Electrical connectors inventions 04/08

20080096397 - Lever type connector: A lever connector is provided where fitting of a connector holder is reliably performed by rotation of a lever, so that workability is excellent. In a connector holder 2, a provisionally-retaining claw 17 is provided to be elastically held by a first retaining portion 14 at a predetermined rotating position... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096400 - Solid floor board assembly with duct raceway cavity: A solid floor board assembly with duct raceway is composed of a plurality of base blocks, layer plates, and floor boards. A hollow cavity is formed between the base blocks and the layer plates and is partitioned to accommodate a variety of wire ducts and conduit installations neatly and orderly... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080096401 - Integrated circuit leadless package system: An integrated circuit leadless package system includes forming a lead, attaching an integrated circuit die to the lead, and applying an encapsulant including a thin encapsulant region with a thinner section over the lead than a section over the integrated circuit die.... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20080096403 - Adsl wire bonding and grounding clamp: A cable bonding and grounding clamp that includes: a closed end having a first side and a second side; a pair of side walls each having a first section connected to a second section by an offset section; an open end formed by the second sections; an aperture in at... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20080096398 - Magnetic connector for electronic device: An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The plug includes electrical contacts, which are preferably biased... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080096399 - Heat dissipating terminal and electrical connector using same: An electrically conductive terminal 2, 3 for a circuit board connector has a heat sink fin 16 which is thermally coupled to two connection portions 12, 14 for dissipation of heat generated in the connection portions. The heat sink fin and one of the connection portions 12 extend from a... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080096402 - Connector for a display apparatus: A connector that is capable of reducing defects in display apparatuses is presented. The connector includes a body, a plurality of terminals and a cover. The body has a base and a sidewall. The terminals are disposed on the body and arranged to make an electrical connection with the electrical... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080096404 - Portable energy device: A portable energy device having a housing and an energy storage device is disclosed. The housing includes electrical input terminals and electrical output terminals, the input terminals being configured to receive electrical power from a vehicle having an electrical chassis operating at DC voltage, the output terminals being configured to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080096405 - Quick connect connector: The invention relates to a connector that can be easily mated to a jack connector.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080096406 - Electrical plug-and-socket connector for a motor vehicle: A connector includes first and second plug-and-socket connector parts and a connection element. The first connector part has a latch operable to connect the connector parts together. The connection element is connected and is displaceable with respect to the first connector part between first and second positions. The connection element... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080096407 - Cable connector for vehicle door: A cable connector for a vehicle door has a first connector including a first contact terminal and a fitting member. The fitting member has at least one cam recess, at least one locking recess, and at least one elastic member. The elastic member has at least one latching recess that... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080096408 - Lever type connector: A lever type connector in which a connector holder is reliably fit into a receptacle holder to prevent a half-fitting is provided. In the lever type connector, a restricting groove 19 is provided on the front side of an arm plate 6 of a lever 5, and below a multiple... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080096410 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (1) receiving a plurality terminals (2), a shield plate (4) mounted on the insulating housing, and an ejecting mechanism (3) assembled on a lateral side of the shield plate. The ejecting mechanism comprises a pushing pole (30) and a handle (32)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080096409 - Sinking electrical card connector: A sinking electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (10) sinking partially into a hole defined on a printed circuit board (30) (PCB), a number of terminals (20) retained in the insulating housing, a shell (40) mounted on the insulating housing, wherein a pair of holding portions 120 and 120′... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080096411 - Connecting unit for wick of cold cathode fluorescent lamp: A connecting unit for accommodating a wick of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disclosed. The connecting unit includes a substrate having a conductive layer disposed thereon, a v-shaped opening, and a c-shaped opening. The width of the front end of the v-shaped opening is greater than the diameter of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080096412 - Angled edge card connector with low profile: The edge card connector provides communication between a daughterboard and a printed wiring board. The edge card connector is mounted to a printed wiring board and provides a slot which is angled relative to the printed wiring board. Upper terminals extend from an upper wall of the slot to the... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080096413 - Usb connector type memory card adapter: A USB connector type memory card adapter is disclosed to include a metal shield covered with a cover shell having a memory card insertion hole and insertable into a USB jack of an electronic apparatus, a USB connector unit mounted inside the metal shield and electrically connectable to the USB... Agent: Singim International Corp

