Electrical connectors inventions 07/08

20080182431 - Disk drive interposer: A disk drive interposer may include a component board assembly, and an interconnect board. The component board assembly may have a plurality of electrical components electrically connected by a first set of electrically conductive traces. The interconnect board may have a first plurality of electrically-conductive pads disposed along a disk... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080182433 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is capable of being electrically connected to a first electric component and a second electric component. The electrical connector comprises an insulated body and a plurality of first and second conductive terminals. The insulated body is elastic. The first conductive terminal comprises a base portion, and a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080182432 - Interposer for connecting plurality of chips and method for manufacturing the same: The invention discloses an interposer used for connecting a plurality of chips. The interposer includes a connective substrate and at least a through via disposed in the connective substrate. The connective substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The through via acts as a connector, and is electrically... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080182434 - Low cost stacked package: An electronics package is described in which a quad flat no lead (QFN) electronic package has top and bottom surfaces. The bottom surface includes bottom contact pads arranged in a first pattern for electrical connection to corresponding package contact pads of an underlying circuit structure. The top surface includes top... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080182435 - Connecting configuration for flexible wired circuit board and electronic device: A connecting configuration for a flexible wired circuit board includes a first terminal member, a second terminal member, and a flexible wired circuit board having a conductive pattern for electrically connecting the first terminal member and the second terminal member. The first terminal member and the second terminal member are... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080182436 - Fine pitch electrical interconnect assembly: An electrical assembly including a socket assembly, a first circuit member electrically coupled to contact members along a first side of a socket assembly, and a second circuit member electrically coupled to the contact members along a second side of the socket assembly. A flexible circuit member is interposed between... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080182437 - Rj style connector to eliminate cable electrostatic discharge events: Methods and apparatus for discharging cables that are to be coupled to a connector are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus includes at least one signal contact, a housing, and a ground arrangement. The housing defines a receptacle configured to receive a part of a... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20080182438 - Electrical connector having improved electrical characteristics: An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources Suite 140

20080182439 - Power connector: A pair of mating connectors includes a receptacle having an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive contact having a pair of spaced walls... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080182440 - Connector having a rotary engaging member: In a connector for connecting a connection object having a locked portion, a movable member is provided so as to be movable in a predetermined direction between a connecting position and an ejecting position together with the connection object. A cam mechanism is coupled to the movable member and selectively... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080182441 - Card connector with a slider braking unit: A disclosed card connector includes a housing main unit including a card insertion slot through which a card is inserted into the housing main unit in a predetermined direction; a slider attached to the housing main unit in such a manner as to be slidable along the predetermined direction, wherein... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080182442 - Data port for a mobile device: A mobile device may include (a) a multi-contact connector configured to couple to a further connector of one of a plurality of auxiliary devices. The further connector has a preset configuration of contact points for each type of the auxiliary devices. The mobile device may also include (b) a detection... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080182443 - 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.

20080182444 - Two-part housing for receiving electronic components and process connection means for use in process measurement technology: The invention relates to an assembly for use in automation and process measurement technology, comprising an at least two-part compact housing having a sleeve-shaped housing bottom part and housing top part. According to the invention the housing top part and the housing bottom part are each made integrally from a... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20080182445 - Electrical connector stability enhancement: An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a first alignment post. The first alignment post may extend from the bottom of the connector housing. The electrical connector may further include a protrusion that extends from the bottom of the connector housing. The protrusion may impede the electrical connector... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080182446 - Fine pitch electrical connector: A fine pitch electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a lot of contacts received in the housing. The housing defines a mating surface, a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, and at least four passageways arranged between the mating surface and the mounting surface. Each contact comprises a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080182447 - Connector assembly with a slider: wherein the slider 22 has retaining means 28, which are supported on the first locking means 15, as long as the first connector 1 and the second connector 2 are not connected and, thus, the first locking means 15 and the second locking means 41 are not engaged, and retain... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080182448 - Divided spring arm: A connector for engagement with a corresponding complementary connector is disclosed. The connector has a spring arm having a latch for engagement with the complementary connector. The spring arm also has an actuating arm that at least partially overlaps a locking arm of the spring arm in an actuating direction... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080182449 - Adjustable cable connector wire guide and connector assembly incorporating the same: A cable connector wire guide and a connector assembly including the same. The wire guide includes first and second portions defining a cable opening. The first and second portions are configured to allow for expansion of the cable opening to allow cables of different dimensions to be received within the... Agent: Tyco Engineered Products & Services Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20080182450 - Intermediate connector: In an electrical connector adapted to be interposed between two connection objects to electrically connect the connection objects to each other, a flexible conductive film, mounted on a base member, includes a flexible insulating film having an outer surface and an inner surface. The flexible insulating film is folded near... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080182451 - Step up pin for coax cable connector: The invention provides a coaxial cable connector having a step up pin that engages the center conductor of a coax cable to increase the diameter of the center conductor to thereby make it more manageable. The pin is stored with the connector until the pin and connector are affixed to... Agent: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. C/o Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080182452 - Shielded connector with folding arrangement ensuring perpendicularity between sidewall and bottom wall of the metal housing: An shielded connector (1) comprises a metal housing (10) configured by first, second, third, fourth sidewalls (102, 101, 103, 100) and a bottom wall (not labeled) defining a receiving space (104) therebetween, first and second terminal inserts securely attached to the first and third sidewalls of the metal housing respectively,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080182453 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of shielding layers, and a plurality of insulating layers. The insulating body has a plurality of terminal-receiving holes. The shielding layers are mounted on the terminal-receiving holes. The insulating layers are mounted on the shielding layers, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080182455 - Radiation lamp and radiation source module incorporating same: There is disclosed a lamp device including a longitudinal axis, a first elongate electrical connector and a second elongate electrical connector, each of the first elongate electrical connector and the second elongate connector being non-parallel with respect to the longitudinal axis. The present lamp device provides a reliable electric connection... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080182454 - Ultraviolet lamp for use in water purifiers: A lamp base is provided having terminal pins mounted on and extending outwardly along a longitudinal axis of the lamp base. At least one of the pins may be a female pin connector. The female pin connector may be provided within a sheath that extends from an end of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080182457 - Electrical connector providing a better coplanarity for terminal solders: An electrical connector of the present invention includes an insulating housing (2) mounting a plurality of terminals (3) and a metallic shell (1) surrounding the insulating housing (2). The insulating housing (2) defines a plurality of terminal grooves (24) therein. A plurality of terminals (3) mounted on the insulating housing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080182456 - Electrical connector with shell: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulated housing (1), a number of terminals (2) arranged into two rows and received in the insulated housing respectively and a metal shell (3) pre-assembled with the insulated housing via coupling device. The insulated housing (1) comprises a front wall, a back wall, a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080182458 - System comprising a slot configurable to receive a device having an interface type that differs from the interface type of the slot: A system comprises a chassis and a slot that is externally accessible on the chassis. The slot is configured to receive a first electronic device having a first electrical interface type. The slot is also configured to receive an adapter comprising a second electrical device having a second electrical interface... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080182459 - Electrical terminal having tactile feedback tip and electrical connector for use therewith: An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080182460 - Electrical connector having improved density and routing characteristics and related methods: An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080182461 - Carbon fiber tow termination and method for making: One or more discrete portions of a carbon fiber tow, selected from a group of tows, ranging in number of fibers from about 1,000 to about 150,000, and terminated by plural contact portions of a metal conductor within a non-metallic termination assembly formed by the joinder of a cradle and... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080182462 - Modifiable electrical connector lug: An electrical connector including a first connection section adapted to connect the electrical connector to a first conductor; and a second connection section connected to the first connection section. The second connection section includes a lug with a plurality of lug portions with at least one weakened section between the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080176418 - 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.

20080176416 - 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.

20080176417 - 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.

20080176419 - 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.

20080176420 - Device, system, and method of flexible hardware connectivity: Device, system, and method of flexible hardware connectivity. For example, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) system includes: a rigid platform having embedded therein at least one programmable logic device; at least one rigid panel having embedded therein a set of connectors; and a flexible connection to flexibly connect, at a... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP

20080176421 - Connecting parts and multilayer wiring board: A connecting part for ensuring a secure connection includes first connecting terminals that are arranged on one face of a supporting member and second connecting terminals that are arranged on the back face of the supporting member. The supporting member may have an elastic body. The connecting terminals are interconnected... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080176422 - Emc connector assembly: The invention relates to a connector assembly for an electronic device. The electronic device is provided on a PCB and located inside a cavity exhibiting a high degree of electromagnetic shielding. A connector is surface mounted on the PCB and essentially the entire connector is located inside the same cavity... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080176423 - Unit with built-in control circuit: A unit with a built-in control circuit includes an outer housing and a control circuit package. The outer housing includes an electric wire holding part and receives the control circuit package. The control circuit package includes a lead frame, an IC chip, and a plastic molding body. The lead frame... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080176424 - Electrical connector with improved actuator having pivotal movement limiting arrangement: An electrical connector for connecting a flexible printed circuit, comprising: a housing comprising a base portion and a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion; a plurality of electrical contacts received in the housing; and an actuator pivotally mounted to the housing for rotating movement between an opened position... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176425 - Connector for use in substrate: A housing (60) has two side walls (67) and a covering wall (66) that define a U-shaped channel for covering terminal fittings (20). The housing (60) is mounted on a printed-circuit board (90) so that the U-shaped channel and the circuit board (90) define a bag-shaped space (70). The U-shaped... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080176426 - Electrical connector with improved housing: An electrical connector comprises an elongated insulative housing and a plurality of terminals. The elongated insulative housing defines a mating face, a rear end face opposite to the mating face and a plurality of receiving passageways extending through the mating face and the rear end face, and said insulative housing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176427 - Electric connector with press unit: An electric connector having an insulating body, a plurality of terminals received in the insulating body and a press unit pressing a chip module. The press unit has at least one elastic arm. The elastic arm has a driving portion. At least one limiting body is formed on the insulating... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080176428 - Connector applied underfill: Processes for reliably and durably mounting a connector body to a surface of a circuit board without using conventional underfill and overmolding techniques are provided. These processes involve preparation of a self-adhering connector subassembly comprising a connector body and an activatable solid adhesive disposed on a mounting surface of the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080176429 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises a longitudinal insulating housing defining a plurality of grooves and a plurality of contacts received in the groove. Each contact has a contacting arm, a retaining portion retained into the insulating housing and a soldering portion. The contacts comprises a plurality of signal contacts and grounding... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176430 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprises a cable end first connector and a board end second connector engaging with said first connector. Said second connector comprises a dielectric housing defining a first end face, a second end face in opposite side of said first end face, a pair of opposite side... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176432 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a connector housing, a plurality of electrical contacts, and an ejector mechanism coupled to an end of the connector housing. The ejector mechanism has means for ejecting a mating connector out of the connector housing upon movement of the ejector mechanism relative to the connector housing... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080176433 - Connector adapter: A connector adapter includes a base. A switch and a plurality of pins are arranged on the base, and a plurality of sockets is defined in the base corresponding to the pins. The pins are correspondingly connected to the sockets via the switch. The switch controls the electrical connections between... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080176434 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for connection between a CPU and a circuit board is disclosed to include an electrically insulative housing, which houses a plurality of conducting terminals and has a plurality of guide members symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides and retaining members respectively vertically connected to the guide... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc One Skyline Place

20080176435 - Electrical connector for flat cable: An electrical connector for a flat cable having a housing is disclosed. The housing holds a cantilever-shaped contact and a shield plate is engaged with the housing so that the shield plate presses the flat cable against the contact.... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080176436 - Electrical connector body having a transverse hold-down beam for a shroud-integrated lock arm: A socket connector body includes a shroud adapted to receive a plug connector body, and also includes a lock arm integrally connected to the shroud and having a free end with an inwardly extending lock nib. The socket connector body further includes a transverse hold-down beam integrally connected to the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080176437 - Coupling device: A coupling device includes a body having an end for coupling with a handle. The body includes a compartment having a receiving space for receiving an object such as a bit. The receiving space includes a slanted face extending longitudinally outward and radially inward. A follower is slidably mounted in... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080176438 - Zero insertion force connector fearuring robust interengagement between a base and a cover: A socket connector (1) for connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board includes a base (10) mounting a plurality of conductive terminals therein. A cover (13) assembled on the base (10) and sliding along a first direction relative to the base defines a pair of sidewalls (132, 133)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176440 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector for receiving a first card and a second card comprises a first insulating housing and a second insulating housing. The first housing defines a bottom surface, a concave portion formed from the bottom surface of the first housing upwardly and having a pair of walls. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176439 - Signal connector with miniaturized pcb-coupling means: A signal connector to be coupled to a circuit board includes a main body for receiving an external signal connector, thereby conducting electric connection between the signal connectors; and a coupling member extending from a front surface of the main body, and having a free end for engaging with a... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080176441 - Electrical connector with improved latching devices: An electrical connector (100) includes a connector member (1) providing a plurality of conductive terminals (10) therein, an insulative coat (3) defining a receiving cavity (30) with an opening and a pair of through holes (32) provided at opposite sides of the receiving cavity, a pair of latching members received... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176442 - Cable connector assembly with imporved coupler: An electrical connector assembly comprises at least two electrical connectors and a flexible printed circuit; each electrical connector comprises a housing, some contacts each having a curved contacting portion and a flat rear tail portion, and the all flat rear tail portions extends outwardly from the housing to expose out... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176443 - Dc adapter and electronic apparatus using the same: A DC adapter that can be housed in a battery housing portion of an electronic apparatus selectively with a primary and secondary battery. The DC adapter is connected to an AC/DC converter and is inserted into a battery housing portion of an electronic apparatus so as to supply the electronic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080176444 - Combined power and control signal cable: A power/control cable for transmitting control signals and power is described. The power/control cable comprises a first connector comprising a first control signal conductor and a first electrical charge conductor, a second connector comprising a second control signal conductor communicatively connected with the first connector by at least one wire,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080176445 - Patch panel with a variable angle: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an angled patch panel with a variable angle, the patch panel may be mounted on a communication rack and may have first and second patch panel elements connected by a hinge to enable angular movement of the patch panel elements relative to... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080176446 - Voice and data telecommunications connector: The present voice and data telecommunications connector includes a set of wires each having a first end terminating in a first 50-pin amphenol connector for connecting to a 50-pin amphenol socket of a converged voice and data telecommunications device; a first group of said set of wires each having a... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20080176447 - Electrical wiring: Electrical wiring has at least one electrical cable, which can be fixed on a round plug-type connector, and a holding apparatus for the cable. The cable ends in the interior of a tubular connecting stub, onto which, at one end, a union nut can be screwed, which nut leaves free... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080176449 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for mating with a plug includes an insulative housing, a number of first contacts retained in the indulative housing. The insulative housing includes a first contact area. Each first contact has a contact portion extending into the first contact area, a soldering portion extending out of the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176448 - Plug-in connector: The invention refers to a plug-in connector for multi-core data and/or telecommunication cables having a shielding housing joined together from an upper housing shell and a lower housing shell, wherein a contract carrier, which demonstrates connector contacts for the plug-in connection and insulation displacement contacts electrically connected to these connector... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080176450 - Electrical card connector with pressing plate having rounded edge to avoid damaging inserted card: Provided herewith an electrical card connector includes an insulative housing defining a front portion and a rear portion with a mating interface extending therebetween. A plurality of contact is received in the housing and having their contact engaging portion extends above the mating interface. The insulative housing further defines sides... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176451 - Card edge connector with durable key: A card edge connector is adapted for connecting a card to a mother board, includes a housing made from insulating material. The housing includes a slot for receiving the card, a retaining hole communicating with the slot and a plurality of conductive contacts received in the housing. A metallic key... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176452 - Electrical connector having improved terminal configuration: An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080176453 - Shieldless, high-speed, low-cross-talk electrical connector: An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080176454 - Connector and assembling method therefor: A connector has terminal fittings (20) with a touching section (41) to be held in contact with a mating terminal (30) and a housing (10) formed with press-in holes (14, 14A), into which the terminal fittings (20) are pressed. The terminal fittings (20) are pressingly held in the housing (10)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080176455 - Electrical connector with improved positioning device: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulating housing (1) defining a front end portion and a rear end portion. At least one row of terminals (2) are retained in the housing (1) with tail portions (22) extending out of the rear end portion of the housing. A positioning device includes... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176456 - Distributor block: A distributor block exhibits multi-connectors at its front side in the manner of block terminals and at least one additional connector for each pole at its rear side, whereby a contact area is provided for each pole where terminal points are arranged in one common clamping plane. To reduce the... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.a.

20080176457 - Electrical connecting terminal: This invention relates to an electrical connecting terminal (10) with an insulating housing (20), which contains a clamp body receptacle (22) with an insertion opening (21) for an electrical conductor, with a clamp body (30), which can be inserted into the clamp body receptacle (22) and has a connecting space... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080176459 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for receiving an electronic component therein, comprises an insulating housing defining a receiving room; a plurality of contacts mounted in the housing; and a top shell mounted on the top of the housing. The top shell comprises a pair of opposite first wall and a pair of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080176458 - Metal terminal: A metal terminal includes a base plate portion for placing an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions which extend upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion for press-contacting the electric wire. Each of the crimping piece portions has a distal end portion... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080176460 - Electrical terminal having improved insertion characteristics and electrical connector for use therewith: An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080176461 - Electrical splice connector: An electrical connector union coupler assembly including a coupling subassembly and a collet retainer. The coupling subassembly includes a coupling sleeve rotatably connected to a coupling body. The coupling body includes a first end with a threaded section and a first surface adapted to press against a first set of... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080176462 - Electrical connector having terminating module: An electrical connector having a terminal module (1) engaging with a mating plug. The terminal module has a number of terminals (3) for electrically connecting with the mating plug and a base portion (2) having a first planar portion (23). The first planar portion includes two arrays of protrusions (21)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080171451 - Printed circuit board connector for back light unit and chassis using the same: There are provided a printed circuit board connector for a backlight unit and a chassis using the same. The printed circuit board connector for a backlight unit including: a horizontal supporter; a vertical supporter having one end connected to the horizontal supporter to divide the horizontal supporter into first and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080171450 - Wafer bump manufacturing using conductive ink: The invention is related to a method of manufacturing connection bumps on substrates, and in particular to a connection bump formed by depositing conductive ink and placing a conductive element on top of the ink. The final connection bump is formed by curing the conductive ink, thus providing a conductive... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080171453 - Conductive element and an electric connector using the same: A conductive element and an electric connector using the same, wherein the conductive element is formed by plating a thin metal layer on the surface of a liquid electric conductor. The electric connector comprises an insulating body and at least a conductive element contained therein, wherein the conductive elements are... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080171452 - Interposer, probe card and method for manufacturing the interposer: Disclosed is an interposer comprising a silicon substrate (20). A plurality of conductive holes (27) penetrating the silicon substrate (20) are formed by dry etching, and at least one end of each conductive hole (27) is provided with a probe (12) via a pad (45). Since conductive holes are formed... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080171454 - Electrical connector having improved electrical element: An electrical connector (1) has a base portion (22), a number of terminals (3) mounted to the base portion, a first circuit board (42) assembled to the base portion, a substrate paralleled with the base portion and a number of pins (212) mounted on the substrate and a second circuit... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080171455 - Electrical connector with reliable mating frame mating with another connector: 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 arms (12, 17) integrally extending from lateral sides of the rear portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080171456 - Swivel single pole electrical connectors: An electrical connector, particularly a single pole electrical connector, has a first connector body portion having an engagement structure capable of engagement with a mating electrical connector. An electrical contact is provided adjacent the first connector body portion. A second connector body portion is connected to the electrical contact and... Agent: Mr. Michael S. Leonard Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20080171458 - Apparatus for facilitating video connections to surveillance devices: An apparatus for facilitating video connections to surveillance devices comprising a plurality of twisted pair input connectors for receiving twisted pair wire connectors with each of the twisted pair wire connectors providing a video channel, a plurality of BNC output connectors, a ribbon cable connector and circuitry for connecting each... Agent: Pelco

20080171457 - High density coaxial jack: A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front cable connection locations is disclosed. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and an outer shield conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors... Agent: Attn: Steven C. Bruess Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080171459 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector comprises an insulative housing 10 defining a main body 11 with a plurality of passageways 12 for receiving corresponding contacts 20 therein, the sidewalls 14 substantially parallel extend forwards from the opposite sides of the main body 11 and a rear wall 16 is also formed... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080171460 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) for connecting a sheet-like connection member includes an insulating housing (1) provided with a plurality of conductive terminals (2, 3) and a pair of retaining members. The housing defines a pair of slots (15) each with an upper groove (153) and a lower groove (154) at... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080171461 - Apparatus and method for electrical connector with flat cable adapter: A connector comprises an adapter housing coupled to a connector housing. An adapter insert has a first cavity formed therein. The first cavity is shaped to at least partially restrain motion in a first lateral axis of a flat cable placed therein. An apparatus for connecting a flat cable to... Agent: William E. Schmidt, P.C.

20080171462 - Card connector capable of securing the card: A card connector, which may secure a card inserted therein, includes a housing, a sliding block and a lock hook. The housing includes a substrate with a slot. The sliding block is received in the slot for reciprocation along the slot. The lock hook includes a main member, a curved... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080171463 - Threaded adapter with male connector termination: A threaded adaptor device for connecting two devices wherein one device to be connected has a threaded opening for connection to a wiring harness and the other device has a pin connector element. The adaptor includes a body portion that is threaded for direct attachment to conventional openings in conduits,... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Esq. Patent Services

20080171464 - Wire connector: An open-face electrical connector comprising a first housing having a chamber therein, a second housing mateable to the first housing to form an enclosure for supporting an electrical wire therein and a latchable wire retainer secured to one of the housings, the latchable wire retainer having a first jaw with... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20080171465 - Disc drive head stack assembly: A head stack assembly (HSA) that may eliminate the need for a plurality of separate components by molding all of the HSA parts together into a single connector is disclosed. Such an HSA may include a single connector having a mating interface and a fastener extending from a surface of... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080171466 - Cable connector with bushing that permits visual verification: Connectors for interconnecting a coaxial cable to an electrical device are disclosed. The connector has an internal body and an external body which are assembled together, and which can be activated to clamp upon and seal to an inserted coaxial cable. The external body includes a bushing made from a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080171467 - Step up pin for coax cable connector: The invention provides a coaxial cable connector having a step up pin that engages the center conductor of a coax cable to increase the diameter of the center conductor to thereby make it more manageable. The pin is stored with the connector until the pin and connector are affixed to... Agent: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. C/o Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080171470 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for receiving an electronic component therein, comprises an insulating housing comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposite sidewalls, and a footwall together forming a receiving room, a plurality of contacts mounted in the housing, and a shell covering the housing. The footwall of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080171469 - Electrical connector assembly with emi gasket: An electrical connector assembly includes a cage member configured for mounting in an opening in a panel. The cage member has at least one compartment for receiving a pluggable electrical component therein. An EMI gasket is mounted externally on the cage member. The EMI gasket includes a dielectric carrier holding... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080171468 - Movable connector bracket for end mounting panel members: A connector assembly configured for mounting on a panel member includes a connector having an axis. An EMI bracket surrounds the connector, the EMI bracket being relatively movable along the axis while maintaining electrical communication with the connector.... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080171471 - Electrical connector contact: An electrical connector assembly including a housing, electrical contact terminals, a hood and a filter member. The housing is sized and shaped to be plugged into an electrical connector socket of an initiator of a gas generator. A first one of the terminals has a wire connection section and a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080171472 - Electrical connector contact: A lamp-connection socket for a lamp for a display device, and a backlight unit and LCD device using the same are disclosed. The lamp-connection socket includes a body that includes a lamp receiving portion that supports an end portion of a lamp; a first terminal that extends from within the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080171474 - High density interconnection device with dielectric coating: A high-density interconnection device or connector (1) that is formed with wafer in a stacked arrangement. The stack of wafers (20) is arranged to include signal wafers (20b) that alternate with shield wafers (20a). A dielectric coating (40) is applied to at least one body surface of one or more... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080171473 - Memory card adapter: A compact memory card adapter is provided, which improves connection reliability with an antenna circuit and ensures communication distance when a memory card with a non-contact communication function is inserted therein. The adapter is formed with a base made of an electrical insulating material, a plurality of contacts arranged on... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080171475 - Method and apparatus for an exemplary data patchbay: A standard-width powered switching station, i.e. a patchbay, employing single-plug Bantam Audio patchcords inserted into front panel jacks, designed to provide bidirectional data communication connectivity, i.e. remote controlling, between up to 32 pairs of RS422-compliant controllers and remotes, connected to rear panel DE9 ports. The patchbay being further designed to... Agent: The Farrow Law Firm

20080171476 - Cable connector assembly with wire management member: A cable connector assembly (100) according to the present invention includes an insulator (2), a PCB (5) and a wire management member (4). The insulator includes a front side, a rear side, a number of terminal passages (24) between the front side and the rear side, and a number of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080171477 - Terminal block for connecting electric cables: Terminal block comprising a body having, formed internally, a chamber for housing a clamp for retaining the ends of electric cables or wire, which can be operated by an operating mechanism, at least two openings for introducing said wires, at least one opening for access to the operating mechanism, the... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 30623

20080171478 - Terminal structure of electrical connector: A terminal structure to be assembled in a terminal slot is integrally formed by pressing a metal plate having first and second surfaces. The terminal structure includes a fixing portion and an elastic arm. The first surface of the fixing portion is fixed in the slot and is wider. The... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080166895 - System for supplying service from an appliance to multiple consumer electronic devices: A modular system comprises an appliance, a first adapter coupling a first consumer electronic device, and a second adapter coupling a second consumer electronic device wherein the first and second adapters are each capable of being connected with the appliance. The adapters may share a common interface with the appliance.... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080166896 - Protrudable connector structure for electronic device: A protrudable connector structure that includes a first frame having a first guiding hole; a second frame having a push button and a second guiding hole that overlaps with the first guiding hole when the push button is pressed; a pin inserted into the first guiding hole and the second... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080166899 - Connector guide member: A shroud that forms a guide channel for a connector is disclosed and it has the shape of an inverted U-shape, with a press tab for engaging a mating connector. The shroud has notches and tabs formed on it that serve to orient the mating connector for entry into the... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080166897 - Expandable and collapsible peripheral device: An expandable and collapsible peripheral device is disclosed, along with methods of manufacturing same. When in an expanded state, the peripheral device may have a length which conforms to the ExpressCard standard, and when in a collapsed state, the peripheral device may have a form factor approximating that of a... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20080166898 - Method of making an expandable and collapsible peripheral device: An expandable and collapsible peripheral device is disclosed, along with methods of manufacturing same. When in an expanded state, the peripheral device may have a length which conforms to the ExpressCard standard, and when in a collapsed state, the peripheral device may have a form factor approximating that of a... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20080166900 - Structure of wire output: A structure of wire output is mainly composed by a main board wire set and a peripheral wire set; the characteristic lies in: the peripheral wire set is composed of a set of electric conducting wires connected to input/output terminals of a circuit board, which comprises 4 to 8 sockets... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080166901 - Connector assembly for end mounting panel members: A connector assembly is secured to a panel member for electrically coupling with a second connector assembly secured to a second panel member. Each of the connector assemblies includes a first contact having a first portion and a second portion disposed at a first predetermined spacing from each other. A... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080166902 - Dongle device: The present disclosure relates to a dongle device that is geometrically configured to provide for more efficient engagement with a host computer and which may provide for improved protection of dongle circuitry. The dongle design may be applied to incorporate any additional hardware/software functionality to the computer, such as retrofit... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080166903 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a mate assist system for assisting in mating the electrical connector to a mating electrical connector. The mate assist system includes a lever pivotably connected to the housing, a slider slidably connected to the housing, and a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080166904 - Flexible cable for optical disk drive: A flexible cable for an optical disk drive is disposed at a case comprising an upper case and a lower case. The flexible cable comprises a fastening part fixed at the lower case and a moving part extended in the reverse direction of one end of the fastening part to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080166905 - Backward compatible connector system: Various embodiments of connectors and connector assemblies provide modified structural features to meet evolving industrial design requirements while maintaining backward compatibility. In one embodiment, alignment posts on the two sides of a plug connector are substantially removed and the remaining connector shell reshaped so as to preserve alignment capability. Other... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080166906 - Connecting device: A connector for electrical or optical conduits that provides a field configurable keying of the insulator plugs relative to each other and relative to the connector casings. A separate relative keying means is included that is separate from the case keying or locating mechanism. The connector also utilizes a retention... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080166907 - Connector assemblies: A headset connector assembly that includes a connector plate, a casing, and electrical contact members is provided. The connector plate can have a first mating surface, a second mating surface, and at least two apertures existing between the first and the second mating surfaces. The casing can have a first... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080166908 - Terminal positioning device for socket connector: Terminals of a socket connector are directly positioned and are conducted electrically. No additional through-holes on a circuit board are required. Hence, the cost of the circuit board is reduced.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080166909 - Electrical connection box and assembling method of electrical connection box: An electrical connection box includes a body which includes a mounting surface and a mounting member, including a shaft portion, attached to the body. The body includes a bearing portion which receives the shaft portion rotatably. The bearing portion has a receiving portion which receives the shaft portion, a limiting... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080166910 - Adaptor with a plug identifying member: An adaptor has a body, two plug identifying members respectively inserted into the body and each having a sliding bar and multiple blocking members. When an incorrect plug with a smaller size is inserted into the body, the blocking members prevent the incorrect plug from being inserted further. When the... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080166911 - Flap seating indicator: A flap seating indicator for loadbreak and deadbreak connectors that include a substantially round ring-shaped body and a plurality of flaps located around the circumference of the body and extending from one of the side edges. Each of the plurality of flaps has a first section that attaches to the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080166912 - Hollow ring seating indicator: A seating indicator for loadbreak connectors and deadbreak connectors that includes a substantially round, elastic O-ring having a body and an opening, wherein the O-ring is installed on the transition shoulder portion of a loadbreak bushing insert, and wherein the O-ring extends radially and outwardly from the bushing insert when... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080166913 - View portal seating indicator: A view portal seating indicators for loadbreak and deadbreak connectors that includes: an elbow connector with an elbow cuff having an extended portion at the end and a plurality of openings located circumferentially on the extended portion; and a bushing insert having a mid-section and an indicating band extending around... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080166914 - Power supply devices with illuminated receptacles: The present invention provides power supply devices having illuminated receptacles. Some or all of the receptacles are encircled or otherwise circumscribed by a lighting member. The lighting member may be a continuous strip of material, such as an electroluminescent laminate. The lighting member may illuminate the receptacles regardless of whether... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080166915 - Appliance with an adapter to simultaneously couple multiple consumer electronic devices: A modular system comprises an appliance and an adapter configured to simultaneously couple two consumer electronic devices to the appliance and to supply at least one service between the appliance and the consumer electronic devices. The appliance can comprise a refrigeration appliance and the adapter can couple the consumer electronic... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080166916 - Electrical connecting module: The invention relates to an electrical connecting module comprising at least one connector strip for electrically connecting wires and/or cables. The connector strip has at least one catch element and a rigid front panel. This front panel has at least one opening through which the connector strip can be partially... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080166917 - Tool string direct electrical connection: A downhole electrical transmission system having first and second tubular bodies coupled together by mating threads, each tubular body having a bore. An electrical conductor assembly is disposed within the bore of each tubular body. At least one end of each assembly has an electrical contact surrounded by a dielectric... Agent: Tyson J. Wilde Novatek International, Inc.

20080166918 - Three-in-one connector set: A connector set integrates an RJ45 connector, a USB connector and an eSATA connector. A space occupied by the connectors is thus saved. And a connector for a new protocol eSATA is provided.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080166919 - Method for high-frequency tuning an electrical device, and a printed circuit board suitable therefor: The invention relates to a method for high-frequency tuning a high-frequency plug connector, comprising a printed circuit board that has both contact points for high-frequency contacts as well as contact points for insulation displacement contacts. Each contact point for the high-frequency contacts is connected to one respective contact point for... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080166920 - Multiconnector memory card: The invention is directed to a memory card including a first connector that conforms to a first connection standard and a second connector that conforms to a second connection standard. The connectors are provided on a movable member disposed within a housing of the memory card. The movable member may... Agent: Imation Legal Affairs

20080166921 - Shielded connector: An electrical connector (1) comprises a metal housing (10) configured by first, second, third and fourth sidewalls (100, 101, 102, 103) defining a receiving space (104) therebetween, first and second insulating housings (20) securely attached to the first and third sidewalls of the metal housing respectively, a plurality of contacts... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080166922 - Connector system for a wall installation: An electrical connector assembly includes a quick-fastening locking arrangement for locking together a plug member and a socket member, including a locking peg connected with one of the plug and socket members, and a cylindrical locking cam connected with the other member, which locking cam is pivotable through a relatively... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20080166924 - Audio signal switcher: The present invention provides an audio signal switcher including a jack switcher and a plug switcher. The jack switcher includes an audio jack and a first USB port. The first USB port includes a first data pin, a second data pin, a power pin, and a ground pin. The audio... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080166923 - Telecommunications module, assemblies thereof and methods of using same: A telecommunications module (10) has a housing (12) and at least one contact comprising at least one first contact element (14) located adjacent a receiving space (24) for receiving at least one outside contact (30), the contact element (14) having, in a portion bordering the receiving space (24), both a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080166925 - Communications connector with crimped contacts: 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.

20080166926 - Stackable electonic blocks and a method for stacking the same: The present invention generally relates to a mechanical structure having electronic circuits that easily and quickly connect together. The mechanical structures may be building blocks which are stackable and reusable. The building blocks may be removably held together by, for example, gravity and/or friction. The building blocks have electronic circuits... Agent: Lampel & Associates, P.C.

20080166927 - Electrocoated contacts compatible with surface mount technology: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of contacts that may be compatible with surface mount technology. The contacts may be surface mountable for establishing an electrical pathway (e.g., electrical grounding contact, etc.) from at least one electrically-conductive surface on the substrate to another electrically-conductive surface (e.g., EMI shield,... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080166928 - Compliant pin: A pin for insertion into a hole includes a compliant zone having a first flex-beam and a second flex-beam, the first flex-beam being a predetermined distance from the second flex-beam. The pin further includes a lead-in zone extending from the compliant zone, wherein a width of the lead-in zone narrows... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080166929 - Pedestal connector mounting holes: The present invention relates to a new and improved connector bar and techniques for making the same. The connector bar includes a metal body having side-by-side conductor ports, transverse threaded pedestal mount apertures, and set screw openings. The transverse threaded pedestal mount apertures extend completely through the body of the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080166930 - Electrical connector: A device is disclosed for connecting electrical devices. The device may include a transformer, a connector post with a nut, and a conductor. The conductor may be positioned from the transformer to an opening of the connector post. The conductor may be a metal plate. The nut may clamp the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Heather N. Schafer

20080166931 - Conducting crimp terminal structure of plug capable of simplifying its manufacturing process: The present invention discloses a conducting crimp terminal structure of a plug capable of simplifying its manufacturing process, and particularly a flat conducting crimp terminal structure of a solid knife body with a thickness of 1.5 mm that includes a conducting crimp terminal having a flat rectangular body and defining... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080160791 - Memory card with a slim usb connector: A memory card with a slim USB connector includes a memory card and a cover. The memory card has a memory card body and a slim USB connector located on one end of the memory card body. The memory card has at least one concave portion. The cover covers the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080160790 - Systems and methods for converting a computer rear transition input/output (i/o) to front panel i/o: A method for converting a computer rear transition input/output (I/O) to front panel I/O is described. The method includes providing a main board having a first main connector having a first set of pins, and affixing a second main connector having a second set of pins to the main board,... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080160792 - Card edge connector: A card edge connector adapted for rotatably receiving a larger daughter board to a mother board includes an insulating housing defining an elongated slot therein, a plurality of contacts received in the housing, a pair of stopping arms setting to the ends of the housing respectively and a supporting wall... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160793 - Card edge coaxial connector: An adapter having a housing, a ground clip and an adapter subassembly all located in the housing. The adapter subassembly includes a proximal portion that can be coupled to a coaxial connector and a distal portion that can be coupled to a printed circuit board. A central conductor in the... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.c. Attention Of Stenven C. Bruess

20080160794 - Electrical interconnect device utilizing contact caps: An electrical interconnect device includes a substrate having opposite outer surfaces and an array of conductive elastomeric columns held by the substrate. Each of the columns have opposite ends that extend beyond respective ones of the outer surfaces of the substrate. Conductive contact caps are disposed over the opposite ends... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080160796 - Method for providing interconnections among components: A method of interconnecting components provides efficient techniques for separating the conductive path between components from the pin-to-pin integration between components through the use of conductive elements that may be interconnected in a variety of manners. The interconnections between the conductive elements may be configured automatically and may be modified... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080160795 - Ultra-thin flexible electronic device: An ultra-thin flexible electronic device 1 of the invention, comprises: a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) 2, having a circuit layout 13 arranged thereon; an input element 3, electrical-connected to the FPC for setting up a data; a display 4, electrical-connected to the FPC 2 for displaying the data; a... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080160797 - Cartridge for contact terminals and semiconductor device socket provided with the same: A probe pin cartridge includes a first substrate disposed opposite to a positioning member, a second substrate laid beneath the first substrate, having the same contour as that of the first substrate and a plurality of probe pins held by the first and second substrates.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080160798 - Flexible printed circuit board with contoured conductive lines: An exemplary flexible printed circuit board (2) includes a wiring layer (21). The wiring layer includes a number of conductive lines (211). Each of the conductive lines includes a finger (213), a line portion (212) and a junction portion (214) between the finger and the line portion. A width of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160799 - Terminal block test pad: An electrical terminal assembly for an HVAC device is disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, the terminal assembly includes one or more quick-connect or screwless type terminal blocks mounted on a printed circuit board. The terminal assembly may also include one or more test pads electrically connected to the one or... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080160800 - Pin with shape memory alloy: A computing system comprises one or more system components, such as CPU, BIOS, storage devices, controllers, etc. The system components may be provided on a chipset or a motherboard. The system components are configured with pins made from shape memory alloy.... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080160801 - Contact used in an electrical connector: A conductive contact (1) includes a base portion (10) extending along a upright direction, an extending portion (13) extending from the base portion (10), a spring portion (14) extending upwardly from the extending portion (13) with a contacting portion extending portion (13) on a top end thereof, a tail (11)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160803 - Electronic device with dual slide actuator that extends and retracts a connector: A hand held electronic device, such as a flash memory drive, includes a mechanism for extending and withdrawing a connector, such as a USB plug, that is adapted for engaging a mating connector of a host device. A positive latch holds the connector with respect to an outer shell when... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20080160802 - Lip stick universal serial bus flash drive with deploying and retracting functionalities: In one embodiment of the present invention, a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive rotary device is disclosed to include a plastic frame including a USB flash drive and a USB plug connector and a rotary tube at least partially enclosing said plastic frame for deploying said USB plug connector,... Agent: Law Offices Of Imam

20080160805 - Card connector: A card connector include a housing with a contact; an ejector provided inside the housing to be slidable between a holding position and a temporary holding position in a card insertion and pull-out direction; and an elastic member provided inside the housing for urging the ejector from the holding position... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080160804 - Connector system for solar cell roofing tiles: A connector system for photovoltaic roof tiles has a body and a plug assembly with latching means. The body portion has a latching member and a rib defining a recess for mating with the plug assembly. A pair of cavities extends inwardly from the recess. The latching member has a... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080160806 - Electrical connector: Provided is an electrical connector for electrically connecting a plug assembly to a PCB. The electrical connector has a base mounted to the PCB, which has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a plurality of conductive contacts received in the base with partly extending... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160807 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (2), a plurality of terminals (31) received in the insulating housing, a metal shield (1) shielding over the insulating housing and an ejector (4). The metal shield and the insulating housing define a card receiving room and a card inserting direction.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160808 - Electrical card connector with lock device: The present invention relates to an electrical card connector (100), comprising an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) receiving by the insulative housing (1), a shell (2) covering the insulative housing (1), an eject mechanism (4) assembled on one side of the insulative housing (1) for ejecting an... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160809 - Separable loadbreak connector and system with shock absorbent fault closure stop: A separable loadbreak connector and system includes a connector having a contact tube with an axial passage therethrough, and a contact member slidably mounted within the axial passage and movable therein during a fault closure condition. The contact member is axially movable within the passage with the assistance of an... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080160811 - Automatic configuration of an interface to a host or client: According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided to detect a coupling of a first cable plug to a bimodal host receptacle and configure the bimodal host receptacle to function as a client or a host based at least in part on the first cable plug.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080160810 - Electrically safe receptacle: An electrically safe receptacle that in it's normal quiescent state will not have electrical current flow. Said electrically safe receptacle will be equipped with normally-open switches on one or both female conductors that are controlled by a strategically placed sensor to detect the insertion of a male plug. Detection of... Agent: Thomas W. Ferguson

20080160812 - Press fit connection for mounting electrical plug-in outlet insulator to a busway aluminum housing: A molded plastic outlet box for electric busway systems comprising: a molded plastic base comprising a plurality of press-fit tabs for attachment of the base to a housing of the electric busway system disposed about a bottom surface of the base.... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080160813 - fluidtight connector: When a male housing (10) and a female housing (20) are connected, projections (15) formed in the male housing (10) are pressed into fitting holes (36) of a seal (27) mounted on the front surface of a terminal accommodating portion (20A) after passing through projecting-portion insertion holes (32) formed in... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080160815 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector capable of being electrically connected to an electronic component comprises an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals. The insulating body thereon has a plurality of terminal receiving holes, and the conductive terminals are accommodated in the terminal receiving holes. At least one end of the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080160814 - Land grid array connector assembly with pick up cap: An LGA connector assembly (1) includes an LGA connector (2) and a pick up cap (3). The connector includes a stiffener (23), an insulative housing (21) arranged in the stiffener, a plurality of contacts (22) received in the housing, a retention structure (4) having a metal clip (25) and a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160816 - Lamp socket, light supply assembly having the same and display device having the same: A lamp socket that supports a lamp including a lamp body and one or more electrodes protruding from opposite end portions of the lamp body and that electrically connects an inverter circuit board driving the lamp and the lamp includes: a socket terminal having a first stopper where the electrodes... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20080160817 - Brush holder with crimp connection: A brush holder (2) has a support element (4) to which a carbon cartridge (6) is attached, with a carbon brush (8) being held therein so as to be displaceable, and to which an electrical fixed contact (28) is attached which is electrically connected to the carbon brush (8) by... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080160818 - Electrical connector with retaining member: An electrical connector (100) for connecting a sheet-like connection member includes an insulating housing (1)provided with a plurality of conductive terminals (2, 3), defining a pair of slot (15) at opposite ends thereof. A pair of retaining members (4) is embedded in the slot (15), each comprises a retaining portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160819 - Connector system for solar cell roofing tiles: A connector system for photovoltaic roof tiles has a body and a plug assembly with latching means. The body portion has a latching member and a rib defining a recess for mating with the plug assembly. A pair of cavities extends inwardly from the recess. The latching member has a... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080160820 - Electrical terminal: An electrical terminal for gripping a solder includes a body, an elastic arm extending from the body, which has a contact at the end of the elastic arm, and a welding portion extending downwardly from the body, wherein the welding portion includes a baffle and at least two gripping pieces,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080160821 - Lamp socket assemblies with axial terminals: Wedge bulb lamp socket assemblies with potted axial terminal members. The terminals are held in place by tab members in the blades until the potting material is added. Ramp members are provided in the socket bodies in order to facilitate insertion of the lamp bulbs in the sockets, and shroud... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080160822 - Discharge tube connector: The present invention Provides a discharge tube connector which suppresses the occurrence of a damage of a discharge tube at the time of installation and can be easily installed. An end electrode of the discharge tube and a board electrode on a circuit board can be electrically connected with each... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080160823 - Electrical multipoint connector: In an electrical multipoint connector having a plurality of parallel plug pins and having terminal contacts for each of the plug pins, the plug pins and the terminal contacts are joined to each other by rigid conductor tracks running in parallel side-by-side, and in each case having a lateral outward... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080160824 - Electric wire protector: An electric wire protector installed in a connector to protect the electric wires is disclosed. The electric wire protector has a body provided with an accommodation chamber for accommodating the connector, a top disposed at a top side of the body for protecting the electric wires, and clamping portions extended... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080160825 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprise a chip module (2) formed a number of protrusions (21) extending outwardly from sidewalls thereof, a bracket (1) comprising a number of receiving sections (11), a number of housings (4) each having a plurality of terminals (5) assembled therein and received in the corresponding receiving... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160826 - Electrical assembly having an outlet with both power and communications connectors: An electrical assembly comprising an electrical box and a single gang electrical outlet having both a power connector and at least one communications connector and being supported in the box. The electrical outlet is receivable in the box, which has a barrier to isolate the power and communications connectors, but... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080160827 - Bonding block for coaxial cable: A bonding block includes a first flat portion, a second flat portion orthogonal to and connected to the first flat portion, and a third flat portion orthogonal to and connected to the first flat portion. The third flat portion is substantially parallel to the second flat portion. A cable connector... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20080160828 - Connector module and method of manufacturing the same: Connector module and method of manufacturing same A connector module (31, 71) comprises a base body (21) having a first contact (27) for electrically contacting an optoelectronic module (72), a second contact (25) for electronically contacting a board, and a conductive trace (23) for electrically connecting the first (27) and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client 007052

20080160829 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector (100) adapted for receiving an electrical card comprises an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (3) received in the insulative housing, and a shell (2) assembled on the insulative housing. The insulative housing comprises a front wall (12) and a pair of lateral walls (18)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160830 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) comprises a metal shell (10) having a cavity (104) and defining a pair of side walls (100, 101) and a pair of end walls (102) beside the side walls, a pair of insulating housings (20) mounted on the end walls of the metal shell, a plurality... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080160831 - Electrical connector with esd grounding clip: A connector is disclosed for preventing electrostatic discharge during connection of a USB-type connector. The connector includes a grounding clip provided within a recess formed at least partially down into the surface of the second level of the base block. The grounding clip may have a proximal end affixed to... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20080160832 - Electronic device with a retractable connector and protective door mechanism: A hand held electronic device, such as a flash memory drive, includes a mechanism for extending and withdrawing a connector, such as a USB plug, that is adapted for engaging a mating connector of a host device. A positive latch holds the connector with respect to an outer shell when... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20080160833 - Wire-line connection system: A wire-line section and connection system for carrying electrical power to a down-hole tool in a well is provided. Each section includes a tubular sheath forming a passageway that encloses a conductor having a first connector at one end and a complementary second connector at the other that enables wire-line... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, Pllc

20080160834 - Memory card with a slim usb connector: A memory card with a slim USB connector includes a memory card and a cover. There is a slim USB connected located at one end of the memory card and the slim USB connector has a concave slot. The cover covers the slim USB connector, and there is a through... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080160836 - Cable connector plug having contact with anti-rotation member: An exemplary cable connector plug includes a first contact, a second contact and a first insulator portion. The first contact and the second contact are insulated from each other by the first insulator portion. The second contact includes an annular contact portion, the annular contact portion surrounding the first insulator.... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080160835 - Cable connector plug having contact with hooking portion: An exemplary cable connector plug (20) includes a contact (21) and an insulator (25). The first contact includes a contact portion (210) and an extension portion (211) extending from the contact portion along an axis of the cable connector plug. The first contact further includes a hooking portion (2115) provided... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang