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Electrical connectors June invention type 06/09

20090163043 - Patch panel with angled module: A patch panel with angled connector modules for mounting to a telecommunications rack comprising a frame comprising a flat elongate frame member having an opening formed therein for mounting one of the connector module. The outer vertical surfaces of each connector module are outwardly angled relative to one another to... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20090163045 - Plated dielectric frame with integrated connector: A connector assembly of complex shape has a connector body with possesses a plurality of distinct surfaces both parallel and intersecting. Laser directed structuring is used to form patterns of conductive traces on the surfaces of the connector body and raised ribs are formed along the traces and interposed between... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090163044 - Switch for peripheral i/o devices: A switch for switching a set of peripheral devices between two computers comprises at least one chip. The at least one chip has a selected signal pin, a group of invariable pins and two groups of variable pins. Each invariable pin corresponds to two variable pins. The group of invariable... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090163046 - Distribution board connection module: A distribution connection module which is used in the telecommunication and data technology field includes a housing defining a cavity in which at least one conductor plate is arranged. The housing includes at least one opening in the front side thereof through which a connection module can be inserted. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090163047 - Connector having both press-fit pins and high-speed conductive resilient surface contact elements: A connector has a two-dimensional array of Press-Fit Pins (PFPs) and Conductive Resilient Surface Contact Elements (CRSCEs). Within the connector is a set of signal conductors. Each conductor is connected to a corresponding one of the PFPs or the CRSCEs. When the connector is attached to a printed circuit board... Agent: Imperium Patent Works

20090163048 - Expansion card socket: An expansion card socket used to fix an expansion card includes a main body and a latching member. The main body includes a fixing portion defining a slot for fixing the expansion card, and a clamping portion perpendicularly extending from an end of the fixing portion. The latching member is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090163050 - Electrical connector assembly having contacts without soldering legs: An electrical connector (100) assembled to a printed circuit board (5) for connecting with a mating connector, includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2, 3) received in the housing. Each of the contacts (2, 3) defines a retaining section (20, 30), a contacting portion (21)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163049 - Electronic module: An electronic module includes: a first circuit board and a second circuit board; and a conductive connector for electrically connecting a first conductive pattern of the first circuit board with a second conductive pattern of the second circuit board, wherein at least one of the first circuit board and the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090163051 - Socket for semiconductor device: A socket for a semiconductor device which can be used in a multipurpose manner with plural semiconductor device having electrode terminals of varying shapes. The socket for a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of this invention has a contact terminal placing an electrode terminal of the semiconductor device in... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090163052 - Board to board connector with low board mounting profile: A board to board connector (1) comprising an insulating housing (2) and a plurality of terminals (3) formed on said insulating housing (2), said connector (1) forms two offset mating faces (251, 252) in relative inside of the insulating housing (2), and each terminal (3) forms two elastic-ends (31, 32)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163053 - Electrical junction box: An electrical junction box has a casing for housing a circuit board on which electrically conductive paths are formed. Fuse-receiving sections in an upper wall of the casing are adapted to receive a mating member. Receiving ribs inward from an inside of a side wall of the casing at a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090163054 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for electrically connecting conductive portions formed on edges of connection objects, respectively. The electrical connector comprises an electrode sheet and a press member. The electrode sheet comprises an insulation sheet and an electrode formed on the insulation sheet. The press member comprises a plurality of springs arranged... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090163055 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprises an upper connector and a lower connector stacked vertically for electrically connecting two memory modules to a PCB. Said upper connector includes a plurality of first contacts having a plurality of horizontal first soldering legs which are soldered on a top surface of the PCB... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163056 - Light fixture and sleeve candlestick adapter: A light fixture comprises a socket having a set of internal threads for threadably engaging a light unit, the socket having a set of external threads, and a sleeve adapter configured to resemble a candlestick, the sleeve adapter disposable over the socket and configured to removably engage the set of... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090163057 - Hub: The present invention is available in hub technique field and provides a hub, which comprises a circuit board, a plug coupled to the circuit board, an upper cover and a bottom cover. The upper cover and the bottom cover cooperatively package the circuit board therein. The circuit board comprises at... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090163058 - Electrical connector with tethered cover: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector having a housing and a receptacle for mating with a mating connector. The assembly also includes a cover configured to attach to the housing, and a tether linking the housing to the cover. The tether includes a housing mount for installing the tether... Agent: Lisa Burgin Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20090163059 - Connector and to a connecting method: A connector (10) has a housing (20) that is connectable with a mating connector (90). A sliding force multiplying mechanism can slide relative to the housing (20) in a direction intersecting a connecting direction for proceeding with a first part of a connecting operation. A rotating force multiplying mechanism then... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090163060 - Apparatus and method for retaining option card in a computer system: Option cards—one or more as may be installed in a particular computer system—are retained in position against possibly dislodgement due to handling by a frame and cooperating cross bar and depending member elements which may be variously positioned relative to the frame.... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20090163061 - Lever type connector: Provided is a lever type connector for fitting a connector by a swing operation of a lever 100, in which a notch portion 104 is provided at lever side plates of a substantially U-shaped lever, and it is possible to mount the lever on a male connector housing while swinging... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090163062 - Lever type connector: Provided is a lever type connector for fitting connectors by swinging a lever 110, in which a lever side plate 102 is provided with a temporary locking arm 110. The temporary locking arm is provided with a bending restricting protrusion 113. When the temporary locking arm is deformed by applying... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090163063 - Lever type connector: Provided is a lever type connector for fitting connectors by swinging a lever 100, in which protrusions 115 and 116 are provided on an outer peripheral portion of the one end side of the lever side plate 102, a reception portion 15A for preventing the lever side plate from opening... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090163064 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an electrically insulative cylindrical housing, an electrically conductive member retained within the cylindrical housing, and at least one biasing member biased toward a surface of the conductive member. The conductive member defines a longitudinal axis and the biasing member(s) is/are circumferentially disposed about the longitudinal axis... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090163065 - Connector: The invention provides a connector enabling a dead space of a substrate to be reduced while maintaining connection strength. For this purpose, H-shaped contacts comprise holding means permitting pushing portions of a pivoting member to be pivoted between pressure receiving portions and connection portions of the contacts. When an actuating... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090163066 - Electrical connector set: An electrical connector set having mating male and female connectors is provided with a first lock preventing separation, the first lock consisting of standard bayonet slot on one member and a mating key on the other member and a secondary locking mechanism consisting of a rotatable spring lock ring affixedly... Agent: Dennis A. Gross D|b|a The Hill Firm

20090163067 - Cable connector: A cable connector includes a housing into which a cable may be inserted. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and include an elastically-deformable arm portion with a free end section and a distal end section; and an actuator mounted on the housing and movable between a first... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090163069 - Burn-in socket with plated contacts: A burn-in socket for receiving an IC package comprises a socket body, a plurality of contacts mounted in the socket body and an actuator movably mounted upon the socket body. Each contact in the socket body includes a pair of clipping arms with tip portions at free ends thereof respectively.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163068 - Electrical connector assembly with stiffener: An electrical connector assembly comprises a stiffener including a base with a first portion and a second portion, insulative housing, a load plate and a lever. An embossed portion is formed on the base and has substantial distance to a first end of the first portion. An insulative housing is... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163070 - Electrical connector with metallic shell: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1) having four side walls interconnecting with each other and defining a receiving space (10) therein. Only one of the side walls defines a plurality of terminal grooves therein and a plurality of terminals (22) are mounted in said terminal grooves. A metallic... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163071 - Electrical connector: The present invention relates to an electrical connector, comprises a housing; a base body having a tongue piece, one surface of the tongue piece is provided with a plurality of first terminal slots, the other surface of the tongue piece is provided with a plurality of second terminal slots, and... Agent: Guice Patents PLLC

20090163072 - Plug connector: A plug connector (11, 12, FIG. 1) has insulators (16,26) that hold male or female contacts (13, 14, FIG. 3) received in boreholes (19, 29, FIGS. 4A, 4B)). A rear insulator holds a male or female contact (13, 14), which receives cables (45, 55, FIG. 3). The boreholes (19, 29)... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20090163073 - Supporting device of a socket: A supporting device of a socket is located around a socket for supporting the electronic device and the transmission wire. When the plug located at the end of the transmission wire of the electronic device is plugged into the socket to connect with a power source or transmit data via... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090163074 - Pre-terminated outlet assembly for raceway systems: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a pre-terminated outlet assembly. The pre-terminated outlet assembly includes a device bracket, an outlet, and a plurality of electrical conductors. The outlet is connected to the device bracket. The plurality of electrical conductors is pre-terminated at the outlet.... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090163075 - Reuseable coaxial connectors and related methods: Coaxial connectors include a connector body and an inner contact post. A compression sleeve is also provided that is configured to impart a generally circumferential compressive force to secure one or more elements of a coaxial cable between the connector body and the inner contact post when the compression sleeve... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090163076 - 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 has... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090163077 - Connector carrier having quick release: An electrical connector assembly comprises a carrier and an electrical connector with an insulative housing. The carrier has a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending downward from peripheral of the base and jointly defining a cavity. The carrier includes a plurality of claws and release sections associate with the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163078 - Connector apparatus: A connector system including a header connector with a header body having an internal surface and an external surface. A plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings extend from the internal surface to the external surface of the header body. A plurality of signal pins are inserted... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090163079 - Data storage device and method: In various embodiments, applicant's teachings are related to an apparatus and method of providing a data storage device to be interfaced between a data receiving apparatus in a data collecting configuration and a data processor in a data retrieval configuration. In various embodiments, applicant's teachings are related to an apparatus... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090163080 - