The inventive wire comprises a core (12) which is surrounded by a skin (14). The invention is characterised in that: the core is made from a polyamide or a copolyamide; the skin is... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070123093 - Electrical contact: Electrical contact comprising a contact element, which has a connection portion, which serves for the electrical conducting connection to an electrical conductor, but a contact holding portion connected integrally to the connection portion, for contacting a counter contact, and a support element, which encloses the contact holding portion at least... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070123094 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) comprises a housing (10) disposed a number of receiving slots (105) and a number of electrical contacts (20) received in the housing (10). Each slot (105) defines four inner walls. The contacts (20) defines a first sidewall (207) and a second sidewall (208) opposite to the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070123095 - Cable organizer: A cable organizer is disclosed. The cable organizer includes a cable spool that is mountable to an underside of a support surface and is used to organize, store and separate cables and power cables used to operate and power electrical appliances. The cable spool is formed from cup structures that... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070123096 - Single cable battery charging apparatus: A single cable battery charging apparatus for charging and maintaining the charge on a battery in the trailer or tractor of a refrigerated tractor-trailer using the tractor battery, by connecting only the positive terminals of the batteries in the tractor and the trailer to each other. The single cable battery... Agent: John M. Harrison

20070123097 - Terminal design with shock isolation assembly: Systems and methodologies are disclosed for isolating a portable hand held electronic unit from external mechanical shocks and/or vibrations by dampening them at several levels. The system can absorb an external mechanical shock at three different levels by employing an external bumper system, elastic housing design features, and an internal... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070123098 - Screwless wall-plate: The present invention provides a wall plate assembly which contains a wall plate having at least an opening which is adapted to receive a wiring device. The wall plate assembly is characterized by its not requiring a screw to connect the wall plate to the wiring device, which is accomplished... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070123099 - Connector, printed circuit board, connecting device connecting them, and method of testing electronic part, using them: The invention has an object of providing a connector for connecting between a printed circuit board and a test device, capable of easily attaching and detaching the connector at low cost. The connector includes at least one conducting pin 28 that is protruded from a connector body, and at least... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070123100 - Coaxial connector having detachable locking sleeve: A connector is provided for terminating coaxial cable. The connector includes a connector body having a cable receiving end and an opposed connection end. A locking sleeve is provided in detachable, re-attachable snap engagement with the insertion end of the connector body for securing the cable in the connector body.... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070123101 - Nut seal assembly for coaxial cable system components: An integrated seal assembly is provided, as is a coaxial cable system component incorporating the seal assembly with a connector for coupling to an externally threaded port. The seal assembly includes a bellows-type seal formed at least partially of a conductive elastomer and having an elastically deformable tubular body and... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070123102 - Female terminal and connector: The present invention is to provide a female terminal for preventing an inserting segment from separating from one inner wall of a tube, and a connector utilizing the same. The female terminal has an electrical contacting portion and a projection. The electrical contacting portion has the tube accepting the inserting... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070123103 - Latch mechanism and electronic device with the same: A latch mechanism for an electronic device is secured to a base of the electronic device. The latch mechanism includes a latch lever including a pressing portion for being applied an external force along a first direction and at least one latch portion for clasping a cover of the electronic... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070123104 - Supply device and processing device as well as instruction method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an instruction method for providing an instruction from a supply device to a processing device via an HDMI cable, the method comprising detecting a signal from an operating switch in the supply device, generating a packet signal in which instruction information according to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070123107 - Anti-impact shield for a mechanical part: An anti-impact shield (50) for a mechanical part (22) of a rotorcraft, the mechanical part (22) having a central portion (221) together with first and second U-shaped ends (EX1, EX2) each having a bottom wall (225) and two side branches (224), the bottom walls (225) of the ends (EX1, EX2)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070123106 - Cable connector: A cable connector comprising a connection-peg, comprising a plurality of transmission terminals; a plurality of transmission channels, electrically connecting with transmission terminals and comprising signal wires in pair; a plurality of earthing wires, mounted in the place among the each transmission channels; a first conducting cover unit, binding and laying... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070123105 - Connector fixing structure: A male connector to be connected to a female connector provided at a housing accommodating a vehicle-mounted electrical device includes a contact point to be connected to a contact of the female connector, a cable connected to the contact point, and a shield shell covering the contact point. A fixing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070123108 - Power strip modules and systems: A power distribution system, in particular a power strip, includes one or more modules. The module housing typically approximates the shape of a rectangular or triangular block. In a preferred embodiment, the module approximates a cube and provides six major surfaces, each approximately at right angle to its neighboring major... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070123109 - High speed, card edge connector: A connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (10) defining a central slot (14) with two rows of passageways (16) by two sides thereof and two rows of contacts (20) disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively. An electronic card (9) is received in the central slot and has a number... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070123110 - Ultrasonic volumetric imaging by coordination of acoustic sampling resolution, volumetric line density, and volume imaging rate: In an ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system which scans a volumetric region, the sampling bandwidth or spatial resolution is matched to the achievable transducer resolution determined by the aperture size and the wavelength and the desired output bandwidth or volume imaging rate. In an illustrated embodiment this is done by controlling... Agent: Philips Medical Systems Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070123111 - Audio jack: An audio jack includes a rectangular housing including a body including a rear first compartment and a hole extended from a front face to the first compartment, and an insulate plate secured to a top of the body; a plurality of contacts provided in the housing and including first, second,... Agent: Kao H. Lu

20070123112 - Inductive and capacitive coupling balancing electrical connector: A network cable jack includes a printed circuit board (PCB) for balancing both inductive and capacitive coupling. Using a PCB allows compact trace paths to be formed without significantly increasing manufacturing costs. By including on each trace path two distinct inductance zones separated by a neutral zone, significant gains in... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070123113 - Method for forming angles and closures in sheet material and sheet therefor: A sheet of material, suitable for bending along a bend line to a predetermined angle, includes one planar segment on one side of the bend line, another planar segment on another side of the bend line, one displacement extending in the thickness direction of the sheet of material from the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070123114 - Metal terminal and electric distribution box provided with the same: A metal terminal adapted to be fixedly held between a terminal connecting portion and a fastening member provided at the terminal connecting portion, the metal terminal comprising an electrical contact portion which can be slid to be inserted between the fastening member and the terminal connecting portion so as to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070123115 - Subterranean electrical hub: An exemplary subterranean hub for an outdoor system for distributing electrical power to a plurality of fixtures is provided, the hub having a body, a plurality of electrical connectors disposed on the body and adapted to accept mating connectors from a corresponding fixtures, means for electrically coupling an external power... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070117415 - Wiring board and wiring apparatus: A wiring board includes conductive wirings, terminals and interconnecting lines connecting between them. First terminals establish a one-to-one correspondence with the interconnecting lines. The interconnecting lines terminate at the first terminals except at least one of the interconnecting lines. The interconnecting line which does not terminate at the first terminals... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070117416 - Multi-board printed circuit assembly having aligned connectors: A multi-board assembly includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) assembly that is coupled to at least two secondary PCB assemblies. A positioning device situates the second PCB assemblies in a desired position such that electrical connectors on the second PCB assemblies align with and engage complementary connectors on the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070117417 - Pcb connector: A printed circuit board joining assembly adapted to join two printed circuit boards (1) together with an edge to edge alignment, said joining assembly having a clamping means (11, 13) holding at least one electrical conductor (3) so as to electrically connect an electrical conductor of a first of the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070117418 - Display apparatus: There is provided a technique in which when a display apparatus is assembled, workability of an operation for fixing a printed circuit board disposed at an outer peripheral part of a display panel to a support member can be improved. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a flexible printed... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070117419 - Mount assembly for electronic devices: A mounting assembly for portable electronic devices includes a mount (12) with a mounting ball (16) that mates with a socket assembly (22) formed in a housing (18) of an electronic device (20). The socket assembly includes an orifice (32) formed in the back of the housing, a seat (34)... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070117420 - Holder: There is provided a holder 3 for holding an electric connection box 2 and for fixing the electric connection box 2 to a vehicle body. The holder includes at least two positioning portions 13 and 16 for positioning the electric connection box 2, and an interconnecting portion 14 interconnecting the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070117421 - Power semicondutor module with capacitors connected parallel to one another: A power semiconductor module is presented. The power semiconductor module includes a plurality of capacitors coupled in parallel with each other. Each of the plurality of capacitors each includes a first and a second connection element. The power semiconductor module further includes a first and a second busbar. The first... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070117422 - Electrochemical low esr capacitor with connector: An electrochemical double layer capacitor (DLC) is configured for mounting on a PCB. A first connector component is configured at each individual terminal lead of the DLC capacitor. A second connector component is mounted on the PCB and includes a number of parallel connector elements at a footprint location for... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070117423 - Camera module using printed circuit board with step portion: Provided is a camera module using a PCB with a step portion. The camera module includes a PCB, a housing, and a lens barrel. The PCB includes a substrate main body, a plurality of pads, and a step portion. The substrate main body is formed of a stacked structure with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070117424 - Electronic structure with components connected by way of solderable connecting elements and method: For the vertical electrical connection of a number of components, an electronic structure with at least two components has solderable connecting elements, which include at least one socket element and a solder ball stacked on the socket element. The socket element has a cylindrical core of an electrically conducting first... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070117425 - Ic embedding seat: An IC embedding seat comprises a body and a sliding cover to form a sliding mechanism provided for IC with BGA package no longer using SMT, soldering paste, or flux for IC maintenance and replacement, the body has one or more IC containers each of which bottom has a conducting... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070117427 - Digital electronic apparatus with suppressed radiant noise: A digital electronic apparatus includes a plurality of units and a cable. The plurality of units have metallic housings and are combined such that surfaces of the metallic housings are opposed to each other. The cable is laid on a surface of the metallic housing of at least one of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070117426 - Power supply circuit for removable automotive interior systems with integrated switching function: An electrical power supply system includes a vehicle interior trim member selectably mountable to a vehicle interior. The vehicle interior trim member includes an electrical load device and a releasable connector having a fixed terminal contact for receiving power for powering the electrical load device. A power supply connector is... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070117428 - Wall outlet: The invention relates to a wall outlet comprising a base part having at least one first opening which is used to receive an electric cable, and a cover. The cover or the base part comprise at least one second opening wherein an electric socket can be inserted. A cable guiding... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070117429 - Connector connection structure: A connector connection structure includes: a female connector on a housing accommodating a dynamo-electric machine mounted in a vehicle; and a male connector shaped so as to be fitted into the female connector by inserting it with a force not smaller than a predetermined amount. The male connector includes a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070117430 - Portable apparatus and stylus: A stylus for a portable apparatus is disclosed. The stylus comprises a main portion and a rotating portion. The main portion comprises a tip end and a pivot end, and at least one protruding rib is disposed on the pivot end. A positioning plate is disposed on one end of... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai & Associates, P.C.

20070117431 - Automatic configuration system: An automatic configuration system for automatically configuring a connecting interface of a node device in a network is provided. The connecting interface of the node device includes a first pair of connectors and a second pair of connectors. The automatic configuration system includes a switching unit, a first analog circuit... Agent: Mr. Joseph A. Sawyer, Jr. Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070117432 - Connector for display device: A connector including a body, a plurality of connector pins on the body, at least one dummy pin on the body, and a protective layer covering a portion of each connector pin and a portion of each of the at least one dummy pin, where a contour of the protective... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070117434 - Circuit arrangement and method for reducing electromagnetic interference: Circuit arrangement and method for reducing electromagnetic interference. The circuit arrangement includes a supply potential connection, a reference-ground potential connection, a controllable impedance element, a signal generator, and a circuit unit. The controllable impedance element is connected between the supply potential connection and the reference-ground potential connection, and has a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro, LLP

20070117435 - Coaxial connector having a switch: The coaxial connector having a switch, which is mounted on a board, according to the invention includes an insulated housing having a hole that can receive a center conductor of a coaxial plug from the upper side, an outer conductor that is provided outside of the insulated housing and can... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070117436 - Meter socket bypass disconnect device: A meter socket bypass disconnect device for disconnecting service using a bypass meter socket. The meter socket bypass disconnect device includes a housing, a disconnect system for interfacing with a meter socket, an indication system for indicating power phase and load status, and a switching system for moving the meter... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070117433 - Power supply circuit for removable automotive interior systems: An electrical power supply system is provided that includes a vehicle interior trim member selectably mountable to a vehicle interior. The trim member includes an electrical load device and a releasable connector for receiving electrical energy for powering the electrical load device. A power supply connector is electrically coupled to... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070117437 - Detachable coupling for a remote inspection device: A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device and one or more light sources are embedded in the end of the cylindrical... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070117438 - Device for preventing ball and socket joint from rolling: Specifically, the antirolling device comprises: a bracket on the moving part (130) that is fixed to the circumference of the moving body; a guide channel (140) whose upper part is pivoted to the bracket on the moving part (130); a sliding bar (150) coupled to the guide channel in a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070117439 - Radiological imaging apparatus: A radiological imaging apparatus allowing semiconductor radiation detectors to be easily replaced with new ones and densely arranged. Terminals (31cjk) and (33cjk) are provided on a bottom surface of a detector aggregate (40mn) including a plurality of semiconductor radiation detectors (1); the terminals is connected to electrodes (3 and 4)... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070117440 - Connector: A filling recess (25) for a sealant “s” is formed in a bottom of a fitting recess (22) and a boundary stepped surface (30) is formed around the filling recess (25) to define an annular area between the filling recess (25) and the outer peripheral edge of the boundary stepped... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070117441 - Resilient plug and a watertight connector: A rubber plug (8) has a tubular main portion (8A) and a wire inserting hole (5) penetrates the main portion (8A) along a central axis (C) for receiving a wire (W). The main portion (8A) includes an inner lip portion (13) and an outer lip portion (14) having lips (12)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070117442 - Guard rail base and guard rail support: A guard rail base has a lumber receiving socket in which a transversely extending notch pin is rotatably mounted to engage a piece of lumber upon rotation thereof to cut a notch in the lumber and secure the lumber to the socket. The socket is coupled to a base member... Agent: Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070117443 - Attachment for preventing cover from falling off: An attachment (10) for preventing a cover (4) from falling off from a housing (1) is provided. The cover (4) includes an elastic member (54) on each of the right and lefts ends thereof. The elastic members are made elastically deformable by forming slits (56) in the cover (4). The... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070117445 - Cord switch and detecting apparatus using the same: A cord switch 1 has wire electrodes 12A, 12B spirally arranged along an inner surface of a hollow part 10 of a hollowed insulator 11 in a longitudinal direction such that the wire electrodes do not electrically contact with each other, an outer electrode 13 provided around an outer periphery... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070117446 - Method and device for transmission with reduced crosstalk: The invention relates to a method and a device for transmission with reduced crosstalk in interconnections used for sending a plurality of signals, such as the interconnections made with flat multiconductor cables, or with the tracks of a printed circuit board, or inside an integrated circuit. An interconnection with four... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20070117444 - Smart cable provisioning for a patch cord management system: A network documentation and revision system is presented that includes first and second devices connected by a patch cord. The first device has provisioning and signal ports with corresponding contact assemblies. The second device has a switch port without a contact assembly. The patch cord has signal and control wires,... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070117447 - Compression snap electrical connector: An electrical connector has a connector body with a bore and a cap through which a stranded insulated conductor is threaded. A ridge in the external surface of the cap engages with at least one groove in the bore to secure the conductor in place. Preferably, there are at least... Agent: Momkus Mccluskey Monroe Marsh & Spyratos, LLC

20070117448 - Self-aligning vibration resistant coupling apparatus: A self-aligning coupling apparatus incorporates a first connecting element having a body with a first set of accessory teeth and a second connecting element having a body and a second set of accessory teeth for engagement of the first set. A coupling ring joins the first and second element. The... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20070117449 - Clamp: A clamp for securing a circuit board 10 beneath a stencil whilst solder is printed onto pads 11 on the circuit board 10, comprises a mount 12 and an elongate clamping member 17, in the form of a metal strip, mounted in a mouth 18 of the of the mount... Agent: Marina Larson & Associates, LLC

20070117450 - Novel jack form led lamp package and caddy: A unique LED lamp package is disclosed that can receive a plug (42), make electrical connection in a circuit (39) and cast radiant energy (125) (UV, visible, IR or a combination) in at least one direction rendering objects in that direction visible, hereinafter referred to as a jacklamp (100, 101,... Agent: William W. Truxes Iii

20070117451 - Connector: A connector includes: an approximately box-shaped housing having an insertion opening for the insertion of an FPC; forked contact members provided within the housing; and a lever which is provided so as to face the insertion opening of the housing, and which is turnably held by the housing. Upon raising... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070117452 - Electrical connector assembly having improved necklace cable: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a body portion defining a receiving space, a connector (200) assembled into the receiving space, a necklace cable (7′) attached to the body portion, an earpiece (73) with a connecting cable (7) electrically attached to the connector. The connecting cable is coaxial with the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070117453 - Electrical connector and method of producing same: A surface mount electrical connector includes a terminal body having a first elongate member that cooperates with a housing to secure the terminal body to the connector housing. A second elongate member of the terminal body includes a curved portion having an aperture therethrough. The curved portion includes a convex... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070117454 - Movable connector: A movable connector includes a first member, a second member that is adapted to be fixed to the first member, a first connector that is fixed to the first member, a holder that is integrally formed on the second member, and a second connector that is provided within the holder... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070117455 - Dedviced for suspending articles or for securing a bearing means: The device is based upon a plug socket (1) with a front plug opening (11) and a load support (2) which may be suspended therein. A stop contour (17) lies in the plug-in socket (1). The load support (2) has a plug-in section (25), fitting through the plug opening (11),... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070117456 - Component parts joining structure: In a joining structure, a protruding portion on the side of a first component part is a hollow body that prevents bringing about sinking, deforming, and cracking of the side surface of the first component part, even in the event that the protruding portion is enlarged in order to increase... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070117457 - Universal adapter: The invention relates to an adapter of the type where a coupling for glass fiber plug-in connectors is inserted from the front into a front plate and is locked by a spring. The inventive adapter comprises a one-piece or two-piece housing which comprises at least on one side a flange... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070117459 - Low profile electrical connector: The present invention is to provide a low profile electrical connector, which comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the insulative housing and a metal shell enclosed on the insulative housing. The rear surface of the terminal seat on the insulative housing has two juxtaposed horizontal... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070117458 - Pluggable module and cage: The present invention provides an EMI-minimized transceiver, rectangular-shaped collar including a plurality of contact fingers for making electrical contact with a chassis in which a transceiver cage comprising the collar and the cage body is mounted.... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20070117461 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a housing, and first and second contact modules mounted proximate one another in the housing. The first and second contact modules each include a mating edge and a mounting edge, and the first and second contact modules each include a lead frame having terminals extending between... Agent: Robert J. Kalpalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070117460 - Mechanically robust lead frame assembly for an electrical connector: A lead frame assembly is disclosed in which holes may be formed in contacts of the assembly and a dielectric material extends along a length of the contact. The dielectric material may be further secured to the contact by filling the hole. The dielectric material may span across two or... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070117462 - Bayonet connection for knock-down fixtures and portables: Arrangements and methods are provided for electrically and mechanically coupling a lighting arm to a wiring body. An exemplary arrangement includes a fixture arm, a wiring body, a socket, and a plug. The exemplary socket is affixed to one of the fixture arm and the wiring body, and includes a... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070117463 - Connector: A connector includes a plurality of contacts electrically connected to a plurality of connection terminals of an IC card, a housing disposed with the contacts, and a cover having a first end coupled to the housing in a reclosable manner and a second end into which the IC card can... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070117464 - Apparatus and method for return notification for stand-alone equipment: The apparatus and method of the present invention provide an automatic notification 105 produced by a standalone equipment 100 to indicate that the equipment 100 is due to be returned to an issuing organization or individual. Only the issuing organization or individual has the capability to reset 104 or disable... Agent: Philips Medical Systems Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070117467 - High speed receptacle connector part: A receptacle connector part comprises a connector housing and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing. Each receptacle contact terminal includes two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preloading head. The connector housing comprises a front wall with a plurality of rows of... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070117466 - Sealed lamp socket: A novel lamp socket finding application with a type of increased protection, has a housing part (13) in which a one-piece elastomer sealing sleeve (20) is preferably rotatably held. The sealing sleeve (20) is at its lamp-side end preferably slightly radially compressible, while it is stiffer in the axial direction.... Agent: Ronald S. Lombard Patents And Trademarks

