Electrical connectors inventions 08/08

20080207009 - Female terminal for connector, connector, and electrical connection device: A female terminal for connector is electrically connected to a pin, and the pin is electrically connected to a squib to ignite an airbag. The female terminal for connector includes a tubular external wall part and a spring part contacting the pin. A tip portion of the spring part is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080207010 - Electrical connector and combination connector having the same: An electrical connector includes a housing having a first sidewall surface and a second sidewall surface extending in a first direction in parallel to each other with a first distance therebetween; a first terminal having a first contact portion protruding from the first sidewall surface in a second direction substantially... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, Llc

20080207011 - Board-to-board connector: The invention relates to a board-to board connector (9) comprising at least a first contact module (9a) with a first set of board contacts (20) for connecting to a first board (8), and a second contact module (9B) with a second set of board contacts (21). The connector further comprises... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080207012 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector includes a shell (1) structured as L-shaped, an insulating housing (2) covered by the shell, a plurality of terminals (3) retained in the insulating housing, a triangular guiding plate (4) placed in the card room for guiding a card insertion, and a bottom plate (7) confirming... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080207013 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector, for connecting an electronic device with a circuit board, comprises an insulating substance and conductive terminals, wherein the insulating substance configures a plurality of terminal containing holes and the conductive terminals are configured in the terminal containing holes. The electronic device and the circuit board thereon respectively... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080207014 - Board mounted electrical connector: A board-to-board electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having a dielectric housing for mounting on a first printed circuit board for receiving a plug portion of a second connector mounted on a second printed circuit board. The connectors are mateable in a mating direction. A plurality of first conductive... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080207015 - Press-fit pin and board structure: Provided is a printed wiring board formed with a through-hole into which a press-fit pin is press-fitted. The printed wiring board includes at least one signal transmission layer, a signal transmission wiring pattern formed in the signal transmission layer, and an electrode portion of the signal transmission wiring pattern exposed... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080207016 - Communications module: A communications module includes: a circuit board having a peripheral end; a first electronic component mounted on the circuit board; a plurality of second electronic components mounted on the circuit board and having a structural strength less than that of the first electronic component; and a metal cover secured to... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080207017 - Mounting assembly for a vehicle power junction box: A mounting assembly for a vehicle power junction box includes a first mounting unit and a second mounting unit having a positioning relative to the first mounting unit. A weld bead is positioned between the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit to vibration weld the first mounting unit... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080207020 - Combined fastening and contacting system for electrical components on superimposed circuit boards: The invention relates to a combined fastening and contacting system for electrical components on superimposed circuit boards in an electronic housing, especially for the automobile sector, as well as a method for fastening and contacting electrical components. The novel fastening and contacting system has two parts, one of which is... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080207018 - Contact lead: A contact lead for engaging with an aperture lead of a circuit carrier, including a substrate contact portion electrically connected to a pad on a substrate a chip contact portion extending from the substrate contact portion and forming an angle with the substrate contact portion raising from the substrate. The... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080207019 - Flexible circuit connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly for connecting a flexible circuit to a circuit board includes a flexible circuit attached to a clamp member and a plurality of alignment posts extending from the circuit board. The clamp member has notches that receive the posts to place the contact field of the flexible... Agent: Hooker & Habib, P.c.

20080207021 - Electornic interconnecting system for computer: A cable connector assembly adapted for interconnecting two computers includes a first cable connector assembly (100) and a second cable connector assembly. The first cable connector assembly (100) includes a universal serial bus (USB) migration control block (2) having a printed circuit board (21) with a USB migration control chipset... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080207022 - Medium voltage separable insulated energized break connector: Medium voltage separable insulated connector system for power distribution systems and configured to make and break energized connections at rated voltage but in the absence of load current.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080207023 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing provided with a plurality of contact modules. Each of the contact modules is provided with a lead frame having mounting contacts electrically connected to mating contacts by signal conductors and ground conductors that extend along a predetermined path within the contact module. The... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080207024 - Connector and a connector assembly: A connector includes a receptacle (12) and a moving plate (40) that can move in the receptacle (12) as a female housing (60) is fit into receptacle (12). The moving plate (40) includes a main body (42) with positioning holes (47) for receiving tabs (17) of male terminal fittings (15).... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080207025 - Ejection mechanism and card connector: An ejection mechanism for a connector is disclosed. The connector has a housing that carries contacts, a frame attached to the housing for guiding insertion and removal of a card, and a pivot arm disposed in the housing that ejects the card toward a removal side by pivoting. The ejection... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080207026 - Power tool, battery pack, and method of operating the same: An electrical combination includes a power tool having a body, a motor supported by the body, a support portion, and a drive mechanism driven by the motor such that the drive mechanism is operable to drive a tool element. The electrical combination also includes a battery operable for coupling to... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20080207027 - Electronic module: An electronic module has at least one first and one second connecting terminal and power semiconductors which are connected by way of connecting conductors, diodes which are each connected in parallel with the power semiconductors and at least one capacitor, likewise connected to the power semiconductors by connecting conductors, which... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080207028 - Electric plug device including integrated hydraulic/pneumatic ports: A combined socket for simultaneously establishing electric as well as hydraulic/pneumatic connections comprising a preferably slot-shaped receiving element in which electric contacts as well as hydraulic/pneumatic ports are integrated and comprising a locking mechanism for locking the positive contact by a plug, the locking mechanism being actuated hydraulically/pneumatically, electrically or... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080207029 - Low profile high current power connector with cooling slots: A low profile, high power electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The connector assembly includes a plug and a receptacle connector designed to be mounted on separate printed circuit boards. The plug and receptacle connectors are designed to be mated and thus allow the separate circuit boards to be electrically connected... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080207030 - Connector: A connector includes: a connector housing; a housing main body receiving terminal fittings; and a front holder to be attached to the housing main body. When the front holder is attached to the housing main body, and the housing main body receives the terminal fittings, a gap is formed between... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080207031 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an enclosure, a male member, a female member, and an operating member. The enclosure defines an opening in an end thereof. The female member is slidably mounted in the enclosure, and includes a housing defining a plurality of through holes. The male member is fixed in... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080207032 - Seal for a transmission with a mechatronic system: The invention pertains to a seal for an automatic transmission (12) with mechatronics with an electronic module (14) and with an electrohydraulic control unit, whereby the electronic module (14) is installed electrically connected via terminal connectors (20) with at least one actuator (16) and/or sensor of the electrohydraulic control unit,... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080207033 - Compact compression connector with attached moisture seal: A compression connector for the end of a coaxial cable is provided, wherein a moisture seal element is attached to an attachment element, and wherein the attachment element is attached to, adjoined to, or otherwise placed in tactile communication with the compression connector, thus in effect placing the moisture seal... Agent: Marjama Muldoon/ppc