20080096414 - Connector: A connector has a male housing (10) with a hood (12) and a female housing (20) that can be telescoped into the hood (12). The female housing (20) has an elastic hold-down piece (38) that elastically contacts the male housing (10) at an angle to a direction in which the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080096415 - Electrical connectors and methods of connecting: An electrical connector and method of making an electrical connection wherein the connector includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion rotatable relative to each other, a chamber, a cavity configured to receive a first wire, and a first conductive member positioned within the chamber. The first... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080096416 - Connector system for tapping off branch lines from continuous conductors: A connector system includes a plurality of conductor piercing units supported by a frame for vertical displacement between upper disconnected and lower connected positions relative to a plurality of parallel spaced insulated conductors supported in a horizontal plane by a base plate. The piercing units are displaced between said upper... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20080096417 - Plug connector with improved cable strain relief: The invention relates to a plug connector with a housing for accepting an electrical cable with at least an electric wire and a sheathing. On the housing, a holding element is fixed that has a holding tab, the holding tab being arranged at an angle to a longitudinal direction of... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080096418 - Low-cost cable connecting system for movable/separable electronic devices: A system for electrically connecting first and second electronic devices wherein the devices are movable relative to each other. The system includes an electric cable having end segments and a medial segment therebetween wherein each of the end segments connects to one of the first and second electronic devices. A... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080096419 - Connector assembly for a cable having a radially facing conductive surface and method of operatively assembling the connector assembly: The combination of an elongate cable and a connector assembly. The elongate cable has a central axis and a receptacle with a radially inwardly facing conductive surface. A body on the connector assembly has an insert portion with a wall having a radially inwardly facing surface and a radially outwardly... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080096420 - Coaxial electrical connector: In some embodiments, a coaxial electrical connector comprises a terminal member, an insulator, and a metallic shell. The terminal is located in the insulator, and the insulator is located in the metallic shell. The insulator has a foldaway extending member which has a groove. When the wire stock is inserted... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20080096421 - Connecting arrangement and contact pin: A connecting arrangement having a partition and a plurality of contact pins is disclosed. Each contact pin has two contact portions and a fastening portion electrically connecting the contact portions to each other, the contact portions each being arranged so as to be accessible from one side of the partition.... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080096422 - Electronic device with shield: An electronic device (10) includes a circuit board (40) and a shield (20). The circuit board includes a pair of mounting holes (44), a first surface (41), a second surface (43) opposite to the first surface, and at least one electronic component (42). The shield includes a top wall (26),... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080096423 - Low voltage differential signaling connector: A low voltage differential signaling connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating face, a rear face, an upper face, a lower face and two end faces, a mating slot being defined on the mating face and transversally extending through the rear face and having a plurality of receiving passages... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080096424 - Differential pair connector featuring reduced crosstalk: A differential pair connector has a housing floor, an array of differential pairs passing through the housing floor, and a conductive grid integrated into the housing floor for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The conductive grid can have various structures, such as conductive inserts, plated regions and/or a conductive... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080096425 - Portable storage device: A portable storage device structure is described. A memory device has a connector and a first concave portion. An opening defined on a hollow housing to form two sections of the hollow housing with different lengths. The longer section has a second concave portion. A resilient member has one end... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080096427 - Connector device and power detecting apparatus utilizing the same: A connector device in accordance with the present invention includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion has a power input terminal and an input side ground terminal, and the second connecting portion has a power output terminal and an output side ground terminal.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080096426 - Coupling device for testing antenna: A coupling device that is used to test power or field effects of an antenna built into an antenna device is proposed. The antenna device is plate-shaped. The coupling device has a housing, an isolation material, and a connector. The housing has a socket at one side. The socket is... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080096428 - Front or rear loading socket system: A lamp socket (10) comprises a housing (12) having a longitudinal axis (14) and first and second planar surfaces, (16, 18), respectively, spaced apart along the longitudinal axis (14), and orthogonal thereto. Aa central, lamp receiving opening (20) is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis 14 and mounting means 21... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080096429 - Subminiature electrical connector including over-voltage and over-current circuit protection: A Micro-B USB electrical connector socket includes a metal shell, a plastic body and an array of formed and aligned discrete conductor leads encapsulated in the body. The leads include a power supply lead, a power return lead, and at least two data differential signal leads. Each lead has a... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080096430 - Connector with easily replacement of a slider: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) with pluralities of terminals (2,4) thereon. The housing comprises two opposite sidewalls (101,102), two opposite endwalls (103) respectively located on two ends of the sidewalls and a receiving cavity (10) defined therebetween with an opening. A first and a second retaining... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080096431 - Electrical connector with actuator: An electrical connector for an FPC includes an insulative housing (1) defining a space (11) and a pair of engage surfaces (141) at opposite sides of the space; a plurality of terminals (2, 3) side-by-side arranged in the housing and each comprising a supporting arm with a curved portion (212,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080096432 - Ic socket: An IC socket includes a socket body (1) having a plurality of passageways (10) extending obliquely from a mating surface (101) toward a mounting surface (103). At least two terminals (2) are insertable into each of the passageways. Thus, even if the at least two terminals are laterally and obliquely... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080096433 - Differential pair electrical connector having crosstalk shield tabs: A differential pair connector includes a housing having receptacles for receiving differential pair conductors and electrically conductive shielding tabs extending away from the housing between the receptacles for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The tabs insert into a mated connector when an interconnect is formed. By inserting into the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080096434 - Microphone connector: A microphone connector includes an insulation housing and an electrical contact. The insulation housing has an insertion passage arranged at a top surface thereon, a receiving space arranged at a bottom surface thereon and communicated with the insertion passage and grooves passing through opposite sidewalls of the insulation housing. The... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080096435 - Towing vehicle receptacle adaptor: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for adapting a first receptacle coupled to a vehicle to power a second receptacle coupled to the vehicle without the need for modifying the vehicle's electrical system wiring. A method is provided in which a vehicle plug connected to the vehicle's electrical system is removed... Agent: Law Offices Of Rita C. Chipperson

20080096437 - Electrical connector assembly having improved cover: An electrical connector assembly includes a cover, a connector housing received in the cover and including a mating port, and a connecting port, and an insulative cap, including a generally rectangular base section with a central opening for allowing said mating port to extend through, and a pair of locking... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080096436 - Leadframe assembly staggering for electrical connectors: An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a plurality of identical leadframe assemblies received in the connector housing. Each of the leadframe assemblies may define a leadframe mating sequence. The leadframe assemblies may be arranged relative to one another to define a connector mating sequence that differs from... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080096438 - Rotatable connector modules with inverted jacks: A telecommunications patch panel includes a frame defining at least one opening configured to receive a connector module; and at least one connector module rotatably mounted in the at least one opening of the frame. Each connector module defines an axis of rotation generally parallel to the front face. Each... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080096439 - Bussing connector: A low-profile electrical connector having a connector body with a bussing interconnection. The bussing interconnection includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The first receptacle is in electrical communication with the second receptacle. The connector body also includes an alignment mechanism configured to align and retain a corresponding plug.... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080096440 - Electrical connection of a contact pin to a sheet metal component: A device for detachable electrical connection of a contact pin to a sheet metal component. According to this invention, a durable conducting connection of the contact pin to the sheet metal component may be achieved, whereby the sheet metal component has at least one perforation, in which a sleeve for... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20080096441 - Modular service switching device: The disclosure relates to a service switching device having a housing, having a front face side, a rear face side, having front and rear narrow sides connecting the front and rear face sides, having lateral broad sides, a fastening side, having at least one screwless terminal connection, which is fixed... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080096442 - Female terminal fitting: A female terminal fitting (10) has a tube (12) with a tab insertion opening (12A) for receiving a male tab (80). A contact piece (30) and receiving pads (17) are provided in the tube (12) for sandwiching the male tab (80). The contact piece (30) includes a resiliently deformable contact... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080096443 - Terminal: A kind of terminal includes a base part, which is a planar shape. A connecting part extends from the back of the base part. A contact part extends from the front of the base part. The tip of the contact part forms a contact probe that has an arc surface.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080090427 - Microelectronic component with foam-metal posts: A microelectric component having a base and a plurality of conductive posts extending from said base. Each of the posts is formed from a connected lattice of metal having voids therein. The lattice may be formed by depositing metal onto a sacrificial element such as an open-celled polymeric foam. During... Agent: Tessera Lerner David Et Al.

20080090428 - Socket connector: A socket connector (1) for electrically connecting an integrated circuit package to a printed circuit board comprises a stiffener (3) including a base plate, an opening defined in a approximate central area of the base plate, a plurality of grooves (30) defined in the base plate and not communicated with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080090426 - Locking mechanism at an electrical connection assembly: A locking mechanism at an electrical connection assembly, comprising a first locking portion 3 which is attached to an elastically deformable locking arm 2 which forms part of a first element 1 of the connection assembly; a second locking portion which is connected to a second element of the connection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080090429 - Systems for testing and packaging integrated circuits: Several embodiments of stress metal springs are disclosed, which typically comprise a plurality of stress metal layers that are established on a substrate, which are then controllably patterned and partially released from the substrate. An effective rotation angle is typically created in the formed stress metal springs, defining a looped... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080090430 - Mimo rf connector assembly: A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a first housing including a base plate and a tongue portion including a pair of first and second halves, and a number of first contacts protruding through the base plate and received in the first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080090431 - Electrified ceiling framework connectors: An electrical connector for use with an electrified ceiling framework having a conductive body with a first end and second end. The first end of the conductive body is arranged and disposed to provide selective electrical contact to a first conductive surface disposed adjacent to a ceiling framework. The first... Agent: John M. Olivo Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

20080090432 - Electrified ceiling framework underside connectors: An electrical connector for connecting low voltage device to an electrified ceiling framework. The connector includes a connector body and a conductive member attached to the connector body. The conductive member includes a contact portion configured to provide electrical contact to a conductive surface of the electrified ceiling framework. The... Agent: John M. Olivo Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

