Electrical connectors inventions 11/08

20080293260 - Wind turbine, a high current connector and uses thereof: The invention relates to a wind turbine connected to a utility grid or another electric load. The wind turbine comprises at least one electric generator generating a high current, at least one substantially inflexible conductor conducting the current, a high current connector including a housing capable of conducting the current,... Agent: Richard J. Basile St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC

20080293261 - Arrangement of at least one power semiconductor module and a printed circuit board: An arrangement between a power semiconductor module and a printed circuit board is disclosed, A printed circuit board includes strip conductors, and a power semiconductor module includes a module housing and power terminals. The power terminals extend to the exterior of the module housing and into contact with the strip... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080293262 - Edge-to-edge connector system for electronic devices: A connector apparatus for connecting at least two electronic component substrates, e.g., printed circuit boards or flex circuits, to one another at the edges thereof, wherein each of the at least two substrates further comprises at least one electrically conductive contact surface, and wherein the connector apparatus further includes: at... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080293263 - Contact made of ceramic and its manufacturing method: A contact of the invention includes a spring portion and a conductive portion. The spring portion is formed on the surface of a wiring substrate of a probe card, using ceramic. The conductive portion is formed thinly so as to cover at least the surface of the spring portion that... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080293265 - Apparatus for inexpensive mezzanine-type card board-to-board connector blind mate alignment system using printed circuit board material: An alignment system for a mezzanine-type printed circuit board is provided. The alignment system includes tab portions formed from the insulating material of the printed circuit board, in which the tab portions engage receptacles and limit movement of the printed circuit board.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080293266 - Communication relay apparatus and relay connector unit: A communication relay apparatus includes a first connecting section for connecting to a first wire harness connected to an electronic control device, a second connecting section for connecting to a second wire harness connected to a plurality of electronic equipments, a communication address setting section which has a plurality of... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080293264 - Single use security module mezzanine connector: A connector including a housing and a contact is disclosed for electrically connecting a first electrical device to a second electrical device across the contact in such a manner that the contact is broken if the connector is removed from the second electrical device. The contact includes a press-fit connection... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080293267 - Electrical connector with stress-distribution features: A connector capable of being mounted onto a substrate is disclosed. Such a connector may include a housing, and a contact mounted within the housing. The contact may include a body, terminal pins extending from a first edge of the body, contact beams extending from a second edge of the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080293268 - Distribution connecting module: The distribution connecting module for telecommunications and data systems technology, comprises a housing inside of which input and output contacts for connecting lines and wires are placed, said contacts being accessible from the exterior. The housing is provided with a cavity inside of which at least one printed circuit board... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080293269 - Electric connection box: An electric connection box includes a main body which receives a parts connected to a wire, a lower cover which is attached to the main body to cover a lower face of the main body, a first notch which is formed in the lower cover, a second notch which is... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080293270 - Press fit electronic component: Disclosed is a press fit electronic component for a light emitter. The electronic component comprises at least one light emitter and at least one connection lead in electrical communication with the light emitter, the lead being configured for forming a frictional fit with a corresponding hole, the lead further being... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080293271 - Electrical safety adaptor with replaceable head unit: An electrical safety adaptor includes a receptacle including a plug housing and at least two resilient conductors, a replaceable head unit including a supporting platform slidably fitted on the plug housing in a detachably attaching manner and at least two plugging heads, and a safety arrangement slidably mounted on the... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20080293272 - Two piece single use security module mezzanine connector: A connector assembly including a modified contact is disclosed for connecting a first electrical device to a second electrical device. In a first embodiment, the connector assembly includes a tool necessary to press-fit the connector to the second electrical device. In a second embodiment, the connector assembly includes two connectors... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080293273 - Connection assembly for offsetting tilting: A connection assembly for offsetting tilting caused by weight difference between two objects includes a first male connector, a second male connector linearly misaligned with the first male connector, a first female connector and a second female connector linearly misaligned with the first female connector. Both the first and second... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080293274 - Selective flash memory drive with quick connector: A flash memory device having a housing for enclosing a flash memory drive, a host chip for selectively operating the flash memory drive in a host mode or a slave mode, and a control chip for controlling the operations of the flash memory device. The flash memory device further includes... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080293275 - Connector and electrical connection device: A connector 8 includes a plug element 3, a short-circuiting element 4, and a latching element 50 to be latched at a first latching position and a second latching position. When the latching element 50 is at the second latching position, a short-circuiting piece 4m moves to a non-short-circuit position.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080293276 - Mounting apparatus for an electrical distribution harness assembly: The invention is directed to an electrical distribution harness assembly and a method of manufacturing the electrical distribution harness assembly. The electrical distribution harness assembly is configured for coupling with a modular wall panel. The electrical distribution harness assembly includes at least one electrical connector including an elastic clip bracket... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080293277 - System and method for connecting a battery to a mounting system: A system is provided for connecting a battery to a mounting system. The battery is coupled to a battery connector, and the mounting system is coupled to a mounting system connector. The system includes an inner housing of the battery connector configured to receive a plurality of cables from the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080293278 - Contact connector assembly for a sensor-dispensing instrument: A contact connector assembly, which is adapted to be used in a sensor-dispensing instrument that contains electrochemical test sensors, comprises at least four electrical contacts, a housing connector, a base connector and a moveable mechanism. The housing connector forms a housing opening that is adapted to receive the at least... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080293279 - Electrical connector having improved contacts: An electrical contact (5) adapted for connection a BGA device to a PCB includes a pair of arm portions defining a pair of clamping portions (51, 52) at top ends thereof for corresponding solder balls of the BGA device, a C-shaped spring portion (53) extending from a bottom end of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080293280 - Electrical connector and socket assemblies: An electrical connector assembly for a cable having a plurality of insulated conductors comprises a body having a respective recess for receiving a terminating pin each of the conductors. A respective spigot sealingly engages within each of the recesses and has a passage for receiving an associated one of the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080293281 - connector: Larger cavities (15, 16) for accommodating large terminals (6) are arranged at the opposite lateral sides of a housing (1), and small cavities (20) for accommodating small terminals (7) are arranged between the large cavities (15, 16). A retainer (4) is inserted laterally through a side surface of the housing... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080293282 - Flat circuit connector with pivoted actuator: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening at a front end thereof for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing in a side-by-side array and spaced laterally along... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080293283 - Electric wire and water-stopping method therefor: An electric wire including a conductor; and a coating material outside of the conductor, wherein a water-stopping agent having a flowability is located between the conductor and the coating material on a connection terminal side of the electric wire.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080293284 - Modular flash memory card expansion system: A memory card system is disclosed. The memory card system comprises at least one flash memory card and a module for holding the at least one memory card. The module comprises a plurality of supports. The supports include rails to guide the at least one memory card in place and... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080293285 - Burn-in socket having roller-actuated latching members arrangement: An burn-in socket used for connecting an IC package includes an base, a actuated device floatably assembled on said base, a frame retained on said base, a plurality of contacts received in said base and a switch member rotatable assembled on said base. Said actuated device includes a plurality of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080293286 - Cable connector and circuit board connector to be connected to the same: A connector for a cable includes a plurality of a connector portions and a connecting portion. Each of the connector portions has a terminal to which a cable is wired. The connecting portion integrally connects the connector portions at positions so that the cables of the connector portions are parallel... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080293287 - Electrical terminal assembly and method of using the electrical terminal assembly: An electrical terminal assembly is disclosed herein. The electrical terminal assembly includes a wire assembly receiving portion that is adapted to receive a wire assembly. The electrical terminal assembly further includes an electrical contact portion. The electrical contact portion is electrically connected to the wire assembly receiving portion. The electrical... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080293289 - Balanced interconnector: There is disclosed a balanced interconnector comprising first and second like connecting elements, each of the connecting elements comprising an elongate centre section and a pair of parallel IDCs opening in substantially opposite directions, the IDCs attached substantially at right angles to and at opposite ends of the elongate centre... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080293288 - Raceway idc connector: A dual-sided IDC connector for use in connecting electrical components to field wiring is described. One side of the IDC connector may be factory-wired to an electrical component. A second side of the IDC connector may be field-wired in an end-wiring or a through-wiring configuration. The second side of the... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080293290 - Extension cord using led as indicator lamp: An extension cord includes a cable, a plug on an end of the cable, and a socket casing on the other end of the cable. A lighting device is mounted in the plug or the socket casing. The lighting device includes an LED electrically connected in parallel to conductive wires... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080293291 - Power distribution module for personal recreational vehicle: A power distribution module for a personal recreational vehicle includes a housing and a cover. The housing defines an interior and includes a wall having an array of receptacle openings. The receptacle openings are adapted to receive and secure electrical components inside the housing. A distribution harness includes a plurality... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080293292 - Cable connector assembly with wire management member thereof: A cable connector assembly includes an insulator (1), a plurality of conductive terminals (2) held in the insulator, a plurality of wires (4), a spacer (3) and a metal shell (6, 7). Each wire comprises an inner conductor (41) conductively connecting with the terminals, and at least one of the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080293293 - Electrical outlet box face plate with adapter plate: A face plate assembly for an electrical outlet box having an open side and an electrical fixture contained therein generally includes a face plate member and an adapter plate. The adapter plate is defined by an outer periphery and has an opening therein sized and shaped to receive a portion... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080293294 - Telecommunications patch: A connecting panel assembly including pivot modules that are pivotally connected to a frame of the assembly. The pivot modules include a plurality of jack modules. The jack modules have a plug opening on one side and wire terminations on an opposite side. The pivot modules are pivotally coupled at... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080293295 - Miniature coaxial connecter with micro-switch: A miniature coaxial connecter with a micro-switch comprises a signal terminal and a grounding element; the signal terminal is provided with an elastic portion and a first combination portion; the elastic portion is provided with a long slot used for adjusting elasticity thereof; the grounding element is provided with a... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080293296 - Modular mounting sleeve for jack: A coaxial connection assembly including a coaxial jack. The jack is positioned within a longitudinal opening of a housing. The first end of the jack extends through a first end of the housing and the second end of the jack extends through a second end of the housing. The jack... Agent: Attention Of Alpaslan Sapmaz Merchant & Gould P.c

20080293297 - Electrical contact component, coaxial connector, and electrical circuit device including the same: An electrical contact component includes a base defining an external terminal to be mounted on a surface of a wiring board with a solder and a fitting portion having a substantially tubular shaped fitting periphery. The external terminal has a first principal surface opposing the surface of the wiring board,... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080293299 - Coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector including an insulating housing, a terminal and a conductive shell is provided. The insulating housing has an insulating arm disposed thereon. The terminal is disposed in the insulating housing. A portion of the terminal is bent towards the insulating arm to form a tongue portion and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080293298 - Right-angled coaxial cable connector: A right-angled coaxial cable connector for coupling an end of a coaxial cable to a terminal is disclosed, the right-angled connector includes fewer components and better impedance characteristics. The right-angled coaxial cable connector includes a main body into which a coaxial cable is inserted, a retainer inserted into the main... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080293300 - Connector: A connector has a terminal insertion opening (23) and a restriction (25) projects in at an inner corner of the terminal insertion opening (23). A terminal fitting (30) has a rectangular tube (31) and a positioning projection (43) projects out from the rectangular tube (30). The positioning projection (43) is... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080293301 - Electrical connector with anti-twist shield: A shielded electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a receptacle therein. A shield is mounted on the housing. The shield has a protrusion formed thereon that is received in the receptacle. The protrusion engages a surface on the housing to minimize relative motion between the shield and the housing.... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080293302 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing. Each contact has a first terminal and a second terminal which has a base portion and a leading arm extending from said base portion. Said base portion and a leading arm define a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080293303 - Transfer plug for a variety of sockets: A transfer plug for a variety of sockets includes an insulating shell, a first and a second connectors and a signal plug. The insulating shell has two side arms and a first pivoted portion. The first and the second connectors correspondingly combine with the insulating shell respectively and are electrically... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080293304 - Device for use in a cable connection arrangement and a cable connection arrangement having such a device: A device for use in a cable connection includes a first section formed of a molded resilient material. The first section is provided with at least one opening extending there through for receiving a cable. A second section is formed of a molded resilient material. The second section is at... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080293305 - Wire lead guide and method for terminating a communications cable: A wire lead guide for isolating the end portions of a plurality twisted pairs of wires an a connector assembly using the same. The guide comprises a guide body and a plurality of non-intersecting passageways through the body. Each of the passageways is comprised of an entrance and an exit.... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080293306 - Connector connectable with low contact pressure: For achieving electrical connection by contact with a connection object, a connector includes a body portion including an elastic body. A conductive layer extends along a surface of the body portion and is adapted for contact with the connection object. The conductive layer has a plurality of projections projecting outward.... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080293308 - Pivoting wafer connector: A multi-contact electrical connector wafer includes an insulating base and at least one bay on a first side of the base. A conductor is associated with the at least one bay and the conductor is adapted to contact a corresponding mating element. The wafer further includes a loading beam adapted... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080293307 - Spring beam wafer connector: A multi-contact electrical connector wafer includes an insulating base and at least one bay on a first side of the base. A conductor is associated with the at least one bay and the conductor is adapted to contact a corresponding mating element. The wafer further includes a loading beam adapted... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080293309 - Connector with improved contact for transmitting high current: A connector includes a body (10), a plurality of passageways (104), and a plurality of terminals (30). Each terminal (30) has a mating portion (301), a mounting portion (303), and a connecting portion (30a) connected between the mating portion (301) and the mounting portion (303). All of parts of the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080293310 - Short-circuit member, commutator, armature, and method for manufacturing short-circuit member: The number of conductor members in a first conductor member group and the number of conductor members in a second conductor member group are equal to each other and are odd numbers. An inner terminal of each conductor member is displaced from an outer terminal of the same conductor member... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080286985 - Electronic device with multiple-direction rotation connector: An electronic device with a multiple-direction rotation connector includes a main body and a pivoting structure. The main body has a bearing structure while the pivoting structure pivots on the bearing structure to rotate along the first and second axes. The pivoting structure has two convex ends, while the bearing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080286986 - Electrical hose swivel connector: An electrical hose swivel connector may be used to connect a vacuum hose to a hair clipping device. The hair clipping device may need power, which may be delivered from a power source and through a power cord. The power cord may be in electrical communication with this electrical hose... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080286987 - Telecommunication connectivity system: A telecommunications connectivity system including a patch panel comprising a plurality of ports, each port including first and second electrical terminals, the first electrical terminal enabling at least one data communications standard not enabled by the second electrical terminal. The telecommunications connectivity system also includes a terminal selection system including... Agent: David M. Carter Carter & Schnedler, P.A.

20080286989 - Connector for an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure: According to one embodiment, a connector for a composite structure includes at least one conducting element that is coupled to a node of an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure. The composite structure has two opposing surfaces in which the conducting element is disposed essentially between the surfaces of... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20080286990 - Direct package mold process for single chip sd flash cards: A Secure Digital device including a PCBA having passive components mounted on a PCB using surface mount technology (SMT) techniques, and active components (e.g., controller and flash memory) mounted using chip-on-board (COB) techniques. The components are mounted only on one side of the PCB, and then a molded plastic casing... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 2099 Gateway Place

20080286988 - Electronic control unit and method of manufacturing the same: An electronic control unit includes a circuit board, a case, and a group of a plurality of bus bars fixed to the case by insert molding. The bus bars each include a terminal portion having a constant-width portion, and a base portion which is wider than the constant-width portion. The... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080286991 - Battery contact: A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an opposite end of the corrugated portion. The... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080286992 - Battery contact: A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an opposite end of the corrugated portion. The... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080286993 - Electric board and image forming apparatus: An electric board is configured to be removably installed in a main body of an apparatus. The electric board includes a board member on which electric components can be mounted. A shielding member is attached to the board member. A handle member is fitted on the shielding member whereby a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080286994 - Printed circuit board, method of manufacturing a printed circuit board and electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, a printed circuit board includes a wiring board, a through-hole mount device, and a surface mount device. The wiring board has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and through holes. The through-hole mount device has leads. The leads are soldered inside... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080286995 - Two-plug electrical outlet with dual voltage: A unique arrangement includes a duplex receptacle outlet providing two voltages. A first power wire supplying a first voltage is connected to the receptacle supplying a higher voltage. A second power wire is connected to both receptacles, and a neutral wire is connected to the receptacle supplying a lower voltage.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080286996 - Connector arrangement, and method for mounting the same: An improved electrical connector is formed by stamping and bending a sheet of conductive metal, wherein as a preliminary step, a series of longitudinally-spaced openings are formed in the sheet to define a plurality of transversely extending strips from the side edges of which a pair of parallel spaced integral... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20080286997 - Connector: A connector includes a first and a second terminal portions each having: a substrate pressing portion; a spacer pressing portion; and a fulcrum portion arranged between the substrate pressing portion and the spacer pressing portion, a spacer arranged between the spacer pressing portions of the first and the second terminal... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080286998 - Pluggable module suppressing emi / esd leakage: A connecting apparatus includes equipment having a cabinet with an opening and a connector inside the cabinet. A module has an electrical circuit and a resilient conductor and is attachable to the cabinet through the opening and thereby pluggable to the equipment. When the module is plugged to the equipment,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080286999 - Connector: A connector includes a base, at least one first terminal, an upper cover, and a sliding structure. The base includes two opposite sides for defining the receiving space. The first terminal includes a contact end and a fixed end, wherein the contact end is disposed in the receiving space and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080287000 - Electrical connectors, mating connector assemblies, electrical terminals, and methods for making same: An electrical connector according to one embodiment of the invention may include a terminal body that defines an opening therein that includes a plurality of alignment ribs. An electrical terminal is positioned within the opening so that the plurality of alignment ribs align the electrical terminal within the opening in... Agent: Fennemore Craig, P.C.

20080287001 - Dc plug connector: A pin connector assembly comprising a socket (11) adapted to receive a cylindrical electrical plug (12), the plug having a central longitudinal bore (17), the socket being in the form of an insulated housing having a cylindrical receptacle (13) with a pin (14) located in the centre thereof, said pin... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080287002 - set of circuit board connectors: A horizontal connector (10A) is configured for mounting on a circuit board (90) so that a connecting direction with a mating connector is parallel to the surface of the circuit board (90). A vertical connector (10B) is configured for mounting on the circuit board (90) so that a connecting direction... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080287003 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals assembled to the insulative housing and a pair of fastening elements assembled to the insulative housing. The insulative housing comprises an elongated base portion and a pair of retaining slots respectively disposed at two sides thereof. The base portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080287004 - Card connector: A card connector includes a base, a cover, a detection switch, and a plurality of contacts for contacting with a card. The cover is pivotally supported on one end portion of the base to be freely rotatable. Further, the cover has a card receptacle portion to insert and remove a... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080287005 - Connector: A connector for electrically connecting a primary side mating connector having contacts and a secondary mating connector having contacts. The connector has parallelly arranged flexible cables and connectors provided at both ends of the cable and individually connected to the primary and secondary mating connectors. The number of the primary... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080287006 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector, of the type constituted by a box-like body with a closure cover which is associated therewith by way of a film hinge and inside which there is at least one first seat, with an opening for access on the part of the cover, for a female electrical... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080287007 - Connector for first and second joints having different pin quantities, electronic apparatus with connector and combination: A connector and an electronic apparatus and a combination comprising the connector for first and second joints are disclosed. The connector includes a base, a plurality of first pins, and a plurality of second pins. The base has a first and a second connecting surface. The first pins are disposed... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080287008 - Electronic device having molded resin case, and molding tool and method of manufacturing the same: An electronic device includes an electronic circuit section, a case, and a connector housing. The electronic circuit section includes a connector terminal. The case seals the electronic circuit section in such a manner that the connector terminal protrudes to an outside of the case. The connector housing is integrated with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080287009 - Adapter with an access panel for an electronic device: An adapter for removably coupling an electronic device to a host and a modular system of the host, adapter and electronic device. The adapter comprises a main body, a first interface capable of coupling with the appliance, a cavity in the main body receiving the electronic device, a second interface... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080287010 - Electrical connector assembly with a wedge and lubricant: An electrical connector assembly for power utility transmission conductors includes a first conductive member having a tap conductor engagement surface adapted for interfacing with a tap conductor and a main conductor engagement surface adapted for interfacing with a main conductor. The first conductive member also includes a conductive member engagement... Agent: Helen Odar Wolstoncroft Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080287011 - Female electrical terminal: A female electrical terminal, comprising at least one pair of mutually opposite leaf spring laminas, which are adapted to provide an accommodation and contact region for an associated blade-like male terminal. A first lamina is provided with a protrusion for contact with the blade-like male terminal, while a second opposite... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080287012 - Terminal for a connector and a connector: A connector includes a pair of terminals. Each of the terminals includes a housing and a connecting portion. The connecting portion is arranged in the housing. The connecting portion has a first end provided with a connecting member for connection of an electrical cable and a second end provided with... Agent: Adam L. Stroud Tyco Electronics Technology Resources

20080287013 - Connector: A connector, comprising a connector body (11) having a flange (19), a shell (17) forming a contour part, and a reinforcement member (53). The reinforcement member (53) further comprises a reinforcement part (67) in contact with the flange (19) in which screw holes (57) are formed and an engagement part... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080287014 - Terminal for enameled electric wires: A terminal for enameled electric wires, of the type constituted by a plate-like body which forms a connecting fork with tabs which cantilever inward on the same plane of arrangement as the plate-like body; the tabs face each other so as to form a self-centering tapered opening for guiding the... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080287015 - Connector cover structure of bill storage box: Disclosed is a connector cover structure of a bill storage box, which can prevent a connector for electric power supply from being exposed to dust or foreign substances, during the process of mounting or dismounting a cassette box in or from the bill storage box. The disclosed connector cover structure... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080280459 - Overhead device for managing electrical appliances: The present invention discloses a device that provides a convenient, safe, attractive method for holding, reaching and managing a plurality of electrical appliances by avoiding the cords getting entangled with each other in a work station. The device comprises a central hub, a plurality of flanges extending outwardly from the... Agent: Jay Schloff Intellipex PLLC

20080280460 - Signalling interconnect: A connector assembly for supplying power and transmitting signals from a vehicle to a towed trailer or other towed equipment. The connector assembly comprises a trailer hitch having a cross tube extending horizontally behind the vehicle. The cross tube has a wall separating an inside cavity from an outside surface... Agent: Houston Office Of Novak Druce And Quigg LLP

20080280461 - Electromagnetic connector for electronic device: An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force from an electromagnet to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The plug includes electrical contacts, which... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080280462 - Memory card connector: A memory card connector includes an insulating housing, an auxiliary member and an ejecting device used for withdrawing a memory card from the memory card connector. The insulating housing has a base. Two sidewalls and a rear wall extend upwards from edges of the base. A plurality of terminal cavities... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080280463 - Rugged chip packaging: Improved printed circuit boards (PCBs), printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and methods thereof contemplate PCBs with recesses incorporated into planar surfaces thereof adapted to receive respective elongate leads of circuit components. The recesses are sized so as to prevent distal ends of the leads from emerging through the far sides... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080280464 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) includes four pieces of insulative housing segments (21) having a number of electrical contacts (3) received therein. Each insulative housing segment includes two engaging edges (213) for attaching with another adjacent two insulative housing segments, the at least one engaging edge having at least one connect... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280465 - Connector: A housing includes a plurality of contacts has a flat plate-shaped fitting portion projecting from a body portion to fit to a mating connector. The fitting portion has first and second main surfaces that are opposite each other and a pair of side surfaces connecting between those main surfaces. The... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080280466 - Usb memory device: A USB memory device includes a circuit board, a connector, and a one-piece housing. The circuit board includes opposed major faces having a plurality of electrical contacts and a memory chip disposed on one of the major faces. The USB connector is coupled to a first end of the circuit... Agent: Attn: Eric D. Levinson Imation Corp.

20080280467 - Connector cover: A connector cover (14) holds a corrugated tube (15) surrounding wires (W) drawn out from the rear side of a housing (12) and is mounted on the rear side of the housing (12). The cover (14) has first and second cover shells (29, 30) to be assembled with each other.... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080280468 - Card connector having ejecting mechanism: An electrical card connector (1) for receiving a card, includes an insulating housing (10) receiving a plurality of terminals (4), a shell (11) mounting on the insulating housing defining a guiding space (14) and receiving a guiding portion (34) to guiding the card moving in the guiding space, and an... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280469 - Short-circuit member, commutator, armature, and method for manufacturing short-circuit member: The number of conductor members in a first conductor member group and the number of conductor members in a second conductor member group are equal to each other. An inner terminal of each conductor member is displaced from an outer terminal of the same conductor member with respect to the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080280470 - Modular electrical system including back-to-back receptacle configurations and capable of providing four wire circuitry: A modular electrical system (230) comprises a number of separate components forming a four-wire system (110). The component set (230) includes receptacle junction blocks (130), two-way connectors (232), four-way connectors (236), two-way jumper cable assemblies (234), and three-way jumper cable assemblies (238). The components of the component set (230) include... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080280471 - Sequencing connection device: A connection device for preparing multiple electrical wires for connection to terminals includes multiple wire adapters each of which is shaped and dimensioned to fit onto one of the wires. A top shell forms multiple recesses each of which is adapted to receive at least a portion of one of... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group (np)