20080207034 - Sealed wall feedthrough equipped with a penetration module and process of module replacement: A sealed wall feedthrough 1 comprising a cylindrical assembly sleeve 3 fixed and sealed in an opening of the wall 2, a cylindrical penetration module 8 comprising means 11 of ensuring the seal arranged on the periphery of its outside face, the said module 8 being able to transfer travel... Agent: Perman & Green

20080207035 - Contacting device for a flexible ribbon conductor: A contacting device (1) particularly suited to contacting a flexible flat conductor (2) to a circuit board (3). The device has at least one contacting element (4), which is attached with an attachment end (10) to the circuit board (3), and which is in contact with a terminal end (14)... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080207036 - Bga-type test and burn-in socket for integrated circuits (ics): Disclosed herein is a BGA-type test and burn-in socket for ICs. The socket includes contacts, a socket body, a cover, a slide, and an IC holder. The socket body has contact holes to receive the contacts, and positioning pins to secure the socket body to a PCB. A stopper, receiving... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080207037 - Chip actuator cover assembly: An improved IC chip actuator cover assembly for an IC socket includes a pedestal assembly spring-mounted to the bottom of a carrier housing and side leaf springs or other similar force transferring means on the pedestal assembly which transmit a z-axis force to the corner regions of the pedestal assembly... Agent: Beeson Skinner Beverly, LLP

20080207038 - Surface-mount connector: A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes a housing having a body. The body defines a contact-receiving aperture extending therethrough, and a heat-transfer aperture extending therethrough in substantially the same direction as the contact-receiving aperture for facilitating circulation of air through the body.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080207039 - Collar clip for an electronic module: In one example embodiment, a collar clip includes a body that is sized and configured to partially encircle a shell of an optoelectronic transceiver module. Each extended element in a pair of the extended elements is separated from the other extended element in the pair by a cavity. Each cavity... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080207040 - Electrical plug connection: The present invention relates to an electrical plug connection (1) comprising two plug sections (2, 3) which contain mutually complementary coupling sections (4, 5). The first plug section (2) comprises a receiving sleeve (10) which encircles the first coupling section (4) and which has a locking element (12) on its... Agent: James J. Hill Emrich & Dithmar Llc

20080207041 - Wire connectors for surge protectors and other electrical components: A wire-connection apparatus for connecting wire to an electrical component having a terminal comprising a pair of contact members having a pair of adjacent edges is disclosed. The wire-connection apparatus comprises a wire-holding member connected for pivotal motion with respect to the terminal. The wire-holding member is penetrated by a... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080207042 - Connector for wearable electronics: An electrical connector is described which comprises a first unit, a second unit, each unit bearing an electrical contact, the first unit comprising a protruding portion (103), the second unit comprising a receiving portion (102), wherein both the protruding portion and the receiving portion have substantially planar matching shapes, the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080207043 - Strain relief devices: A strain relief device can include at least one mounting tab including a first mounting surface facing a first mounting surface direction and a second mounting surface facing a second mounting surface direction opposite the first mounting surface direction. The strain relief device can further include first and second clamping... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080207044 - Ribbon cable plug-in connector: A ribbon cable plug-in connector (10) for connecting electronic components includes a plurality of plug-in contacts (14a, 14b) arranged in a plug-in connector element (11). A contact element (12a, 12b) arranged on the plug-in connector element (11) is provided for full-surface contact-making with an electrically conductive ribbon cable shielding (17,... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080207045 - Connector, metal housing and manufacturing method thereof: A connector, a metal housing and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The connector includes a base and a metal housing. The metal housing covers the base and includes a body and at least one ground pin. The ground pin is integrally formed with the body as a single piece... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080207046 - Modular wiring system with locking elements: A modular wiring system comprising a functional unit and a wiring unit. There is also a system for coupling the functional unit to the wiring unit in a rotational manner. This system can be formed from at least one locking prong comprised of electrically conductive material. When the functional unit... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c./leviton

20080207047 - Wall box device: A wall box device comprising a clip extending from an elongated body, for use with non metallic electrical wall boxes. The metal clip is capable of providing an attachment point for the yoke of electrical devices. The clips are secured in place by a plurality of barbs extending outwardly and... Agent: Michael P. Walton

20080207048 - Angled patch panel with pitched connector alignment: A patch panel mountable to a network rack is provided. The patch panel may include a frame with first and second mounting portions that are each located at opposite longitudinal ends of the frame. The frame may also include a first panel section adjacent to the first mounting portion and... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080207049 - Nanocone silicone gel for telecommunication interconnect devices: A silicone-based gel for use with telecommunication interconnect devices. The silicone gel includes roughly equal Parts A and B by weight or volume. Part A includes (i) between about 15 to 20 parts vinyl terminated polydimethyl siloxane of non-agglomerated SiO2 (nanocone) nanoparticles, (ii) between about 80 to 85 parts unmodified... Agent: Corning Cable Systems Llc

20080207050 - Coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector consists of a case, an insulator, a first conducting pin and a second conducting pin. The case includes an accommodating room. The insulator is installed in the accommodating room, including a chamber, two plugging grooves cut at two sides of and communicating with the chamber, a... Agent: Chi-hua Wang

20080207051 - Coaxial cable connector with independently actuated engagement of inner and outer conductors: A connector for the end of a segment of coaxial cable is provided wherein the compression connector includes a clamp that is engageable to the outer conductor of the segment of coaxial cable and a collet that can seize the center conductor of the cable, wherein the engagement of the... Agent: Marjama Muldoon/ppc

