Electrical connectors inventions 12/08

20080318444 - Electrical connector provided with alignment slot: An electrical connector includes a mating portion including a first cavity (13) and a second cavity (11) divided by a partition (17). The first cavity (13) is structurally different from the second cavity (11), the first cavity (13) being of an L shape including a vertical alignment part (15) positioned... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318445 - Electrical connector with improved housing: An electrical connector for interconnecting integrated circuits (ICs) to a circuit board, includes a number of contacts (9) and an insulative housing (8) having a mating face (81) toward an IC, a mounting face (83) for attaching to a printed circuit board (7), and rows and columns of passageways extending... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318447 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a conductive layer provided on an outer surface of a housing, a conductive member provided inside the housing, and a connecting component attached to the housing. The housing is provided with a through hole which causes the inside of the housing to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080318446 - Electronic component cover and arrangement: An electronic component cover comprises a plate having a first region adapted to substantially cover at least one side of a first electronic component. The plate is adapted to accommodate a second electronic component thereon, such as a SIM card or a SIM card reader. The plate may include a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080318448 - Dimm socket positive lock extractor: A card edge connector including a housing and a pair of extractors is disclosed for electrically connecting a first PCB such as a daughter card to a second PCB such as a motherboard. The extractors both secure and eject the daughter card from the connector. The extractors may be configured... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080318449 - Multi-level cell (mlc) dual personality extended esata flash memory device: A multi-level cell (MLC) dual-personality extended External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (eSATA) flash drive includes a MLC dual-personality extended eSATA plug connector connected to a flash drive and removably connectable to a host. The connector is adaptable to receive electoral data from both a USB and eSATA interface.... Agent: Law Offices Of Imam

20080318450 - Preferential via exit structures with triad configuration for printed circuit boards: A circuit board design is disclosed that is useful in high-speed differential signal applications uses either a via arrangement or a circuit trace exit structure. A pair of differential signal vias in a circuit board are surrounded by an opening that is formed within a ground plane disposed on another... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080318452 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing comprising a mating face, a rear face opposed to said mating face, and a plurality of first passages extending from said rear face to said mating face, a plurality of first conductive contacts respectively secured in said dielectric housing, wherein said first conductive... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318451 - Electrical connector provided with terminals constructed to simplify the assembly thereof: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a mating face (200) thereof. First and second terminals (3, 4) have the same-length received section (30, 40) in the respective passageways, and a leg section (31, 41), wherein the received section (40) of the second terminal (4) extends much... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318453 - Compliant pin: A pin for insertion into a hole having a diameter and a plating therein is provided. The pin includes a compliant portion including a pair of outwardly biased beam members having an elongate opening therebetween. Each beam has a beam thickness. The beam thickness and the elongate opening are optimized... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080318454 - System and method for coupling an integrated circuit to a circuit board: An information handling system circuit board has an opening formed through it proximate a coupling point of an integrated circuit to the circuit board. The opening manages stress at the coupling point of the integrated circuit to the circuit board to reduce the risk of damage to the coupling point... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080318455 - Backplane connector with high density broadside differential signaling conductors: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to backplane connectivity and provide a backplane connector for high density broadside differential signaling. In an embodiment of the invention, a backplane connector can be provided. The backplane connector can include a signal header assembly and a signal... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080318456 - Safety luer connection: A connection device has a male connector and a female connector. The female connector will only accommodate the dedicated male connector, thereby prohibiting a misconnection with the wrong male connector. In certain embodiments, a member prohibits male connectors, other than a dedicated male connector, from being inserted into the female... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery

20080318457 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) to be mounted on a peripheral panel (3) and includes an insulative housing (1) defining a mating face, a mounting face, a top wall (10), a bottom wall (11), a pair of side walls (12) interconnecting the top wall and the bottom wall, and a receiving... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318458 - Connector: A connector includes female and male housings (10, 40) that are connectable along a connecting direction (CD). A connection detector (30) is mounted on the female housing (10) for movement along the connecting direction (CD) between standby and detection positions. The connection detector (30) does not contact receiving portions (48)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080318459 - Land grid array socket with improved fastening structure: a fastening structure comprises a stiffener including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. A load plate is pivotally supported on a first end of the stiffener and has a pair of lateral walls. A lever is pivotally mounted on the lateral walls of the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318460 - Electrical connection system: A connection position assurance retainer may include mechanisms for retaining connectors. For example, a female connector and a male connector may be mated and retained. Male and female terminals, the female terminal including a terminal insert, may also be provided.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080318461 - Panel-mount connectors with latching features: An electrical connector assembly is provided for mounting onto a panel having a panel opening. The connector assembly includes a connector and a latch. The latch is configured to mount on the connector, and attach to the panel as the housing is inserted into the opening.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20080318462 - Locking device for a shielded sub-miniature connection assembly: Locking device for a shielded sub-miniature connection assembly having two sub-miniature connectors with housings made of two molded thermoplastic half-shells, a high contact density miniature sub-assembly with a molded thermoplastic insulating body provided with contact cavities for the positioning and retention of contacts, wherein one of the housings includes on... Agent: Perman & Green

20080318463 - Loose-proof connector: A loose-proof connector includes a screwing sleeve and a connecting body. The screwing sleeve is an annular body and has a circular through hole. The inner wall of the circular through hole is provided with a plurality of recessed arcs that are arranged circumferentially. The connecting body is inserted into... Agent: Hdsl

20080318464 - Electrical connector with cover configured for heat dissipation: An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing (10) including a forwardly protruding mating port in a suspension manner. A plurality of contacts (30) is disposed in the housing each defining an L-shaped base portion (302) including a horizontal section and a vertical section. A cover (20) is attached onto... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318465 - Cable interconnect systems: In order to monitor connectivity status associated with an interconnect cable from the end-points to which either end of the cable is attached, a storage device storing a field replaceable unit identifier is provided to uniquely identify a cable end-point, which identifier can then be accessed to determine the connectivity... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080318466 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulating housing (10) defining a receiving space (12) for receiving a sheet-like connection member. A plurality of conductive terminals (20) each defines a contacting portion (241, 251) projecting to the receiving space. A slider (40) includes a tongue portion (43) to be movable inserted... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318467 - Relay receptacle shorting plug: A relay receptacle shorting plug to short power contacts of a relay receptacle. The shorting plug includes a base having a plurality of terminals projecting from a first end of the base and the terminals have a physical arrangement to mate with contacts of the relay receptacle. The arrangement of... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080318468 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector comprises an elongate dielectric housing a plurality of conductive contacts and a pair of metal post. The dielectric housing comprises a pair of blocks on opposite elongate sides and a mating portion between said pair of blocks. Each said block comprises a planar mounting surface, an opposite... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080318470 - Coaxial connector with built-in capacitor: A coaxial connector with a built-in capacitor includes: a core wire connection terminal having, on a rear end thereof, a core wire connection portion for connecting thereto a core wire of a coaxial cable; an inner terminal having, on a tip end thereof, a fitted/connected portion fitted and connected to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080318469 - Connector assembly with gripping sleeve: A connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a sleeve. The electrical connector has opposite first and second ends. The first end is rotatable with respect to the second end and configured to couple to a mating connector. The second end is configured to terminate a cable. The sleeve is... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080318471 - Dead cable end: A dead cable end distributes holding force over a length of a cable end to reduce or eliminate damage to cables. The dead cable end includes a housing containing a plurality of collets each residing in a collet receptacle. Each collet includes a conical exterior and a lengthwise collet gap,... Agent: Averill & Varn

20080318472 - End connector for coaxial cable: A connector for attaching a cable to a terminal includes a connector body with a hex head fastener rotatably attached at one end of the body. A compressible gasket or clamp sleeve is positioned along the connector body for engaging and sealing about a portion of the jacket of the... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080318473 - Fluidtight connector and connector assembly: A watertight connector has a rubber member (40) mounted on an inner housing (13), and this rubber member (40) includes a sealing portion (41) substantially in the form of a tube fittable on the outer circumferential surface of the inner housing (13) before a flange (23), legs (43) integral to... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080318475 - Portable data storage apparatus with connector retraction: Portable data storage apparatus includes a housing having a front wall, and an opening in the front wall. A circuit board is located within the housing. A connector is electrically connected to the circuit board and extends outwardly therefrom for movement therewith. A cap is pivotally connected to the housing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080318474 - Wall plate assembly with integral universal serial bus module: A wall plate assembly including a wall plate with an integrated USB module. The assembly includes a USB connector and printed circuit board formed together on the wall plate as an integral whole. By placing USB extender circuitry directly on the printed circuit board, rather than in a separate housing,... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080318476 - Cable connector assembly with repairable braid termination: The invention relates to a cable connector assembly including a cable connector with metallic cover shells and a cable, said cable including a shielding braid in electrical connection with at least one of said metallic cover shells. A portion of said shielding braid is folded back over a support member... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080318477 - Electrical plug-in connection and method for the identification of a battery: An electrical plug connection for connecting a consumer or a charging device to a battery. The plug connection includes a plug part and a socket part. The part of the plug connection located on the battery side is provided with a transponder (15) in which data suitable for identifying the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080318478 - Molded card edge connector for attachment with a printed circuit board: An edge connector suitable for attachment with a printed circuit board. The edge connector comprises a body composed of a plastic resin, the body defining a first end that is configured to operably attach to a portion of a printed circuit board and a second end configured to operably connect... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20080318479 - Plug in the field of telecommunications, an assembly including a telecommunications module and a plug, and a method of manufacturing a plug: A plug (10) includes a housing (12) and at least one functional component (54, 56) and/or circuit and is connectable with contacts of a telecommunications module, wherein the plug (10) includes at least two printed circuit boards (14, 16). An assembly, such as a distribution point, in particular a main... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080318480 - Electrical connection sheet having a frame embedded in an elastic insulator: An electrical connection sheet includes a plate-like elastic insulator having a first and a second principal surface which are spaced from each other in a predetermined direction. Columnar elastic conductors penetrate a center portion of the elastic insulator to protrude from the first and the second principal surfaces. A frame... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080311763 - Power interconnecting part for electrical rotating machine: A power interconnection piece for a rotary electrical machine, wherein the power interconnection piece comprises at least one power track provided with electrical power terminals intended to cooperate with a power track of at least one electronic module so as to distribute electrical power to the electronic module, the electronic... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080311764 - Swivel wall port for coaxial cable: A combination of a swivel port and a wall plate includes a body interconnected with a female connector or a double-female coaxial cable connector such that moving the body moves the connector and vice versa. At least one ridge on the body corresponds to and interoperates with at least one... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20080311765 - Electrical connection between devices: Concepts for forming an electrical connection between devices are disclosed. A cord for transferring electrical power and signals can be provided to connect a first device to a second device. One or more magnetic couplings can be provided to exert magnetic forces between the cord and the first device and/or... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080311766 - Light emitting diode mounting seat and method for making the same: A light emitting diode mounting seat includes: a base having a conductive main part of a metallic material and a lead-mounting part of a non-conductive material containing a compound of the metallic material; and a conductive lead mounted on the lead-mounting part. The compound is an oxide of the metallic... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080311767 - Surface mount electrical connector having insulated pin: A surface mount header is shown which may be mounted to a surface of a printed circuit board, where pins project away from the board. Alternatively, the surface mount header may be connected to a surface of a printed circuit board with the pins projecting downwardly through an opening in... Agent: Helen Odar Wolstoncroft Tyco Technology Resources

20080311768 - Land grid array (lga) interposer utilizing metal-on-elastomer hemi-torus and other multiple points of contact geometries: A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080311769 - Anistropic conductive connector, conversion adapter for inspection device having the anisotropic conductive connector, and method for manufacturing the anistropic conductive connector: The anisotropically conductive connector 36 of the present invention includes an anisotropic sheet 102 made up of conducting path forming parts 69 to electrically connect an electrode 101 of an electronic component 33 with an electrode for inspection of a circuit substrate 12 for inspections and of an anisotropically conductive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080311770 - Socket having aligning keys for accommodating different sizes of integrated chips: A socket connector is provided for accommodating different sizes of chips and a printed circuit board and includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts embedded in the housing. The housing includes a conductive region and a margin region around the conductive region, and defines a supporting surface and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080311771 - Edge connection structure for printed circuit boards: A printed circuit board (PCB) edge connection structure formed by a first PCB having one or more electronic components and printed circuitry provided thereon and a second PCB, having one or more edge contact pads provided thereon, attached to the first PCB and covering an area on the first PCB... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Princeton

20080311772 - Electrical connector and devices using the same: The subject disclosure is directed to female connectors which can be employed in a quick connect/disconnect system used in medical devices to provide a non-permanent electrical and mechanical engagement with a male connector. The female connectors include, inter alia, a connector body that has an outer periphery and an aperture... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080311773 - Attenuation of an electrostatic charge on a cable prior to coupling the cable with an electronic system: Embodiments may include connectors with discharge elements integrated into the connectors to interconnect conductors of a cable to attenuate or discharge an electrostatic charge built up on the conductors. In some embodiments, the conductors are momentarily connected to ground as the connector couples with another connector to interconnect a cable... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080311774 - Explosion-proof connector: In order to simplify such an explosion-proof connector in a way that it can be handled more easily especially when disconnecting plug part and socket part while maintaining explosion proofness, one housing (4, 7) comprises an outer sleeve (10) which is detachably connectable to the other housing (7, 4), a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080311775 - Central vacuum system mounting flange and hose cuff for use with standard electrical outlets: A mounting plate having an orienting portion facilitates orienting the vacuum connection opening of the mounting plate with respect to an anticipated orientation of a receptacle and electrical box. The orienting portion is optionally releasably attachable to the main body of the mounting plate which main body comprises the vacuum... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20080311776 - Well completion self orienting connector system: A well completion system, including a packer and a lower signal line connector carried on tubing below the packer. An upper signal line connector is carried on an upper tubing section. The upper tubing is adapted for lowering through the packer into sealing contact with the lower tubing and for... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080311777 - Pin grid array socket having a base with interior standoffs and hightening peripheral walls: A socket connector is provided for securely mounting an electronic device (1000) on a printed circuit board, said socket connector comprises an insulatve base (60) and heightened perimeter walls (606) upward extending therefrom to define an inner cavity. The top surface (602) of the inner cavity comprises a plural of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080311778 - Modular insert and jack including bi-sectional lead frames: The present disclosure is related to a modular insert and associated jack assembly used in telecommunication connector systems that reduces the adjacent lines electro magnetic interference from an adjacent transmitter for different plug assemblies. The internal contacts/lead frames feature a bi-sectional design. Internal EMI line reduction is allowed only when... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Attn: Basam E. Nabulsi

20080311780 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector to be connected to a flat conductive member includes a housing; and a terminal disposed in the housing. The terminal includes a fixed arm portion, a movable arm portion, and a connecting portion connecting the fixed arm portion and the movable arm portion. The movable arm portion... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080311779 - High-voltage electrical connector with visual indicator: An electrical connector includes a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle includes a tubular housing having an axial bore and at least one electrical contact within the bore. The plug is received in the bore of the receptacle housing and includes a tubular core having an axial bore and at... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20080311781 - Multi-position quick release plug cassette assembly: A cassette assembly which holds at least two electrical plugs which typically are connected to digital signal carrying cables. In one example, six of these plugs are positioned within a cassette, and are arranged in two rows of three plugs each for ease in connecting the plugs simultaneously to similarly... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20080311782 - Module connector: A module connector reliably locks a module such as a camera module, which is accommodated, to prevent the module from falling and make a module connector in lower profile. This module connector has contact pins (120) that electrically connect with the module inside a container (110) in which the camera... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080311783 - Connector plug: The invention provides a connector plug in which a necessary and sufficient engaging force of a latch can be ensured irrespective of the thickness of a metal case. The connector plug of the invention has: a synthetic-resin made body (10) having a fitting portion (11) to which a counter connector... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080311784 - Connecting and releasing apparatus for a connector: A connector connecting and releasing apparatus for a connector set within a casing of a module connected with an apparatus is provided. The resisting portion comprises a sliding part protruding out of the casing of the module, and a first elastic part set between the sliding part and the casing.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080311785 - Connector for a display apparatus: A connector that is capable of reducing defects in display apparatuses is presented. The connector includes a body, a plurality of terminals and a cover. The body has a base and a sidewall. The terminals are disposed on the body and arranged to make an electrical connection with the electrical... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080311786 - Cable slack manager system and method: A cable slack management system is used in conjunction with a conventional component rack to secure cables of excess length to minimize disturbance, interference, and general clutter that the excess cable length would otherwise cause. In one implementation, the cable slack management system includes a slack management panel that is... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/leviton

20080311787 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1) with at least one terminal (2) mounted therein. The at least one terminal includes a retaining portion (21) received and retained in the insulating housing, a bending portion (23) extending from the retaining portion (21) and a solder portion (24) extending from... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080311788 - Coaxial connector with insulator member including elongate hollow cavities and associated methods: A coaxial cable connector may include an insulator member including a forward portion, and a rearward portion extending rearwardly from the forward portion. The rearward portion may include a tubular outer conductor support portion for supporting an interior surface of the outer conductor of the end of the coaxial cable.... Agent: Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist (commscope)

20080311789 - Seals and methods for sealing coaxial cable connectors and terminals: Methods of connecting a coaxial connector and a terminal include providing a coaxial connector with a coupler, the coupler having a seal member in contacting relationship with the coupler such that the seal member is coaxial with the coupler about a longitudinal axis, affixing the coupler to the terminal and... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080311790 - Constant force coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector generally includes a connector body, a nut rotatably coupled to the connector body, a post disposed in the connector body and a biasing element acting between the post and the nut. The nut has an internal thread for engagement with an external thread of a mating... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080311791 - Universal serial bus standard interface connections: A consumer device interface assembly is provided that utilizes a male over-mold adapter that is operable to engage a conventional USB female shroud. A locking clip is associated with the male over-mold so as to provide locking engagement between the over-mold and the female adapter. The over-mold is universal thus... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080311793 - Low profile receptacle connector straddle-mounded on the pcb: A receptacle connector (100) includes a metal shield (3) having the cover (31) and an opposite base (32). The cover (31) includes a pair of top lateral wings (312). The base includes a pair of bottom lateral wings (322) for mating with the respective top lateral wings (312). The top... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080311792 - Usb connector device, connector module and method for fabricating usb connector device: A universal serial bus (USB) connector device includes a substrate and a terminal element. The substrate includes a main portion and a connector portion. The main portion includes a control circuit, and the connector portion includes a plurality of signal terminals to be coupled to the control circuit of the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080311794 - Modular jack with removable contact array: A modular jack includes a housing having a socket and an opening arranged to receive a modular plug into the socket, and a sled including a contact array arranged within the socket, wherein the sled is removable from the socket through the opening of the housing without disassembling the housing.... Agent: Samtec Incorporated C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080311795 - Adapter for cordless power tools: An electrical combination including a power tool, charger and an adapter separate from and connectable between the battery and the tool housing or battery charger to support the battery on the tool housing or the battery charger, the adapter having adapter leads for electrically coupling the battery to the power... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080311796 - Four-wire ohmmeter connector and ohmmeter using same: A four-wire ohmmeter connector includes a pair of elongated members spaced apart from each other by an interconnecting web. A pair of elongated contacts are mounted on forwardly projecting portions of each of the elongated members. An insulative housing surrounds the elongated members, contacts and web. The contacts mounted on... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080311798 - Electrical connector with anti-mismating device for preventing incorrect insertion of a smaller sized mating connector: An electrical connector comprises an insulating housing (1) defining a receiving cavity opening (101) through a front face thereof for receiving a mating connector, a plurality of conductive terminals (2) comprising an elastic contacting portion (22) slantwise extending into the receiving cavity and a discrete limiting member (4) being inserted... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080311797 - Modular connector exhibiting quad reactance balance functionality: Systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing with high frequency data transfer media and, more particularly, modular jack housing insert assemblies, such as those that are used as interface connectors for unshielded twisted pair (“UTP”) media, that compensate for electrical noise. The insert generally includes (a) an insert housing member... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080311799 - Double-row angle pin connector: A double-row angle pin connector is provided for a patch plug that has an insertion direction that is parallel to the printed circuit board. The angle pin connector comprises angle pins (8) arranged in two rows in an inner, patch plug-side row (12) as well as in an outer row... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080311800 - Quick-detachable terminal block assembly: Disclosed is a quick-detachable terminal block assembly, which includes a terminal block detachably mounted in a mounting through hole of a circuit board, a plurality of conducting terminals mounted in the terminal block and extending out of the top side of the terminal block, and two metal spring leaves each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080311801 - Extension to universal serial bus connector with improved contact arrangement: An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward the four standard USB contacts along a front-to-rear direction. The four conductive... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080311802 - Push-in wire connector with improved busbar: A push-in wire connector has an improved busbar suitable for use with either solid or stranded wire. The connector has a housing with a hollow interior. At least two openings in the housing provide access to the interior for the ends of wires inserted into the connector. A busbar is... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20080305649 - Rotatable magnetic electrical connector: A rotatable quick disconnect electrical connector assembly is provided. The assembly includes a male component and a female component, which have a mating fit together and which have an electrical connection when in mating contact. The connection is further enhanced by magnetic attraction, one of either the male or female... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080305651 - Card edge cable connector: An electrical connector for connecting a cable to a card edge interface has a housing portion. The housing portion has a first surface, and a second surface opposite said first surface, and the surfaces are spaced apart to define a housing portion slot for the card edge interface. Furcated contact... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080305650 - Conducting terminal mounting structure: A conducting terminal mounting structure is disclosed to include a housing having an accommodation chamber and an insertion hole, a circuit board, which is mounted in the accommodation chamber inside the housing and has multiple electric contacts and an adapter interface electrically connectable to an external electronic apparatus, and a... Agent: Singim International Corp.

20080305652 - Method and apparatus and method for connecting a first flat conductor with a second conductor: An apparatus for establishing a substantially unitary connecting structure including a generally flat conductor member carrying a first plurality of first electrical conductors and a second conductor member carrying a second plurality of second electrical conductors includes: (a) an electrical connecting structure configured for receiving the second conductor member to... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20080305653 - Complant off-chip interconnects for use in electronic packages and fabrication methods: Disclosed are apparatus comprising single-path and multiple-path compliant interconnects that are coupled between electrical contacts and that allow for increased electrical performance without compromising mechanical reliability. Exemplary apparatus comprises a conductive vertical anchor coupled at a first end to an electrical contact; and one or more conductive arcuate beams coupled... Agent: Law Offices Of Kenneth W. Float

20080305654 - Land grid array socket with improved lever structure: An LGA socket includes an insulative housing with a number of terminals. A stiffener and a load plate are coupled to each other. The insulative housing is disposed between the load plate and the stiffener. A lever includes an actuating portion and a retaining portion rotatably mounted to the stiffener.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305656 - Electrical connector assembly with floatably arranged wafer: Provided is an electrical connector assembly comprises a supporting frame defining different sections arranged adjacent to each other. Each has generally a rectangular configuration with supporting surfaces along inner peripheral. A plurality of wafers each is supportively received in the section along its bottom edges by the supporting surfaces. Each... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305655 - Pin grid array package substrate including pins having anchoring elements: A microelectronic package substrate and an electrically conductive pin. The substrates includes: a die-side surface adapted to receive a die thereon; a PCB-side surface adapted to be mechanically and electrically bonded to a PCB; an array of land pads on the PCB-side surface, the land pads defining anchoring recesses therein;... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080305657 - Male connector and connector assembly: A male connector is attached to a circuit board and fits with a female connector in a fitting direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board. A terminal of the male connector extends outside a housing thereof in parallel to the circuit board. The terminal has a connection portion... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080305658 - Connector assembly with improved strain relief structure: A connector assembly (100) includes a housing (2) defining a number of passageways (23, 24) along a mating direction, a number of conductive contacts (3) interferentially received in the passageways of the housing, a circuit board (4) electrically connecting with the conductive contacts and comprising opposite front and rear surfaces... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305659 - Electrical connector: An aspect of the present invention provides an electrical connector in which assembly of a connecting terminal is easily confirmed, a variation in support strength is not generated, and contact reliability is enhanced. In the electrical connector, a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole are made on the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080305660 - Display and circuit device thereof: A display and a circuit device thereof are disclosed. The display includes a circuit device and a panel electrically connected to the circuit device. The circuit device includes a printed circuit board and an electronic device. The printed circuit board includes a first conducting pad set. The first conducting pad... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080305661 - Grounding comb, in particular for a plug-type connector for printed circuit boards: The invention relates to a grounding comb (6), in particular for a plug-type connector (1) for printed circuit boards, comprising a carrier (15) which extends in the longitudinal direction and on which laterally sprung contact lugs (16) are arranged, the contact lugs (16) lying exactly opposite one another on the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080305662 - Thumb drive with retractable usb connector: A thumb drive has an elongated housing enclosing a coupled memory and male USB connector constrained on a translation mechanism in the direction of the long dimension of the housing, with an opening at a first end of the housing through which the male USB connector may extend and retract,... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080305663 - Electrical connector with anti-mismating mechanism for preventing incorrect insertion of a smaller sized mating connector: An electrical connector (100) for permitting insertion of a full sized plug and preventing insertion of a smaller sized plug includes an insulative housing (1) defining a receiving cavity (110) through a mating face (11) thereof for receiving a mating connector and a plurality of terminals (2) received in the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305664 - Dummy plug: A waterproof connector with at least a first dummy plug includes an inner housing provided with a plurality of contact accommodating cavities. A sealing member is provided with a plurality of contact insertion openings corresponding to the contact accommodating cavities. The sealing member is attached to a rear side of... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080305665 - Card connector: A card connector 1 of the present invention has: a connector housing 2 constituted of electrical insulators and capable of housing cards inside a bottomed card holding cavity which is formed therein so as to be enclosed on three sides by an opposed pair of first and second frames and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080305666 - Structure for electronic card connector: A structure for an electronic card connector is comprised of an insulating body having a universal card slot on a side thereof, a first group of pins, and a pressing unit disposed on the first surface. The universal card slot is comprised of a first surface thereinside and the first... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080305667 - Electrical connector with an anti-dust device to avoid the poor contact from dust: An audio jack comprises a set of contacts including a stationary contact (25) and a movable contact (23), and an anti-dust dome member (5). The anti-dust dome member (5) includes a conductive sheet (51) extending from a horizontal plate portion (250) of the stationary contact (25) to a lateral beam... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305668 - Cable connector assembly for solar device: A cable connector assembly (100) includes a metallic plug member (1) connecting with a cable (3) connecting thereto, a metallic receptacle connector (2) for accommodating the plug member (1) and a printed circuit board (4) with the receptacle connector (2) mounted thereon. Said plug member (1) has a bottom side... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305669 - Card connector: A card connector has: a connector housing which is formed therein so as to be enclosed on three sides by an opposed pair of first and second frames and a third frame that links the end portions of the first and second frames and an open-close cover. The open-close cover... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080305670 - Actuator member for socket connector: A socket connector assembly for holding a semiconductor package comprises a socket connector and an actuator assembled to the socket connector. The actuator comprises a housing defining an opening on a bottom face thereof; a cam portion retained to the housing and being able to rotate; and a floating module.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305671 - Electrical plug connection: An electrical plug connection includes a first plug member and a second plug member. The first plug member and the second plug member each have a plug recess module with a plug recess. At least one plug pin is arranged in the plug recesses of the plug recess modules that... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080305672 - Connector: A connector is provided, by which deformation or damage of a locking arm is prevented, a secure holding force of the locking arm is assured, and the connector is stably held in a hole of a panel. The connector includes: a first connector housing to be allowed to pass through... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080305673 - Electrical connector wire guide with hinged cam lock: A wire guide (10) is disclosed that is removably attachable to an electrical connector (11) for guiding wires terminated thereto. Guide arms (24, 26, 28, 30) extend from a body 20 and include alignment members (122, 124) for engaging alignment features (126, 128) on the connector during assembly. The guide... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080305674 - Wire connection module: The invention relates to a wire connection module, comprising a two-part housing and a number of contact elements (10), the contact elements (10) having at least one connection side, which is in the form of a contact for connecting wires, the contact element (10) further having an interface, via which... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080305675 - Insulation displacement connector: The present invention provides an insulation displacement connector that is suitable for the tool-less connection of wires of various gages. The combination of channels having a reduction in effective diameter and blades having various gaps restricts the insertion of the wires such that an appropriately-sized pair of blades can pierce... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080305676 - Plug detection mechanisms: Plug detection mechanisms can be provided for detecting when a plug of an accessory component is present within a jack of an electronic device. A detect contact and a jack contact may be positioned within a receptacle of the jack such that a signal path may be created through the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080305677 - Electrical connector for flat flexible cable: An electric connector enabling multipolarization increasing the number of contact pieces by reducing a pressing force with which the contact pieces act on an actuator when the actuator is opened, including the actuator, the contact pieces, and a casing. The actuator includes an actuator body part and an actuator operation... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080305678 - Flat cable connector: A flat cable connector includes an insulating base. Both ends of the insulating base have a protruding buckling end respectively. The buckling ends on both ends and a plate body of the insulating base form an accommodating space for accommodating the flat cable therein. The insulating base is provided thereon... Agent: Hdsl

20080305679 - Usb connection assembly: A USB adapter/connector assembly (200) is adapted for use within an adapter kit (100) to accommodate couplers and jacks of various sizes. The adapter/connector assemblies which may be accommodated include not only the USB assembly (200), but other assemblies such as an HDMI adapter/connector assembly (206).... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20080305680 - Electrical connector assembly: A connector assembly includes a main substrate (20) disposed in a substantially vertical orientation within a connector housing (10). Four conductor-holding halves (301, 303, 401, 403), laterally and longitudinally aligned with each other, are mounted onto opposite front and rear faces of the main substrate for forming a complete upper... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305681 - Connector: A male terminal fitting (20A) is inserted into a cavity (11) in a housing (10) from the rear, and has a tab (26A) that passes through an open portion (16) of a front wall (14) of the cavity (11). A proximal portion (27A) of the tab (26A) is sandwiched in... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080305682 - Cable connector assembly with improved spacer: A cable connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a number of passageways (2251, 2261) along a mating direction, a number of contacts (3) received in the passageways of the insulative housing with tail portions (34) thereof exposed beyond the insulative housing, a spacer (4) assembled to the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305683 - Structure for hdmi connector: An improved structure for HDMI connector comprises a resilient buckle plate embedded on a side of a HDMI connector and a containing space formed in front of the resilient buckle plate, said resilient buckle plate having a plurality of retaining blocks disposed on a front end thereof and protruding out... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080305684 - Cable connector for printed circuit boards: The invention relates to a cable connector for printed circuit boards, said cable connector comprising a housing and at least two contact elements, each contact element being provided with a contact for connecting electrical wires, and a tuning-fork contact for contacting a printed circuit board. A surge arrester inside the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080305685 - Card connector: A card connector has: a connector housing 2 constituted of electrically insulating bodies in which is formed a bottomed card holding cavity that is open at the front and top and is enclosed on three sides by a pair of first and frames and by a third frame that links... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080305686 - Plug-type connector for printed circuit boards: The invention relates to a plug-type connector (1) for printed circuit boards, comprising a two-part housing and a number of contact elements (10), the contact elements (10) each having two connection sides the one connection side being in the form of a contact for connecting wires and the other connection... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080305690 - Contact terminal, extender with improved ground contact, and method for making the extender: An extender (1) comprises a female connector (2) and a male connector (3) assembled together to be electrical connection to a printed circuit board (9). A plurality of differential pairs of signal contact (51) and a plurality pairs of ground contact (53) with the pairs of signal contacts (51) arranged... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305688 - Electrical card connector assembly: An electrical card connector assembly (100) comprises an insulating housing (10), a plurality of terminals (20) received in the insulating housing, and a plurality of cables (50). The insulating housing comprises a main body (110), a pair of arms (120) extending from the opposite ends of the main body, a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305687 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body having a first mating face (21), an opposite second mating face (31), and a mounting face (25 or 35) disposed adjacent a printed circuit board (1), which is capable of providing different predetermined voltages. A first group of contact terminals (4) extends... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305689 - High speed electrical connector assembly with shieldding system: A high speed electrical connector assembly (1) comprises a female connector (2) and a male connector (3) assembled together to be electrical connection to a printed circuit board (9). A plurality of differential pairs of signal contact (51) and a plurality pairs of ground contact (53) with the pairs of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305691 - Electric power connector: In an electric power connector comprised of a plug module and a socket module, a male metal terminals of the plug module and a female metal terminals of the socket module are respectively made out of a respective solid metal plate member through a continuous stamping process, and each male... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080305692 - Electrical connector assembly: A connector assembly includes a main substrate (20) disposed in a substantially vertical orientation within a connector housing (10). Four conductor-holding halves (301, 303, 401, 403), laterally and longitudinally aligned with each other, are mounted onto opposite front and rear faces of the main substrate for forming a complete upper... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080305693 - Tandem-connected rotatable receptacle unit: A tandem-connected rotatable receptacle unit is provided. The unit includes a primary receptacle having a housing, an electric plug with an electric cord disposed at the front end of the housing, and a first slot set formed at the rear side of the primary receptacle for the output of power.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080305694 - Connector: When each metal terminal 3 is completely inserted into a housing 4, the metal terminal 3 is prevented from movement in forward, upward, downward, left and right directions. The metal terminal 3 is also primarily retained by a terminal retaining member 5, and is prevented from movement in a rearward... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080305695 - Electric connector: An electric connector includes: a soldering portion, to be soldered to a substrate, and extending in a first direction; a rising portion, one end of which is connected to one end of the soldering portion, and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an elastic portion, one... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080299785 - Eccentric polygonal main lead flexible connector assembly: In one embodiment the present invention is a Flexible Connector Assemblies (FCA) 6 that comprises top and bottom plates connected by Flexible Connectors (FC) 8 and provides a compliant electrical joint between the first terminal lead 2 and the second terminal lead 4. These terminal leads 2 and 4 are... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080299786 - Sucking cover: A sucking cover inserted into an electric connector with terminals received therein includes a sucking portion and an insertion portion. The sucking portion has a sucking surface at the front and a catching surface at the rear. A plane sucking area is formed as a portion of the sucking surface.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080299787 - Light emitting diode module for lighting: Provided is an LED module for lighting, which includes a printed circuit board (PCB); at least one or more LED elements mounted on the PCB; and a waterproof agent surrounding terminals between the PCB and the LED elements, which are exposed on mounting surface of the LED elements.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080299788 - Plastic card provided with electrical contacts: The inventive plastic card (1) is provided with electric contacts (4) and an electric circuit (3) incorporated therein and is embodied in such a way that it is foldable (6) and insertable from the fold side into the plug socket of an external reading device. The reliable application of the... Agent: Paul And Paul

20080299789 - Circuit device and manufacturing method therefor: A circuit device is made smaller in higher. The circuit device includes a wiring substrate, a first circuit element, and a second circuit element. The circuit substrate includes an insulating resin layer, a wiring layer provided on a main surface of the insulating resin layer, and a wiring layer provided... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080299790 - Method of attaching electronic component and electronic component attaching tool: An electronic component attaching tool suitable for an external shape of a semiconductor device is prepared. The electronic component attaching tool has a function of aligning a position of the semiconductor device to an IC socket. The electronic component attaching tool is mounted on the standard surface that is formed... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080299791 - Socket connector with improved base: An electrical connector (1) for electrically connecting an integrated circuit to a circuit board includes base (10) defining a plurality of receiving grooves (101) arranged in a matrix. The receiving grooves are arranged in rows and columns, one lengthways grid (102a/102b) is defined between every two adjacent columns and one... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299792 - Burn-in socket having loading plate with uneven seating surface: A burn-in socket for receiving an IC package includes a base defining an opening for loading the IC package. A loading plate is mounted within the base. The loading plate has a seating surface with a number of holes defined therein. A contact socket is located under the loading plate.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299793 - Burn-in socket having pick-up arrangement for quickly pick-up ic package after ic package is tested: A burn-in socket for receiving an IC package (2) is provided. The burn-in socket includes a socket body with a plurality of contacts (7) disposed therein and a cover (6) rotatablely coupled to the socket body. The socket body defines a receiving space (500) for receiving the IC package (2)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299794 - Electrical card connector assembly: An electrical card connector assembly includes an electrical card connector (100) and a PCB (4) where the electrical card connector is assembled. The electrical card connector includes a metal shield (1), an insulating housing (2) and a terminal module (3) received in the insulating housing. The insulating housing associates with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299795 - Electrical connector with improved housing: An electrical connector (1) for interconnecting integrated circuits (ICs) to a circuit board, includes an insulative housing (2, 3) defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough, and a plurality of contacts received respectively in each of the passageways of the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a first base (2)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299796 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a socket and a plug. In the socket, plural first connectors are provided in parallel, and substantially U-shaped press-fitting portions are assembled so as to cross over opening edge portions of a socket body. In the plug, plural second connectors are provided in parallel, and substantially... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080299797 - Electrical connector having an improved frame: An electrical connector adapted for connection an Integrated Circuit (IC) chip to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulating housing having a plurality of passageways, a plurality of contacts received in the passageways and a frame moveable assembled on the housing to allow the IC chip to be inserted... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299799 - Electric junction box: The electric junction box includes: a wiring board; a connector block having a body part and terminals, the terminal penetrating through a bottom wall of the body part and one end part of the terminal being electrically connected to the wiring board; a case which is arranged above the bottom... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080299800 - Electric junction box: The electric junction box in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises a wiring board; a connector block having a body, and a terminal passing through a bottom wall of the body and being electrically connected to the wiring board at an end portion thereof, the body having... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080299798 - Electrical junction box: An electrical junction box, which is assembled by first inserting a circuit board assembly into a primary housing via an opening of the primary housing, and after that inserting a secondary housing into the primary housing, includes a connector block that has a projection that widens the opening that has... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080299801 - Temperature-activated self-extending surface mount attachment structures: A surface mount component (for example, an electrical connector) includes a connector body portion and a plurality of temperature-activated self-extending surface mount attachment structures (TASESMAS). During a reflow solder process, amounts of solder within the connector melt. Surface and interfacial tensions of structures within the connector cause the TASESMAS structures... Agent: Imperium Patent Works