20080280472 - Controller with an anti-pull out structure: A controller with an anti-pull out structure comprises at least one socket and one plug, the anti-pull out structure is formed with the same number of notches as the socket. The notch is used to restrict the plug in the socket of the controller, which not only prevents the plug... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080280473 - Electrical connector having an improved protecting mechanism: An electrical connector (2) includes a housing (20), a cover (22) slidably covering the housing (20) and a protecting mechanism (24). The protecting mechanism includes a top plate (241), a bottom plate (242) defining a first hole (2441) thereon and a protecting plate (244) having an engaging portion (243) proximate... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280474 - Electrical connector assembly having connecting portion: An electrical connector assembly (100) is provided for connecting a heat sink thereto and has a housing (3), a number of contacts mounted into the housing, a stiffener (2), a clip (4) covering the housing and a lever (5). The stiffener includes a top plate (21) defining a number of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280475 - Modular electrical system utilizing four wire circuitry: A four wire system (800) includes a receptacle section (808) positioned intermediate a female end connector (804) and a male end connector (806). Each connector (804, 806) include a series of four conductive electrical wires consisting of a neutral (822, 842), a ground (824, 844), a first hot (826, 846),... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080280477 - Ic socket: An IC socket includes a socket body with a plurality of contacts disposed therein, a cover rotatablely coupled to the socket body and at least one slider in the socket body. The socket body defines a receiving space for receiving an IC package, and the cover has a driving member.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280478 - Ic socket: An IC socket for receiving an IC package includes a socket body with a plurality of contacts disposed therein, a lid mounted on the socket body and movable relative to the socket body in an up-down direction, and a pressing mechanism driven by the lid. The pressing mechanism has a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280476 - Zero insertion force connector with improved driving device: A socket connector for connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises an insulating base (11) arranged a plurality of conductive terminals therein, a cover (13) assembled on the base (11) and a driver device actuating the cover to slide relative to the insulating base. The driver... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280479 - Electrical connector with improved latch: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulator (2), a conductive terminal (3) held in the insulator, a latch (4) and a button (5). The insulator comprises a pair of guide posts (21) on both sides of the front thereof and a pair of arm portions (22) on both sides of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280480 - Tightly sealed electrical hook-up device with multiple configurations: An electrical hook-up device including an outlet, a plug and a tight-seal casing with a cover and a shutter and enabling a tightly sealed hook-up of the plug in the outlet. The casing takes the form of an accessory removably mounted on the outlet, and the shutter of said casing... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080280481 - Electrical plug type connector: Method for producing an electrically conductive connection between a component (1), which is positioned in a housing, is equipped with electrical contacts and is accessible from the outside through an opening located in a wall of the housing, and a feed source, using a plug-type element (6), which is equipped... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20080280482 - Connector device: A connector device in which a chip card can be plugged into, and which possesses heat dissipating function is provided. The connector device includes an insulator body, several terminals positioned on the insulator body and each terminal includes a contacting portion, a cover body covered on the insulator body, enclosing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080280483 - Tool-less insulation displacement connector (tidc) locking marker cap: A locking marker cap has structural features to snap lock to various types of a tool-less insulation displacement connector (TIDC). When the cap is attached to the TIDC, additional structural features of the cap lock a latch of the TIDC in a closed position to protect the TIDC from being... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080280485 - Battery connector: A battery connector comprises a terminal block and a first and second terminal received in the terminal block. The terminal block comprises a mounting face, a mating face opposite to the mounting face and a receiving cavity locating between the mounting face and the mating face. The first terminal comprises... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280484 - Power converter for battery powered devices: A device is disclosed herein for converting a battery powered device to electrical power without modifying the original device. The device is self-contained having the approximate shape and size of one of the batteries normally used The device comprises a DC power jack enclosed in the housing which connects two... Agent: Frank Taylor Attorney At Law A Texas PLLC

20080280486 - Methods and systems for positioning connectors to minimize alien crosstalk: The present invention relates to methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors. Specifically, the methods and systems relate to isolation and compensation techniques for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors for use with high-speed data cabling. A frame can be configured to receive a number of connectors. Shield structures... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080280487 - Card connector: A card connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals, a shell and an ejecting mechanism. The insulating housing defines a base, a corner portion juxtaposed with the base and a guiding plate extending forwardly from the corner portion. The terminals are received in the base of the insulating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280488 - Modular electrical connector for a circuit board: An electrical connector assembly comprising a plurality of electrical connectors arranged side-by-side and including at least partially superimposed mounting flanges.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080280489 - Connector: A housing main body (1) is formed with rear cavities (5B-1), and a lance housing (2) including locking lances (18) is formed with front cavities (5B-2). When the lance housing (2) is mounted into a mounting space (10) of the housing main body (1), locks (22) of eaves (20) are... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080280490 - Press/push universal serial bus (usb) flash drive with deploying and retracting functionalities with elasticity material and fingerprint verification capability: Briefly, an embodiment of the present invention includes a portable flash memory drive with a simplified mechanism, based upon the resilient properties of the material used to create the parts, for reliable extension and retraction of the device's interface plug. The portable flash memory drive is comprised of a metal... Agent: Law Offices Of Imam

20080280492 - Electrical connector with programmable lead frame: A contact module assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact module assembly includes a lead frame having a plurality of terminals and a commoning member at least partially including an electrically conductive material. The commoning member has a plurality of tabs that are electrically connected to selected ones... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080280491 - Grounding terminal for electrical connector: A grounding terminal for electrical connector, which can reduce noise, includes a main body, a wing portion and a coupling portion. A connector insulator includes signal terminal openings and L-shaped or U-shaped grounding terminal openings. The wing portion and the coupling portion are extended from both lower side edges of... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080280493 - Connector in the field of telecommunications and a combination of at least two connectors: A connector in the field of telecommunications has connector contacts with at least one bend and at least one capacitor with capacitor leads which are connectable to the connector contacts in the vicinity of the bends of the connector contacts. A combination of at least one such connector and at... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080280494 - Shielded connector assembly for preterminated systems: Shielded connector assemblies for use in wiring/cabling applications are disclosed. The connector assemblies include first and second jack openings that facilitate interaction between plugs that feature different contact layouts/alignments, e.g., a first plug that features a conventional CAT 5/CAT 6 contact layout and a second plug that features a contact... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080280496 - Connector assembly with improved contacts: A connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of receiving passages (101), and a number of conductive contacts (2) housed in corresponding receiving passages. Each conductive contact includes a first contacting finger (210) and a second contacting finger (212) extending substantially along a mating direction and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280495 - Connector assembly with improved solder tails: A connector assembly (100) adapted for electrically connecting with a complementary connector along a mating direction includes an insulative housing (2) defining a mating port, a number of contacts (3) disposed in the housing, a circuit board (4) located on a rear side of the housing and including a front... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080280498 - Chip holding apparatus: A chip holding apparatus includes a holding block disposed above a circuit board that is formed with a plurality of sockets for holding chips respectively. Each of the sockets is formed with a retainer for securely holding the chip. The chip holding apparatus further includes a lift assembly coupled operably... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080280497 - Sealed electrical connector part: This connector part includes an insulating housing provided with a plurality of sockets for receiving a contact, which have a rear contact insertion end; a joint, which is provided with a plurality of cable passages corresponding to the sockets and which is placed in said housing behind the sockets; and... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080280499 - Jack: A jack having enhanced reliability and strength against torsional forces is provided. The jack including a plug inlet for receiving a plug having at least one electrode formed thereon for electrical signals, comprises an elongated spring having a free end part with a pressing portion capable of pressing a side... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080280500 - Connector assembly for use with plugs and preterminated cables: Connector assemblies for use in wiring/cabling applications are disclosed. The connector assemblies include first and second jack openings that facilitate interaction between plugs that feature different contact layouts/alignments, e.g., a first plug that features a conventional CAT 5/CAT 6 contact layout and a second plug that features a contact layout... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080280501 - Adjustable terminal block: An adjustable terminal is disclosed having a plurality of electrical contacts electrically coupled between a corresponding number of pair-wise electrically-coupled input terminals and output terminals. A plurality of mechanically coupled jumpers are operable to pair-wise jump the electrical contacts to reconfigure the adjustable terminal variously for bi-amplifier output, parallel output,... Agent: Keith L. Jenkins

20080280502 - Auxiliary connector for a row of terminals: An auxiliary connector device connects a conductor with an electrical component mounted in a terminal block upon which the connector device is mounted, including a contact arrangement extending through aligned outlet and entry openings contained in the auxiliary connector device and the terminal block, respectively, thereby to connect with the... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20080280503 - Electrical connections for plastic panels having conductive grids: A plastic panel system including a transparent plastic panel and an electrically conductive grid. The panel includes a substrate and the grid is provided on the panel so as to overlie the substrate. Including with the grid is at least one conductive mounting location. An electrical connector, which includes a... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080280504 - Electrical connection terminal for connection hole and engagement structure of electronic component including the same: An electrical connection terminal for a connection hole includes: a base-side end portion (310) having a predetermined width; a retaining portion (313) having an increasing width wider than the predetermined width of the base-side end portion (310), the retaining portion (313) being formed integrally with the base-side end portion (310);... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080280505 - Connector clamping systems and methods: According to some embodiments, an electrical connector assembly comprises an electrical connector body and a clamping collar disposed over the electrical connector body. The electrical connector body comprises a pair of opposing latch hook strips parallel to an insertion direction of the electrical connector body. Each latch hook strip has... Agent: Law Office Of Andrei D Popovici, P.C.

20080280507 - Female terminal fitting: A female terminal fitting (10) is provided with a tubular main portion (30), into which a mating male tab (70) is inserted along an axial center A from the front. A resilient contact piece (80) extends back in the main portion (30) and has a free end slidable on an... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080280506 - U-shaped electrical connector spring devices and methods: According to some embodiments, an electrical connection assembly comprises a conductive support having a pair of longitudinal conductive slots for receiving a corresponding pair of longitudinal conductive pins; and a U-shaped conductive spring coupled to the conductive support. The conductive spring comprises a pair of conductive longitudinal spring sides each... Agent: Law Office Of Andrei D Popovici, P.C.

20080280508 - Terminal component: The invention describes a terminal component (1) with an insulating housing (2) and at least one spring-force clamping connection (3), which has a bent clamping spring (4), formed from sheet spring steel, with bearing limbs (8) and clamping limbs (7), which are connected to one another via a spring bow... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080280509 - Electrical junction systems and methods: According to some embodiments, a junction assembly comprises a mounting base, a U-shaped front-facing spring clip mounted on the mounting base, a transverse release button passing through the mounting base, and a spring-loaded release check situated under the release button. The spring clip clamps an external conductor onto a conductive... Agent: Law Office Of Andrei D Popovici, P.C.

20080280510 - Electrical contact: An electrical contact includes a mating portion and a crimp portion connected by a transition region. The mating portion is configured to receive a mating external contact pin. The mating portion has a top wall and a bottom wall joined by opposing side walls. The top, bottom and side walls... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080274628 - Arrangement for securely connecting an electronic device to at least two other electronic devices: An arrangement for connecting an accessory to a power source and to an electronic device of a vehicle. The arrangement includes: a power connector connecting the accessory to the power source, a signal connector connecting the accessory with the electronic device of the vehicle, a locking mechanism locking the power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080274629 - Serial interface converter: A serial interface converter converts serial communications between two electronic devices, converting between to serial communication standards. The converter may include a housing with two standard cable ports, each for connecting to cables from one of the two electronic devices. The housing includes electrical connections between the two cable ports,... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20080274630 - Wireless communication modules: The present disclosure generally pertains to wireless communication modules that can be used for enabling wireless communication in various applications. A wireless communication module in accordance with one embodiment may be interfaced with other devices, such as nodes of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The module has rows of male... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080274631 - Sata data connector: A SATA data connector is provided, which is with a power supply circuit. Accordingly, the SATA data connector comprises a male data connector and a female data connector. The male data connector is with a male signal interface that has seven male data connection pins, wherein the male data connection... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080274632 - Spark plug terminal connection apparatuses and methods: Apparatuses and methods are provided for conductively connecting a voltage source ignition cable to a spark plug terminal. A spark plug boot assembly is provided and can include a body member, a coiled terminal, and a voltage source ignition cable. The coiled terminal can have a first end, a second... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080274633 - Reversible universal serial bus (usb) connector: A reversible receptacle for coupling with a USB A-type standard connector, including a first set of four electrical contact regions and a second set of four electrical contact regions, the contact regions configured such that in a first coupling orientation of the reversible receptacle with the standard plug, only the... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080274634 - Terminal structure and vacuum pump: Provided are a terminal structure capable of preventing damage due to an excessive force and having high sealing property, and a vacuum pump to which the terminal structure is applied. When a control device (400) undergoes transition to a turbo molecular pump main body (300), a cylindrical wall (603) of... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080274636 - Connector: A connector for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment comprises first and second connector parts adapted to be interengaged to establish an electrical connection. The first connector part has at least one pin, and the second connector part has at least one electrical contact for engagement by... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080274635 - Connector for providing waterproof connection and its connection state examining method: A connector (10) having a waterproof function is provided which includes a female member (20) and a male member (40). The female member includes an inner tube portion (23) having a base part (26) having an outer peripheral surface covered with a sealing member (27). The female member includes an... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080274637 - Pivoting apparatus for mating a power supply with a riser card and method for doing the same: Disclosed is a pivoting apparatus comprising a pivot base defining a connection cavity, a pivot slot including an L-shape, and an alignment slot including a curvature that bulges towards a riser card, a key structure extending from at least one of the riser card and a processor in an electronic... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080274638 - Secure socket apparatus: A secure socket apparatus includes a socket unit, a power supply unit and an overload-avoid unit. The socket unit includes at least one socket for receiving a plug of an electronic device. The power supply unit includes a switch module connected to the socket, at least one comparing element connected... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080274639 - Battery post electrical terminal assembly: A battery post electrical terminal assembly includes an electrical terminal and a retainer connected to the electrical terminal. The electrical terminal is configured for coupling with an electrical conductor. The retainer includes a plurality of fingers, the plurality of fingers configured for frictionally engaging a battery post of a battery... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080274640 - Telecommunications connectors and apparatus for mounting the same: A telecommunications assembly including: a connector housing; a bezel mounted on the connector housing, the bezel have a front face having an opening for receiving a plug, the opening having a recess for receiving a plug latch; a faceplate having a faceplate opening of a standard dimension; wherein the bezel... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080274641 - Led connector assembly with heat sink: A universal mounting supports high intensity LEDs in a lighting fixture with heat removal and electrical connection facilities. A holder includes a peripheral sidewall defining a cavity for accepting a printed circuit board assembly. A support member supports the printed circuit board assembly along the peripheral sidewall. Electrical contact elements... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080274642 - Dual channel xlr cable converter: A dual channel XLR cable converter is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the XLR cable converter includes first and second RCA cables terminating at first and second RCA cable connectors at one end and a XLR cable connector at the opposing end. A first signal pin terminal of the XLR... Agent: Mckinney Law, LLC

20080274644 - Coaxial cable connector with inner sleeve ring: A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a rearward cable receiving end, a locking sleeve movably coupled to the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body and a sleeve ring movably disposed within a rearward sleeve ring receiving end of the locking sleeve. The sleeve ring has... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080274643 - Compression connector for coaxial cable: A compression connector for smooth walled, corrugated, and spiral corrugated coaxial cable includes an insulator disposed within the body, wherein the insulator contains a central opening therein which is dimensioned smaller than a collet portion, or second clamp, which seizes a center conductor of the coaxial cable. The connector also... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20080274645 - High power terminal block assembly: A power terminal and a method for making a power terminal having an electrically insulated connector body. A terminal insert is incorporated into the connector body and has at least one threaded electrically conductive member engaged with the terminal insert. The conductive member also includes a cap portion. The terminal... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080274646 - Ethernet connectors: A modular ethernet-connector includes a jack (70) as part of a device (62) such as industrial automation device with embedded Ethernet connectivity (66), and a corresponding plug, the plug (94) being part of a WLAN-stick (82) which includes an embedded Ethernet-WLAN-Bridge (84).... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080274647 - Usb data-audio signal multiplexing transmission line: A USB data-audio signal multiplexing transmission line includes a USB connector and an audio connector on two ends and a transmission wire for connecting a play device to another external data storage device or processing device to make data exchange or output audio signal. An audio connecting plug set on... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080274648 - Card connector and method for producing housing assembly: A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts adapted to contact connection portions of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts. Metal plates made of a metal are installed in the housing so as to extend... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080274649 - Electrical connector assembly having selective arrangement of signal and ground contacts: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having an array of compartments, and substantially identical signal contact assemblies arranged in sets, each including a pair of the signal contact assemblies arranged opposite first and second orientations, and selectively installed in a respective pair of compartments. One ground contact may form... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation Suite 140

20080274650 - Accessory: Disclosed is an accessory detachably mounted on an electronic device. The accessory includes a case, an electronic circuit housed in the case and activating the accessory, and an accessory's-side connector for supplying power to the electronic circuit or sending and receiving signals. The accessory's-side connector includes a portion of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080274651 - Electrical connection apparatus: An electrical connection apparatus includes at least one stackable block operably coupleable to another stackable block, at least one pin receiving portion defined by an inner wall within the stackable block, and at least one electrical connection contact having a C-shaped contact portion with elastic properties disposed within the pin... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080274652 - Electrical connections for film insert molded windows: A plastic window including a transparent plastic substrate having first and second sides. Bonded to the first side of the substrate is a plastic film, the film being thinner than the substrate. An electrically conductive grid, including at least one conductive connector location, is encapsulated between the substrate and the... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080274653 - Battery post electrical terminal: A battery post electrical terminal includes a monolithic component configured for electrically coupling an electrical conductor with a battery post, the component including two arms and a cross-over section connecting the arms, each arm including a first wall and a second wall extending from the first wall, the first walls... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080274654 - Electrical interconnection devices incorporating redundant contact points for reducing capacitive stubs and improved signal integrity: An electrical interconnection device for establishing redundant contacts between the ends of two conductive elements to be mated, creating a electrical interconnection without capacitive stubs.... Agent: Tpl/interconnect Portfolio, LLC