20080207052 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a shielding cover, a dielectric housing and a plurality of conductive terminals. The shielding cover includes two pairs of bending and transition portions of the shielding cover in an identical configuration with a symmetric structure, so that the shielding cover is easily manufactured. Furthermore, the dielectric... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080207055 - Electrical connector with spike protection and method for production of a spike protection for electrical connectors: The present invention relates to an electrical connector with spike protection with an at least partially metalized housing which has a cable end and a plug end. A protective sheath made of dielectric material surrounds the entire connector and forms an apron extended out over the housing in the area... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080207054 - Signal cable of electronic machine: The present invention relates to a signal cable of an electronic machine, in which a shield can is constructed in an integral type and a ferrite core is built inside a hood of a connector. In the signal cable of the present invention, the shield can for covering and protecting... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080207053 - Usb connector housing: A USB connector housing includes: a hollow main body; a guiding pin extending from the main body; and an engaging member extending from the main body and including a pair of opposite engaging pins adapted to extend through an engaging hole in a board. Each of the engaging pins has... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080207056 - Connector: A plug-side connector to be connected to a jack-side connector is provided that includes a conductive housing configured to surround an electromagnetically shielded projecting part of the jack-side connector upon the plug-side connector being connected to the jack-side connector; and a leaf spring member for a plug-side electromagnetic shield, the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080207057 - Microphone connector and method of shielding the same: A microphone connector and a method of shielding the same, the microphone connector including a crimping sleeve that covers component members inside a connector portion, the microphone connector being capable of connecting the crimping sleeve and a connector housing electrically. The microphone connector includes a crimping sleeve having a small-diameter... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080207058 - Card edge connector with durable key: An electrical connector (100) include an insulating housing, one row of contact disposed in the housing, a key (6) and a position member (67). The housing defines an elongated slot (12) extending longitudinally along a first direction while communicating with an exterior in a second direction perpendicular to the first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080207059 - Crosstalk reduction in dual inline memory module (dimm) connectors: A DIMM connector having reduced crosstalk includes ceramic particles having a high dielectric constant and/or composite fibers mixed into materials used for fabricating a connector housing of the DIMM connector.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080207060 - Card connector: A card connector is disclosed that includes a housing for accommodating a first card, a second card, and a third card; a first contact member arranged to be connected to the first card; a second contact member arranged to be connected to the second card, which has a larger width... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080207061 - Connection structure and signal transmission cable: A connection structure includes a plug assembly including at least three plug terminals, and a jack assembly including at least three jack terminals associated with and connected to the plug terminals, wherein the plug assembly and the jack assembly form a multi-pin connector section configured to transmit and receive a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080207062 - Ac/dc raceway assembly: An AC/DC raceway assembly (400) includes a pair of junction blocks (402). At least one of the junction blocks (402) includes a pair of DC buses or wires (DC-1, DC-2) carrying DC power. A DC receptacle block (410) is electrically engageable with the junction block (402) so that a DC... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080207063 - Electric connector and connection structure for electric connector: An electric connector to be attached to a plate-like connection member having an edge portion, a plurality of insertion convex portions formed sideways at the edge portion, and a conductive portion formed on at least one of the front surface and the back surface of each insertion convex portion includes... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080207064 - Rtm alignment and keying mechanism: A rear transition module (220) includes a connector (230) in an RP0 mechanical envelope (242), and an RTM alignment and keying mechanism (232) in the RP0 mechanical envelope of the rear transition module that uniquely corresponds to a first signal path configuration (363) in a corresponding connector (234) on a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080200040 - Reconfigurable harness board: An apparatus including a harness board and a clamp removably connected to the harness board with a magnetic field. The magnetic field permits the clamp to be removed from the harness board. Also, a post is removably connected to the harness board using a magnetic field, and the magnetic field... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey, & Olds, P.C./sikorsky

20080200041 - Storage device: The present disclosure relates to a storage device. The storage device comprises a frame having a hole and a printed circuit board embedded in the frame, wherein the printed circuit board has an extended part for forming a connector. The connector may pass through the hole and is exposed out... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080200042 - Land grid array module with contact locating features: A land grid array module is provided that includes a land grid array interface. The interface includes a substrate having a mating face. A contact pad is provided on the mating face of the substrate. The contact pad has an exposed surface with a depression that is configured to restrain... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080200043 - Dual display card connection means: A dual-display card connection means includes two sets of bridges respectively adapted to two display cards, and a flexible flat cable (FFC) connecting two bridges. A bridge terminal is inserted in a bridge connection base to form an information connection between the two display cards. The FFC is bendable to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080200044 - Method for manufacturing antipressure linear circuit board: A method for manufacturing an anti-pressure linear circuit board includes the following steps. First, a first circuit board is provided. The first circuit board is cut to form cut grooves. The cut grooves define a second circuit board, which is electrically connected with the first circuit board. A precisely calibrated... Agent: Hdsl

20080200045 - Electric junction box: An electric junction box, which can be easily assembled even if the electric junction box includes an electric power distributing unit, is provided. The electric junction box includes: a box body; a busbar attached to the box body, electric power from a power supply being supplied to the busbar; an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080200046 - Interconnection structure and method of manufacturing the same: An interconnection structure includes two staggered contact rows of evenly spaced contacts. Each contact row extends along a first direction. The interconnection structure further includes conductive lines extending along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The interconnection structure further includes intermediate contacts, where each intermediate contact is in... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080200048 - Connector: A connector includes a control circuit portion having a circuit element, and a housing which has a fitting portion which fits to a mating connector, a receiving chamber which receives the control circuit portion, and a wire holding portion which holds wires connected to the control circuit portion. The wire... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080200047 - Electrical contact-making element: An electrical contact-making element for electrical carrier components in an electronic housing is particularly suited for automotive applications. The electrical contact-making element is in the form of a U-shaped plug pin having a base limb and two side limbs. There is provided a robust, reliable electrical contact connection between a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080200049 - Overmolded electrical contact array: The invention provides a connector incorporating an overmolded housing that may control the position of the mounting ends of the connector and may provide a structure to help transfer the forces for press fit of the connector to the printed circuit board (PCB). Such a connector may include a first... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080200050 - One touch pivoting expandable power and data center: An expandable power and data center (300) is adapted to be mounted within a slot (304) of a work surface (302). The power and data center (300) includes a stationary housing (306) and a carriage (328). The carriage (328) includes socket areas where power receptacles (338) and data ports (340)... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080200051 - Contact protector: The invention provides a connector that incorporates an insert that may protect the contacts of a card slot. The insert may also double as a structural member so that the opening of the card slot does not deform. The insert may be a device that engages the card slot of... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080200052 - Combination of lever connector and mating connector: A combination of first and second connectors fittable with and detachable from each other is disclosed. The first connector comprises a first body, a guided portion and a stopper-releaser. The guided portion is held by the first body and is movable between a detachment position and a fit position via... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080200053 - Thermoplastic interface and shield assembly for separable insulated connector system: A separable insulated connector assembly provided with a thermoplastic interface formed on a surface of a shield.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080200054 - Electric power connector: An electric power connector includes an electrically insulative housing, which has a receiving chamber for receiving a matching socket type electric connector, a plug portion disposed at the rear side inside the receiving chamber, a plurality of countersunk holes cut through the plug portion, multiple ribs disposed in each countersunk... Agent: Alltop Technology Co., Ltd.

20080200055 - Sealed electrical connection element: Electrical connection element provided with peripherally distributed electrical contacts designed to cooperate with the corresponding contact pins of a plug, a rotary safety disk being provided and having peripheral perforations the number and position of which are chosen, on the one hand, at rest, to conceal the peripheral contacts of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080200056 - Tool-free microphone connector: A tool-free microphone connector assembly with non-threaded engagement between parts is provided. New improvements in the present invention include a main body housing, a rear sleeve, and an annular tightening loop. The main body housing comprises a pressing button disposed thereon, a locking tube with a non-threaded outer tubular surface,... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20080200057 - Half length sim card reader with cover and hinge: The present invention is a half length SIM card reader with a cover and a hinge. By using the half length SIM card reader, the restriction area on the printed circuit board is very small. The restriction area is about half the size of a SIM card, unlike other SIM... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080200058 - Positioning hooks and plug connector having positioning hooks: A plug connector is engaged detachably with a socket connector having a shell and two positioning holes defined through the shell. The plug connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a shell and a pair of positioning hooks. The insulative housing has a pair of mounting blocks. The... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080200059 - Electrical plug module: An electrical plug module includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing has terminal contacts and insulation displacement contacts arranged therein. Each of the insulation displacement contacts is electrically connected to one of the terminal contacts. The second housing has wire receiving openings for receiving individual conductors... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080200060 - Electrical isolation device capable of limiting magnetic saturation even upon receipt of high power dc bias and method for making the same: An electrical device is produced by winding wires around a core. The device may be used as a transformer. Wires are inserted into, through and around a first hole and a first side of a core a desired number of times. Thereafter, the wires are extended along either a top... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080200061 - Light-emitting cell module: A light-emitting cell module includes a base seat and multiple terminals respectively inlaid in the base seat. A first end of each terminal being exposed to outer side of a first end of the base seat. A second end of each terminal having a sharp thrust section protruding from a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080200062 - Connector for a flexible flat cable: A connector for a flexible flat cable comprises a clamping seat provided at the front and rear ends thereof with an insertion, terminal recesses and a cover plate respectively, at each of the outer walls of two of the terminal recesses, which are located at the leftmost and rightmost sides,... Agent: Alex Huang

20080200063 - Stackable connector: A stackable connector is disclosed herein. The stackable connector includes an insulation housing having a plurality of trenches penetrating through the insulation housing, a protrusion portion, a concave portion opposite to the protrusion portion, and a plurality of terminals arranged in those trenches. The design, which the concave portion is... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080200064 - Electrical grommet device: Embodiments of electrical grommet devices, and methods of use and manufacture are generally described herein. In one exemplary embodiment, an electrical device comprises a casing comprising: a grommet comprising one or more first apertures and an insertion portion; and a connection mechanism capable of being coupled to the grommet. The... Agent: Bryan Cave LLP

20080200065 - Cover lock: An electrical housing has a first member and a second member that can be locked and unlocked with a cover lock. The cover lock itself can include a male member disposed on one of the members, and a female member disposed on the other of the members for mating with... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080200066 - Coaxial plug-in connector for fitting to coaxial cable: The invention relates to a coaxial plug-in connector for fitting to a coaxial cable, the coaxial plug-in connector having an inner conductor part (28), an outer conductor part (29) and an insulating part (10) having an axial through-hole (12) for the purpose of passing through the inner conductor part (28).... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080200067 - High current gradient coil-to-coaxial line plugged connection: A high current coaxial connection with two plug elements that can be connected with one another, in particular to connect a current-carrying coaxial line to a gradient coil of a magnetic resonance apparatus, has two spring contact elements arranged coaxially to one another to establish the electrical contact between the... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080200068 - Broadband rf connector interconnect for multilayer electronic packages: A coaxial transition arrangement including a coaxial connector for connecting a coaxial cable to a multilayer package has an improved coaxial connector for accomplishing impedance matching and providing improved broadband performance. Impedance matching is provided by a metal disk structure comprising a plurality of metal disks mounted on a center... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080200069 - Universal serial bus plug and socket coupling arrangements: A Universal Serial Bus socket-equipped arrangement (USB-SEA) configured for mating with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug having a plug metal housing and an aperture disposed in the plug metal housing. The arrangement includes a plug-receiving cavil configured to receive the USB plug. The arrangement further includes a spring-loaded mechanism... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20080200070 - Shielded electric cable assembly and method: A shielded electric cable assembly comprises a shielded electric cable and a shield terminal. The shield terminal comprises a ferrule of one-piece construction having an inner ferrule portion and an outer ferrule portion that is radially spaced from the inner ferrule portion and attached to the inner ferrule portion by... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080200072 - Common interface for universal serial bus (usb) and serial advanced technology attachment (sata): A Universal Serial Bus/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (USB/SATA) common interface Includes a USB/SATA common connector plug having a pin substrate, a plurality of USB contact terminals, and a plurality of SATA contact terminals. The pin substrate is formed of a non-conductive material. The USB contact terminals are formed in a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080200071 - System and method for a host to access an internal sata storage device within an accessible host using an external serial ata connection: An accessible host includes one or more internal SATA storage devices, an external SATA connector, an internal SATA port controller, an external SATA port controller, and a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism allows the accessible host to access an external storage device when the switching mechanism is in a first... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080200073 - Encoding device for connectors:

20080200074 - Led bulb assembly: The LED bulb assembly includes a connector, an LED including two conductive wires, and means for attaching the LED to the connector and preventing the two conductive wires from contacting each other. The means for attaching the LED to the connector and preventing the two conductive wires from contacting each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080200075 - Joint connector: A joint connector according to the present invention is provided with a circuit board, a male connector having male terminals provided on the circuit board at a predetermined interval and standing in one direction and a direction that crosses the one direction, the male terminals being selectively connected by a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080200076 - Electric plug connector: An electric plug connector includes a guide sleeve, a plug connector part attachable to the guide sleeve, a bayonet ring on the connector part for rotatably engaging with the guide sleeve to move between unlocked and locked positions, and a locking button arranged on the bayonet ring to slide with... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080200077 - Electrical connector for piercing a conductive member: A connector (50) is useful for making an electrically conductive connection with at least one conductive member. A disclosed example has one use for making such a connection with a tension member (32) in an elevator load bearing assembly (30). An example connector (50) includes projections (54) having a unique... Agent: Carlson Gaskey & Olds

20080200078 - Knurled inner sleeve for a cable connector: Disclosed herein is an electrical connector assembly. The electrical connector assembly includes a connector member, a wedge sleeve, a wedge, and outer sleeve, and an inner sleeve. The connector member has a first end section and a second end section. The wedge sleeve has a general tube shape. The wedge... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080194119 - Rotating universal serial bus hub: A connector hub apparatus is provided that can rotate along two different axes in two different planes with respect to an upstream connector plug, so that the hub can be easily positioned in a variety of configurations to avoid clearance problems when connected to a compatible connector port of an... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080194120 - Portable electronic device with compliant sliding hinge: A portable electronic device including electronic circuitry; and a housing having the electronic circuitry mounted therein. The housing includes a first housing section movably connected to a second housing section by a compliant hinge arrangement. The compliant hinge arrangement includes at least one living hinge. The first and second sections... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080194121 - Thin client computer: A thin client computer comprises a machine body and a base. The machine body has a motherboard mounted therein. The motherboard has a base connector on one side for exposing to the outside of the machine body. The base has an opposite connector for coupling with the base connector of... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080194122 - Socket for camera module: A socket for a camera module includes an insulative terminal assembly housing that supports a plurality of conductive terminals. The housing serves as the bottom of a socket and it is surrounded with a conductive metal shell that defines a cavity which receives a camera module. The shell has one... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080194123 - Blade contact for electronic device: A contact includes a first contact pin (21) of a blade shape, a second contact pin (22) and a spring (23). The second contact pin includes a connecting portion (223) and a receiving portion (222) opposite to the connecting portion. The receiving portion defines a receiving space (224) to accommodate... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080194124 - Socket with high performance electrical connectors: A socket connector for connecting a post or ball wherein the female element grips the post with resilient prongs with end tips at low insertion force but positive contact is maintained and wherein attempted withdrawal is normally inhibited by increasing force applied to the post by the female element in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080194125 - Circuit board connector for two parallel circuit boards: The connector element (1) to be manufactured by means of injection moulding and the MID-technique preferably features a square, collar-shaped base body (10) with an electrically conductive coating and a separate electric signaling contact (40) that is arranged in insulating fashion in a contact holder (30) within the base body... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.c.

20080194126 - System for fastening components: A system for fastening components including a first member having a surface that defines an extruded opening and a first engagement element. The system also includes a second member disposed in proximity to the surface, the second member having an eyelet and a second engagement element. The second member is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080194127 - Electrical flat strip conductor for motor vehicles: The invention relates to an electrical flat strip conductor of aluminium and of profiled cross-section for motor vehicles. To make it possible for processing to be easy, it is proposed that the flat strip conductor is formed from soft-annealed aluminium sheet unwound from at least one coil.... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080194128 - Compact shutter assembly for receptacle: A shutter assembly for a receptacle including a plate, a card disposed adjacent the plate, a shutter disposed between the plate and the card, a first biasing member for providing lateral movement of the shutter, the first biasing member abutting a first extension of the plate; a second biasing member... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20080194129 - Lever-fitting type connector: A lever-fit connector, wherein a rotation prevention lock (12) preventing a lever (5) from being rotated when male and female connector housing are fitted (joined) to each other is installed in the inner wall (6A) of a lever insert hole (6) in a female housing (2). A rotation lock recessed... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080194130 - Connector capable of absorbing an error in mounting position: In a connector for connecting two connection objects, each of contacts includes a first contacting portion to be connected to one of the connection objects, a first holding portion continuous from the first contacting portion, a second contacting portion to be connected to the other connection object, a second holding... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080194131 - Waterproof connector: A waterproof connector, comprising a pair of male and female housings (30, 40) engaged with each other. The waterproof connector also comprises a grommet (10) covering at least one of the housings (30, 40) and a fastening member (50) inserted from the grommet (10) side into the pair of male... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080194132 - Compression bonding structure of an electrical connector: A compression bonding structure of an electrical connector is disclosed to include a body having terminal grooves and two coupling grooves at two sides of the terminal grooves, metal terminals mounted in the terminal grooves, each metal terminal having a contact portion and a barbed tip at the end of... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080194133 - Plug-in connection: The invention relates to a plug connection (1) which comprises a connector and an associated connector holder and is fastened in a front panel, with a securing element (20) being used to secure the connector against being pulled out when inserted in the connector holder, with the securing element (20)... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080194134 - Connector and assembling method thereof: A connector includes a terminal base, a main housing including a first housing and a second housing, and a rear cover. The terminal base has a plurality of terminals disposed at a bottom surface of the terminal base. The first housing has a first connecting portion. The second housing has... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080194135 - Connector with an elastic lever: A connector having a first connector portion with a first connection interface and a guide projection is disclosed. The connector also has a second connector portion with a second connection interface configured for insertion into the first connection interface. The connector also has a lever having a guide channel configured... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080194136 - Connector: With two connectors (10, 20) properly connected, engaging projections (28) projecting from wall surfaces of lower receiving grooves (27S) are inserted below engageable portions (18) provided on lower reinforcing ribs (17S) and these engaging projections (28) can be held in contact with the engageable portions (18) from below. Thus, if... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080194137 - Fast coupling structure of waterproof cable connector: The invention relates to a fast coupling structure of waterproof cable connector, mainly comprising a male connecting joint and a female connecting joint, both are positioned on the cable end for connection of electric power source or signals on an electric apparatus; the invention enables both of the male and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080194138 - Jumper device: A jumper device configured for adjusting connections between a plurality of pins of a jumper block on a mainboard is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the jumper device (10) includes a casing (11), a plurality of conductive members (13), and a switch (12). The casing has a plurality of slots... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080194139 - Case for electrical device and method of using same: A case (100) for an electrical device (290) is capable of being placed in an open configuration on a flat surface (180). The case can include: (a) a first panel (110) with a first surface (111) capable of being removably coupled to at least a portion of the electrical device;... Agent: Walter P. Opaska Bryan Cave LLP

20080194140 - Modular jack assembly: A modular jack assembly includes first and second contact-holding inserts (10, 20) having first and second groups of interengaging elements (11 and 21, 12 and 22) between opposite bottom surfaces thereof. The first and second groups of interengaging elements are configured to interferentially engage the first contact-holding insert (10) with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080194141 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of terminals retained therein, a shell and a pair of position sheets. The housing comprises a pair of retaining protrusions, an installing hole is defined through every retaining protrusion. The position sheet covers on each retaining protrusion, and has a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080194142 - Annular corrugated coaxial cable connector with polymeric spring finger nut: An annular corrugated solid outer conductor coaxial cable electrical connector with an integral spring finger nut telescopically coupled via threads to the cable end of a body. A nut bore in the spring finger nut dimensioned to receive the outer conductor therethrough. A plurality of spring fingers around the periphery... Agent: Babcock Ip, Pllc

20080194143 - Bulge-type coaxial cable connector: A cable termination assembly for coaxial cables is made up of one of a plurality of different forms of connector bodies each having a thin-walled outer sleeve with a generally convex surface portion at a selected location along the length of the sleeve and which enables its use with a... Agent: Reilly Intellectual Property Law Firm

20080194145 - Connecting socket for a data network: The invention relates to a connecting socket (1) for a data network, comprising a housing (2) and at least one female connector (53), the housing (2) being made of plastic, and the inner surfaces of the housing (2) being at least partially metallized.... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080194144 - Usb device insulation sheath and method of insulating a usb device: An insulation sheath for a USB flash drive is provided. The insulation sheath includes a first silicone body with a first aperture configured to receive a USB flash drive therein. A second silicone body includes a second aperture configured to receive a USB flash drive cap therein. A combination insulation... Agent: Dovas Law P.c.

20080194146 - High speed, high density electrical connector: An electrical connector with electrically lossy materials bridging ground members. The lossy conductive members may be formed by filling a settable binder with conductive particles, allowing the partially conductive members to be formed through an insert molding process. Connectors assembled from wafers that contain signal conductors held within an insulative... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080194147 - Connector: A connector includes a main body for receiving a RJ-45 plug and a fixer disposed in the main body. The fixer includes at least one barricade for blocking the movement of a non-RJ-45 plug and at least one supported part connected to the barricade. The barricade and the supported part... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080194148 - Card connector: A card connector (100) includes a terminal module (2) and an insulating housing (3). The terminal module has a body plate (20) and a plurality of first terminals (21) received in the body plate. The insulating housing associates with the terminal module to define a card slot (6) and a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080194149 - Unified connecting device: A unified connecting device which includes: a memory card type connector inserted into a memory card socket provided in a portable electronic device; a plurality of sockets into which cables having different appearances and different functions can be inserted; and a connecting line to electrically connect the memory card type... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080194150 - Plug-in connector: The invention relates to a first plug-in connector comprising a first plug and a first socket, the first plug having a plug contact carrier for supporting in particular plug contacts and the first socket having a socket contact carrier for supporting in particular socket contacts. According to the invention: the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080194151 - Plug-in socket provided with a voltage converter: The invention concerns mains units for voltage conversion for electronic terminal devices. The invention concerns in particular a plug-in socket for coupling to corresponding standard plugs and for connecting an electrical terminal device to a voltage supply. The invention also concerns means for voltage conversion for a plug-in socket. The... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080194152 - Battery post connector: A connector suitable for establishing an electrical connection with any number of batteries. The connector including any number of features for assessing operating characteristics associated with the battery, such as but not limited to current, voltage, and temperature. The connector optionally being of a robust design and configured to ameliorate... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c. / Lear Corporation

20080194153 - Spring loaded parallel pad clamp: Disclosed herein is an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an upper pad, a lower pad, a fastener, and a spring. The upper pad includes a first upper groove, a second upper groove, and an upper hole. The upper hole extends through the upper pad between the first upper groove... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080194154 - Systems for providing electrical interconnection between solar modules: An electrical interconnection system for connecting solar modules includes a plurality of solar module frames each having at least one plug port, the plug port including one or more plug holes, the plug port for receiving a plug connector including one or more electrical conductors corresponding to the one or... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20080188093 - Rotating power connector for electric welding torch unicables: A rotating power connector for an electric welding torch unicable includes a generally cylindrical outer housing having a longitudinal axis. A connector pin is fixedly, axially disposed within the outer housing and extends from one end thereof. A rotating stud is rotatably, axially disposed within the outer housing and extends... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080188094 - Contact unit for a device to place a part into operation, testing device, and method for placing into operation of and testing a part: A contact unit is provided. The contact unit is adjusted in order to create an electric contact in a test device and comprises an arrangement for contact guides (140; 340′; 440′), and a connection unit (142; 442) with the contact unit having a predetermined breaking point (444), which is arranged... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client 007052

20080188095 - Electronic connector for controlling phase relationship between signals: Connector and methods of connector design and manufacture are disclosed for achieving a desired phase relationship between signals carried along conductors of different lengths, while maintaining a desired impedance of the conductors. In one embodiment, a PCB connector includes a first plurality of electronic terminals and a second plurality of... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20080188096 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a first plate member having a circuit surface on which a circuit is provided, a second plate member having a circuit surface on which a circuit is provided, a plurality of first flat plates disposed on the circuit surface of the first plate member, a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080188097 - Electrical connector with guiding poriton: An electrical connector (1) for connecting an LGP (12) to a printed circuit board includes a housing having a bottom wall (100), side walls (101) and a number of contacts (11) mounted into the bottom wall. The side walls have a first side wall (1011) including a number of spring... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188098 - Packaging for low-cost, high-performance mircowave and millimeter wave modules: Microwave or millimeter wave module packaging having a module with a baseplate, transition board and cover. The baseplate includes microwave or millimeter wave components attached thereto. The transition board includes a first connector attached to a first side thereof and operatively connected to the components, and a second connector attached... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080188099 - Device comprising flexible printed circuit and connection auxiliary member: A device includes a chassis and a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit has a terminal portion which is disposed so as to overlap with a mounted area of a circuit board mounted on a surface of the chassis. The device includes a connection auxiliary member which is disposed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080188100 - Press-fit terminal, a method for manufacturing the same, and a structure of connection between a press-fit terminal and a circuit board: Manufacture of the press-fit terminal for inserting into the conductive through hole of the circuit board includes the steps of forming an underplating layer including one or more plating layers on a surface of a terminal base of a connecting part of the press-fit terminal which comes into electrical contact... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080188101 - Contact, method for manufacturing contact, connection device including contact, and method for manufacturing connection device: The present invention provides a contact comprising an elastically deforming portion that includes at least one amorphous part. The elastically deforming portion includes an auxiliary elastic member 41 made of, for example, NiP (a P content of 15 atomic percent). In this case, an amorphous phase 50 is predominant in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080188102 - Four-way ground lug: A ground lug for receiving an electrical wire from multiple directions to be secured within the ground lug, comprising a collar forming a receptacle for receiving an electrical wire, said collar including a first aperture for receiving a screw in an upper surface of the collar, and second and third... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20080188103 - Electrical connector assembly with improved pick-up cap: An electrical connector assembly (1) includes an electrical connector including an insulative housing (2) having an upper and a lower surfaces, and a number of contacts received in the insulative housing, an pick-up cap (3) assembled to the insulative housing. Four pairs of latching sections (36) extend from four edges... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188104 - Pluggable module and detaching jig thereof: There is provided a pluggable module having grooves, on lateral faces, for latching with a cage and engaging portions for detachment, wherein the module body is detached from the cage by using a module detaching unit which is inserted along the grooves and which locks the engaging portions of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080188105 - 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) associated with the insulating housing to define a card receiving room and an ejector (4) including a slider pin (41). A heart-shaped channel (2012) is recessed... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188106 - Raceway with multi-positionable receptacle blocks: A raceway system (500) includes a junction block (502) having a housing (503). The housing (503) includes a first recessed area (520) having lower receptacle channels (576) and upper receptacle channels (578). An electrical receptacle block (542) includes a lower tab (580) and an upper tab (582) which selectively engage... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080188108 - Lamp base and electric lamp: A lamp base comprising at least one lead-in wire (16). The lamp base is sealed in the area of the at least one lead-in wire (16) with at least one of the following features A, B and C. Feature A comprises an elastomer (161) or rubber that positively and annularly... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080188107 - Submersible electrical connector assembly and method of forming same: A submersible electrical connector assembly (300) includes an electrical connector (301) mounted to a first substrate (309) where a second substrate (311) adjoins the first substrate (309). The second substrate (311) is comprised of a pliable material that acts as a seal. The first substrate and second substrate are positioned... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080188109 - Power adapter: In one embodiment, the present invention is a power adapter for coupling electrical power from a standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) power coupling to one or more electronic devices. In one embodiment, the power adapter includes a plug connector adapted for receiving electrical power from the power coupling, a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Sri International

20080188110 - Ic socket: Problem: To provide an IC socket which reduces the operating force of a pressing member, enlarges the dimensions of a pressing surface of the pressing member, and prevents positional offset of the IC device while applying the pressing force. Means for Solution: An IC socket 10 is provided with a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080188111 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for a flat conductive member include a housing; a first terminal including a first fixing arm portion, a first movable arm portion, and a first connecting portion; a second terminal including a second fixing arm portion, a second movable arm portion, and a second connecting portion; and... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080188112 - Electrical connector: The present invention relates to an electrical connector, which includes an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals. The insulating body has a plurality of containing holes, and the insulating body is capable of taking elastic deformation when being pressed. Furthermore, each of the conductive terminals is contained in... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080188114 - Connector with a lever: A connector having a first connector portion and a lever movably connected to an outside of the first connector portion is disclosed. The lever is rotatable with respect to the first connection portion and the lever is translatable with respect to the first connection portion. A guide projection is connected... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080188113 - Two position latch assembly: A junction block housing (400) is releasably coupled to a structural member (402) through the use of mounting lugs (404, 406) and brackets (408, 410). A latch assembly (428) consists of a first cantilever beam (430) and a second cantilever beam (432). A center extension (436) and lateral extensions (438)... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080188115 - Micro coaxial cable connector assembly: An micro coaxial cable connector assembly, comprising: an elongate insulative housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending from the base portion, and a plurality of passageways defined through the base portion and the tongue portion; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways of the insulative housing; a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188116 - Buss plate bushing retainer and assembly thereof: A method and apparatus for the economical and reliable assembly of buss plates and components thereon, having a bushing positioned one one or more surfaces or therebetween. A novel spring-like retainer is employed to retain a plurality of bushings in proximity to a plurality of buss plate through holes to... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080188118 - Cover assembly with electronic connectors: A cover assembly includes a cover including a first cover with a receiving space on the upper surface thereof, a main body having an installing post and connecting the bottom of the first cover, a second cover on the top of the first cover, and a securing portion including a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188117 - Electrical adapter box within improved fastening structure: An electrical adapter box comprises a combined cover comprising a first upper cover and a second lower cover, a main body comprising receiving space to receive some electric connectors and some posts, and a fastening portion comprising a pushing portion whose touching face faces to the exterior of the electrical... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188119 - Connector and device equipped with the same: A connector capable of setting a direction of running a cable connected thereto, as desired. An angle end bell has eight positioning protrusions formed on a foremost end of a surrounding portion thereof at circumferentially equally-spaced intervals. Eight positioning recesses for engagement with the positioning protrusions are formed in a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080188120 - Connector: A connector has a housing (10) accommodating terminal fittings connected with wires (W). A fixed cover (21) is mounted on the housing (10) and surrounds the wires (W) pulled out of the housing (10) and a movable cover (22) is mounted on an end of the fixed cover (21) opposite... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080188121 - Modular electrical receptacle: A modular electrical receptacle wherein more than one of the modular electrical receptacles can be connected to form a larger receptacle connected to a single source of power. The modular electrical receptacle includes a housing having a front surface with a first and a second electrical outlet. The housing further... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20080188122 - Audio and video plug and socket having integrated video contact: An audio and video plug is provided, comprising a male audio plug (2) having at least one audio signal plug contact (6, 8) and one audio ground plug contact (4), the plug being characterized by a substantially cylindrical video ground plug contact (12) located radially outward said male audio plug... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080188123 - Panel mount electrical connector: A housing is provided for use in an electrical connector. The housing includes an electrically conductive body having a mating end and a conductor exiting end, the mating end configured for coupling a mating connector. An electrically conductive flange is disposed between the mating end and the conductor exiting end... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080188124 - Multipurpose accessory for portable multimedia device: A multipurpose accessory having a multipurpose connection mechanism is provided. The multipurpose accessory of the present invention includes a case, a multipurpose connector extruded at one side of the case for electrically connecting a multimedia device to the multipurpose accessory, an audio connector extruded near the multipurpose connector for connecting... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20080188125 - Electronic device connecting structure and function expansion device: A connecting structure reduces noise effects on an electronic device when hot docking the electronic device to mitigate against malfunctions. When a first electronic device having a first EMI shield is docked with a second electronic device having a second EMI shield, an ESD contact portion, which is connected to... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080188126 - Shielding device and method for electrical connectors: A shield for reducing impedance of a shielding of a SCART connector at high frequencies, the shield including a metallic sheet having a first end and a second end where each of the first and second ends extends along and adjacent to a surface of a SCART connector socket. A... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080188127 - Connector with metalized coated polymer contact: A socket connector includes an insulator having a plurality of apertures. A plurality of contacts are held by the insulator and arranged in groups. Each group includes plural contacts disposed around a periphery of a respective aperture. Each contact includes a polymer contact body having first and second opposite contact... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080188128 - Keyed housing for use with small size plug connectors: A shielded housing that provides a shield to a circuit board connector of the SFP-style includes a conductive body that encompasses the connector. The housing has an opening that defines an entrance of the housing through which an opposing mating connector may be inserted. The housing entrance includes one or... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080188129 - Connector in which defective electrical connection between a plurality of shell components is suppressed: In a connector including a housing holding a contact, a shell covers the contact and the housing. The housing includes a protecting portion. The shell includes a first shell which includes a first contacting portion, and a second shell which includes a second contacting portion brought into contact with the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080188130 - Contacting plug-and-socket connection: Disclosed is a contacting connector (53) comprising a contacting plug (25) and a contacting socket (97) which is assigned, preferably joined in a defined position, to a contact carrier (17), particularly a printed board (16). The contacting plug (25) is fitted with at least one contact element (58) while the... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080188131 - Ultraviolet lamp for use in water purifiers: A lamp base may include a cylindrical body having an end surface, a first step portion and a second step portion, a first upper pin connector provided on the first step portion, a second upper pin connector provided on the second step portion, and a first and second lower pin... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080188132 - Connector: A connector includes an elongated body having a plurality of contacts arranged in spaced relation along a length thereof and a shield member for shielding the body. The shield member includes a first shield portion for shielding first thickness wise end of the body and a second shield portion for... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080188134 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (2) having a base section (21) and a pair of lateral offsets (22) extending from the opposite ends of the base section, a shell (1) mounted on the insulating housing to define a card slot (5) therebetween for insertion of a card,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188133 - Mini card adapter structure: The present invention provides a mini card adapter structure that includes an upper cover, a lower cover and a converter terminal set. An insertion slot is defined at a rear portion of the upper cover corresponding to the shape of a micro memory card. A port is designed in a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080188135 - Stacked electrical connector assembly: A stacked electrical connector assembly comprises a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector stacked with the first electrical connector. The first electrical connector comprises a first metal shell, a first insulative housing shielded in the first metal shell and a plurality of first terminals received in the first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188136 - Plug connector with improved cable arrangement: A plug connector includes an insulative housing (1) including a base portion (10) and a mating portion (12) extending from the base portion in a first direction, a number of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing, and a number of wires (3) including a number of signal wires (31)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080188137 - Releasable connector system: A connector system for coupling to an audio jack of an audio player. The system includes an audio plug having a first portion configured to fit into the audio jack, the plug including at least one conductor forming a conducting path with the jack; and, a second portion configured to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080188138 - Network connector and connection system: A network connection system for connecting computer and telephone network components, including a twisted pair cable termination connector for use with twisted pair cable, the twisted pairs being arranged within an outer cable jacket such that each twisted pair substantially occupies a cross sectional quadrant of the cable. The connector... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080188139 - Low profile d-sub connector with terminal block termination: The present invention provides a solution to the need in the low voltage electronics industry for a D-subminiature connector system with a rear terminal block termination that allows their use in installation locations that were previously unattainable by using other D-subminiature connectors with rear terminal block termination due to the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080188140 - Slip fit electrical connector: An electrical connector for transformer studs accommodates two different size transformer studs, at different times, in a slip-fit blind bore. A large circular bore is threaded and over-sized for a slip fit of a stud of the largest size with ample clearance space to facilitate placement of the large stud... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080188141 - Pressure module: The invention relates to a pressure module (30) for locking a female connector in a connecting socket, comprising a guide body (31), a spring (32) and a cable fixing element (33), with the spring (32) being able to act on the cable fixing element (33).... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080188142 - Socket connector and female terminal therein: This invention discloses a novel socket connector and female terminals therein. The female terminal has a contact portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion is set to attach to a wire core, while the contact portion is set to permit a pin to plug in and contact conductively. A... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080188143 - Socket connector and female terminal therein: This invention discloses a novel socket connector and female terminals therein. The female terminal has a contact portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion is set to attach to a wire core, while the contact portion is set to permit a pin to plug in and contact conductively. A... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080188144 - Sealed orientation feature for a terminal: A terminal having an orientation feature that presents a cut edge in an insertion direction.... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080188145 - Electrical pin-type connector: In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive pin extending from a base of the connector. The electrical connector additionally includes a standoff extending from the base adjacent the pin and forming an acute angle with the... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c