20070117465 - Wire fixing device for fan: A wire-fixing device is provided for a fan including a casing having a wire groove defined in an outer side of the casing. The wire-fixing device includes a retaining groove and a substantially L-shaped resilient retaining member. The retaining groove is defined in an outer corner of the casing and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070117468 - Connector and base thereof: A connector includes a base, a circuit structure and a terminal base. The base has a body and a plurality of pins, wherein a surface of the body is formed with a plurality of recesses, and the pins are respectively inserted the recesses. The circuit structure is electrically connected with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070117469 - Methods and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in electrical connectors: A communication jack having crosstalk compensation features for overall crosstalk interference reduction is disclosed. In one embodiment, the jack is configured to receive a plug to form a communication connection, and comprises jack contacts disposed in the jack, with each contact having at least a first surface and a second... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070117470 - Connecting terminal for a busbar: The invention concerns a connecting terminal (10) for a busbar including an electrically insulated housing (20), in which an electrically conductive clamp body (40) is provided with a first clamp screw (41) for fixing a connector cable (50) and a contact for a terminal lug (60), wherein the connector cable... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070117471 - Battery connection systems and methods for use thereof: A battery connection system includes a quick connect washer defining a central opening there through with first and second tabs extending from an outer periphery thereof for attaching one or more monitor cables to terminal ends of a battery. A fastening device extends through the central opening for fastening the... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn. Docketing

20070117472 - Receptacle contact for improved mating characteristics: A first contact beam of a receptacle contact may define an indentation and a second contact beam may define a protrusion such that the protrusion may at least partially extend into the indentation. The protrusion may extend across the center of the receptacle contacts, and therefore the normal force created... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070117473 - Connector: A connector for an IC card is provided which has a reduced height and in which self-correction is possible. The connector includes a plurality of cantilever contacts electrically connected to an IC card, each including a stationary arm and a resilient arm having a tip formed with a contact point.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070117475 - Prevention of sn whisker growth for high reliability electronic devices: An electrical lead for an electronic device has a core conductor and a finishing layer of a Sn alloy deposited on a surface of the core conductor of the electrical lead. The finishing layer of the Sn alloy deposited on the surface of the core conductor is of a chemical... Agent: Venable LLP

20070117474 - Signal pin of switches: A signal pin of switches is extended outside from the interior of a switch and has a bend surface and a force receiving surface. The bend surface has an indented bend section which has an inner end spot to divide the signal pin into a bracing arm portion and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070117476 - Chained-terminals body, method of manufacturing the same, and crimper for crimping the same: Providing a chained-terminals body, which can be crimped to a flat circuit body in one process even if a terminal pitch thereof is small, the chained-terminals body is formed by piling a pair of chained-terminals sub-bodies. Each of the pair of chained-terminals sub-bodies includes first terminals or second terminals to... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070117477 - Electrical network-powered hand-held power tool: An electrical network-powered hand-held power tool (2) includes a connection device for connecting the network cable with a power tool cabling and arranged on through-opening (23) through which a network cable (6) projects, with the connection device (14) having electrical connection elements (24) with which the network cable (6) is... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070111550 - Cable assembly: A cable assembly comprising a hollow sleeve, an electrical conductor within the hollow sleeve, and first and second connectors on opposing ends of the electrical conductor that are fastened to opposing ends of the sleeve. The first connector is adapted to blind-mate to a corresponding connector in a cabinet backplane... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070111551 - Electric supply device for slide structure: The electric supply device for a slide structure includes: a guide rail provided on the side of the slide structure; and a slider slidably engaging with the guide rail, wherein a wiring harness is guided from the side of the slide structure to the side of a fixed structure through... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070111552 - Return pad cable connector: A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical energy source. The return pad further includes a connector operatively coupled... Agent: United States Surgical, A Division Of Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20070111553 - Universal integrated circuit programming socket board rewirable by means of an interconnect adapter board: A tool for programming integrated circuits which reduces redundancy of parts by making different and multiple programmable integrated circuit sockets of particular sizes and shapes adaptable to more than one programming cable, and therefore many different integrated circuits. By inserting a small interconnect adapter board onto the main programming board,... Agent: Mr. Richard Fleck, Jr.

20070111554 - Ic card: A multifunction IC card (MFC) has compatibility with a multimedia card, an SD card, etc. in that connector terminals (#1 through #13) are disposed on a card substrate (1) in two rows in a zigzag fashion, and realizes multifunction facilities in that a memory card unit (3) and an SIM... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070111555 - Conductor connecting module for printed circuit boards: The invention relates to a conductor connecting module for printed circuit boards, comprising a housing in which contact elements are disposed. Said contact elements have a first contact area that is configured as an insulation displacement contact, and a second contact area that is configured as a solderable contact pin.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070111556 - Circuit board and electrical assembly using the same: An exemplary circuit board (21) includes an indention portion at a side of the circuit board, and a plug slot (251). The indention portion includes a bottom wall (211) and a side wall (212), and the side wall located between the bottom wall and an end of the circuit board... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070111558 - Non-oriented wire in elastomer electrical contact: A method and apparatus for interconnecting an electronic module to a substrate through resilient wire conductors in an interposer arrangement. A carrier layer of insulating material with an array of apertures, arranged to align with both the electrical pads on an electronic module and electrical contacts on a substrate, each... Agent: John A. Jordan, Esq.

20070111557 - Printed circuit board, a printed circuit assembly and electronic apparatus: A printed circuit board comprises a base substrate and an external interconnection terminal provided on the base substrate, wherein external interconnection terminal comprises a land formed on a front surface of the base substrate and a metal plate soldered upon the land via a solder layer, a through-hole being formed... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070111559 - Multiple flexible wiring board, method for producing same, method for producing flexible wiring board, and flexible wiring board: One embodiment of a multiple flexible wiring board is a multiple flexible wiring board in which a plurality of flexible wiring boards are configured, and in which a first wiring base material, a first covering film layer, a second wiring base material, a second covering film layer, and an adhesive... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070111560 - Conductive-contact holder and conductive-contact unit: A conductive-contact holder accommodates at least a signal conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for performing input and output of a signal for a predetermined circuit configuration and a ground conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for supplying a ground potential to the predetermined circuit configuration. A holder base is... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070111561 - Circuit board and method of manufacture thereof: Provided is a method of forming a circuit board including (a) providing a first conductive sheet; (b) selectively removing one or more portions of the first conductive sheet to form a first panel having a first circuit board that is coupled to a disposable part of the first panel by... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070111562 - Circuit board manufacturing technique and resulting circuit board: A card manufacturing technique and the resulting card are provided. The card has a ground and/or power layer extending to the edges of a circuit board for electrostatic discharge protection but also has gaps at the edge of the ground and/or power layer to avoid short circuiting with conductive segments... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz, LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20070111563 - Connector: A connector has a cable module, a sleeve, and a case body. The cable module has a printed circuit board, a cable, and an insulating member. The printed circuit board has a plurality of electric pads disposed at a front thereof. The cable has an outer layer structure and a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070111565 - Alien next compensation for adjacently placed connectors: A connector is provided for compensating crosstalk with respect to an adjacently placed connector. Each of the connectors includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of pairs of contacts on the PCB, a plurality of pads disposed at edge portions of the PCB for compensating crosstalk, and a plurality... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070111564 - Hdmi connector assembly: A HDMI connector assembly includes an insulative body including a body member including a central channel therethrough and parallel grooves on top and bottom of the channel, and a plate including two rows of parallel terminal cavities aligned with the grooves; an insulative seat provided in the channel and including... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070111566 - Elastomeric connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly includes an elastomeric member including a plurality of conductive elements that extend between first and second contact surfaces. The conductive elements form patterns on the first and second contact surfaces. One of the contact surfaces is configured to mate with an electronic module and the other... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronic Corporation

20070111567 - Method and device for connecting chips: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising: a circuit, comprising a first and a second face, the first face being provided with electrical connection means, a transfer element, comprising a first face and a second face, and being assembled to the second face of the active element through its... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070111568 - Network device setup utility: A network device setup utility gathers network configuration information at a computing device, displays network-device-installation instructions; and configures the network device by sending the gathered network configuration information from the computing device to the network device. The gathered network configuration information may include a type of Internet connection, such as... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070111569 - Tamper proof gfci: A tamper-proof receptacle is provided wherein the receptacle comprises sliding shutters disposed between phase and neutral terminals of the receptacle and openings in the face of the receptacle. The shutters are connected to circuit interrupting circuitry such that when one of the shutters is displaced through a specific range of... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070111570 - Receptacle for enclosing low-voltage electronic devices in a wall: A receptacle for enclosing low-voltage electronic devices and maintaining the integrity of a vapor barrier. The receptacle includes a base, and four side walls. Each side wall is joined to two adjacent side walls to form a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall is joined to the base and extends from... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070111571 - Assembled method of an electrical connector: An assembled method about an electrical connector comprises the following steps: A. providing a housing received a plurality of terminals and defined a housing hole; B. providing a cover defined a cover hole thereof; C. mounting the cover on the housing and making the housing hole in alignment with the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070111572 - Two-piece housing reconfigurable with an integral hinge: An electrical unit has first and second attached housing sections. The sections are movable relative to one another and include internal conduits and conductors that extend between the sections.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070111573 - Breadboard to stackable plug convertor: A housing used to combine a standard electronic prototype system and a modular block system with stackable connectors to achieve a design system that allows for safe assembly of circuits of a more complex nature than can be achieved by either system alone.... Agent: Justin Lampel