20080090434 - Retractable extension socket: A retractable extension socket includes an socket body, a fixing structure, a receiving structure, a conducting wire and a plug. The fixing structure and the receiving structure are disposed on the socket body. One end of the conducting wire is connected to the socket body. The plug is connected to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080090433 - Secure fiber optic network keyed connector assembly: Systems and methods for securing a keyed fiber optic network assembly are provided. A typical network system includes an assembly having a security feature and adapted to facilitate fiber optic communication between two mating fiber optic connectors. The security feature is uniquely keyed to disengaged when mated with a corresponding... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080090435 - Lever type connector: A lever type connector comprises two connector housings, a lever which is rotatably attached to one housing and has cam grooves, and cam pins which are provided on another housing and guided by the cam grooves. Connecting or disconnecting is assisted by rotating the lever with the cam pins and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080090436 - Rotary connector: A rotary connector apparatus includes a body supported fixedly, a rotor supported rotatably by the body and rotatable together with a steering wheel, a floating spacer disposed between the body and the rotor, rotatably floating according to rotation of the rotor, and having an inverting pass portion communicating between the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080090437 - Memory card connector: A memory connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals accommodated in the insulative housing, a cover engaged with the insulative housing and a switch mechanism secured in the insulative housing. The switch mechanism includes a first member and a second member. The first member keeps a proper distance... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080090438 - Connector assembly with the cable positioned inside: A connector assembly includes a housing, the housing extends upwards to form a pair of elastic retaining arms. A plurality of contacts are received in the housing. A positioning base wedges in the housing, the positioning base has a retaining cavity defined in each of two opposite sides of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080090439 - Socket and method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion: The illustrative embodiments provide a socket, a method for manufacturing the socket, a device, and a method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion between a socket and a printed circuit board. The socket includes surface mounted contacts and an elongated housing. The elongated housing comprises at least two... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080090440 - Socket and method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion: The illustrative embodiments provide a socket, a method for manufacturing the socket, a device, and a method for compensating for a difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion between a socket and a printed circuit board. The socket includes surface mounted contacts and an elongated housing. The elongated housing comprises... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080090441 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector to be connected to a mating connector includes a housing; a terminal; and a locking piece arranged in parallel to the terminal for engaging the mating connector. The locking piece includes a base portion; an arm portion movable by a specific amount; a fixing portion fixed to... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080090442 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing which comprises a base portion, a plurality of contact receiving recesses, and engaging holes in diagonal corners thereof; a plurality of conductive contacts retained in said contact receiving recesses; a pick up comprising first engaging pole and second engaging pole corresponding to said... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080090444 - Connector for use in single and double breast pumping: The connector of the present invention provides fewer connections and attachments to a breastpump configured for expressing breast milk from both of a woman's breasts simultaneously, thereby facilitating easier use of the breast pump and yielding fewer pieces for the user to carry or misplace. The connector includes a manifold... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080090445 - Tube connector: A connector for connecting a tube within a receptacle. A latching component fits within the receptacle, and receives a plug member to which the tube is connected. One end of receptacle is adapted, for instance, to be attached to a tube on a motor drive unit of a breast pump... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080090443 - Carrying case for personal electronic appliance: A carrying case permits a personal electronic appliance, such as an MP3 player, to be suspended from a user's person. In a particular embodiment, the carrying case comprises a housing, preferably formed of an elastomeric material, that receives the appliance, and a mounting assembly that suspends the housing, from a... Agent: Mirek A. Waraksa

20080090446 - Peripheral device locking arrangement: Described is a peripheral device locking arrangement. The device comprises an attachment arrangement including a receiving assembly and a first locking mechanism, and a second locking mechanism coupled to the attachment arrangement. The receiving assembly detachably receives a peripheral device. The first locking mechanism locks the peripheral device in the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080090447 - Wire strain relief structure and method: A wire strain relief cover and method can include a high flex wire connected to a vehicle component, such as a wheel mount structure or other vehicle suspension component, and can include a connector or connector cover that reduces the amount of vibration and stress transferred between the wire and... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080090448 - Display device and method of manufacturing the same: A display device includes a panel comprising at least one group of electrode terminals; at least one signal transfer unit having first signal transfer unit terminals that connect with electrode terminals of the at least one group of electrodes; and alignment mark units formed on the electrode terminals and the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080090449 - Positive evidence-of-use feature for portable storage devices: The invention is directed to a positive evidence-of-use feature for portable storage devices. A system in accordance with an embodiment includes: a movable outer sleeve for surrounding a portion of the portable storage device, wherein the movable outer sleeve is configured for movement in one direction only; and a ratcheting... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20080090451 - Apparatus and method for integrating an indicator light in a connector assembly: An apparatus and method for integrating an indicator light in a connecter assembly. A connecter is mounted on a first side of the circuit board and an LED is mounted on an opposing side of the circuit board such that the LED is configured to project light through a light... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080090450 - Optical and eletrical compound connector: An optical and electrical compound connector, which enables to transmit and to receive light signals and electric signals of a plurality of systems and to transmit and to receive these signals with respect to other electric wiring board, is achieved with downsizing and easing connection work thereof. The optical and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080090452 - Battery adapter: A battery adapter, the battery adapter comprising: a body having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is configured so as to mechanically and electrically connect to an electrical device, and the second portion is configured so as to mechanically and electrically connect to a battery,... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20080090453 - Electric plate structure of socket: An electric plate structure for a socket includes a baseplate and at least one contact piece. The contact piece defines a body portion and a protruding portion thereof, the body portion is connected with the baseplate, two sides of the body portion are bent inwards to form a clipping portion,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080090454 - Upgradeable patch panel: An upgradeable patch panel assembly and associated method of upgrading a patch panel assembly. The upgradeable patch panel assembly including a panel base having an aperture sized to receive a scanner interface cable. The method including removing a first cover from the panel base, inserting a scanner interface cable through... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080090455 - Electrical connector with improved board locks: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10), a number of contacts (20) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell (30) shielding the insulative housing, and a pair of board locks (40). The insulative housing has a body portion (11) and a mating portion (12). The body portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080090458 - Electrical card connector having ejection mechanism: An electrical card connector (1) for receiving a card, includes an insulative housing (4), a shield (2) with an end mounted on the insulative housing and another end defining an inserting opening (10) for the card inserting, and an ejecting mechanism (5) assembled on a lateral side of the shield.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080090457 - Electrical connector: An electric connector to be connected to a mating connector includes a plurality of terminals each having a fixed portion; a housing for holding the terminals; and a shielding member attached to the housing. The housing includes a housing body portion for holding the fixed portions and a housing fitting... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080090456 - Shielding contact for a connector housing: In order to produce a connection between a shielding sleeve (10) of a connector housing (1) and an inner as well as an outer braided shield (7, 8) of an electric cable (3), the invention proposes to provide the shielding sleeve (10) with a contact part (11), the end piece... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20080090459 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulation housing having an insertion passage arranged at a top surface thereon, a receiving space arranged at a bottom surface thereon. An electrical contact covers the bottom surface and side surfaces of the insulation housing having a body portion covering the bottom surface, an elastic... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080090460 - Electrical connector which has a wire aligning function and which can be reduced in size: In a connector for being connected to a plurality of wires, a plurality of contacts are held by a housing and arranged in parallel in a first direction. The contacts have connecting portions to be connected to the wires. The connector includes an aligning member for aligning and holding the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080090461 - Interface module: An interface module includes a housing having a plurality of jack openings configured to receive shielded modular jacks therein. The housing has a mounting wall extending along one side of the jack openings. A bond bar is coupled to the mounting wall, wherein the bond bar has a jack interface... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080090462 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is disclosed to include two conducting terminals mounted in each terminal slot of the electrically insulative housing thereof and electrically coupled together for connection to a respective external electronic member, and a spring member accommodated in an accommodation space between the two conducting terminals in each terminal... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20080090463 - Plug-in connector having at least one side element:

20080090464 - Mount adaptor: A mount adaptor including an adaptor portion having an input power receiver plug, a stem having a distal end attached to the adaptor portion and a proximal end, a mount attached to the proximal end of the stem for mounting an electronic device, and a flexible conductive wire electrically connected... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20080090465 - Plug: Herein disclosed a plug, including: a first conductor; a first insulator; a second conductor; a second insulator; a third conductor; a third insulator; a fourth conductor; a fourth insulator; and a fifth conductor.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080090468 - Connecting hardware with multi-stage inductive and capacitive crosstalk compensation: A connector and method of crosstalk compensation within a connector is disclosed. The method includes determining an uncompensated crosstalk, including an uncompensated capacitive crosstalk and an uncompensated inductive crosstalk, of a wired pair in a connector. The uncompensated crosstalk includes common mode and differential mode crosstalk. The method includes applying... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080090466 - Electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation: An electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation is disclosed. By including at least one coupling with a different frequency dependency than other couplings in the connector, crosstalk compensation performance is improved over a greater frequency range. The different frequency dependency may, for example, be used to compensate for phase shifts... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080090467 - Electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation: An electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation is disclosed. By including at least one coupling with a different frequency dependency than other couplings in the connector, crosstalk compensation performance is improved over a greater frequency range. The different frequency dependency may, for example, be used to compensate for phase shifts... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080090469 - Wiring system: A wiring assembly that allows easy installation into a vehicle and includes a connector that allows functional signals to perform a function in a connector while passing through the connector.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080090470 - Terminal for selectively coupling loads in parallel or in series: A terminal assembly for selectively coupling multiple electrical loads in parallel or in series includes a plurality of jumper contacts in a spaced relationship. The jumper contacts may be in electrical communication with load terminals as well as source terminals. Connections made in a first group of electrically connectable pairings... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080090471 - Poke-in contacts for modular pcb assembly: A poke-in contact modular assembly for a printed circuit board that has a solderless connection with a junction box. The assembly allows for easier and more efficient removal and replacement of the printed circuit board and electrical components. In addition, the poke-in contact is configured to reduce the amount of... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080090472 - 500 kcmil 2 way insulated crab joint with (2) #2 and (2) # 6 service pigtails: p

