Electrical connectors inventions 11/07

20070275571 - Positioning mechanism and display device using the same: A positioning mechanism and a display device using the same are provided. The positioning mechanism comprises a fixed frame, a first buckling element, a second buckling element and a rotary component. The first buckling element is fixed to a first position of the fixed frame. The second buckling element is... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070275575 - Connector assembly: A connector assembly has a plug connector and a socket connector. The plug connector has a first insulative housing and at least one row of first terminals. The first terminals are mounted on the first insulative housing and each terminal has an inside contacting portion and an interference portion. The... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070275577 - Circuit board: An adapter card for extending functions of a computer includes a first male connector mounted to a female connector of an expansion slot provided to the computer in a way the first male connector can be inserted/removed into/from the female connector and a second male connector that corresponds to a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070275576 - Detachable lamp socket: A detachable lamp socket includes a top cover, a mounting plate secured on the top cover, a housing detachably mounted on the mounting plate, a base secured in the housing, a circuit board mounted in the housing and supported by the base, and a locking rod movably mounted in the... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070275578 - Wiring board, mount structure, and method for manufacturing the same: There is provided a wiring board including: a terminal group including a plurality of terminals arrayed along a specified array axis; and a pair of alignment marks disposed on opposite sides of the terminal group in the direction of the array axis. The alignment marks each have a first portion... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070275572 - Connector for making electrical contact at semiconductor scales: A connector for electrically connecting to pads formed on a semiconductor device includes a substrate and an array of contact elements of conductive material formed on the substrate. Each contact element includes a base portion attached to the top surface of the substrate and a curved spring portion extending from... Agent: Neoconix, Inc. C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070275573 - Electrical connector array: An electrical connector and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: 1) inserting a wire into a groove formed in a guiding member; 2) passing the wire along with the guiding member through an elastomer; 3) removing the guiding member; and 4) bending... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070275574 - Chip assembly structure with cover: The present invention provides a chip assembly structure with a cover, comprising: a socket having four sidewalls to form a room for placing a chip and comprising a plurality of contact ends corresponding to the contacts of the chip to be placed, wherein each contact ends penetrates said socket to... Agent: Optimum Care International Tech, Inc.

20070275579 - Electrical connector with improved metallic shell: An electrical connector (100) an insulated housing (10) having a rectangular base (110) and a top wall (120) extending forward from the base, the top wall having a plurality of receiving grooves (121) at its inner surface, a plurality of partition walls (122) each between every two receiving grooves, and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070275580 - Interconnection and monitoring module: An interconnection module provides a normal-through connection for an electrical signal. The interconnection module includes a housing defining an input and an output, a conductor disposed within the housing provides a signal path between the input and the output, and a removable monitor module mated to the housing. The monitor... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070275581 - Carrier and an assembly including a carrier and a telecommunications module: A carrier useful in the field of telecommunications to which a plurality of telecommunications modules are mountable. The carrier includes at least one spacer adapted to create a wire or cable slack by spacing the wires or cables from that part of the carrier on which the spacer is provided.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070275582 - Electrical connector: A new and useful electrical connector structure, and method of forming the connector structure are provided. The connector structure and method are particularly useful in connection with a pin: socket type electrical connector structure. The connector structure is designed to make the connector members efficient to manufacture and capable of... Agent: Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C.

20070275583 - Communication cabling with shielding separator system and method: A communication cabling includes a shielding separator having an elongated center member extending along a dimensional length, and a plurality of elongated dividing members each extending along the dimensional length and extending from the elongated center member. The dividing members may have at least a portion being of an electrically... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070275584 - Cable interconnect: A connection device comprises first and second connectors. The first connector has a sleeve having axially extending slots at a distal end to define tines yieldable resiliently inward, and a resilient seal encircling the sleeve proximally of the slots. The second connector has a shroud dimensioned to receive the distal... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070275585 - Method for interconnecting electrical conduits in a borehole: A method for interconnecting electrical conduits in an underground borehole by means of a self-cleaning downhole electrical connector with a static and a moveable connector part, including installing the static connector part within the borehole such that a central throughbore within the static part provides a passage for fluid and... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070275586 - Connectors and contacts for transmitting electrical power: A connector system includes a first connector, and a second connector that mates with the first connector. The same type of power contact is used in the first and second connectors.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070275587 - Gripping mechanism of bridge board: A gripping mechanism for securing in position a bridge board electrically connecting two circuit boards is disclosed. An electrical connecting portion is installed on both of the circuit boards, for electrical connection with the bridge board which has a terminal at both ends. The gripping mechanism includes a gripping component... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070275588 - Isolated signal probe: An isolated signal probe comprises an input module, an output module, and a fiber optic line connecting the input module to the output module. The input module includes external positive and negative terminals, an input translation circuit electrically connected to the external positive and negative terminals, a first power supply... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070275589 - Connector: A connector includes a male housing, a locking arm to be engaged with a locking projection of a mating connector, a lock securing member, and a lock releasing portion. The lock securing member is mounted movably on the connector. The lock releasing portion is mounted on the lock releasing portion.... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070275590 - Quick release connector that is assembled easily and quickly: A quick release connector includes a connector body, a positioning ring, a mounting sleeve, and an elastic member. The connector body has a peripheral wall formed with two opposite receiving holes and two opposite s guide slots. The positioning ring is provided with a plurality of flexible locking blocks. Thus,... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070275591 - Cable connector: The invention relates to a cable connector including a housing and ferrule receiving structures for receiving ferrule systems of at least two cables. Each of said ferrule receiving structures is adapted to accommodate a flange of at least one of said ferrule systems and said ferrule receiving structures are arranged... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070275592 - Battery adapter: A battery adapter allowing a physically smaller battery or batteries to be used interchangeably in an application where a physically larger battery would normally be used. The adapter can be formed economically and be used with standard of rechargeable batteries.... Agent: Curtis Thompson

20070275593 - Battery bypassing contact: The inventive device describes an automatically switching battery contact that directs electrical current through a battery when a battery is present but redirects the electrical current flow past that battery position when no battery is present. This allows assembling of an incremental voltage battery holder for the provision of a... Agent: Morris L. Barwick

20070275594 - Multipurpose power center: A multipurpose power center comprises a housing, a cover member, a plurality of electrical outlets, an electrical cable, and a connection port coupled to the cover member. The housing has an outer surface, a top side, a bottom side, and an opening extending from the top side to the bottom... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070275595 - Outlet add-on module: A method and an apparatus for upgrading an existing service outlet (e.g. LAN, telephone, power or CATV outlet) in a house by adding functionality thereto. The functionality is added by an add-on module, connected electrically and secured mechanically to the existing outlet. Several attachment devices are exampled, including surface attachment,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070275596 - Camera module and camera module assembly: Disclosed are a camera module and a camera module assembly. The camera module can include a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) provided on an outer side thereof with contact terminals connected to a corresponding socket module, an image sensor mounted on the PCB, and a housing disposed on the PCB. The... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070275598 - Connector and mirror angle adjustment device: A connector, comprising: a terminal that is an elongated member connected to a wire harness, the axial direction of the wire harness intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the terminal at a connecting portion therebetween; a housing, including a terminal retaining socket that retains the terminal, the terminal being inserted... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070275597 - Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly includes two interconnected electrical connectors. Each of the electrical connectors includes a terminal seat, a terminal, and a retaining ring. The terminal seat is made of a plastic material, and has an inward flange extending radially and inwardly therefrom and defining an insert hole. The terminal... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070275599 - Connector: To provide a connector in which a compact design of the connector can be achieved, and besides a retaining force for preventing withdrawal of a metal terminal can be further increased, a connector housing 10 includes terminal receiving chambers 11 into which metal terminals 30 can be inserted, respectively, from... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070275600 - Rotation knob type light-regulating lamp socket: A lamp socket includes a first shell, a second shell combined with the first shell, a separation plate rested on a bottom of the first shell and the second shell, a base secured to the separation plate, an electronic unit mounted in the first shell and electrically connected to the... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070275601 - Card connector and method for producing housing assembly: A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts adapted to contact connection portions of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts. Metal plates made of a metal are installed in the housing so as to extend... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070275603 - Electrical power apparatus with retractable cords and moveable sockets: An electrical power apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a top portion, a bottom portion and side walls, the housing having at least one indentation situated at the top portion and a slot situated on the side wall; and at least one socket component connected to a... Agent: Dan M. Dela Rosa, Esq.

20070275602 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a housing of an electronic apparatus includes a first sidewall portion provided with an air vent, a ceiling wall portion extending from an upper end of the first sidewall portion toward the outside of the housing, and a pair of second sidewall portions which extend from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070275604 - Connector component system: The connector shell for a connector component of a connector arrangement for a wire cable comprises a housing; the housing being provided with at least one first guiding element having an axis for guiding the housing along a second guiding element of a mating connector component of the connector arrangement... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070275605 - Electrical connector for connecting a cable to a circuit board: A connector is provided for connecting a cable to a printed wiring board. The connector includes a dielectric housing, a conductive signal contact mounted on the housing for mating with a signal conductor of the cable, and a spring connector connected to the housing. The spring connector connects the signal... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070275606 - Telecommunications module and combination including at least one telecommunicatins module: A telecommunications module has a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two side faces. Contacts are exposed on the front face. The front face is exposed in a mounted state so as to allow the connection of wires and/or plugs with the contacts. At least one connector for... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070275607 - Compensation for far end crosstalk in data buses: A method and device for crosstalk compensation includes evaluating skew for lengths of the two electrical paths. An integrated circuit is coupled to the two electrical paths, and the integrated circuit includes a global crosstalk compensation element integrated therewith which globally compensates for crosstalk on all lengths of portions of... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070275608 - Coaxial system with keying feature: A keying system to control a mating interface between a plurality of mating jacks and plugs in a coaxial telecommunications panel.... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C. Attention: Steven C. Bruess

20070275609 - Contact housing for an electrical plug connection: A contact housing for an electrical plug connection, having a plurality of contact chambers for accommodating in each case a contact element that is able to be plugged into the contact chamber through an assembly opening, having in each case a latching element, that extends laterally into the contact chamber,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070275610 - Electrical terminal: An electrical terminal includes first and second contact members having outer pressure contacting end portions for pressure engaging a pair of spaced electrical devices. The contact members have enlarged inner end portions. A sleeve includes a through hole for slidably receiving the inner end portions of the contact members at... Agent: Stephen Z. Weiss Molex Incorporated

20070275611 - Contact surfaces for electrical contacts: A contact surface for electrical contacts may include an Ag layer deposited on a copper-based substrate using galvanic methods. The Ag layer includes finely dispersed graphite particles in a quantity of, e.g., 1 to 3 weight % of the Ag layer, the graphite particles having a length in the range... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070269995 - Cord stopper: Provided are a main body (10) having a first cord insertion hole (11); an operating body (20) including an accommodated portion (20A) that can be accommodated in the main body (10) and a second cord insertion hole (21) that is provided to the accommodated portion (20A) and can communicate with... Agent: Michael S. Leonard Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070269996 - High frequency connector: A high frequency connector, said connector comprising: an insulating body and a plurality of contacts; the insulating body having an inserting portion, a leading portion, and a plurality of slots disposed between the inserting portion and the leading portion for arranging the contacts, said contacts including first contacts and second... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070269999 - Socket for an electronic device: One embodiment of the present invention is a socket useful to contact an electronic device, the socket including: (a) one or more contactor holder plates including one or more first through holes having a first hole cross sectional area, and one or more second through holes having a second hole... Agent: Michael B. Einschlag, Esq.

20070270000 - Memory card connector with improved foldable baffler: A memory card connector includes a metal cover defining a receiving space in which two different types of memory cards are insertable in an insertion direction through an insert opening generally at a rear end of the metal cover to respectively correspondingly connect with contacts mounted in a connector housing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070270001 - Printed circuit board assembly and method of producing the same: A printed circuit board assembly is formed by a press-fit connector attached to a printed circuit board. The press-fit connector includes a plurality of press-fit terminals and a housing. An overlapping resist part is formed on the printed circuit board. The overlapping resist part closely contacts the housing, and is... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070269997 - Electronic components with plurality of contoured microelectronic spring contacts: An electronic component is disclosed, having a plurality of microelectronic spring contacts mounted to a planar face of the component. Each of the microelectronic spring contacts has a contoured beam, which may be formed of an integral layer of resilient material deposited over a contoured sacrificial substrate, and comprises a... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070269998 - Differential i/o spline for inexpensive breakout and excellent signal quality: A apparatus is described herein for configuring Input/Output (I/O) conductors on an integrated circuit (IC) or in a socket. At least a portion of the I/O conductors for an IC and/or contacts/receptacles of a socket are configured in a repeatable 2×4 rectangular T pattern. The rectangular T pattern includes a... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070270002 - Ground stud installation on composite structures for electrostatic charges: Apparatus for bleeding electrical charge and methods for installing a ground stud in a composite structure. The apparatus includes a ground stud and a composite structure including a hole. In one embodiment the ground stud engages the hole in the composite structure in a transition fit. In another embodiment the... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070270003 - Power supply apparatus having multiple power output devices: A power supply apparatus includes a main body, a power input device, a first power output device and a second power output device. The power input device is coupled to an input terminal of the main body. The first power output device includes a first cable and a first connector.... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070270004 - Card edge connector: A card edge connector that allows the insertion of an electric card includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two metallic pieces. Each of the two metallic pieces includes a substrate, an elastic arm connected to the substrate, and a locking portion connected to the upper edge of... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070270005 - Card connector: A card connector assembled on a bracket, comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing, the shell covering the insulating housing and a holding device. The insulating housing defines a card insertion/ejection direction. The holding device is disposed on the shell, one of the holding... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070270006 - Electropneumatic central unit for a commercial vehicle configured of modules with electrical and/or pneumatic components: An electropneumatic central unit for a commercial vehicle is made up of modules with electrical and/or pneumatic components. The individual modules are arranged in module housings detachably connected to each other in a defined position, on which standard pneumatic connectors and electrical connectors are arranged such that, on connection of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070270007 - Housing for a medical implant: A housing for a medical implant, such as a cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator, cardioverter, or the like, the housing having a hollow housing and a terminal body attached to the hollow housing, which has at least one electrical terminal, situated in an externally accessible cavity of the terminal body, for connecting... Agent: Dalina P.C. Law Group

20070270008 - Circulating pump and method for producing a circulating pump: To provide a circulating pump, comprising a housing, in which a pumping space is arranged, a suction connector, which is in fluid connection with the pumping space, and a pressure connector, which is in fluid connection with the pumping space, which can be produced in a simple manner and can... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070270009 - Pressure contact: A pressure contact for making an electrical connection with another contact has two end parts spaced apart along a longitudinal axis, a central spring section having a midpoint lying on the longitudinal axis, a plurality of side spring sections at least one of which extends at an acute angle to... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070270010 - Portable hand loom and weaving method: The present invention is a hand-held loom, which includes a generally rectangular frame. A plurality of pins upstand from the top surface and are equally spaced thereon forming a row on each of the sides, with each pin in the rows being offset from an opposing pin in an opposing... Agent: Mckay & Associates, PC.

20070270011 - Card edge connector: A card edge connector that allows the insertion of an electric card includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two metallic pieces. Each of the two metallic pieces includes a substrate fixedly provided on both sides of the insulating body, an elastic arm connected to the substrate, and... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070270012 - Antenna breakaway device for utility pit meter system: A breakaway device for use in a meter-pit environment that protects the connections between components of an AMR system. The AMR system includes a cable operably connected to a utility meter, an AMR device, and an RF antenna. The breakaway device acts prevents overstress on system components and connections when... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070270013 - Peg and hole press fit plastic housing: A key fob includes an upper housing and a lower housing that are attachable by way of a snap fit. A pin on the upper housing interfaces with the lower housing and can be selectively filled with an accessible material to bond and substantially permanently affix the upper housing to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070270014 - Socket for electrical parts: A socket for an electrical part is provided with a pressing member to press the electrical part in a horizontal position thereof, and an operation member provided for the socket body to be vertically movable and configured to rotate the pressing member. The operation member is provided with an operating... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070270015 - Socket for electrical parts: A socket for an electrical part includes a pressing member mounted to the socket body accommodating an electrical part to be rotatable and configured to press the electrical part in a horizontal position thereof, an operation member provided for the socket body to be vertically movable and configured to rotate... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070270016 - Method and apparatus for coupling a cable to a socket: A cable coupling apparatus includes a base defining a connector channel. A connector coupling feature is located on the base and operable to couple a connector positioned in the connector channel to the base. A socket coupling member is resiliently coupled to and extends from the base. A securing member... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070270017 - Apparatus and method for communications via multiple millimeter wave signals: To achieve ultra-high bandwidth data transmission according to embodiments of the invention, a plurality of parallel 60 GHz band frequency signals traveling in substantially parallel paths is employed. A connector or housing includes a plurality of metallized, grounded shells or chambers having antenna pairs that are embedded therein. There is... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070270019 - Connecting structure of electric wire and electronic-component incorporating unit: A connecting structure includes a unit body including a case having an electronic-component housing concave portion and a fitting-connection concave portion and an electronic component housed in the electronic-component housing concave portion and making a first connecting portion in the fitting-connection concave portion; an electric wire having an electric-wire side... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070270018 - Low profile punching connector: A connector interconnects a plurality of wires in an in-line splice. The connector generally includes an electrically insulating hollow body having an open side, a front wall and a rear wall, where each wall has at least one aperture. The connector generally further includes a cover mountable to the open... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070270020 - Electrical contact with stapled connection: A flexible flat connector cable electrical contact including a first connection section adapted to be connected to an electrical conductor of a flexible flat conductor (FFC) cable; and a second connection section electrical coupled to the first connection section and adapted to be electrically connected to another member. The first... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070270021 - Electrical contact with stapled connection: A flexible flat connector cable electrical contact including a first connection section adapted to be connected to an electrical conductor of a flexible flat conductor (FFC) cable; and a second connection section electrical coupled to the first connection section and adapted to be electrically connected to another member. The first... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070270022 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, and a plurality of pins. Each of the pins has a contacting part and a piercing part. The piercing part extends from the rear end of the contacting part. There is at least one piercing end formed at the edge of the piercing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070270023 - Cover cap: The present invention relates to a cover cap for a connection of two electrically conductive interconnected ends of two winding bars of a stator of an electric machine. The cover cap includes an electrically insulating housing that surrounds and seals a circumference of the connection when mounted. The cover cap... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070270024 - Ground terminal for shielded cables and method of assembling it: A pair of shielded cables (20) having upper and lower ground terminals (30, 50) mounted thereon are brought in directions toward each other to slide upper and lower joint portions (31, 51) while placing them one over the other. Upon this assembling operation, the shielded cables (20) are brought into... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070270025 - Cord management device: A cord management device includes a first end (13); a second end (13); and an intermediate portion (12) between the first (13) and the second (13) ends. The first (13) and the second (13) ends include mating details for engaging with a socket device (5) and forming a closed loop... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070270026 - Computer enclosure with direct external connection with sata-interfaced hard disk drive: A computer enclosure includes a SATA-interfaced HDD connector formed thereon for direct and releasable connection with an external SATA-interfaced HDD. The connector is electrically connected to a main board and a power supply arranged inside the enclosure and forms a power cable connection socket and a signal cable connection socket... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070270027 - Connector having adjustable cable: A connector having adjustable cable is disclosed. The connector is characterized in that the main housing is the outer housing of the terminal end of the connector which holds the terminal platform, the male or female connector and the circuit board, forming into a body and the circuit board is... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070270028 - Power output fool-proof apparatus: A power output fool-proof apparatus includes a power supply having a circuit board inside and a power transmission port on the surface. The circuit board has a plurality of electric connection zones electrically connected to the power transmission port. The power transmission port is connected to a connection line which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070270029 - Method for adhesive bonding of a tubular member to a casting: A method is provided for attaching a hollow tubular member to a cast member. The cast member has a hollow socket cavity. A body of uncured adhesive is positioned in either the hollow socket of the cast member or the hollow interior of the hollow tubular member. The hollow tubular... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070270030 - Base with integrated heatsink for compact fluorescent lamps: A subassembly (10) for a lamp base, the subassembly (10) has an outer (12) housing having a circumferential wall (14) and a top (16) closing one end (18) of the outer housing (12); at least one lamp receiving aperture (20) in the top (16); and an inner housing (22) contiguous... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20070270031 - Dual stacked connector: A small size connector has an insulative housing and two edge card-receiving slots disposed in a stacked arrangement with in the connector housing. Each slot receives an edge card of an electronic module therein. The slots support conductive terminals that extend from a plurality of individual terminal assemblies. The terminal... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070270032 - Sleeve for securing a cable in a connector: To ensure stable physical and electrical contact between an exposed outer conductor of a cable and a compression sleeve, which has two sections, where the first section is disposed around the jacket of the cable, while the second section is disposed around the outer conductor of the cable, which is... Agent: Ppc, A Divisionof John Mezzalingua Assc., Inc.

20070270033 - Electric junction box: An electric junction box is provided, by which the cassette block, which mounts the electric components, can be easily attached to between the partition walls of the box body. The electric junction box includes: a box body including a frame-shaped body part and a partition wall partitioning a space within... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070270034 - High speed modular jack: A high speed jack capable of handling Category 7 communications. The jack comprises a shield and a housing inside the shield. The housing defines four distinct chambers for holding at least a first, second third, and fourth contact block, each contact block including at least two contacts. The contact blocks... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070270035 - Modular connector assembly utilizing a generic lead frame: A method of manufacturing an electrical connector comprises steps of providing a series of generic lead frames each having an array of contacts arranged in a common generic pattern, removing from one of the generic lead frames a first subset of the contacts to form a first pattern of contacts... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070270037 - Shielded and sealed electric harness: A shielded and sealed electric harness comprises conductors housed in a tubular structure providing protection and shielding, the structure being constituted by a tubular inner textile braid, an intermediate metal tubular braid for electromagnetic shielding, and a corrugated outer sheath having its end adhesively bonded to a heat-shrink endpiece for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070270036 - High speed data plug and method for assembly: A method and system for terminating a cable into a plug using a plug assembly system. Wires of the cable are exposed and dressed on to a shield. A plug body is placed over the shield. The wires are fed into wire insertion holes of the plug body. A contact... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070270038 - Dual-interface converter of miniature memory card: A dual-interface converter of a miniature memory card has a cartridge compatible with a standard memory card, a memory card interface together with a product interface formed on the cartridge, and a slot defined in the cartridge so that the miniature card is inserted to the cartridge through the slot.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070270039 - Progressive unplugging multi-cards body: A cumulated length of the first number of apertures (5, 6, 7, 17, 18) is greater than a cumulated length of the second number of apertures (21) and a cumulated length of the first number of notches (19 and 20) is lesser than a cumulated length of the second number... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070270040 - Chamfered memory card: A memory card including a printed circuit board having an electronic circuit device mounted thereto and at least one I/O pad disposed thereon. The printed circuit board and the electronic circuit device are at least partially encapsulated or covered by an encapsulant material which hardens into a body of the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070270041 - Microelectronic contact structure: An elongate, columnar micro-mechanical structure disposed along a central longitudinal axis; the structure is made up of laminated structural layers, each comprised of a structural material. The layers define a substantially rigid base portion at a proximal end of the structure, a resilient intermediate portion extending from the base portion... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070270042 - High speed modular jack with flexible compensation circuit: A jack capable of handling both Category 6 and Category 7 speed communications. The jack includes a shield, a housing disposed in the shield and a contact block disposed in the housing. The contact block includes a base member and a plurality of contacts carried by the base member. Each... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070270043 - Electrical connector having staggered contacts: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating end and a cavity extending from the mating end. The cavity is configured to receive a mating connector through the mating end. The electrical connector also includes a contact sub-assembly having an array of contacts. The contact sub-assembly is received... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070270044 - High speed modular jack: A jack capable of handling both Category 6 and Category 7 communications. The jack comprises a shield and a housing inside the shield. Eight contacts are disposed on a first side of the housing, each contact including a contact portion effective to touch a corresponding contact of a plug when... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070270045 - Sealed compact power distribution module: A sealed power distribution module includes a nonconductive body defining a terminal receptacle, a barrier seal engaged to and surrounding the body adjacent the receptacle on an exterior surface of the body, a terminal element grid fitted within the receptacle, and provisions for installing commercially available sealed terminals to complete... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20070270046 - Combination wedge tap connector: An electrical connector assembly for a utility power transmission system includes a first conductive member having a first hook portion and a first base wedge portion with the first hook portion extending from the first wedge portion and is adapted to engage a main conductor. A second conductive member includes... Agent: Helen Wolstoncroft Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070270047 - Combination wedge tap connector having a visual alignment indicator: An electrical connector assembly includes a first conductive member having a first hook portion extending from a first base wedge portion and adapted to engage a first conductor, and a second conductive member having a second hook portion extending from a second wedge portion and adapted to engage a second... Agent: Helen Odar Wolstoncroft Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070270048 - Terminal structure and connecting method thereof: A terminal structure is fixed to a circuit board for electrically connecting a wire with the circuit board. The terminal structure includes a fixing part and a connecting part. The fixing part is fixed to the circuit board. The connecting part is connected with the fixing part to be electrically... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070270049 - Method for forming electrical contacts on an electrical connector: A method for forming electrical contacts on an electrical connector having terminals therein includes the steps of preparing a screening board on top of the electrical connector to allow each mesh to align with a center of a top face of each of the terminals of the electrical connector, the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070270050 - Connecting terminal: A connecting terminal has a rectangular tube-like connecting portion including a bottom plate 13, a first side plate 14, a top plate not shown and a second side plate not shown, a movable contact strip 20 is secured to the bottom plate 13 at a base portion 20a, said movable... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070264846 - Ic socket suitable for bga/lga hybrid package: An IC socket is provided with first and second contact pins and a socket body supporting said first and second contact pins. The first contact pin is used to establish a connection with a first terminal of a semiconductor package, while the second contact pin is used to establish a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070264849 - Apparatus and method for detecting a location of conductive pins with respect to a circuit board: An apparatus for detecting a location of conductive pins with respect to a circuit board during an assembly process using a press tool to mate the circuit board and the conductive pins includes a detector housing holding a plurality of switches aligned with corresponding conductive pins, wherein the detector housing... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070264845 - Flexible circuit connectors: A system includes a first electrical device including a conductive structure, and a second electrical device including an opening and a conductor provided in the opening. The conductor contacts the conductive structure of the first electrical device to electrically interconnect the first electrical device to the second electrical device.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070264847 - Board connector: In a board connector including: a connector housing; and at least two types of terminals having different sizes and held in the connector housing, such that said at least two types of terminals are arranged in parallel with one another in the connector housing and projects from a rear wall... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070264848 - Connector: A connector for connecting with an external terminal on an electronic component includes a spiral contact which is wound a plurality of turns. The spiral contact has a single projection that projects outwardly toward an outer circumference of the turns. When the spiral contact is in contact with the external... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070264850 - Headset for a functional device: Headset includes a signal interface configured for receiving and forwarding electrical signals, a bending-resistant, bendable retaining member, and a functional device attached to the retaining member. Retaining member being bendable and held in a bent position without a restoring force, and is connected to signal interface for positioning functional device.... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20070264851 - Connector mounting structure: A connector mounting structure includes a circuit board and a male connector. The male connector is surface-mounted to the circuit board and has a housing and terminals. The housing includes a body member and a fixing member fixed to the body member. The fixing member has a tube portion and... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070264852 - Carrier and an assembly including a carrier and a telecommunications module: A carrier useful in the field of telecommunications to which a plurality of telecommunications modules are mountable. The carrier includes at least one spacer adapted to create a wire or cable slack by spacing the wires or cables from that part of the carrier on which the spacer is provided.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070264853 - Coaxial connector: c

20070264854 - Connector, and portable terminal equipment including the connector: A connector includes a plug including a plug body made of an insulating material and a plug contact; a receptacle including a receptacle body made of an insulating material and a receptacle contact, wherein the receptacle contact contacts the plug contact to be electrically connected with the plug contact when... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070264855 - Constructional facing element: A facing element, such as a brick or floor tile suitable for forming a constructive part of a structure, includes at least one face that presents an ornamental or functional termination and at least one other face that presents cavities that extend toward the interior of the body of the... Agent: Thompson & Knight, L.L.P. Patent Prosecution Group

20070264856 - Coupling apparatus with a heat sink: A coupling device for electrically connecting a first conductor to a second conductor has a first connecting piece to connect the first conductor and a second connecting piece to connect the second conductor. The first connecting piece is joined to the second connecting piece via flexible connecting means or sliding... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070264857 - Apparatus for irrigation controller expansion through non-removable circuit board modules: An apparatus for irrigation controller expansion through non-removable circuit board modules. A circuit board module with a security tab that prevents removal from a card edge connection, a security tab that breaks upon a removal attempt, preventing re-connection to a card edge connector, a non-removable circuit board module that houses... Agent: Don Michael Kearby

20070264858 - Disposable surgical connector: Disclosed herein is a disposable surgical connector. The surgical connector includes a first and a second member. Each of the members have compatible guide structure to cause a force fit between the members when the members are slid into place. The first member also includes compatible guide structure for slideably... Agent: PeninsulaIPGroup

20070264859 - Cord retention device: A device (10) for storing and retaining a cord (24) or cord-like article has a core (12) adapted to retain a cord (24) that is wound around it; a pair of flanges (14, 16) to maintain the cord (24) on the core (12); and a handle extension (18) for grasping... Agent: Steven A. Garner, Esq. Conair Corporation

20070264860 - Electronic device: A conductive roller is arranged so as to project from an opening of an upper surface of a circuit board unit removably accommodated in a rack. An opening of the rack is covered by a conductive thin plate. When the circuit board unit is accommodated in the rack, the roller... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070264861 - Crimped connection: The invention relates to a crimped connection (1) between the end (2) of an electrical conductor (3) which is made of high-grade steel and a connector (4) with the end (2) of the electrical conductor (3) being disposed in the compressed connector (4). According to the invention, the end (5)... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070264863 - Connector and a connector assembly: A connector has female and male housings (10, 80) and a detector (50) that can move from a preventing position to a locking position on the female housing (10). Preventing portions (57) of the detector (50) engage retainers (59) of the female housing (10) if the detector (50) is pushed... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070264862 - Methods and systems for cable-connection detection: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for detecting the connection status of a communicatively-connected device.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070264864 - Flat cable connectors for sealed applications: The invention relates to a flat cable connector for sealed applications. An object of the invention is to show a new and considerably improved kind of a flat cable connector for sealed applications, compared to the current state of the art. The invention proposes a connector (100) for a sealed... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070264866 - Connector arrangement for multi-conductor cables: A connector arrangement for connecting the insulated conductors of a flat cable with a plurality of tap-off branch conductors includes a plurality of insulation-piercing contacts that extend upwardly from the horizontal upper surface of the rectangular base member of a connector housing. A horizontal actuator plate is arranged in spaced... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070264865 - Mounting structure and method for removing linear member: A mounting structure includes a mounting member, and a connecting terminal which is fixed to the mounting member by a first fixing force. A linear member is fixed to the connecting terminal by a second fixing force. The second fixing force is smaller than the first fixing force.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070264867 - Flexible electrical connector/housing assembly: A connector assembly comprising includes a housing with a wall and a plurality of connector units. The wall includes a plurality of openings having the same size and shape. Each of the connector units has a base plate, electrical connectors mounted in and projecting from the base plate, a hollow... Agent: Deere & Company

20070264868 - Wiring harness connector for a truck topper: A wiring harness connector having a wire divider with a housing that receives wiring from an electrical system of a truck. The wire divider is connected to an electrical adapter that has pins that electrically and physically connect to the wiring system of the truck. The electrical adapter additionally is... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070264869 - Electric mains-connection device for an electric hand-held power tool: An electric mains-connection device for an electric hand-held power tool equipped with an electric motor (M), in particular for an angle grinder, has mains-connection terminals for a mains-connection cable, and with an anti-interference capacitor; it is designed as a mains-connection module that can be actuated externally, includes mains terminals, houses... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070264870 - Hanging lamp conversion connector: A conversion connector supports a suspended lamp, and which can threadily engage within the socket of a recessed lighting fixture, provides for an instant conversion of a recessed light or ceiling socket to a hanging lamp, for installation within any facility. The single male conversion connector has a threaded sleeve... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20070264871 - Coaxial cable soldering method and equipment: Prevents solder from flowing into the coaxial cable side when performing soldering. A method and device is presented that is a soldering method for thin coaxial cable, including a step for placing a shield of a coaxial cable on a grounding bar, a step for supplying solder to the grounding... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070264872 - Coaxial connector, connector assembly, printed circuit board and electronic apparatus: A coaxial connector is configured to be connected to a flexible printed circuit board on which a signal line is formed. An inner conductor is configured to be connected to the signal line. An outer conductor surrounds the inner conductor and serves as a connector body. At least one slit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070264873 - Terminal fitting and mounting method: An Al terminal has a first bottom wall, and a pair of caulking pieces that are stood from the first bottom wall and caulked in a state where the first bottom wall covers a wire connection portion with the core wires arranged on the upper side from the underside. Thereby,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070264874 - Fuse structure of a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same: A fuse structure of a semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including a fuse region, an insulation layer pattern having a multi-layered structure, and/or a plurality of fuse lines. The plurality of fuse lines may pass through an inner space of an opening portion of the insulation layer pattern... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070264875 - Connector: A connector which enables effective use of the space on a circuit board effectively, and facilitates impedance matching between contacts. The connector is comprised of a first connector section (1) and a second connector section (2). A receiving hole (11d) is formed in a first housing (11) of the first... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070264876 - Electrical connector with contact modules and method for making the same: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contact modules received in the insulative housing. The contact module comprises a plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of first and second inserts. Each electrical contact has a mating portion and a mounting portion. The mating portions and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070264877 - Structure for attaching electronic component to attachment portion and image forming apparatus having such structure: A structure is provided to reduce cost for attaching an electronic component and to prevent disengagement of the component. This structure has first locking pieces opposed to each other in a first direction. Second locking pieces are distanced from the first locking pieces in a direction normal to the first... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070264878 - Probe, testing head having a plurality of probes, and circuit board tester having the testing head: A probe and a testing head including the probe is used for inspecting electric characteristics of a wiring pattern of circuit board. The testing head includes a guiding member having a first guiding base having a first through hole, and a second guiding base arranged to face the first guiding... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070264879 - Flexible circuit to board connector: A system includes a rigid electrical device including a first contact, and a flexible electrical device including a second contact. The system further includes a spring clip connecting the first contact to the second contact to electrically interconnect the rigid electrical device to the flexible electrical device.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070264880 - Connector for the transmission of signals, in particular for the contactless inductive transmission of measurement signals: s

20070264882 - Battery terminal connector and conductive elements thereof: A battery terminal connector is disclosed. The connector includes an electrically conductive element and an electrically insulating element having a slot for accommodating the electrically conductive element. The electrically conductive element has two apart located terminal connecting parts each of which includes two wavelike fins leading a first direction and... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070264883 - Miniature, round headed battery terminal with dual, upturned flanges: A one-piece battery terminal connector having a body portion and a ferrule portion. The body portion has a top, and a bottom, and includes a first side surface, and a second, opposed side surfaces. The body portion includes, between a first and second lateral end of the body portion, an... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20070264884 - Connection structure for resistive element: Staking and soldering are eliminated to improve workability in assembly. A connection structure for a resistive element, in which the resistive element having lead wires at both ends is connected to a connection section of a base. A cover is fixably mounted on the base. Further, fixation claws capable of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070264885 - Screw, particularly for the electrical connection of a cable terminal to a railway track or the like: A screw (1) for the electrical connection of a cable terminal to a railway track or the like comprises a base body (2) having an elongated shank (3) having a longitudinal axis (L), a strike head (4) connected with a first end of the shank (3), means (6) for the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070264886 - System for electrical contacting: In a system for the electrical contacting of at least one connection element of an electronic circuit in a hermetically sealed housing with a conductor element having a base plate for holding the at least one connection element, the conductor element is provided with a press-in pin which may be... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070264887 - Connector system for high power applications: A connector system includes a first mating connector integrated with a housing for an automotive component and a second mating connector configured to engage the first mating connector. The connector further includes a shield adapted to cover the first and second mating connectors and provide a grounding path between the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070264888 - Flame retardant flexible thermoplastic composition, method of making, and articles thereof: A flexible thermoplastic composition includes among its components: (i) a poly(arylene ether); (iii) a polymeric compatibilizer; (iv) a polyolefin comprising a functional group; and (iv) magnesium dihydroxide. The flexible thermoplastic composition may be used for making electrical wires.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ge Plastics-noryl

20070259540 - Grounded metal substrate in a socket and method of making: An electrical interconnection device including a metal substrate for receiving and holding a plurality of electrical contacts wherein at least one contact is electrically coupled to the substrate.... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka

20070259542 - Electronic device capable of detecting a category of an external device and related method: A set of electronic frames capable of detecting an external device includes a main frame and an external frame. The main frame includes an R-C circuit with a detecting pin, a resistor coupled to the detecting pin, and a voltage comparator for comparing the potential at the detecting pin and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070259543 - Pressure device for test socket: A pressure device for a test socket includes a main pressure body (70) defining a substantially rectangular opening sized to allow a sub-pressure body (60) to be therewithin, and the sub-pressure body accommodated within the main pressure body. At least one passage (601, 701) is formed on lateral sections between... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070259536 - Communication connector: A communication connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector configured to receive the first connector. The first connector includes a first connector body and at least one communication contact supported by the first connector body. The second connector includes a second connector body defining a contact surface... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070259537 - Coated microwave plug connector and cooking appliance with such a microwave plug connector: A cooling appliance with a microwave plug connector or such a microwave plug connector, comprises an emitter unit an a receiver unit, whereby the emitter unit is connected to a microwave source for feeding microwaves having wavelength λ, the receiver unit is connected to the emitter unit for transmission of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070259538 - Connector for mezzanine mounting of a printed wiring board: A connector for a voltage regulator module (VRM) that provides for a parallel coupling to a printed wiring board (PWB) without surface mounting of the VRM includes a plurality of conductive power blades mounted within slots of insulators. The VRM connector is coupled to PWB and VRM and provides for... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20070259539 - Method and system for batch manufacturing of spring elements: A system for batch forming a sheet of spring elements in three dimensions is described. A spring element sheet containing spring elements defined in two dimensions is arranged between two mating die press plates. A force is applied to the mating die press plates to form the two-dimensional spring contact... Agent: Neoconix, Inc. C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070259541 - Electrical interconnection device having dielectric coated metal substrate: A electrical interconnection device for receiving and holding a plurality of electrical contacts. The electrical interconnection device includes a metal support substrate having an array of contact receiving apertures extending therethrough. Each of the contact receiving apertures is defined by an aperture wall and the contact receiving apertures are adapted... Agent: Robert J. Kalpalka Tyco Technology Resources

20070259544 - Device for handling a communication device: The invention relates to an arrangement for handling a communication appliance, such as a mobile telephone, personal digital assistant or the like, in particular for use in a vehicle. In this case, a first BT module is integrated in an attachment device and communicates with a second BT module, with... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070259545 - System for powering and controlling electrical equipment of an aircraft engine or its environment: A system for powering and controlling electrical equipment of an aircraft engine or of its environment, comprises at least one DC voltage power supply bus, a set of power supply modules associated with an electrical equipment group, the number of modules in the set being greater than the minimum number... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070259546 - Card connector: A card connector adapted for receiving a card, comprises an insulating housing defining a card insertion/ejection direction; a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing, an ejector and a holding member; The ejector comprises a positioning device, a resilient member and an ejecting member cooperating with the positioning device... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070259547 - Electrical card connector having guiding member: An electrical card connector (1) for receiving an electrical card, comprises an insulative housing (2) with a plurality of terminals (3) receiving therein, a shield (4) assembled on the housing, and a base portion (6) on one side of the housing and receiving an ejecting mechanism, the ejecting mechanism comprises... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070259548 - Pluggable surge protector: A power distribution system (300) is disclosed having a power source (302) with at least one circuit associated with a power line (310). The power line (310) is connected to an incoming power cable (312), which is further connected to a cable or conduit assembly (316) having at least one... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070259549 - Adapter for a recessed lamp: An adapter for providing a recessed lamp in a screw-type lampholder. This adapter has an electrical contact-making device, via which an electrical connection is produced between a screw base, which can be introduced into the screw-type lampholder, of the adapter and the recessed lamp once the recessed lamp has been... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20070259550 - System for automatically connecting two electric circuits of a vehicle: The inventive system for automatically connecting the main electric circuit of a vehicle to the auxiliary circuit of a subset like a seat comprises an auxiliary contact carrier (5) fixed to said subset and a main contact carrier (4) which is movable along a structural element. Said main contact carrier... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070259551 - Dual-hook locking assembly: A dual-hook locking assembly mounted in a casing subassembly is actuated from outside of the latter by a handle which causes a locking subassembly to operate between an unlocked and a locked position. By rotating the driving handle, a gearing subassembly including a pair of meshed segmental gears drives the... Agent: Frederick Kaufman

20070259552 - Printed circuit board module and locking apparatus thereof: A printed circuit board (PCB) module includes a motherboard, a sub-board, and a locking apparatus. The motherboard includes a first connector. The sub-board includes a second connector electrically coupled to the first connector. The locking apparatus includes a connecting portion and an elastic positioning portion arranged on the connecting portion.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070259553 - Land grid array package socket: Disclosed is an LGA socket (10) including a socket body (30) having a number of terminals (40) embedded therein. A stiffener (50) is attached to the socket body. A load plate (60) and a load lever (70) are pivotally assembled to two ends of the stiffener. Prior to setting the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070259554 - Stand system and method: Embodiments of a stand are provided with continuous adjustability within a range of travel. In one embodiment, a stand includes a movement mechanism adapted to allow a tray to move along a range of travel relative to a stand base. The movement mechanism is in some embodiments further adapted to... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070259555 - Cord apparatus: An apparatus comprising an attaching member, a spring like resilient body configured to receive cord like, tubing and like elements and a portion to be grasped by a person. The apparatus further configured to organize and temporarily store cord like objects with a provision of strain relief. The apparatus comprising... Agent: Carl J. Conforti

20070259556 - Rigidity of vehicle body panels: An insert for reducing deflection of a vehicle fender or wing panel includes an attachment member for attachment to a lamp cluster or lamp housing of a vehicle and a head for lying between the panel and the cluster or housing.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070259557 - Clamping assembly for a machine: A clamping assembly has a main body, a connecting sleeve and a clamping device. The main body has a connecting end and a clamping end. The connecting sleeve is slidably mounted in the main body. The clamping device is attached to the main body, is connected to the connecting sleeve... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070259558 - Electrical-tap connector: An electrical-tap connector has a blade-receiving portion and a wire-receiving portion for connecting a wire and a blade contact. The electrical-tap connector includes an integrally insulated housing which mounts a generally W-shaped metal sheet therein. The generally W-shaped metal sheet includes a pair of apexes and a pit therebetween. The... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070259559 - Fuse, installation adapter for a fuse, method of adapting a fuse for installation and kit for adapting a fuse for installation: A fuse incorporates a fusible element assembly and an auxiliary fusible element assembly in a solid arc extinguishing material configuration. The fusible element assembly has a first operating characteristic and the auxiliary fusible element has a second operating characteristic different than the first operating characteristic. An installation adapter may be... Agent: James V. Lapacek S & C Electric Co.

20070259560 - Secure connection device: A cable connector holder including a base configured to hold a plurality of cable connectors and a press part attached to the base and extending above the plurality of cable connectors, wherein the lever is configured to uniformly press down on each of the plurality of cable connectors to render... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070259561 - Lumped resistance electrical cable: A lumped resistance electrical cable has a multiple twisted pair ribbon cable having first and second conductive lines and twisted and untwisted portions. In the untwisted portions, one of the conductive lines on each of the twisted pairs is formed with an electrical open. Resistor blocks having resistive elements and... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070259562 - Compression connector for stranded wire: Compression-type connectors for attaching wires ranging in size from #10-16 and having stranded conductors. The connector is similar to coaxial cable connectors in that it includes a connector terminal adapter, a connector body attached to the connector terminal adapter, the connector body having an axial cavity dimensioned to receive a... Agent: Laura N. Tunnell

20070259563 - Strain-relief device for a plug-in connection in communications and data systems: The invention relates to a strain relief device (1) for a plug connect for communications and data technology, comprising a base part (10) for holding at least part of the plug connector, and a cable (51) which can be connected to the plug connector, with the base part (10) being... Agent: Attention: Steven C. Bruess Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070259564 - Electrical cord assembly: An electrical cord assembly configured for use with an electrical appliance includes a cord having a polygonal end with a first pair of cord sides and a second pair of cord sides, wherein one of the pairs of first and second cord sides is asymmetrical, a socket defining a polygonal... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070259565 - Compression ring for coaxial cable connector: The present invention discloses an improvement in coaxial compression connectors used in, inter alia, CATV, satellite, and home theater electronics. The present connectors accept a large range of cable sizes, allow replacement of the holding or compression element to accommodate a range of sizes, and allow the connector to be... Agent: Michael G. Petit

20070259566 - Stationery assembly: A stationery assembly includes a body and a partition formed on a bottom of the body for closing the body. A sound device is received in the chamber. A stapler is upwardly secured on a bottom of the body. A lighting device is mounted in a front end of the... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20070259569 - Device and method for generating predetermined signal patterns: A device and a method for generating predetermined signal patterns is disclosed. In the method, a data storage device is operated in a testing mode. Then a function key is utilized to select a signal pattern compliance with an industrial standard of transmission interface. After the transmission of the selected... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070259568 - Matched impedance shielded pair interconnection system for high reliability applications: A connector provides for attachment to a cable having a plurality of wires arranged in matched pairs. The connector comprises a housing and a connector insert located within the housing and having a plurality of contact cavities extending in an axial direction entirely therethrough. The connector insert further includes a... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20070259567 - Multiple mode micro memory card connector: A multiple mode micro memory card connector includes a housing and a cavity formed in the housing for receiving a micro memory card. The cavity includes a first end having a shape conforming to a first device connection standard for receiving a micro memory card compatible with the first device... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070259570 - Portable flash storage device: An adapter for removable memory cards including a housing configured to receive a memory card, a connector for connection to a host system, an interface circuit interconnecting the memory card and connector and adapted to allow communication therebetween and at least one movable cover pivotably engaged with the housing and... Agent: Stec, Inc. C/o Seyed Jalal Sadr, Esq.

20070259571 - High performance jack: An electrical connector jack is provided including a body with a support portion and a plug receiving portion defining an opening. A circuit board is mounted to the support portion to position the circuit board relative to the plug receiving portion. The circuit board has interconnecting conductor circuit traces respectively... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070259572 - Targeted compensation in telecommunications connectors: A telecommunications connector includes a plug having plug contacts; an outlet having outlet contacts, the plug contacts making physical and electrical contact with the outlet contacts on a top surface of the outlet contacts; a compensation contact positioned beneath a bottom surface of the outlet contacts, the compensation contact being... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070259573 - Universal connector assembly and method of manufacturing: An advanced modular plug connector assembly incorporating an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. In one embodiment, the connector has a plurality of ports in multi-row configuration, and the insert assembly includes a substrate adapted to receive one or more electronic components such as choke... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20070259574 - Electrical clamp connector and connecting terminal: The invention relates to an electrical clamp connector and connecting terminal that, per pole, has at least two conductor terminal connections oriented in the same direction and an additional connecting contact on the opposite-lying side, which serves for connecting a countercontact external to the terminal. It is proposed for such... Agent: Salter & Michaelson The Heritage Building

20070259575 - Crimp contact: A contact pin that comprises an elongated body having a central axis and first and second ends, a plurality of flanges near the second end of the elongated body for connecting a wire to the body, a plurality of tabs on the body, the tabs being biased away from the... Agent: 24ip Law Group Usa, PLLC

20070259576 - Metal carrier for leds in composite lamps: Novel arrangements are disclosed that provide for replacement of printed circuit boards useful in regulating current for LEDs. In one embodiment, a conductive track is disclosed that forms a pattern for placement of electrical components. The track can be made out of any suitably conductive material and may be stamped,... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070259577 - Electrical connector: The invention relates to an electrical connector for connecting a contact pin to an electrical conductor. It is proposed that the insulator housing of the connector provide a connecting space, in which the contact pin and the electrical conductor can be plugged in opposite direction in roughly parallel alignment and... Agent: Salter & Michaelson The Heritage Building

20070254496 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprising a fixed housing attached to a circuit board, a movable housing provided with a connecting hollow in which a counterpart electrical connector is inserted, conductive contacts for coupling the movable housing with the fixed housing and having a portion connected with a circuit terminal on the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070254497 - Print circuit substrate and connection configuration of the same: A print circuit substrate is composed of a base material, a wiring pattern formed on the base material, the wiring pattern constituting a predetermined circuit pattern, and a connection terminal of a shape narrowing toward an end thereof, the connection terminal being formed on the base material and extending from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070254502 - Apparatus and electronic apparatus: A mount structure having a substrate, a connector secured to the substrate, and a flexible printed wiring board electrically connected to the connector and spaced apart from the substrate. The flexible printed wiring board is opposed to the connector across the substrate or arranged in a space having a height... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070254495 - Hinged module coupling with integrated cable connection: A hinge includes a first housing, a second housing mechanically coupled to the first housing, a cam connected to one of the first housing and the second housing, a first connector mechanically coupled to the first housing, a second connector, and a cable coupled to the first connector and the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070254498 - Land grid array socket: An LGA socket (1) includes an insulative housing (2) and a plurality of conductive contacts (3) received in the housing. The housing defines a recessed area (25) surrounded by a number of sidewalls (21). The contacts are received in the recessed area. Each of the sidewall defines a plurality of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070254499 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating body provided with a plurality of receiving chambers, each of which is provided with an arc contact face on at least one of its sides; and at least one electrical terminal received in the receiving chamber to deformingly contact with the arc contact face.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070254500 - Socket connector: A socket connector that is capable of supporting and blocking a chip module therein includes an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals and a plate-like blocking frame. The conductive terminals are provided in the insulating body. Four sides of the plate-like blocking frame enclose to form an accommodating space.... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070254501 - Receptacle connector: A receptacle connector includes a housing having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. An inserting hole is defined in a middle position of the first sidewall. A first slot and a second slot are defined in the second sidewall. A first conductive terminal has a first contact arm. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070254503 - Single elastomeric connector system to support rf, digital, audio and dc signals: A connector system employs a first connector moiety on an insertable miniaturized form factor card. A mobile information device (MID) has a printed circuit board having a second connector moiety with a frame mounted on the MID PCB for receiving the card and having a slot for engagement of an... Agent: Utstarcom, Inc. C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20070254504 - Grounding connector: A grounding connector includes a base with a first crimping structure extending from the base for crimping to the cable and securing the cable relative to the base along a cable axis. A first contact member can extend from the base laterally adjacent to the first crimping structure. The first... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070254505 - Grounding-type plug adapter: A grounding-type plug adapter is externally provided at a first side with three slots for a three-pin plug to correspondingly plug thereinto, at a second side with a hot and a neutral blade having respective fixed polarity, and at a third side with a ground screw for screwing against a... Agent: Cheng-yuan Huang

20070254507 - Electrical connector with improved contacts: An electrical connector comprises an insulated housing (1) comprising a receiving cavity (10), a flat surface (150) and a plurality of channels (14) recessed from the flat surface to be in communication with the receiving cavity; and a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the housing, each contact having a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070254508 - System for unmating a connector pair: The present invention relates to a system for unmating a board-to-board high pin count connector pair, said connector pair comprising two connector elements adapted to be mated together and fixedly mounted on two respective boards; said connector pair is so configured that the two boards are substantially parallel when the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070254509 - Electronic connecting device: An electronic connecting device includes a plate defining an opening therein, a connector for being movable along the opening, a controller for shifting the connector to different height positions.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070254510 - Magnetically retained electrical connector: A signal carrying plug and a signal carrying receptacle form a magnetic signal carrying connector are provided wherein electrical terminals of the source and electrical contacts of the load are held against one another by at least one magnet affixed adjacent the source terminals confronting and attracted to magnetically interactive... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070254511 - Adapter and electronic device using the same: An electronic device comprising a circuit board, a first connector, at least a signal wire and an adapter is provided. The first connector is disposed on the circuit board. The signal wire has a second connector. The adapter is used for connecting the first and the second connectors. The adapter... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070254512 - Light bulb theft-reduction apparatus and method of use: A light bulb theft reduction apparatus and method of use comprising the substitution of GU10 two-pin socket connections on otherwise standard, common and publicly available electric lighting lamp fixtures for the purposes of rendering them uncommon for use in publicly accessible facilities such as resorts, hotels and motels. The invention... Agent: Zito Tlp

20070254513 - Connector assembly: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a connector assembly 1 comprising a plug assembly 7; a header assembly 5 configured to be mated with the plug assembly 7 while forming an opening between the plug assembly 7 and the inside of the header assembly 5; holders 18d... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070254515 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is disclosed with a multipurpose clamping part, comprising an insulating body; a plurality of electrical terminals received in the insulating body; and a clamping part to clamp a chip module. The clamping part comprises a clamping portion connected to the insulating body and a conductive connection portion... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070254514 - Usb connector locking arrangements: A USB connection arrangement, where more secure locking is afforded than has hitherto been achieved. With a first USB connecting portion and a second USB connecting portion, a locking arrangement is provided for physically securing the first USB connecting portion and the second USB connecting portion with respect to one... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20070254516 - Tube coupling for tube elements: The invention relates to a tube coupling for tube elements comprising a socket and a plug which can be inserted axially into the socket. The tube coupling has a joining portion for producing a torque proof junction between socket and plug as well as a securing portion for securing the... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070254517 - Receptacle: A receptacle comprises a receptacle housing having a body, a plug interface portion extending therefrom, and a contact support member with pivot areas formed therein for urging contacts disposed in the housing into alignment. A receptacle further comprises a shielding shell having cantilevered beams formed therein. The shielding shell has... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070254518 - Electrical connector having a cpa plug: An electrical connector has a CPA plug (connector position assurance plug) for assuring that the electrical connector is properly connected to a mating electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a right-angled connector body having a plurality of longitudinal channels that open into an axial shroud that plugs into a socket... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070254519 - Pressing mechanism for led chip: A pressing mechanism presses the LED chip firmly to the base and includes a pressing device. The pressing device includes two parallel metal plates extended integrally from topside of the base and disposed on two sides of the LED chip. The metal plate includes a first pin connected to the... Agent: Hdsl

20070254520 - Connecting and switching arrangement: A terminal block connecting arrangement includes a first terminal block having a first electrical contact, an electrical device having a second electrical contact, a test terminal block arranged between the electrical apparatus and the first terminal block for displacement between a first test position spaced from the electrical apparatus and... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070254521 - Insulation displacement terminal: A one-piece terminal structure includes a mounting section for connection to an appropriate circuit trace on a circuit board. A terminating section is provided for connection to an electrical wire and includes at least three generally parallel slotted walls. The walls have aligned slots with mouths for receiving the electrical... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070254522 - Strain relief device: A strain relief device is disclosed for securely holding a wire in a manner restraining the wire from being pulled longitudinally out of a housing. The housing has an opening therein extending along a longitudinally axis from a mouth portion to a chamber bottom. The opening has a narrow mouth... Agent: Thomas R. Shaffer

20070254523 - Electronic device interconnect system: An electronic device interconnect system comprises a connector member comprising a plurality of connector pins configured to be communicatively coupled to a plurality of respective contact pads of a cable, at least one of the plurality of connector pins having a plurality of spaced apart connector elements, each of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070254524 - Wire structure of a power supply: A wire structure for a power supply. It includes a power supply having a casing on which a wire structure is transfixed out for outputting the power source. The wire structure is composed of a cluster of connection wires, a motherboard power cord, and at least one power cord set.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070254525 - Button style cord connector: This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well as the knock-out or wall opening into which the... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070254526 - Structure of interface card connector: A structure of an interface card connector includes a connector body and a plurality of terminals provided on the connector body. The bottom surface of the connector body is divided into a terminal zone and a space zone along the transverse direction. The distal ends of the terminals project from... Agent: Hdsl

20070254527 - Audio jack with inclined coupling end face: An audio jack includes an insulative housing (10) including a tapered, inclined rear end (13) having four sides wherein two horizontal sides are wider than the other two vertical sides, all four sides being inclined and coupled together; first, second, third, and fourth terminals (21, 22, 23, and 24) disposed... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070254528 - Electronic device: An electronic device for electrically connecting a first audio module to a speaker is described. The electronic device includes a case, a circuit board, a first audio connector, a second audio connector, and an internal music module. Both the first audio connector and the second audio connector are disposed on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070254529 - Electrical connector having contact plates: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a cavity configured to receive a mating connector therein and a contact subassembly having an array of contacts. Each of the contacts define a mating interface configured to engage the mating connector, and each of the contacts have a beam portion extending... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070254530 - Plug assembly including integral printed circuit board: An electrical plug is defined by a plug housing and an upper portion of a printed circuit board. The plug housing defines a region within which the upper portion of the printed circuit board is adapted to be positioned. Stepped side walls may be provided to facilitate sliding introduction and... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20070254531 - Reinforcing tab, method of manufacturing the same and structure of connecting connector using the same: A reinforcing tab for reinforcing connection between a circuit board and a surface-mounted connector includes a fixing wall to be fixed to a housing of the connector and a connecting wall defining a connecting surface on its end to be connected to the circuit board. The connecting wall extends from... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070254533 - Junction block: A junction block includes: a printed circuit board; a fuse block; connector blocks; and an inner cover for providing a stiffness to an assembly integrating the printed circuit board, the fuse block and the connector block; and fixing parts for fixing the fuse block and the connector blocks to the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070254532 - Power distribution panel: The present invention relates to a power distribution panel in which a plurality of loads is connected to an incoming power source. The power distribution panel comprises an input terminal connecting with an incoming power line; a common line extending from the input terminal; a plurality of introduction lines furcating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070254534 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for connecting a flat conductive member includes a plurality of terminals formed of a flat metal plate arranged on a housing in a direction perpendicular to a plate direction. Each of the terminals has a contact portion disposed at a position for receiving the flat conductive member... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070254535 - Electrical earthing nut: The invention relates to an electrical earthing nut (1). In the past these have sometimes vibrated loose, with the result that a failsafe safety device has been rendered inoperable. The invention overcomes this problem by providing a nut (1) that has a nut body (2) having an internal thread (4)... Agent: William H. Bollman Manelli Denison & Selter

20070254536 - Electronic unit: An electronic unit, which is suitable particularly for use in an oil-filled or pressure-subjected interior of a hydraulic unit, is equipped with a printed circuit board, with a circuitry of the printed circuit board which includes conductor track portions and electronic components, the latter located in a housing portion of... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070254537 - Rotationally fixed releasable connection between a functional component and a connecting part: In a releasable rotationally fixed mechanical connection between a functional part and a connecting part of which one is provided with a receiver neck and the other with an insertion element adapted to be snugly received in the receiver neck, an intermediate wedge member provided with slightly conical outer surface... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates Patents And Trademarks