20080299802 - Bga socket having extensible solder ball so as to compensate warpage connector housing: A solder ball is adapted for a ball grid array socket and comprises a core portion (1) and a layer (2) of solder alloy coated an outer surface of the core portion. The core portion is consisting of tin essentially, and the layer of solder alloy contains at least two... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299803 - Electrical card connector with a grounding plate: An electrical card connector includes an insulative header (1) defining a plurality of conductive terminals (2) thereon, a metallic shell (4) at least covering a top surface of the header and a grounding plate (3) being sandwiched between the shell and the top of the header. The grounding plate includes... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299804 - Pivot display: A mobile electronic device including two planar panels that are typically suspended from one another and can assume a retracted position in which they substantially overlap one another and assume an extended position in which the panels do not completely overlap one another. In the extended position an additional portion... Agent: Perman & Green

20080299805 - Connector of a double-sided connection type with a flexible internal mechanism: In a connector to be connected by press contact in a connecting direction, plural contacts are coupled to a first frame having two principal surfaces opposite to each other in the connecting direction. A second frame is coupled to the first frame and guides the first frame in a specific... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080299807 - Card connector: A card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (2) comprising a base section (20) and a fixing portion (22) extending laterally from the base section, an ejecting mechanism (6, 7) mounted in the fixing portion, a plurality of first terminals (3) received in the base section for electrically engaging with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299806 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector for receiving at least two electrical cards, comprises: an insulating housing; a shielding shell substantially enclosing the insulating housing; a front row of terminals and a rear row of terminals received in the insulating housing; an ejector receiving in one side of the insulating housing for... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299808 - Electronic device: An electronic device electrically connected to an external electronic component is provided. The electronic device comprises first conductors for contacting the external electronic component and a base. The base has holes with second conductors disposed on inner walls thereof and an elastic body having terminal receiving holes for receiving the... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080299809 - Smartconnect flash card adapter: A multi-memory media adapter having a port, a surface, and a set of contact pins adapted to connect to different types of flash cards. Signals are mapped to the contact pins depending upon the type of flash card. In one embodiment, a controller has signal lines connected to an interconnection... Agent: The Tpl Group

20080299810 - Burn-in-socket having slider arrangments: A burn-in socket for receiving an IC package includes a base, a platform located within the base for loading the IC package, a number of contacts arranged in the base for connecting with the IC package, a cover movably mounted upon the base, and at least one slider arrangement actuated... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299811 - Power inlets and power connectors: In one embodiment, the power inlet has three terminals disposed in co-planar parallel alignment in a cavity of a housing of limited height as well as an asymmetrically located projection for polarization purposes. The power connector has three female contacts disposed in co-planar parallel alignment in a housing for mating... Agent: Francis C. Hand, Esq. C/o Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi,

20080299812 - Connector: If resilient locking pieces (26) are displaced together with side walls (21) in disengaging directions from locking portions (13) due to an external force acting on a wire cover (20), guide projections (28R) formed on the side walls (21) try to be displaced in the same directions as projecting directions... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080299813 - Vertical connector guide with press arm: A connector guide mounted in front of a receptacle connector is provided with a latch that engages a connector mounted on a circuit board when a mating connector is inserted into the connector on the circuit board. The guide is separate from the plug connector and serves to align contact... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20080299814 - Device for protecting the engageable elements of a connector: The device for protecting a connector comprising two mutually engageable connector elements itself comprises for each connector element, a resilient tubular sleeve having one end configured to be fastened to a respective connector element by surrounding it in leaktight manner, and having a length at rest that is sufficient for... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080299815 - Multi-pole plug unit: The invention relates to a multi-pole plug unit comprising a plug and a socket. The plug has a polygonal cross section, a longitudinal groove running in the region of a longitudinal edge, which longitudinal groove is crossed by a large number of transverse grooves with a predetermined grid pattern. A... Agent: Speckman Law Group PLLC

20080299816 - Connector device: Front shake preventing ribs (37) are provided at positions spread over the entire inner periphery of a front end of an inner housing (23) and contact a receptacle (14) of a male housing (10) to prevent shaking between an inner housing (23) and a receptacle (14). A wall (31) faces... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080299817 - Structure of lamp socket in lamp string: The present invention relates to a “structure of lamp socket in lamp string”, particularly for one having contrivance of (elastic plate) and (electric conducting plate) so that the rest (illuminant elements) in the lamp string can maintain illuminating and glittering even falling off of any (illuminant elements).... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080299818 - Jacket sleeve with grippable tabs for a cable connector: A jacket sleeve with grippable tabs provides protection to exposed portions of cable that are connected to an electrical connection. The jacket sleeve can be made as part of the electrical connector or may be connected subsequent to its creation through the use of glues or other adhesives. The jacket... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080299819 - Connection detection device: A connection detection device is mounted on an apparatus which has a circuit board with connectors and load circuits connected to the circuit board via each of the connectors. The connection detection device that detects a connection state between the circuit board and the load circuits includes a plurality of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080299820 - Din rail mount: A DIN rail mounted device that may be mounted to a DIN rail with minimal components and without requiring the use of tools. In some instances, an electrical device is provided that has one or more integrally formed rigid latches and one or more integrally formed flexible latches. The electrical... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080299821 - Methods and systems for minimizing alien crosstalk between connectors: A telecommunications device comprising a faceplate including at least two adjacent jack receptacles, the two adjacent jack receptacles positioned vertically and horizontally offset to each other and a jack mounted in at least one of the two jack receptacles, the jack defining a port in the front end for receiving... Agent: Attn: Alpaslan Sapmaz Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080299822 - Recessed jack and jack plug assembly: A recessed jack plug assembly includes a jack plug support structure having a jack plug mounted therein. The jack plug support structure includes a recessed area for receiving at least a portion of the base of the jack. The recessed area includes an interior wall which provides lateral support to... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080299823 - Multi-connector set for signal testing: A multi-connector set for signal testing having a rectangular base seat installed with a fixed testing connector and two adjustable testing connectors provided at the two lateral sides of the fixed testing connector for adjusting spaces of them from the fixed testing connector. The fixed and the adjustable testing connectors... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080299824 - Connector retainers and methods of securing a connector in a receptacle: Connector retainers and methods of securing a connector such as a universal serial bus (USB) connector or a video and audio switcher (VAS) connector in a receptacle are disclosed. A disclosed example retainer to retain a connector in a receptacle includes a projection to engage the housing of an electronic... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080299828 - Electrical connector with improved grounding structure: An electrical connector (100) for mating with a corresponding plug (200) includes a dielectric housing (1) defining two contact areas (15) along an up to down direction. An outer shield (3) encloses the dielectric housing. A plurality of contacts (2) are retained in the contact areas. An inner shield (4)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299827 - Electrical connector with metal shell having convex hull extending from the surface of the front portion thereof: An electrical connector comprising an insulative housing having a base potion and a tongue portion extending therefrom; a plurality of contacts arranged in the insulating housing; and a metal shell receiving the insulative housing therein, comprising a main shell and a sub shell attached to the main shell; the main... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299826 - Low-profile connector assembly and methods: An electrical connector assembly having shielded cage assembly with a plurality of ports for receiving modules. In one embodiment, the modules comprise SFP (small form-factor pluggable) modules, and the electrical connector assembly is adapted for low-profile applications, thereby optimizing the amount of area and volume occupied by the SFP assembly.... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates Suite 375

20080299825 - Rescue flash drive: A rescue flash drive, configured with a tubular main body, end surfaces of two ends of which are respectively concaved with a holding space. A circuit board main body at one end of a flash drive storage unit is positioned within one of the holding spaces, and a USB connector... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080299829 - Mounting socket for memory card and sim card for mobile phone: A mounting socket includes an insulating socket body provided with a card insertion recess, a plurality of first terminal receiving openings and a plurality of second terminal receiving openings. The card insertion recess extends over a portion of the socket body provided with the second terminal receiving openings. The first... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080299830 - Electrical card connector assembly: An electrical card connector assembly (10) for receiving a first and a cards includes a first card connector (100) and a second card connector (200). The first card connector includes a first housing (12), a plurality of first terminals (21) received in the first housing, and an L-shape shell assembled... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299831 - Connecting module for mobile communication terminal: A connecting module for a mobile communication terminal includes a housing, a first connecting terminal member, and a second connecting terminal member. The first connecting terminal member is provided in an upper region of the housing for electrically connecting to connecting terminals of a universal serial bus memory. The second... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080299832 - Connector: A connector which makes it possible to take out a holding member thereof from a housing without breaking the housing. The housing is formed by a main housing and a sub housing connected to the main housing. The main housing is formed with a hole having a contact portion-accommodating portion... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080299834 - Back-to-back pcb usb connector: A double-sided USB connector may include a first PCB that may provide a first set of electrical contacts on its first side and solder pads on its second side. The first PCB may further include a components side, solder pads, and signal traces. The double-sided USB connector may also include... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080299833 - Usb socket, and gaming machine including the same: A USB socket is a receptacle for a directional USB plug including a male tongue provided with a first electrode terminal, and has first and second female tongues and a casing. The first female tongue has a second electrode terminal electrically connected to the first electrode terminal when the USB... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080299835 - Audio jack connector: An audio jack connector includes a housing and a terminal group. The housing has an insertion hole extending inward from the front of the housing. The bottom of the base defines at least one signal terminal recess and an auxiliary terminal recess, a first aperture is defined in the bottom... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080299837 - Audio jack having dustproof film: An audio jack comprises a housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. The housing defines a receiving hole along the longitudinal direction of the housing, and the face of the housing has at least an opening communicating with the receiving hole. The contacts at least include a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080299836 - Telecommunications jack assembly: An electrical connector including a circuit board, a contact spring insert, and an insulation displacement terminal insert wherein the contact spring insert is positioned between the insulation displacement terminal insert and the circuit board. The insert assembly can be mounted to a jack housing to form a telecommunications jack for... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C. Attention Of Alpaslan Sapmaz

20080299838 - Power connectors for mating with bus bars: A power connector for mating with a bus bar includes a conductive support structure defining at least a first slot, an electrical contact positioned within the first slot, and a biasing pin positioned within the first slot and engaging the electrical contact. The biasing pin biases at least a first... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080299839 - Sheath for a flexible eletrical contact: There is provided a sheath for a flexible electrical contact that is incorporated within a sound reproduction device. The sheath preferably includes at least one opening at each end of the sheath to enable the sheath to be worn over the electrical contact with each opening having a thickened periphery... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20080299840 - Contact and connector using the contact: An L-shaped contact includes a contact portion adapted to contact a mating object, a fixed portion to be fixed to a housing, and a connection portion to be connected to a connecting object, and a hole formed in a bent portion between the fixed portion and the connection portion. When... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080299841 - Capacitive signal connector: The present disclosure is directed to connectors and methods for passing signals through capacitive coupling and electron tunneling. The connectors according to the present disclosure can include contacts that have a dielectric film or coating applied at least at a contact interface area where the contacts engage with the contacts... Agent: Molex Incorporated