20080090473 - Electrical contact and electrical connector using the same: A contact having a support, a first arm supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact, and a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact is disclosed. A first spring and a... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080090474 - Electrical connector with pivoting terminal: The present invention discloses an electrical connector, comprising an insulating body provided with a plurality of accommodating passages; and an electrical terminal received in the accommodating passage and having a fastening portion on one side to fasten with the insulating body and a contact portion on the other side to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080085613 - Electrical connector: The present invention provides an electrical connector which includes an insulative body and a plurality of terminals. In addition, the insulative body has at least a receiving hole for the insertion of an electrical device, and each receiving hole has a plurality of terminals. Moreover, the plurality of terminals has... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080085614 - Rf connector assembly having improved connecting member: An RF connector assembly (100) for being mounted on a printed circuit board includes a coaxial cable (20) having a central contact (21), a coaxial connector (11), an insulative member (12) and an inner conductor (13) having a contacting portion (131). The coaxial connector has a main body (111), a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080085615 - Protected socket for integrated circuit devices: Provided are a method, device and system in which, in one embodiment, a socket for an integrated circuit package includes a standoff adapted to engage and support the package in a first position in which the package contact terminals are disengaged from socket contact terminals. The standoff is adapted to... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20080085616 - Board connector: A plurality of terminal fittings 11 are mounted to a housing 20, board connecting portions 13 having mounting portions 14 at lower ends protrude rearward, fixed fittings 30 having mounting plates 32 at lower edges are mounted to opposite side surfaces of the housing 20, and the mounting portion 14... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080085617 - Headset charger: A charging unit for an electrical device such as a headset. The charging unit is designed to minimize the envelope of the unit when the outlet interface prongs are in the stowed position. The charging unit minimizes the use of space when plugged into an outlet or into an outlet... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20080085618 - Broadside-coupled signal pair configurations for electrical connectors: An electrical connector having a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact adjacent to the first electrical contact. The first electrical contact may define a first broadside and a second broadside opposite the first broadside. The second electrical contact may define a third broadside and a fourth broadside opposite... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080085619 - Electrical or optical or hydraulic connector that self-aligns the plug with respect to the base, particularly for offshore connections: The invention pertains to an electrical, optical or hydraulic connector (1) equipped with an electrical, optical or hydraulic plug, respectively, intended to be connected to an electrical, optical or hydraulic base, that self-aligns the plug (3) relative to the base (5), particularly for “offshore” connections, in which the plug (3)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080085620 - Electrical connector having a fluid coupling: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end, a rear end opposite the mating end, and first and second openings each extending from the mating end to the rear end. An electrical contact is held at least partially within the first opening. A fluid coupling is held at... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080085621 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector having a cup-like first dielectric housing with electrical contacts retained by a base portion of the housing is disclosed. The electrical contacts are disposed in a region spaced from a sidewall portion. An adhesive filled capsule is disposed in the region. A second dielectric housing is configured... Agent: Richard M. Sharkansky

20080085622 - System and method for increasing the surface mounting stability of a lamp: In one embodiment, an LED is constructed with its entire contact structure is stamped and inserted into the molded lamp as a single structure. A portion of the contact structure is imbedded in the molded lamp such that the bottom surface of the contacts do not extend below the base... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080085623 - Lampholder for double-ended lamp: A socket (10) for a double-ended lamp has a housing (12); a compression spring (14) within the housing (12); a lamp connector (16) comprising a body (18) with a first portion (20) contained entirely within the housing (12) and a second portion (22) extending beyond the housing (12) and having... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080085624 - Extended dimm socket guides for dimm retention: A socket for receiving a memory module is provided and includes a receiving area having a plurality of socket contacts for making contact with a plurality of memory module contacts and a set of guiding tracks disposed at each end of the socket, wherein the guiding tracks including at least... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080085625 - Idc splice connector: A connector electrically connects corresponding conductors of at least first and second cables. The connector comprises a connecting portion into which the conductors of the first and second cables are inserted opposing one another to electrically connect corresponding conductors of each cable. A positive terminal and a negative terminal terminate... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080085626 - Contact termination member for an electrical receptacle: A contact termination member for an electrical receptacle is provided that electrically and mechanically secures an inserted wire to the electrical receptacle. The contact termination member has a base with a serrated portion. A spring arm connected to the base is adapted to bias the inserted wire against the serrated... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080085627 - Strain relief for a flat flexible cable: A flat flexible cable with electrical conductors is disclosed for use in a vehicle. One or more of the conductors is configured to be attached to an external electrical device at an attachment point. The cable includes a region free from electrical conductors and an aperture formed through the conductor... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080085628 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, and at least four pins receiving in the insulating body, such as a first pin, a second pin, a third pin, and a fourth pin. The height of the first pin and second pin is higher than the third pin or fourth pin.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080085629 - Electrical connector structure: The present invention provides an improved connector structure in which a connector is structured from a conducting body, electric conducting terminals and fastening members, wherein terminals, which electrically connect with a circuit and connecting terminals, are disposed interior of the conducting body. The fastening members extend from the conducting body,... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080085630 - Coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector includes a combination of knurled portions and elastomeric rings on an outer body of the connector. Such a combination of knurled and elastomeric rings permits hand-tightening the cable connector onto an RF equipment port or other device.... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20080085631 - Compression ring for coaxial cable connector: The present invention discloses an improvement in coaxial compression connectors for use, inter alia, in CATV, satellite, and home theater electronics. The connectors accept a large range of cable sizes, allow replacement of the holding or compression element to accommodate a range of sizes, and allow the connector to be... Agent: Laura N. Tunnell

20080085632 - Apparatus and method for connecting an array of cables to a circuit board: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for connecting an array of cables (e.g., coaxial cables) to a circuit board (e.g., the surface of the circuit board).... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080085633 - Plug connector with mating protection: A plug connector is disclosed that has a body portion and a circuit card extending forwardly of a mating face of the connector. The circuit card is protected in place by a protective flanges that extends forwardly from the body portion above the circuit card to protect it from stubbing... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080085634 - Electrical connector: The present invention discloses an electrical connector, comprising an insulating body provided with a plurality of accommodating passages; an electrical terminal received in the accommodating passage and having a body and two contact portions extending from both ends of the body; and a holding terminal also received in the accommodating... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc One Skyline Place

20080085635 - Vehicular light emitting diode connector: A vehicular light emitting diode connector includes an outer case, an inner case, a first signal wire, and a second signal wire. The outer case comprises an open end and a compartment. The inner case is inserted into the compartment of the outer case and has a through hole therein... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080085636 - Connector with built-in circuit element: A connector for a vehicular AC generator includes a resin connector case having an element-accommodating chamber in which a leaded circuit element having a pair of leads at opposite ends is received. The leads are bent at right angles and soldered at respective tip end portions to element connecting terminals... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080085637 - Electrical connector with improved housing: An electrical connector (100) comprises a first insulative housing (10) comprising a base section (110) extending along a first direction and defining a front end and a rear end thereof in a second direction vertical to the first direction. A mating section (120) extends forward from the front end of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080085638 - Interconnect tower and relay rack assembly: A rack assembly has a rack and a first interconnect tower. The rack has a first face to receive a plurality of switches. The first interconnect tower has a second face to receive a first plurality of patch panels. The first interconnect tower is disposed adjacent the rack such that... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080085639 - Clamping connection, connecting terminal arrangement and installation switching device: r

20080081488 - Rotary joint: A rotary joint and a method for making a rotary joint are disclosed. The rotary joint includes a cylindrical core having an external surface including at least two circumferentially oriented groove regions and a partition region intermediate the groove regions. At least a portion of the surface of a groove... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080081489 - Reliable land grid array socket loading device: An apparatus for receiving and securing a processor on a mainboard in a computer system. The apparatus includes a socket and socket loading mechanism for a land grid array. The apparatus provides a load distribution mechanism to dissipate tensile and shearing forces at the corner of the socket to protect... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080081491 - Circuit board type connector: A circuit board type connector includes a connector socket and a connector plug. In the connector plug, a circuit board replaces wires or cables to transmit signals. The connector is provided with a clipping device to clip the circuit board and securely connect the connector plug with the connector socket.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080081492 - Device and method for reducing crosstalk: A device and method for reducing crosstalk between wires is provided. The method includes spatially separating first and second sets of wires. A device is disposed relative to the first and second sets of wires to maintain the spatial separation. The method also comprises coupling pins to the first and... Agent: CovidienIPCounsel - Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions

20080081490 - Ball grid array socket and method of making the same: A BGA socket (100) includes an insulative housing (20) defining a grid array of contact cavities (23) in a bottom face (22); a plurality of electrical contacts (30), each electrical contact having a solder ball at one end, said electrical contacts disposed in said grid array of contact cavities with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080081493 - Sliding-type portable terminal: Provided is a portable terminal including a first housing and a second housing combined with the first housing while facing the first housing. The second housing translates about an axis perpendicular to a top face of the first housing while facing the first housing, thereby sequentially opening portions of the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080081494 - Lockout device: A lockout device is provided for an electrical plug. The device includes a body and a retaining member disposed within the body and axially movable between a prong retaining position and a prong releasing position. The retaining member includes a prong engaging portion and a prong retaining portion. The prong... Agent: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

20080081495 - Battery connector: A battery connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of electrical terminals. The insulating housing has a top mating wall, a front wall, a rear wall and a plurality of vertical walls extend downward from the top mating wall, wherein a plurality of terminal receiving chambers are formed between... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080081496 - Weather-resistant electrical outlet cover: A weather-resistant cover for an electrical connection box is constructed of a resilient elastomeric material. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the elastomeric cover is immovably sandwiched between an outlet face plate and an electrical receptacle and the box to which the receptacle is secured. The cover prevents moisture... Agent: Stephen E. Clark

20080081497 - Card connector capable of preventing electronic card from accidental disengagement therefrom: A card connector capable of preventing a card from accidental disengagement therefrom includes a housing having a base plate, a stationary terminal area located at a first side of the base plate, and a slide channel located the base plate; a slide member slidably mounted in the slide channel; and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080081498 - Connector and connector assembly of the movable member type: A female housing (10) has a lever (12) to facilitate connection with a male housing (11). An operable portion (43) of the lever (12) is at a lateral end of the female housing (10) immediately before the housings (10; 11) are connected and is operated along a connecting direction of... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080081499 - Wiring material, method for manufacturing such wiring material and resistance welding apparatus used in such manufacturing method: A wiring material is provided by electrically connecting a connecting terminal with two single line conductors arranged in parallel. The connecting terminal is provided with a tube-shaped section for storing two single line conductors, the two single line conductors are inserted into the tube-shaped section, resistance welding is performed by... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080081500 - Electric distributing system: An electric distributing system includes at least two electrical tracks and an electrical connector. Each electrical track includes a track body having two opposite ends, at least one of which is provided with a retaining hole, and at least two track wires disposed in the track body. The electrical connector... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080081501 - Connector: A connector includes a base mounted with connecting terminals at a predetermined pitch and an operating lever turnably supported on the base. The operating lever presses and connects a tip end portion of a flexible printed circuit board against and to fixed contacts of the connecting terminals. Mounting protrusions provided... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080081503 - Connector: A connector includes a socket in which a plurality of first splices are provided in parallel in an opening edge portion and a plug which has a flat shape. The plug is capable of being fitted in the opening edge portion of the socket. The plug includes a plurality of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080081502 - Electrical connector with self-locking by snap-fastening: An electrical connector, a ring-like locking sheet with inner and outer teeth of which is fixed at the end of its plug connector; and a circumferential bulge, with trapezoid cross section which has an upslope, a flat top and a down-slope, is provided on the surface of the outer conductor... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20080081504 - Connector, connector assembly and a detection terminal: A housing (10) has a lock arm (20) that pivots about a fulcrum (23) that is rearward of a pivoting portion (24) of the lock arm (20). A detection terminal (50) has a rear support (52) supported on the housing (10) rearward of the pivoting portion (24). An action portion... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080081506 - Connector: A connector includes a socket in which first contacts are provided parallel to an opening edge portion and a plug which has a flat shape capable of fitting in the opening edge portion of the socket. The plug includes second contacts provided parallel to positions corresponding to the first contacts... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080081505 - Electronic devices with sliding and tilting mechanisms, and associated methods: Electronic devices with sliding and tilting mechanisms are disclosed. The electronic device can include a first electronic component having a handheld display, a second electronic component having a handheld keyboard, and a coupling slidably and pivotably connecting the first and second electronic components. Accordingly, the first and second electronic components... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080081507 - Insulation-displacement connector: An insulation-displacement connector includes a base member defining first and second sides. The first side is configured to guide and secure a first cable in a first direction and the second side is configured to guide a second cable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080081508 - Device and method for reducing crosstalk: A device and method for reducing crosstalk between wires is provided. The method includes spatially separating first and second sets of wires. A device is disposed relative to the first and second sets of wires to maintain the spatial separation. The method also comprises coupling pins to the first and... Agent: CovidienIPCounsel - Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions

20080081509 - Anti-wear flexible flat cable: An anti-wear FFC (flexible flat cable) according to the present invention is made up of a plurality of covered wires parallel to each other in side-by-side relationship. The anti-wear FFC is folded and forms a plurality of planes lengthwise. The anti-wear FFC includes a base plane and a wing plane... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080081510 - Integral meter jaw assembly mounting riser: An integral riser structure for a watt-hour meter enclosure to provide a mounting structure for a pair of meter jaw assemblies includes a pair of laterally spaced riser walls formed integrally with a back wall of the enclosure and positioned in forwardly spaced relation to the back wall. The riser... Agent: Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC

20080081511 - Low profile latching connector and pull tab for unlatching same: 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

20080081512 - Coaxial cable connector with threaded post: A compression-type coaxial cable connector includes a post with at least one helical thread thereon. A typical coaxial cable includes a dielectric layer and a cable braid. The threaded post engages the coaxial cable between the cable braid and the dielectric layer, and can be installed by screwing the threaded... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20080081513 - Method and apparatus for improved universal serial bus connectivity having electrostatic discharge protection ground element: Aspects of the present invention include a method and apparatus for an improved USB device having ESD protection. Uniquely including and positioning a discharge plane of a low resistance within a USB connection that is connectable with the ground of the USB connector, creates a discharge gap area where excess... Agent: Lenovo (united States) Inc. C/o Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080081514 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector including dielectric housing; and a plurality of arrays of terminals disposed in respective portions of the dielectric housing, wherein at least two of the arrays of terminals have different pitches; and wherein at least one of the respective portions of the housing is partially removed such that... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080081515 - Kvm switch: A KVM switch with an expansion module slot is disclosed. The KVM switch comprises a housing, a printed circuit board and an expansion module slot. The housing includes a receiving space, a panel disposed at a side thereof and a removable back panel disposed at another side thereof. The printed... Agent: June-on Co., Ltd.

20080081516 - System and method for automatically securing a motor control center: A system, in one embodiment, includes a power distribution center having an enclosure with an access door configured to move between a closed position and an open position. The system also includes a monitoring system configured to monitor operational parameters inside the enclosure. Also, the system includes an entry control... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20080081517 - Electronic device: The invention relates to an electronic device with a housing to accommodate a support substrate, provided with an electronic circuit, whereby the electronic circuit makes contact with at least one electrical line, leading out of the housing. The electrical line is connected to a rigid contact element on a contact... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080081518 - User identification card connecting device for broadcast reception apparatus and broadcast reception apparatus having the same: A user identification card connecting device for a broadcast reception apparatus and a broadcast reception apparatus having the same are provided. The user identification card connecting device includes a frame which is provided with an insertion part into which a user identification card is inserted, a heat radiation device which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080081519 - Two-piece electrical terminal: A two piece electrical terminal is shown where one part is comprised of a contact member having a contact section in the form of a pin and retention section. A conductor connecting member is comprised of a conductor connecting section and a retaining member. The contact member has a lug... Agent: Lisa Burgin Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20080081520 - Two-piece electrical terminal: A two piece electrical terminal is shown where one part is comprised of a contact member having a contact section in the form of a pin and retention section. A conductor connecting member is comprised of a conductor connecting section and a retaining member. The contact member has a lug... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources