Electrical connectors inventions 01/08

20080026601 - Electrical wire routing connector presenter bracket: A connector bracket for facilitating assembly of an electrical component to an automobile. The connector bracket may include a proximal support configured to attach to an attachment structure of an automobile, and a distal support including a flange for retaining an electrical connector. The proximal and/or distal supports may include... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080026603 - Socket for semiconductor device: The probe pin cartridge is held in the cartridge accommodating region of the frame body when the slider members are in the locked state, and detachable from the cartridge accommodating region when the slider members are in the unlocked state by the operation of the operating buttons.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080026604 - Electrical connector and a manufacturing method thereof: A manufacturing method for an electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes a main portion and a plurality of supporting members that are connected with the main portion. The supporting members are applied with a plurality of metal layers thereon, respectively, which are formed by the following manufacturing steps.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080026608 - Connector for printed circuit boards stacked one on another: The connector has a housing (2) and a number of vertical holes (7) pierced in and extending between a top and a bottom of the housing so as to penetrate it, the holes being for insertion of terminal pins (57). A front and rear walls (3, 4) of the housing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080026609 - Low profile connector: To obtain a low profile connector that can prevent contacts from being deformed excessively when fitting of a connector plug is done so that a good feeling of clicking on the fitting is obtained and reliable fitting of the connectors is assured, the contact of the low profile connector is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080026611 - Socket for electrical part: A socket for an electrical part, such as IC socket, to be mounted on a printed circuit board is provided with a socket body, and a plurality of contact pins are mounted to the socket body so as to electrically connect the electrical part and the printed circuit board. The... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080026612 - Multiposition rf connector: An electrical connector includes a shield having opposed planar side panels. The shield is configured to receive a shield of a mating connector within the side panels. A dielectric is attached to the shield. The dielectric is configured to receive the coaxial cable and the shield is electrically connected to... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080026600 - Conductor connection: Disclosed herein is an electrical connector subassembly. The electrical connector subassembly includes a frame member and a first pad. The frame member includes a first leg section and a conductor receiving area connected to the first leg section. The first leg section is configured to be connected to an electrical... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080026602 - Printed circuit board with improved via design: A circuit board includes an electrically conductive sheet having an insulative coating surrounding the conductive sheet, with a surface of the insulative coating around an edge of the conductive sheet having an arcuate or rounded shape. At least one electrical conductor is conformally deposited on at least the rounded insulative... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080026605 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080026606 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080026607 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080026610 - Sensor adaptor circuit housing assembly and method of manufacturing thereof: A sensor adaptor circuit housing assembly and method of manufacturing includes a circuit board, a housing, an input wire, and a connector. The circuit board includes an electrical circuit configured for receiving a sensor signal and generating a sensor characteristic in response to the received sensor signal. The housing includes... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080026613 - Conductor connection: Disclosed herein is a grounding connector. The grounding connector includes a female member, a male member, and a threaded member. The female member includes a first clamp section, a conductor connection section, and a center section between the first clamp section and the conductor connection section. The center section includes... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080026614 - Portable electronic device with built-in terminal cover structure: A portable electronic device including a housing having a receptacle for at least one semiconductor die, a terminal carried by the housing and operably coupled to the at least one semiconductor die, an attached cover, and operation indicators. In one position, the cover encompasses and protects the terminal, and in... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20080026615 - Self terminating spigot: A self terminating spigot for a digital cable system and having a circuit providing a short circuit connection, and a resistance in the circuit, which , when the spigot is in use, is inactive, and when the spigot is not in use, the resistance will connect in circuit thereby terminating... Agent: George A. Rolston

20080026616 - Trailer tow connector assembly including a locking clip: An electrical connector including a body having first and second connector portions. A locking clip coupled to the body facilitates a snap-fit engagement of the body with an associated receptacle opening.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080026617 - Assembly for connecting the stator windings of an electric motor to the respective power supply: An assembly for connecting the stator windings of an electric motor to the respective power supply, that has a first box-like connector with first internal passages open at their ends to accommodate corresponding first electrical terminals, the first connector being provided with an engagement for the stator which is adapted... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080026619 - Card connector: A card connector comprises an insulative housing (1) receiving a plurality of terminals (4), a shield plate (2) assembled on the insulative housing, an ejector (3) coupled to the insulative housing and a detecting switch assembled on the insulative housing. The ejector comprises a movable slider (32). The slider has... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080026618 - Card edge connector with ejector: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing, a number of electrical contacts received therein and an ejector rotablely mounted thereon. The insulative housing defines a central slot for receiving a card therein. At least one tower is formed at one end of the insulative housing and includes a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080026620 - Connecting device: A connecting device of the present invention includes a contact and a body which accommodates it. Clamp arms of the contact include bent parts, and hold parts continued from the tips of the bent parts and bent opposite to the bent parts. When piece members of the operation member press... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080026621 - Circuit selectable receptacle: A distribution harness for use in a modular furniture environment, the distribution harness including a harness connector and an electrical receptacle connected to the harness connector, the electrical receptacle including a connector having a plurality of connector terminals, a plurality of receptacle terminals, and at least one jumper providing connection... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080026622 - Connector device: A small connector device having large adjusting and satisfactory assembly workability, in which a plug fits into and electrically connects to a socket, includes a socket main body and a socket cover attached to an attachment substrate. The socket main body and the socket cover are respectively assembled to the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080026623 - Electrical connector for insulated conductive wires encapsulated in protective tubing: A connector for electrically and mechanically connecting insulated conductor wires encapsulated in protective tubing. Embodiments of the connector provide a protective outer sheathing that circumscribes the conductive and insulating structures within the connector. The connector is formed with a plurality of tubular fitting assemblies for securely attaching the connector to... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080026624 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector has a body, two fasteners and multiple terminals. The body has two lugs formed on two upper ends of the body and two holes defined in two lower ends of the body. Each fastener has two hooks formed on two lower ends of the fastener and engaging... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080026625 - Connector for adjacent devices: An apparatus and method for connecting servers within a rack-mounted server system. In one embodiment, a plurality of servers are positioned in respective bays of a rack. The bays generally constrain adjacent servers in a generally fixed spacing and in face-to-face alignment. A first server is moved within its bay... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20080026626 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector assembly of the present invention comprises a metal case (4) defining an upper receiving cavity (40) cooperatively formed by four sidewalls upwardly extending from a bottom wall (41) for receiving a camera module (3) therein, and at least one securing member (47) extending from the case (4)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080026629 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (10) includes a base (101), and a cover (102) locatable above the base. The base has a major surface (1011) with a plurality of terminal receiving passageways (1010) extending therefrom. The cover has a major face (1025) opposite the major surface and spaced apart from the major... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080026627 - Pin grid array zero insertion force connectors configurable for supporting large pin counts: A PGA socket including a plurality of sub-socket components, which when used in combination forms a larger effective socket, includes multiple apertures configured to receive corresponding pins of an IC. The PGA socket further includes multiple contact members, each of the contact members corresponding to a respective one of the... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080026628 - Pin grid array zero insertion force connectors configurable for supporting large pin counts: A PGA socket including a plurality of sub-socket components, which when used in combination forms a larger effective socket, includes multiple apertures configured to receive corresponding pins of an IC. The PGA socket further includes multiple contact members, each of the contact members corresponding to a respective one of the... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080026630 - Connector: A connector includes a body and a housing. The body includes a plurality of terminals and a first fastener. The terminals and the first fastener are disposed at different surface of the body. The housing covers at least one portion of the body and has a second fastener connected with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080026631 - Enclosure with integral snap acting mounting feet: An enclosure with integral snap-acting mounting feet for mounting a unit, such as a sensor, to a DIN rail. The unit includes a component portion and a mounting portion. The component portion is the sensor or other apparatus. The mounting portion is integrally formed to the component portion through a... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080026632 - Top mount right angle header: An electrical connection header for an electrical device and a method for assembling the same are disclosed herein. A connection header may include a plurality of electrical pins, each of which has a first portion and a second portion oriented generally orthogonal to each other. The pins may be inserted... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080026633 - Electrical connector for a printed circuit board: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector has a housing which is supportable within an aperture of a printed circuit board. The electrical connector also has one or more electrical contacts that are disposed on the housing with at least some of the contacts each having a connectable portion... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080026634 - Systems, devices, and methods for restraining conductors: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a retainer adapted to restrain a plurality of electrical conductors. The electrical conductors can be operably connectable to one or more circuit breakers. The retainer can be adapted to define a plurality of through-holes. Each of the plurality of through-holes can be adapted to nondestructively receive... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080026635 - Electrical coupling apparatus and method: Disclosed are various embodiments of electrical coupling apparatuses and methods. In one embodiment, an electrical coupling apparatus is provided having a first contact array on a card, where the first contact array is located at a first predefined position relative to an insertion edge of the card. The apparatus also... Agent: Verigy Ltd. Intellectual Property Administration

20080026636 - Adjustable feed through bushing base: This invention relates to providing a means to removeably mount a feed through/grounding bushing commonly used to bond together, ground and/or park power distribution cables. Many pieces of power distribution equipment have U brackets for removable attachment of accessories and temporary placed maintenance equipment. The present invention addresses holding the... Agent: Charles F. Rye

20080026637 - Backplane connector: A card assembly includes two spaced-apart circuit boards defining an interior region between the cards. Connectors may be mounted on the circuit boards and be located within the interior region. That is, respective interior sides of the circuit boards may face each other and the interior region. A connector may... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080026638 - Differential electrical connector assembly: A differential connector has a plurality of rows. Each row includes a plurality of signal conductors provided as differential pairs. Each signal conductor has a first contact end connectable to a printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion having a first width. For each differential pair,... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080026639 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector having a housing having a body and a plug tip, a cable raceway having a raceway riser configured to receive a cable, the cable raceway being configured for attachment to the body, wherein the plug tip of the housing is angled with respect to a raceway riser... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080026640 - Electrical connectors with anti-mismating structure: An electrical connector for non-USB protocol includes an insulative tongue plate portion and a vertical portion extending perpendicularly from a lateral edge of the tongue plate portion. The width of the tongue plate portion extending along a transverse direction is much shorter than what of a corresponding standard USB connector.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080026641 - Rugged, removable, electronic device: An apparatus is disclosed, including a rugged electrical connector supporting an external bus protocol including a power signal; a backshell canister mated to the electrical connector; an active electronic component housed in the canister; and an electrical connection between the active electronic component and the rugged electrical connector.... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080026642 - Connector, connector assembling system and method of assembling a connector: A connector is described which includes a plurality of connector wafers coupled by a coupling piece. Each connector wafer includes a housing accommodating a column of contact elements. The housing has opposite side edges, an insertion side with apertures allowing access to the contact elements, a back side, and opposite... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080026643 - Connector for a battery terminal: A connector for a terminal of a battery includes an elastically deformable clamping member that receives the terminal of the battery. A lever is moveable relative to the clamping member between a locked position and an unlocked position. The lever applies a clamping force to the clamping member in the... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080026644 - Conductor connection: Disclosed herein is an electrical connector frame member. The electrical connector frame member includes a first leg section, a conductor receiving section, and a wedge section. The first leg section is configured to be connected to an electrical isolator. The conductor receiving section is connected to the first leg section.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080026645 - Connector adaptor and method: A connector adaptor (205) and method may include a terminal block (210) and a power conductor (215). The power conductor includes in-line, hyperboloid radial sockets (220) to be applied to pins 235 mounted in an array on a power distribution unit (106), and two-hole terminal connectors 225, where the two-hole... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080026646 - Combined cable guiding/clamping device: Combined cable guiding and clamping device comprising a support base-piece provided with guides and engagement elements for engagement with the wall of an electric apparatus (such as an appliance) and an opening suitable for the insertion of a cable, said base-piece incorporating a cable clamping device and a body for... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20080026647 - Detachable coupling for a remote inspection device: A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device and one or more light sources are embedded in the end of the cylindrical... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080020602 - Electrically connecting terminal structure of circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: An electrically connecting terminal structure of a circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The method includes: providing a circuit board defined with first and second predetermined areas; forming the first electrically connecting pad in the first predetermined area and the second electrically connecting pad in a portion... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080020605 - Circuit board module: A circuit board module includes a first glass circuit board and a second glass circuit board. The first glass circuit board has a first glass substrate, and a first integrated circuit and a first electrically connecting pad, both of which are disposed on the first glass substrate and electrically connected... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080020604 - Communication device: A communication device includes a case approximately in a shape of box, data circuit-terminating equipment contained in the case for connecting with a radio packet communication network, and a circuit board provided with a circuit for connecting data terminal equipment and the data circuit-terminating equipment each other and mounted with... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080020606 - Electrical junction box: A casing body of a junction box is made of a resin molded product. A vehicle body bracket engaging portion projects from an outer surface of the casing body. The engaging portion is engaged with a vehicle body bracket made of a metal material or other relatively high-strength that projects... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080020610 - Printed circuit board: A printed circuit board is disclosed. An printed circuit board which includes a board part, on one side of which a motor is mounted; and a reinforcement plate joined to the other side of the board part, where a bent portion is formed in at least one end portion of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080020609 - Straddle mount connector: A straddle mount connector for use with a computer card having multiple circuit boards on opposing sides of a heat sink is disclosed. The straddle mount connector includes a pair of connector portions on opposing sides of the computer card. A first surface of the first connector portion is in... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080020595 - Connector configuration: This connector configuration comprises: a fixing member that is a component of a connector and is fixed to a substrate in order to mount the connector onto the substrate; a case that is a component of the connector and has an installation groove formed thereon, into which the fixing member... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080020596 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080020597 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080020599 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080020600 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080020601 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080020598 - Matrix board-to-board connector: A matrix board-to-board connector includes a plurality of contacts and an insulating housing. Each contact has a retaining board, a first contacting portion defined at a bottom end of the retaining board, and a second contacting portion defined at an opposite end of the retaining board. The second contacting portion... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080020603 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080020607 - Connector: This connector comprises: a connector main body mounted on a substrate; a latching piece that is attached to the connector main body and which temporarily joins the connector main body to the substrate by temporarily latching to an edge portion of an attachment hole formed in the substrate; and a... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080020608 - Connector-mounting configuration: This connector-mounting configuration comprises: a latching claw that is provided at a connector and latches to a substrate, whereby the substrate is equipped with the connector; a protruding portion that is provided so as to protrude from the latching claw and latches to the substrate, whereby the latching claw latches... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080020611 - Electrical connection apparatus: Apparatus for providing an electrical connection path into equipment in an underwater, wet or conductive environment, the apparatus comprising a connecting pin having a conductive core and an insulating sleeve around the conductive core. The insulating sleeve has a reduced external diameter over part of its length to form an... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080020612 - Clamping apparatus for connecting ground wire to grounding member: A clamping apparatus for electrically connecting a ground wire to a grounding member includes first and second clamping members cooperating along an engagement plane to apply a clamping pressure to the grounding member therebetween. One of the first and second clamping members includes opposing first and second wall members integrally... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080020613 - Method of producing lever of lever-fitting type connector: There is disclosed a method of producing a lever including a pair of side plates, an interconnecting portion interconnecting one ends of the two side plates, a lock arm formed at the interconnecting portion so as to be engaged with a male connector, excessive displacement prevention piece portions formed on... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080020614 - Portable terminal with locking release device: Disclosed is a portable terminal with locking release device that includes a cover removably mounted on a side of a terminal housing; a first locking release having a button mounted in the terminal housing in such a manner as to be capable of linearly moving; and a second locking release... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080020615 - Electrical termination device: An electrical termination device includes an electrically conductive shield element, an insulator disposed within the shield element, and one or more electrical contacts supported within and electrically isolated from the shield element by the insulator. The insulator includes one or more insulative spacer bars configured to guide the one or... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080020616 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is connected to a flat conductive member having a connecting portion. The electrical connector includes a housing formed of an insulating material and having a receptacle space for receiving the flat conductive member; a terminal arranged in the housing along a first direction; a metal member disposed... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080020617 - Plate holder and liquid crystal display having the same: The present invention relates to a plate holder and a liquid crystal display having the same. There is provided a plate holder for fixing a plate in a liquid crystal display. The plate holder includes a base portion, a body portion formed on an end of the base portion and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080020618 - Floating panel mount connection system: A connection system for use with a panel having an aperture includes a connection device having a front portion and a back portion. The front portion is insertable in an axial direction into the aperture, and the back portion is configured to prevent passage through the aperture. A retainer releasably... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080020619 - Insulating structure between conductive members of electric device: An insulating structure is employed between conductive members of an electric device. The electric device has a housing accommodating electric components therein and a cover member covering the housing, the conductive members being disposed through communication holes of the housing and the cover member. The insulating structure includes contact prevention... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080020620 - Resin sealing type circuit device: A resin sealing type circuit device is disclosed having a circuit case, made of resin, which has a recessed portion, a plurality of circuit elements accommodated in the recessed portion and having lead terminals, respectively, wiring metal segments fixedly supported with the circuit case and having lead terminal connecting portions... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080020621 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly (1) for connecting electrically plural cards to a PCB (3) includes at least one first connector (10) and at least one first latch (11) for positioning at least one first card (4) therebetween in a parallel relation with the PCB in which a first card inserting... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080020622 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (3) includes an insulative housing (1) having an upper sidewall (16) and a lower sidewall (17), a slot (10) opening frontwardly defined between the upper and lower sidewalls (16, 17), the lower sidewall (17) having an arc portion (170) facing the slot (10) and concaving therefrom, and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080020623 - Test socket-lid assembly: A test socket-lid assembly for testing electronic devices such as IC chips consists of a socket sub-assembly and a lid-sub-assembly, which is separated from the socket sub-assembly. In the lid sub-assembly, the lid is pivotally connected to the frame and supports a spring-loaded pusher that can slide in a vertical... Agent: Gregg Wooden Protos Electronics

20080020624 - Ic socket and manufacturing method for the same: An aspect of the present invention inheres in an IC socket includes a plate-like socket base body which includes through hole forming portions having a plurality of contact housing holes formed so as to penetrate the plate-like socket base in a front-to-back direction, and having through holes formed around the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080020625 - Card connector dampening assembly: A card connector dampening assembly comprises a connector coupled to a printed circuit board and configured to receive an electronic card connected therewith and a dampening member disposed at least partially between the printed circuit board and the electronic card.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080020626 - Connector assembly including insulation displacement elements configured for attachment to a printed circuit: An electrical connector for terminating electrical conductors includes a housing and a cap mounted to the housing. The housing includes a first housing section extending between a front wall and a base, a first wire groove formed through the front wall, and an insulation displacement connector (IDC) element disposed in... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080020627 - Electrical safety devices and systems for use with electrical wiring, and methods for using same: Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring an electrical flat wire. An appropriate safety device is utilized to monitor the electrical flat wire. The safety device includes a line side input configured to connect a line side power source and receive an electrical power signal from the line side power... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080020628 - Speaker cable plug and speaker terminal for receiving such plug, and speaker terminal system using such plug and terminal: To provide a speaker cable plug which is high in performance and easy to use, a speaker terminal for connection to such plug, and a speaker terminal system using such plug and terminal as a set. A plug main body 1 which is internally hollow and formed with a terminal... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080020629 - Device for insertion of contacts into connector insulator cavities: A contact insertion device comprises an arrangement of elements the like of independent linear multi axis actuator providing positioning and fixation for electrical connection element and cylindrical elongated electrical conductor article having a wire electrically attached to one end with opposite end being positioned in collinear fashion adjacent to an... Agent: Volker Von Detten Apt. A

20080020630 - Connector, a connector assembly and an assembling method therefor: A circuit board connector housing (10) includes slide contacts (19) arranged before contact areas (16) of detecting terminals (15A) with respect to a connecting direction. The slide contacts (19) contact touching portions (30) of shorting terminals (27) during a connecting operation of two housings (10, 20). The slide contacts (19)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080020631 - Method for fixing an element in an electrical apparatus and electrical apparatus such as a vacuum switch comprising at least two parts fixed according to such a method: The present invention relates to a method for fixing an element to a part belonging to an electrical apparatus, this method consisting in interposing an extender between said element and said part, said extender being able to exert forces on the element and said part so as to position the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080020632 - Universal electrical wiring component: A modular electrical wiring component comprises a wiring module having a wiring portion for coupling to a source of electrical power and a user-accessible portion configured to accept and provide electrical power to a functional module that provides a selected electrical distribution function, wherein the wiring module is configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080020633 - Ruggedized usb port: The instant invention provides a robust USB connection configured to occupy the space heretofore utilized by a motor vehicle cigarette lighter. The USB connection is designed to adapt the pin for pin connection between a standard USB pin configuration and a common electrical harness connection used on off road heavy... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080020634 - Seal structure for electric circuit unit: A seal structure for an electric circuit unit is formed of an elastic material and includes an annular seal member mounted between an inner peripheral surface of an opening formed in a casing to pass a cable therethrough and an outer peripheral surface of the cable, a fixed member fixed... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080020635 - End connector for coaxial cable: A connector for attaching a cable to a terminal includes a connector body with a hex head fastener rotatably attached at one end of the body. A compressible gasket or clamp sleeve is positioned along the connector body for engaging and sealing about a portion of the jacket of the... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080020637 - Connector for coaxial cable and method: An electrical connector is mounted on a coaxial cable. An electrical connection with the outer conductor of the cable is formed by compressing an elastomer body surrounding the end of the cable and pressing the body inwardly against the cable to hold a conductive member in electrical connection with the... Agent: Hooker & Habib, P.C. (ppc)

20080020638 - Land grid array socket: An electrical connector (10) includes a dielectric housing (20) defining a number of passages (204) and a number of conductive terminals (30) received in corresponding passages, respectively. Each terminal includes a base section (300) secured in the passage and a pair of opposing resilient arms (302) projecting obliquely from upper... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080020639 - Connector and method of assembling it: A connector housing assembly (10) is formed by assembling a first housing (11) and a second housing (40) individually formed by molds that are opened in forward and backward directions, and an accommodation space (70) for accommodating a retainer (60) is defined between the first housing (11) and the second... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080020642 - Electrical connector having improved inner shileding plate: An electrical connector (100) mounted on a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing (10) defining a number of terminal slots (141, 151), a number of terminal modules (20), an outer shield (40) attached to the insulative housing and a number of inner shielding plates (30) each disposed between two... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080020640 - Electrical connector with shell: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulated housing (1), a number of terminals (2) received in the insulated housing (1), a metal shell (3) assembled to the insulated housing and a circuit substrate (4). The insulated housing includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and a pair... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080020641 - Single chip usb packages by various assembly methods: A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) assembly includes a modular USB core component and an external case. The modular USB core component includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The IC chips (e.g.,... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20080020644 - Universal housing for a plug-type connector: A universal housing with a plug-type connector has a high leakproofness rating. The universal housing has a base shell and a cover shell which is placed onto the base shell. The plug-type connector includes a plug part and a socket part, the socket part is associated with the base shell... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080020643 - Detachable assembly of a high current cable and a current-carrying bus bar that extends horizontally: For the purpose of facilitating consolidation of a high-tension cable (HT cable) with a bus bar that conducts electricity and extends horizontally, on which the HT cable is suspended, a contact pocket (21) for the connector piece (32) is provided, which is divided in the vertical orientation, designed for the... Agent: Max Fogiel

20080020646 - Electrical connector incorporating passive circuit elements: An electrical connector that electrically connects a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board is disclosed, where the electrical connector in the preferred embodiment includes: (a) an insulative housing; (b) a plurality of signal conductors, with at least a portion of each of the plurality of signal... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080020645 - Filter connector: A filter connector such as one suitable for suppressing electromagnetic interference, radio frequency interference or both is provided according to an assembly approach that reduces cost. Included is a unitary spring plate that overlies the plug portion of the filter connector and biases the filter components up against the terminals... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080020647 - Dual-clamp fuse block: A fuse block which provides for holding a plurality of fuses in parallel in order to reduce fuse block size and to maximize the surface area of electrical contact in order to reduce electrical resistance in the electrical contact. The block holds the fuse electrical contacts clamped in trapezoidal cavities... Agent: Keith L. Jenkins

20080020648 - Telephone service interface: A telephone service interface (TSI) for accessing a network connection from the subscriber side of a network interface device. A TSI modular plug is adapted to mate with the security monitoring system jack. The TSI jack is connected to a TSI modular plug via first and second conductors. The first... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20080020649 - Electrical connector and assembly: An electrical connector has a housing that includes a mating end defining a first connector relief segment opposite a second connector relief segment and a first connector projection segment opposite a second connector projection segment. At least one male contact extends from a face of the first connector relief segment... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080020650 - Electrical outlets: An electrical outlet includes a main socket unit, and an additional socket unit movably mounted in the main socket unit. The main socket unit includes a power transmitting port, a plurality of sockets, and a first electrical connector. The sockets and the first electrical connector are electrically connected to the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080020651 - Accessory: Disclosed is an accessory detachably mounted on an electronic device. The accessory includes a case, an electronic circuit housed in the case and activating the accessory, and an accessory's-side connector for supplying power to the electronic circuit or sending and receiving signals. The accessory's-side connector includes a portion of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080020652 - Methods and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in electrical connectors: An apparatus and method for crosstalk compensation in a jack of a modular communications connector includes a flexible printed circuit board connected to jack contacts and to connections to a network cable. The flexible printed circuit board includes conductive traces arranged as one or more couplings to provide crosstalk compensation.... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080020653 - Connector: When a retainer (30) is at a full locking position, back ribs (41) are located at positions right behind reinforcing portions (38). Thus, if a force acts to withdraw terminal fittings (10) and the retainer (30) tries to incline by having retaining portions (32) pushed backward, the reinforcing portions (38)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080020654 - Upright electrical connector: An upright electrical connector for mounting on a PCB includes a bas portion, a first and second mating plate retained in the base portion, a number of first and second contacts held in the first and second mating plate, respectively, an inner shield mounted to the base portion to shield... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080020655 - Flashover protection device and method: wet/dry glow-based streamer inhibitor: A device and method for reducing the risk of a streamer initiated flashover across a high voltage insulator under normal operating voltages. The device includes a support structure adapted to be grounded and mounted in proximity to the high voltage insulator; and space charge producing conductors wound around the support... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080014766 - Data tracking method and system applied in semiconductor manufacturing: A data tracking method applied in semiconductor manufacturing is provided. Split historical data of a wafer lot is retrieved and it is determined whether the end of lot data of the wafer lot is read. If not, a maximum split number required for a split processing applied to the wafer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080014768 - Rigid-flexible printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a rigid-flexible printed circuit board and, more particularly, to a rigid-flexible printed circuit board including CL via holes which can facilitate electrical connection to an inner circuit pattern in a flexible region. Since the coverlays are layered on the entire surface of the double-sided FCCL... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080014770 - Coupling assembly: A coupling assembly includes a first board and a second board. The first board includes a plurality of first conductive pieces located at an end surface thereof and spaced from one another in a predetermined interval. The second board includes a plurality of second conductive pieces spaced from one another... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080014765 - Ionizer with parts-extension unit: Parts-attaching grooves are formed at both side surfaces of an ionizer main body, and an auxiliary member for extending parts is detachably latched to the parts-attaching grooves. Parts, such as sensors, filters, and so forth are extended by means of the auxiliary member. The aforementioned parts attaching grooves are constructed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080014767 - Electric junction box: In a case, a branch circuit unit, a multifunction relay unit and a relay unit are stored, being subsequently arranged in parallel. The branch circuit unit is composed of a laminated body of a bus bar and an insulating board, and a first printed board provided with a conductor on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080014769 - Surface mounting lug terminal and method for mounting the same: A surface mounting lug terminal formed of a metallic plate having terminal leads and positioning projections can readily be positioned on a printed board with high precision by fitting the positioning projections into positioning cutouts formed in the printed board. The terminal leads of the surface mounting lug terminal can... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080014771 - Universal-serial-bus (usb) flash-memory device with metal wrap formed over plastic housing: A metal-wrapped flash-memory-drive device has an integrated slim Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector that fits into a standard USB socket. The slim USB connector has 4 metal contacts on a circuit board that is encapsulated by a plastic case. Components are mounted onto the circuit board. A metal wrap conforms to the... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20080014772 - Component mounting position correcting method and component mouting apparatus: A component mounting position is corrected in accordance with a printing misalignment amount of a solder with respect to an original mounting position on a board at which a component is to be mounted. More specifically, a mounting position of a predetermined correction object component is corrected in accordance with... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080014774 - Coupling device for media conduits: A coupling device for tubes and/or pipes is claimed comprising two substantially identical plate-type coupling parts. Each coupling part has an even number of openings to receive inserted plug-in couplings configured as plug parts or socket parts. In one embodiment, the receiving openings for plug parts are arranged mirror-symmetrically across... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080014777 - Multi-directional detect switch: A multi-directional detect switch (100) includes an insulative housing (5), a number of fixed terminals (4) embedded in the insulative housing, a moveable contact (2), and an actuator (1) positioned on the moveable contact. The fixed terminals include a pair of fixed grounding terminals (44) and a number of fixed... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080014776 - Rotatable connector: A rotatable connector includes a stator having an outer cylindrical portion; a rotor having an inner cylindrical portion and rotatably supported by the stator; three or more flat cables received in an annular space defined between the outer cylindrical portion and the inner cylindrical portion, the winding direction of each... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080014775 - Rotary connector: Any one of the reversing portions of the flat cables is positioned in the sighting window when the inner case is in the neutral state. A prescribed mark is attached to the reversing portion which is positioned in the sighting window when the inner case is in the neutral state.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080014778 - Miniature bnc connector: A miniature BNC connector assembly having reduced dimensions includes a plug-side connector configured for engagement with a jack-side connector to form an electrical connection. The plug-side connector includes a plug-side connector body and a bayonet sleeve rotatably connected to the connector body. The bayonet sleeve has an outer diameter not... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080014779 - Cam activated circuit card clamp: A cam activated circuit card clamp is provided. The circuit card clamp is comprised of a base member (204), a leverage arm (412), and a cam activation shaft (422). The circuit card clamp is also comprised of one or more cams (410-1, 410-2, 410-3, 410-4), one or more ramp members... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby PC

20080014780 - Ic socket: An IC socket includes a socket body with a plurality of contacts disposed therein, a lid pivotably coupled to the socket body, a pushing member connected to the lid, and a heat sink fixed to said pushing member and being movable in a height direction relative to the lid. Because... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080014781 - Closed housing for a locking element of a plug-in connection: The invention concerns a locking device (5) for a connector or a socket (1) of a plug-in connection, said device being arranged on a housing (2) of the connector or of the socket (1) and comprising stop means with or without locking element which can be placed in at least... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080014782 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) for attaching an IC package to a circuit member includes a base (3) defining four side walls, a number of terminals receiving in the base, a cover (4) slidably mounted on the base and a lever (5) slidably moving the cover relative to the base. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080014783 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector having a pair of contact members, each contact member bent to have a first end and a second end comprising a self-stripping slot formed therein and adapted to receive a wire having an insulation protective coating. The connector also includes a housing comprised of a base member... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080014784 - Electrical connecting device and method for its production and electrical line and solar modular arrangement with a connecting device of this type: An electrical connecting device includes a housing having a receiving channel that receives an electrical conductor. A contact element is seated in the housing. The contact element has a piercing element extending into the receiving channel that electrically contacts the electrical conductor. At least a portion of the housing and... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080014785 - Connector assembly: This connector assembly comprises a header 1 to which a plurality of coaxial cables 3 are connectable and a socket 2 configured to be mounted on a printed board 4. The header 1 can be detachably coupled to the socket 2. The header 1 has a first terminal array 12... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080014786 - Bulk power assembly engagement system and method: Disclosed herein is an engagement system for bulk power assemblies. The system comprising, a first bulk power assembly and a second bulk power assembly having equal numbers of electrical terminals and guide bosses. The system also having a rigid interface member having a first end and a second end, both... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080014787 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal includes a frame having a front side and a rear side, the rear side having a first receiving space and a second receiving space located beside one another, a front cover disposed to at least partially cover the front side of the frame, the front cover having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080014788 - Card connector: A card connector includes contacts adapted to contact contacts of two memory cards, a housing having inserting openings for inserting the memory cards and arranging and holding the contacts therein, and a shell covering the housing. The housing includes two side walls, a rear wall, and a lower wall contiguous... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080014791 - Connector: A connector holds and is connected electrically with a memory card such as a subscriber identity module (SIM) card and has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a cover. The insulative housing has two sidewalls and a pair of holders. The holders are formed respectively on the sidewalls,... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080014789 - Coaxial cable grounding structure, connector and method for connecting cable in said connector: [Problem] A coaxial cable grounding structure using no solder exhibits a secure grounding function and a secure cable holding function in keeping with the reduction in the diameter of the cable core wire and the reduced interval between adjacent cables. [Solving Means] A coaxial cable grounding structure (10) comprises a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080014790 - Rf signal splitter with integrated connectors: The RF signal splitter of the present invention comprises a splitter housing and associated components for forming an integrated F-Type connector. The splitter housing has at least one input port, at least one output port, a post cartridge, an elastomer clamping element, and a nut. Generally, the post cartridge attaches... Agent: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. C/o Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080014792 - Rf microwave connector for telecommunication: A RF microwave connector for telecommunication has a central terminal with a guiding groove and a fixing groove. The diameter of the cross section of the guiding groove is larger than the diameter of an inner wire of a coaxial cable and the diameter of the cross section of the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080014794 - Connector: A connector (1) which serves to be connected to a counter connector, comprising a housing (2) which is provided with a plurality of first and second receiving chambers (3, 4) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (5), wherein the first receiving chambers (3) serve to receive a contact element (14)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080014795 - Connector: A connector (1) for connection to another connect. The connector includes a housing having a plurality of first and second receiving chambers (3, 4) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (5). The first receiving chambers (3) receive a contact element (14) connected to a cable (15). At mat seal (18,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080014793 - Waterproof connector: In a waterproof connector (1), a filter (151), which is impermeable to liquid and permeable to air, is arranged between an outer circumferential surface of an insulating coating layer (13) of a first electric wire (11) and a wall surface of the first hole (33). On the other hand, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080014796 - Anisotropic conductive film: The objective of the present invention is to provide an anisotropic conductive film that is easily manufactured with high productivity and high yield. For this purpose, a pair of slits 13 are formed on a sheet-shaped base material 12 made of a flexible insulating film, and this is cut out... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080014798 - Electrical connector having improved outer shield: An electrical connector (100) for being mounted on a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing (10) defining a number of terminal slots (141, 151), a number of terminal modules (20), a number of inner shielding plates (30) each disposed between two adjacent terminal modules and an outer shield (40)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080014797 - Electrical connector with reliable shielding member: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) defining an upper receiving cavity (13) for receiving a camera module (200) therein, a plurality of terminals (2) received in the housing, and a first and a second shielding members (3, 4) cooperative for enclosing the housing. Each terminal has a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080014799 - Electrical connecting and switching arrangement: A terminal block connecting apparatus includes first and second support members displaceable from a disengaged condition toward an engaged condition in which corresponding main terminal blocks are brought into electrical engagement, characterized by the provision of first and second test terminal blocks connected with the support members for electrical engagement... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20080014800 - Modular electrical adapter: An electrical adapter for temporarily tapping into an electrical circuit external to the adapter having a first fuse holder member capable of receiving a first fuse holder member of the electrical circuit external to the adapter and a second fuse holder member capable of receiving a second fuse holder member... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080014801 - Wire guide and connector assembly using same: A wire guide, method and connector assembly for interconnecting an end of a cable comprising at least two twisted pairs of conductors, each of the conductors enveloped in an insulating covering, with the bifurcated contacts of a connecting block. The assembly comprises an insulated housing, at least two pairs of... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080014802 - Plug-type connector having a contact chamber for a contact partner and a test slot in the contact chamber: The invention relates to a plug-type connector (1) having a plastic housing (2) having at least one contact chamber (3) in which a contact, in particular a sleeve contact (4) is fitted and locked at least at one location, where according to the invention the contact chamber (3) in the... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080014803 - Electrical component with contact terminal portions arranged in generally trapezoidal shape: In a connector adapted to be mounted on a connection object for connection to a mating connector, the connector includes contacts each of which has a contact portion placed on a contact portion side of the connector for connection to the mating connector and a terminal portion placed on a... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080009144 - Conducting strip for connection device: A conducting strip for a connection device comprises a first conducting strip, a second conducting strip, and an elastic clipping element. One side of the second conducting strip is contacted with one side of the first conducting strip, and the two contacted sides are clipped by the elastic clipping element... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080009145 - Plugtype power supply unit: A plugtype power supply unit includes an enclosure, a plug portion secured thereto, and a low-voltage cord extending from said enclosure. Each cross-sectional configuration of said enclosure with said plug portion corresponds to and does not exceed the cross-sectional configuration of a plug face of an American type plug according... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080009146 - Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: A printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A printed circuit board composed of an insulation substrate, which includes an insulation layer, a circuit pattern formed on one side of the insulation layer, and an interlayer passage joined to the insulation layer and configured to electrically connect with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080009148 - Guided pin and plunger: An intercoupling component used to couple an array of electrical connection regions disposed on a first substrate to an array of electrical connection regions disposed on a second substrate. The intercoupling component includes an insulative support member including an array of holes extending therethrough, the array of holes located in... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080009151 - Ic socket: An IC socket includes a socket body (10) defining a plurality of passageways (102), and terminals (20) insertable into each of the passageways. A retention projection (1020) extends into the passageway. Each terminal includes a slot at a middle portion thereof for receiving the retention projection. The slot defines a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009152 - Customizable backer for achieving consistent loading and engagement of array package connections: An electrical contact assembly includes a first module having a first set of electrical contacts, a second module having a second set of electrical contacts, a shape generating module, and a clamping arrangement for clamping the first, second and shape generating modules together. The shape generating module imparts a desired... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080009156 - System and method for bonding coaxial cable: The present invention provides a connector for bonding a coaxial cable to a ground wire. The connecter further connects two ends of coaxial drop cable such that the cable is spliced at the point of the connector. The connector secures ground wire by compression to assure reliability and prevent scoring... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080009147 - Circuit board via arrangement for differential signal connector: Stacked receptacles in a connector that each provide side-by-side differential signal contacts, are attached to a circuit board without additional width to accommodate multiple layers of differential signals by using connector wafer inserts that rotate the side-by-side positioned differential signal contacts to front-to-back contacts.... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080009149 - Rfid tag packaging system: An electronic packaging system includes an electronic device and an array of surface elements surrounding the electronic device. A plurality of the surface elements of the array have a first height. The electronic device has a second height. The first height is greater than the second height so the array... Agent: James Marc Leas

20080009150 - Chip connection device: The chip connection device's main feature is a structurally simple and rigid engagement member. The engagement member mainly contains a knob having only a top cylinder for turning and indication, an eccentric base cylinder to cause reliable relative lateral movement of the top and base plates of the chip connection... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080009153 - Semiconductor package and method of making the same: A semiconductor package and its fabrication method are disclosed. The fabrication method has the steps of: providing at least a lead frame having a plurality of terminal leads formed with flat portions and contacting portions, providing at least a circuit board having a plurality of electrical connection pads, mounting the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080009154 - Electric junction box: A casing 20 surrounding a circuit structure 10 consists of a frame 21, a heat sink 30 located in a rear side of the circuit structure 10 and a cover 60 located in a front side. The frame 21 is in a two-component structure consisting of a first frame member... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080009155 - Wiring board with lead pins, and lead pin: A wiring board with lead pins having high reliability is provided. When the lead pins are attached to electrode pads, the lead pins are attached to the electrode pads without leaving voids in a conductive agent, and bonding strength of the lead pins are improved. When the wiring board to... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20080009157 - Telescopic and adjustable electrically conductive device and socket device: A telescopic and adjustable electrically conductive device includes a first electrically conductive piece and a second electrically conductive piece. The second electrically conductive piece is movable contacted with the first electrically conductive piece. The present invention further provides a socket device including a socket and at least two electrically conductive... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080009158 - Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a pick up cap. The connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the housing, a stiffener being able to support and secure the housing, and a metal clip. The housing defines a conduction region for supporting a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009160 - Connector and method of connecting the same: A connector includes i) a plug including a pair of connecting members configured to connect the plug to a socket, a through-hole formed at a portion between the pair of connecting members, and plug contacts arranged on outer side faces of the respective connecting members, ii) a socket including a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080009159 - Dustproof structure for an electronic apparatus: A dustproof structure for an electronic apparatus includes an insulating body, and a dustproof cover. On one side of the insulating body, there is at least one card-plugging space, and there is an arc track located on one side of the insulating body and extending to the opening of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080009161 - Electrical card connector having an anti-mismating mechanism: An electrical card connector (100) for electrically connecting with an electrical card (6) includes an insulator (1) defining a receiving space (14), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulator, a pair of latching portions (45) and a shield (5) covering the insulator (1). The shield includes a pair... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009162 - Electrical termial: A conductive contact (5) includes a right base portion (51), a securing portion (51) extending from a lower end of the base portion (51), wherein the securing portion (53) defines at least one barb (531) with a side of the securing portion (53) angled an angle less than 90 to... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009163 - Card connector: A card connector for connecting an electronic card with an electronic device is disclosed. The connector comprises a base member and a metal cover (10), which define a receptacle for receiving at least partially the electronic card therein. The connector further comprises an ejection mechanism for ejecting the electronic card,... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080009164 - Known point elbow: An apparatus for connecting two or more members is provided wherein the apparatus includes a first leg having an opening, a conductive portion and an insulated portion extending between the conductive portion and the opening. A connecting member can electrically connect to the conductive portion and engage a cable assembly... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080009165 - Connection assembly for a light string having a primary wire and secondary wires electrically connected to the primary wire and each secondary wire having light bulbs thereon: A light string includes a primary electrical wire, secondary electrical wires each electrically connected to the primary electrical wire and having multiple light bulbs thereon and multiple connection assemblies. Each connection assembly is composed of a base to securely receive therein the primary electrical wire and a corresponding one of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080009166 - Electrically conductive connector housing part: An electrically conductive connector housing body (16, 17) of aluminum or an aluminum compound, and a surface layer on the aluminum which comprises an adhesive layer in the form of a chemical nickel-plating, a corrosion protection layer, and a metallic passivation layer provided in sequence. In order to avoid the... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20080009167 - Novel hermaphroditic coupling: A low-profile genderless connector uses interlocking tabs and spring levers to form a secure mechanical link with another identical genderless connector using rotational. engagement. Upon full engagement of two opposing yet identical connectors, electrical contacts on each connector complete multiple signal paths for ground, power, and signal communication in a... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080009168 - Socket for electrical parts: In a socket for electrical parts of the present invention, a fixed contact piece—a counterpart to the movable contact piece—is formed on a contact pin arranged on the socket body, a fixed-side contact portion which is designed to contact a lower side of the IC lead of the IC package... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080009169 - Fixing mechanism for electronic device: A fixing mechanism having a fixing component, a positioning component, and a guiding component is disclosed. The fixing component has a mating portion and a groove portion hooked with the guiding component. After the guiding component passes through the groove portion of the fixing component, the fixing component can glide... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20080009170 - Connecting member and connector each having a slider adapted to displace contact portions: A connecting member has a slider with rotation shafts and a contact combined with the slider. The contact has contact portions for connection to a connection object and pressing portions connected to the contact portions, respectively. By rotating the slider about the rotation shafts to press the pressing portions, the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080009172 - Connector: A lock arm (15) is in the form of a cantilever and hitting portions (25) are arranged at positions closer to the free end of the lock arm (15) than a lock portion (20), a distance from a supporting point of the resilient deformation of the lock arm (15) (leg... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080009173 - Backshell device for a connector: A backshell device and assembly are provided for achieved improved signal integrity, wherein the design of the backshell device is less complicated, more light weight, and easier to build and use than existing devices. In one embodiment, the backshell device can be coupled to adaptor which is coupled to a... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20080009171 - Fit-in member: A slider (62) slidable in a direction in which a male connector (4) is fitted in a female connector (5) and a direction in which the male connector (4) is separated from the female connector (5) is mounted on the female connector (5). When an operation of moving the slider... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080009174 - Card-type apparatus: A card-type apparatus includes a circuit substrate and a card-type case for accommodating the circuit substrate including a flat portion disposed opposite to the circuit substrate with a gap between the circuit substrate and the flat portion. A memory card accommodating space, provided between the flat portion of the card-type... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080009175 - Wire harness water cut-off structure: A main body portion of a grommet is mounted to a through hole of a dash panel partitioning an engine room and a vehicle compartment, a long tube is continuously provided to the main body portion, and the tube is arranged at inside of the engine room. A wire harness... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080009176 - Connecting device for lamp mount for lamp bracket: A connector for lamp bracket is provided. The connector includes a female connecting sleeve with a plughole; and a first shaft hole, defined in the female connecting sleeve, with the first shaft hole sharing a commonly shared predetermined space or communicated with the plughole. A camshaft rotatably disposed in the... Agent: Frank F. Tian

20080009177 - Battery backup electric plug with female plug: A plug which is attached to a power cord of an appliance, such as a clock or an appliance having an internal clock, includes a battery that will supply power to the appliance during a failure of utility power whereby the clock associated with the plug need not be reset... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20080009178 - Elastic insertion bearing: In an elastic insertion bearing for supporting a component extending substantially axially, such as a damper rod for a strut tower on a vehicle body and for fitting in a vehicle body-side mount (3), comprising a rigid core to which the component can be secured, and an elastomeric body (17,... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080009179 - Connector and printed circuit board connected to the same: A connector capable of electrically connecting a printed circuit board to a flat cable without soldered connections. Each of a plurality of first connecting terminals provided at a first housing has a portion that sandwiches a predetermined conductor through an insulating coating of a flat cable and crimps the conductor.... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080009180 - Pair of flat-type flexible cable connectors and harness of flat-type flexible cable: A pair of flat-type flexible cable connectors of the present invention comprise a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is provided with a plate-like cable holder, which has flat end faces on both sides in a thickness direction and an end protruding in the depth direction, and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080009181 - Jumper installation feedback: A jumper including a connecting face, a light-emitting face, and a light pipe extending from the connecting face to the light-emitting face is provided. The light pipe is operable to transmit a light from a provided computer hardware from the connecting face to the light-emitting face responsive to the jumper... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080009182 - Telecommunications patch panel with angled connector modules: A telecommunications patch panel is provided having a plurality of connector modules rotatably mounted to a frame member. Each connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face, and each front face includes a plurality of connector jacks. Each rear face includes a plurality of wire termination... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080009183 - High density module connector: The present invention discloses a high density module connector that includes a combining base, a plurality of connectors and a packaging module. A high density module connector is used to substitute a circuit board of a traditional patch panel, so as to overcome the shortcoming of replacing the whole circuit... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080009184 - Electrical connector including viewing window assembly and associated methods: An electrical connector includes a window assembly including an electrically insulating transparent base and a plurality of electrically insulating transparent windows extending outwardly therefrom. The connector may include an electrically conducting body having spaced apart cable-receiving passageways for receiving respective insulation-free electrical cable ends therein, and with each cable-receiving passageway... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080009186 - Connector: A male housing (60) includes a receptacle (61) in which male tabs project. A female housing (10) includes a tower (11) with cavities (14) for accommodating terminal fittings. A front holder (13) is mountable on the tower (11) and has a front wall (31). A surrounding wall (32) projects from... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080009187 - Moldable housing design for synthetic jet ejector: A synthetic jet ejector is provided which comprises a first housing portion (131), and a second housing portion (133) which releasably attaches to the first housing portion, wherein the first and second housing portions form first and second portions, respectively, of at least one passageway (159) adapted to emit at... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20080009185 - Retrofittable radio frequency identification connector: A radio frequency identification connector assembly configured and arranged for retrofittable connection comprises a device, a housing, a radio frequency identification device, and a connector. The radio frequency identification device is operatively connected to the housing, and the connector is operatively connected to the housing. The connector is configured and... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20080009188 - Electrical connector assembly with reinforcing frame: An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing (1), and a reinforcing frame (4) removably disposed on the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base (10) having a top side, and side walls (11) upwardly extending from the top side of the base, with a datum protrusion (111) formed... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009190 - Connector: A connector suitable for an electronic apparatus is provided. The connector includes multiple connection ports, a transmission part, and an aluminum-foil cover. The transmission part is electrically connected to the connection ports. The aluminum-foil cover comprises a first surface, a second surface, and glue. The first surface and the second... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080009189 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a shielding shell (5), a connector housing (1) received in the shielding shell, a number of contacts (2) received in the connector housing, a printed circuit board (3) attached to the connector housing and electrically connected to the contacts, a cable (4) comprising a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009191 - Connector having a shielding plate: The invention relates to a connector including an insulating housing module and at least one shielding plate. The housing module contains a plurality of signal leads and at least one ground lead extending between a mating end (M) and a contact end (C) of said connector. The shielding plate includes... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080009192 - Medical electrical lead connection systems and methods: An electrical connection assembly of a medical device includes at least one conductive sidewall mounted in a fixed position to a module base; the sidewall may be electrically coupled to a feedthrough wire. The assembly further includes at least one resilient member to apply a spring force against a connector... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080009193 - Cable assembly: The present invention relates to a cable assembly comprises a shell (1) comprising at least one post (127), a ferrite core (3) having two end face (33) and a main portion (32) and defining a perforation (31) and a cable (2) comprising a plurality of wires rounding the ferrite core... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009194 - Electrical connector having terminating device: The present invention provides an electrical connector (100) defining a receptacle (200) for receiving a mating plug. The electrical connector (100) is mounted on a mother printed circuit board (10) and includes a number of conductive contacts (43) and a terminating device (45) for terminating said conductive contacts (43) when... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009195 - Electrical interconnection with mating terminals: An electrical interconnection (100) includes a plug connector (1) and a receptacle connector (2) mated with each other, each connector including terminals thereof. Every two adjacent terminals (12, 21) of each connector have mating sections (124, 224) disposed in an opposed relationship with each other such that when the plug... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080009196 - Smartconnect universal flash media card adapters: A multi-memory media adapter comprised of a first planar element having an upper surface and a lower surface, a second planar element having an upper surface and a lower surface, and formed from a single material. The two planar elements form at least one port, each port capable of receiving... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (onspec/tpl)

20080009197 - Memory card assembly: A memory card assembly includes a memory card and a case. The memory card includes a first end with a USB interface and a second end. The case includes a compartment for removably receiving the second end of the memory card. The case further includes a coupling member extending from... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080009198 - Flexible connector for implantable wiring harness: The present invention is directed to a linear connector assembly comprising a plug connector (22) and a receptacle connector (24). The plug connector (22) includes an elongated member (26), and an electrical contact (72) disposed about a portion of the elongated member. The receptacle connector (24) includes a wall defining... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080009199 - Communications connectors with signal current splitting: Communications connector include a first contact having a first section and a second section that are separated by a contact region, and a second contact having a first section and a second section that are separated by a contact region. These connectors also have a first output terminal that is... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080009200 - Power cord: The present invention has an object of providing a power cord which prevents breakage of a plug or cord/conductors certainly even when treated roughly and thus has a longer life. The power cord comprises a plurality of cores 5, of a synthetic resin, each for covering a connection section of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080009201 - Connector: A connector has a front retainer (30) that can be held at a partial or full locking position, engaging portions (38) formed on outer surfaces of locking arms (36) are engaged with partial locks (15) or full locks (16). Thus, even if resilient deforming portions (37) of the locking arms... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080009202 - Wire connector and method of fabricating the same: This invention relates to a wire connector and method of fabricating the same. The wire connector assembled by an insulating tube and a soldering sleeve is used to connect a plurality of conducting wires which are made of conducting cores and insulating claddings surrounding the conducting cores. The insulating tube... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080009203 - Insulated jumper in particular for terminal blocks of switchboards: Electrical connection jumper, in particular for terminal blocks of switchboards, comprising a conducting body extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of connector elements for electrical connection, which extend in the transverse direction from said conducting body, and an insulating body, integral with said conducting body, said insulating body... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20080009204 - Conducting terminal connector and method of fabricating the same: This invention relates to a terminal connector and method of fabricating the same. The terminal connector is comprised of a conducting terminal, an insulating tube and a soldering sleeve, for joining the conducting terminal and a conducting wire. The conducting wire includes a conducting core and an insulating cladding enclosing... Agent: Reed Smith LLP