20070111574 - Apparatus and method for the insertion and withdrawal of plug-in modules: An apparatus for the insertion and withdrawal of a plug-in module with front panel into and out of a module carrier, includes a lever arm (2) pivotable about an axis (3) with a handle portion (2a) for the rotation of the lever arm as well as a bolt (5) to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070111575 - Electrical system having withdrawable unit with maintained control and communication connection: A connector arrangement is provided for packaged electrical systems, such as motor control centers. The connector arrangement provides for a component connector assembly mounted to component supports for providing network signals and control power to components on the support. A mating prewired connector assembly is provided in the enclosure and... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20070111576 - Circuit on a printed circuit board: The present invention relates to computer hardware design, and in particular to a printed circuit board (card) comprising wiring dedicated to supply electric board components such as integrated circuits with at least three different reference planes. In particular at locations, where the pins of a card-to-card connector enter the layer... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20070111577 - Male/female connector assembly for connecting electrical conductors: A connector assembly is disclosed and claimed. The male connector comprises at least one conductive terminal held by a male plug body including a head portion and a gripping portion, the head portion including a plurality of raised elements extending radially outward from the head portion. The female connector comprises... Agent: Jones Day

20070111578 - Socket adapter mold: A method of manufacturing a mold and a mold for forming an intercoupling component of the type used to couple an array of electrical connection regions disposed on a first substrate to an array of electrical connection regions disposed on a second substrate. A plurality of plates are provided, each... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070111579 - Tank: In a high-pressure tank, an adjacent part of a liner and a protruded part of a cap are provided adjacently to each other, and in respective annular grooves in the protruded part, an O-ring for sealing adjacent portions of the adjacent part and the protruded part is loaded. A backup... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070111580 - Contact for cpu socket: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a CPU with a plurality of conductive pads and a PCB comprises an insulative housing and a number of terminals received in the housing. Each terminal includes a base, an elastic arm extending from the base and a solder section connected with the PCB.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070111581 - Bracket, method of making, and method of mounting rooftop elements on rooftop structure: A bracket comprises a mounting base, a landing riser attached to the mounting base, a landing attached to the landing riser, a slot-defining structure riser attached to the mounting base and a slot-defining structure attached to the slot-defining structure riser. A first landing surface of the landing is parallel to... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070111582 - Connector and female plug: A coil spring 213 is sandwiched between a coil spring adjoining wall 202a of the female plug shell 202 and the edge of the large ring of the slide sleeve 203 and is held inside of the slide cover 215 in which the coil spring 213 can expand and contract... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070111583 - Memory device with latching cap for usb plug: A mating plug and receptacle are positively held together by a latch that is manually releasable to allow their separation. An example is a USB plug with a cap having a receptacle into which the plug is inserted for protection when the plug is not in use. In a preferred... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz, LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20070111584 - Electrical connector having improved fastening device: An electrical connector includes an outer casing, an electrical connector module received and retained in the outer casing, at least one fastening device mounted in the outer casing, the fastening device comprising a manual handle, a rod partially received in the manual handle and defining a slot, and a C-ring... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070111585 - Cable management device for use in connection with a power center, and cable management system comprising same: A cable management device for use in connection with a power center (210, 500, 810) comprises a perimeter wall (110, 410, 710) defining a passageway (120, 420, 720) capable of receiving a cable (820) coupled to the power center, and an attachment feature (130, 430, 450, 730) adjacent to the... Agent: Kenneth A. Nelson Bryan Cave LLP

20070111586 - Power cord hanger outlet faceplate: An outlet faceplate includes a body dimensioned to cover an outlet and at least one member integral at an upper portion of the body. The body includes an opening for allowing access to the outlet and an outwardly facing planar surface. The member extends generally forward and then upward from... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070111587 - Method for forming a connector assembly for use with an implantable medical device: A sectional interconnect ribbon for use in a connector assembly for an implantable medical device is formed of two ore more separately-formed sections which are mechanically joined together to form an integral assembly. The sectional interconnect ribbon, as well as at least one connection element, is embedded within the connector... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070111588 - Support means with connection able to accept shearing force for connecting several cables: A support for an elevator installation includes at least two cables of several strands each, which cables are designed for acceptance of force in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the cables are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the support at a spacing from one another and are connected by... Agent: Butzel Long

20070111589 - Terminal and connector: A connector, including a housing and a terminal received in the housing. The terminal includes a wire connecting portion which connects to a wire and an extension portion which is extended from the wire connecting portion. The extension portion has a conductive portion which is formed in a direction intersecting... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070111590 - Electrical contact element for medium or high voltage electrical equipment, and corresponding, and corresponding method and equipment: An electrical contact member, suitable for electrically interconnecting two conductive members in series, which members can move relative to each other and are part of an electrical apparatus. The electrical contact includes a strength-imparting base layer made of an electrically conductive material, and a coating layer formed from metallic silver... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070111591 - Electric power tool: An electric power tool includes a main body having a tubular tool body part with an output portion at one end, and a battery pack detachably attached to the main body. The main body also has a grip portion extending from the tool body part radially downwardly. The grip portion... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070111592 - Modular plug strip: The invention teaches using a directional light source to direct light at a target having directional indicia thereon. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the... Agent: Steven Thrasher

20070111593 - Terminal box: A terminal box is disclosed. The terminal box includes a terminal box body embedded in a wall and for providing a space for installation of a terminal and a switch to connect an incoming electric wire, telephone line, designated Internet line, antenna line, or the like, and a cover coupled... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070111594 - Clip assembly: A clip assembly for clipping a heatsink module on the first or second circuit board is provided. The first and second circuit boards respectively have first and second mounting holes located around the first and second device. The clip assembly includes a base, mounting parts and a clipper. The base... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070111595 - Printed circuit board: A printed circuit board includes a mounting hole for receiving a connector pin of either of a first SMC and a second SMC, and a signal line. The signal line is electrically connected to the mounting hole by a conductive layer arranged in and about the mounting hole.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070111597 - Cable connector: A cable connector includes a contact assembly including an electrical insulating block part which is configured to incorporate plural signal contacts; and a relay wiring substrate mounted to a back of the contact assembly. The relay wiring substrate includes, on a surface, a contact connecting pad electrically connected to one... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070111596 - Multi-port rf connector: A low profile connector assembly includes a conductive shell defining multiple interface ports and solderable surfaces configured to be surface mounted to a circuit board, and a center contact pin located in each respective interface port, wherein the center contact pin is substantially coplanar with the solderable surface. Integrally assembled... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronic

20070111599 - Connector: A connector has a housing (1) with a cavity (2) for receiving a terminal fitting (3). The terminal fitting (3) has a tubular main portion (6) and a locking hole (12) is formed in the main portion (6) for receiving locking projection (5B) of a lock (5). A tongue (14)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070111598 - Electrical connector assemblies and methods of fabrication: Embodiments of electrical connector assemblies and/or method of formation are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electrical connector assembly comprises a receptacle assembly and a plug assembly, wherein the plug assembly includes one or more wire trays coupled to a shroud, and wherein the receptacle assembly comprises two or more stacked... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070111600 - Connector, mating connector and board-to-board connector assembly: A board-to-board assembly is disclosed, comprising a plug connector and a receptacle connector. One of the plug connector and the receptacle connector holds a signal conductor. The board-to-board assembly comprises conductive resilient members. The conductive resilient members provide electrical contacts between the signal conductor and circuit boards, respectively. No soldering... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070111601 - Connector and connecting module: A connector, which is easily assembled and has a fine grounding function, includes a case, a circuit board and a capacitor. The case has a grounding portion. The circuit board is disposed in the case. The capacitor has a first pin and a second pin electrically connected with the circuit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070111602 - Connector: A connector includes a plurality of contacts each including a first piece having a contact portion, a pressure receiving portion, and a projection inwardly extending from the pressure receiving portion; a second piece having a connection portion and a fulcrum portion; and an elastic portion for connecting the first piece... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070111604 - Memory card adapter: A memory card adapter (100) comprises an upper cover (2), an insulating lower cover (1), a conductive member (4) and a conductive terminals module (3) fixed on the insulating lower cover. The upper cover comprises a resin cover (22) and a metal cover (21). The lower insulating cover engages with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070111603 - Memory card connector: The present invention relates to a memory card connector with a latching mechanism, it is to dispose the latching mechanism in the rotary slide memory card connector to limit the horizontal displacement of the metal shell of the memory card connector so as to secure and prevent the metal shell... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070111605 - Semiconductor devices including transistors and methods of fabricating the same: A semiconductor device includes a transistor. The transistor includes a substrate having an inclined surface, a first upper surface extending from a lower portion of the inclined surface, and a second upper surface extending from an upper end of the inclined surface. A gate stack structure is formed on the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070111606 - Buffered thin module system and method: Multiple fully buffered DIMM circuits or instantiations are presented in a single module. In a preferred embodiment, memory integrated circuits (preferably CSPs) and accompanying AMBs are arranged in two ranks in two fields on each side of a flexible circuit. The flexible circuit has expansion contacts disposed along one side.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070111607 - Miniature audio jack connector with improved contact arrangement: A miniature audio jack connector (100) for electrically connecting a mating plug (5) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the housing. The housing defines a plug-insertion hole (12) in a longitudinal direction thereof. The contacts include a second contact (22) and a third contact... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070111608 - Duplex-type connector: A duplex-type connector selects to perform matching connection to a first specification slot and a second specification slot respectively. The duplex-type connector includes a main body and a rotating connection portion. The main body has a connecting portion equipping at the outer edge thereof and a connecting port corresponding to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070111609 - Connector: A connector of the invention prevents a load from being applied to terminals, substrates, etc., after sub-connectors are fitted together. The connector has a plurality of first sub-connectors fixed to a substrate and a plurality of second sub-connectors paired with the corresponding first sub-connectors. The connector includes a male frame... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070111610 - Snap-in mounting bracket-terminal block: Embodiments of a mounting bracket for a telecommunications terminal block are presented herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070111611 - Voltmeter relay with built-in terminal board: A voltmeter relay, of the type normally installed in control boxes for the electric motors of refrigerator compressors, equipped with a built-in terminal board for connection of the relay excitation coil to the electric motor, the pickup and maintenance capacitors, the thermostat and any other utilities. In practice, a terminal... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070111612 - Electrical contact with wire trap: An electrical terminal includes a body having a first end, a second end, and a channel having an axis. The channel extends at least through the first end toward the second end, the channel configured and disposed to receive an electrical conductor. A contact gripping element intermediate the first and... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20070111613 - Crimping terminal and flat circuitry having same: The present invention is to provide a terminal for a flat circuitry. The terminal assuredly crimps a conductor of the flat circuitry and provides an improved electric connection. An electric connection portion of a crimping terminal includes a bottom wall for placing a flat conductor of a FFC and a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070111614 - Terminal fitting and a connector provided therewith: A terminal fitting (3) has a tubular main portion (6), and a stabilizer (17) embossed to project out from a side wall (6B) of the main portion (6). The stabilizer (17) can be received in a guiding recess (18) in a cavity (2). A resilient tongue (14) is folded back... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070111615 - Electrical bifurcated splice: An electrical bifurcated splice and splice terminal. An electrical bifurcated splice terminal comprises two wireways configured such that a continuous wire may be placed in both wireways; a post separating the two wireways and configured such that the continuous wire may be positioned around the post; and two crimps, each... Agent: John H. Holcombe IBM Corporation,IPLaw Dept.

20070105403 - Adjusting member for cable: The present invention relates to an adjusting member (1) for cable (2), it defines a cavity for receiving cable (2), the adjusting member adjusts the length of the earphone cable (21) sliding or fixing on cable, wherein the adjusting member is separate into the first half body (11) and the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070105404 - Electrical connector configured as a fastening element: An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. Several wearable connector embodiments are disclosed. The first, an O-ring based version, was subsequently replaced by a more mature... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20070105405 - Method and equipment for making an impermeable diaphragm of secant piles: Described herein is a method and equipment for making an impermeable diaphragm of secant piles, based upon the execution of parallel holes with constant distances between centres, said method and equipment being of the type that uses a drill rod (5) equipped, at the bottom end, with a bit (16)... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070105407 - Board to board connector: The present invention is to provide a board to board connector, which comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of electrical terminals and a pair of fastening members. The insulative housing has a plurality of terminal chambers which pass from the bottom face through the top face of the base portion... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070105406 - Electrical contact and connector system: An electrical contact formed from a compliant folded sheet that includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first contact edge and a second contact edge. A plurality of corrugations are formed in the top surface and the bottom surface that terminate at the first contact edge and the second... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20070105408 - Connector and manufacturing method of the same: A socket body and a header body are respectively reinforced by inserted reinforcing members, so that a protruding table in a plug groove of the socket body is eliminated and a width dimension thereof is reduced. The socket body is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape by resin molding,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070105409 - Printed circuit board stacking connector with separable interface: A board to board interconnection is provided for interconnection of parallel stacked printed circuit boards, with a like array of plated through holes on each of the boards. One connector assembly is insertable from the outside of one of the stacked printed circuit boards, and another electrical connector assembly is... Agent: Helen Odar Wolstoncroft Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070105410 - Cable connector assembly with internal printed circuit board: A cable connector assembly (100) includes a front housing piece (1), a printed circuit board (3) electrically connected with a number of cables (4) and assembled to the front housing piece (1), a rear housing piece (2) enclosing junctions between the cables and the printed circuit board and assembled to... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070105411 - Coupler for cable trough: Couplers for a cable trough system including a spacing defined by first and second guiding surfaces, the spacing being sized to receive the terminal end of a trough member into the spacing. One or more springs are carried on the couplers and may be at least partially disposed within the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070105412 - Electrical connector for a window pane of a vehicle: A window pane has a substrate formed from glass and includes an electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical conductor and an electrical connector. A layer of solderable metal is bonded to the connector. A layer of solder is bonded to the layer of solderable metal and the conductor,... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070105413 - Clamping device for optical disc apparatus: A clamping device includes a locating cap and a baseboard. The locating cap holds a magnet. The baseboard supports the locating cap. The baseboard includes a holding part and an entrance part. The holding part receives the locating cap. The entrance part is connected to the holding part, and includes... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070105414 - Swivellable electric socket-plug combination: A flexible socket (10) has a plug (12) revolvable therein for conducting electric power. The plug (12) mechanically supports in a desired orientation an appliance (14) receiving power from the plug (12). A central releasable latching mechanism (16) allows partial or total withdrawal of the plug. Partial withdrawal is used... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070105415 - Power connector with automatic power control: A smart connector is provided by a jack that is removably engagable with a respective mateable plug to establish a power path between an external power supply and a circuit in an electronic device when the jack and mateable plug are mateably engaged. In an illustrative example, the jack functions... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070105416 - Lock assembly: Disclosed is a lock assembly 10 adapted to be detachably attached to a LAN-cable connector 106 which is integrally fixed to a LAN cable 100 and adapted to be removably inserted into a socket 102 of a computer 102 and latched at an inserted position thereof. The lock assembly is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070105417 - Quick connect connector: The invention relates to a connector that can be easily mated to a jack connector.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070105418 - Wireless signal transmission apparatus: A wireless transmission apparatus including a signal output/input port and an antenna module is provided. The antenna module is used for receiving and transmitting wireless signals satisfying a transmission standard IEEE 802.11. The antenna module is electrically connected to the signal output/input port. Furthermore, the antenna module is rotated with... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070105419 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprises a hard disk (2), an electrical connector (3) and a bracket (1) for receiving the hard disk (2) and the electrical connector (3) therein. The bracket (1) comprises a base portion (10), a pair of sidewalls (11) extending upwardly from the base portion (10) a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070105421 - Air-conditioning system: An air-conditioning system able to suppress an increase in size of the joint of an air-conditioner case and improve a sealing ability of the joint, wherein a split case member 11 has an engagement projection 112 provided with a recess 113 and a split case member 12 has an engagement... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070105420 - Connector: A connector housing includes a housing main body and a tubular shroud. Terminal receiving chambers are mounted on the housing main body. A male connector housing is inserted into the shroud. The male connector housing receives male terminals to be fitted to female terminals received in the terminal receiving chambers.... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070105422 - Electrical connector with a bifurcated contact: An electrical connection device comprises a bifurcated contact to establish an electrical connection with a mating contact, the bifurcated contact having at least two limbs, at least one web region between the limbs, and an electrically conductive jacket that is in contact with said web region. The bifurcated contact includes... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070105423 - Connector for flexible printed circuit: An electrical connector for connecting a sheet-like member includes a housing (1) defining an insertion slot (10); a plurality of terminals (2) arranged in the housing in parallel relationship with a predetermined pitch, each of the terminals having a contact beam (22) extending into the insertion slot and a pivot... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070105424 - Power adapter cable with commonly configured interfaces: A power cable having a commonly configured interface at either end of the cable is provided. The power cable is used to connect a power source to a power inverter or to provide power from the power inverter to a device. The power cable has two ends each provided with... Agent: Vector Products, Inc. Robert Powell

20070105425 - Board standoff device for electrical connector assembly: A board standoff device for mounting a first circuit board (e.g., daughter card) on a second circuit board (e.g., mother board) of an electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The first circuit board has a front end pivotably secured to a card edge connector mounted on a top surface of the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070105426 - Communication connector to optimize crosstalk: A connector for a communications system provides desired levels of crosstalk by controlling the positions and lengths of the wires. The connector has an internal chamber opening on the rear end of the plug housing and defined by housing walls. A plurality of slots extend through one of the housing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070105427 - Terminal-movable connector: A terminal-movable connector includes first support members which are disposed within an inner housing, and are fixed respectively to terminals in such a manner that each first support member is interposed between the inner housing and the corresponding terminal, and are slidable respectively in directions of axes of distal end... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070105428 - Connector and insulating boot for different sized conductors and associated methods: An electrical connector may include a conductive body having a conductor receiving passageway therein to receive the conductor of a cable end. The conductive body may also have a fastener receiving passageway intersecting the conductor receiving passageway, and a fastener may be positioned in the fastener receiving passageway for securing... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070105430 - Grounding connector: A grounding connector includes a base with a first crimping structure extending from the base for crimping to the cable and securing the cable relative to the base along a cable axis. A first contact member can extend from the base laterally adjacent to the first crimping structure. The first... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070105429 - High performance interconnect devices & structures: High performance interconnect devices, structures, and fabrication methods are provided herein. According to some embodiments of the present invention, an interconnect device used to connect components or route signals in an integrated circuit can comprise multiple conductors. A first conductor of the interconnect device can define a first conductor axis,... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070105431 - Modular blades and methods for making same: A method for making a blade includes stacking a plurality of modular segments having formed conduits, threading and tensioning cables through the conduits of the stacked segments, and clamping the cables to hold the modular segments together.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070105432 - Adapter for attaching an insertion device to a cable fitting: An adapter assembly for connecting a multi-contact electrical plug within a cable support arrangement includes an elongated adapter body containing a through passage and having a rectangular first end portion containing a chamber for receiving the electrical plug, and a tubular second end portion threadably connected adjacent its free extremity... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070105433 - Electric connector having an excellent grounding function: For connecting a connection object having first and second surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction, an electrical connector is provided with a ground plate in addition to primary ground contacts and signal contacts. The primary ground contacts are arranged in a second direction, each of which has... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070105434 - Cable connector for selective wiring: The present invention relates to a cable connector for selective wiring. A DIP switch is disposed on a cable adjacent to a commercial connector of the cable connector, and electric wires and the DIP switch are wired in a given arrangement. Accordingly, a variety of wiring systems can be implemented... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070105435 - Connecting module: A connecting module includes a single housing including a front end, a first receiving hole and at least one second receiving hole. The first receiving hole is formed on the front end. The profile of the first receiving hole is used to receive a first external connecting plug. The second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070105436 - Electrical connector with metal strengthen member: An electrical connector comprises an insulated housing (1) defines a receiving cavity (10) and a pair of latching portions respectively formed at longwise ends thereof; a plurality of conductive terminals (2, 2′) disposed in the housing and each has a contact portion exposed to the receiving cavity; a stuffer member... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070105437 - Coaxial cable: A coaxial cable comprises: a dielectric layer formed around a center conductor; an outer conductor layer formed around the dielectric layer; and a sheath formed around the outer conductor layer. A metal foil for providing enhanced shield effect and shape maintainability is formed between the dielectric layer and the outer... Agent: Collen Ip

20070105439 - 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... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070105438 - Earphone antenna: An earphone antenna includes: earphone cords; an earphone portion; a coaxial cable; and a pin plug connector portion; wherein the earphone cords cooperate with a shielded line of the coaxial cable using a connection point with the coaxial cable as a feeding point to constitute an antenna for receiving RF... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070105440 - Board mounted shielded electrical connector: A shielded electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing mounting a plurality of conductive terminals having tail portions for connection to appropriate circuit traces on the printed circuit board. A shielding shell is mounted over the dielectric housing and includes... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070105441 - Electrical connector with improved housing: An electrical connector for connecting a sheet-like connection member comprises an insulated housing (1) comprising a first sidewall (12), a second sidewall (13) parallel to and spaced from the first sidewall and a receiving cavity (10) between the first and second sidewalls, the first sidewall defining a plurality of receiving... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070105442 - Plug connector and method for preassembly thereof: The invention relates to a plug connector with contacts having a connecting end for a cable, a housing and a lid. The housing and the lid each have a flap at the level of the connecting end of the contacts, wherein the connecting ends of the contacts can be freely... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070105444 - Headrest entertainment system: A device for preparing a wire for installation in a headrest entertainment system for a vehicle includes a wire wrapper for facilitating feeding of the wire including a plurality of connectors through a headrest post. The wire wrapper includes a heat shrink tubing covering the connectors. The wire wrapper includes... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070105443 - Single adapter for connecting a wire puller to a conduit of any of a variety of sizes: An adapter for connecting pullers to conduits of a variety of sizes includes a flexible cable for surrounding the conduit. A surrounding portion of the cable can be adjusted to any desirable length. In one embodiment, the adapter includes a connection plate that has a spring loaded cable connected at... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20070105445 - System and method for providing certifiable electromagnetic pulse and rfi protection through mass-produced shielded containers and rooms: Disclosed are a system and method for providing certifiable shielded cabinets and rooms, or pods, to protect devices, equipment and people from electromagnetic interference such as electromagnetic pulse, and directed energy attack. The method simulates the separate electric and magnetic shield requirements and capabilities of each type of materials, simulating... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070105446 - Drawer-type all-in-one card connector: A drawer-type all-in-one card connector includes a housing defining an insertion chamber and an opening formed at an end of the insertion chamber and a plurality of terminal slots formed at the other end of the insertion chamber; a plurality of card contact terminals mounted at the terminal slots; a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070105447 - Multi-card conector assembly having a modularized and flexible connection interface: A multi-card connector assembly includes a mainboard on which a mainboard connector is disposed, a multi-card connector, and a circuit board, on which traces and a connection interface are formed. The multi-card connector includes a common seat formed with a plurality of slots into which different electrical cards may be... Agent: Pro-techtor International

20070105448 - Electrical connector having a locking device: The present invention discloses an electric connector for inserting an expansion card, and the electric connector includes an insulating body having a plurality of terminal containing holes, at least one electrically conductive terminal disposed in the terminal containing hole, and at least one locking device being disposed on at least... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070105449 - Contact holding structure of connector: When the contact (3) is deeply fitted into an insulator (2), first the contact is inserted into a contact storage part (2a) in the direction of an arrow in step 1. Next, a holder (8) is inserted into a holder storage part (2b) in the direction of an arrow in... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070105450 - Connecting module: A connecting module includes a plurality of connectors and at least one fastener. These connectors are stacked with each other and each connector has at least one jack for correspondingly receiving an external plug therein. The fastener is disposed between two adjacent connectors so as to assemble the adjacent connectors.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070105451 - Home theatre connection system: A panel (190, 1100) for connecting audio/visual equipment (120) comprises a front face (210) provided with a front port (220), a conductor (430) provided behind the front face and defining a bore (480) therethrough, and a housing (440) enclosing the conductor (430). A front end of the conductor (430) is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070105453 - Modular cable termination plug: The invention is a modular cable termination plug having a conductor divider having an entrant barb and a plurality of divider channels, a load bar having a plurality of through holes and a plurality of slots, and a plurality of contact terminals. Additionally, the invention may include a housing, a... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070105452 - Plug-in connector and coupling in the form of an rj45 connector jack: Proposed is a plug-in connector incorporating an RJ45 connection jack for a data transmission cable (2), said cable being especially a hybrid cable with at least one light transmission conductor (7, 8) and associated therewith also parallel aligned electrical conductors (12). In accord with the invention, the housing contains a... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20070105454 - Diode: A diode, e.g., a press-fit power diode for a rectifier in a motor vehicle, includes a semiconductor chip which is connected to a head wire and a base via solder layers. A plastic sheathing, which is situated at least in the chip area and includes a plastic sleeve, enables a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070105455 - Power distribution fuseholder: A fuseholder with a power distribution terminal for providing simultaneous fused connections to multiple devices.... Agent: John S. Beulick C/o Armstrong Teasdale, LLP

20070105456 - Press-fit fixing terminal, and electronic component having the same terminal: A press-fit fixing terminal is mountable to a wiring board by being inserted into a through-hole of the wiring board, and includes a flat plate section and a resilient contacting section. The flat plate section is made of metal thin plate and double-backed such that an end of the flat... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070105457 - Connection terminal: A connecting terminal 11 has a rectangular tube-like connecting portion 12 formed at a front side for receiving a cooperating tang-like connecting terminal and a U-shaped core conductor clamping portion 13a and a U-shaped sheath clamping portion 13b at a rear side. In front of the core conductor clamping portion... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070105458 - Method for determining a blank form of an elastic component: The invention starts with a method to determine a blank form of an elastic component, in particular a non-articulated wiper arm (10), with the default of a target form, which the elastic component is supposed to assume under the effect of at least a predefined initial force (F1). It is... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070105459 - Joining method and joining device: The present invention relates to a bonding method of bonding a first object to be bonded and a second object to be bonded by a pressurizing operation. The bonding method of the present invention is a first step of causing a first holding member and a second holding member to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070099442 - Bicycle wiring connector apparatus: A bicycle wiring connector apparatus comprises a mounting portion and a connector portion. The mounting portion is structured to be mounted to an outer casing receiver of a bicycle, and the connector portion is retained to the mounting portion and is structured to retain an electrical connector.... Agent: Deland Law Office

20070099443 - Memory modules and methods for manufacturing memory modules: Memory modules and methods for manufacturing memory modules are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory module includes a substrate, a microelectronic device carried by the substrate, and a plurality of external contact pads operably coupled to the microelectronic device. The substrate includes a first major surface with a first... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070099444 - Circuit board with shielded connection: Abstract A combination circuit board and clamping device includes a circuit board having a conductor strip that conducts electrical voltage. A connection for a shielded cable with a device to clamp the cable sheath is provided on the circuit board. This device is in contact with the conductor strip carrying... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070099445 - Electrical contact assembly and connector system: A connector system is provided including a housing defining a plurality of through openings. A plurality of electrical contact assemblies, each including at least one torsion spring supported upon a conductive mandrel are arranged so that one electrical contact assembly is positioned within a corresponding one through opening such that... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment

20070099446 - Electrical connecting apparatus: In the electrical connecting apparatus, a plurality of pins on a ceramic base plate so as to project from one face of the ceramic base plate, a resin base plate including a plurality of conductive portions electrically connected to those pins on the other face of the ceramic base plate... Agent: Jeffrey J. King, Esq. Black Lowe & Graham PLLC

20070099448 - Electrical device carrier contact assembly: An electrical device carrier contact assembly for installation on a circuit board is disclosed. The contact assembly includes a first electrical contact having a first mounting portion and a first receptacle contact portion; a second electrical contact having a second mounting portion and a second receptacle contact portion; and an... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070099447 - Pusher of ic chip handler: A pusher of an IC chip handler has a pusher frame which is attached to a pusher main body to be driven by the IC chip handler and a plurality of pusher heads attached to the pusher frame. Each of the pusher heads comprises a holder which is held by... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070099449 - Printed circuit board, electronic device, and manufacturing method for printed circuit board: According to one embodiment, a printed circuit board includes a first dielectric layer, a circuit component mounted on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is provided with a via hole which opens at a surface thereof and in which a conductive layer is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070099450 - Signal switching (distributing) box structure: A signal switching (distributing) box structure comprises an upper housing and lower housing, the internal portion thereof is allowed to form a receiving space through the combination of the upper housing and the lower housing. At least one side of the lower housing is provided with at least one receiving... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070099451 - Power supply stacked output port structure: A power supply stacked output port structure installed on a power output end of a power supply to integrate and output transformed DC power of a circuit board in the power supply. The structure includes a base output port which contains a first connector and a second connector that are... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070099452 - Apparatus of attaching part: A part mounting device for mounting a part to a generally rectangular angular hole formed in a mounting portion includes a main body having an elastic leg portion to be inserted in the angular hole and engaged with a pair of long sides of the angular hole and an insertion... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070099453 - Slide module and mobile terminal incorporating the slide module: A mobile terminal is provided that can satisfy various functions. The mobile terminal includes a first body, a second body mounted to the first body such that the second body can be opened and closed and a slide module is mounted between the first and second bodies, thereby enabling the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070099454 - Medicament container: Receptacle and delivery system for drugs delivered by powder inhalation and a method related thereto which provides improved entrainment, deagglomeration and/or aerosolisation of the powder. The receptacle (1) for holding a medicament comprises a cavity provided with a raised ridge (6, 22) which is adapted so that, in use, the... Agent: Gunnar G Leinberg Nixon Peabody

20070099455 - Orthogonal connector: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating face and a mounting face. The housing holds signal contacts and ground contacts arranged in rows. Each of the signal contacts and ground contacts include a mating end extending from the mating face of the housing and a mounting end extending... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronic Corporation

20070099457 - Modular display board arrangement: The invention provides a modular display board arrangement comprising a plurality of individual units for mounting to a mounting surface in close proximity. Each unit comprises a board and a substantially transparent or translucent cover. At least one of the board and the cover comprises a metallic portion and the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070099456 - Protective cap for coaxial cable port terminator: A protective cap includes first and second sealing sections, with the first section fitting into the end of a port terminator which contains a center conductor pin and the second section fitting into the end of the port terminator which contains a deep bore which accommodates a security tool used... Agent: Pastel Law Firm Christopher R. Pastel

20070099458 - Electrical power distribution apparatus having a rotatable socket: The Improved electrical power distribution apparatus is an invention that because of its unique rotatable live female electrical connection type outlets, is able to accommodate the simultaneous insertion of male type electrical connection plugs of a wide variety and shape. The accommodation of such simultaneous insertion of such male type... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070099459 - Fan: A fan includes a motor, an impeller mounted to the motor and generating air flow by rotation around a rotation axis thereof, and a housing defining a passage of the air flow and supporting the motor. A wire outlet opening is provided on the housing in a manner axially penetrating... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070099461 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a mate assist system for assisting in mating the electrical connector to a mating electrical connector. The mate assist system includes a lever pivotably connected to the housing, a slider slidably connected to the housing, and a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070099460 - Tool for closing and separating pluggable quick acting closure couplings: The invention relates to a tool for closing and separating pluggable quick acting closure couplings for hydraulic lines (12), comprising two engaging elements (18), each of which can be engaged with a coupling half (14, 16) of the quick acting closure coupling (10) and an actuation mechanism (20) enabling the... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070099463 - Card connector with ejector: A card connector adapted for receiving a card which has a notch on a side, comprises an insulating housing defining a card insertion/ejecting direction, a plurality of contacts and an ejector. The ejector comprises a slider movable along the card insertion/ejecting direction, a spring member and a locking member for... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070099464 - Shieldless, high-speed electrical connectors: An electrical connector having a leadframe housing, a first electrical contact fixed in the leadframe housing, a second electrical contact fixed adjacent to the first electrical contact in the leadframe housing, and a third electrical contact fixed adjacent to the second electrical contact in the leadframe housing is disclosed. Each... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070099462 - Single-pass double-sided image transfer process and system: The present disclosure is directed to a printing assembly incorporating an improved double-sided image transfer station. The present disclosure also describes a product processing apparatus including a cross feed processing architecture. The single-pass double-sided image transfer station and cross feed processing architectures described herein provide numerous advantages over prior art... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070099465 - Assembly for a steering system of a motor vehicle: The disclosure relates to an assembly for a steering system of a motor vehicle, comprising an integrated support (38) on which a steering wheel hub (70) of a steering wheel (30) is rotatably mounted, wherein a rotor element (4) is provided for mounting the steering wheel hub (70) of the... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070099466 - Information processing apparatus and electronic device system: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a body, and a connector provided in the body and including a power receiving terminal and a contact for a data communication interface, the connector exclusively be connected to a first plug and the second plug, the first plug having a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070099467 - Engagement sensing system and method for same: The invention concerns an engagement sense pin system (200) and a method (400) for same. The system can include a circuit (210) having an end (214) in which the end can include a plurality of pins (216), at least one of which may be a sense pin (218), and a... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070099468 - Waterproof connector: The waterproof connector includes: a terminal having an electric wire; a housing body having a terminal insertion opening for inserting the terminal and a terminal receiving chamber for receiving the terminal; a waterproofing means having an electric wire insertion hole that is approximately coaxial with the terminal insertion opening of... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070099469 - General purpose magnetic connector: A general purpose releasable connector comprising: a first connector part comprising: a head, a neck, and a first attachment member, the neck joining the head to the attachment member, the head having a width that is wider than the neck in at least one dimension; a second connector part comprising:... Agent: Patton Boggs

20070099470 - Printed circuit board assembly: A latching mechanism (4) for use with an electrical connector to hold an electronic card on a printed circuit board, the latching mechanism (4) includes at least one supporting portion (41) for resting the electronic card thereon, fixing portions (46) which are fastened to said printed circuit board, and latches... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070099471 - Electronic device assembly: An electronic device assembly includes a first electronic device (10), a second electronic device (20), and a connecting device (20) electrically connecting the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first projecting member (14) and a pair of first contact portions (142) disposed... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070099472 - Communication connector to optimize crosstalk: A connector for a communications system provides desired levels of crosstalk by controlling the positions and lengths of the wires. The connector has an internal chamber opening on the rear end of the plug housing and defined by housing walls. A plurality of slots extend through one of the housing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070099473 - Electronic device and method of reducing multi-path fading: An electronic device has housing having plural inner surfaces, plural modules in the housing, and a communication section provided on each of the plural modules. The communication sections perform wireless communication to each other. One inner surface having the largest area among the plural inner surfaces of the housing has... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070099474 - Plug fastening device: A plug fastening device applied to a socket-forming side having a first fixing portion is provided. The plug fastening device includes a fixing member and a binding member. The fixing member has at least one first coupling portion, and a second fixing portion for being fixed to the first fixing... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070099475 - Low-profile pci adapter cards with high port count: A PCI card comprises upper and lower surfaces; a mounting hole defining first and second holes, the first hole having a larger diameter than the second hole; a stud that is inserted into the mounting hole and flushed to the upper surface; and a port connector provided on the stud... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070099476 - Contact element and additional conduction chamber for a plug or socket: A contact (1) for a plug or socket of a quick-connect plug connection, the contact (1) being held mounted in a contact holder (2) having a region for press-fit gripping a conductor, a wire holder (7) having at least one wire seat (7.1) for the end of a wire and... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070099477 - Methods and modules for an underground assembly for storm water retention or detention: Methods and modules for use in a modular assembly are disclosed for retaining or detaining storm water beneath a ground surface. A module comprises a substantially horizontally disposed deck portion and at least one substantially vertically disposed side portion extending therefrom. The deck portion and side portion have respective end... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070099478 - Polymer sheet having surface relief features: Certain embodiments include a method of manufacturing a polymer sheet having surface relief features. In this method, a layer of pre-polymerized material is provided. A plurality of spatially separated locations on the curable material is exposed to ultraviolet light such that the material locally cures at those locations. The curable... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070099479 - Electrical connector including conductor engaging means: An electrical connector for insulated conductors includes a housing containing a chamber and having a conductor opening communicating with the chamber, a bus bar mounted in the chamber adjacent the conductor opening, a compression spring mounted in the chamber for biasing the bare end of an insulated conductor inserted into... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070099480 - Pluggable screwless wire connector system: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a connector assembly for terminating a plurality of discrete wires and for selective electrical interconnection with a header assembly is provided. The connector assembly includes a front housing defining at least one channel therein; a rear housing selectively operatively connectable to the... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070099481 - Media power protection system and method: A media power protection system comprises a media controller configured to detect a type of media card coupled to a multi-card connector, and a protection circuit configured to selectively enable at least one of a plurality of power supply interfaces of the multi-card connector based on the type of media... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070099482 - Resilient switch: The present invention is to provide a resilient switch mounted in a housing and comprising a flexible arm including a first seat formed on one end of the flexible arm and a second seat formed on the other end of the flexible arm. After fastening the second seat on a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070099484 - Electrical connector for flat cables and contact element therefor: A sectional electrical connector for flat cables includes separable lower and upper horizontal sections formed from a relatively hard synthetic plastic material, at least one electrical contact having a horizontal bus bar portion mounted in the lower section, and a vertical portion extending upwardly toward the upper section, and seal... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070099483 - Flexible circuit board: A flexible circuit board is provided, comprising a flexible substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of electrically conductive pads overlaid on an upper surface of the flexible substrate. Front ends of the electrically conductive pads do not reach a front edge of the flexible... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070099485 - Cable with strain relief: A cable (100) comprises a wire conductor (1) with an insulative layer enclosing the wire conductor, and a strain relief (2). The strain relief comprises an internal strain relief (22) enclosing the insulative layer of the wire conductor, and an external strain relief (21) enclosing the internal strain relief. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070099486 - Connector: A connector includes a connector housing having a plurality of terminal receiving chambers arranged in a row, and a plurality of terminals which are connected respectively to end portions of a plurality of wires of a cable, and are received respectively in the terminal receiving chambers. Wall reduction portions are... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070099487 - Adapter for electrical stimulation leads: A lead adapter is disclosed which includes a connector portion having a connector configured for reception by an electrical stimulation device and a receptacle portion electrically connected to the connector portion and having at least two receptacles for operatively accepting lead connectors, wherein at least one of the receptacles of... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070099488 - Nato slave connector: A NATO slave connector may include a 2-conductor cable designed to permit a maximum current draw of about 35 amperes. The connector may also include: a connection end adapted to connect to a military vehicle's 24 volt battery NATO slave receptacle; a cable end adapted to be electrically wired to... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20070099489 - Integrated connector with catv tap assembly: The CATV tap assembly of the present invention comprises a tap faceplate and associated components for forming an integrated F-Type connector. The tap assembly includes a tap faceplate, having at least one port. In addition to the aforementioned tap faceplate, the integrated connector assembly includes a post cartridge, an elastomer... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070099490 - Printed circuit board, method of manufacturing a printed circuit board and electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a wiring board having through holes, a through-hole mount device having a lead, and a surface mount device. The lead is soldered in the through hole, whereby the through-hole mount device is mounted on a first surface of the wiring board.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070099492 - Easy-access service outlet housings: Integrated service outlet housings that include at least one user access chamber and at least one component chamber substantially adjacent to the user access chamber are described. These housings are suitable for use with conventional construction framing materials and techniques. Each user access chamber is typically formed from a back... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20070099491 - Modular electrical receptacle: A multiplex electrical outlet receptacle comprises a housing containing four or more receptacle outlets. The housing contains at least one tab extending from the top of the housing and at least one tab extending from the bottom of the housing to permanently secure the housing to an in-wall electrical box.... Agent: Richard C. Himelhoch Schwartz Cooper Chartered

20070099493 - Vertical patch panel: A patch panel is provided whereby the patch panel can be mounted vertically on a standard rack. The patch panel can contain a plurality of network ports for connecting at least two devices together. The vertical patch panels of the present invention allow for reduction of cable lengths, simplification of... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070099494 - Vertical patch panel: A patch panel is provided whereby the patch panel can be mounted vertically on a standard rack. The patch panel can contain a plurality of network ports for connecting at least two devices together. The vertical patch panels of the present invention allow for reduction of cable lengths, simplification of... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070099495 - Tunnel sprayer for rows of plants: Tunnel sprayer for rows of plants, is of the type having opposing shields (S, S′) which substantially cover the whole heights of the opposing sides of at least one row, and which comprise fans (14) to create a flow of air which in delivery travels parallel to the flow of... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070099496 - Connector: The present invention is to provide a connector which is not subjected to an excess force when a locking securing unit is operated to remove engagement. The connector includes a male housing, a locking arm for engaging with a locking projection of a mating connector, a locking securing unit, and... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070099497 - Electric connection terminal for a printed circuit board: In an electric connector on a printed circuit board (20) that features a connector part (1) acted upon with relatively high electric voltage values, sparkovers between the continuing strip conductors arranged on the printed circuit board and the soldering points (22) of the electric contacts (8) are prevented by providing... Agent: Attention Of Norman P. Soloway Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070099499 - Leveraged electronic plug: The present invention is a leveraged electronic plug for audio and video appliances having an easy-to-grip first portion and collar fitted onto the back end of the plug. Locating the first portion and collar behind the body of the plug creates a lever capable of reducing the amount of force... Agent: Trojan Law Offices

20070099498 - Modular mounting sleeve for jack: A coaxial connection assembly including a coaxial jack. The jack is positioned within a longitudinal opening of a housing. The first end of the jack extends through a first end of the housing and the second end of the jack extends through a second end of the housing. The jack... Agent: Attention: Steven C. Bruess

20070099500 - Endoscope: The invention relates to an endoscope having a shaft in which at least one working channel is positioned and having on the distal end of the shaft an endoscope head, such that the part of the working channel contained in the endoscope head can be rotated with respect to the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070099501 - Waterproof connector: The waterproof connector includes: a terminal having an electric wire; a housing body having a terminal insertion opening for inserting the terminal and a terminal receiving chamber for receiving the terminal; a waterproofing means having an electric wire insertion hole that is approximately coaxial with the terminal insertion opening of... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070099502 - Refrigerator housing: The invention relates to a housing for a refrigerator comprising a body (1) and a door (2), which is fixed to the body (1), both of which define an inner chamber (8). The body (1) and the door (2) comprise at least one evacuated insulation body (3, 4, 5, 6,... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070099503 - Device for absorbing noise: A device for absorbing electrical noise on cables containing a housing comprising a pair of halfshells is disclosed. A grooved ferrite component resides within each halfshell. Flat tabs that come to rest between facing surfaces of the ferrite components when the housing is closed are formed onto the housing, thereby... Agent: Michael J Mcgovern Quarles & Brady

20070099504 - Electrical connector assembly having improved locking mechanism: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a first insulative housing (1), a connector body (200) received in the first insulative housing (1), a cable (7) and an insulative cover (9) assembled with the first insulative housing (1). The connector body further includes a shielding member (2), a second insulative housing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070099505 - High-frequency apparatus having high performance and capable of preventing entry of interfering wave into terminal: A high-frequency apparatus includes a shielding plate that electrically shields any of a plurality of terminals protruding from a frame. An exposed portion of the terminal disposed between the frame and a motherboard is shielded by the shielding plate. Therefore, especially, a terminal that is likely to be adversely affected... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070099506 - Micro coaxial cable connector assembly with grounding mechanism: A cable connector assembly (100) includes at least a cable (4); an insulating housing (2); a series of contacts (27) which are fixed in the insulating housing (2) to contact with the cable (4) electrically; a metal shield (1) engages with said insulating housing to shield the contacts (27) and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070099507 - Electric connector: An electric connector for differential transmission principally transmitting a high-frequency electric signal where a ratio between the interval (a) between both signal terminals constituting a pair terminal being buried in a female contact housing and the interval (b) between the pair terminals is set a<b. Since the both signal terminals... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070099509 - Cast-in element for forming a leadthrough for conduits: A cast-in element for forming a leadthrough for conduits includes a jacket tube (12; 42, 43; 62) having a thread-shaped outer profile (13; 44, 45; 62), and a base member (14; 51) with space (16) for receiving stop means (17; 52) and surrounding a through-opening (15) and having, in a... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070099508 - Zero insertion force electrical connector piece: A zero insertion force electrical connector part includes a sleeve contact (socket contact) and an activation element associated with the sleeve contact. The sleeve contact has contact members with a plug contact receptacle situated between the contact members for receiving an electrical plug contact. Each contact member has a contact... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070099510 - Marker board: A display board assembly includes a polymeric board having edges, a backing coupled with the polymeric board and configured to engage a mounting surface, and a dry erase surface coupled with the polymeric board. The backing is spaced inwardly from the edges of the polymeric board.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070099511 - Memory card with two standard sets of contacts and a contact covering mechanism: Enclosed re-programmable non-volatile memory cards include at least two sets of electrical contacts to which the internal memory is connected. The two sets of contacts have different patterns, preferably in accordance with two different contact standards such as a memory card standard and that of the Universal Serial Bus (USB).... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz, LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20070099512 - Connector in which a mutual distance between contacts is adjusted at terminal portions thereof: In a connector in which a plurality of contacts are held by an insulator and have contacting portions and terminal portions opposite to the contacting portions, the terminal portions are arranged in three rows to have a staggered fashion each between adjacent ones of the three rows. In one of... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070099513 - Plug-in device and method of making the same: The present invention is directed to a plug-in device having a printed circuit board. A plurality of conductor pins arranged in a circular configuration are surface mounted or through-hole mounted to the circuit board and extend outwardly therefrom. A plastic base with a key shaft is secured to the circuit... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Dept. - 4u6

20070099515 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, a spacer and a shield. The insulating housing has a main body and a tongue extending from the main body. The main body has a room receiving the spacer. Each contact has a contact portion and an inverse U-shaped... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070099514 - Plug connector: A plug connector for electrically connecting a printed wiring board with a card-edge connector includes a first connector-contact arrangement and a second connector-contact arrangement. The first connector-contact arrangement is inserted to the card-edge connector and includes a first blade with a front surface having a recessed surface partly recessed therefrom... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070099517 - Audio socket having a positioning device for positioning an audio terminal extendable into the audio socket: An audio socket includes a casing, a hole defined in the casing for extension of an audio terminal, a receiving room in communication with the hole, a first resilient contact securely rested on an side face of the receiving room and provided with a fold on the first resilient contact,... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070099516 - Ring out system providing terminal position assurance: A ring out system including a ring out holder and an electrical connector to be tested therewith. The holder has a plurality of ring out pins which are received into openings at the floor of each terminal passage of the connector, wherein continuity is impossible unless the terminals are properly... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070099518 - Connector assembly for implantable device: A header for an implantable pulse generator includes a header body having a bore formed therein, at least one header contact located within the bore to contact a corresponding contact of a lead terminal inserted in the bore, and a rigid component located within the bore.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070099519 - Power compatible universal power tip: A keyed power source connector (32) and keyed device connector (14) that are backwards compatible, ensuring that the power rated device connectors can only mate with power source connectors power rated at or above the device connector power rating. One connector is formed as a plug, and the other connector... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20070099520 - Connecting terminal: A connecting terminal has a rectangular tube-like connecting portion 11 including a bottom plate 13, a first side plate not shown, a top plate 15 and a second side plate 16. At a rear end of the top plate 15, there is formed a locking portion 19 by folding a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070099521 - Crimped center conductor: A center conductor for use in a coax jack module assembly, for example. The center conductor including a conductive body having a crimped region and an uninterrupted region. The crimped region being located only within one of a first half and a second half of the conductive body. The first... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC