Electrical connectors inventions 06/07

20070148996 - Coaxial rf connection device electrically connected to a printed circuit board as well as assoicated connector unit: An improved plug connection device has projections aligned parallel with the axial direction of the connectors, by means of which the connector unit is positioned or can be positioned perpendicularly to the plane of the printed circuit board. The connector unit has, on the side facing the printed circuit board,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070148993 - Electric connection box: An electric connection box which is electrically connected to electrical equipments of an automobile via wire harnesses is installed at a center cluster provided at a central portion of an instrument panel of the automobile. A plurality of switches for controlling the electrical equipments are provided at a front portion... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070148992 - Harness installation structure: A harness installation structure includes a link arm that pivotally supports a movable body to a fixed body, a wire harness that is installed to extend from the fixed body to the movable body along the link arm. The wire harness is fixed without looseness at a region between one... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070148994 - Harness installation structure of link-type movable body: A harness installation structure, includes a link arm that pivotally supports a movable body to a fixed body; a wire harness that is installed to extend from the fixed body to the movable body along the link arm. The wire harness has an upwardly-extending portion which is arranged to extend... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070148995 - System for providing communication between the interior and the exterior of a compartment: A system for making a connection between the interior and exterior of a compartment, comprising a door opening through the compartment wall, a connector body which can engage with the wall, and having a connection port through it, and a removable cover on the connector body. The body is engaged... Agent: Glaxosmithkline Corporate Intellectual Property - Uw2220

20070148997 - Flexible circuit: Provided is an article having a flexible polymeric substrate with an electrically conductive trace having a region with different material properties than the remainder of the trace.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070148998 - Land grid array connector contact: An LGA connector contact (1) according to an embodiment includes a vertical retention portion (10) for being secured in an LGA connector, and an upper engaging portion (11) connecting to the retention portion for engaging a mating contact of an IC package. The upper engaging portion includes a curved connection... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149001 - Flexible circuit: A flexible circuit and a method of fabricating the flexible circuit is provided wherein adhesive is flowed into the interstices of a fabric. The adhesive is then cured to a “B” stage and a conductive foil is bonded to the adhesive on one or both sides of the fabric. Thereafter,... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070148999 - Interconnect structure for transducer assembly: An interconnect assembly is presented. The assembly includes an interconnect structure including a plurality of interconnect layers disposed in a spaced relationship, where each of the plurality of interconnect layers comprises a plurality of conductive traces disposed thereon. Furthermore, the assembly includes a redistribution layer disposed proximate the interconnect structure,... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070149000 - Surface mounted micro-scale springs for separable interconnection of package substrate and high-speed flex-circuit: An integrated circuit may be coupled to a printed circuit board through a split socket. The integrated circuit may be packaged with a package substrate electrically coupled to a socket which, in turn, is electrically coupled to a printed circuit board. Between the printed circuit board and the package substrate,... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070149002 - Land grid array socket: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a land grid array socket includes an insulative housing (30) defining a number of passages (35) and a number of conductive terminals (20) residing in corresponding passages, respectively. Each terminal includes a base section (21) secured in the passage and a pair... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149003 - Electronic apparatus having high electromagnetic compatibility: A computer including a case, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a conductive unit is provided. The case has a first wall and a second conductive wall, and the first wall and the second wall are faced with each other. The first circuit board is fixed on... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070149005 - Electronic modules having integrated lever-activated latching mechanisms: An integrated latching mechanism for use with a user pluggable electronic module, such as an opto-electronic transceiver module, is disclosed. The latching mechanism allows the user to selectively latch the module within a corresponding host port by manipulation of a pivot lever. Movement of the pivot lever causes a locking... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070149004 - Telecommunications module: A telecommunications module includes a housing, a plurality of contacts, which are exposed to allow the connection of wires herewith, and a connecting device for connecting at least some of the contacts with other contacts of the telecommunications module, wherein the connecting device is partially accommodated in the housing an... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070149006 - Card connector assembly with reinforcing elements: A card connector assembly (1) according to an embodiment includes an elongate insulative housing (10), a plurality of terminals (12), a pair of fastening members (14) and a pair of metal reinforcing elements (16). The plurality of terminals is held in the insulative housing with lower portions (123) for being... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149007 - Television and structure for fixing earphone plug socket: The formation of the retaining member 42 at the forming of the main board 40 so as to be able to be cut off and the cutting-off from the main board 40 after the board forming of the main board 40 causes the retaining member 42 to be separated in... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070149009 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) adapted to receive an electronic module (4) has a shield (1) with a number of resilient locking members (123). The resilient locking member (123) further has a cantilever (1232) abutting the electronic module (4). The locking member (123) holds the electrical module (4) firmly while allowing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149008 - Flat cable connector arrangement: The present invention relates to a flat cable plug connector arrangement (1) with a flat cable (2) that has at least one signal conductor (5), at least one ground conductor (6), and a shield (7) surrounding the conductors and with a plug connector (3) having a metal housing (4) and... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070149010 - Electronic circuit module and surface-mounted connector for use in the same: A first recessed portion shaped so as to be open toward an outer periphery of a substrate is disposed on the substrate, and a conductive pattern is provided on an edge portion of the first recessed portion. A connector mounted on the substrate includes a body and terminals which are... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070149011 - Male medical device electrical connector with engineered friction fit: A male connector includes a body and an elastomeric member. The body has a proximal end and a distal end. The elastomeric member is disposed around an outer surface of the distal end of the body. The distal end of the body is configured to be received into a female... Agent: Jones Day

20070149012 - Transparent insulating enclosure: An enclosure formed from a first compartment and an identical second compartment to house an electrical connector. Each compartment has a main body that is defined by a first wall, a second wall and ends. The first wall of each compartment has an outer tab with at least one projection... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070149013 - Electrical outlets and plugs with local power enabling and disabling: Improved electrical outlets and plugs that allow local power enabling and disabling are disclosed. One embodiment of an electrical outlet device includes a power socket capable of receiving a plug and a switch that is in electrical communication with a power supply wire. When the switch is in a first... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070149014 - Electronic apparatus and image capturing apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes an exterior casing; an accommodating section in the exterior casing and operable to detachably accommodate a disk-shaped recording medium; a recording/reproducing section operable to record data to and/or reproduce data from the disk-shaped recording medium accommodated in the accommodating section; an open/close cover on the exterior... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070149016 - Electrical connector assembly with pick up device: An electrical connector assembly according to a preferred embodiment includes an electrical connector (1) and a pick up device (5) engageably mounted onto the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a rear head portion, where an actuator (4) is rotatably held therein, and a front tail portion opposite to the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149015 - Female connector, female connector mounting structure, and method of mounting female connector to substrate: A single pole female connector has: a mounting base portion in which is formed a terminal insertion hole into which a male terminal can be inserted; an extending portion extending outwardly from the mounting base portion; and a terminal contacting portion which extends from a peripheral edge of the mounting... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070149017 - Card connector with an ejector: A card connector adapted for receiving a card comprises an insulating housing (1) defining a card receiving space with a card insertion/ejecting direction; a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the insulating housing and an ejector (3) received in the insulating housing for ejecting the card. The ejector comprises a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149018 - Circuit board with lever-latch handle: A plug-in circuit board for insertion into and withdrawal from a rack having at least one front profile rail includes a front plate and a lever-latch handle with a gripping bar pivotably-mounted to the front of the plug-in circuit board. The gripping bar includes an elastically deflectable tongue which, in... Agent: Michael E. Martin Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

20070149019 - Apparatus for signal transmission between terminals: An apparatus for signal transmission between terminals (6, 8), between which at least one cable (10) is arranged, which is accommodated in an essentially circular cassette (K), to which ongoing cables can be connected at the terminals, and whose length is greater than the distance between the terminals. The cassette... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070149020 - Connector: A connector is provided having functions for sensing the half-fitted state and improved compactness and workability through a simple construction with few components. The connector includes: a first connector part 2 having a first housing fitted with a contact pin; a second part 21 having a second housing with a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070149021 - Harness and electronic apparatus: A harness according to this invention comprises an electric cord, a first tape, and a second tape. The tapes are electrically conductive. The first tape has a first adhesive part adhered to the electric cord and two first overlapping parts spaced apart from the electric cord. The second tape has... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070149023 - Electrical connector assembly with cover: An electrical connector assembly (10) includes an insulating housing (11), a plurality of contacts (12) received in the housing, a cover (13) attached to the housing, a pair of metal position posts (14, 15) with different size for positioning the housing and the cover. A groove (111) is formed on... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149022 - Materials analysis: A materials analysis device (2) comprises an inner receptacle (4), incorporating a filter (5) at its lower end, within an outer receptacle (6). Gas inlet/outlet ports (8, 10) are arranged to provide a means whereby solvent can be caused to pass between the receptacles (4, 6) via filter (5). Solvent... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070149024 - Linear voice coil actuator as a bi-directional electromagnetic spring: “Electromagnetic spring” characteristics can be obtained in a voice coil actuator by deliberately selecting some or all of geometry, location of the housing, field assembly and coils, and/or magnitude and direction of the current applied to the coils; for example, predetermined bidirectional spring characteristics can be provided by appropriate deliberate... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070149025 - Substrate structure, substrate manufacturing method and electronic device: According to one embodiment, there is provided a substrate structure including a printed-wiring board. A micro-contact sheet is soldered to the printed-wiring board, and includes a spiral terminal on a first surface thereof and a pad on a second surface thereof. The pad is electrically connected to the spiral terminal.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070149026 - Securing element for preventing the release of a plug connection between a cable harness plug and a coupler plug: A securing element for protecting against an unintentional release of a plug connection between a cable harness plug and a coupler plug. The securing element is distinguished in that it may easily be mounted on the side of a cable harness plug facing away in the plug-in direction, and, once... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070149027 - Signal connector resistant to plug/unplug force: A signal connector comprises a main body for receiving a coaxial cable, thereby conducting electric connection between the signal connector and the coaxial cable; a first mounting portion coupled to and extending from the main body in a first direction and having a first mounting surface attachable to a circuit... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070149029 - Hard disk drive: A hard disk drive (HDD) adapted for connection to a receptacle of a host device is disclosed. The HDD comprises a base having a lower portion coupled to a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), the PCBA comprising a plug adapted for coupling to the receptacle, and a dummy coupling portion... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070149028 - Latching mechanism and electronic module having same: A latching mechanism for latching a housing of an optical transceiver to be inserted through a window on a panel of a communication device into a cage provided in the communication device. The latching mechanism has: an opening formed on a side wall of the housing; an engaging member housed... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070149030 - Lock structure for box: A lock structure for a box includes a first box member having a retaining projection, and a second box member having an elastic retaining arm. The retaining arm has at its distal end a retaining portion for engagement with the retaining projection. The first box member has an arm restraint... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070149031 - Reduced leakage finger seal: A multi-ply finger seal including a first detail having one or more first relief slots, a second detail having one or more second relief slots, and an intermediate layer positioned between the first detail and the second detail. The intermediate layer obstructs air from passing through the one or more... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070149032 - Connector: A connector which is excellent in transmission characteristics and at the same time capable of facilitating cable-connecting operations. One contact group is comprised of a ground contact including a first contact portion and a first connection portion, a first signal contact including a second contact portion and a second connection... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070149033 - Wire and cable insulation markings for connector termination: Insulated conductors, of either the wire or multistranded cable variety, are provided with a series of markings or visual indicators along their length on their insulation jackets. The markings include cut markings to show where the conductor is to be cut and, spaced from respective ones of the cut markings... Agent: Momkus Mccluskey Monroe Marsh & Spyratos, LLC

20070149034 - Connector for connecting electrical wires to electronic boards in domotic networks: An electrical connector for transmitting low-voltage signals among electronic units in domotic networks comprising a box-like connection shell, forming internally at least one receptacle for a corresponding electrical terminal; the terminal constituted by two parts, a first part for fixing to one or more electrical wires and a second part... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070149035 - Electrical connection assembly: The invention relates to an electrical connection assembly and a method for forming the electrical connection assembly. The electrical connection assembly has a printed conductor, a high current conductor, a first contact element, and a second contact element. The conductor element has a first surface and a second surface opposite... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070149036 - Linking user interface design environment and application development environment: Creation of an application having a user interface is supported by linking a UI design environment to an application development environment. A user interface (UI) requirement is received, applying to creation of a UI object that is to be included in an application to be created. An input from a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070149037 - Guide wire: Disclosed herein is a guide wire which, even with its diameter reduced, has adequate stiffness at specific positions to ensure good steerability and kink resistance. It is composed of the wire member which is a metal core wire and the coil covering the forward end thereof. The core wire has... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070149038 - Device for protecting electric component: A device for protecting an electric component for a compressor is provided, where the device is equipped with a bracket formed with an insert portion and a locking part having a locking hole, facing each other; and a cover formed with a clamp for clamping the distal end of the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070149039 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises a housing (1), a cover (2) mounted on the housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) received in the housing (1), a pair of screw members (5) mounted on two ends of the housing (1) for connecting the housing (1) to a printed circuit board. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149040 - Electrical/pneumatic cable lockout device: The present invention is predicated upon the provision of systems, methods and devices for securing electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and other connectors and associated conduits used for the operation of manufacturing machines (e.g., injection molding machines), mechanical or electrical devices, or the like, thereby rendering the same substantially safe for maintenance,... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070149041 - Connector and a method for controlling the assembly thereof: A connector has first and second housings (10, 30) that are connectable with each other. The second housing (30) has second terminal fittings (32), second detecting terminals (39) and short canceling members (37). The first housing (10) has shorting terminals (12) for shorting pairs of the first terminal fittings, a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070149042 - Cable connector and method of connecting a cable with a cable connector: A cable connector comprises a housing, a signal conductive contact having a first transformable portion for holding a core conductor of a coaxial cable in a condition of caulking connection, a ground conductive contact having a second transformable portion for holding an outer conductor of the coaxial cable in a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070149043 - Apparatus for homogenizing light and method for producing the apparatus: A method produces an apparatus for homogenizing light. The apparatus has at least one substrate with at least one optically functional area with a multiplicity of lens elements. In a first method step the lens elements are formed in the at least one optically functional area of the at least... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070149044 - Printing material container, and board mounted on printing material container: A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal.... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20070149045 - Patch panel with a motherboard for connecting communications jacks: An active jack, which is a powered device, is installed as the network connection at a workstation which provides the capability to determine the physical location of a destination device, such as a VOIP phone, in real time. Uninterruptible power supplies may be used to provide power to network components,... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070149046 - Card connector: A card connector comprises insulating housing comprising a plurality of passageways; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways of the housing; and metal ears received on the housing; wherein the metal ear has legs extends on an upper surface and a bottom surface of the housing respectively to engage... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149047 - Coaxial plug-type connector and method for mounting the same: A coaxial plug-type connector including an approximately hollow-cylindrical plug-head with an outside thread, and a cable-side conical annular face as a contact face for an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, and a threaded sleeve with an inside thread as a cable clamping component, does not require a special contact... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070149048 - Connection for a coiled lead to an electrical contact for an implantable medical device: High reliability electrical connections between a helical strand and flat electrodes, such us strip electrodes found in implantable neurostimulator system, are described. The connection consists of a crimp joint in which an inside diameter mandrel is used to provided the coil with sufficient radial rigidity to ensure structural integrity of... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070149050 - Connector structure having a male terminal and a female terminal: A male terminal 10 has a wire connecting portion 13 at one end to be connected to an electric wire, and an inserting contact portion 12 at another end to be inserted into a female terminal 30. A plate member of the inserting contact portion 12 is bent to have... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070149049 - Injection molding component with low profile terminal connection: An injection molding hot-runner component comprising a tubular body defining a central passage and having an outer surface, an electrically insulated heater wire coupled to the tubular body, an external lead electrically connected to an end of the heater wire to form a connection, the external lead for connecting to... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20070149056 - Card connector with ejector: A card connector comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, an ejector and a pressing member. The insulating housing has a rear wall and a pair of arms extending from lateral ends of the rear wall; the ejector is received on one of the arm and comprises a slider... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149052 - Displayer mounting device for vehicle: A displayer mounting device includes a receptacle for attaching to a vehicle and for acting as a headrest for the vehicle, a display, and a moving device for moving the display relative to the receptacle, to selectively move the display out of the receptacle for operating purpose, or for selectively... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070149053 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) adapted for electrically connecting with corresponding mating connectors (200) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a base portion (10), a couple of upper and lower tongue plates (11, 12) extending forwardly from the base portion (10), as well as a holding plate (13) between the tongue... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149054 - Electrical connector having flexible mating portion: An electrical connector (100) adapted for connecting/disconnecting with/from a complementary connector in a front-to-back direction, includes a shell (1), an insulative housing (2) and a number of contacts (4) received in the housing. The shell includes a main body (111), a connecting tab (115) and a mating portion (112). The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149055 - Electrical receptacle connector with shell: An electrical connector (100) adaptor for connecting with a complementary connector in a mating direction, comprises a shell (1), an insulative housing (2) received in the shell and a plurality of contacts (3) received in the housing. The shell comprises a top surface (11), a pair of lateral surfaces (13,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149051 - Surveillance sheild and method: A surveillance shield comprising a rigid, substantially inflexible mirrored plastic panel, and at least one aperture defined by the panel, the aperture positioned in the panel such that a user may peer through the aperture while carrying the shield. The shield may also include a second mirrored plastic panel, each... Agent: Anthony J. Bourget

20070149058 - Connector in which a balance in physical distance between a ground contact and a pair of signal contacts can be maintained: In a connector having a contacting portion side and a terminal portion side, a plurality of contact members are held by a housing to form on the contacting portion side a single row and forming on the terminal portion side two opposite end rows and a center row between the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070149057 - Midplane especially applicable to an orthogonal architecture electronic system: A midplane has a first side to which contact ends of a first differential connector are connected and a second side opposite the first side to which contact ends of a second differential connector are connected. The midplane includes a plurality of vias extending from the first side to the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070149059 - Surface contact card holder: A holder for holding a surface contact card (100) includes a receiving groove and a latch structure (20). The receiving groove is defined at one side of the main body (10). The latching structure rotatably engages in the receiving groove and is configured for receiving the surface contact card (30)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070149060 - Reducing signal crosstalk of edge-card connector: In some embodiments an edge-card connector includes a signal layer, a ground layer, an edge finger, a ground plane on the ground layer that is recessed a portion of the edge finger, and a ground section on the signal layer that is coupled to the ground plane. Other embodiments are... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070149061 - Unitary member with multiple outlets having surge protection circuitry: A unitary body has both a plurality of outlets and protection circuitry integrated therein. An indicator device in the body provides a visual signal to indicate normal operation of the outlets. The protection circuitry may be a transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS), a ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), and/or an integrated... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070149062 - Electrical connector with improved soldering characteristic to be mounted on a printed circuit board: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) for receiving a number of contacts (2). The insulative housing has a base (11) extending in a longitudinal direction and a mating portion (12) protruding forwardly from the base. The base (11) defines a slot (141) from an intermediate position thereof... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149063 - Tapered drop box: One embodiment of the disclosed drop box comprises end wall portions that taper from a first end to a second end, such as being wider adjacent to an open top portion and narrower adjacent to a bottom wall. The end walls are coupled to the bottom wall, which also tapers... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070149064 - Electrical quick lock interconnect: Electrical connection devices and systems for the electrical interconnection of systems and components within an aerospace vehicle, such as a production airplane, are disclosed. A typical quick lock interconnect comprises a manually installed and coupled modular electrical connector. The connector receptacles may be designed to “snap” onto a structural support,... Agent: Canady & Lortz - Boeing

20070149065 - Integral bonding attachment: An integral bonding attachment includes an insulated section of a conductive wire with an exposed, uninsulated section. A sleeve covers the insulated and uninsulated sections of the conductive wire, and the sleeve includes a flattened section encasing at least a portion of the uninsulated wire section to form a generally... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070149066 - Wire holder: A wire holder for fixing one or more wires on a plate of an electronic device includes a pair of latches formed on the plate defining a guiding slot therebetween in a lateral direction for containing the one or more wires. Each of the latches includes a main body, and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070149067 - Electrical connector assembly having improved locking member: An electrical connector assembly (100) defines a housing defining a receiving space, a connector body (1) received in the receiving space and defining a plurality of contacts (12) received therein, a cable (2) defining a plurality of conductors (21) electrically attaching to corresponding contacts, and locking member (3) locking with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070149068 - Terminal fitting: A rectangular tube (10) is formed such that a pair of side plates (12L, 12R) stand up from the opposite left and right edges of a bottom plate (11) and an extending end of an upper plate (13) extending from the upper edge of the left side plate (12L) substantially... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070149069 - Contact termination member for an electrical receptacle: A contact termination member for an electrical receptacle is provided that has a base. A first spring arm is connected to the base and has a first free end. A second spring arm is connected to the base and has a second free end. The first and second free ends... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070141860 - Magnetic connector: A connector (30) can include a housing (32), a plurality of magnets (14) within the housing used for data transfer and at least one alignment magnet (16 or 18) within the housing used for proper alignment and polarity. The connector can also include at least one magnetic induction circuit (52)... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070141863 - Contact grid array system: A scalable, low cost, reliable, compliant, low profile, low insertion force, high-density, separable and reconnectable connector for high speed, high performance electronic circuitry and semiconductors. The electrical connector can be used to make, for example, electrical connections from components such as a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) to another PCB, MPU,... Agent: Neoconix, Inc. C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070141862 - Packaging and application device with adjustable wiping: The device includes a container and an applicator including a rod connected at a first end to a gripping member and to an application element at a second end. The device further includes a first wiping member disposed in the container and including a deformable portion configured to wipe the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070141864 - Flexible wired circuit board: A flexible wired circuit board that is provided can improve the yield per sheet and the production efficiency of the wired circuit board and thus to reduce the production costs when a plurality of flexible wired circuit boards are formed and aligned on the sheet. The flexible wired circuit board... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070141865 - Apparatus for expressing circuit version identification information: An apparatus for expressing circuit version identification (VID) includes multiple conductive layers, a circuit VID unit, and a first and a second pull-up or pull-down circuits. Each of the conductive layers includes a first and a second conductive line. The first pull-up or pull-down circuit is coupled to the first... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070141868 - Apparatus and method for battery pack circuit board crack prevention: A circuit board apparatus of a battery pack in which tape is attached to low priced flexible printed circuit boards (FPCB) so that it is possible to prevent cracks from being generated in the FPCBs when the FPCBs are bent. The circuit board apparatus includes a first board, a second... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070141866 - Connector: A connector comprising a header connector 20 and a socket connector 25. The connector 25 includes a fixed section 272 that is continuously formed at the tip of one end 2711 of a contact section 271 so that a part 2721 of the section 272 is arranged in parallel with... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070141867 - Connector assembly: This connector assembly comprises a header 1 and a socket 2. The header 1 has a header contact member 4 with a first contact piece 41 and a second contact piece 42, and the socket 2 has a socket contact member 6 with a first contact piece 64 and a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070141869 - Plug and receptacle having wired and wireless coupling: A plug and a communication module communicate wirelessly. The plug includes prongs that couple to sockets of a power outlet to receive power for a device associated with the plug. The plug carries circuitry that communicates wirelessly with circuitry of the communication module. The communication module is located near the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070141870 - Adapter device with resilient conductive means: A computer adapter such as a TV card includes a circuit board to be inserted in an expansion slot of the computer system; a signal transmission connector socket having a first end secured to the circuit board and a second end to be coupled to an external signal transmission connector;... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070141873 - Usb cable unit and electronic device using the same: A USB cable unit for communicatably connecting a first electronic device and a second electronic device, comprises: a first wire part configured to connect the first electronic device and the second electronic device to transmit data therebetween; a second wire part configured to connect the first electronic device and the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070141871 - Boardmount header to cable connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly for transmitting high speed electrical signals includes a header and a carrier. The header has a plurality of signal pins, a plurality of ground pins, and a supplemental ground contact. The carrier is configured to mate with the header. A plurality of electrical cable terminations are... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070141872 - Electrical connector assembly having selective arrangement of signal and ground contacts: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having an array of compartments, and substantially identical signal contact assemblies arranged in sets, each including a pair of the signal contact assemblies arranged opposite first and second orientations, and selectively installed in a respective pair of compartments. One ground contact may form... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20070141874 - Power control system and method: A power system includes an energy harvesting device, a battery coupled to the energy harvesting device, and a circuit coupled to the energy harvesting device and the battery. The circuit is adapted to deliver power to a load by providing power generated by the energy harvesting device to the load... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20070141875 - Multi-level directory: Described is a method for providing contact information to a user. At least one embodiment of the method includes determining at least one direct contact of the user, where the at least one direct contact is associated with contact information and determining presence information related to the at least one... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ Bellsouth I.p. Corp

20070141876 - Totes for bottles: According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a carrier for transporting a bottle or bottles, is provided. The carrier includes a tote having a non-rigid front and rear panel secured to one another along a right side terminal edge, a left side terminal edge and a bottom terminal edge... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070141877 - Self-cleaning socket pin: A socket pin for a test apparatus. The socket pin may have self-cleaning function and may include a main body of a socket, a bottom contact tip at a lower portion of the main body, a first spring in the main body and connected to the bottom contact tip, a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070141879 - Card connector: A card connector comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and a shell. The shell covers the insulating housing to define a card receiving space therebetween and defines a card insertion/ejection direction. The contacts comprise a plurality of contact portions exposed into the card... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070141878 - Card connector with ejecting mechanism: A card connector (100) for receiving a card (5), includes an insulative housing (1) having a card receiving space (11), a number of contacts (2) mounted in the insulative housing to contact with the card and an eject mechanism (3). The eject mechanism defines a slider (6) movably mounted on... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070141880 - Apparatus for signal and/or current transmission between terminals: An apparatus for signal and/or current transmission between terminals which can move in relation to one another and which are fitted, on the one hand, on a fixed stator and, on the other hand, on a rotor of a cassette that can rotate about a common axis with the stator.... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070141881 - Image pickup apparatus and data processing apparatus having the same: An image pickup apparatus may include an image sensor that may be mounted on a substrate. A frame member may be fixed to an upper surface of the substrate. An optical member may be inserted in the frame member such that the optical member may be spaced apart from an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070141882 - Separable electrical connector component having a voltage output branch and a direct access point: A separable electrical connector component generally including an insulating housing, a current carrying element disposed within the insulative housing and a voltage control device disposed within the housing. The housing has a mid-section, a first insertion end extending from the mid-section in a first direction, a second insertion end extending... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070141883 - Monolithic plug-in power supply: A power supply is described. The power supply includes a main power connector and one or more circuit boards rigidly connected to the main power connector, including mechanical and electrical connection. The main power connector has a body that includes a plurality of contacts. The main power connector is configured... Agent: Andrei Bulucea

20070141884 - Device for a precise contact guidance in card edge connectors: In order to achieve a precise contact guidance of contact decks on a printed circuit board relative to the electric contacts in a card edge connector, the invention proposes to arrange a pressing spring within the slot of the card edge connector in such a way that it mechanically deflects... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20070141886 - Attachment part: In an attachment part (13) for an electrical plug-in connection, wherein a frame member (16) is provided having inside surfaces (17) which are formed to essentially match the outside contour of a first electrical connecting element (3), and wherein the frame member (16) can be attached to a second electrical... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070141885 - Tool rack with locking device: A tool rack includes two fixed members and two movable members movably received in the fixed members. The two movable members are connected to and controlled by a locking device. Each fixed member has a plurality of a first protrusions and each first protrusion has an open top. Each movable... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070141887 - Waterproof power connector: A waterproof electrical power connector is provided. The male member of the connector includes magnetic core surrounded with a winding, and the female member of the connector includes a winding and has a hollow for receiving the male member. As the male member is inserted into the female member and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070141888 - Female connector and male connector: An apparatus is disclosed including female and a male connectors wherein the female connector has a resin first connector body to which a first set of contact pins are attached and a tubular metallic shell that ensheathes the outer surfaces of the first connector body. In front of the first... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070141889 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge is detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus main assembly. The main assembly includes a main assembly electrical contact, first and second projections, main assembly positioning portions, and a force application member. The cartridge includes first and second frames, a first-frame drum, first and second portions,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070141890 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals having a plate shape to be attached to the housing in parallel with a narrow pitch. The plurality of the terminals has holes at opposing portions thereof in a pitch direction such that opposing areas between adjacent terminals is... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070141891 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes: a housing having a terminal supporting member and a space at a base portion of the terminal supporting member; a plurality of terminals attached to the housing and arranged on the terminal supporting member in parallel; a latch member arranged on the terminal supporting member in... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070141892 - Cable manager for modular jacks: A cable manager for termination of a cable with a modular jack is provided. The cable manager includes a housing defining a jack receptacle configured and dimensioned to receive legs extending from the modular jack, the housing including a bottom wall defining a recess formed in a front edge thereof... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20070141893 - Terminal box for electrical connections: Electrical connection terminal unit comprising a box (100; 1000) provided inside with a block (110; 1110) for housing at least one pair of electrical connectors (200; 1200) comprising at least one element (211, 212; 1211, 1212) for retaining the end of the wires (1a, 1b) of a cable (1) and... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070141894 - Plug with supplemental memory: A plug is provided that includes a charging circuit and a supplemental memory and the plug body includes an outer profile that is less than or equal to the outer dimension of a standard electrical outlet. The plug allows for data from a battery powered device to be written to... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070141895 - Systems, methods, and media for providing visual indication of a blade configuration: Systems, methods, and media for providing visual indication of a blade configuration are disclosed. Embodiments may include a visual blade configuration system with a chassis and a plurality of hot pluggable blades, where each blade is adapted to be physically connected to one or more other blades, where the physically... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070141897 - Connector: A connector of upper contact type for an FPC comprising a cover housing constituted of synthetic resin alone. The housing includes first contacts and second contacts alternately arranged in parallel on a line. Each of the first contacts has an elastic arm coming into contact with an upper contact point... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070141896 - Connector for flexible printed circuit board: A connector for FPC board includes an insulating housing and a cover plate. The insulating housing has a receiving space for receiving an FPC board, a plurality of passageways, and two guiding channels. A plurality of terminals is received in the corresponding passageways. Each terminal has a contact portion and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070141898 - Multi-position connector for personal audio set: Multi-position Connector For Personal Audio Set A multi-position connector is disclosed that allows a personal audio device to be operably secured to a variety of different personal audio sets. In a disclosed embodiment, the connector is slidably secured to a frame, thereby allowing the connector's position relative to the frame... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20070141899 - Topology-driven apparatus, method and computer program product for developing a wiring design: A method for developing a wiring design for a complex system includes creating a master wire harness network (MWHN) within pathway space reservations of a pathway space-reservation network of the complex system. In this regard, the MWHN can comprise a model of possible wiring pathways between equipment of the complex... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070141900 - Battery connector: A device for electrically connecting a plurality of batteries includes a member including a handle and two arms extending from the handle. The handle includes a first portion, a second portion spaced apart from the first portion, and a connector extending between the first portion and the second portion. The... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070141901 - Connector: A connector includes a housing, a housing cover for covering at least part of the housing, and a plurality of terminals arranged in the housing. The housing cover has a tongue portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the plugging direction. The side edge of the tongue portion is brought... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070141902 - Remote connector agent for insertion and retraction of a connector: A system, method, and apparatus for inserting and/or removing a connector with a remote connector agent are disclosed. Embodiments may include a remote connector agent apparatus having a main body forming a connector cavity and one or more insertion snap pushers each having a lower surface. The insertion snap pushers... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070141903 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly. The connector may include a top housing and base housing for a conductor. The base housing may include a base conductor channel extending along a longitudinal axis, a conductor partition, and at least one conductor contact having corresponding prong transverse the longitudinal axis. The top housing... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070141904 - Waterproof connector: A waterproof connector having an insulative housing having a hood receiving section adapted to mate with a mating hood of a mating connector, a contact attached to said housing, a sealing member disposed between an inner periphery of the hood receiving section and an inner periphery of the mating hood... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070141905 - Connector: A connector has a housing (12) and a frame (15). The housing (12) has a wall (58) and a lock (19) that is resiliently deformable outward in the thickness direction of the wall (58). The lock (19) engages an interlocking portion (18) in the frame (15) when the housing (12)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070141906 - Connector: The invention relates to a connector (11) comprising a housing (12), a spring biased contact surface (15) facing in a front direction of said connector for establishing a contact with a connector counterpart, said contact surface being movable within a working area against a spring force from a first rest... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070141907 - Cable connector assembly with simplified grounding path: A cable connector assembly (100) used in high frequency signal transmission filed includes an insulative housing (2), a conductive terminals (3) retained in the housing, a number of wires (4) arrayed in a row and electrically connecting the terminals, and a conductive shell (5). The wires comprise at least one... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070141908 - Electrical connector with enhanced jack interface: A connector includes a housing having a mating end, a wire receiving end and a longitudinal axis therethrough. The housing holds a plurality of contacts grouped in pairs and arranged about the axis. At least one shielding member is located within the housing. The at least one shielding member isolates... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070141909 - Connector and electronic device equipped with the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector not requiring a ground bar and having high shielding property, and an electronic device equipped with the same. The connector is for connection to a cable group comprising a plurality of coaxial cables which are integrated by aligning the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070141910 - Electrical terminal: An electrical terminal includes an insulating housing, a conductor bar, strain-relief clamp connections and actuating elements located in the insulating housing for opening and closing the strain-relief clamp connections. The electrical terminal enables simple manual opening of the clamping site even when the strain-relief clamp connection is designed for leads... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070141911 - Sensor: A sensor comprising a sensor element, a metallic housing holding therewithin the sensor element, an inner tubular member fixed to an axially rearward end of the metallic housing, and an outer tubular member radially surrounding the inner tubular member and having a radially inward crimping section for contact with an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070141912 - Light holder: A bulb holder which comprises a bulb socket and a housing, a ring member formed of a resilient material, the ring member having first and second ends biased away from each other to a position where the first and second ends are spaced apart, the ends being movable towards each... Agent: Eric Fincham

20070141913 - Electrical contact assembly and method of manufacturing thereof: An electrical connector assembly is disclosed which includes a housing; and a plurality of substantially identical contact assemblies each including a pair of electrical contacts with receptacle contact portions configured to be received by the housing. The plurality of contact assemblies are arranged in sequence in a linear array in... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka, Esq. Tyco Electronics

20070141914 - Pci express connector: A method, apparatus and system are disclosed for a Peripheral Component Interconnect (“PCI”) Express connection device that supports use of device bus widths different than the size of the connector in communication of data processing, addressing and/or control signals between electronic and/or computer devices. Specifically, a PCI Express connector is... Agent: Gerald J. Iwanejko, Jr.

20070141915 - Connector for portable multimedia device: The present invention relates a connector for a portable multimedia device wherein an earphone for outputting a sound is integrated in a connector cable for transmitting a data, comprising a connector cable including a jack connector for coupling to a connection terminal of an audio device, the connector cable having... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070141916 - Automatic-opening containing device: An automatic-opening containing device includes a base casing, a fixing casing relative to the base casing, a movable casing arranged around the fixing casing, a set of control circuits, a motor arranged inside a control portion of the fixing casing and controlled by the set of control circuits to drive... Agent: Shih-shin Chen

20070141917 - Multi-purpose jack for audio and communication devices: A plug for connecting to a multi-sized socket including a widen plug section of a first dimension having a first plug section for connecting to a first portion of a device and a second plug section for connecting to a second portion of the device; a narrow plug section of... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr

20070141918 - Connector for electronic device: A space-saving and protective peripheral device connector for use with electronic devices, such as laptop computers, is disclosed. The device connector has a housing containing a plug, such as a USB connector, for insertion into a female port of the electronic device. The plug is coupled to a replica port... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070141919 - Standoff heater housing: A circulation heater has a tank with heater tubes located within. The heater tubes are mounted to a header plate, and each contains an electrical resistance heater wire. A standoff plate is mounted to an exterior side of the header plate. Standoff tubes are secured to the standoff plate, each... Agent: James E. Bradley

20070141921 - Connector and connector assembly: An auxiliary connector (14) has cavities (35) for receiving terminal fittings (13) and resilient locks (40) that deform in a deforming direction (DD) that extends along an arranging direction of the cavities (35). The locks (40) are configured for holding the terminal fittings (13) in the cavities (35). A retainer... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070141920 - Lock mechanism for stage apparatus: A lock mechanism for a stage apparatus, the stage apparatus having a stationary support board and a movable stage, includes a lock member positioned immediately in front or behind the movable stage; lock holes formed in opposed portions of one of the lock member and the movable stage; lock pins... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070141922 - Clamp: A clamp for an oil well line is disclosed, the clamp having a casing, typically a pair of wedge members defining a line receiving recess between them and wherein the wedge member are movable within a channel in the casing to move together and grip the line when axial force... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20070141923 - Fuse clip: A clip (60) for holding electrical fuses (30) includes: a first end (64) adapted to releasably grip an installed electrical fuse (30) that is electrically connected to a circuit; and, a second end (62) adapted to releasably grip a spare electrical fuse (30) that is not electrically connected to a... Agent: Richard J. Minnich, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070134944 - Conductive composite distribution system for a vehicle: A conductive layer connector (90) may include a first connector (96) and a second connector (98). A hinge (100) is coupled between the first connector (96) and the second connector (98). The first connector (96) and the second connector (98) are configured to clamp to an end (93) of a... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070134945 - Plate-reinforced wiring circuit board: The object of the present invention is to provide a plate-reinforced wiring circuit board in which the tearing occurring upon flexing can be sufficiently prevented. The present invention relates to a plate-reinforced wiring circuit board, which comprises a wiring circuit board; and a reinforcing plate disposed on a given region... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070134946 - Connector and connector system: A connector is provided with a terminal element including a conductor-connecting section connectable to a conductor of an electric wire and a contact section capable conductively contacting with a corresponding terminal element of a counterpart connector, an electrically insulating body for supporting the terminal element while exposing the conductor-connecting section... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070134949 - Connector having staggered contact architecture for enhanced working range: An architecture for increasing the normalized working range of connectors having arrays of small contacts. One configuration includes a plurality of pairs of opposed contacts that are arranged in a staggered fashion. The opposed contacts are configured to engage an external contact array in a staggered fashion. The contact arm... Agent: Neoconix C/o Intellecvate

20070134947 - Electrical connecting apparatus: An electrical connecting apparatus has the following features: a current or data transmitter device which can be connected to at least one current-transmitting or pulse-transmitting source, is arranged in a transmitter housing and has contact elements. A current-receiving or data-receiving device which can be electrically connected to a load or... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20070134948 - Method and apparatus for electrically connecting two substrates using a resilient wire bundle captured in an aperture of an interposer by a retention member: A method and apparatus for electrically connecting two substrates using resilient wire bundles captured in apertures of an interposer by a retention film. The interposer comprises an electrically non-conductive carrier having two surfaces and apertures extending from surface to surface. A resilient wire bundle is disposed in each aperture. An... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070134950 - Cpu socket with a cushion: A center processing unit (CPU) socket holds a CPU and has a base and a cushion. The base has a bottom, a contact seat, multiple contacts, a cover and a latch. The contact seat is mounted in the bottom and has a recess. The contacts are mounted in the recess... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070134951 - Method for applying coating agent and electronic control unit: A method for easily applying a coating agent to an electronic circuit board accommodated in a housing without leaving uncoated portions. The method includes mounting the electronic circuit board to the housing, performing an electrical connection process in the electronic circuit board, and filling the housing with the coating agent... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070134952 - Method of forming a non-continuous conductive layer for laminated substrates: A method of fabricating a circuit board is provided that includes forming a first layer of conductive material over an insulating layer, removing portions of the conductive material to define a first circuit pattern and a first rail area that is electrically isolated from the first circuit pattern, and removing... Agent: Killworth, Gottman, Hagan & Schaeff, L.L.P. One Dayton Centre

20070134953 - Electrical connector having a circuit board with controlled impedance: An electrical connector comprises a housing holding a circuit board. The circuit board has a top surface which includes a first region and a second region. Circuit traces are formed on the top surface and extend in the first and second regions. A first ground plane is disposed at a... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070134954 - Ultra-high density connector: Techniques for ultra-high density connection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ultra-high density connector includes a bundle of substantially parallel elongate cylindrical elements, where each cylindrical element is substantially in contact with at least one adjacent cylindrical element. Ends of the elongate cylindrical elements are disposed differentially with respect to... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070134955 - Panel assembly structure: A panel assembly structure including a first connecting portion, a first screw, a second connecting portion and a second screw for fixing a display panel on a panel cover is provided. The first connecting portion having a first connecting through hole is formed on the cover and extends toward a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070134956 - Electrical connection device for slide type portable terminal: An electrical connection device for a slide type portable terminal including a main body and a slide body performing an opening and closing operation with respect to the main body electrically connects a main board of the main body to a sub-board of the slide body, and has one end... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070134958 - Connector device: A connector device is provided with a box-shaped casing (50), a female housing (30) mounted into the casing (50) and displaceable between an initial position and an end position, and a slide (70) that is in the form of a frame having an operating portion (72) and mounted in the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070134957 - Lever fitting-type connector: An interlocking male terminal 45 is contained in a slider 4, and an interlocking female terminal 35 is contained in a male connector 3 so as to be opposed to the interlocking male terminal 45. When fitting a female connector 2 and the male connector 3 together, a connecting lever... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070134959 - Card connector with ejector: A card connector adapted for receiving a first card and a second comprises an insulating housing defining a space for the cards, a plurality of contacts for electrically with corresponding card and an ejector. The ejector comprises a first slider, a first spring a second slider, a second spring and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070134960 - Power supply method to memory card and printing apparatus: A power supply method to a memory card that has been inserted into an apparatus that can be inserted with a plurality of types of memory cards, includes: detecting that one type of the memory card out of a plurality of the types of memory cards has been inserted into... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070134961 - Apparatus and method for interfacing xfp optical transceiver with 300-pin msa optical transponder: Provided are an apparatus and a method for interfacing a 10 Gbps small form factor pluggable (XFP) optical transceiver with a 300-pin multi-source agreement (MSA)_optical transceiver. The apparatus includes: a direct interface providing direct interfacing paths through which signals that can be directly interfaced with one another between the XFP... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070134962 - Electronic device assembly: An electronic device assembly includes a first electronic device (10) and a second electronic device (20). The first electronic device includes a first sidewall (100), a first projecting portion (110) projecting from the first sidewall, and a receiving groove (140) defined in the first sidewall adjacent to the first projecting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070134964 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) includes a housing (10), a number of electrical contacts (20) received in the housing (10) and an actuator (30) mounted on the housing (10). In addition, the electrical connector (1) further a cover (40) disposed between the actuator (30) and the housing (10). The cover (40)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070134963 - Electrical insulator, especially for medium and high voltages: An electrical insulator preferably for medium and high voltages surrounds an interior space. Electrically active elements can be introduced into the interior space of the electrical insulator. In order to reduce the heat transfer between the interior space and the environment of the electrical insulator, the insulator contains thermally insulating... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070134965 - Ic card wrong insertion preventing mechanism and ic card connector having the same: Engaging portions of a wrong insertion restraining member for restraining wrong insertion of a MINI SD CARD have respective notches engaging the outer edges of openings of locking members.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070134966 - Display: A display. The display includes a base, a body, and an elastomer. The base includes a frame thereon. The body is rotatably connected to the frame in such a manner that the body can move between a first position and a second position. The body includes a gear element. The... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070134967 - Nut seal assembly for coaxial connector: An integrated seal assembly and a connector incorporating the seal assembly for connecting a coaxial cable to an externally threaded port. The seal assembly includes a bellows-type seal having an elastically deformable tubular body and a plurality of sealing surfaces, and an integral joint-section intermediate an anterior end and a... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070134968 - Printed circuit board facilitating expansion of number of memory modules and memeory system including the same: Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board facilitating expansion of number of memory modules and memory system including the same. The printed circuit board of the present invention includes a plurality of slots and a plurality of controller terminals. Each of slots disposed in locations ranging from a 2n−1+1th location... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070134969 - Electrode container box, printing device and nozzle inspection method: A cap 41 is used for nozzle inspections for clogging on the basis of a waveform of an output signal at a print head 24 when, in a state in which a potential difference has been generated among the print head 24, a regulating member 143 that is the opposing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070134970 - Low insertion force socket: A socket assembly is shown as generally including a cover assembly and a base frame assembly. A low insertion force (LIF) package assembly is connectable to the socket assembly and is comprised of a pin assembly, housing a package. The cover assembly includes a socket cover frame array and the... Agent: Robert J. Kalpalka Tyco Technology Resources

20070134971 - Socket with force appplying member: A transmission line that is plugged and unplugged includes a wire and at least one socket connecting to one end of the wire. The socket is connected to an electronic device and coupled with a force applying member. The force applying member rams the electronic device when subject to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070134972 - Anchoring methods and products of such products: A fastener-fitting (1) for a bolt (10) is anchored to a mineral slab (2) by cutting a cavity (5) into the slab (2) and trapping an elongate flanged-base (4) of the fastener (1) in the cavity (5) under a plug-element (8) of the slab-mineral. The flanged-base (4) fits within a... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070134973 - Cablecure, a guitar accessory: A guitar accessory that's comprised of a flat base (10), radial sequence of channels (28) projections on the top side of the channels (24) channel guides (30), mounting hole (12), Patch Cable strain relief guides (34) and a guitar pick holder (26).... Agent: John Coco C/o A.l. Liebman

20070134974 - Housing for a medical implant: A housing for a medical implant, such as a cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator, cardioverter, or the like, the housing having a hollow housing and a terminal housing attached to the hollow housing, which has at least one electrical terminal, which is situated in an externally accessible cavity of the terminal housing,... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20070134975 - Flat circuit connector with improved housing: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing in a side-by-side array and spaced along the opening. An elongated actuator... Agent: Stephen Z Weiss Molex Incorporated

20070134976 - Power module structure and solid state relay using same: A power module structure has a heat plate for contacting a heat sink, an insulating plate soldered to the heat plate, a terminal soldered to the insulating plate and a semiconductor chip having a contact point corresponding to the terminal so as to contact the terminal through this contact point.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070134977 - Plug adaptor assembly for connecting electrically an electronic instrument to a power source: A plug adaptor assembly includes a plug member having an insert end formed with a plurality of terminals; an adaptor member having one end formed with a plug hole, a plurality of terminals disposed within the plug hole in the end, and a mounting portion; and a connecting cable having... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070134978 - Main board and connector with high voltage protection: A high-voltage proof main board and a connector, which is to prevent the damage caused by the high voltage from a transition line to the main board. The main board comprises a high voltage absorbing component, such as a diode and the connector comprise a plurality of electrical component and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070134979 - Connecting structure for lamp: A connecting structure for a lamp, which can be used to combine a lamp holder, a lamppost or a lamp base, includes a first body and a second body interconnected with the first body. Conductive connectors are correspondingly provided on connecting ends of the first body and the second body,... Agent: Hdsl

20070134980 - Crimp sleeve connector having crimp indicator: A crimp sleeve connector is provided for the secure connection of a tube and a fitting. The crimp sleeve connector is substantially positionable on the fitting and the tube is inserted between the fitting and the crimp sleeve connector. The connector includes a crimp ear which extends through the body... Agent: Thomas Moga Butzel Long

20070134981 - Waterproof case: A waterproof case for housing an electronic component includes a case member that has a plurality of breathing holes, and a breathable waterproof filter fitted to the case member at a position corresponding to the breathing holes to cover the breathing holes. For example, open surfaces of at least two... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070134983 - High definition digital interface and the assembly process thereof: The present invention discloses a high definition digital interface and the assembly process thereof. The interface comprises: a terminal; a plastic middle member; a plastic wire-threading member; and a plastic wire-guiding member, wherein the plastic members are fastened to each other, a plurality of guide slots to accommodate the core... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070134984 - Plasma display apparatus: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) reinforces a ground of a circuit board by directly connecting a protection plate, which protects a Tape Carrier Package (TCP), to the ground portion of a circuit board. Accordingly, the noise inflow into an address buffer board is reduced.... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070134982 - Plug-in connector for connecting electronic components: A plug-in connector for connecting electronic components, comprising a multi-point pin connector element and a multipoint socket connector element. The multipoint pin connector element and the multipoint socket connector element being each provided with an electric screening in the form of at least one screening sheet that can be fixed... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070134985 - Feedthrough filter capacitor assemblies having low cost terminal pins: Terminal pins comprising an outer coating of palladium coating a core material other than of palladium for incorporated into feedthrough filter capacitor assemblies are described. The feedthrough filter capacitor assemblies are particularly useful for incorporation into implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and the like, to decouple... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070134986 - Active enclosure for use in power over ethernet powered device: An active receptacle for use in a RJ-45 connector configured to receive power from an Ethernet Solution.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070134989 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector includes an insulating housing having a plurality of passageways and a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing. Said insulating housing has a plurality of bars near two sides of each passageway for restricting each said contact vertically. Each bar has a barb on an... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070134988 - Information processing apparatus in which memory cards of different sizes can be used: An information processing apparatus includes a card slot into which a nonvolatile memory card is inserted, and a device driver software having a function which accesses the nonvolatile memory card inserted into the card slot. Upon determining that the nonvolatile memory card needs to be initialized, the device driver software... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070134987 - Short-circuit preventive universal memory card connector: A memory card connector having an electrically insulative casing covered with a top cover to house first pins at the front side for the contact of a XD memory card, second pins at the rear side for the contact of a MS memory card, and third pins on the middle... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070134990 - Electrical adapter: The present invention provides an electrical adapter for electronically coupling with two electrical connectors, which includes a first electrical connector unit, a second electrical connector unit and a printed circuit board. The first electrical connector unit includes a first metallic cover receiving, a first insulating housing, a plurality of terminals,... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070134991 - Universal stereo plug for mobile telephones: A universal plug is shown for use with the 4-conductor jacks of some mobile telephones, such as those that play stereo music. The universal plug is especially adapted to work with at least three different standards of various manufacturers, as well as the industry standard 3-conductor jacks of other mobile... Agent: Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss, P.C.

20070134992 - Connection system that couples a contact of a flat block of components to an apparatus: A connection system that couples a contact of a flat block of components to an apparatus is provided. The connection system comprises a conductive connecting element electrically coupled to the contact of the flat block of components, and a clamping device electrically coupled to the apparatus. The clamping device receives... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070134994 - Connector and connector assembly: A connector has a first housing (1) and a second housing (2) with a receptacle (4) for receiving the first housing (1). A slider (3) having a cam groove (24) is mounted in the first housing (1) for movement normal to connecting directions of the housings (1, 2). A cam... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070134993 - Implant connector: A connector for connecting an implant device to tissue of a person's body. The connector including a frame having first and second arms. The first and second arms define an opening, where at least a portion of the implant device is inserted through the opening. After insertion, an additional securing... Agent: George H. Gerstman Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070134995 - Electrical terminal: An electrical terminal (30) includes a first contact member (32) having an outer pressure contacting end portion (32a) of a given diameter for pressure engaging a first electrical device. The first contact member has an inner end portion (32b) of a diameter at least slightly larger than the given diameter... Agent: Stephen Z Weiss Molex Incorporated

20070134996 - Electrical contact: An electrical contact is provided. An embodiment of the electrical contact includes a bottom member, a pair of side walls and a tongue. The bottom member includes a first portion and a second potion and also defines a horizontal plane. The pair of sides walls extend away from the bottom... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20070134997 - Side entry terminal pin: A terminal pin includes a substantially elongate pin body having a longitudinal axis and a terminal head, the terminal head having an opening for receiving a wire, the opening extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis. This results in a substantial reduction in space required as compared to other connection... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (utc)

20070128891 - High performance edge connector: In some embodiments, an electronic circuit card includes an edge connector positioned along an edge of the electronic circuit card, wherein the edge connector includes a conductive finger on an outer layer of the electronic circuit card, and a via positioned within the conductive finger, wherein the via electrically connects... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070128892 - Management systems and methods: A management system and method. The system comprises at least one delivery request, a plurality of equipment and a simulator. The delivery request indicates a plurality of devices, each comprising a respective quantity. The equipment tests the devices, each equipment comprising an equipment configuration. The simulator retrieves device configuration requirements... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070128893 - Circuit board module and forming method thereof: A circuit board module and a forming method thereof are provided. The circuit board module includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a conductive structure. The first circuit board has a first surface, a second surface and an opening. The opening passes through the first surface and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070128894 - Data storage device and connector disposed therein: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide a connector for a data storage device having a sufficient strength, and relate to a data storage device using such a connector. In accordance with one embodiment, a data storage device is provided having a circuit board and a connector for making... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070128895 - Redundant automation system for controlling a techinical device, and method for operating such an automation system: The invention relates to a redundant automation system, and a method for operating one such automation system. The inventive automation system comprises two automation appliances with which a common memory unit is associated, on which status data of the automation appliances can be stored. In this way, the automation appliances... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070128896 - Electrical interface for memory connector: According to some embodiments, a connector to receive a memory module includes a first row of a first plurality of interconnect ends, a second row of a second plurality of interconnect ends adjacent to the first row, and a third row of a third plurality of interconnect ends adjacent to... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20070128897 - Connector with ground connection improved in protection against a noise trouble: In a connector including a first contact having a terminal portion to be connected to a center conductor of a cable, a second contact is held together with the first contact by a housing. The second contact has a grounding terminal portion. A ground bar clamps the cable and is... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070128898 - Carton flap gripping system: A gripping system uses a pin mounting block having at least one passage for accommodating holding pins of a holding pin member that cooperate with a dome to hold a laminate ply there between, the improvement being a releasable latch positioned to engage the pin member and hold the pin... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P.

20070128899 - System and method for improving the efficiency, comfort, and/or reliability in operating systems, such as for example windows: Although MS Windows (in its various versions) is at present the most popular OS (Operating System) in personal computers, after years of consecutive improvements there are still various issues which need to be improved, which include for example issues of efficiency, comfort, and/or reliability. The present invention tries to solve... Agent: Yaron Mayer

20070128902 - Connector: In a connector 1 comprising: a connector housing 11 including two guide grooves 25 respectively for receiving two cam pins 15, and a lever 12 including two cam grooves 44 respectively engageable with the cam pins 15 and rotatably supported on the connector housing 11, wherein, in the initially engaged... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070128901 - Device for an axially slidable cable in a connector housing: In order to realize a connector housing (10) that is tightly sealed relative to the environment, the invention proposes a device for an axially slidable connector-ended cable (5) because a contact holder (20) connected to the connector-ended cable can be displaced by a defined axial distance (C) within the connector... Agent: Norman P. Soloway Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070128900 - Lever type electrical connector: A lever type electrical connector assembly includes a connector housing provided for mounting a plurality of terminals. The housing includes a forward end for mating with a complementary mating connector and a rear end for receiving a plurality of electrical wires for termination to the terminals. A mating assist lever... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070128903 - Card locking structure: A card locking structure for holding a card between the card locking structure and a card edge-connector provided on a motherboard, one end of the card being inserted into the card edge-connector, includes a locking member made of synthetic resin which is movable relative to the motherboard; and at least... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070128904 - Sliding mechanism or portable communication terminals: Disclosed is a slider mechanism for slidably opening and closing a portable communication terminal. The slider mechanism includes a first plate and a second plate slidably combined with the first plate. The second plate has a cam profile formed along siding direction. A resilience unit is mounted on the first... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070128905 - Transparent conducting structures and methods of production thereof: Transparent electrical conductors comprising regions of high transparency and regions of lower transparency, but higher conductivity. This allows electrical connection through the conductor, while retaining its transparency for such applications as hand-held device display screens or transparent antennas, for example.... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20070128906 - Needle-like member, conductive contact, and conductive contact unit: A first needle-like member includes a columnar member formed by a conductive material such as a metal material with its up-and-down direction being longitudinal, and a contact member formed on a semiconductor integrated circuit (body to be contacted) side with respect to the columnar member, which are integrally formed. In... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070128907 - Connector: The invention relates to a connector 1 comprising contact pins 3 and 3A having a contact part on a tip end thereof and a wire connection part on a rear end thereof, and a connector housing 4 having a receiving hole 5 for receiving therein the contact pins 3 and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070128908 - Methods and arrangements for an adapter to improve electrostatic discharge protection: Methods and arrangements to adapt an electronic system to attenuate electrostatic discharges of a cable as the cable is connected with a connector on the electronic system are disclosed. Embodiments may include an adapter to couple with a connector of an electronic system. The adapter may momentarily interconnect conductors of... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070128909 - Methods and arrangements to attenuate an electrostatic charge on a cable prior to coupling the cable with an electronic system: Methods and arrangements to methods and arrangements to attenuate electrostatic discharges of a cable are disclosed. Embodiments may include connectors with discharge elements integrated into the connectors to interconnect conductors of a cable to attenuate or discharge an electrostatic charge built up on the conductors. In some embodiments, the conductors... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070128910 - Clamping device for digital camera module: A clamping device (100) for clamping a digital camera module (300) includes a base (12) and two legs (14). Two legs extend from two sides of the base. Each leg has at least one foot (18). The at least one foot defines an arcuate surface (180). The arcuate surfaces cooperatively... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070128911 - Design and method for plating pci express (pcie) edge connector: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for plating a PCI Express edge connector are described. In one embodiment, a printed circuit board having connectors is employed for electroplating one or more of the connectors formed thereon. The printed circuit board comprises a substrate having one or more layers, and a plurality... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070128912 - Press connection arrangement and method for producing a press connection arrangement: A method for producing a press connection arrangement comprises connecting a body to a socket to form a unit, inserting an end of a tube into at least a part of the unit, and press-connecting the socket onto the tube in the area of a bead provided by the socket... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070128913 - Surface contact card holder: An exemplary surface contact card holder (800) for holding a surface contact card (40) includes a body (10) and a guiding mechanism (20). The body has a receiving space (105) therein. The guiding mechanism is movably provided in the receiving space. The guiding mechanism is configured for selectably one of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070128914 - Chip card retaining mechanism: A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card (40) mounted in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing (10) having a battery compartment (14) defined therein. The chip card retaining mechanism includes a locking member (30). The locking member is securely mounted on the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070128916 - Card connector: A card connector has a miniaturized and simplified structure. The card connector has a base frame includes side frames, a connector body provided at one end of the base frame and serving to arrange in a row and fix a plurality of contact pins, a shutter having through orifices corresponding... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070128915 - Telescoping weather resistant box: A weather resistant telescoping enclosure for enclosing a receptacle or other device is provided that comprises a telescoping cover over an enclosed base portion and an irregularly shaped cutout on its mounting surface that permits positioning of the base portion over an existing device installation with increased mobility.... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070128917 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The electrical connector assembly is for connecting a chip module on a circuit board comprising: an insulating main body provided with an accommodating space, in which a protruding part extending inwardly and a plurality of electrical terminals maybe arranged in the accommodating space. The... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070128918 - Information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus, the apparatus including a main body casing which has a mounting slot to which a peripheral device is insertably mounted, a door which is rotatably coupled with the main body casing to open and close the mounting slot, and an elastic member which is coupled with... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070128919 - Electrical contact element and contact arrangement: A contact arrangement comprises an electrical contact element including a plate member with a contact slot configured to receive an electrically insulated conductor. The plate member has first and second plate arms extending there from that delimit the contact slot. At least one retaining element extends from a plane of... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070128920 - Circuit board assembly with wire comb: An improved approach is provided for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards. A wire comb is mounted adjacent one or more ends of the circuit board to permit a rapid yet positive way to space apart individual wires, to hold them in place; and to permit welding... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070128921 - Contactor equipped with box terminals: A contactor includes an upper housing part (2), connecting bars (8) that are fixed in the upper housing part, a front housing cover and box terminals (20) that are located in terminal housings. To simplify the connection technique for the contactor, the housing cover has two right-angled cover halves (4,... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070128922 - Flexible printed circuit connector, flexible printed circuit inserted into the same, and display device having the same, and method thereof: Disclosed is a flexible printed circuit connector capable of increasing the number of connecting terminals, a flexible printed circuit capable of increasing the width of a pad terminal connected to each of the connecting terminals, a display device having the flexible printed circuit connector, and a method thereof. The display... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070128923 - Wire comb: An improved approach is provided for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards. A wire comb is mounted adjacent one or more ends of the circuit board to permit a rapid yet positive way to space apart individual wires, to hold them in place; and to permit welding... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070128924 - Flat connector: The ink jet head is provided with a piezo-electric sheet having a plurality of contacts distributed on a surface thereof. A flat connector is fixed so as to cover the surface of the piezo-electric sheet. A plurality of conductive spots and a plurality of conductive lines are formed on a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070128925 - Heat-shrink tube: A heat-shrink tube for an electrical power cable comprises a sleeve having an insulating inner layer, a conductive outer layer and a thermoplastic mid-layer located between the inner and outer layers. The mid-layer is recovered by the application of heat thereto. The insulating inner layer is preferably comprised of an... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070128927 - Ganged electrical outlets, apparatus, and methods of use: Ganged-outlet devices are disclosed that can be incorporated and utilized in a power-distribution unit. In one exemplary embodiment, a ganged-outlet device includes a plurality of electrical power outlets that each comprise at least first and second power-connection elements. The device also includes at least one common power line electrically interconnecting... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070128926 - Power supply control apparatus: A control apparatus is provided for controlling a power supply. The apparatus includes a direct current (DC) transformer, a plug, a plurality of electrical outlets, a plurality of switches corresponding to the electrical outlets, a plurality of relays, a fuse, and a diode. Each of the relays correspondingly controls each... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070128928 - Alignment structure of printed circuit board substrate and method thereof: An alignment structure of individual printed circuit board and method thereof are disclosed. The alignment structure of individual printed circuit board includes a panel body and an assembling part. An aligned part having a geometric feature is disposed on an inner side of the panel body. The assembling part coupled... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070128929 - Wiring holding unit: A wiring holding unit for holding a tubular receiving member receiving wiring therein includes a gripping member including a pair of gripping portions for gripping the receiving member, and a movable portion interconnecting the pair of gripping portions such that the pair of gripping portions are movable, and a fitting/fixing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070128930 - High frequency coaxial jack: A coaxial jack has an electrically groundable housing including first and second ports, a printed circuit board supporting a terminating element and conductive traces, and a center conductor disposed within the electrically groundable housing. The center conductor extends through a hole in the printed circuit board and is normally coupled... Agent: Schiff Hardin LLP Patent Department

20070128932 - Connector and connector unit: A connector unit includes a mating connector and a connector. The mating connector includes a canceling piece for canceling connections between the female terminals of a short-circuit terminal when the mating connector is connected to the connector. The connector includes a connector housing, female terminals, a short-circuit terminal, and a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070128931 - Polyester gel adapted for use with polycarbonate components: There is provided a polyester gel including a part A including a maleinized polybutadiene family member in an amount of at least 50 parts of part A, a plasticizer in the amount of at least 30 parts of part A, and a stabilizer in an amount of at least 1... Agent: Corning Cable Systems LLC

20070128933 - Screw feeder adapter for a power screwdriver: A screw feeder adapter includes a housing having a first connecting portion for connection to a screw feeder, a second connecting portion, and a retaining portion connected between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, a coupling member connectable to a power screwdriver and coupled to the second... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070128938 - Connector assembly with bracket: A connector assembly includes an insulative housing adapted for mating with a complementary connector, a conductive shell shrouding the insulative housing and comprising a front opening adapted for receiving the complementary connector and a flange adjacent to said front opening and extending outwards to be away from the front opening,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070128937 - Emi shroud with placement stops: An EMI gasket takes the form of a formed conductive shroud that completely encircles a metal shielding cage. The shroud has an opening that is surrounded by a plurality of sides and all of the sides contain slots that receive spring contacts of a metal shielding cage. The slots contain... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070128935 - Interface card with a mechanism for covering a connector thereof: An interface card includes a circuit board including an opening, a connector installed on an edge of the circuit board, a covering means including a first shield installed on a side of the circuit board and including a hole, and a second shield installed on the other side of the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070128934 - Shielding cage: The invention relates to a shielding cage extending along a longitudinal axis between a front side and a rear side and including a diecast metal section extending from said front side over a first length along said longitudinal axis. The shielding cage contains a sheet metal section extending from said... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070128936 - Spring-biased emi shroud: An EMI gasket takes the form of a metal shroud that completely encircles a metal shielding cage. The shroud has an opening that is surrounded by a plurality of sides and each side has first and second flanges, which respectively contact the inner surface of the device faceplate and the... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070128939 - Stackable cable hanger: A cable hanger having shell halves adapted to mate with each other, the shell halves each having an inner surface adapted to cooperate with the other to secure the cable within a cable space. The mating of the shell halves is releasably secured by a means for closure. A bolt... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070128940 - Cochlear implant assembly: A method of forming and connecting an antenna to a feedthrough member of a housing. The method comprising a step of: positioning the feedthrough member and an antenna template relative to each other. A step of connecting the first portion of at least one electrically conducting wire to the feedthrough... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20070128941 - Fuse holder: A fuse holder is disclosed which includes a frame, spring and a limiter, the frame having a first contact member and a second contact member adapted to receive an end of the fuse between them, the spring being adapted to press the contact member against the fuse end, and the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070128943 - Card connector: The invention relates to a card connector. On one side of a housing 11 into which a card 1 having a cutaway portion 2 on one end side of a tip end is to be inserted, the card connector has a sliding member 50 which has a projecting portion 51... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070128944 - Card connector: Card connector having pull-out structure such that inserted card of any form can be smoothly pulled out. The card connector includes base frame; connector body; shutter member; rotary arm whose one end is in the central position of shutter member and whose other end is positioned at side frame of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070128942 - Smart card connector with a holding structure: A smart card connector with a holding structure is disclosed, the card connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of elastic terminals and a holding structure. The terminals and the insulative housing are insert-molded directly in a mold, all the terminals are disposed on the same side of the connector,... Agent: Kao H. Lu

20070128946 - Connector with protection against electrostatic charges accumulated on a mating connector: In a connector including a fitting portion to be fitted to a mating connector, signal contacts are disposed in the fitting portion in a first row. A ground plate includes a plurality of ground terminals disposed in the fitting portion in a second row parallel to the first row. These... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070128945 - Power supply power compensation structure: A power supply power compensation structure uses a connector as power output ports. The power supply has a feedback signal connector. A power output connector is coupled with a transmission line set which joins another connector to couple with the feedback signal connector. Thereby power output quality can be monitored... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070128947 - Shockproof image-storing device: A shockproof image-storing device has a mounting guide, a socket assembly and a memory module. The mounting guide is a hollow rectangular parallelepiped and has two sides and two mounting tabs. Each mounting tab has a connecting rod. The socket assembly has a front face, a rear face, a socket,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070128948 - Touch panel: A touch panel includes a light-transmissible upper board, an upper resistor layer on a lower surface of the upper board, a light-transmissible lower board, a lower resistor layer provided on an upper surface of the lower board and facing the upper resistor layer with a predetermined distance, a spacer having... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070128949 - High frequency coaxial jack: A switching coaxial jack has at least first, second, and third coaxial center conductors, a switch, and a cam. The switch has a first position that electrically couples the first and second center conductors to one another and a second position that electrically couples the first and third center conductors... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070128950 - Multipole line interface, particularly for a motor vehicle: 2.2. According to the invention, the housing (1) comprises a coding device (3) for at least one of the pole chambers (2), with the coding device (3) being designed specifically to hold an associated coding element which is connected to the associated line contact in a captive fashion. 2.3. Use,... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070128951 - Re-configurable electrical connectors: Re-configurable electrical connector including a pair of endcaps, a pair of elongate rails, each removably attached at one end to one of the endcaps, and connector modules arranged between the endcaps and including one or more male or female connecting members adapted to electrically connect at a first end to... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070128952 - Wired circuit board: A wired circuit board is provided having a reinforced part thickened to ensure a high rigidity when it is used, while having the reinforced part thinned for easy handling when it is not yet used to prevent a cost increase and a productivity reduction. When the wired circuit board is... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070128953 - Electric connector: An electric connector (1) having an insulating casing (2) defining a number of cavities (3) for housing respective electric terminals (4) and having respective axes parallel to a mating direction (A) in which the connector (1) mates with a complementary connector; primary retaining means (30) for retaining the terminals (4)... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070128954 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device that includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion section, and a conversion section that converts an electric charge generated by photoelectric conversion into a pixel signal. In the solid-state imaging device, substantially only a gate insulation film is formed on a substrate corresponding to an area... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070128955 - Crimp contact, crimp contact with an electrical lead, gas sensor including said crimp contact and method for manufacturing said gas sensor: A crimp contact, a gas sensor including the crimp contact for outputting a signal from a sensing portion of a sensor element to an external device, and a method for manufacturing the crimp contact. The crimp contact includes a barrel portion crimped so as to fix a plurality of lead... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC