Electrical connectors inventions 02/08

20080050935 - Construction for holding cap for use in connector: On a holder (8) to be mounted on a vehicle body (b), there are formed a connector-holding portion (12a) for holding thereon a female connector (5) and a male connector (4) fitted in the female connector (5); and a cap-holding portion (12b) for holding thereon a female cap (84) and... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080050936 - Torque transmitting housing for catv filter: A housing for a CATV filter includes an outer sleeve which is preferably made of stainless steel. A filter assembly and two headers are contained within the outer sleeve. Two engagement holes for a special pin spanner-type wrench are formed in a face of the outer sleeve instead of in... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20080050937 - Card connector: A sliding member is disposed on one wing of the concave portion to advance and retreat in directions parallel to insertion and ejection of a card, and formed a heart-shaped cam groove. The base-end side of the leaf spring is fastened to the sliding member; the other end projects toward... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080050939 - Contact for an electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) and a plurality of stamped contacts (12) resided therewithin. The conductive contact includes a central spring beam (122), a side spring beam (124) located at one side of the central spring beam, and a contact portion (121) formed between the central... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050940 - Electrical connector with moveably contact: Disclosed an electrical connector (500) comprises an insulative housing (510) having a body (511) with a mating interface (512) and a mounting surface (513) opposite to the mating interface. A plurality of passageways (514) extend from the mating interface toward the mounting surface and with a first wall (516) and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050941 - Electrical connector with retaining shell: An electrical connector adapted for connecting a camera module to a printed circuit board via a flexible printed circuit comprises a shield and a spring plate. The shield includes a pair of opposite rear and front walls, a pair of left and right walls adjacent to the rear and front... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050943 - Camera module and assembling process thereof: A camera module and an assembling process thereof are provided. The camera module includes a composite printed circuit board, an image sensing chip and an underfill. The composite printed circuit board includes a signal terminal to be connected with a conductive bump of the image sensing chip. The underfill is... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080050944 - Contact unit: According to the contact unit of the invention, a contact 20 of an IC socket 10 is formed so that a first flange portion 21b is disposed in a gap S1 between an upper plate 13 and an intermediate plate 14x while an outside diameter d2 of the first flange... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080050942 - Electrical connector housing having stylized guide box: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (10) adapted to engage conductive terminals, and having an IC package mating surface (101) and an opposite substrate mounting surface (103). A rigid strip (12), in a substantially wavy, is attached to and configured to surround peripheral walls of the insulative housing. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050945 - Electrical socket connector with metal reinforced device between cover and base: An electrical connector socket, comprising an insulating base defining a sector and a surrounding portion surrounding the electric area, a cover slidably mounted on the base, a metal reinforced device with a rectangular frame sandwiched between the base and the cover, and an actuation mechanism is also pivotally sandwiched between... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050947 - Double-ended press-fit connector: A double-ended press-fit connector that enables the efficiency with which the connector is mounted on a printed circuit board to be improved. The connector has an insulated housing in which are arranged multiple fixing holes for inserting contacts and multiple press-fit contacts that are inserted in the fixing holes. The... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080050946 - Press-fit contact: To prevent damage to a printed circuit board due to concentration of contact pressure during press-fitting of press-fit contacts into through-holes of the board with narrow pitches, a press-fit contact includes a bulge portion formed wide substantially at a center in a long direction thereof, a press-fit portion extending from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080050948 - Socket mounted to printed circuit board: A socket, adapt for electrically connecting a semiconductor package to a print circuit board, comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and a plurality of solder balls disposed on bottom ends of the contacts. The socket is mounted on the print circuit board by... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050934 - Electrical connection for porous material: An electrical connection element for providing an electrical connection to a porous material may include a first electrically conductive plate disposed on at least a portion of a first side of the porous material. A second electrically conductive plate may be disposed on at least a portion of a second... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20080050938 - Card design with fully buffered memory modules and the use of a chip between two consecutive modules: The invention also concerns a connection interface that includes such an AMB amplifier component (25) for the connection of a maincard (3) that includes at least one processor, to an auxiliary memory card of the type with a series of memory modules (2), where the maincard has at least one... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080050949 - Electrical disconnect with adjacent wire receptacle boxes: An electrical disconnect has a pair of selectably engageable enclosures each including a housing and a cap and one or more terminals supported therein. The terminals each have spring fingers at outer ends opposite wire ports in the cap to receive a stripped end of a wire in a push-in... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080050951 - Electrical connector assembly with reduced crosstalk and electromaganectic interference: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprise an insulative housing (1) defining a mating direction, a plurality of terminals (2) received in the insulative housing (1) along the mating direction, a printed circuit board (3) attached to the insulative housing (1) and electrically connected to the terminals (2) and a cable... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050950 - Electrical connector assembly with reduced crosstalk and electromaganetic interference: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a terminal block assembly (2) assembled to the insulative housing (1) and a cable (3) electrically connecting with the terminal block assembly (2). The insulative housing (1) defines a mating direction and a receiving chamber (15). The terminal block assembly... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050953 - Method and system for connecting an external cable to a device: A connection system for a mobile device. The connection system configured to couple a cable that is external to the mobile device to an internal portion of the mobile device through a plug of the cable. The connection system includes a collapsible port, in which the collapsible port is configured... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080050952 - Thumb drive with retractable usb connector: A thumb drive comprises on-board memory for storing digital information, a male USB connector coupled to the on-board memory for connecting to a USB port of a computer appliance, internal control elements for managing MP3 player functions for the thumb drive, a display for displaying downloaded song titles, user-operable controls... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080050954 - Memory card connector: A memory card connector (34) includes an insulative housing (36) having a terminal-mounting section (36a) which mounts a plurality of conductive terminals (44) having contact portions (44a) for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card. The housing at least in part defines a card-receiving cavity (40) for receiving the memory... Agent: Charles S. Cohen Molex Incorporated

20080050955 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector, for connecting an electrical connector to a circuit board, comprises an insulative housing defining a plurality of passages in an end thereof, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and an ejecting member being pivotally attached within the end of the housing and the ejecting... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050956 - Tube holder: A tube holder includes a flat surface formed on a top thereof and a connecting seat formed on a bottom of the tube holder. The connecting seat is provided to electrically connect to a power source. A first tube connector and a second tube connector respectively extend from the flat... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080050957 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes two connector parts each having a high-load (“HL”) housing with an HL contact and a low-load (“LL”) housing with a LL contact. One LL housing is movable relative to the other LL housing. The parts are movable to join and separate from one another. The HL... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080050958 - Connector: To provide a connector that includes a locking section having a high strength, and is excellent in shielding performance. Contacts are held by a housing including a receiving space into which is inserted FPC. An actuator is mounted in the housing in a manner pivotally movable between open position for... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080050959 - Zif socket connector with pop-up pick-up cap when cover is moved to open position: A ZIF socket connector comprises a base defining a plurality of passageway therein and each received therein a contact terminal therein. The base defines a first and second end. A cover is moveably attached to the base in a direction from the first end to the second end of the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050960 - Electrical device: An electrical device, in particular a device for determining electrical variables (battery sensor), is provided which includes a connecting region between the part of the device which determines electrical variables and an attachment point. The connecting region has an essentially central axis. The device has a conductive interface between two... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080050961 - Electrical connector with improved latching structure: An electrical connector (100) includes a housing (10) for receiving a number of connector modules (11), and a latching member (6) rotatably mounting on the housing (10). The latching member (6) includes an intermediate portion (61) defining a pivotable portion therewith and an engagement portion (62) extends from the intermediate... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050962 - Locking structure for card edge connector: A locking structure for a card edge connector includes a pair of locking devices attached on both sides of the circuit board spaced from the connector housing. The two locking devices and the connector housing define a card receiving space. Each locking device has first and second locking portions. Through... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080050963 - Cable connector assembly: A cable connector assembly includes a cover with a receiving space, a first open on one side thereof, a second open opening along a direction perpendicular to the first open and a third open, an electrical connector received the first open, a cable bounding a plurality of wires therein with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050964 - Shield member: The present invention provides a shield member for covering the slot of an electronic device, including at least a body for inserting and pluggable into the slot; a slide block disposed on the surface of the body and corresponding to the slot; and an elastic portion disposed on the surface... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080050965 - Electrical plug: An electrical plug comprises first and second housings rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The first and second housings each have contact elements arranged therein. A cable end seating is arranged between the first and second housings. The cable end seating has a first surface facing the... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080050966 - Connector: A connector capable of facilitating the insertion of a connected object, and obtaining a sufficient contact force. Contacts are held by a housing including a receiving space into which is inserted FPC. An actuator is mounted in the housing in a manner pivotally movable between open position for inserting FPC... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080050967 - Connector adapters for use in usb applications: A connector for use in a USB application includes a body having a USB “A” type receptacle at a front section of the body and a terminal block at a rear section of the body. The body has a keystone connector mounting form-factor. Alternatively, body has a first end section... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080050968 - Cable connector: The present invention provides a cable connector for connecting a mating connector, said cable connector comprising an insulating body, a plurality of signal contacts arranged in the insulating body, a ground element extend to a plurality of ground contacts interposed between each pair of signal contacts in the insulating body... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080050969 - Reduced crosstalk differential bowtie connector: A connector is provided. A plurality of parallel pins is mounted in a connector. A circuit board is connected to the connector. Some of the pins are configured to communicate signals from the circuit board and others of the pins are configured to communicate corresponding signal grounds from the circuit... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080050970 - Cable connector: The present invention provides a cable connector comprising an insulating body; a plurality of conductive contacts arranged in the insulating body along a front to back direction; a cable with a plurality of conductive cores is fixed on the conductive contacts; and a metal shell fastened and surrounded on the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080050971 - Adaptor and wireless communication module: An adaptor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a power supply line to be connected to an external power supply; a first connector including a plurality of terminals; and a second connector including a first terminal connected to at least one of the plurality of terminals of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080050972 - Communications plug with reverse cordage and anti-snag configuration: A 110-style patch cord includes: a plug having opposed front and rear ends and a generally horizontal support surface; a plurality of electrical contacts mounted in the plug, each contact including a generally vertically oriented blade, the blades having exposed front edges positioned above the support surface and defining a... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080050973 - Electrical connector with improved preloading structure: An electrical connector (100) for an electrical card includes an insulating housing (20) defining a receiving slot (220) for mating and a number of electrical contacts (60). Each of the electrical contacts has a securing portion for securing the contact in the housing, a contacting portion (66) extending into the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050976 - Cable connector assembly: A cable connector assembly comprises a shell (1) comprising a receiving space (14), a cable (4) having a plurality of wires (41), an audio plug (2) mounted on the shell and including a plurality of electrodes, the audio plug having a mating portion (23), a retaining portion (22) and a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050974 - Multi-directional electrical interconnect device: A multi-directional electrical interconnect device having mating male and female terminals disposed in, attached to, or coupled to male and female housings. The housings and terminals are configured to allow mating at any angle between two orthogonal directions, i.e., from either of two directions that are disposed at 90 degrees... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080050975 - Transfer plug for a variety of sockets: A transfer plug for a variety of sockets includes an insulating shell, a first and a second connectors and a signal plug. The insulating shell has two side arms and a first pivoted portion. The first and the second connectors correspondingly combine with the insulating shell respectively and are electrically... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080050977 - Audio jack connector: An audio jack connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals received in the dielectric housing and a nut received in the dielectric housing too. The dielectric housing has a first body. A nut fixing means protrudes from the bottom of the first body. The nut fixing means has... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080050978 - Electrical connector with multiple outputs and power adapter having the same: An electronic connector includes a housing and a plurality of electricity-conducting elements. The housing has a channel therein. The electricity-conducting elements are separated from each other. Each electricity-conducting element includes a first conducting part and a second conducting part. The first conducting part is partially received within the housing and... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080050979 - Connector: A connector is provided for coupling a computer peripheral device with a RJ11 or RJ45 data communication socket. The connector includes a first connecting part and a second first connecting part. The first connecting part has a shape mating with said data communication socket. The second connecting part includes a... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080050980 - Modular insulation displacement contact block: An insulation displacement contact block comprising a base and first, second, and third walls extending upward from the base. The first and second wall define a first wire insertion opening. The second and third wall define a second wire insertion opening. A first insulation displacement contact is disposed between the... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080050981 - Fuse cassette: A fuse cassette for use with Power Distribution Boxes (PDBs) and other electrical devices. The fuse cassette may include a fuse circuit having a power distribution bar for distributing power between a number of terminals. The terminals may include electrical traces having fuse-like characteristics. The traces may open during over... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080050982 - Electronic module and method of manufacturing electronic module: An electronic module capable of easily determining connection reliability of an ACF connection portion is provided. Electrode wirings of a board serving as an electronic parts of a display panel are connected with ACF bonding wirings of an FPC through an ACF to make electrical connection between the FPC and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080050983 - Cpu socket configured with assembled grids: Provided herewith is a CPU socket made of composite configuration of passageways. The Socket includes an insulative housing defining an opening therein. A grid is securely assembled in the opening defining a plurality of passageways for securely receiving a contact terminal therein. The grid includes a plurality of latitudinal partitions,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080050984 - Return pad cable connector: A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical energy source. The return pad further includes a connector operatively coupled... Agent: Covidien

20080050985 - Battery post connector: A connector suitable for establishing an electrical connection with any number of batteries. The connector including any number of features for assessing operating characteristics associated with the battery, such as but not limited to current, voltage, and temperature. The connector optionally being of a robust design and configured to ameliorate... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080050986 - 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 O. Wolstoncroft Tyco Technology Resources

20080050987 - Stirrup-type power utility electrical connector assemblies: An electrical connector assembly includes a bail, a first conductive member having a first hook portion extending from a first wedge portion, wherein the first hook portion adapted to engage a main conductor, and a second conductive member having a second hook portion extending from a second wedge portion. The... Agent: Helen O. Wolstoncroft Tyco Technology Resources

20080050988 - Cable assembly ground protector: A grounding connector comprising a ferrule portion and a pad portion. The ferrule portion has a conductor receiving bore terminating adjacent the transition portion. The transition portion also slopes downwardly from the ferrule portion toward the pad portion to form an obtuse angle with the pad portion. The grounding connector... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080045044 - Electrical interconnection between multiple printed circuit boards: An electrical interconnection system includes a stationary board (200), a removable board (300) having a number of conductive pads (304-306), and a connector (100). The connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining thereon a number of passageways (121, 122), a number of contacts (2) retained in the passageways. The contacts... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045045 - High density electrical connector and method for assembling thereof: A high density electrical connector to connect an electronic device and a printed circuit board includes a connector body disposed on the printed circuit board, several terminal channels disposed in the connector body, and several terminals disposed in the terminal channels. The printed circuit board has several contact points. Each... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080045047 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector 5 comprise an upper housing 52 defining a number of contact passageways 521, a lower housing 54 defining a number of tail passageways 541 in communicate with the contact passageways 521, a number of contacts 51 extending along the contact passageways 521 and the tail passageways 541,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045046 - Multi-layered connector: A multi-layered connector is disclosed. The multi-layered connector includes a first sub-connector and a second sub-connector. The first sub-connector includes a first elongated body. The second sub-connector includes a second elongated body, and two side arms elongated upwardly from opposite ends of the second elongated body. The side arms define... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080045048 - Lga socket assembly having improved pickup cap to be ejected when a lever is lifted: A land grid array socket comprises an insulative housing having a plurality of contacts. The insulative housing has a top surface for receiving a land grid array package. A cover member is pivotally mounted on a first end of the insulative housing. The cover member is pivotal between an open... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045049 - Methods for esd protection: A Universal Serial Bus flash memory unit having an electrically conductive housing includes a spring that provides an electrically conductive, low-resistance pathway between the housing and the metal shell of the Universal Serial Bus connector so that electrostatic charge can directly discharge from the housing to the metal shell instead... Agent: Winston & Strawn, LLP

20080045050 - Connector and portable electronic device using the same: A connector (20) is coupled with a circuit board (10) of a portable electronic device, and the circuit board includes a board hole (12) therein and a plurality of conductive pads (14) thereon, adjacent the board hole. The connector includes a housing (22) and a plurality of conducting terminals (24).... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080045043 - Right angle coaxial connector mountable on pcb: A board mount type right angle coaxial connector has a cylindrical body and a main body containing a dielectric and an air dielectric, respectively. The bodies are connected to each other at a right angle. The coaxial connector further has a conductor surrounded with the dielectric and the air dielectric.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080045051 - Piu plug-in/plug-off mechanism for electronic apparatus: A PIU plug-in/plug-off mechanism for an electronic apparatus, which is capable of efficiently applying a force required for a plugging-in/off operation of connectors to a printed board by pressing a portion of the printed board close to a backplane. An operating handle of a card lever is turned counterclockwise to... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080045052 - Planar array contact memory cards: A Planar Memory Module (PAMM) device comprising a generally planar card comprising a first side and a second side, the first side having a plurality of couplings and the second side having a plurality of connectors, a plurality of memory devices coupled to the card via a first portion of... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20080045053 - Contact element for connecting an electrical conductor: The patent application relates to a contact element (10) for connecting an electrical conductor (30), comprising a flat electrically conductive base element (12) in which at least one passage (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 14g) is provided, the smallest diameter (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, 15e, 15f, 15g) of which... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080045054 - Grounding lug for armored cable and method: An external grounding arrangement for a fiber access terminal includes a lug extending through a housing of the terminal. The lug is connected to strength members of a fiber optic cable extending to the terminal by a clamp about the cable within the terminal and a rod extending from the... Agent: Attention Of Alpaslan Sapmaz Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080045055 - Electrical connector with ground contacts: An electrical connector assembly includes a socket (1) and a header (2), each including an insulating housing (11,21), a plurality of contacts (12,22) and a pair of grounding contact (13,23). The housing of header defines a pair of barriers (214) parallel to the header contact and a groove (2142) on... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045056 - Connector with esd protection: A Universal Serial Bus flash memory unit having an electrically conductive housing includes a spring that provides an electrically conductive, low-resistance pathway between the housing and the metal shell of the Universal Serial Bus connector so that electrostatic charge can directly discharge from the housing to the metal shell instead... Agent: Winston & Strawn, LLP

20080045057 - Electronic apparatus: The electronic apparatus includes: a housing having an opening for inserting a card and a cover member, the opening being closed when a medium is not inserted, the cover member being pressed by the medium when the medium is inserted so that the cover member is rotated to go down... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080045058 - Separable electrical connector assembly: A high voltage loadbreak bushing insert includes an insulative housing having a first end section, a second end section opposite the first end section, a mid-section disposed between the first and second end sections and a transition shoulder portion disposed between the second end section and the mid-section. The second... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20080045059 - Detect switch provided with an electrical member: A detect switch (100) includes an insulative housing (2), a first, a second and a third fixed terminals (11, 12, 13), a moveable contact (3) contactable to the third fixed terminal, an operator (4) capable of depressing the moveable contact, an operator (8) and an actuator (9). An LED (6)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045060 - Electrical distribution harness assembly: An electrical distribution harness assembly of a modular power assembly for providing power to an office furniture assembly including an exterior surface includes at least one electrical connector, a channel, and a cover. The channel includes a wireway and at least one slideway integral with the wireway. The channel is... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080045061 - Electronic control unit casing and electrical connector: An electronic control unit includes an electronic control unit casing having an electrical connector receiving opening. A circuit board is arranged in the electronic control unit casing such that an end of the circuit board extends into the electrical connector receiving opening. A rear end of the electrical connector is... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080045064 - Connector with high torsion support and coaxial connector assembly thereof: A connector with a high torsion support and the coaxial connector assembly thereof are provided. A supporting plate is provided behind the connector, and the supporting plate has a notch cooperating with an embedding portion of the connector, so that the embedding portion of the connector is restricted by the... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080045062 - Method for fabricating microconnector and shape of terminals thereof: A method for fabricating a microconnector and the shape of terminals of the microconnector is proposed, which combines a cover with a base as a female connector, inserts an inserting member as a male connector between the cover and the base, and the ends of the terminals at the base... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080045063 - Plastic housing and semiconductor component with said plastic housing and method for producing the same: A plastic housing includes plastic external faces and the underside of the plastic housing comprises external contact areas on which external contacts are arranged. The plastic external faces are covered by a closed metal layer apart from the underside, wherein the boundary layer between plastic external faces and the closed... Agent: Edell , Shapiro & Finnan , LLC

20080045065 - Electronic connector and method of attachment: An electrical connector capable of being sealingly connected to a housing structure by using a friction stir welding technique includes a polymeric electrical connector harness, at least one electrical conductor extending through the electrical connector harness, and a welding strip sealingly connected around a perimeter of the electrical connector harness... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080045066 - Seal for flexible flat cable (ffc), fpc and other flat cables with and without round conductors: The invention relates to a sealing element (7) which can be fastened on at least one conductor (2, 4, 6) of at least one line (1, 3, 5) or the line (1, 3, 5) itself and which can be inserted into a housing (12). According to the invention, the sealing... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080045067 - Fastening method and fastener: A fastening method for fastening an object by crossing two or more fasteners each of which includes a connecting hole or a connecting groove, and by tightening the fasteners at the same time by fastening each of the fasteners after the other fastener is connected to the connecting hole or... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080045068 - Pc card, pc card housing, and pc card mounting configuration: The card mounting configuration includes a card with a height that is approximately half that of conventional cards and integration of a front plate and a back plate of the card with a support to prevent circuit board distortion. A card ejector is attached on the front plate, and a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080045069 - Security system for portable electronic devices: Provided herein is a security system for a portable electronic device comprising a port connector, a latching mechanism, and a locking mechanism. Also provided is a method for securing a portable electronic device and a security system configured as a multiple-piece shell.... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20080045070 - Electrical connector with improved locking arms: An electrical connector (100) for receiving a camera module (5) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing and a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing (1) includes first and second side walls (13, 14) with a receiving chamber... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045071 - Apparatus to prevent an electrical plug being unplugged: An apparatus for preventing unplugging of an electrical plug from an electrical receptacle includes a unitary member having each of a predetermined shape a predetermined size and a predetermined thickness. An aperture is disposed within the unitary member for removably attaching it to a predetermined portion of such electrical receptacle.... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080045072 - Plug-in connector for guiding a cable through an opening of a separating wall of an, in particular, military device: A plug connection for guiding a cable through an opening of a partition, comprising a device socket having a plug receiving portion, and a plug with an insertion body with a looking ring that cooperates with locking elements of the plug receiving portion. At least one cable adapter is connectable... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20080045073 - Cable assembly with improved stress relief: A cable assembly includes a main cable, at least one sub-cable extending from the main cable, a stress relief formed of a first insulative material integrally molded with a joint of the main cable and said at least one sub-cable and a cover formed of a second insulative material attached... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045074 - 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

20080045075 - Method and apparatus for patch panel patch cord documentation and revision: A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring and reporting cable connectivity such as patch panel port-level connectivity on a real-time basis. For patch panel systems, the approach is based upon a distributed architecture that may be modularly scalable and may reduce, if not eliminate, the need for a centralized... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080045077 - Connecting structure of printed circuit board of liquid crystal display module: A connecting structure of a printed circuit board of a liquid crystal display (LCD) module includes a double side printed circuit board and a single side printed circuit board. With the design of the double side printed circuit board having a solder element with two solder surfaces with a plurality... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080045076 - Clamp with spring contacts to attach flat flex cable (ffc) to a circuit board: The present invention provides a clamp with spring contact elements to receive and secure a flat flex cable with exposed electrical traces to an electrical circuit such as on a printed circuit board. The clamp of the present invention has features for enhanced registration and alignment of exposed electrical traces... Agent: Neoconix, Inc. C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080045078 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector in accordance with the present invention comprises an upper connector including an upper housing which defines an elongated first receiving slot and has a heighten portion below the receiving slot and a plurality of contacts retained in the upper housing, and a lower connector including an lower... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045079 - Electrical connector system with jogged contact tails: Connector systems include electrical connectors orthogonally connected to each other through shared through-holes in a midplane. An orthogonal vertical connector includes jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector to which the vertical connector is connected. A first contact in the right angle... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080045080 - Universal coaxial connector: A connector for coaxial cable, including a substantially tubular body; a gripping barrel, arranged inside the body, having a hoop near one end and a plurality of staves extending from the hoops; and an adapter sleeve arranged at least partly inside the body for supporting the cable inside the body.... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080045081 - Cable plug for a coaxial cable and method for mounting a cable plug of this type: A cable plug for a coaxial cable, in particular comprising an external corrugated conductor, comprises an electrically conductive housing, which concentrically surrounds an insulated internal conductor, in addition to fixing elements which are used to connect the external conductor of the coaxial cable electrically and mechanically to the housing of... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080045082 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) includes a connector body (1), a shell (2), a ring (3) and a cable wire (5). The connector body forms at least one pin (11), an exterior surface (12) defining a first diameter and an connecting portion (13), whose outer diameter is smaller than the first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045085 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) includes a shielding (10) defining a receiving space and a spring plate (20) mounted in the receiving space of the shielding. The shielding comprises a bottom wall (11) for supporting the spring plate therein. The spring plate defines a main body (21), a plurality of contacting... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045084 - Receptacle connector: A receptacle connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a shell. The insulative housing has a mounting segment and a tongue segment. The terminals are mounted securely on the insulative housing and held by the tongue segment. The shell covers the tongue segment of the insulative housing... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080045083 - Telecommunications module with improved shielding characteristics: A telecommunications module (10) has a housing (20) and pairs of contacts (16) exposed at the front of the housing (20), the pairs of contacts (16) being adapted to connect wires therewith, the housing (20) being provided with at least one slot (22) at a location between two pairs of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080045086 - Electrical connector with improved metal spring: An electrical connector (100) for receiving a camera module (5) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing, a pair of metal springs (3) and a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing (1) includes four continuous walls (11, 12,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045087 - Electrical interconnection between multiple printed circuit boards: An electrical interconnection system includes a stationary board (20, 20′), a removable board (30, 30′), an electrical connector (1, 1′) interconnecting the two boards, and an actuator (90, 90′). The electrical connector has a plurality of contacts (11) received in a dielectric housing (10), each comprising a first contact end... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045089 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises a housing and a number of terminals residing in the housing. Each of terminals comprises a base portion, a contact portion extending from the base portion, and a retention portion rising from the base portion. The housing defines a number of terminal-mounting holes each with a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080045088 - Terminal and electrical connector: A terminal has a soldering portion, a body portion, a resilient arm portion, a first fulcrum and a pivot boss. The body portion is formed on the soldering portion. The resilient arm portion is formed on the body portion, is capable of pivoting and has a proximal end, a distal... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080045090 - Communications connector with flexible printed circuit board: A communications connector with a flexible printed circuit board is provided. The flexible printed circuit board is electronically and mechanically connected to the plug interface contacts of the jack near the plug/jack interface, in order to provide effective crosstalk compensation. The flexible printed circuit board has fingers at one end... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080045091 - Device and method for latching separable insulated connectors: A latching mechanism for joining separable insulated connectors employs a plurality of finger contacts to create an interference fit with an electrode probe of an elbow connector. The electrode probe enters a cylindrical grouping of the plurality of finger contacts and a projection causes an interference fit between the finger... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080038938 - Land grid array connector assembly with pick up cap: A land grid array (LGA) connector assembly (1), comprising: a stiffener (2) defining locating members (4) around the respective corners for receiving and holding the electronics package in position; an insulative housing (3), the housing defining a plurality of contact segments (31, 32, 33, 34) for engaging respective connection sections... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080038939 - Board-to-board electrical connector assembly: A board-to-board connector assembly includes a first connector (100) having a first housing (10) defining two opposite first longitudinal peripheral walls (11a) and two opposite first transverse peripheral walls (11b) connecting the first longitudinal walls. A rib (114) and a locking portion (116) are respectively defined in corresponding inner wall... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080038940 - Coaxial cable connecting apparatus: A wire core of a coaxial cable is tightly bonded with a terminal. A pressing member is used to press the wire core toward the terminal. By doing so, better electrical characteristics are acquired.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080038941 - Circuit board having configurable ground link and with coplanar circuit and ground traces: A transition circuit board for transitioning a cable to a connector is provided. A circuit board has an outer surface with a circuit trace, ground plane and ground link provided thereon. A cable pad and a contact pad are provided at opposite ends of the circuit trace. The ground link... Agent: Marguerite E. Gerstner Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080038942 - Modular power distribution system: A vehicle having a power and information system including a vehicle structural member, an insulated power conductor, a communication link and a modular distribution system. The modular distribution system is attached to the vehicle structural member. The modular distribution system is coupled with the power conductor and with the communication... Agent: Deere & Company

20080038944 - Printed circuit board: First insulating walls projected from a substrate are interposed between high voltage terminals T+, T−. The first insulating walls are disposed further away from the connector housing than the high voltage terminals T+, T−. The first insulating walls prevent mixed conductive foreign particle from touching the high voltage terminals T+,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080038945 - Printed circuit board: A film capacitor 13 for filtering mounted on a substrate is higher than a projected lead wire of the high voltage terminal. The lead wire of the high voltage terminal is interposed between the film capacitor and a connector housing. A gap is so formed between the film capacitor and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080038946 - Microphone connector and microphone with the same: To obtain a microphone connector and microphone, wherein in the state where a pin insert and a connector case are connected to each other with a screw, the mutual decentering between the pin insert and the connector case can be suppressed to an extremely small amount, and the attaching and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080038943 - Electric junction box: Three printed boards are stored in a case, and a relay connector for connecting the three printed boards is mounted on the second printed board at the middle position. The relay connector is provided with a first terminal storing part, which is long in a vertical direction, and a short... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080038947 - Device or connection adapter: A device or connection adapter having a base part, in which contact-making units with connection contacts are accommodated for making electrical contact with busbars of a busbar system, and having a holding apparatus for detachably fixing the device adapter with respect to the busbar system. Given a simple design and... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20080038948 - Dummy plug for option device electric connector in heavy construction equipment: A dummy plug of an option device electric connector in heavy construction equipment is disclosed, which comprises a dummy connector which has a mounting hole in an interior of a body and mounts a connection terminal into an interior of the mounting hole as the electric connector slides and is... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080038949 - Maintenance-free electrical bus assembly and electrical enclosure employing the same: A maintenance-free electrical bus assembly is provided for a switchgear cabinet. The maintenance-free electrical bus assembly is coupled to a switchgear device in the cabinet, and includes electrical bus members, at least one bus joint comprising an electrical connection of two or more electrical bus members, and a fastener assembly... Agent: Martin J. Moran, Esq. Eaton Electrical, Inc.

20080038950 - Lamp fasteners for semiconductor processing reactors: A heat lamp which has captured fasteners that can attach the lamp inside a radiantly heated semiconductor processing reactor. The fasteners are captured within eyelet terminals on each end of the lamp, thereby rotatably securing the fasteners to the lamp. The eyelet terminals may have threaded apertures which screw into... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear LLP

20080038951 - Upright electrical connector: An upright electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a base portion (11) defining a mounting face (102), a first and a second tongue portions (312, 322) defining a mating face (101) and extending beyond the base portion; a number of first and second contacts (21, 20) retained... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080038952 - Electrical connector with rotatable stuffer: An electrical connector for connecting a sheet-like connection member includes an insulating housing (1) with a receiving cavity (10) and a supporting portion (16) on a first end thereof, a plurality of terminals (2) arranged in the insulative housing (1) and a stuffer (3) comprising a tongue plate (31) insertable... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080038953 - Circuit card locking device at a rear cover of a computer: A circuit card locking device at a rear cover of a computer, is composed of a computer casing, a rear side of which is connected with a rear cover which is provided with a rectangular hole; a locking device, which tightly lock and fix a metallic piece of a circuit... Agent: Troxell Law Office, PLLC

20080038954 - Latch mechanism: A cradle is provided for a handheld communications device (106). The cradle is comprised of a rigid structure (160), a latch actuator (302), a latch (300), an engagement face (514), and a resilient member (304, 304-1, 304-2). The rigid structure defines a compartment (202) for receiving the device. The compartment... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby PC

20080038955 - Clip for securing a cord plug to a cord socket: A clip for securing a cord plug to a cord socket. One version of the clip has a set of opposed channels arranged to receive flanges extending from the plug and socket. The clip has a second set of opposed channels aligned with but narrower than the first set of... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080038956 - Electrical connector with air-circulation features: A power contact as disclosed herein may include first and second conductive plates positioned parallel to each other. Each of the conductive plates may include respective first and second curved portions. The first curved portion of the first conductive plate and the second curved portion of the second conductive plate... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080038957 - Electrical connector with improved terminals: An electrical connector for connecting a sheet-like connection member (6) with a plurality of conductive pads (60) thereon comprises an insulative housing (1) defining a receiving cavity (10), and a plurality of conductive terminals (2) arranged in the insulative housing. Each terminal is made by stamping a piece of metal... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080038958 - Electrical connector with improved fastener: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing (1), a metal shell (3) partially enclosing the insulative housing, a pair of board locks (4) and a pair of fasteners (5) for assembling the board locks (4) and the metal... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080038959 - Universal emc gasket: An electromagnetic gasket includes a conductive shell having a pair of side walls and end walls extending therefrom defining at least one opening. The pair of side walls and the end walls have at least one outward bias and at least one inward bias positioned thereon for each opening. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080038961 - Memory module, memory module socket and mainboard using same: A memory module socket disposed on a principal surface of a mainboard, and adapted to mechanically receive and electrically connect a memory module with a mainboard, the memory module socket including a first unit socket having a plurality of first socket pins adapted to electrically connect a first connector disposed... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080038960 - Micro sd adapter structure: A micro SD adapter structure includes a casing having an insert slot, a hollow portion at the casing, an embedding groove at the hollow portion, a plurality of sunken grooves corresponding to the hollow portion, a connecting base proximate to each sunken groove; a transmitting interface at the hollow portion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080038962 - Distribution module for converting between symmetrical and asymmetrical data transmission paths: The invention relates to a distribution module for converting between symmetric and non-symmetric data transmission paths. Said distribution module comprises a housing in which a transformer is arranged for adjusting impedance, first contacts for connecting at least one non-symmetric data cable, and second contacts for connecting at least one symmetric... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080038963 - Receptacle connector and apparatus having the same: There are provided a housing having a fitting section to fit a mating connector therein; a terminal that can contact with the mating connector fitted in the fitting section; a shielding plate that covers an outer portion of the housing; and a grounding spring that is provided in the fitting... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080038964 - Terminal contact for electric conductors: A single-wire or multi-wire electric conductor that is inserted into a through-bore of the slide element and the clamping sleeve connected thereto is pushed over a stationary, rigid and barb-shaped terminal region of the conductor rail while the slide element is axially moved along the chamber, wherein the strands are... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20080038965 - Method and assembly for establishing an electrical interface between parts: A method for establishing a substantially continuous electrical interface between a first expanse of a first electrical part and a second expanse of a second electrical part includes the steps of: (a) in no particular order: (1) Adhering a first layer of substantially pure gold material to at least a... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20080032517 - Method and apparatus for compliantly connecting stack of high-density electronic modules in harsh environments: A system for connecting circuit boards is provided. A plurality of overlapping spaced apart circuit boards have a plurality of conductive pins passing through holes in the circuit boards. A connector includes a flexible sheet insulator and a plurality of conductive surfaces separated and supported by the flexible insulator. At... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080032519 - Semiconductor device contact resistant to deterioration due to heat and method for manufacturing contact: A Contact according to an aspect of the present invention is formed by laminating a shape memory alloy film on a surface of a metal spring film, and the shape thereof is a conical spiral. A manufacturing method therefor is composed of 11 steps including a step of preparing a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080032518 - System and method for distributing power in an electronic system: An electronic system comprises a system board, one or more cards adapted to couple to the system board, wherein the system board transfers signals to and from the one or more cards, at least one electrically conductive plate, and one or more connectors coupled to the at least one electrically... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080032521 - Ic socket and ic package mounting device: An IC socket includes a plurality of contacts each including a spring formed by winding a conductive material around a winding axis with an effective winding number of at least 1 round, and arms provided on both ends of the spring, and a housing including the same number of holes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080032522 - Cylindrical impedance matching connector standoff with optional common mode ferrite: The present invention generally relates to providing a controlled impedance connection between two PCBs. A connector may connect a first PCB to a second PCB. The connector may comprise of a body made from a dielectric material and a plurality of conductive lines defined in the dielectric material. One or... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080032523 - Circuit module and manufacturing process thereof: A circuit module to be mounted on a system circuit board having first contact portions is provided. The circuit module includes a printed wire board and at least an electronic component mounted on the printed wire board. The printed wire board includes a substrate and a trace pattern formed on... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080032525 - Multi-pole plug-in connector: The invention relates to a multi-pole plug-in connector (10) having contact elements (16) which comprise a flat plug-in area (30) that transitions to a flat conduction area (18) the wide side (50) of which lies in a contact column plane (14). The wide side (31) of the flat plug-in area... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080032526 - Connector easily adapted to miniaturization: A connector includes a cover adapted to push a connection object toward a first contact. The first contact includes a first contact portion to be connected to a contact portion of the connection object. A second contact includes a second contact portion and a locking portion. The cover includes a... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080032527 - Ieee 1394 electrical connector: An electrical connector with an IEEE1394 interface is disclosed. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a metal shell, a plurality of terminals and a rear cover. In application, the connector can be used in both inverted type and low profile type structure, the two side walls of the metal... Agent: Kao H. Lu

20080032516 - Trailer tow connector assembly including a receptical terminal with a resiliently expandable member: An electrical connector including a receptacle terminal having a tubular member configured to receive at least a portion of a plug-type terminal. The receptacle terminal includes a slot extending axially along at least a portion of said tubular member and a resiliently expandable member disposed around the tubular member.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080032515 - Trailer tow connector assembly including first and second connector portions having associated covers: An electrical connector including a first connector portion and a second connector portion. First and second covers are pivotally attached to the body about a common axis for covering the first and second connector portion.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080032520 - 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.

20080032524 - High density connector and method of manufacture: Electrical connectors capable of being mounted on circuit substrates by BGA techniques are disclosed. Also, disclosed is a method of manufacturing such connectors. There is at least one recess on the exterior side of the connector elements. A conductive contact extends from adjacent the interior side into the recess on... Agent: Daniel J. Long Fci/berg Electronics Group, Inc.

20080032528 - An extension socket structure: An extension socket structure includes a positioning sleeve, which has a front face with an opening disposed thereon and a rear face having a plurality of positioning slots disposed thereon, and an extension socket being inserted in the positioning sleeve for a socket panel of the body of the extension... Agent: Hdsl

20080032529 - Electrical contact and socket for electrical parts: The present invention is to provide an electrical contact and a socket for electrical parts which can be produced easily, at low cost and is light in weight. The contact pin 15 comprises a first contact member 26 having a first contact portion 26d to be contacted with an IC... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080032530 - First-wall component for a fusion reactor: A first-wall component for a fusion reactor contains at least one heat shield having a first region inclined toward the plasma and a second region lying opposite the first region and formed of a graphitic material. The heat shield has one or more slots that end in the first or... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080032531 - Lever connector: The lever comprises a main plate portion, a supporter portion, and an arm. The main plate portion is laid in parallel with a predetermined plane. The supporter portion extends from the main plate portion. The arm is supported by the supporting portion and is bendable in a predetermined direction. The... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080032532 - Electrical connector having elastic arms of terminals extending slantingly upwards: An electrical connector includes terminals and a base formed with terminal slots each having opposite first walls and second walls. Pressing a metal plate forms a material tape and the continuous terminals connected thereto. Each terminal, assembled within the corresponding slot and then separated from the tape, has a cut... Agent: Pro-techtor International

20080032533 - Adapter and apparatus for coupling a cord of a peripheral device with a portable terminal: An adapter and apparatus for coupling a corded peripheral device with a portable terminal. The adapter may be used to convert the portable terminal to include an electrical connector having a break-away capability for connecting a corded peripheral device with the terminal. The connector is adapted to disconnect from the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080032534 - Method of branching power around an obstacle: A modular furniture power distribution system includes at least two multiconductor electrical cables, at least two upstanding partition panels, a stanchion for supporting juxtaposed partition panel ends, and a collar. Each of the at least two multiconductor electrical cables have an electrical connector at a first end thereof. Each of... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080032535 - Open face electrical connector: An open-face electrical wire connector for forming an electrical connection to a wire connector lug wherein the wire connector lug, which is free of any sealant can be brought into engagement with another portion of a housing, which carries a sealant, to cause the sealant to flow around the wire... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20080032536 - Plug-in connector:

20080032537 - Socket connector for in-line modules: A socket connector for connecting a card edge module to a circuit board includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between opposed ends. The housing includes a mounting face configured to be received on the circuit board and a mating face configured to receive a card edge module. Each... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080032538 - Chip socket structure: Through the correspondence of insertion slots of the fixing plate to the terminals at insertion slots, the pins of terminals can be tidily arranged inside the insertion slots, such that the pins can be maintained at a horizontal direction and there will be no void solder phenomenon caused by welding... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080032540 - Connector: A connector is provided with a lock mechanism for locking with a mating connector when the mating connector is fitted in the connector. The connector includes a housing and a metal shell for covering an upper surface, a lower surface, and side surfaces of the housing. The metal shell includes... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080032539 - Electrical connector having latching mechanism: An electrical connector includes a plurality of pins, an isolation body and a latching mechanism. The isolation body has a specified side including a first portion, a second portion and an indentation. The second portion is higher than the first portion. The indentation is formed in the first portion and... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080032541 - Low profile latching connector: A small, low-profile plug connector for use with electronic devices provides a latching member with a pair of hooks that engage mating holes in a guide frame, and which can be easily delatched from the guide frame or opposing connector or housing. The hooks lock the plug connector into engagement... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080032542 - High-power electrical quick connector: A quick connector assembly for high power electrical applications and method of manufacturing a high-power quick connector assembly are disclosed. The quick connector assembly has a first connector and a second connector constructed to form an electrical connection that can be quickly coupled and decoupled. The first connector has a... Agent: Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group, Sc (itw)

20080032543 - Universal joint cord protector for hand held hair dryer: An electrical cord coupling (1) for use in a hand held appliance such as a hair dryer (19) has a unitary body comprising a sheath-like portion surrounding an electrical cord (8) and a semi-spherical coupling end (5) adapted to be nested into a receptacle (18) in a manner permitting universal... Agent: Lawrence Cruz Conair Corporation

20080032544 - Wire cover and an assembling method: A wire cover is provided for enabling a held state of a corrugate tube to be confirmed visually. Since tube holders (19) into which a front end portion of the corrugate tube (30) is fitted are formed with through holes (23A, 23B) and (23C) penetrating from the outer circumferential surface... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080032545 - Connection assembly: A connection assembly having a first connector and a second connector which can be connected to or disconnected from one another by being adjusted along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first connector comprises a first housing which is provided with an elastically deformable locking arm comprising an end connected to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080032546 - Modular jack with led retention means: A modular jack (100) includes a number of visual indicators (40), an insulative housing (10) having a pair of receiving spaces (11, 12), a number of retention sections (101) for engaging with the visual indicators and a terminal module (20). The retention section defines an opening, a rear wall (16),... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032547 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for connecting an electrical component to a printed circuit board through a flexible printed circuit comprises a shell defining a receiving space and a spring plate assembled in a bottom of the shell. The spring plate includes a main section extending in the longitudinal direction and against... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032548 - Mounting structure: An electric wire is crimped by electric-wire crimping claws of a ground terminal. The electric wire is thermocompression-bonded to a thermocompression bonding surface of the ground terminal. The ground terminal is fixed to a vehicle body panel by a fastening force of a bolt and a nut and by an... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080032549 - Mounting device for an electric plug coupling: The mounting device serves to receive an electrical plug coupling for the connection of an electronic circuit assembly. It has a coupling receptacle (2), which is pivotally mounted on a door handle carrier (10) and is locked against tilting in an installation position and can be pivoted into an operational... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080032550 - Device for locking a connector module in a module holder: The invention relates to a housing for a connector, including at least one contact-holder module, a frame for receiving this module and a stirrup which is used as an aid for coupling to an additional connector, which can be manoeuvred between a decoupling position and a coupling position between the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080032551 - Coaxial connector and coaxial cable connector assembly and related method: A method of making a coaxial cable assembly is disclosed, the assembly comprising a coaxial cable and a connector, or connector termination, on at least one end of the cable. A connector, comprised of connector components, is also disclosed. The method comprises placing connector components into contact with the cable... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080032552 - Electrical connector with improved contacts: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) for receiving a number of contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing has a rear portion (11) and a pair of side portions (12, 17) extending from the rear portion with a receiving... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032554 - Electrical connector assembly with improved covers: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector unit comprising a first insulative housing and a first metal shielding covering the first housing, a second connector unit comprising a second insulative housing and a second metal shielding covering the second housing, a PCB respectively connect with the first and second... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032553 - Electrical connector having improved shield: An electrical connector (100) includes a lower shield (3), an insulative housing (1) assembled to the lower shield, a number of terminals (2) and a pair of upper shields (4). The lower shield has a bottom wall (33) and a pair of first side walls (32). Each first side wall... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032555 - Electrical connector assembly: The present invention is to provide an electrical connector assembly to ensure a good electrical connection between a chip and a circuit board. In order to achieve the object described above, the present invention provides an electrical connector assembly electrically connecting a chip module onto a circuit board, comprising: an... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20080032556 - Contact element for shielded connectors: e

20080032557 - Electric connector: An electric connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) having front and rear walls (21, 22), a terminal passageway (23) defined between said front and rear walls and having top and bottom walls (25, 24), and a conductive terminal (3) assembled to the insulative housing to be retained in the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032558 - Cable connector assembly and method for making the same: A cable connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing, a cable (6) electrically connecting with the contacts, a retention member (4), a pull tape (7) and a cover (5). The contacts have rear portions and the cable consists of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032559 - Microconnector and manufacturing method of socket therefor: c

20080032560 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector unit adapted for mating with a complement connector along a front-to-rear direction, a second connector unit adapted for mating with another complement connector along the front-to-rear direction and electrically connected with the first connector unit, and an insulative casing covering the first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032561 - Slim memory card with retractable protection shield: A slim USB memory card is provided with retractable protection shield. A printed circuit board has a surface formed thereon a plurality of metal contacts. A main frame piece has two frame edges parallel with and opposite to each other for housing the printed circuit board. Each frame edge has... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080032562 - Miniature audio jack connector: A miniature audio jack connector (100) for electrically connecting a mating plug (200) includes an arched insulative housing (1), a number of conductive contacts (2) retained in the housing (1) and a pair of switch contacts (3) containing a movable contact (31) and an immovable contact (32). The housing defines... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080032563 - Jack assembly: The present disclosure relates to a jack assembly including a jack mount having a front side and a rear side. A jack of the assembly is adapted to be slidably mounted in a jack receiving region of the jack mount. The jack assembly also includes a plurality of cross-connect contacts,... Agent: Attn: Karen A. Fitzsimmons Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080032564 - Sealed lamp socket: Wedge bulb lamp sockets with one or more terminal members potted in the lamp socket bodies. The terminals have wire lead supporting members positioned at 100-150° from the axial axis of the body. The blades of the terminals have locking tabs to assist in securing the terminals in place.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080032565 - Power terminal block: A terminal block for use in an uninterruptible power supply comprises a first portion that includes a plurality of stalls, each of the plurality of stalls having an aperture, and at least one socket positioned in the aperture, the at least one socket arranged to accept a wire from internal... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20080032566 - Terminal block for connecting electrical conductors: This invention concerns a terminal block for connecting electrical conductors with a first clamping spring element (20) and a second clamping spring element (30) for clamping the electrical conductors, with the first and the second clamping spring elements (20, 30) being displaced vertically with respect to each other and with... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080032567 - Receptacle box installer and method: A receptacle box installer includes an L-shaped element with a first arm and a second arm, a block attached to an inside surface of the first arm of the L-shaped element, and a gap between a side of the block closest to the second arm of the L-shaped element and... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080032568 - Electrical terminal having a compliant retention section: An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal includes a base and an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end. A slit formed through the insertion portion and extending from or between the... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080032569 - Method for producing a welded joint between electrical wires with a support and welded joint: A method and an array for ultrasound welding of litz wires with a preferably rectangular support, which are jointly inserted in a compression space, the width of which is set to match that of the support.... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080032570 - Output terminal connection structure for vehicle generator capable of generating high and low voltages: The output terminal connection structure for a vehicle generator capable of generating a high voltage and a low voltage includes a high voltage output terminal provided in the vehicle generator, a high voltage lead terminal to be connected to the high voltage output terminal, a low voltage output terminal provided... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC