Electrical connectors inventions 07/07

20070173078 - Volute spring: A volute spring for a steering system, having a stator with a fixed bearing, the stator being substantially coaxial with an axis of rotation, a rotor opposing the stator, the rotor being rotatable about the axis of rotation and the rotor being located substantially concentric with the stator and coaxial... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070173079 - Automation controller i/o module: This invention describes an I/O module for a modular automation controller. The controller has a main assembly including a motherboard. The I/O modules plug into the motherboard. The modules are parallel to the motherboard allowing use of surface mount LED indicators reducing manufacturing costs. The modules use a plastic cover... Agent: Autotech Technologies, LLP

20070173081 - Socket assembly: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (4), a stiffener (6) defined around the housing (4), a clip (7) pivotably engaged on one end of the stiffener (6), and a lever (8) engaged on an opposite end of the stiffener (6) for fastening the clip (7) onto the housing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173084 - Board-to-board connecting structure: A board-to-board connecting structure (100) includes a flexible circuit board (10) and a substrate (210) fixed to the flexible circuit board (10). The substrate (210) has a plurality of first pads (212) and a plurality of first connecting sheets (214) disposed thereon, and the flexible circuit board has a plurality... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070173077 - Universal serial bus (usb) network adapter connectable to external antenna: The present invention relates to a USB network adapter, especially relates to a USB network adapter comprising a wireless network interface card contained in upper and lower shells and having a coaxial connector extending from a signal receiver of a wireless network interface card. The upper and lower shells having... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070173080 - Board-to-board electronic interface using hemi-ellipsoidal surface features: A board-to-board interconnect is presented. The interconnect is fashioned from solder beads or hemi-ellipsoidal surface features on a surface of a printed circuit board and contact pads on a second printed circuit board.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070173083 - Connecting element, method for bus communications between a control unit for activating personal protective means as master and at least one connecting element for weight measurement in a seat as slave, and bus system: A connecting element is proposed for weight measurement in a vehicle seat, which has connecting means and bus communications means. The connecting means make possible connecting to a single-wire bus. Furthermore, a method is proposed for making possible the bus communications between a control unit as master and at least... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070173082 - Embedded connector module: An embedded connector module according to the invention for connecting to video or data storage processing devices includes a housing and a circuit board. The housing is provided with an accommodation room at an interior thereof for embedding and connecting to video or data storage processing device. The circuit board... Agent: Dotop Technology, Inc.

20070173085 - Circular electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a hollow conductive post member having a circular periphery, a foot portion and a distal end. The distal end has a generally cup shaped indentation. A base member is included having top and bottom surfaces. The foot portion of the post member is mounted to the... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070173086 - Interference suppressor for suppressing high-frequency interference emissions from a direct current motor that is drivable in a plurality of stages and/or directions: An interference suppressor (10) for suppressing high-frequency interference emissions of a direct current motor (26) that is drivable in a plurality of stages and/or directions is proposed, having a plurality of capacitors (16) located on a first side (12) of a printed circuit board (14) and having a plurality of... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070173088 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2) comprising plurality of passageways (25) thereon, a plurality of electrical terminals (4) received in the housing (2), a cover (5) mounted on the housing (2), wherein the cover (5) includes a number of formable members (52) extending from an inner sidewall... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173087 - Electronic component covering plate structure: The present invention includes a connecting device and a covering plate, wherein the covering plate is disposed on a top surface of the connecting device. When stop pieces located on the covering plate are made to slide into clasp grooves of the connecting device, clasp holes in the stop pieces... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070173090 - Battery pack: A battery pack that is configured to be coupled to an electrical device comprises a housing, at least one battery cell positioned in the housing, and a terminal assembly configured to electrically connect the battery cell to the electrical device. The battery pack also includes a locking assembly that is... Agent: Michael, Best & Freidrich LLP

20070173089 - Connector for connecting electrical wires: The connectors 1 includes a first connector housing 3, a second connector housing 4, a movement limiting/permitting device 5 and a pushing projection 6. The connector housings 3, 4 are connected to place an opening 7 of the body panel 2. The movement limiting/permitting device 5 has a movement limiting/permitting... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070173091 - Lever fitting-type connector: A lever fitting-type connector includes a female connector, male connector and lever. The lever includes: a pair of side plates and arranged in parallel to each other, end parts of the side plates and being separated from each other having a distance therebetween; a connecting part for connecting opposite end... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070173093 - Insertion device: An insertion device includes a flexible insertion portion guiding section formed with a helically shaped portion around the outer circumferential surface thereof, a guiding section rotating device for rotating the insertion portion guiding section in a predetermined direction around the longitudinal axis thereof, and a propulsive force generating device for... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070173092 - Modular connection system for panel-mounted controllers: An assembly includes a circuit board, a terminal and a pin. The circuit board is for a controller and includes terminal mounting holes. The terminal mounting holes include a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole. The terminal includes a first mounting post that has an interference fit with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070173094 - Tail structure of electric wire: An improved tail structure of an electric wire. The tail structure has a hard terminal with one end connected to a soft electric wire. The junction between the hard terminal and the soft electric wire has a softened buffering structure. The periphery of the hard terminal is wrapped with a... Agent: Hdsl

20070173095 - Reusable block and fastener system: A multi-piece children's toy includes a plurality of block members that are interconnected with connectors. The block members include one or more side faces, wherein at least one side face has an opening therein. The blocks may be made of a resilient foam material, and the connectors are configured to... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070173096 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a fixed housing, a moveable housing, and a plurality of contacts. The fixed housing is attached to the moveable housing such that the moveable housing is moveable with respect to the fixed housing. Each of the contacts has a connecting member, a female contact member, and... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070173097 - Socket for an electrical tester: A socket for an electrical tester is disclosed. The socket includes a first contact board being arranged at a bottom side of a test object, and a second contact board being arranged at a top side of the test object. The first contact board includes a first contact member and... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070173098 - Top plate, positioning apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A top plate is configured to surround a space with a first plate member and a second plate member which oppose each other and a side wall member. The top plate includes a rib arranged in the space. The rib includes a plurality of connecting portions. Each connecting portion respectively... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070173099 - Method and apparatus for control of appliance coupler retention and withdrawal forces: A method and apparatus are provided for predetermining the withdrawal force required to disconnect an appliance coupler such as a plug and socket. The invention also relates to a method and apparatus for preventing disconnection of an appliance coupler such as a plug from a socket. Furthermore, the invention relates... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070173100 - Snap lock connector: The present invention, in one aspect, provides a connector apparatus that can be used in, among other things, applications requiring RF or high-speed digital electrical signals.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070173101 - Compact interface module: The invention pertains to a compact connector that accommodates a standard cable connector. By reducing the number of components at the interface, the invention allows a small form factor module to accommodate a cable connector that has thus been accommodated only by modules having larger dimensions. The device of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070173102 - Motor-vehicle electrical connector assembly: A wire having a conductive core surrounded by an insulation sheath if fitted to an electrical connector having a housing formed with a passage receiving the wire and having an end region surrounding a stripped end of the wire where the conductor is exposed and an intermediate region surround an... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070173103 - Communications connectors with parasitic and/or inductive coupling elements for reducing crosstalk and related methods: Communications connectors that include parasitic conductive loops are provided, such as a wire connection system that includes a first pair of wire connection terminals mounted in a mounting substrate, a second pair of wire connection terminals mounted in a mounting substrate and a parasitic conductive loop mounted adjacent at least... Agent: D. Randal Ayers Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070173104 - Electrical connector and restraining device for use with elevator belts: A device (30) for making electrically conductive contact with at least one tension member in an elevator belt (22) also provides a restraining feature to support loads on the belt. A connector portion (32) is secured to the belt. In one example, the connector portion (32) includes clamping members (40,... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070173105 - Electrical connector having integral seal seat and strain relief: A socket connector having an integral strain relief and seal seat. A connector body has an integral strain relief member composed of a terminal housing, a strain relief, and a seal seat. The seal seat is defined by a seal seat shroud characterized by a left sidewall, a right sidewall,... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070173106 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (1) defining a cavity (10), a plurality of terminals (2) arranged side by side along a lateral direction of the insulating housing. Each terminal comprises a contact beam (211, 221) with a contact portion (210, 220) exposed to the cavity and a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173107 - Electrical connector with retaining member: An electrical connector for connecting a sheet-like connection member (5) comprises an insulative housing (1) defining an insertion cavity (10); a plurality of conductive terminals (2) disposed in the housing and each terminal having a contact beam (211, 221) with a contact portion (210, 220) exposed to the insertion cavity;... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173108 - Electronic apparatus and method of controlling same: An electronic apparatus having a cable connector unit that makes it possible to attach and detach a connector for connecting a cable for the purpose of performing data communication with an external apparatus includes a lock mechanism for maintaining a connection with the connector in a lock state. The electronic... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070173109 - Battery-securing structure with setting-cleared elements: A battery securing structure with setting-cleared elements for being integrally assembled and welded onto a main board is provided. The battery securing structure comprises an insulation body, a first elastic structure, a second elastic structure, and a plurality of setting-cleared elements. The insulation body has a battery engagement portion and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070173110 - Methods of connecting air cleaner cabinets to hvac systems: A method of connecting an air cleaner cabinet to a heat exchanger. The method includes inserting a first ear portion on the air cleaner into a receiving portion in a first adapter flange bracket so that the first ear portion is removably engaged in the receiving portion of the first... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070173111 - Multimedia outlet box: The present disclosure relates to relates to a telecommunications outlet box including a peripheral wall that is primarily curved except for a portion in which a connector access opening of the box is defined. The present disclosure also relates to a telecommunications outlet box having a cradle in which a... Agent: Steven C. Bruess Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070173112 - Connector: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector having a pair of connector housings fitted through an attachment hole in a body panel, which is easily confirmed whether or not the fitting is complete. The connector 1 has a first connector housing 3 and a second connector... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070173113 - Part positioning method and apparatus: A part positioning apparatus comprises a target marker (2a) provided on a tip end of a wire (2b) to be set on a motor vehicle body (W), a sensed member for accommodating the wire (2b) in such a state as to be pulled out and wound up, a first sensor... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070173114 - Fixing member and mounting structure: A fixing member of the present invention can be mounted to a fixed member that is fixed to a printed circuit board, and is used for fixing the fixed member to the printed circuit board, the fixing member including: a male connector portion inserted into an insertion opening formed in... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070173115 - 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 as 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 provide the coil with sufficient radial rigidity to ensure structual intergrity of... Agent: Greatbatch Ltd

20070173116 - Multipolar connector and portable radio terminal or small-sized electronic device using multipolar connector: A plurality of contacts are assembled at prescribed spacings in a longitudinal direction of a receptacle body. Each contact has a meandering curved part in the intermediate portion for elastically contacting the corresponding contact. A ground member extending in a longitudinal direction of the receptacle body and passes through the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070173117 - Apparatus for the determination of a parameter of a molten metal or a slag layer lying on the molten metal: An apparatus is provided for the determination of at least one parameter of a molten metal or a slag layer lying on top of the molten metal. The apparatus has a carrier tube, a measuring head arranged on one end of the carrier tube with a body fixed in the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070173119 - Electrical connector for reliably mounted on a printed circuit board: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of passageways (121) for receiving corresponding contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The metal shield has a top face (31), a bottom face (32) and a pair of side faces (33). The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173118 - Receptacle connector: A receptacle connector includes a insulative housing having an engaging portion, and a guiding position shield having a locking member wherein the engaging portion is defined as a rectangular groove and the locking member has a barb formed by stamping inward from a surface. In assembly, the barb is against... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070173120 - Electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation: An electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation is disclosed. By including at least one coupling with a different frequency dependency than other couplings in the connector, crosstalk compensation performance is improved over a greater frequency range. The different frequency dependency may, for example, be used to compensate for phase shifts... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070173121 - Connector socket for esata and usb plugs: A connector socket for external serial ATA (eSATA) and universal serial bud (USB) plugs has a casing, an eSATA contact set and a USB contact set. The casing has a cavity defined in the casing, an inner rear surface and a contact seat formed on and extending forward from the... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070173122 - Method of processing end portion of shielded wire and end portion processing apparatus: An end portion processing apparatus for processing an end portion of a shielded wire in which part of an outer sheath has been removed such that an exposed braid disposed between an inner sheath and the outer sheath extends from a distal end of the outer sheath, includes a wire... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070173123 - Combination antenna and sim card support structure: An express card adapted to receive and utilize a SIM card that can be electrically coupled with a computer is disclosed. The express card includes an extended portion with a printed circuit board (PCB) and a SIM card connector for coupling a SIM card with the PCB. An external antenna... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070173124 - Electronic device and card-receiving device thereof: A card-receiving device for containing a card comprises a chassis, a tray and a stopper. The tray is disposed on the chassis and moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the card is disposed on the tray, and moves from the first position to the second position... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070173125 - Slim card reader: A slim card reader is disclosed. One end of a shell body has a plugging slot plugged with a memory card, and there are metal connection pins that contact the memory card. The characteristic is the second end of the shell body corresponds to a female plugging slot of the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070173126 - Card edge connector with durable key: A card edge connector (100) adapted for a daughter card with at least one notch comprises a housing (1) made from insulating material and contacts. The housing comprises a slot (12) for receiving the daughter card along its length direction and channels (14) communicating with the slot. The contacts (2)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173127 - Edge card connector assembly with keying means for ensuring proper connection: A surface mount connector for high speed data transfer application has an insulative housing with a circuit card-receiving slot disposed along a front face thereof. A plurality of conductive terminals are supported by the housing so that contact portions of the terminals extend into the card slot. The terminals are... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070173129 - Connector: A connector. The connector includes a USB socket and a USB plug. The USB plug is detachably connected with the USB socket. When the USB plug is connected to the USB socket, a closed space is formed by the USB plug and the USB socket, which prevents static discharge being... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070173131 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprises a receptacle connector having a receptacle housing and a plurality of receptacle contacts, and a plug connector engaging with the receptacle connector. Said receptacle housing defines a space and a plurality of alternate channels and slots in two lateral sidewalls beside the space. Said receptacle... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173130 - Socket connector improved in adaptability to a terminal position of a connection object: In a socket connector for connecting a first connection object to a second connection object, a housing has a receiving portion for receiving the first connection object in an inserting direction and holds a conductive contact and a conductive engaging member. The contact has a spring portion for applying, to... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070173128 - Electrical connector defining a contact curvature: An electrical connector apparatus comprising a housing supporting a plurality of contacts in a row, each of the contacts having an initial engagement surface, the plurality of initial engagement surfaces defining a contact curvature across the row that is configured for tangentially engaging a mating connector. A method providing an... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

20070173132 - Resiliently compensated wire tensioner particularly for use in the field of vine growing: Resiliently compensated wire tensioner which can be used especially in the field of vine growing to tension “moving wires” of vine supports. It comprises said wire tensioner (T) a suitable helical spring (1) located between a first hooking member (2) capable of securing it to a corresponding end post (PE)... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070173133 - Contactor draw out tray: An electrical contactor draw out tray has a movable frame and a stationary frame in which the movable frame carries the electrical components for an electrical feeder circuit. The stationary frame is preferably housed within a power distribution center and has input terminals for the incoming electrical power and output... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070173134 - Fixing member and fixing structure: The fixing member of the present invention can be mounted to a fixed member that is fixed to a printed circuit board and that is used for fixing the fixed member to the printed circuit board, the fixing member including: a mounting member main body fixed to the fixed member;... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070173135 - Printed wiring board for mounting semiconductor: A printed wiring board for mounting a semiconductor, which printed wiring board has a taper-shaped through hole connecting an upper surface circuit and a lower surface circuit, and/or an internal layer circuit, the taper-shaped through hole being obtained by plating an inner wall surface and a small-diameter side end of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070173136 - Electrical terminal block: An electrical terminal block, especially for locking onto a mounting rail, has a plurality of adjacent base terminals and connectors. Each base terminal has a terminal housing, with at least one conductor terminal element and at least one receptacle electrically connected to the conductor terminal element or at least two... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070173137 - Electrical contacts used in an electrical connector: An electrical contact for electrically connecting an IC package and a circuit board includes a base portion, a resilient portion which includes a medial portion extending from the base portion and a connecting portion, a mating portion extending from the upper end of the connecting portion and having a mating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070173138 - Contact used in an electrical connector: An conductive contact (100) includes a base portion (32) extending along a right direction, a contacting portion (31) extending upwardly from the base portion (32), a tail (33) formed on a distal end thereof. Wherein the base portion (32) connects the tail (33) with a transitional portion (35) and the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070167036 - Flexible circuit board, display unit having the same and display device having the same: A flexible circuit board includes a base substrate, a driving chip, an input transmission line, an output transmission line and a connecting transmission line. The driving chip is on a surface of the base substrate. The input transmission line is on the surface of the base substrate and electrically connected... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070167039 - Portable computer: A portable computer including a housing, a first circuit board and a rotating element is provided. The housing has a first opening and a second opening. The first circuit board with a first connector and a second connector is disposed in the housing. The first connector and the second connector... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070167040 - Electric junction box: Providing an electric junction box, which can reduce a cost and the weight with maintaining shield effect, in the electric junction box including an electric unit and a shield case, a panel joint at a panel joining area of a conductive panel is formed with synthetic resin. The shield case... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070167032 - Slip-ring brush and slip-ring unit equipped with such a slip-ring brush: A slip-ring brush includes a holder and a brush element that has three regions. The brush element is joined in the first region to the holder, and exhibits a cross-sectional geometry having a cross-sectional area in the second region, which is predetermined for the contacting with a slip ring. The... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070167033 - Connection unit for data recording device: There is provided a connection unit for a data recording device adapted to readily attach a connector electrically connected to another device to connection terminals of the data recording device and detach it therefrom. A connection unit for a data recording device, including a base and a connector fixed to... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070167034 - Method for minimizing the instalation height of electrical components: A method for reducing the installation height of an over-sized electrical component on a primary circuit board subject to maximum height restrictions. The invention exploits the allocated tolerance both above and below the printed circuit board. The electrical component is mounted to a daughter board, which is offset from and... Agent: Michael Artemis

20070167035 - Spring probe-compliant pin connector: Provided is an electrical connector for interconnecting electrical components such as a printed wiring assembly to one or more additional printed wiring assemblies. The connector includes a housing containing one or more compliant pins, one or more spring probes, and an interconnect for mechanically and electrically interfacing the pins with... Agent: Leonard A. Alkov, Esq. Raytheon Company

20070167037 - Electric sub-assembly comprising an electrically conductive contact pin for pressing into an opening of a printed circuit board: The invention relates to an electric sub-assembly comprising conductor tracks on its upper and lower faces and non-plated holes (2), the hole (2) in the printed circuit board having predetermined dimensions (D2) and at least one sub-section of the contact pin (1) being oversized (D1.1>D2) in a defined manner in... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070167038 - Hermaphroditic socket/adapter: A hermaphroditic terminal assembly for connecting electrical devices includes an insulating support member for supporting female sockets and male pins, a number of female sockets, and a number of male pins. An intercoupling component for connecting electrical devices includes two hermaphroditic terminal assemblies configured such that the first hermaphroditic terminal... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070167041 - Modules forfixing flexible printed circuit boards and flat display devices utilizing the same: Modules for fixing flexible printed circuit boards. A module comprises a casing and a flexible printed circuit board. The casing has a recess on a lateral side. The flexible printed circuit board has a flexible portion disposed in the recess, wherein the thickness of the flexible portion is substantially equal... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070167042 - Pin holder structure of input/output plug: The present invention relates to a pin holder structure of an input/output plug for a vehicle phone or Personal Digital Assistant(PDA), and more particularly to an improvement of combination between a pin holder of an input/output plug and a cover plate. The present invention has advantages that because a pin... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070167043 - Lighting system and method: Lighting systems and methods are described, including track lighting systems and methods.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070167044 - Sharing meta information media file: Methods, portable communication devices, and computer program products for sharing at least one media file of a portable communication device with a set of electronic communication devices include detecting a setting, by a user, of the set of electronic communication devices. The portable communication device generates at least one media... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070167045 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal including a first body having an exit portion at one side thereof and an accommodating part in an inside thereof, and a second body having a display mounted thereon being accommodated in the accommodating part and drawn out of the first body through the exit portion.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070167046 - Lever fitting type connector: A lever fitting type connector includes a male connector having a male hood, a female connector having a connector main body fitted into the male hood and having a female hood which covers the male hood, and a lever which is rotatably provided inside of the female hood, and which... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070167047 - Composite moldings and a method of manufacturing the same: Continuous annular resin bands surrounding electrical contact portions of respective terminals are disposed without gaps between the electrical contact portions of respective terminals and resin members that fixedly hold the terminals; there are formed gaps among the adjoining resin bands. Gaps are formed among a bundle of terminals having annular... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070167048 - Direct plug-in connection including a cable end sleeve: A removable electrical plug-in connection comprising a connector and a mating connector, the mating connector including a contact element, in particular a p.c. board, or similar, having at least one contact area which is connectable at least in part to the connector. It is provided that the connector includes at... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070167050 - Safety lampholder and method for avoiding accidental electric shock caused by lampholder: A safety lampholder is disclosed, comprising an insulating housing; an insulating or electrically conductive lamp socket placed within one end of the housing; an electrically shockproof means fully integrated within another end of the housing, wherein the shockproof means comprises two electrical connectors electrically coupled to a power supply; two... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070167049 - Digital switching cross-connect module: A cross-connect module is disclosed herein. The cross-connect module includes a housing having a front end and a rear end. The rear end includes a rear wall defining connector mounting openings. First and second switching jacks are positioned adjacent the front end of the housing. Rear connectors mount within the... Agent: David G. Schmaltz Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070167051 - Data communications embedded in threaded connections: A wedge threaded connection includes a pin member threadably coupled to a box member, a first data connector embedded in a portion of a thread of the pin member, and a second data connector embedded in a portion of a thread of the box member, wherein upon selected make-up of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070167052 - Ls4 bulb & socket system: The 3-way light bulb has a solder blob on its middle contact ring, where said blob usually has a rough, uneven surface, and frequently does protrude beyond the general surface of the bulb middle contact ring. The solder blob interferes with the conventional socket middle contact element, which is rigid,... Agent: Gabe Cherian

20070167053 - Lamp and socket assembly: A lamp including a housing having an aperture in a distal end of the housing. The aperture is sized to receive a post when the lamp is inserted into a socket.... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070167054 - Car interior led lamp adapter electrical connector structure: A car interior LED lamp adaptor electrical connector structure that includes a base configured and structured to match various car interior lamp socket structure configurations, wherein a female socket of an electrical connecting socket is embedded within the base, and positive and negative electrode pins protrude form a bottom portion... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070167055 - Information processing device: An information processing device is disclosed that is able to prevent displacement of an extension board caused by vibration or shock, and able to prevent deformation of the extension board and members nearby. The information processing device includes a substrate with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) mounted thereon, a housing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070167056 - Multi-layer printed circuit board, and method for detecting errors in laminating order of layers thereof: A method for detecting errors in laminating order of layers of a multi-layer printed circuit board, includes: preparing a multi-layer printed circuit board including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers disposed alternately with the conductive layers; defining a conductive line, a conductive reference surface, and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070167057 - Switch with light emitting function: A switch with light emitting function is provided. The switch is disposed on a circuit board for starting a device, and includes a case, a button, a light emitting diode (LED) and a number of pins. The button is protruded from the case. The LED is disposed inside the case,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070167058 - Check valve and method of forming a check valve: A check valve is provided, including a first hose connector housing defining an entry passage, a second hose connector housing engaging the first hose connector housing and defining an exit passage, a generally flexible perforate membrane disk positioned between the first and second hose connector housings for selectively sealingly separating... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070167059 - Electronic device with integral connectors: An electronic device having one or more integral connectors is disclosed. The connector includes an electromagnetically-shielded cavity defined by an outer shell integrally formed in the housing and having a cross-sectional profile of a plug to which the connector may mate. The connector also includes a tongue integrally formed in... Agent: Robert Plotkin, PC

20070167060 - Card dispenser: There is provided apparatus for dispensing a card or other substantially planar substrate therefrom, the apparatus comprising a base (2) in engagement with a cover (3), the cover being arranged to house a plurality of cards (6) therein, the cover and base being arranged to be movable with respect to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070167061 - Dielectric insert assembly for a communication connector to optimize crosstalk: A connector for a communications system concentrates crosstalk in the front of a plug housing. The plug housing has front and rear ends. An internal chamber opens on the rear end and is defined by housing walls. A plurality of slots extend through one of the housing walls adjacent the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070167062 - Assembly-type female connector: An assembly-type female connector is generally comprised of an internal frame body and a group of socket terminals. The internal frame body comprises a main body, a lateral cover, and an outer cover, wherein at least two first slots are formed on the outside of the main body. The outer... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070167063 - Fastener assembly: A fastener coupler includes a first securing member configured to receive and retain a first fastener within a first inner cavity, wherein at least one passage is formed through the first securing member, and a setting indication material within at least a portion of the first inner cavity. The setting... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070167064 - Fixing device for an extension card: A fixing device for an extension card having a bracket with a bent portion has a casing and a metal pressing member. The casing has a support portion. The metal pressing member has a longitudinal bottom plate, a pivotal structure, and a resilient latching structure. The pivotal structure is pivotally... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070167065 - Wire guide having distal coupling tip: A coupling wire guide structured to be slidably coupled to a previously introduced wire guide. The coupling wire guide includes a main body having a distal section. The distal section includes an outer wire disposed over a safety wire. A loop wire is connected to the safety wire at two... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070167066 - Connector in which two housings holding a cable are firmly engaged with each other: A connector includes two housings coupled with each other to hold a cable therebetween. One of the housings includes a cable receiving portion for receiving the cable, a restricting portion adjacent to the cable receiving portion, a first wall portion formed outside the restricting portion and defining a space between... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070167067 - Friction reducing electrical cable ring: An apparatus for reducing the friction of an electrical cable ring and a ground surface has a one-piece continuous shell with a gap at one end. The apparatus is grasped at its ends at the gap and is pulled apart to increase the size of the gap sufficient to allow... Agent: Risto A. Rinne, Jr. Complete Patenting Services

20070167068 - Pet exercise and amusement apparatus: An apparatus for providing at least one of pet exercise and amusement. The apparatus comprises a cable member having a predetermined length and formed of a predetermined material. A pair of attachment means are positioned a predetermined distance apart in either a yard or a preselected indoor area. One of... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070167069 - Electronic apparatus, control method therefor, program, and computer-readable recording medium: An electronic apparatus including a plurality of operation modes determines a operation mode of an electronic device and notifies a user of an appropriate plug type for a communication line based on the determination of the operation mode so that selecting wrong connection using an incorrect plug for the communication... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070167070 - Head or bottom element of a component support: A head or bottom element of a component support, having guide rails which are arranged side-by-side and aligned in an insertion direction for receiving a printed circuit board of a plug-in module. The guide rails are constituted or formed by one-piece guide elements of the head or bottom element. The... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070167071 - Mounting apparatus for circuit board: A mounting apparatus for mounting a circuit board that is electrically connectable with at least one hard disk drive, includes a chassis for receiving the circuit board, a bracket for receiving the at least one hard disk drive, and a securing member for pressing the circuit board. The bracket is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070167072 - Quick connect device for electrical fixtures: A device for connecting and supporting electrical fixtures includes a male electrical plug, a mating female electrical socket and a releasable latch assembly for both holding the plug in the socket and mechanically mounting the fixture on a supporting surface or an electrical box. The plug is provided with concentric,... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070167073 - Electricity output device with a power supply: An electricity output device with a power supply comprises a power supply, a first output module and a second output module installed within the power supply. The first output module is for the electric power output from the power supply through a main power cord connected to the electricity bus.... Agent: Tsung-yen Tsai

20070167074 - Connection system: A junction box to seal the contents from the effects of dust and moisture while providing convenient access inside the box. In the invention provides a connection system for communication media that includes: (a) a housing defining an internal cavity and an opening to allow access; (b) one or more... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070167075 - High-voltage electrical connector capable of being immersed in a fluid environment: The invention relates to a high-voltage electrical connector, characterized in that it comprises, on the one hand, at the connection of the contact part (5) and of the corresponding electrical conducting cable (65) of at least one of the connector parts (1, 3) and, on the other, at the take-up... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070167078 - Connector: A connector configured to mate with a corresponding connector. The connector comprises a conductive shell, a housing and a plurality of terminals. The conductive shell comprises an elastic portion and a plate portion having an opening. The plate portion is configured to define a first region and a second region... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070167076 - Electrical connector having protective shutter: An electrical connector is provided for mating with a complementary connecting device having a mating portion. The connector includes a shell having an internal cavity and a front opening for receiving the mating portion of the complementary connecting device inserted into the cavity. A housing is mounted in at least... Agent: Stephen Z Weiss Molex Incorporated

20070167077 - Optical pluggable transceiver: The optical pluggable transceiver according to the present invention has features of a good heat dissipating function with a simplified configuration thereby reducing the cost of not only the component used but also the process itself. The transceiver of the present invention comprises a resin frame, an optical subassembly, a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070167079 - Gas sensor production method and gas sensor: A method of producing a gas sensor is provided. The method includes a disposition step of preparing an elastic seal member having a main body portion and a smaller diameter portion that is smaller in outer diameter than the main body portion, disposing the entire main body portion and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070167080 - Chip card retaining mechanism: A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card is mounted in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing (20). The housing defines a battery compartment (22) and a cavity (23). The chip card retaining mechanism includes a base (24) and an elastic member (30). The base... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070167083 - Connector housing block, interface member and electronic device testing apparatus: In a connector housing block 260 comprising an interface member 200 for electrically connecting a test head body 100 with sockets 320 in an electronic device testing apparatus, a connector housing 240 provided with a plurality of connector pins 242 in a non-floating state is attached to a block base... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070167081 - Modular multi configuration standardized bus computer system: A modular computer system comprising, a CPU module housed in a standardized container also having a central data communications hub and a central data communications bus, and power module housed in a standardized container, operatively connected to the CPU module, a plurality connectors operatively attached to the central data communications... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070167082 - Structure and method for increasing locking friction force on circuit board: A structure and method for increasing a locking friction force on a circuit board allow a connecting face to be disposed on at least one of upper and lower faces of a substrate at a clamped position, the connecting face having a multiple relative indented portions and raised portions interlacing... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070167084 - Cigarette-lighter assembly connector with indicator for verifying proper insertion: A cigarette-lighter assembly connector includes an indicator, particularly a light source, that can be activated when the connector is sufficiently inserted into a cigarette-lighter socket to indicate to the user that a portable electronic device can be safely operated via the power supplied from the cigarette-lighter assembly connector.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20070167085 - Vehicle power system with integrated graphics display: A power system with graphics display includes power inputs, power outputs and power protection and/or power conditioning adapted between the power inputs and power outputs. A graphics display is included in the system for displaying graphic images from an external video source.... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070167086 - Electronic communication devices and methods: Circuits, devices, systems and methods for transmitting power and communication signals are described. The invention can include a system for commanding and monitoring the status of a plurality of electrical devices and can include two or more communication modules. A primary communication module can be connected to a DC power... Agent: Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20070167087 - Dual size stud electrical connector: An electrical connector for clamping securely onto a threaded shaft includes a transformer bar, a connector body, a clamping component, and at least two columns for receiving streetlight taps. The transformer bar has a plurality of conductor bores, a distal end, and a bar top. The connector body is at... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070167088 - Connector: A temporary locking jig inserting hole which enables a retainer operating jig to be inserted thereinto from the outside is provided on a side of an inner housing of a female connector from which electric wires are drawn out in such a manner as to extend along a direction in... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070167089 - Multi-lead keyhole connector: An electrical connector for providing a watertight electrical connection between a flat, single or multi-traced, rigid and/or flexible printed circuit and a separate electronics unit. The electrical connector is comprised of a plug having one or more keyhole-shaped slots which serve to mechanically secure the connection between the one or... Agent: Lott & Friedland, P.A.

20070167090 - Terminal fitting and connector provided therewith: A terminal fitting (T) is secured to an end portion of a wire (W) and then is inserted into a cavity (11) of a housing. The terminal fitting (T) has a tubular main portion (20) for receiving a mating terminal. A wire connection portion (40) is behind the main portion... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070167091 - Implantable connection element for a fixation system: An implantable connection element for an implantable fixation system, with a connecting section, which can be connected to an anchoring element, and with at least one end section forming a free end of the connection element and configured such that the at least one end section can be detachably connected... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070161264 - Memory system capable of changing configuration of memory modules: A memory system is disclosed with first, second, and third connectors located on a system board, the third connector including pins connected to the pins of the first and second connectors through channels, and a memory controller connected to the pins of the third connector through channels. The memory system,... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070161268 - Casing termination for electronic casing and method for its manufacture: The invention relates to a casing termination for an electronic casing, particularly sensor casing, with several contact elements for contacting a circuit received in an electronic casing, with a connecting cable having several conductors in each case connected to the contact elements, and with at least one lighting element, particularly... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070161262 - Detachable magnetic electrical connector: A connector body (10) attached to an appliance has a first body (12) with four contact receptacles (24-30) and a magnet (20, 22) which is adapted to attach and detach from a second body (14) having four contact pins (34-40) and a ferrous metal plate (32). The second body (14)... Agent: Steven A. Garner, Esq. Conair Corporation

20070161263 - Resonant frequency filtered arrays for discrete addressing of a matrix: Resonant frequency filtered arrays for discrete addressing of a matrix. Applications include, for example, but are not limited to, flat panel displays, transparent displays, charge-couple devices, electronic paper, printing, heated pixel arrays, chemical catalysis, accelerated polymerization, sensors, rapid prototyping, manufacturing, digital cameras, telescopes, image recording, microscopy, memory chips, selective high... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070161265 - Rubber spring connector: A rubber spring connector with characteristic of extended and repeated use in electrical connection with electric components has an insulating flexible silicone rubber layer which is embedded with a conductive spring matrix composed of a group of conductive spring modules in longitudinal and latitudinal matrix arrangement.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070161266 - Stacked module and manufacturing method thereof: A manufacturing method of a stacked module includes a step of fabricating the first wiring board which includes a wiring pattern provided on at least one of a surface and an inner portion and a bump electrode which is integrated from the simultaneous sintering with the wiring pattern, and which... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070161267 - Docking buffer: The invention relates to a docking buffer for attaching to ramps, comprising an elastic damping element (3) that is situated between two U-shaped sections (1; 2) consisting of a hard, shock-proof material. The limbs (4; 5) and (6; 7) of said sections are adjacent to one another and can be... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070161269 - Electronic circuit device and manufacturing method of the same: A casing of an electronic key transmitting and receiving apparatus is formed to seal entire bodies of circuit parts, a mounting face of a printed board, on which the circuit parts are mounted, and parts of terminals while the other parts of the terminals are exposed. A rear face of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070161270 - Modules for interconnection of sensors, actuators and application devices: Connector modules (1000, 1200, 1200′) connect into an electrical network (530) and also connect to sensors (1310) and controlled application devices (1390). In one embodiment, low voltage DC power is provided by the connector module (1200) to an occupancy sensor (1310), and the sensor (1310) transmits state signals back to... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070161271 - Portable terminal having sliding module: Disclosed is a portable terminal including a first housing, a second housing adapted to slide on the first housing, and a sliding module for coupling the second housing to the first housing so that the second housing can slide. The sliding module includes a sliding guide mounted on the first... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070161272 - Electrical or optical connector capable of being immersed in a fluid environment: The invention relates to an electrical or optical connector of the type comprising a fixed male connector part or receptacle (3) having at least one axial contact pin (7), and a mobile female connector part or plug (1) capable of being coupled to the said receptacle (3) on its front... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070161273 - Circuit arrangement for field unit: A lighting arrangement for a field unit screen is provided. The lighting arrangement comprises a circuit arrangement for a field unit with a power measuring device, a power distribution device, and a luminous device. The power measuring device and the power distribution device are adapted for determining an existing power... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070161274 - Card connector: A compact and simple constitution of a card connector, with which attaching and detaching works of a card can be performed easily, is provided. The connector 1 comprises: a body 2 having a recess 2a for a card 100; six contact springs projecting from a bottom face 3a of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070161275 - Method and apparatus for linear insertion and removal of a memory module in a computer system: Methods and systems for insertion of a memory module into a computer system are provided. The method includes removing an access door of the computer system to make a connector accessible, the access door having a size substantially smaller than a footprint of the memory module, and linearly inserting the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070161276 - Electrical entity with opening of the load current circuit in an explosion-vulnerable environment: There is described an electrical system including a device which features a load current circuit and connection terminals for connection of the load current circuit. In the supply line to the connection terminals, separation contacts are present for separating the load current circuit during operation of the device. Means for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070161277 - Memory device and method of manufacturing the same: A memory device includes an array of memory cells and a storage capacitor for storing information. Each memory cell includes an access transistor. The access transistor includes first and second source/drain regions, a channel disposed between the first and the second source/drain regions, and a gate electrode electrically insulated from... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070161278 - Power adapter with optional types of replaceable plug: A power supply with optional types of plugs, composed by one universal body and replaceable plug, is disclosed. The universal body consists of a plurality of blocks, a circular recess, an elastic switch key, and two conductive plates; whereas the plugs could be different specifications of plug with opposite blocks... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070161279 - Electrical connector body co-molded with cable and peripheral seals: A socket connector having a connector body co-molded with its peripheral and cable seals. In the first molding operation, a first tooling is placed into a mold and is configured so that plastic injected into the mold forms the connector body. In the second molding operation, a second tooling is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070161281 - Cable connector assembly with latching mechanism: A cable connector assembly (100) includes a housing (1), a PCB (2) received in the housing, a cable (7) electrically connecting with the PCB, a pulling member (32) moveable relative to the housing in a horizontal direction, a latch member (31) discrete from the pulling member and assembled to the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070161280 - Shelf connector: A shelf connector includes a sliding sleeve and a locking sleeve. The sliding sleeve is formed with a locking body thereon. The locking body is provided with an open groove along the axial direction of the sliding sleeve. The locking body is provided on both sides of the open groove... Agent: Hdsl

20070161282 - Modular connection assembly: The modular connection assembly comprises a connector (4) made of insulating material, a conductor connecting bridge (10) and a fixing and contact member (9); the connector (4) has side socket members (5) to relate to similar units (4) and it also includes passages (6)(7)(8) for cables (3), for bridges (10)... Agent: Paul L. Brown Amin Hallihan LLC

20070161283 - Telecommunications connection apparatus: A wall plug suitable for connecting an item of telecommunications equipment to a telecommunications network, wherein the equipment and the network are separated by a wall, the wall including a bore communicating through the wall, the device comprising a hollow body in the form of a tube engageable in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070161284 - Electrical connector with connector position assurance (cpa) member: An electrical connector including at least one electrical contact, a housing, and a connector position assurance (CPA) member. The housing has a latch for latching the housing to a mating electrical connector. The electrical contact is located in the housing. The CPA member is connected to the housing and is... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070161285 - Electrically-conductive-contact holder, electrically-conductive-contact unit, and method for manufacturing electrically-conductive-contact holder: An electrically conductive contact holder comprises a supporting member including a low thermal expansion supporting frame with a coefficient of linear expansion lower than that of a to-be-contacted member and a high thermal expansion supporting frame with a coefficient of linear expansion higher than that of the to-be-contacted member, which... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070161287 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a circuit board having a printed board and an electronic component mounted to the printed board, a housing for receiving the circuit board therein, and a connector mounted to the printed board. Top and bottom walls of the housing have board-fixing means for fixing the circuit... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070161286 - Compact circuit board for an automotive hvac system: An automotive heat, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an electrical control module for controlling the motor of the system. The module includes a connector base supporting a circuit board having spaced side edges extending into the housing. The invention is distinguished by the circuit board having a first... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070161288 - Coaxial insertion connected connector having quick action locking mechanism: In a co-axial insertion-connected connector having quick-action locking mechanism, designed to receive a complementary insertion-connected connector, the connectors capable of connecting together by a coupling member belonging to the locking mechanism, and each having a center-conductor and an outer-conductor, a contact member being arranged in the co-axial insertion-connected connector such... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070161289 - Flat flexible cable assembly with integrally-formed sealing members: A flat flexible cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having one or more substantially rectangular conductors encompassed within an insulating sheath. An overmold encapsulates and is secured to a portion of the flat flexible cable in an area in which the insulating sheath has been stripped. One or more... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070161290 - Conductor contacts with enhanced reliability: Methods for forming conductor contacts provide for etching through a capping layer located upon a conductor contact region within a substrate. A first pair of methods provide for etching through at least a lower thickness of the capping layer with other than a reactive ion etch to provide an exposed... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070161291 - Non-metallic, multi-strand control cable for steerable instruments: Embodiments of the invention provide methods for inserting a non-metallic multi-strand braid through a coil tube. Techniques for bonding one end of a lead line to one end of a multi-strand non-metallic braid are provided. There are also embodiments of steerable instruments described having a plurality of hinged segments; a... Agent: Shay Law Group LLP

20070161292 - Turning hinge mechanism and image pick up device: There is provided a pivot hinge mechanism to support a main body (2) and grip unit (4) of a video camera pivotably in relation to each other. It includes a stationary plate (31) to be installed to one of the main body and grip unit, rotating plates (32, 33) to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070161293 - Fuse module with movable fuse holder for fused electrical device: Described herein are various embodiments of a fuse module for fused electrical devices. According to one exemplary embodiment, a fuse module is mounted to the housing of a fused electrical device. The fused electrical device can include at least one power output displaced along the power distribution housing with the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070161294 - Connector and methods of fabrication: A connector includes a unitary body defining a hollow center region configured and arranged to receive a proximal contact portion of a lead. The unitary body may define connector pockets and seal features within the hollow center region. The connector pockets can be spaced-apart and may define openings through the... Agent: Advanced Bionics C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20070161295 - Methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors: A telecommunications device comprising a faceplate including at least two adjacent jack receptacles, the two adjacent jack receptacles positioned vertically and horizontally offset to each other and a jack mounted in at least one of the two jack receptacles, the jack defining a port in the front end for receiving... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070161296 - Network connector and connection system: A network connection system for connecting computer and telephone network components, including a twisted pair cable termination connector for use with twisted pair cable, the twisted pairs being arranged within an outer cable jacket such that each twisted pair substantially occupies a cross sectional quadrant of the cable. The connector... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070161297 - Thermocouple connector and connector arrangement with enhanced connectivity features: A thermocouple connector arrangement that has a first connector configured to have a thermocouple probe lead extending therefrom and a second connector configured to have an electrical connection lead extending therefrom. Each connector has an interior configured to receive a terminus of the respective lead. The connectors include electrically conductive... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070161298 - Seal for confined electrical conductor cable: The present invention relates to a seal for an electric cable that is connected to a second cable in a confined location, in which a first and second lengths of insulated electrical cable extend into a confined location and a connector connects the first and second lengths of cable, and... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p Fulbright Tower

20070161299 - Structure for firmly combining cables with clamping element: A structure for firmly combining cables with a clamping element is disclosed. The clamping element is of tubular-like shape and has a circular, C-shaped, 6-shaped or H-shaped section, and the improvement includes the clamping element having locking ribs on an outer surface thereof or locking grooves on an inner surface... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070161300 - Female terminal with guiding piece: The female terminal with guiding piece according to the present invention comprises a tubular body and a connecting part. Two vertical walls of the body are provided respectively with spring pieces cut and raised therefrom and formed to have an end on the rear side in the depth direction serving... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070161301 - Multi-slave interface card reader: A multi-slave interface card reader includes a card reader body having a USB signal interface plug and a 3C memory card interface receptacle installed on one side of the body being vertical to the USB signal interface plug for placing a memory card, e.g. Mini-SD, RS-MMC, Micro-SD, or Micro-MMC. Since... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070155192 - Module and method for estimating signal direction of arrival: A module and a method for estimating signal direction of arrival are disclosed. The module consists of a processing unit and a direction finder. Using spatial signatures at different carrier frequencies, the processing unit generates a generating set of a subspace. Based on the generating set, the signal subspace is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070155193 - Method of connecting signal lines, a printed circuit board assembly and electronic apparatus having the same: A method of connecting signal lines, a printed circuit board assembly and an electronic apparatus having the same. The present general inventive concept provides a printed circuit board assembly in which signal lines are connected between a first board and a second board, including a connector having a plurality of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070155198 - Substrate with raised edge pads: A separable electrical connection may be provided with a landside pad on one of two electrical components to be joined. The landside pad may be made up of two parts, including a flat portion and a raised edge formed on the flat portion. In some embodiments, the raised edge may... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070155191 - Electric plug comprising a plug housing and at least two integrated plug-in contacts with an ejection mechanism: An electric plug includes a plug housing, at least two incorporated plug-in contacts that are to be inserted into corresponding jacks of an outlet, and a cable feeder. A manually actuated ejection mechanism encompassing a push-out device is disposed in the plug housing. The push-out device cooperates with a spring... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070155194 - System for the mechanical and electrical connection of printed circuits: The invention relates to a system for the mechanical and electrical connection of printed circuit modules. According to the invention, the corresponding module is produced with a series of tongues (1) which are distributed uniformly around the edge thereof and which comprise two symmetrical sections (1a and 1b). Moreover, the... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070155195 - Data signal interconnection with reduced crosstalk: Data signal interconnections are described that offer reduced cross talk particularly with high speed differential signaling. In one example, the invention includes a plurality of interconnects to carry data signals between a first component and a second component, the plurality of interconnects including a first set of interconnects oriented in... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070155196 - Land grid array connector contact: An LGA connector contact (30) includes a base (31), and a pair of spring arms (32) extending from the base. One of the spring arms includes an extending section (320), a connecting section (321), and a contacting section (322) adapted for engaging a contact pad of an IC package. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155197 - Laser package adaptor: The present invention discloses an adaptor suitable for use in optoelectronic circuit board. The adaptor according the present invention serves to adapt a package pin-out arrangement to a desired pin-out arrangement on a printed circuit board. The adaptor comprises a pin-in arrangement that electrically couples with the package pin-out arrangement.... Agent: Emcore Corporation

20070155200 - Waterproof terminal block unit: A terminal table unit includes: a terminal table (10) having a metal terminal (12) at its lower surface for connecting a lead wire (60); an insulation plate (20) adhered to the lower surface of the terminal table and having a hole (20-1) at a portion corresponding to the portion containing... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070155201 - Pcb edge connector: An exemplary embodiment provides for an electrical connector includes an outwardly-facing interface connector portion, a first plurality of electrical contacts located on the interface connector region and a second plurality of electrical contacts opposite the interface connector portion wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts are each in communication with... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20070155203 - Computing device and socket protection mechanism therefor: A computing device (110) has a body comprising a mechanised socket (170). The socket (170) is retractable within a volume (150) enclosed by the body of the computing device (110). Activation of a mechanism causes the socket to extend (140) beyond said volume (150) into an extended position (270), allowing... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070155204 - Method and apparatus for providing games and content: In an embodiment of the invention, a dongle is configured for communication with an electronic device. The dongle includes a connector, a controller, a first memory and a second memory. The connector is for interfacing with the electronic device. The controller is for controlling the interface between the connector and... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070155202 - Supported insertion type spindle: The present invention discloses a supported insertion type spindle, comprising a male connection member which is a rod having a hollow axle extending interiorly and axially, at least a cut groove fabricated horizontally, and a connection portion protrudingly formed on its exterior; a female connection member which is a tubular... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070155206 - Electrical connector assembly with cover: An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a connector unit including at least two elongated electrical connectors (2) and having a region defined by a periphery, a circuit board (3) for the connector unit to be mounted thereon, and a cover (4) for covering the region of the connector unit. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155205 - Pickup cap for electrical connector: An improved pickup cap may be provided with a surface area configuration that imparts a more even temperature distribution across the ball grid array during reflow. The pickup cap, when connected to the electrical connector, may cover the sides of the electrical connector, but not cover the central portion of... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070155207 - Reusable worker housing and methods relating thereto: A worker housing unit for construction of a worker housing complex may include: an under structure, a plurality of walls supported on the under structure including a first end wall, an opposite end wall and a side wall extending between the first end wall and the opposite end wall, an... Agent: Bennett Jones C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20070155208 - System, device and process for remotely controlling a medical device: A system for controlling medical devices, wherein this system can comprise a device having at least one wireless or cellular based communication module. The module can be in the form of a GPRS module associated with a SIM card, or a CDMA module. The SIM card can be adapted such... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070155209 - Lock mechanism of connector and connector: A lock mechanism of a connector includes a connector body portion, a hood portion and a lock arm. The connecting portion of the lock arm is integrally connected to the hood portion at the first side, the extending portion extends from the connecting portion to the depressing portion in a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070155210 - Memory card connector with card eject mechanism: A memory card connector (10) is provided with an insulating housing (12) having a rear terminal-mounting section (26) which mounts a plurality of terminals having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card (22). A metal shell (14) is mounted on the housing and combines therewith to define... Agent: Charles S Cohen Molex Incorporated

20070155211 - Integrated power center and mount for flat screen video displays and projectors: A power center for use with video display devices having a housing 2 for electronic circuitry 3 for preventing electric surges adapted for attachment to a flat surface with a means for connection 4 to a source of electric current and power outlets 6, 7 attached to said housing for... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070155212 - Multi-socket assembly: A multi-socket assembly comprising a plug unit operatively connected to at least one socket unit wherein the assembly is formed as an integral body comprising at least one suitable electrically insulating material that encapsulates the electrical connections between the plug unit and the at least one socket unit.... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070155213 - Flat circuit connector with pivoted actuator: An electrical connector (30) is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit (32). The connector includes a di-electric housing (34) having a front opening (36) for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A plurality of terminals (38) are mounted on the housing in a side-by-side array and spaced laterally... Agent: Stephen Z Weiss Molex Incorporated

20070155214 - Dynamic sliding module and uses thereof: A dynamic sliding module is described. The dynamic sliding module includes a track, a dynamic slide, and a guiding device. The track includes a first opening and the guiding device is disposed adjacent to the first opening. When the dynamic slide slides along the track and aligns with the first... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070155215 - Land grid array connector with cover member: An LGA electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) for receiving an LGA package (7), a stiffener (3) for grasping a periphery of the housing, a first cover member (4) attached to a front end of the stiffener, a second cover member (5) and a lever (6) respectively attached... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155216 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device at least includes a main body, a sliding cover, and an elastic assembly. The main body includes at least one sliding rod package. The sliding cover is disposed on the main body and is slidable between a closed position and a full-open position, and at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070155217 - Cable connector assembly with internal printed circuit board: A cable connector assembly (100) includes a housing (7) defining a mating interface, a printed circuit board (3) received in the housing and having a plurality of electrical pads (32) formed thereon, the printed circuit board defining a mating portion accessible from the mating interface, a cable with a plurality... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155218 - Cable connector assembly with internal printed circuit board: A cable connector assembly (1000) includes a housing defining a mating direction, and defining a mating interface (11) and a receiving space, a printed circuit board (3) received in the receiving space, and having a plurality of electrical pads (31, 32) formed thereon, the printed circuit board defining a mating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155219 - Electrical connector devices and methods for employing same: An apparatus and method are disclosed that may include a contact pin; and a plurality of loops of conductive wire, coated with insulation material, disposed in proximity to the contact pin, wherein along at least one portion of the conductive wire, at least one edge of the contact pin extends... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070155220 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector in accordance with a preferred embodiment comprises an insulative housing (2), a plurality terminals (3) received in the housing (2), and the housing (2) comprises two pair of sidewalls and defines a layer of metal films (222) around outer surfaces of at least a pair of opposite... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155221 - Housing for connection to an electrical line: A housing for connection to an electrical line (14), especially a bus line, with at least one first housing part (2a) and one second housing part (2b), with at least one locking system 6 for locking the first housing part (2a) with the second housing part (2b) in a common... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070155223 - Connector and indicator thereof: A connector includes an indicator and a connector body. The indicator includes a light-emitting part and an extension body. The extension body covers the light-emitting part. The extension body and the light-emitting part are integrally formed as a single piece. The connector body has an accommodation space which at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070155222 - Indication circuit for indicating overheating of motherboard: An indication circuit for indicating overheating of motherboard includes: a chip disposed on the motherboard, a temperature controlling circuit sensing the temperature of the chip, and generating a pulse signal, a switch circuit connected to an output terminal of the temperature controlling circuit for receiving the pulse signal, and an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070155224 - System for connecting the ends of fluid conduits: The female part (F) receiving the male part (M) comprises internally a tubular guide (4) with which the male part cooperates in a tight sealing manner (joint 20); the male and female parts respectively comprise at the input thereof a pivoting insulation flap (19; 17) which can open in a... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070155225 - Wire holder: A wire holder for fixing two or more wires on a plate of an electronic device includes a fixing portion and a latch formed on the plate. The fixing portion includes two sidewalls, and the latch is formed between the sidewalls. The latch includes a main body, two elastic arms... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070155226 - External power supply connector: An external power supply connector for a computer system includes a power outlet installed on the computer system for supplying power to an external peripheral device coupled thereto, and a first power transmission port installed on the power outlet coupled to a second power transmission port of a power supply... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070155227 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector detachably fitted with a mating connector includes a plurality of contacts, a housing arranging and holding the contacts therein and having guide portions for guiding the mating connector, and fixtures to be fixed to a substrate. The fixtures are made of a metal and each include the... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070155228 - Automatic leveling mount system: A mount system is described. An exemplary embodiment is a device that provides rotary damping to a mounted device, e.g. a camera system, when mounted to a moving arm. As the arm changes attitude, the mount system allows dampened rotary movement of the mounted device about an axis, due to... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20070155229 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) for electrically connecting between first and second PCBs comprises a housing (20) and a number of terminals (10) received in the housing. The terminal defines a longitudinal base portion (11), a spring arm (16) extending upwardly from an upper portion thereof, and a contacting portion (18)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155232 - Coaxial cable connector with clamping insert: A connector for coaxial cable is disclosed herein that has an outer body and a clamp insert. The clamp insert is mounted at the rear of the body and accepts an end of a coaxial cable. Both the front and rear ends of the insert are deformed radially inwardly when... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070155231 - Coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable female connector for inclusion in a port of a device or outer shell of a cable connector, includes a centrally located female pin within a pin carrier, the pin is rounded and has an upper portion with two opposing resilient arms configured for receiving the central pin... Agent: Kenneth Watov, Esq. Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20070155233 - Coaxial cable connector with collapsible insert: A connector for coaxial cable is disclosed herein that has an outer body and a collapsible insert. The insert grips the outermost protective layer of the cable when the insert is fully compressed. A related method for connecting the coaxial cable and connector is also disclosed.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070155230 - Coaxial cable connector, and harness unit that utilizes the coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector can be easily fitted to one or a plurality of coaxial cables, and that can secure an independent shield. Inner insulator exposed portions and outer conductor exposed portions of coaxial cables are matched with a first cable holder. A second cable holder is reversed on the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070155234 - Fastener: A coupling (10) to attach a stainless steel cable (11) to a post (12). Typically the post (12) would be formed of timber. The coupling (10) includes a threaded member (14) that is inserted in the post (12), the member (14) having a head (15). Rotatably engaged by the head... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070155235 - Crimped electric contact with a closed barrel, method of crimping such a contact, and corresponding crimping tool: This contact includes a closed-section crimp barrel, which is crimped by deforming the section thereof from an initial generally convex shape to a final crimping shape in which it is compression-necked onto the strands of the cable. At least one section of the crimped barrel has, in its thickness, at... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070155236 - Wire holder: A wire holder for fixing one or more wires on a plate of an electronic device includes a pair of resilient latches and an elastic member. The pair of latches is formed on the plate, and each of the latches includes a latching portion for hooking the wire. The elastic... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070155237 - Harsh environment connector including single-level or dual-level bladder and associated methods: A connector, such as for harsh environments, may include first and second connector portions being movable between unmated and mated positions. The first connector portion may include a first base, a male contact carried by the first base and extending outwardly therefrom, and a first shell carried by the first... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070155238 - Mobile communication terminal having a hinge-reinforcing member: A folder-type communication terminal is disclosed in which a gap generated between a first and a second body or a breakage of a side hinge arm can be reduced. The mobile communication terminal includes a first body and a second body rotatably coupled using a hinge, and at least one... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070155239 - Connector: A connector having juxtaposed contact modules (6). In each contact module, signal contacts (16), a first ground plate (14), and a second ground plate (15) are held by an insulator (28). The first and second ground plates comprise plate sections (14a, 15a) each having a first surface and a second... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070155240 - Electrical connector with firm frame for mating with corresponding connector: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) for receiving a number of contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The metal shield includes a first frame (401) and a second frame (402). The first and second frames share a partition wall (403) therebetween.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155241 - Plug-and-socket connector: A multi-pole, multi-row plug-and-socket connector with shielding, for placement on printed circuit boards, circuit cards, and similar electrical components, which can be used in an electrical or electronic system includes electrical contact parts for the transmission of signals, which possess a connection section on one end and an electrically conductive... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070155242 - Coaxial connecting plug: The invention relates to an electric connecting plug comprising a plug member provided with an internal contact and at least one external contact radially remote from the internal contact with respect to the longitudinal axis of the member. The plug member is received by a housing element which is applied... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070155243 - 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, comprises a shell (1), an insulative housing (2), a pair of locking members (3) and a plurality of contacts (4) received in the insulative housing. The shell comprises top surface (113), a pair of lateral... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070155244 - Card connector capable of avoiding erroneous insertion of electronic card: A card connector includes a base having an opening at a front end thereof, two guide channels at bilateral sides inside, and a plurality of terminals mounted at a rear end thereof; at least one movable member movably mounted in the guide channels and having a stopping portion and a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070155246 - Connector: A connector includes a housing and a plurality of contacts, and the bottom portion of the housing has a holding bar for holding the contacts. In a region of the bottom portion of the housing corresponding to tips of all the contacts extending from the holding bar upwardly and toward... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070155245 - Electrical connector having an elastic pressing member with an elastic arm: An electrical connector to be connected to a circuit board having two edge surfaces, on which connection points are disposed. The connector includes a plastic base and terminals. The plastic base has a longitudinal shape, two rows of terminal slots, and a longitudinal connection slot between the two rows of... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070155248 - Harsh environment connector including end cap and latching features and associated methods: A connector, such as for harsh environments, may include first and second connector portions being movable between unmated and mated positions. The first connector portion may include a first base, at least one male contact carried by the first base and extending outwardly therefrom, and a first shell carried by... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070155247 - Rounded contact fingers on substrate/pcb for crack prevention: A strengthened semiconductor die substrate and package are disclosed. The substrate may include contact fingers formed with nonlinear edges. Providing a nonlinear contour to the contact finger edges reduces the mechanical stress exerted on the semiconductor die which would otherwise occur with straight edges to the contact fingers. The substrate... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20070155249 - Vehicle power plug with a control switch: The present invention relates to a vehicle power plug with a control switch, comprising a body formed by two mating semi-circular arc covers; an electrode set having a positive pole and a negative pole; and a control switch having a press rod axially connected with an conductive blade, wherein a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070155250 - Modular assembly of medical electrical leads: A modular terminal assembly, which may be a connector assembly, for a medical electrical lead includes at least one contact conductor extending therefrom that may or may not be coupled to a lead body conductor. A lead body assembly, for the medical electrical lead that includes the lead body conductor... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070155251 - Installation structure of parallel wire on board: A parallel wire is installed on a board. Wire parts of strip-off margins at both ends of the parallel wire are bent so as to form bent portions before the wire parts are inserted into the board. The wire parts inserted into the board are prevented from being removed from... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070155252 - Holding frame for connector modules: The invention proposes a one-piece holding frame of plastic for a plug-type connector, in which several connector modules are arranged adjacent to one another, wherein several wall segments with window-like openings are formed in the collar-shaped mating side of said holding frame by means of slots. Two wall segments that... Agent: Norman P. Soloway Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070155253 - Plastic flange with molded-over wire harness: A method provides wiring associated with a flange of a fuel delivery module for use in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The method includes molding a plastic flange 12 of a fuel delivery module, with the flange defining an inside region 11 and an outside region 7. At least... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070155254 - Contact locking device for an electric connector and electric connector containing said device: The invention relates to an electric connector element including a housing receiving first and second contacts; a first locking device for the first contacts, which can move between a release position and a locking position for the first contacts; a second locking device for the second contacts, which can move... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070155255 - Heating element connector assembly with press-fit terminals: An improved heating element connector assembly includes an insulative, rectangular frame with a central opening and a plurality of conductive terminals which are press fit into openings in the frame. The terminals are spaced apart from each other lengthwise of two opposing sidewalls of the frame, and pairs of terminals... Agent: Molex Incorporated