Electrical connectors inventions 05/09

20090137133 - F-type right angle jack: F-type right angle jack of tap assembly manufactured in a few steps lowering signal loss ratio comprises a bayonet mount, a male connector axially disposed inside the bayonet mount, a right angle connector is in-line coupled to the male connector, a cubic coupling box, corner legs of a metallic frame... Agent: Sally Chang

20090137134 - Board to board connector and stack structure for stacking printed circuit boards using board to board connector: A board to board connector (40) and a stack structure (100) for stacking at least two printed circuit boards are provided. The board to board connector includes a lower connecting portion (41), an upper connecting portion (42), and a plurality of conducting pins (43). The lower connecting portion, the upper... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090137135 - Connector for board and electrical junction box: A connector for a board and an electrical junction box that utilizes the connector are provided. The connector prevents adjacent terminal metals from causing a short circuit. Each connector housing includes a hood section having an inner wall. Protrusions are provided on an outer surface of each inner wall to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090137136 - Housing, terminal and connector using housing and terminal: A connector for connecting a card to a printed circuit board is provided. The connector includes a housing Z and a plurality of terminals. The housing includes a plurality of slots and at least one trench disposed in the vicinity of each of the plurality of slots. Each of the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090137137 - Portable memory device supporting a plurality of interfaces: A portable memory device supporting a plurality of interfaces includes a body, a first connector disposed on an end of the body, a slider adjacent to the body so as to slide back and forth between a first position exposing the first connector and a second position covering the first... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090137138 - Connector: The present invention provides a connector capable of preventing contacts from being touched by fingers or things through an opening of a connector housing, and of thereby improving connection reliability. A plug connector comprising a connector housing and PCB having contacts contained in the connector housing with a contacting surface... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090137139 - Fool-proof card connector: A fool-proof card connector includes a housing that has an opening, a card-receiving space, a chamber in a sidewall at one side of the chamber, a stop block that is pivotally mounted in the chamber and has a stop face, and a spring member mounted in the chamber for biasing... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090137140 - Floating-type connector: In a connector adapted to be connected to and disconnected from a mating object in a connecting/disconnecting direction, the connector includes an alignment member, a rear housing coupled to the alignment member, and a front housing adapted to receive the mating object and is movable with respect to the alignment... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090137141 - Connector for flat terminal: A connector for a flat terminal includes a lever, a housing and contact. The lever has pivots. The housing is formed with a terminal recess and provided with bearings. The contact has a contact point and is located in the terminal recess. The housing includes guide ribs for separating the... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20090137142 - Positive lock connector: A connector assembly (8) includes a connector (10) having a housing portion, first electrical terminals mounted in the housing portion for supplying electrical power, and a resilient locking member moveable between an outwardly disposed locked position and an inwardly disposed unlocked position. The locking member is biased towards the locked... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090137143 - Connector mounting structure: An electrical component (1) includes a bracket (30) and a connector (10) that is mountable to a mount hole (R2) of a casing (R). The bracket (30) prevents loose movements of the connector (10) until immediately before the connector (10) is mounted into the mount hole (R2) while permitting loose... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090137144 - Press-clamping structure and press-clamping terminal: A press-clamping structure includes: a wire; and a press-clamping terminal which includes a conductor press-clamping portion having a generally U-shaped cross-section. The conductor press-clamping portion includes a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are bent inwardly to embrace the conductor of the wire and caulk the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090137145 - Floating connector for microwave surgical device: A floating connector adapted for use with microwave surgical instruments is presented. The disclosure provides for the use of cost-effective and readily available non-floating connectors in a floating housing which can compensate for dimensional variations and misalignments between the connectors. Multiple connectors of varying types can therefore be used within... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090137147 - Electric connector module: An electric connector module is disclosed. The electric connector module comprises a circuit board, an electric connector and a flexible flat cable. The electric connector is soldered to the circuit board which has a plurality of board terminal points. The electric connector has a pressing member and a positioning housing... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090137146 - Flexible cable positioning device: A flexible cable positioning device is disclosed. The flexible cable positioning device comprises a baseboard, a positioning housing, a cover and a flexible cable. The baseboard has a plurality of contact points. The positioning housing is located on the baseboard and corresponded to the contact points. The cover is mounted... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090137148 - Universal insert: A molded plastic insert having a socket and groove formed on an outer surface to cooperate with spring loaded plungers on one of a pair of mating parts to couple the mating parts. A pair of indentations formed on the outer edge of the insert to accommodate any electrical leads... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090137149 - Connector module: A connector module includes a bracket and a housing. The bracket includes a top end portion having a resilient latch with a free end portion and a protrusion outwardly extending from the free end portion and a bottom end portion defining a gap between a base of the bracket and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090137150 - Terminal structure for coaxial cable: A terminal structure for a coaxial cable includes a casing having a passage defined axially therethrough and a plurality of stops extend from an inner periphery of the passage. An axle has a connection end and a plurality of protrusions extend from an outer periphery of the connection end. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090137152 - Memory card socket: A memory card socket has a plate-like antenna block having a coil-like secondary antenna which is opposed to an antenna incorporated in a memory card in a state where the memory card is attached to the card receiving portion. Openings as cavities are formed in portions of the antenna block... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090137151 - Receptacle connector assembly for ic card and ic card connector: Disclosed is a receptacle connector assembly for an IC card, comprising: a connector housing (20) having a top surface (21), a bottom surface (22), and a peripheral wall (23) located between the top surface and bottom surface; a plurality of terminals (30) mounted in the connector housing and extending from... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090137153 - Electromagnetic wave shield connector: The invention provides an electromagnetic wave shield connector assuring water resistance without increasing the overall height. An electromagnetic wave shield connector including a L-shaped terminal with an electric wire including a electric connection part and a wire connection part, an inner housing including a first storing part in which the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090137154 - Communications connectors with self-compensating insulation displacement contacts: Communications connectors are disclosed that include a housing having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the housing including a plurality of slits that define a plurality of pillars. First and second pairs of tip and ring insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) are mounted in the housing.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090137155 - Connection arrangement for image and antenna signals of an automotive display: A connection arrangement for image and antenna signals of an automotive display includes a male connector disposed within a positioning base of the seat back and a female connector embedded into the rear side of the display. The male connector is positioned at the bottom of the slot of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090137156 - Battery charging assembly: A battery charging assembly for charging a battery of a mobile device includes a charging unit, an output assembly and an input assembly. The input assembly is detachably associated with the charging unit and includes an adapter for removable attachment to the charging unit, a power cord, and a plug... Agent: Lorri W. Cooper, Esq. Jones Day

20090137157 - Electrical connector having signal and power contacts: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a tongue including an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposite side surfaces. A plurality of signal contacts are held by the housing and are exposed along the upper surface. At least one power contact is held by the housing and is... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090137158 - Connection device for electrical or electronic connections: Connection device for electrical or electronic connections, comprising a socket connector (3, 43) with a plurality of contact sockets (6) and a pin connector (11, 34) connected to an electric cable (23) and with a plurality of contacts (15) provided with pins (16) able to engage with these contact sockets... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090137159 - Patch panel with a motherboard for connecting communications jacks: An active jack, which is a powered device, is installed as the network connection at a workstation which provides the capability to determine the physical location of a destination device, such as a VOIP phone, in real time. Uninterruptible power supplies may be used to provide power to network components,... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090137160 - Contact-making unit, attachment method and screwing tool for carrying out the method: A contact-making unit including a holding unit and a screw with a head and a shank. The holding unit includes a connection part-holding section into which at least one connection part can be inserted, and a screw-holding section into which the screw is inserted in a longitudinal direction of the... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090137161 - Electrical contact with retention latch: An electrical contact for use with electronic devices is provided. This electrical contact includes a mating portion; a wire retaining portion; and body portion formed integrally with the wire retaining portion. The body portion further includes a central axis running lengthwise therethrough and at least one outwardly biased retention member,... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090137162 - Terminal and a method for inserting the terminal into a compression connector housing: A terminal for a compression connector, a terminal strip of interconnected terminals for compression connectors and a method for inserting a terminal into a compression connector housing. The terminal including a solder portion including an elongate main body extending along a first direction and a solder tail formed at one... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090137163 - Infrastructure device with modular replaceable sensors: The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows a user to renew, expand, or reduce a utility device by changing, adding, or subtracting only the module that needs to be renewed, added, or removed as opposed to replacing the entire device. In one embodiment, the device... Agent: Optimal Technologies, Inc.

20090130866 - Integrated connecting port module and electronic device equipped with the same: An integrated connecting port module is suitable for an adapter having one terminal which is a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) adapting port and the other terminal which is a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) adapting port. The integrated connecting port module includes a case, an HDMI port and at least... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090130867 - Connector: Provided is a connector capable of facilitating a work of connecting first and second connection targets. A first receiving part to be coupled to a first plug connector and a second receiving part to be coupled to a second plug connector are formed at the housing of a relay connector... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090130868 - Solenoid and connector assembly: The present invention provides a solenoid and electrical connector assembly which includes a solenoid body having a pair of electrical terminals disposed on opposite sides of a plunger component and a connector having two corresponding electrical terminals and a non-conductive blade or tongue disposed therebetween. When assembled, the tongue of... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090130869 - Contact apparatus for minimizing the load of mechanically loaded smt soldered joints: At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a contact apparatus for SMT placement on a printed circuit board, the contact apparatus being provided for the electrically conductive connection to at least one conductor track on the printed circuit board. The contact apparatus includes a contact holder for accommodating... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090130870 - Electrical connector with a shielding shell having slodering tails: An electrical connector comprises an housing receiving a plurality of terminals and a shell assembled on the housing. The shell defines a pair of soldering tails each comprising a horizontal portion extending from an upper wall of the shell, a crook portion extending from the horizontal portion upwardly and then... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130871 - Connecting element for an electrical shielding arrangement: A connecting element between a first electric shielding assembly that surrounds a cable feedthrough and includes at least one tubular insulating barrier that surrounds the cable feedthrough and at least one second electric shielding assembly that surrounds the cable feedthrough and includes at least one tubular insulating barrier that surrounds... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090130872 - Conductor connection: Disclosed herein is a grounding connector. The grounding connector includes a female member, a male member, and a threaded member. The female member includes a first clamp section, a conductor connection section, and a center section between the first clamp section and the conductor connection section. The center section includes... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090130873 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of signal terminals and ground terminals contained therein. Each terminal includes a contact portion, a foot portion and a connection portion therebetween. The contact portions are arranged in two lines on the insulating body, and the foot portions are arranged... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090130874 - Multipurpose universal serial bus cable: A cable, connector and keying system that support conventional Universal Serial Bus (USB) signals on a first end and a second connector associated with the cable and system is operative in at least two mechanical positions. Based upon the selected mechanical position, the cable is configured to allow certain functions... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090130875 - Receptacle protector: An electronic device (100) includes an enclosure (10), a receptacle (20) and a receptacle protector (30). The enclosure defines an opening (45) therein. The receptacle is disposed in the enclosure and faces the opening of the enclosure. The receptacle protector is used for protecting the receptacle. The receptacle protector includes... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090130876 - Loc-equipped connector: A lock-equipped connector capable of preventing plastic deformation of a spring section of a locking member even when the connector is made compact in size. The locking member has a pair of arms extending in a fitting/removing direction of the connector, a connecting portion that connects the arms, a spring... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090130878 - Cable assembly with improved fastening device: A cable assembly (100) comprises an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) received in the housing (1) and a plurality of wires (3) electrically connecting to the contacts (2) and a fastening device (7). The housing (1) defines a base portion (10) and a mating portion (12) extending... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130877 - Connector: Supporting shafts (18) are provided on a cover (12) of a housing (10), and bearings (70) are provided in a lever (60). Each supporting shaft (18) includes retaining pieces (21) around a recess (20) at an inner side, and the retaining pieces (21) are inserted into the bearings (70) and... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090130879 - Modular electrical distribution system for a building: A universal power distribution system is provided for routing electrical circuits within a building structure to comprehensively provide electrical power to the building in ceiling configurations, wall-mounted configurations, raised floor configurations and in office furniture configurations. The system components for all of these configurations have common plug connectors that are... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090130880 - Lamp holder: A bipin fluorescent-lamp holder has a housing formed with an outwardly open housing mouth and a rotor rotatable in the housing adjacent the mouth about an axis and having a diametrally throughgoing rotor slot. The rotor is rotatable between an installation position with the rotor slot aligned with the slot... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090130881 - Connector: A connector to be detachably fitted with a connecting object, includes a required number of contacts, a housing, and a pivoting member acting upon the contacts to bring them into contact with a connecting object. In case of having many contacts, at least one contact is provided with an extended... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090130882 - Electrical junction box: An electrical junction box comprising: a casing containing a circuit assembly therein; a connector housing disposed on a bottom of the casing and adapted to be coupled to a mating connector; a plurality of terminal metals connected to the circuit assembly and passing through a wall of the connector housing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090130883 - Connecting plug for a high-voltage cable: A plug for the connection of a high-voltage cable. The plug comprises a jacket configured to be inserted into a connection receptacle of a high-voltage electrical appliance in order to connect the cable to the appliance, wherein the jacket includes a recess created therein, and a sleeve positioned around the... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090130884 - Portable device interfacing: A portable device interfacing system for use in a vehicle or other environments permits a portable device to be removably connected with another system, such as an audio system. The portable device interfacing system may include features that help to prevent liquid from damaging electronics of the system, align physical... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090130885 - Plug connection device designed to connect two function elements for signal and power transmission: A plug connection device that connects two function elements for signal and power transmission between the function elements, in particular for medical applications, has connection components fashioned for capacitive connection of the function elements.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090130886 - Connector for automotive audio system: A connector for an audio system of a vehicle is disclosed. The connector comprises: a connector body, which is to be connected with a connecting terminal of an automotive circuit board of the vehicle; a first rotating shaft, which has a first washer and is fixed on one side of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090130887 - locking device for a rapid uncoupling connection assembly and connectors equipped with such a device: A locking device for a rapid uncoupling connection assembly including a fixed part consisting of a receptacle), a releasable part able to become separated from the receptacle consisting of a plug equipped with a locking and unlocking device of the connection assembly in which latter the connector corresponding to the... Agent: Perman & Green

20090130888 - Cable connector: A cable connector includes an insulative housing, some terminals, an insert and a shield. The insulative housing includes a main body, a pair of side arms respectively rearward extending from the middle of the two sides of the main body to form a receiving space between the two side arms.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130889 - Led socket: An LED electrical connector is attachable to a display panel or surface. The LED connector includes a housing having a base, a backplate, and a contact arrangement. The base and backplate form a housing for the contact arrangement and a channel for a cable. The base has a collar to... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090130890 - Plug-in connector for printed circuit boards: The invention relates to a plug-in connector for printed circuit boards, comprising a plurality of contact elements, whereby said contact elements have two connecting faces each. The one connecting face is configured as an insulation displacement contact for connecting cores and the other connecting face is configured as a tuning... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090130891 - Plug unit for a cable entry: The present invention concerns a plug unit (1) for plugging an opening in a wall (22) the same time as it passes a cable, wire or pipe (20) through the same opening. The plug unit (1) comprises an exterior part (2) including a top portion (12) and a shaft portion... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090130892 - Rotatable feed: Implementations of the invention relate generally to an electrical feed, in particular a CEE feed, for the external supply of electrical power to the power supply system of a mobile load, in particular a mobile home or a recreational vehicle or a boat. This feed can include a) a flange... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090130893 - Clamping device for a connection terminal: A connection terminal clamping device clamping a conductor wire to a connection conductor bar comprises a part forming a conductor housing provided with at least one upwardly oriented opening for receiving at least one connectable conductor wire and the connection conductor bar, a clamping spring which maintains the conductor wire... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090130894 - Strain relief backshell assembly: A backshell assembly for mating with an electrical connector that includes a housing configured to terminate a cable. The housing has a main body defining an inner bore and a central longitudinal axis. The housing receives the cable in the inner bore along the central longitudinal axis. The main body... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090130895 - Connector: A connector includes contacts each having a contact portion, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between the contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion; a housing fixing the contacts; and a slider having urging portions pivotally moved between the connection and pressure receiving portions of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090130896 - Cable assembly equipped with sensor: A cable assembly (1) includes an insulated housing (2) having a base portion (21) and a mating portion (22) extending forwardly from the base portion; a plurality of terminals (3) received in the insulated housing; a retainer (214) formed on the base portion, said retainer defining a cavity (215) with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130897 - Electrical receptacle assembly: A receptacle assembly for use in connecting an energy source to an energy delivering device is described herein. The receptacle assembly includes a face plate defining an aperture. The receptacle also includes an adapter assembly including an adapter plate, supporting a terminal that is operatively connected to the energy source.... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090130898 - Electrical connector: Described are electrical connectors for hi-power applications where multiple electrical wires are to be maintained apart and electrically insulated from one another. The connectors are to be used to mount the plurality of wires to a receptacle of a casing so as to establish a connection with electric circuit(s) provided... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090130899 - Electrical connector assembly and clip mechanism thereof: A clip comprises two pieces of load plates. Each load plate has a pressing portion extending downwardly in a middle position thereof and two retention portions at two ends thereof, the two pieces of load plates across dispose when the load plates are secured.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130900 - Coaxial cable connector for corrugated cable: A coaxial cable connector is provided for attachment to a corrugated coaxial cable. The coaxial cable connector includes a clamping member with at least two projections configured to engage the outer corrugated conductor where the corrugated conductor has a diameter that is the smallest. The coaxial cable connector also includes... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090130901 - Shield connector: A shield connector 40 includes terminal-equipped wires 13 each having a terminal 31 connected to an end portion of its wire 30, a housing 11 receiving the terminals 31 of the terminal-equipped wires 13, a shielding shell 12 mounted on the housing 11, and waterproof plugs 41 each mounted at... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090130902 - Multi position electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having more than one cavity extending along an insertion axis for inserting a connector in each of the more than one cavity. The housing has a slot extending perpendicular to the insertion axis and the housing has a locking chamber therethrough including a... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090130903 - Shield shell: The shield shell is formed of a shield shell main body, a shield shell auxiliary member and a fixing member. The shield shell main body is made of die-cast aluminum. The shield shell auxiliary member is formed by pressing a steel plate, and has a surface plated with gold. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090130904 - Connecting bar with flat interface: e

20090130905 - Card reader: A low profile card reader is disclosed to include a circuit board with a USB connection interface at the front part, an electrically insulative inner shell bonded to the circuit board outside the USB connection interface and defining an accommodation space, a card connector mounted in the accommodation space and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090130906 - Electrical connector with improved wire termination arrangement: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) extending in a front-to-back direction, a conductive shell (7) enclosing the insulative housing and cooperating with the insulative housing to define a receiving cavity (101) adapted for receiving a complementary connector, a first set of contacts (3) held in the insulative... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130907 - Battery connector having polarized arrangement: A battery connector comprises an insulative housing comprising mounting surface and a top surface opposite to the mounting surface. A receiving chamber is defined in the housing from the top surface with first and second conductive terminals spatially arranged within the chamber. The chamber features at least a rounded corner... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130908 - Memory module, socket and mounting method providing improved heat dissipating characteristics: In a memory module, a gap filler for eliminating an air gap may be formed on an end of a PCB where a tab may be formed. The gap filler may be formed on a surface of a socket receiving the memory module. A grease may be coated on the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090130910 - Electronic device interface switching system: Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a first connector and a switching system. The first connector is configured to receive a second connector having a first contact area and a second different contact area. The switching system is connected to the first connector. The switching system is configured... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090130909 - Interconnect device and the assembly same is used therein: An assembly (118) is provided for mating a sensor (22) to a connector (24). The assembly includes an interconnect device (20, 120) and a housing (174a-174b). The interconnect device has conductive pathways (40, 154) provided thereon. The sensor is mounted on the interconnect device and is in electrical communication with... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090130911 - Spindle motor connector and method of making the same: A spindle motor connector (1) is adapted for making electrical connection between a spindle motor and a PC board in HDD, which is mounted below the spindle motor. Said spindle motor connector (1) has a step-like insulated housing (10) with passageways (105) formed thereon, and a plurality of contact terminals... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130912 - Electrical connector mating guide: An electrical connector with at least two connector portions. A first connector portion and a second connector portion may each be mountable on a respective surface, such as a printed circuit board. The first and second connector portions may each include a housing. The housing of the first connector portion... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20090130913 - Electrical connector with esd protection: An electrical connector (100) for receiving a mating plug (200) having an insulative housing (10), a set of first contacts (21), and a set of second contacts (22). The insulative housing includes a base portion (13), a wafer (14), and a latch mechanism fastened the wafer to the base portion.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090130914 - Electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation: An electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation is disclosed. By including at least one coupling with a different frequency dependency than other couplings in the connector, crosstalk compensation performance is improved over a greater frequency range. The different frequency dependency may, for example, be used to compensate for phase shifts... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090130915 - Receptacle connector: A receptacle connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals and a housing. The insulating body defines a plurality of cavities for receiving the terminals. The housing defines a receiving space for receiving the insulating body and a locking space for fixing a plug connector. Two opposite sides of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090130916 - Connector and method for inspecting connection portions of the same: A connector to be mounted on a substrate includes a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact a mating object and a connection portion of a surface mounting type to be connected to a substrate, and a housing having inserting holes for arranging and holding the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090130917 - Retaining and grounding clip for adapter module: An adapter module used to convert optical signals to electrical signals or electrical signals to optical signals utilizing a “C” shaped retaining clip to secure the adapter module housing together. The retaining clips are used in place of screws, rivets or snap fits and provide an easy and simple way... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090130919 - Cross connect terminal block: A cross connect terminal block, comprising: a base; at least one set of terminals disposed in the base, the terminal having a first end and a second end, the first end being used for connecting with a first set of wires and the second end being used for connecting with... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090130918 - High speed backplane connector: A terminal module for assembly into a high speed electrical connector. The module includes an electrically insulated housing, a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The second contact portion is in electrical communication with the first contact portion via a contact interconnection. The contact interconnection is at least... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090130920 - Connecting strip for the telecommunications and mid-range systems technology: The invention relates to a connecting strip (1) for telecommunications and mid-range communications technology, comprising a housing (2) and at least two contact elements (11), wherein the contact element (11) comprises a first contact (12) for the connection of wires or cables and a second contact (13) for contacting a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090130921 - External serial ata connector: An eSATA (External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) connector includes an electrically insulative housing that defines therein a receiving chamber for the insertion of an external interface connector, and a terminal block that has a cantilever type tongue plate suspended in the receiving chamber and a set of eSATA terminals arranged... Agent: Santa Electronics Inc.

20090130922 - Electrical contact between pieces of high and medium voltalge equipment, adapted for accommodating tilt: In an electrical connection for high-voltage or medium-voltage switchgear, a bar (2) is inserted in a recess (6) provided with a projection (10). In the invention, the dimensions are established so that the axes (AA, BB) of the bar (2) and of the projection (10) can be inclined relative to... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090130923 - Press-clamping terminal for aluminum wire: An aluminum wire press-clamping terminal is press-clamped to an aluminum wire having a conductor portion in which a plurality of aluminum- or aluminum alloy-made strands are twisted. The aluminum wire press-clamping terminal includes: a bottom plate portion for placing the conductor portion thereon; a pair of caulking piece portions which... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090130924 - Contact member and connector: A contact member which is resistant to contact failure even if the environment of use is bad. A film is affixed to the surface of a long plate-shaped elastic body which is disposed between two to-be-connected objects. A electrically-conducting path which electrically connects between terminal portions of two to-be-connected objects... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090124098 - Combination type slip ring: A combination type slip ring includes a base, a plurality of conductive members, conductive rings, and insulating rings. Each of the conductive members has a slot for connection of the conductive members respectively. Each of the insulating rings has an axial hole at a center thereof, and a plurality of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090124099 - Pcb with improved soldering holes and a battery set with the same: A printed circuit board (PCB), which can be implemented on a battery set, having a plurality of soldering holes thereon. A soldering portion and a non-soldering portion are separately arranged around each of the soldering holes on both surfaces of the PCB. Each corresponding conductive stick can respectively pierce each... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090124100 - Shielded electrical interconnect: An electrical interconnect includes a contact array having an insulator holding a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts include a conductive polymer column having first and second opposite contact tips for interconnecting first and second electronic packages, wherein each of the contacts are individually shielded from adjacent ones of... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090124101 - Electrical connector system with jogged contact tails: Connector systems include electrical connectors orthogonally connected to each other through shared through-holes in a midplane. An orthogonal vertical connector includes jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector to which the vertical connector is connected. A first contact in the right angle... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20090124102 - Electrical connector with reduced stress between contacts and housing: A conductive contact (1) used for an electrical connector comprises a vertical base portion (10) defining a front surface (103) and a rear surface (101) opposite to each other in a thickness direction, the base portion (10) having at least one fastening slot (102) on the rear surface (101) thereof... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090124103 - Method and apparatus for providing symmetrical signal return path in differential systems: A circuit board and connector for use in an electrical connector has been provided. The circuit board comprises first and second signal contacts associated as a differential pair. A ground contact is located immediately adjacent the first signal contact and is joined directly to a ground plane provided within the... Agent: Tyco Electronics Technology Resources, Inc. Suite 140

20090124104 - Flash memory device with a retractable plug: A flash memory device (8) includes a memory module (2), a screw (3), a gear (4) and a case (1). The memory module (2) has a plug (22) formed at one end thereof. The screw (3) has a first end (30) and a second end (31) opposite to the first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090124105 - Self-aligning electrical contact and related methods: The present invention generally relates to self-aligning electrical coupling devices and related methods. For example, one embodiment can include an aligning means for aligning a central axis of a male connector component with a central axis of a female connector component. The embodiment can also include a rotationally-aligning means for... Agent: Emerson Thomson & Bennett Attn: Derek Lindsay

20090124106 - Flat circuit connector: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening at a front portion thereof for receiving an end of the flat circuit, along with a rear terminating portion. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing in a... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090124107 - Electrical connector having matched impedance by contacts having node arrangement: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing. Each conductive contact has a contacting portion, an engaging portion and an extension portion electrically connecting with the contacting portion and the engaging portion. A node is disposed in the extension portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090124109 - Conductor with simplified assembly for multi-conductor cable: The invention concerns a connector designed to be fitted to a multi-conductor cable and which comprises at least one socket, a cable grip formed by a portion connected to the socket and a free portion articulated on the connected portion, and assembly means. The assembly means comprise a lever articulated... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090124108 - Insertable card format: A housing and memory card, usable to store data, and where the operation connects directly to contacts on the memory devices that are housed within the card. The pinouts can be usb pinouts.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20090124110 - Restriction mechanism for card: A restriction mechanism for a card is provided. The card includes at least one electronic component mounted thereon. The restriction mechanism includes a substrate, a slot, a latch, and a restriction member. The slot allows the card to be inserted in the slot. The latch is pivotally connected to one... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090124111 - Plug-in unit for supplying and controlling an electric motor: A plug-in unit to be inserted in a housing carrying comb connectors of an electric motor, includes motor connectors (3) coupling with the comb connectors, and jacks (4), which can be connected to an electric supply source of an electronic unit (7), connected to connection segments (3A, 4A), connected electrically... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20090124112 - Transparent insulating enclosure: An enclosure formed from a first compartment and an identical second compartment to house an electrical connector. Each compartment has a main body that is defined by a first wall, a second wall and ends. The first wall of each compartment has an outer tab with at least one projection... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090124113 - Flat wire extension cords and extension cord devices: Flat wire extension cords and extension cord devices are provided. A flat wire extension cord includes an elongated cord, a first connected attached to a first end of the elongated cord, and a second connected attached to an opposite end of the elongated cord. The elongated cord includes at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090124114 - Connector: A locking projection (18) projecting from a cantilever-shaped locking lance (16) extending forward along an inner wall of a cavity (11) includes a first locking area (18a) and a second locking area (18b). The first locking area (18a) is arranged at a projecting end of the locking projection (18) and... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090124115 - Strain relief collar for accessories associated with mobile device and method of making: The present invention discloses a strain relief collar for use with an accessory associated with a mobile device and its method of making. The first step is the making of an outer molded body. The second step is inserting a cord into the outer molded body. The third step is... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090124116 - Wire containment cap with an integral strain relief clip: A wire containment cap for reducing horizontal strain on a cable terminated at a communication jack. The wire containment cap is part of the communication jack and includes a strain relief clip that may be actuated to apply pressure to the cable. The applied pressure holds the cable in place... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090124117 - Plug connector: The invention relates to a plug connector (10) for the detachable connection of a number of cable pairs (97, 98) with a conductor cross-section of more than 10 mm2, in particular, for the supply of the welding current in welding robots, wherein individual contact elements (52, 60), with a conducting... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090124118 - Battery terminal connector: A cable connector having a one-piece body with a termination end for terminating an electrical cable and a clamping end for clamping to a terminal post is provided. The cable connector's clamping end may include a pair of spaced apart deformably movable clamping arms for supporting the terminal post therebetween.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090124119 - Watt hour meter socket adapter with current transformer housing structure: A meter socket adapter includes an insulating housing that is connected to a power circuit on one side by bus bars and connected to a watt-hour meter on the other side by jaw contacts. The housing includes insulating compartments for current transformers through which the bus bars extend. Current transformers... Agent: Summa, Additon & Ashe, P.A.

20090124120 - Stackable connector assembly: This invention discloses a stackable connector assembly, which includes a first connector, a second connector, a shielding member, a contact member, and a ground member. The second connector is placed above the first connector. The shielding member is covered on the first connector. The contact member is used for connecting... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090124121 - Connector for a device: A connector for device is for supplying power to a device accommodated in a metallic casing (C) and provided with a housing (10) to be mounted into a mount hole (H) of the casing (C) and intermediate terminals (14) connectable with a power supply side and a device side. The... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090124122 - Apparatus for applying a load: An apparatus for the application of a test load apparatus 100 is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a body 101, having an upper and lower collar 101a, 101b and a spool 102 formed therebetween. A conductive load 202 is then wound about the spool 102 with one end of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090124123 - Waterproof plug for connector, waterproof connector comprising the same and method of attaching the same: A waterproof plug for a connector, includes an elastically deformable seal member for sealing a housing which houses terminals fixed at edges of electric cables in the inside thereof. The seal member is housed inside the housing by press-fitting, and has at least two elements holding the electric cables by... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090124124 - Electrical connector with shell interferentially engaged with portion of the connector: An electrical connector (1) is adapted for mounting to a circuit substrate having a metallic shell (2) assembled onto an insulated housing (3). The metallic shell (2) has a base portion with two side-walls (23) and a pair of arms (24) extending from the side-walls (23). Some interferential tabs (243)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090124125 - Augmented small form-factor connector: A connector that is structured to electrically and physically connect with (i) a first connector type using a first set of electrical contacts, and (ii) a second connector type that uses the first set of electrical contacts and a second augmenting set of electrical contacts.... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090124126 - Sim card connector apparatus of portable wireless terminal: A SIM card connector of a portable wireless terminal has a structure that forms a space thereunder using its lower edges to place electronic parts of a printed circuit board (PCB) within the space, so that the PCB can increase its space efficiency. The SIM card connector further forms an... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090124127 - Conductive cage: A conductive cage (100) for receiving a SFP transceiver includes a cage body (10) having a number of pins (122) extending downwardly and a unitary, rectangular-shaped collar (20) mounted onto the cage body. The unitary, rectangular-shaped collar has a top plate (21), a pair of opposite side plates (23) and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090124128 - Edge card connector assembly with high-speed terminals: A surface mount connector for high speed data transfer application has an insulative housing with a vertically-oriented circuit card-receiving slot disposed along a front face thereof. A plurality of conductive terminals are supported by the housing so that contact portions of the terminals extend into the card slot. The terminals... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090124129 - Removable storage device: An adapter for removable memory cards including a housing configured to receive a memory card, a connector for connection to a host system, an interface circuit interconnecting the memory card and connector and adapted to allow communication therebetween and at least one movable cover pivotably engaged with the housing and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090124130 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a sleeve defining an axis and a contact assembly inserted in the sleeve, the contact assembly including pieces that move axially relative to one another during a fault close operation. An interface between the sleeve and the contact assembly is configured to permit replacement of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090124131 - Thermocouple adapter: An adapter is disclosed that allows simplified connection of thermocouples to a data logger. In one embodiment, multiple thermocouple connectors are positioned within the adapter. The adapter then attaches to a data logger with a simple male/female connection scheme so that the multiple thermocouple connectors are simultaneously coupled to the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090124134 - Connector unit for differential transmission: A differential transmission connector unit is disclosed that includes a first differential transmission connector including a first electrically insulating block body; and first signal contact pairs and first ground contacts arranged alternately in a row in the first block body; and a second differential transmission connector including a second electrically... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090124133 - Mini plug connector: A mini plug connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a base, a tongue and a plurality of mounting holes. The tongue protrudes from the base and has a top, a space and at least one top elongated recess. The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090124132 - Ultra fine pitch connector and cable assembly: Provided herewith an ultra-fine cable assembly comprising an insulative housing defining a mating portion and a mounting portion. The housing defines with a plurality of passageway, and each passageway has a slit at mounting portion of the housing. A plurality of contact terminals is assembled in the passageways of housing,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090124135 - Electrical connector having a led device thereon: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1) defining a mating face and a cylindrical receiving space (13) running though the mating face. A plurality of terminals is retained in the insulating housing and each includes contacting portions projecting to the receiving space and solder portions extending downwardly out of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090124136 - Jack assembly for reducing crosstalk: A jack assembly is provided and includes a jack housing and a contact sub-assembly joined to a rear end of the housing. The contact sub-assembly includes a plurality of conductor channels that each hold an insulation displacement contact (IDC) therein. The jack assembly also includes a connector cap that is... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20090124137 - Network jack and manufacturing method therefor: A network jack is provided. The network jack includes a circuit board, a plurality of contacts fixed on the circuit board and a terminal base, wherein the contacts are fixed to the circuit board of the network jack by a riveting process.... Agent: Haverstock & Owens

20090124138 - Apparatus for plug-in and plug-out protection: A telecommunications plug comprising: a plug body; plug latches mounted on the plug body, the plug latches being movable between a latched and unlatched state; a boot cap having arms extending therefrom, each arm including a camming surface engaging an outside surface of the plug latches, wherein moving the boot... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090124139 - Spring-force connector: A spring-force connection (1) with a current rail piece (2) with at least two mutually independent clamping points (5a, 5b) which interact with in each case one spring end for clamping electrical conductors is described. The current rail piece (2) has on both sides of a center piece (3) two... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090124140 - Utca-compliant power contacts: Disclosed are blade contacts that may be suitable for mating with μTCA-standard receptacle contacts. Such a blade contact may define a body portion, and a tab portion extending from a mating end of the body portion. The tab portion may be a tapered tab portion that tapers from a first... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20090117753 - Body conformable electrical network: An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility.... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090117755 - Connector: A press-in hole (16) of a housing (10) is formed to be gradually wider from the front end toward the rear end, a large dimensional difference between the width of the press-in hole 16 and that of a press-in portion (21) of a tab-shaped terminal (20) is ensured at a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090117754 - Mini displayport: Connectors having a smaller profile. These connectors are useful as a reduced form factor DisplayPort connector. Keys on a receptacle are used to indicate when an insert is fully engaged. Edges of the receptacle and insert are chamfered in such a way as to prevent the pins of the connector... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090117756 - Connector arrangement for printed circuit boards and the like: A connector arrangement serves to connect a plurality of the circuits of a printed circuit board with a plurality of electrical conductors, respectively, including a locking member for locking together a first connector member having terminals connected with the electrical conductors, respectively, and a second connector member having a plurality... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20090117757 - Connecting structure of circuit boards, connecting method of circuit boards, and compressing tool for connecting circuit boards: An object of the invention is to provide a connecting structure of circuit boards in which whether or not the circuit boards have been favorably connected can be more easily judged as compared with the prior art, even in case where connecting portions have been connected with pressure by arranging... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090117758 - Electrical junction box: An electrical junction box comprising a casing body including a bottom wall and a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall; a circuit board contained in the casing body; a connector housing disposed in a cutout section in the side wall and adapted to be coupled to a mating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090117759 - Electrical connecting apparatus: The present invention prevents damage of adjacent mounting portions caused by heat at the time of mounting of contactors and further reduces the arrangement pitch of the contactors. An electrical connecting apparatus uses at least four types of contactors different in terms of at least the shapes of seat portions... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20090117760 - Terminal connecting structure: A terminal connecting structure includes a connector housing which has a connector terminal and a retaining member, and a board which has a board terminal and a terminal insertion hole for receiving the connector terminal projected toward the board. The retaining member of the connector housing retains the board at... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090117761 - Electrical fitting and safety cover: A safety cover for a socket or switch has a frame arranged to extend on three sides of a rectangular faceplate of the socket or switch and a cover panel hinged to the frame for pivotal movement towards and away from a position in which the cover panel conceals the... Agent: Elman Technology Law, P.C.

20090117762 - Protective boot and universal cap: A protective endcap for use with a triaxial cable connector. The endcap is sized to fit about a mating end of the triaxial connector. A pair of protective boots for use with coaxial cable connectors. Each protective boot includes an interior space for receiving a triaxial cable connector. Each interior... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090117763 - Card fixer: A card fixer is suitable to assist a card to be fixed in a slot of an electronic device. The card fixer includes a body and a clipping structure, wherein the body has a first side and a second side parallel to the first side. A hook is disposed on... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090117764 - Lever-type connector: A lever is attached to a connector housing in a rotatable manner. This lever includes a pair of arm plates having rotation supporting points at one ends and a connection bar linking the other ends of the arm plates. This lever has a substantially U-like shape. According to this lever,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090117765 - Electronic device having replaceable plug: An electronic device includes a main body, a plug and a fixing member. The main body includes a plug-receiving portion and a plurality of conductive portions. The plug-receiving portion is defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a bottom surface. The first sidewall is opposed to the second... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090117766 - High density coaxial switching jack: A coaxial switching jack with a pair of coaxial assemblies mounted within a housing having a pair of front openings. The coaxial assemblies each include a center conductor and a shell conductor. The center conductors are connected by a first spring and the shell conductors are connected by a second... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090117767 - Complex coupler for cold cathode fluorescent lamp: A complex coupler for cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) is used as a lamp lead wire coupling terminal, which includes a main body, a CCFL socket, and a cable socket. The main body is in the shape of an elongated column with a complex structure consisting of an inner conductive... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090117768 - Adapter having connecting arms: An adapter has connecting arms and includes a casing, a first plugging element and a second plugging element. The casing has connecting arms and is provided with pivoting portions. The side edges of the casing are formed with first sliding grooves. The first and the second plugging element are electrically... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090117769 - Apparatus for holding a sim card: The invention relates to a device for holding a SIM card with a SIM card reader, wherein the SIM card reader has a push-push mechanism by means of which the SIM card can be latched into a reading position and unlatched from the reading position into a removal position by... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090117770 - Connector: When a male connector housing 30 is inserted into a proximal end portion of an inner surface 37 of a fitting tubular portion 33, a distal end 45 of an outer surface 41 of the male connector housing 30 is brought into abutting engagement with a plurality of first shaking... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090117771 - Electrical connector with a sliding plate moveing in along a vertical direction of the connector thereof: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2), an sliding plate (3) positioned on the insulative housing (2), a plurality of contacts (9) positioned in the insulative housing (2) and each having a portion interconnected to the sliding plate (3), a slant guiding portion (313) and a shaft (25)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090117772 - Snagless plug and boot connection: A boot for supporting a plug connected to a cable, the plug including a flexible tab attached thereto and comprising a housing having a front opening for accommodating the plug and an opposite back opening for receiving the cable and allowing the cable to pass therethrough to the plug, a... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20090117773 - Terminal fitting: A terminal fitting (1) has a rectangular tubular main portion (10) and a stabilizer (30) to guide the main portion (10) into a cavity formed in a connector housing. The stabilizer (30) is folded between two adjacent walls (13, 14) of the main portion (10) so that the stabilizer (30)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090117774 - Surface mount crimp terminal and method of crimping an insulated conductor therein: A surface mount insulation terminal is formed of flat deformable conductive member to provide a substantially uniform U-shaped cross-section to form a wire-receiving channel. One or more piercing spikes are formed on a bottom wall of the channel and point to an opposing open side through which a conductor may... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20090117775 - Wire retention connector system: A wire retaining connector, connector system and method of connecting wires to connectors to reduce or eliminate unintentional wire disconnection from wire connectors, including disconnection of poke-in connectors. The connectors and connector systems include a connector body having at least one opening configured to receive a wire, the wire including... Agent: Tyco Electronics Technology Resources Suite 140

20090117776 - Easy-pull type swivel plug: An easy-pull type swivel plug includes a body, a rotatable disk and a handle. The rotatable disk is rotatably provided on one side of the body. The rotatable disk is provided with two conductive pieces. The two conductive pieces extend beyond the body. The handle is pivoted to the other... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090117777 - Keyboard, video and mouse (kvm) switch: A cable device including a plurality of cables and connecting ports. The cable device may act as a keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch system that facilitates controlling different computers with one set of keyboard, video and mouse. In one embodiment, a cable device includes a switching circuit, a plurality... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20090117778 - Connector: A connector includes a connector housing which has a pair of side walls, a plurality of terminals which are accommodated in the connector housing, and a pair of metal fixing members. Each metal fixing members includes a board fixing portion and a housing mounting portion. Slots are formed in the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090117779 - Coaxial electrical connector: A coaxial electrical connector to be connected to a printed circuit board, includes an outer conductor (10), a central conductor (20) having an axial contact section (21), and a dielectric block (30) molded to hold the outer and central conductors together. A radial section (22) extends outwardly from a bottom... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090117780 - Connector for coaxial cable: A coaxial cable connector has a connector body and a securing ring. The connector body includes a tubular insertion section that is insertable between an insulation member around a core conductor of the coaxial cable and a woven conductor around the insulation member, a flange section that is provided around... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090117781 - Electrical connector system with orthogonal contact tails: Disclosed are electrical connectors and methods of assembling an electrical connector having “standard” (i.e., with electrical contacts having in-line tails), jogged (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails but not connected orthogonally to another connector through a substrate), and/or “orthogonal” (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails that are used... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20090117782 - Card connector: A card connector includes a first housing, a plurality of first terminals, a second housing and a plurality of second terminals. A plurality of accepting grooves are arranged in the first housing. An inserting groove is opened in the inner side of the accepting groove. The first terminals are accepted... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090117783 - Electrical connector assembly with magnetic retention device: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprising a plug connector (1) and a receptacle connector (2). The plug connector (1) comprises an insulated housing (13) defining a number of vertical mounting grooves (1311); a number of terminals (12) received in the insulated housing, said each of the terminals having a vertical... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090117784 - Extension to electrical connector with improved housing structures: An electrical connector (100) comprises a first housing piece (2) defining a tongue portion (22) defining a mating surface (221) thereon, a first set of contacts (3) immovably held in the first housing piece, a second housing piece (9) assembled to the first housing piece to form an insulative housing,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090117785 - Extension to electrical connector with improved cable termination: An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (2) extending in a front-to-back direction, a first set of contacts (3) held in the insulative housing each comprising a nonelastic contact portion (35), a second set of contacts (40) held in the insulative housing and comprising at least one pair of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090117786 - Electrical connector assembly: The electrical connector assembly comprises first (12) and second (14) connectors each including an array of first (24) and second (48) contact elements, respectively. One of the connectors is provided with a collar (30) surrounding the array of contact elements and projecting there-beyond. The other connector is provided with guiding... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090117787 - Electrical contact assembly including a sleeve member: A low cost crimpable and sealable contact assembly including a contact member and a tubular sleeve member. The contact member is capable of being manually continuity crimped to a tip of an electrically conductive core of an electrically insulated wire. The tubular sleeve member is then deformed to hermetically seal... Agent: Bruce A. Jagger