Electrical connectors inventions 08/07

20070202711 - Trailer towing connector with lighting circuit ground path: An apparatus provides for coupling a trailer lighting circuit including a light emitting diode to towing vehicle lighting circuit. The apparatus includes a connector having a first contact for coupling to a trailer lighting circuit input and a second contact for coupling to an electrical ground. The connector includes a... Agent: Tiffany & Bosco Camelback Esplanade Ii, Third Floor

20070202718 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprises an electrical connector (2), a pick up cap (3) for engaging with the electrical connector (2). The electrical connector (2) comprises a housing (21), a plurality of terminals received in the housing (21). The housing (21) defines an opening (22) in a central position thereof... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070202719 - Board mounted terminal construction: A terminal has a plurality of split solder portions inserted into through-holes in a printed circuit board. A first split solder portion has a cross-sectional shape such that four corners thereof contact an inner circumferential surface of the through hole for positioning, while a second split solder portion has a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070202712 - Feeding mechanism for pickup head: An exemplary optical disc drive apparatus includes a guide shaft configured to movably support a pickup head, and an elastically deformable member. The elastically deformable member includes a main body, and a cantilever slanting up from a middle part of a front edge of the main body. The cantilever is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070202713 - Connector employing flexible printed board: A thermoplastic adhesive 8 is attached beforehand to a connection portion of a flexible printed board 9 for connection that connects a flexible printed board 6 to which an electronic part 4b or a liquid crystal 7 is connected and a printed board 1 on which an electronic component 4a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070202714 - Test contact system for testing integrated circuits with packages having an array of signal and power contacts: A test contact element for making temporary electrical contact with a microcircuit terminal comprises at least one resilient finger projecting from an insulating contact membrane as a cantilevered beam. The finger has on a contact side thereof, a conducting contact pad for contacting the microcircuit terminal. Preferably the test contact... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20070202715 - Electrical connector with stepped housing: A preferred embodiment of a ball-grid array connector includes a housing having a major surface with a first and a second portion. The housing has a first and a second penetration formed therein. The first and second penetrations adjoin the respective first and second portion of the major surface. The... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070202717 - Adaptable junction box applicable to automotive vehicles: A junction box includes inputs and outputs, and electronic elements for distributing electric power, received at an input from a power source of a vehicle, to the outputs to provide power to loads of the vehicle which are connected to the outputs. The electronic elements include semiconductor switches operable for... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070202716 - Soldering nest for a bus bar: A soldering nest provided in a bus bar, having an aperture for the introduction of a terminal lead (40) to be soldered thereinto, and the introduction of the terminal lead may be effected from a first surface plane of the bus bar (10) and soldering may be effected from a... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070202720 - Inseparable pcb module: Provided is an inseparable PCB module installed in a sub body of a device including a main body and the sub body performing predetermined opening and closing operations with respect to the main body. In the inseparable PCB module, a body part having a predetermined area, and a main body... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070202721 - Sub-assembly: A power semiconductor module has a heat-dissipation contact surface (16) for a thermally conductive connection to a cooling element (17). The module can be simply, cost-effectively and reliably fixed to the cooling element for the conduction of heat to the latter by at least one pressure element (18, 19) which... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070202722 - Lever type connector: A lever type connector is provided with a lever assisting in fitting or detaching first and second connector housings thereof. A lever is fitted to the first connector housing. A plurality of projecting parts is provided in a circumference of the lever. A plurality of receiving parts is provided in... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070202723 - Light emitting assembly for a non-rigid substrate: A light emitting assembly, a light emitting system, and a method of securing a light emitting assembly to a substrate are disclosed. The light emitting assembly includes a male member with a pixel coupled thereto engaging a female member, in which the pixel is viewable through the female member. The... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070202724 - Isolated dual ac-dc plug: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to electrical plug apparatus for selectively connecting a device such as a battery charger, for example, to sources of AC and DC electrical power and comprise a housing, a first connector attached to the housing for connecting to a DC source of... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070202725 - Reversible universal serial bus (usb) plug and device: A reversible plug for coupling with a USB A-type standard receptacle includes a plug body with a set of four electrical contacts on each of two major surfaces. The plug body has regions of electrically insulating material interposed between, and extending above a level of, the electrical contacts on each... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070202726 - Coaxial connector, pin dielectric and main body for such coaxial connector, assembling method of the coaxial connector, and male connector: Disclosed coaxial connector comprises (A) a pin having a soldering section to be soldered to a central conductor of the coaxial cable and a contact section extending from the soldering section and electrically interconnected to a male connector, (B) a dielectric block having a cylindrical portion including a through hole... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070202727 - Holder for a choke coil and an inductive component with the holder: A holder holds a ring-core choke with two or more wire windings. The holder has opposing, hinged side lugs, each of which has an isolating device for isolating the wire windings. The side lugs can be fixed preferably essentially parallel to each other preferably by means of isolating devices.... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20070202728 - Connector assembly with internal seals and manufacturing method: A medical device connector assembly and fabrication method are provided wherein the connector assembly includes a core element, a plurality of conductive members positioned along the core element, and a plurality of sealing members positioned between the conductive members, the sealing members having an outer surface supported by the core... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070202729 - Floating connector: A floating connector is disclosed with an inner housing that is movably held within an outer housing. The connection between the inner and outer housing is effected by terminals with increased flexibility. Fitting nails are provided that serve as stops to limit the upward movement of the inner housing relative... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070202730 - Connector and connector fitting structure: The present invention provides a connector fitting structure which includes a waterproof connector in which a female terminals having a plurality of sizes is arranged in a female connector housing thereof, and an opposite connector in which male terminals are arranged in a male connector housing thereof, wherein an area... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070202731 - 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

20070202732 - Locking device and connector provided with the same: A locking device which has a strong locking force and is difficult to be broken. Leaf springs bending in a direction toward or away from the rear end of a function expansion card are provided in a housing, and locking sections for locking the function expansion card are connected to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070202733 - System and apparatus for cable connector fastening: A cable fastener is disclosed. The cable fastener includes a first portion and a second portion. A set of threads is disposed at a first end of the first portion, and a knurl is disposed at a second end of the first portion. The second portion includes an interface region... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070202734 - Recessed household appliance: A recessed household appliance comprising an appliance unit, a receiving device provided with a recess in which the appliance unit is arranged during the operation thereof and from which the appliance unit can also be removed, and an electrical connection socket which is arranged on the receiving device and is... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070202735 - Compression snap electrical connector: An electrical connector has a connector body with a bore and a cap through which a stranded insulated conductor is threaded. A ridge in the external surface of the cap engages with at least one groove in the bore to secure the conductor in place. Preferably, there are at least... Agent: Momkus Mccluskey Monroe Marsh & Spyratos, LLC

20070202737 - Electrical connector with latching member: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing (1) defining an receiving cavity (10); a plurality of conductive terminals (2) disposed in the housing and each terminal having a contact beam (21) with a contact portion exposed to the receiving cavity; a pressing member (3) having a pair of latching arms... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070202736 - Flat circuit board electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a housing (1) and a plurality of terminals (10) having parallel upper and lower arms (11, 12) that have projections (11A, 12A) between which a flat circuit board (F) is inserted for electrical connection to the terminals (10). The projection (12A) of the lower arm (12)... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070202738 - Ultraviolet lamp for use in water purifiers: A lamp is provided having terminal pins mounted on and extending outwardly along a longitudinal axis of an end cap of the lamp. The pins are offset relative to one another along the longitudinal axis. The end cap has semi-circular, parallel surfaces at one end, and the pins extend outwardly... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070202739 - Coaxial plug connector for a coaxial cable: A coaxial plug connector having a housing produced from an electrically insulating material, which is open at a plug end so that a mating coaxial plug connector can be inserted. An insertion area for the mating housing is provided. At a coaxial cable end, the housing has an axial opening... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070202740 - Dead cable end: A dead cable end distributes holding force over a length of a cable end to reduce or eliminate damage to cables. The dead cable end includes a housing containing a plurality of collets each residing in a collet receptacle. Each collet includes a conical exterior and a lengthwise collet gap... Agent: Averill & Varn

20070202741 - Protective boot and universal cap: A protective endcap for use with a triaxial cable connector. The endcap is sized to fit about a mating end of the triaxial connector. A pair of protective boots for use with coaxial cable connectors. Each protective boot includes an interior space for receiving a triaxial cable connector. Each interior... Agent: Attn: Alpaslan Sapmaz Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070202743 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided with a case, a module contained in the case, a ground provided in the case, a plurality of protrusions which protrude from an inner surface of the case, and a cable connected electrically to the module. At least one of the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070202742 - Electro-acoustic converter and electronic device using the same: In an electro-acoustic converter, a frame is bonded to the magnetic circuit, and the diaphragm is bonded to a circumferential edge of the frame. The voice coil is attached to the diaphragm and a part thereof is located in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal is made... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070202745 - Fixing device of shield plate, recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus: A shield plate fixing device of an electronic apparatus includes a mechanical section for performing operation in a main body housing, an electronic substrate for controlling operation shielded by two upper and lower shield plates above the mechanical section, and an upper housing for sealing an upper opening of the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070202744 - Flat blade jack: According to the invention the flat blade jack (1) is characterised in that the section of the contact bridges (3), which section is curved towards the middle of the shaft, in the region of the contact zone with the flat connector comprises more than one vertex (6, 7). Thanks to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070202746 - Covers for electrical connectors: A cover for an electrical connector includes substrate mounting beams. When a force is applied to the top, the beams transfer the force to the lead frame, pressing contacts of the connector to an electrical device such as a substrate. Flat rock application may be applied to the top of... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070202747 - Electrical connector having contact modules with terminal exposing slots: An electrical connector includes a housing and a contact module mounted in the housing. The contact module includes a mating edge and a mounting edge, and a lead frame having terminals extending between the mating and mounting edges. The contact module has an insulated body with a side surface, and... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20070202748 - Electrical power contacts and connectors comprising same: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070202750 - Card connector: A card connector (1) includes a housing (10) having a card insertion opening at its front end into which a card (3) is inserted in a card insertion/removal direction and a metallic cover (30) for covering top and side faces of the housing (10). The housing has a pair of... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070202749 - Techniques to manage contact information for a subscriber identity module: Techniques to manage contact information are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may include a subscriber identity module having a first set of contact information. The mobile computing device may also include a contact management module. The contact management module may include a... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070202751 - Receptacle with cinch: A receptacle includes a body configured to receive a liner and a cinch disposed on the body. The cinch includes a projection disposed outward of the body and configured such that at least a portion of the liner can be disposed between the projection and the body. The cinch further... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070202752 - Electrical socket: The invention relates to an electrical socket with a housing, which has a plug compartment for inserting a coupling plug, and with a number of contact springs, which are disposed side by side in a row in the plug compartment, form a row of contact springs and can be contacted... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070202753 - Joint connector: A joint connector according to the present invention is provided with a circuit board, a male connector having male terminals provided on the circuit board at a predetermined interval and standing in one direction and a direction that crosses the one direction, the male terminals being selectively connected by a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070197053 - Composite simple plug: A composite simple plug includes an insulating case, a plurality of terminals, a plug for an Internet line or a telephone line, and a fastener. The insulating case has a trough. The terminals are located in the insulating case and are exposed to the trough. The connector is located at... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070197056 - Computer system having customizable printed circuit boards: A computer system includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board which is detachably coupled to the first circuit board via a specially designed I/O connector. When coupled together, the main board and the I/O card are positioned within a same plane by which, a computer system is... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070197058 - Printed wiring board and connection configuration of the same: A printed wiring board having an insulating base material; a wiring formed on at least one surface of the insulating base material, the wiring forming a predetermined circuit pattern; a first connection terminal portion formed on the surface and electrically connected to the wiring, the first connection terminal portion having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070197059 - Connector for use in substrate: A fixing part (12) has two resiliently deformable legs (18) separated by a slot (17). A locking projection (19) is formed at a distal end (19C) of the fixing part (12) and has a locking surface (19A) spaced from the distal end (19C). A maximum cross-sectional dimension (A) of the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070197060 - Transceiver cage assembly with grounding device: A transceiver cage assembly includes a housing (10) and a grounding device (20). The housing includes at least one receiving space for receiving at least one transceiver module. The grounding device mounted on the housing includes a flat main member (200), and at least one resilient member (220) protruding from... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070197052 - Composite simple plug: A composite simple plug comprises an insulation case, a plurality of terminals, a connector, and a plug of a network line or a plug of a phone line. The insulation case has a trough. The terminals are set in the insulation case and appeared on the trough. The connector is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070197054 - Coaxial connector: A coaxial cable connector comprises an injection moulded substrate (79) and a plated conductive pattern formed directly on the substrate, wherein the conductive pattern comprises: a plurality of first tracks (11a) each terminating at one end in a connecting portion (13) for connection to an inner conductor of a coaxial... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20070197055 - Connector: A connector includes contacts each having a contact portion, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between the contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion; a housing fixing the contacts; and a slider having urging portions pivotally moved between the connection and pressure receiving portions of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070197057 - Type of improved connecting socket: This invention relates to a type of improved connecting socket, comprising an external casing, wherein both ends have a through hole each, and a connecting unit installed at the external casing, wherein the connecting unit comprises a circuit board which has at least two connectors on it, and the sockets... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070197061 - Wall plate with internal nose for low voltage communications cable and high voltage plug receptacle: A dual purpose wall plate (10) includes a flat support plate (20) that defines on one half a support plate opening (26) and a sloped cable support extension (32) for extending into the hollow wall structure and for passing low voltage communications cable (39) through the wall. The other half... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070197062 - Electronic device manufacturing component with an embedded chip and methods of using the same: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for including a chip embedded in components of electronic device manufacturing systems adapted to sense, store, and/or update at least one of identification, operational-related and process-related information associated with the components. In other aspects of the invention, a processing chamber component having an embedded... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070197064 - Electrical connector in which crosstalk hardly occurs: In a connector adapted to be connected to a mating object in a first direction, a plurality of contacts arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the contacts includes a contacting portion to be contacted with a mating object and an intermediate portion between the contacting... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070197063 - Electrical connectors having power contacts with alignment and/or restraining features: Preferred embodiments of power contacts have alignment features that can maintain conductors of the power contacts in a state of alignment during and after insertion of the power contacts into a housing.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070197065 - Usb connecting system and method: A system including a plug device, configured to be reversibly operationally plugged into a socket of a standard configuration, and a socket device, configured with at least one restriction structure that prevents a plug that is configured according to the standard configuration from being operationally plugged into the socket device.... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070197066 - Assistive manual implement: A manual implement that facilitates a person's ability to perform and participate in everyday life activities and may include a first arm and a second arm pivotally connected to the first arm. The first arm may be biased away from the second arm. The first arm may also include a... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070197067 - Display apparatus with detachable base support: A display apparatus with a detachable base support is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a base, a support, and a latch. The base includes an accommodation area for accommodating the support and a protrusion, which is disposed on a sidewall around the accommodation area and projects toward... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. One Arizona Center

20070197070 - Connector: A connector configured to be fixed on a base member comprises a housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of supporting members. The housing has a main portion and end portions arranged at opposite ends of the main portion. The contacts are retained in the housing. Tile supporting members... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070197071 - Lever mated connector assembly with a low profile position assurance member: A lever mated connector assembly including a housing configured to mate with a header, a wire guide mounted to the housing having a latch with a retaining surface, and a lever having a catch with a retaining surface and being coupled to the housing for rotational movement between an unlocked... Agent: Lisa Burgin Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20070197069 - Waterproof connector: A waterproof connecter is provided with a frame including a plurality of accommodating rooms, a plurality of sub-connectors accommodated in the accommodating rooms, respectively, and gaskets for sealing gaps between the sub-connectors and the accommodating rooms, respectively. A side surface of each of the sub-connectors is provided with a sealing... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070197068 - Card connector: A card connector which is able to be connected to at least two cards, includes contacts corresponding to the number of the cards, a tray in which at least two cards can be mounted, and a housing having a fitting opening for receiving the tray therein and for arranging and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070197072 - Motorized pulley with cable connector: The present invention relates to a motorized pulley (1) with a cylindrical cable connector (10) comprising a cylindrical drum (5) that is mounted rotatably about a shaft (11) and is configured for being fixedly mounted on supporting means, said cylindrical drum (5) delimiting an interior space intended for receiving an... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070197073 - Electrical connector with reliable structure and method for making the same: An electrical connector (100) mounted on an outer PCB for mating with corresponding plugs includes an insulative housing (1), a couple of contact modules (3) and a metal shield (2) enclosing the insulative housing. The housing includes a first plug-receiving cavity (101) and a second plug-receiving cavity (102) stacked under... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070197074 - Sealed plug connection through a partition wall and method of fitting: A plug connection comprises a first plug having a seal and a second plug configured for fitting in an opening in a partition wall. The second plug is mateable with the first plug such that the seal substantially surrounds the opening in the partition wall. A clamping device is provided... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070197075 - Electrical socket which can be reduced in operating force: In an electrical socket including a base for receiving a connection object in a predetermined direction, a plurality of contacts are held by the base and adapted to be contacted with the connection object. A pusher is rotatably held by the base and has an acting portion and an operating... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070197076 - Water-proof electric connector module: A water-proof electric connector module comprises a cable with two ends each provided with a connector head. Each of the connector heads of the cable further includes a front flange encircling a plurality of receiving holes. The outer wall of the connector head is provided with an outer thread, which... Agent: Li-chen Liu

20070197077 - Land grid array connector with reinforcement stiffener: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing (2), a plurality contacts (4) received therein, at least a pair of securing members (3) disposed on adjacent comers of housing (2). The securing members (2) are used for supporting a chip module and able to slide in an upright direction, which can... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070197078 - Surface contact card holder: A holder (100) for holding a surface contact card (40) includes a main body (10) and an elastic element (20). The main body forms a receiving portion (14). The receiving portion is configured for receiving the surface contact card therein. A latching portion (16) is adjacent to the receiving portion... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070197079 - Locking device: A locking device for locking a removable module on an electronic device is provided. The locking device has a switch, a base and an elastic component. When the base is located in a locked position, the base can prevent the removable module from separating from the electronic device. When the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070197080 - Power cord arranging device for vacuum cleaner: A power cord arranging device for a vacuum cleaner according to an examplary embodiment of the present invention comprises first and second cord grips pivotably mounted and capable of being opened and closed about a hinge, and having at least two openings that receives a power cord when the cord... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070197081 - Lever mated connector assembly with a latching and overstress mechanism: A lever mated connector assembly including a housing configured to mate with a header, a wire guide mounted to the housing having a latch with a retaining surface, a lever having a catch with a retaining surface and being coupled to the housing for rotational movement between an unlocked position... Agent: Lisa Burgin Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20070197082 - Post and beam furniture system: A post and beam furniture system having a plurality of horizontally-extending beams having a longitudinally-extending T-shaped first channel and a longitudinally, T-shaped second channel, and a plurality of vertical posts each having a lower portion thereof adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of an office space, and... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070197083 - Modular plugs and outlets having enhanced performance contacts: A telecommunications outlet including a contact carrier and a plurality of contacts supported on the contact carrier, the contacts corresponding to tip and ring pairs, at least one of the contacts having a characteristic to improves signal transmission performance by providing internal compensation to balance signals by controlling resistive, inductive... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070197084 - Emergency signaling system: A signaling device comprises a housing, the housing being arranged for mounting on a roof section of an emergency vehicle, the housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion, a transfer portion for transferring the upper housing portion relative to the lower housing portion between a closed... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070197085 - Batteru connector and battery for protecting circuit system: A battery connecter and battery for protecting a circuit system allow terminals at the outermost sides of corresponding terminals of the connecter and the battery all to be ground terminals with contact portion having a longer projection and both power terminals are all at the center so as to ensure... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070197086 - Arrangement for monitoring patch fields at distribution points in data networks: An arrangement for monitoring patch fields at distribution points in data networks comprises patch cables which can be plugged by means of plugs into connectors in the patch fields. Each of the two plugs of each patch cable is provided with a transponder. A device is arranged before or in... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070197087 - Flat earth terminal and method of surface-mounting same: A flat earth terminal in the shape of a flat plate comprising a main part with a screw insertion hole and a leg-like terminal part continuously extending from an end of the main part, wherein a recess is formed on a mounting side of the flat earth terminal intended to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070197088 - Circuit board connector extension: A circuit board connector extension (10) comprising a body (16, 18) made of plastic and able to be attached to a circuit board, with first and second groups of contacts (26, 27) which each have one connecting end (32) for contacting conductor tracks on the circuit board and one plug-in... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070197090 - Connector: The connector includes: a connector housing for receiving terminal fittings; a rear holder which includes a plurality of holders made of synthetic resin for positioning an electric wire attached to the terminal fitting between the holders, the rear holder being mounted to the connector housing when the holders are attached... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070197089 - Terminal fitting, a method of crimping it and a positioning jig: A terminal fitting (1) is provided with a rectangular tube (2), a wire barrel (3) and an insulation barrel (4), wherein a pressure portion (16) is arranged between the wire barrel (3) and the insulation barrel (4). The pressure portion (16) includes a pair of coating fixing portions (20) to... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070197093 - Method for assembling connectors: A connector is assembled by providing a base and an earth terminal unit which is located to be aligned with the base and the earth terminal unit is pressed into the base to let a front end of the earth terminal unit contact an inside of the base. A casing... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070197091 - Printed circuit board assembly: A PCB assembly includes a motherboard, a daughter board, and an elastic strip. The motherboard is electrically connected to the daughter board via connectors. Each of the motherboard and the daughter board includes an area connected to a power layer or a ground layer. One end of the elastic strip... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070197092 - Shield structure for information technology equipments: A shield structure for information technology equipments includes an opening part provided in a portion of the shield structure and a lid covering the opening part. A signal ground line is provided on a printed circuit board accommodated in the enclosure. An electric connection material extends between the lid and... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070197094 - Contacts for use in monitoring connection patterns in data ports: A plug includes a plug housing; a plug boot surrounding the plug housing; a cable passing through the plug boot; a contact pad being placed in electrical connection with an outlet contact in a connectivity detection system; a sensing conductor electrically connected to the contact pad, the sensing conductor running... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070197095 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly includes an organizer plate having a plurality apertures for receiving termination devices. Each termination device includes a shield box, an insulator, and a socket contact. The shield box has at least one outwardly extending ground contact element and a latch member. When the termination device is... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070197096 - Electrical connector having improved conductive shell: An electrical connector includes an insulated housing (10) comprising an upper wall (110) and a lower wall (111) which cooperating to define a mating slot (170) therebetween; and a conductive shell (20) comprising an upper shielding wall (21) for shielding the upper wall, a lower shielding wall (22) for shielding... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070197098 - Aircraft seat fixing apparatus: An aircraft seat fixing apparatus includes at least one insertion region and at least one retaining element, both of which are provided for fixing a shell half to a bracket. The insertion region comprises a recess for enabling the retaining element to be inserted into the insertion region by means... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070197097 - Shielded cable connecting structure: A shielded cable connecting structure for connecting a shielded cable, the shielded cable including an electric wire portion which has a conductor and an inner sheath covering the conductor, a braided wire braided around the inner sheath, and an outer sheath covering the braided wire, the shielded cable connecting structure... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070197099 - High performance electrical connector: A socket connector for connecting a post or ball wherein the female element grips the post with resilient prongs with end tips at low insertion force but positive contact is maintained and wherein attempted withdrawal is normally inhibited by increasing force applied to the post by the female element in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070197100 - Type of hard disk interface device: This invention relates to a type of hard disk interface device, comprising a control circuit, at least one first hard disk connector, at least one second hard disk connector, and at least one removable adaptor, wherein the control circuit comprises a USB interface, such that the control circuit can be... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070197101 - Super slim compact flash (cf) light universal serial bus (usb) device: An embodiment of the present invention includes a super slim compact flash (CF) light Universal Serial Bus (USB) device having a top cover, a top cover slot formed within the top cover and forming a top cover slot cavity, a sliding plug connector positioned within the cavity and flexibly movable... Agent: Maryam Imam, Esq. Law Offices Of Imam

20070197102 - Connector for communications systems having category 6 performance using a single compensation signal or higher performance using plural compensation signals: An electrical connector is provided with a circuit board with interconnecting conductors respectively extending between spring contact termination locations and other termination locations. A set of spring contact conductors are provided terminating at respective spring contact termination locations. Each of said spring contact conductors of the set of spring contact... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070197103 - Devices for restoring blood flow within blocked vasculature: The devices and methods described herein relate to clearing of blockages within body lumens, such as the vasculature, by addressing the frictional resistance on the obstruction prior to attempting to translate and/or mobilize the obstruction within the body lumen.... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20070197104 - Electrical connector for connecting a flat-type circuit board: An electrical connector for connecting a flat-type circuit board (1) includes a pressing member (3) to press the flat-type circuit board (1) to a member to be connected (P). The pressing member (3) includes a section to be supported by a support member (2); a bent section (6); a flat... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070197105 - High bandwidth apparatus and method for generating differential signals: An apparatus and method for generating differential signals. The apparatus includes a first operational amplifier receiving a first signal, a second operational amplifier receiving a second signal, and a first transistor. The first transistor includes a first gate, a first terminal, and a second terminal. Additionally, the apparatus includes a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070197106 - Connection terminal and stator having distributor unit utilizing same: The present invention provides a connection terminal for holding a plurality of electrical wires ends in place prior to crimping the connection terminal without displacement of the wires ends, and a stator utilizing the connection terminal. The stator includes a distributor unit for supplying electric current to a coil unit... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070190817 - Card connector: A card connector into and from which a card is inserted and removed, includes a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion to contact the card, a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having a fitting opening for inserting the card, a guide frame formed integrally with or... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070190820 - Electrical connection member for connection between objects to be connected: An electrical connection member includes a base sheet, an insulating first elastic body arranged on one surface of the base sheet, and an insulating film having a first part 31a arranged on the first elastic body. The first part 31a has a first contact point for contact with a first... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070190814 - Closure device with a movable flap: The invention relates to a closure device comprising a wall, an opening provided in this wall, a flap which selectively adopts at least one closed position in which it blocks the opening and an open position in which it uncovers this opening. Pins are connected to a first edge of... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070190813 - Power-source outlet: Wobbling of a coil portion of a torsion spring for urging a rotor/cover to a “usage position” is prevented. An outlet cover of an outlet main body has plugholes for insertion of the plug-in terminals of an outlet plug. A rotor/cover is pivotally provided so that its position can be... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070190815 - Cable management bar: A cable management bar is disclosed for attachment in front of a panel for supporting a plurality of cables, typically telecommunication cables, which are terminated at a plurality of sockets in the panel. The bar comprises an elongate cable supporting portion and at least one mounting bracket for securing the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070190816 - Connector system for mating multiple variant circuit cards with a fixed circuit board: A system for coupling a variety of circuit cards to a circuit board, each circuit card having a respective function, the system comprising: a sequence of connectors mounted on the circuit board, each connector in the sequence of connectors having a respective function; and, one or more connectors mounted on... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20070190818 - Package with aperture: This invention relates to a package adapted to contain an electronic device. The package comprises at least one aperture. The aperture is generally aligned with the socket of the electronic device. It is thus possible to program or reprogram the electronic device and/or to recharge a battery directly inside the... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20070190819 - Printed board with a pin for mounting a component: A printed circuit board according to the present invention is a printed circuit board (4) including a component mounting pin (1) made of a metal wire to connect with a semiconductor chip (10). The semiconductor chip (10) is a surface mounting type semiconductor chip having an electrode pad on its... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070190821 - System and method for computer-aided plate punching: A method for computer-aided plate punching is disclosed. The method includes the steps of reading and configuring processing data; reading a design drawing of a workpiece as a processing diagram; selecting needed figures from the processing diagram, and configuring template attributes to confirm contour of the workpiece; selecting operation modes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070190822 - Low profile compliant leads: The present invention relates to a connector system for resiliently attaching and electrically connecting an integrated circuit chip to a circuit board using a plurality of leads. Each of the plurality of leads are sized and arranged to form a curved body having a first leg and a second leg... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070190823 - Electrical connector for semiconductor device test fixture and test assembly: An interconnect assembly is for use in connection a semiconductor device under test (DUT) having a plurality of leads to electronic test equipment. The interconnect assembly includes a cable including a plurality of wires with a least one wire for sensing a signal from a DUT, at least one wire... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070190825 - High-density, low-noise, high-speed mezzanine connector: A mezzanine style electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes first and second arrays of electrical contacts extending through a connector housing. Each contact array may include single ended signal conductors or differential signal pairs or a combination of both. The contact arrays are disposed adjacent to one another such... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070190824 - System and method for connecting service ground wire and coaxial drop cable: The present invention provides a system for coupling a coaxial cable with a power ground wire in which a coaxial splice is attached directly to a common service power ground wire via a connector. The direct attachment creates a bonding point that prevents electricity on the drops from entering a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070190826 - Console with a storage space: A console (1), particularly for the hospital sector, with a support device having, in particular, two vertical support tubes (2), has an assembly device (25), which is used to mount at least one tray (5) to the support device. The tray (5) has an upper wall (15) and a lower... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070190828 - Method for substantially preventing contamination of electrical contacts: A method to substantially eliminate carry-over contamination due to electrical contacts in a device, wherein the electrical contacts are in contact with one or more macromolecules during a procedure and wherein an amount of said one or more macromolecules remains on said electrical contacts after contact is completed, the method... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070190827 - Screw cap: The screw cap of plastic for closing a filling and/or removal opening of a container for the transport and storage of liquids is equipped with a plug, in which a venting and aerating device is integrated. The screw cap has a sealing cap; and a protective cover, which completely covers... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070190829 - Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device: A battery cover assembly includes a battery cover (20), a housing (10), and a locking member (30). The battery cover has a receiving hole (16) defined therein. The receiving hole is located proximate to one end of the battery cover. The housing has a locking part (19) defined in one... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070190830 - Guide device for an endless torque-transmitting means, and mold for producing a guide device: A guide device for an endless torque-transmitting member. The guide device includes at least two corresponding guide tongues between which the endless torque-transmitting member is at least partially guided. The guide tongues are held at a predetermined distance from each other by a connection region. The distance between the guide... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070190835 - Connector: A connector has a housing (12) with a front end that can be inserted through a mount hole (11) in a panel (10). A receptacle (13) is formed by walls at the front end of the housing (12). Resilient deforming pieces (26) are formed in the walls and cantilever rearwardly.... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070190833 - Lever fitting-type connector: A lever fitting-type connector has a lock arm for retaining a lever, the lock arm being provided at a connector housing. The lever fitting-type connector includes, in addition to a first retaining cancellation structure for canceling a retained condition of the lever by the finger, a second retaining cancellation structure... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070190834 - Optical connector apparatus suitable for interconnection between different-diameter ferrules: An optical connector apparatus includes a first connector having a first connecting portion adapted to be connected to and disconnected from a first connecting object in a first direction, a second connector which has a second connecting portion adapted to be connected to a second connection object and which is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070190831 - Electrical connector with pick cap up: An electrical connector (1) includes a longitudinal insulative housing (10), a number of contacts (20) and a pick up cap. The insulative housing includes a first side wall (13) and a second side wall (14) opposed to the first side wall. The first side wall includes first and second longitudinally... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070190832 - Meter: A hollow box-shaped mover or a needle is moved, without using a power transmission mechanism midway, to a portion according to a measured value of a graduation portion, by housing the mover between a dial and a surrounding facing and in a guide groove portion formed along a graduation portion,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070190836 - Memory card adaptor: The present invention relates to a memory card adaptor which enables a small memory card to be used in a card connector for a large memory card that is larger than the small memory card. Even a contact spring piece portion of the different shape can maintain stable contact with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070190837 - Computer with a detachable case: A computer with a detachable case is disclosed to include a second case member abutted to a first case member, a rotating member pivoted to the second case member and rotatable between a first position and a second position. When the rotating member is on the second position, a spring... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070190838 - Console with two vertical support tubes: With a console (1) particularly for the hospital sector, with two vertical support tubes (2), and with at least two assembly claws (3), the assembly claws (3) are mounted onto the support tubes (2) in such a way that two assembly claws (3) are next to each other on the... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070190839 - Cable end joint assembly: A cable end joint assembly (60) for a heating cable is provided, and a method for manufacturing of said joint assembly. The cable end joint assembly comprises at least two insulated conductors (11,12) arranged within a common sheath (10) and has end portions (1,2) stripped for their insulation (11,12) and... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070190840 - Power line communication apparatus and connecting device: A cable connecting device for power line communication includes: a first wiring line 231 and a second wiring line 232 through which AC power is capable of being supplied; a power plug 120 which is electrically connected to the first wiring line 231 and the second wiring line 232 and... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070190841 - Optical connector system: The invention relates to an optical connector system including a backpanel and at least one substrate having at least one substrate housing assembly and a first interface part for establishing an optical interface. The backpanel an integrated second interface part adapted to complete said optical interface and said substrate housing... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070190842 - Fuel cell and fuel cell connecter: A connecter comprises a housing having a first lateral surface having a convex fitting portion and a second lateral surface opposed to the first lateral surface and having a convex fitting portion, and a plurality of detection terminals accommodated in the housing, each capable of connection to the electrode provided... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070190843 - Mechanical docking and latching system: This invention is a scalable docking and equipment enclosure system that provides secure mechanical and electrical connectivity for mobile digital electronics equipment. The system provides for protection of connectors when the equipment unit is separated from the docking unit, proper alignment of equipment within the docking unit, protection against forceful... Agent: John L. Sotomayor

20070190844 - Connector means for electrical apparatus, particularly plugs: A connector arrangement includes a housing containing at least one open-topped chamber in which is mounted a stationary upwardly-directed knife device, and a rectangular carrier member arranged for downward insertion within the chamber, thereby to displace an insulated wire supported by the carrier member toward a position in which the... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070190845 - Flexible high-power led lighting system: A string light engine includes a flexible power cord, a heat sink, an IDC terminal, a PCB, and an LED. The flexible power cord includes an electrical wire and an insulating material for the wire. The heat sink attaches to the power cord. The IDC terminal is inserted through the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070190846 - Multilayer printed wiring board and test body for printed wiring board: There are provided a multilayer printed circuit board and a testing piece for the printed circuit board, including a substrate having an inner-layer conductor circuit and one or more outer-layer conductor circuits formed on the substrate with an insulating layer laid between the substrate and outer-layer conductor circuit, wherein a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070190847 - Optical module with a flexible printed circuit board to be electrically connected with a host board: The present invention is to prevent a snapping of wiring patterns formed on a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board by bending the FPC board and to make the length of the pattern short to suppress the degradation of high frequency signals transmitted on the wiring pattern. The FPC board provides... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070190848 - Power adaptor and storage unit for portable devices: A power adaptor and storage unit is configured to simultaneously provide power to a portable electronic device and to a portable power module. In some cases, the portable power module is integrated into the power adaptor. The power adaptor receives power unusable by the electronic device, converts it to a... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070190849 - Lamp unit: The lamp unit includes: a plurality of electric bulbs; a case which receives a plurality of the electric bulbs and is mounted to a mount base; a plurality of electric bulb-applied connectors attached to the respective electric bulbs; a gathering connector attached to a mounting part of the case, on... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070190850 - Control panel apparatus: A coupler which is fixed to a meter case (lower case) includes a sleeve which penetrates the case, and a flange which overhangs from the sleeve to a circumference thereof. An annular groove holding a seal ring is provided in the flange. A step as a mark is provided on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070190851 - Hermetically sealed ceramic package: A hermetically sealed package embodying the invention includes a base member having top and bottom surfaces. An electronic device having multiple electrodes is securely mounted on the top surface of the base member. The electrodes of the electronic device are made accessible to external circuits via wire connection to conducting... Agent: Henry I. Schanzer

20070190852 - Wired circuit board and production method thereof: A wired circuit board includes an insulating base layer, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating base layer, and an insulating cover layer formed on the insulating base layer for covering the conductive pattern. The conductive pattern includes terminal portions for connecting with external terminals. The insulating cover layer has... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070190853 - Angled patch panel with pitched connector alignment: A patch panel mountable to a network rack is provided. The patch panel may include a frame with first and second mounting portions that are each located at opposite longitudinal ends of the frame. The frame may also include a first panel section adjacent to the first mounting portion and... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070190854 - Connector with outer conductor axial compression connection and method of manufacture: An electrical connector for a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor, the connector in combination with a cable and a method for manufacturing. The electrical connector having a connector body with a bore between a connector end and a cable end. The bore having an inner diameter shoulder at... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20070190855 - Connector insert for preventing contamination: A connector insert for protecting contacts within a receptacle housing of a connector assembly from becoming contaminated. The connector insert includes a body portion having an exterior configured to correspond to at least a portion of the interior of the receptacle housing of the connector assembly. The body portion of... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Dept. Ms 4.3.510

20070190856 - Multi-configured tool bit box: A tool case for the storage of drill bits and similarly shaped tools includes two housing members that are hingedly attached and which open and close, with respect to one another. The tool case of the present invention includes elastomeric material surrounding the periphery of the tool case and tool... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070190857 - Cable interface: A method and apparatus for transmitting a signal to a remote location. The method splits the signal into a multitude of signals that are transmitted down cables. The split signals are collected into a single signal at the receiving end at the remote location. An apparatus for splitting the signals... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070190858 - Electromagnetic shield assembly: An electromagnetic shield assembly mounted on a substrate. The electromagnetic shield assembly may have an interior surface spaced from the substrate and may bound a hollow chamber over a circuit assembly. The hollow chamber may be filled with a fluid, such as a gas or a liquid. The electromagnetic shield... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070190859 - Nut part insertable into a penetration in a metal plate: The invention relates to a rotationally symmetrical plastic nut part, insertable into a penetration in a metal plate, for a fastener, more particularly a screw, adapted to be received by a hole in the nut part, with a flange, said flange being adapted to be brought into contact with the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070190860 - Plasma display apparatus: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus including a filter having an EMI film the entire area of which is patterned at a predetermined bias angle without a bare portion area. The EMI film is grounded through one or more connection members directly connected to the EMI film.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070190861 - Interactive multimedia smart affinity card: A multimedia card, including, a multimedia card portion, a multimedia card holder portion, and a multimedia cover portion, wherein the multimedia cover portion including a magnetic stripe containing magnetic information, and wherein the multimedia cover portion and the multimedia card holder portion releasably cover the multimedia card portion in between... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070190862 - Connection system: A connection system. The connection system includes a connection receptacle comprising a first component coupled to a chassis and a second component coupled to the first component. The first and second components are collapsed into a compact configuration when the connection receptacle is in a closed position. According to the... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070190863 - Connector with crosstalk compensation: A jack with a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) is provided. The FPC is connected to the plug interface contacts and has a compensation circuit to compensate for near-end crosstalk (NEXT) and far-end crosstalk (FEXT). Capacitive and inductive compensation in the compensation circuit are of opposite polarity and are substantially... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070190864 - Retaining and grounding clip for adapter module: An adapter module used to convert optical signals to electrical signals or electrical signals to optical signals utilizing a “C” shaped retaining clip to secure the adapter module housing together. The retaining clips are used in place of screws, rivets or snap fits and provide an easy and simple way... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070190865 - System and method for interlocking support blocks: A system and method for forming a filter media support system with multiple locking mechanisms. The support system comprises two or more interlocking rows of support blocks. One or more slides and one or more guides protrude from the side walls of the blocks. Each guide is conformed to receive... Agent: D'ambrosio & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20070190866 - Connector assembly for an implantable medical device and process for making: A connector assembly for coupling to an implantable medical device includes a core element formed of a first thermoplastic material shaped to receive a connector member for receiving a lead. The connector assembly further includes a circuit member positioned adjacent to the core element. The circuit member includes a portion... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070190867 - Point-of-sale terminal: A point of sale terminal that is capable of printing on a roll of paper is provided with a compartment defining an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, a left side and a right side between the upper and lower surfaces, and a rear surface between the upper and... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070190868 - Outer conductor sleeve for a coaxial electrical connector: An coaxial electrical connector sub-assembly having an outer conductor sleeve having a wall is substantially closed along a perimeter, a slot formed in the wall, and a spring finger integral with the wall and at least partially bounded by the slot, the spring finger having a free end configured to... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070190869 - Free lock connector: Disclosed herein is a connector for connecting a film wire to a substrate without a flip member. The connector comprises a housing with an insert hole formed therethrough, and a number of terminals inserted and fixed to the housing through the insert hole. Each terminal comprises a contact portion formed... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070184675 - Printed circuit board: A highly reliable printed circuit board which is capable of preventing a short circuit between traces from being caused by a solder bridge formed by excess solder. The printed circuit board has a solder resist covering copper foil traces formed on a substrate and the substrate, for insulation. The solder... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070184679 - Electrical contact-making apparatus as well as an electrical contact-making method: An electrical contact-making apparatus for testing electrical units, having at least one contact element which operates on the bent-wire principle and is guided such that it can move axially and can rotate in at least one guide hole of a guide device through which the contact element passes. The contact... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070184680 - Socket board and test board system having the same: A socket board may include an upper board supporting at least one test socket. The upper board may have a major surface defining a first reference plane. At least one stem board may support a stem board application circuit. The stem board may have a major surface defining a second... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070184682 - Printed circuit connector: The present invention comprises an inexpensive and simple means for electrically and mechanically connecting a plurality of printed circuits together. The present invention also comprised embodiments where the printed circuits can be moved relative to each other without breaking the electrical contact between them. Yet another embodiment contemplates a means... Agent: Lott & Friedland, P.A.

20070184673 - Bone screw for medical treatments: The disclosure relates to a bone screw for medical treatments. On one hand, the disclosure relates to an anchor screw for orthodontic treatments, which has a head portion enabling tightening or unscrewing of the anchor screw and simultaneously allowing an orthodontic device such as a wire to be hung thereon.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070184674 - Contact arrangement having a battery and an electrical line: The invention discloses a contact arrangement which has a connection terminal and a connection piece. Permanent magnets are arranged in the connection terminal or in the connection piece, and electromagnets are arranged in the connection piece or in the connection terminal. In each case one contact piece is introduced in... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070184676 - Interconnected printed circuit boards: An connector assembly comprises a first connector comprising a first plurality of compliant electrical contacts arranged in first a linear array, a first insertion side, and a first opposed end. The illustrative connector assembly also comprises a second connector comprising a second plurality of compliant electrical contacts arranged in a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070184678 - Connector: A Connector comprising a rigid base member covered by a resilient layer base member further comprising a contact member formed of a head portion and a stem portion, whereby the head portion is arranged to project from the outer surface of the resilient layer and the stem portion is located... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070184677 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a first plate member having a circuit surface on which a circuit is provided, a second plate member having a circuit surface on which a circuit is provided, a plurality of first flat plates disposed on the circuit surface of the first plate member, a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070184681 - High frequency connector assembly: A connector or connector assembly having a signal array having at least one shielded conductor having opposite ends and including an axial conductive element and an outer conductive element surrounding the axial conductive element and a compressible interface element positioned at least one of the opposite ends of the signal... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070184683 - Connector: A connector for underwater connection of two fluid carrying conduits comprises initial engagement means to provide an initial engagement between a male component and a female receptacle. The final connection is made by operating a drive which reacts against the initial engagement means to move the component into a fully... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070184684 - Automation system and method for identifying and correcting connection errors: An automation system and a method for identifying and correcting connection errors of field devices that are connected to an automation system are provided. A connecting unit is used to optionally connect field device connections of an automation system with connections of a feed or measuring component of the automation... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070184685 - Universal serial bus flash drive with deploying and retracting functionalities: A universal serial bus (USB) flash drive pen device for deploying and retracting a USB plug connector having a pusher assembly including a USB flash drive and a USB plug connector, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The USB flash drive pen device further includes a housing... Agent: Law Offices Of Imam

20070184686 - Wire harness checker and wire harness checking method: Disclosed is a wire harness checker and a wire harness checking method, which are capable of determining whether a terminal of a terminal-fitted wire is adequately inserted in a connector housing, without contact with the wire and the terminal, objectively and reliably. Each of three pairs of sensor plates (20a,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070184687 - Circuit board provided with digging depth detection structure and transmission device with the same mounted: One of a group which is located on the side of a main surface of the circuit board than the one conductive layer of the plurality of conductive layers is used as a terminal to detect the digging depth of the through hole, and the digging of the through hole... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070184688 - Interconnection device for a double-sided printed circuit board: A circuit board including a conductive device and method for Interconnecting the first and second sides of a printed circuit board. The device includes first and second interconnection portions and an elongated member. The first Interconnection portion contacts a surface of the first side of the printed circuit board and... Agent: Visteon

20070184689 - Composite cable and composite cable processed product: A composite cable includes at least two flexible resin tubes through which a refrigerant flows, and a plurality of signal lines or a plurality of signal line units including a plurality of signal lines. The plurality of signal lines or the plurality of signal line units is disposed annularly around... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070184690 - Electrical connector with pick up cap: An electrical connector with a pick up cap comprises an electrical connector (2) and a pick up cap (1) mounted onto the connector (2). The electrical connector (2) comprises an insulative housing (20) defining a plurality of sidewalls (201) thereof, the sidewalls (201) cooperatively being adapted for receiving an electronic... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070184691 - Protective visor for marine electronics: A visor shield for shielding a marine electronic device from sunlight, weather and spray includes a visor body having a base portion for attachment to an electronic device, and a protruding portion extending from the base portion and sized to extend out from the electronic device to shade a front... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20070184692 - Connector structure: A lever is rotatably mounted on an inner housing of a female connector and assists a fitting operation through engagement of an engagement portion of a locking arm of the female connector with an engagement projection of a male connector and a fitting canceling operation in association with rotation thereof.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070184693 - Rotary connector device: A rotary connector device includes one cover having an outer peripheral wall, the other cover having an inner peripheral wall, and a plurality of flat harnesses which are received in a generally annular shape within a space formed by the two covers, and are rotated and bent in accordance with... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070184694 - Wiring structure, semiconductor device and methods of forming the same: Example embodiments relate to a wiring structure, a semiconductor device and methods of forming the wiring structure. The wiring structure may include a first contact plug, a second contact plug, a protecting layer pattern and an insulating structure. The first contact plug may be provided on a semiconductor substrate. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070184695 - Console for medical supply: A console (1) with a vertically arranged support frame (2) and with multiple jacks (3,4,29) for medical-technological supply. A first vertically arranged column (6) is arranged on a first side (5) of the support frame (2), and a second vertically arranged column (8) is arranged on a second opposing side... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070184696 - Device for parallel connection of a plurality of electrical feeder units: c

20070184697 - Connector: A connector is provided to be connected to a solenoid embedded in a hole formed on a housing of a device to be attached. The connector is provided with connector electric terminal members which can be engaged with electric terminal members of the solenoid, and a case which stores the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070184698 - Pin assembly for conveyor chain: A pin assembly for a chain of a material handling system includes a pin element and an attachment element. The pin element includes a shaft portion, a head portion at an end of the shaft portion, and an attachment portion at an end of the shaft portion opposite the head... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070184699 - Electrical connector assembly having distortion-reduction mechanism: An electrical connector assembly (1) includes a circuit substrate (3), a dielectric housing (4) and a number of conductive terminals (5) secured thereto seated on the circuit substrate, an integrated circuit package (6) mounted on the housing, a clamping board (7) positioned on the circuit package and a compliant backboard... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070184700 - High voltage heater termination: A connector assembly is provided that includes an upper element and a lower element in contact with the upper element along a contour-matched interface. The first element and the second element are dielectric and each comprise a recess and a groove, the recesses cooperatively forming a cavity and the grooves... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070184701 - Structure for attaching gasket: A gasket of an elastic material is housed in a ring-shaped groove formed on the front face of a flange of a connector housing. By bringing the front face into contact with a contact face of a mating member, the space between the mating member and the flange of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070184702 - Small-sized card connector: A small-sized card connector includes a base frame being open at an upper side thereof and having a receiving space formed therein for receiving a card inserted from the upper side thereof, a retaining wall formed at a rear end thereof and facing the receiving space, a stop portion formed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070184703 - Low voltage electricity distribution circuit: The low voltage electricity distribution circuit of the present invention is an electrical outlet that includes a receptacle mounted to a recess including either a plurality of wires or a bus bar system. The receptacle has at least one continuously live power socket and at least one switched power socket... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070184704 - Connection system, in particular a plug-in connection system for the transmission of data and power supply signals: A connection system for the preferably contactless transmission of data and power supply signals between a sensor means and a base unit in a measuring and transmission system comprises a sensor-side and a base-side connection element. An input unit is provided on at least one of the connection elements for... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070184705 - Laser cutting method: The present invention relates to a method for laser cutting at least a first aperture (53a) in a first metal plate (5) in the presence of a second metal plate (7) placed parallel to and a short distance from the first plate (5) and having a second aperture (73a), the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070184706 - Electrical wire and method of fabricating the electrical wire: An electrical wire includes at least one electrifiable conductor, and a return conductor formed around the at least one electrifiable conductor, such that the at least one electrifiable conductor is completely entrapped by the return conductor.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070184707 - Wire guide having distal coupling tip for attachment to a previously introudced wire guide: A coupling wire guide structured to be slidably coupled to a previously introduced wire guide. The coupling wire guide generally includes a main body having a distal end and a coupling tip connection to the distal end. The coupling tip includes a coupling portion defining a coupling passageway having a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070184708 - Electrical connector: The invention provides a connector having a pair of first and second connector housings for preventing looseness between the connector housings in lateral and longitudinal directions of the connector, surely eliminating frictional wear of male and female terminals in the connector housings. The connector can reliably resist to an external... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070184709 - Method and apparatus for a flexible circuit and hinge: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for routing a flex circuit (102) through a hinge (112). The device includes a first housing (108) having electronic circuitry (104) and a second housing (110) having electronic circuitry (106). A hinge coupling the first housing to the second housing wherein the hinge has... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070184710 - Attachment part, and connector and electronic device for connection to same attachment part: An attachment part serves as a ground bar in a substantially U shape in a cross-sectional view, and has a rectangular first side wall portion provided upright along one widthwise end portion of a bottom plate portion, and an inverted L-shaped second side wall portion provided upright along the other... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070184711 - Electrical module: It is desirable to be able to securely connect individual electrical components within an electrical module. An electrical module is provided in which a plurality of energy storage components are connected together using a clamp instead of wiring or bus bar connections. In one configuration, for example, a first energy... Agent: Hensley Kim & Edgington, LLC

20070184712 - Arcuate patch panel assembly: A curved or arcuate patch panel is configured to be mounted to a rack or console. The patch panel facilitates cable management functions and enhances space utilization at and around the rack/patch panel assembly. The patch panel includes an elongated patch panel element having a predominantly curved length extent and... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20070184713 - Hf socket: An improved HF socket or HF plug socket for connecting to a coaxial wiring system comprises an integrated monitoring means comprising a monitoring circuit arranged in a feed path extending in the HF socket between an interface for connecting a receiver and a junction to the wiring system or to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070184714 - Cable guiding device: A cable guiding device with a cable guiding portion, such as a duct, that serves for guiding installed cables and that is mounted by a mounting device to a part of a building, such as a wall or ceiling. Said mounting device comprises a holder having an upper portion, a... Agent: Saltamar Innovations

20070184715 - Method of connecting terminal and electric wire: The invention comprises filling a conductive adhesive on a hole end of a wire connection part in tubular shape of the terminal which has an electric contact part at one side and the wire connection part at the other side, inserting an electric wire from a hole opening of the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070184716 - Backlight assembly with improved strength and display device having the same: A backlight assembly having improved strength and a display device having the backlight assembly are provided. The backlight assembly includes a light source supplying light and a fixing member receiving the light source. A deflection preventing portion having a predetermined width is formed on a surface of the fixing member... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070184717 - Endoscope plug body: An endoscope plug body includes a plug frame with which a venting cap is covered, an inner peripheral surface being formed in the venting cap, the inner peripheral surface being communicated with a channel arranged in an endoscope. The plug frame includes a latch member that latches the plug frame... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070184718 - High speed transmission connector: A high speed transmission connector including several signal contact pairs arranged in a parallel array, each including a pair of signal contacts constituting a balanced transmission line; several ground contacts, each being arranged between two signal contact pairs arranged in the parallel array; and an electro-insulating body supporting the signal... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070184720 - Connector assembly having a securing member: A connector assembly for connecting an electrical terminal to a terminal receiver includes a body portion having a first surface including a biasable lock member extending therefrom and a second surface defining a plurality of recesses. The connector assembly also includes a securing member having a plurality of finger portions... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070184719 - Usb device with integrated usb plug with usb-substrate supporter inside: A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device has a USB plug with reduced wobble. A USB metal wrap around the perimeter of the USB plug is attached to a housing by overmolding. A plug supporter is inserted into the front of the USB metal wrap, and has locking tabs that snap over the... Agent: Stuart T Auvinen

20070184721 - Power distribution unit and methods of making and use including modular construction and assemblies: Described herein are various embodiments of a power distribution unit having modular components. For example, according to one embodiment, a power distribution unit can include a component portion that comprises at least two modules selected from the group consisting of outlet modules, circuit protection modules, power input modules, communications I/O... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070184722 - Powered modular building block toy: Embodiments of the present invention provide building blocks with internal electrical circuits (such as LED circuits) that can be mechanically and electrically connected to other blocks with integrated mechanical and electrical connectors. Each block in the present invention may include a plurality of mechanical and electrical connectors that can be... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070184725 - Cross connect systems with self-compensating balanced connector elements: A cross-connect wiring system includes a terminal block, a connecting block and a patch plug. The terminal block has a front side and a rear side. The connecting block is mounted on the front side of the terminal block. At least two pairs of tip and ring insulation displacement contacts... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070184723 - Modular storage system, components therefor, storage method & kit: A modular storage system includes one version using clip members to attach vertical panels to a free standing support structure and another version uses a horizontal cleat or mounting members fastened to a vertical wall to support vertical panels to support vertical panels. The panels may be detachably mounted.... Agent: Connors Associates

20070184724 - Next high frequency improvement using hybrid substrates of two materials with different dielectric constant frequency slopes: A connector is provided for simultaneously improving both the NEXT high frequency performance when low crosstalk plugs are used and the NEXT low frequency performance when high crosstalk plugs are used. The connector includes PCB substrates made of materials having different dielectric frequency characteristics.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070184726 - Cable support sytems: Cable Support Systems for supporting an object at a desired distance below an overhead beam or other overhead structure are provided. Novel clamps for clamping to the overhead structure are fitted to support cables that encircle objects to be supported by the cable support systems. The novel clamps have internal... Agent: Beck & Thomas, P.C.

20070184727 - Housing structure and electronic apparatus having the same: A housing accommodates a circuit board and an electronic component electrically connected to the circuit board, and is used for an electronic apparatus that includes the circuit board and the electronic component. The housing includes a cover that is made by extrusion molding of metal.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070178717 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical contacts. The female portion and the male portion each have a self-orientating geometry that allows the male portion to be mated... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070178720 - Electric fan: An electric fan includes an impeller generating an air flow by its rotation, a motor rotating the impeller around a rotation axis, a circuit board with a driving circuit for the motor mounted thereon, and a housing. The housing accommodates the impeller, the motor, and the circuit board. A motor... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070178723 - Busbar unit, electric motor and electrohydraulic power steering system furnished with the busbar unit, and method of manufacturing the busbar unit: A busbar unit for attachment to on an electric-motor armature is furnished with: busbars having terminals for supplying drive current to the armature; a plurality of connecting pins each of approximately J-shaped metal; a busbar holder retaining the busbars and the connecting pins; and a circuit board disposed on the... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070178724 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector has a connect or shroud. A pin block disposed in the connector body supports a plurality of terminal pins that have head portions projecting out a forward end of the pin block and tail portions projecting out a rearward end of the pin block. The connector shroud... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070178725 - Mounting structure of connector and method for mounting connector on substrate: A mounting structure includes: a surface mounting connector including a housing and a plurality of terminals; a substrate including a plurality of lands, each of which is electrically connected to the terminal with a bonding member; a plurality of support portions for supporting the connector on the substrate; and a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070178715 - Bicycle control device: A bicycle control device is provided with a control lever and a lever bracket. The lever bracket is movably supporting the control lever. The lever bracket includes a bracket body and an electrical connector housing. The bracket body has a bicycle mounting portion and a control lever mounting portion. The... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070178716 - Modular microelectronic-system for use in wearable electronics: The invention relates to a modular microelectronic-system comprising: a first connection module (12) which can be firmly connected to user interface devices integrated textile material; and a second connection module (14) which comprises user interface devices (24, 26) and/or which an be connected to an external device; in addition to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070178718 - Double-sided pluggable backplane: The invention discloses a double-sided pluggable backplane, having one side on which one or more than one front backplane connector is disposed according to width of plot positions and the other side on which one or more than one rear backplane connector is disposed according to width of plot positions,... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070178719 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector having first and second surfaces and configured to establish electrical communication between two or more electrical devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a resilient, conductive contact retained in an aperture disposed from the first surface to the second surface. To contact the electrical devices,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070178722 - Ethernet cable connector and methods of use thereof: An ethernet cable connector for coupling an ethernet cable and providing contact between insulated wires of the ethernet cable and insulation displacement contacts within the connector. The connector includes an inner body having a clamp, a plurality of holes and a plurality of recesses transverse to the plurality of holes.... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070178721 - Press-fitting head: An apparatus for positioning and press-fitting press-fit portions of roughly L-shaped legs of contacts arranged in multiple rows in a connector into a substrate includes a press-fitting head and an alignment plate. The press-fitting head is rotatable between a rest position and a press-fitting position and has vertical grooves for... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070178726 - Brittle fracture resistant spring: A spring contact has a post-release outer upper surface in compression and a post-release outer lower surface in compression. A compressive lower layer of spring material may be formed at a thickness that is three-eighths or less of a tensile upper layer of spring material. A low modulus of elasticity... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom/parc

20070178727 - Probe apparatus,wafer inspecting apparatus provided with the probe apparatus and wafer inspecting method: A probe device including a circuit board for inspection having a great number of inspection electrodes, a probe card having a circuit board for connection having a great number of terminal electrodes and a contact member, an anisotropically conductive connector arranged between the circuit board for inspection and the circuit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070178729 - Electronic circuit module and method for fabrication thereof: Provided is an electronic circuit module using a board having no cavity and a method for efficiently fabricating it. Electronic components are mounted on the front face of a module board 1, and an LSI chip 5 is die-bonded on the bottom face thereof in a bare-chip state with gold... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070178728 - Power control module for electrical appliances: A power module to regulate delivery of power to one or more loads is disclosed. The module includes a logic circuit configured to generate one or more control signals indicative of the power level to be applied from an external power supply coupled to the power module to the one... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070178730 - Squib connector with improved cover connection: Disclosed herein is an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a base, a cover, and an electrical terminal. The base includes a front section and a rear section. The base includes at least one terminal receiving area. The front section includes a first portion of the terminal receiving area. The... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070178732 - Hermaphroditic connector: A connection system for securing two articles to each other having two connectors, each of connectors includes a base plate with a center point and identical inter-engaging sections with at least one male component and at least one female component. Also provided is a connection region for securing the connector... Agent: Aufrichtig Stein & Aufrichtig, P.C.

20070178731 - Valve train with cam switching for the gas exchange valves of a four-cycle internal combustion engine: A valve train comprising cam switching typically for an intermittent control of a four-cycle internal combustion engine comprising following features and components: a splined shaft comprising an axial outer gearing and one cam block per cylinder, said cam block comprising an inner gearing through which the cam block can be... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070178733 - Card connector: A card connector for accommodating a removable card, includes a housing into and from which the removable card is inserted and ejected; connector terminals which come in contact with contacts of the removable card, respectively, when the removable card is inserted into the housing; a slider which moves in a... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070178735 - Universal serial bus connecting device: A universal serial bus connecting device is provided, including a first housing, a second housing, a connector, and second pins. The second housing, movably disposed at one side of the first housing, has a first opening located at one side of the second housing far from the first housing. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070178734 - Universal serial bus connecting device: A universal serial bus connecting device is provided, including a first housing, a second housing, a connector, and second pins. The second housing, movably disposed at one side of the first housing, has a first opening located at one side of the second housing far from the first housing. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070178736 - Ball grid array connector: An electrical connector having an electrical contact with a terminal portion and a contact receiving wafer is disclosed. The connector may also include a contact receiving wafer having a face that at least partially defines an aperture that extends therethrough. A terminal portion of the contact may extend at least... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070178737 - Push mate assisted electrical connector: Disclosed herein is an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a user contact member, a housing, a plurality of electrical contacts, and a slide. The user contact member has a first extending arm. The first extending arm includes a first cam projection. The housing has a first arm slot. The... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070178738 - Power transmission chain, power transmission device, and method of producing the chain: A power transmission chain 1 includes a plurality of links 11 having front and back insertion parts 12, 13 into which pins are inserted, and a plurality of pins 14 and a plurality of interpieces 15 for connecting the links 11 aligned in a chain width direction so as to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070178739 - Connector: A connector 10 includes a male connector housing 14 having a retaining projection 19, a female connector housing 17 having an elastic lock arm 28 which is brought into retaining engagement with the retaining projection 19 when the male connector housing 14 is inserted and fitted into the female connector... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070178740 - Connector improved in floating function: In a connector to be coupled to a housing and for coupling a mating connector in a predetermined direction, a connector element is held by a sub module which is held by the housing to be slidable in the predetermined direction. The sub module includes a floating spring portion. The... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070178741 - Method for manufacturing a locking device as well as locking device for an electric contact in a plug-type connector: In order to interlock an electric contact within an insulating body for a plug-type connector, the invention provides integral clips that are axially spaced apart from one another and on the edges of which the electric contact can be interlocked within a through-opening on the mating side and on the... Agent: Attention Of Norman P. Soloway Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070178742 - Cable connection guiding method and apparatus for implementing method thereof: A cable connection guiding method, comprising: extracting first conductor identification information being used to identify first conductor 5 from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag 4 connected to the first conductor 5 of a cable 3; comparing the first conductor information with a conductor-terminal connection information database, which relates the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070178743 - Shielded cable connecting structure: A shielded cable connecting structure for connecting a shielded cable to an electric wire having a conductor, the shielded cable including an electric wire portion which has a conductor and an inner sheath covering the conductor, a braided wire braided around the inner sheath, and an outer sheath covering the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070178744 - 110-style connecting block with balanced insulation displacement contacts: An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper and lower ends. An IDC of this configuration can... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070178745 - Cable connector with improved emi repression: A cable connector (100) in accordance with the present invention includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of channels (13) therethrough, a number of contacts (2) assembled to the insulative housing and respectively received in the channels, a cable (5) including a number of conductors (50) respectively electrically connecting... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070178746 - Disk drive load arm structure having a strain sensor and method of its fabrication: A load arm for a disk drive may include a base section that has an opening for receiving a spindle of a voice coil motor. The base section may have hinge arms that extend from the base section and terminate in tab portions. An arm section may be affixed to... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070178747 - Electrical terminal: An electrical terminal with a housing having a terminal chamber formed in it, and two conductor inlets which lead into the terminal chamber for electrical conductors to be connected with a respective conductor connection arrangement formed of a current bar and a clamping leg of a clamping spring, the clamping... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070178748 - Load-lock technique: Disclosed is a load-lock system, an exposure apparatus having the same, and a load-lock method. In one preferred form, the load-lock system includes a chamber housing, and a capacity changing system for changing the capacity of the chamber housing. The load-lock method includes the steps of conveying an object into... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070178749 - Wiring harness connector strain relief: A device for providing strain relief between an electrical connector and a wiring harness having wires or cables already joined to the contacts of the connector includes a T-shaped plate having axial and transverse members and a pair of opposing, inwardly facing, U-shaped structures disposed at opposite ends of the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070178750 - Flexible printed circuit having inter-lead ribs in a welding area: An FPC structure includes a base board, at least two pads, an insulation layer and a rib. These pads are disposed on the base board. The insulation layer covers the base board and has a hollow opening for exposing the pads. The rib is set on the surface of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070178751 - High density flexible wiring board: A high density flexible wiring connection device comprises a flexible flat cable (FFC) having narrow-pitch conductors and a flat cable connector (FC connector) having a double-sided contact designed for narrow-pitch wiring and having upper and lower contact terminals. A supplementary wiring board having upper and lower wiring terminals is introduced... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070178752 - Electrical wire connector device with visual connection validation: A connector apparatus for connecting a plurality of electrical wires of a standard size is described. A connector body having a cylindrical shape including an open end for accepting the wires, a closed end, an interior and an exterior surface is shown. The connector body connects the wires and retains... Agent: Gwen F. Bigelow

20070178753 - Electromagnetic valve: A feeder terminal connected to the core wire of the feeder cable is installed in the storage chamber of the terminal storage box, and the feeder cable and the feeder terminal are gripped to be fixed between the terminal storage box and the lid such that the feeder socket is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070178754 - Fixture for mobile radio equipment in a vehicle: The invention relates to a vehicle mobile radio holder for mounting a mobile radio terminal in a vehicle, with the vehicle mobile radio holder having a housing with a first housing part which is shaped to hold a mobile radio terminal. The vehicle mobile radio holder also has an electrical... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070178755 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is provided with a case, a module contained in the case and including a first hole portion and a connector, a cable connected electrically to the connector, a fixture which is inserted in the first hole portion and fixes the module in the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070178756 - Expanding space saving power strip: An electrical outlet strip is disclosed, the outlet strip comprised of a power source, such as a power cable, and a plurality of socket modules. At least one socket module includes at least one electrical socket electrically interconnected with the power source. Each socket module is mechanically and adjustably engaged... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20070178757 - Electronic apparatus: According to an embodiment, a circuit board device comprises a circuit board having a first surface and a second surface opposed thereto, a first electronic component mounted on the first surface of the circuit board, a stud set up on the first surface of the circuit board and fastened to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070178758 - Box for electronic components: The invention provides a box for electronic components, in particular, a refrigerator. The box has a wall made with electrically separated layers and having an electrical conductor incorporated between the layers. The components are connected to the conductor via entry points through which a conductive member can penetrate one of... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070178759 - Coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector including a plurality of arms, each arm having: a lever, a gripper having inwardly extending teeth, the gripper being on an opposite side of a longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable connector from the lever, and a joint connecting the lever to the gripper, the joint... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070178760 - Noise injection apparatus for printed circuit board: A noise injection apparatus for injecting noise to a printed circuit board is disclosed that includes a signal generator that generates noise, a coaxial cable having one end connected to an output of the signal generator, and a probe that is connected to another end of the coaxial cable and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070178761 - Quick-mount interlocking attaching system: An interlocking attaching system comprises a substrate adapter, an accessory adapter and a discrete locking member. The substrate adapter includes a base for affixing to a substrate object and a plurality of spaced apart raised regions disposed along a first longitudinal axis. The raised regions have slots defining a first... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070178765 - Connector and a connector assembly: A female housing (10) is divided into a first and a second blocks (15A, 15B) that can be united by fitting a rib (27) of the second block (15B) into a dovetail groove (19) of the first block (15A). With the two blocks (15A, 15B) united, tab-shaped terminal insertion passages... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070178763 - Emi-resistant circuit board assembly: An EMI-resistant circuit board assembly includes a plurality of circuit boards arranged in a stack and a metal shielding frame respectively sandwiched in between each two adjacent circuit boards. One of the circuit boards has at least one high-speed device producing high-frequency noises to the ambient, which result in EMI... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070178762 - Connector with compliant emi gasket: An EMI gasket for a panel mounted connector includes a backplate comprising a conductive strip having upper and lower edges. The conductive strip is configured to engage and be held between a panel interface of the panel mounted connector and a rearward side of a panel to provide an EMI... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20070178764 - High-pressure fluid-flow system having compact two-bolt and four-bolt flanged and modular connectors: A one-piece block connects flanged fluid-flow connectors. Each connector includes a central port and at least two tabs, the tabs having apertures for affixing the connector to the block. The dimensions of the block and the connector are such that the block can accommodate a given number of connectors in... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20070178766 - Passive impedance equalization of high speed serial links: In some embodiments a passive impedance equalization network for high speed serial links is described. The impedance equalization network includes at least one stepped impedance transformer near points of impedance discontinuities. The impedance discontinuities may be at an interface connection between two circuit boards. The impedance discontinuities on a circuit... Agent: RyderIPLaw C/o Portfolioip

20070178768 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical contacts. The female portion and the male portion each have a self-orientating geometry that allows the male portion to be mated... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070178767 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical contacts. The female portion and the male portion each have a self-orientating geometry that allows the male portion to be mated... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070178769 - Reduced-length, low-profile usb device and card-like carrier: A USB device in which all of the devices ICs are located on a lower surface of a PCB (i.e., opposite to the metal contacts) to minimize the device's thickness, and at least one of the ICs is positioned on a relatively narrow portion of the USB plug to minimize... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070178770 - Medical electrical lead connector assembly: A connector for a medical electrical lead includes a single connector, which delivers three or more conductors to an implantable medical device (IMD). The connector includes integrated multiple electrode rings and conductors, and has a modular system of connector and spacer blocks for routing the conductors to a lead body.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20070178771 - Releasable plug connector system: A connector system for coupling to an audio jack of an audio player. The system includes an audio plug having a first portion configured to fit into the audio jack, the plug including at least one conductor forming a conducting path with the jack; and, a second portion configured to... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070178772 - Communications jacks with compensation for differential to differential and differential to common mode crosstalk: A communications jack assembly includes: a jack frame having a plug aperture; a dielectric mounting substrate attached to the jack frame; and a plurality of conductors engaged with the mounting substrate, each of the conductors including a fixed end portion mounted with the mounting substrate and a free end portion... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070178773 - Battery terminal: A battery terminal (10, 10A) has an arcuate fitting (20) fittable on a battery post (80). Fasteners (40) extend out from opposite edges of an opening of the fitting (20) and face each other. A shaft (91) of a bolt (90) is inserted through holes (41) in the fasteners (40)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070178774 - Electrical interconnection devices incorporating redundant contact points for reducing capacitive stubs and improved signal integrity: An electrical interconnection device for establishing redundant contacts between the ends of two conductive elements to be mated, creating a electrical interconnection without capacitive stubs.... Agent: Ronald R. Shea

20070178776 - Administering device with a power source contacted by spring force: Administering device for infusing or injecting a product, comprising a housing (1, 2) with a receiver (3) for the product, a compartment (7) for a power source in order to supply the conveying mechanism (4) with electrical energy, a first contact spring (15) which is disposed in the compartment and... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070178775 - Electrical connector having an optimized conductive path: An electrical connector including an electrical conductor body having disposed therewithin at least one dual contact function spring contact terminal. Each dual contact function spring contact terminal is characterized by an arm which originates at a primary nose of the electrical conductor body, whereat an arm bends 180 degrees forming... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070178777 - Electrical contact surface having numerous protrusions: Electrical contacting surfaces are disclosed having numerous electrically conductive substantially spherical protrusions. These contacting surfaces may be used repeatedly in low voltage applications. The numerous electrically conductive substantially spherical protrusions provide points of high pressure thereby forming multiple parallel electrically conductive pathways across the contacting surfaces to establish good electrical... Agent: Frank A. Palase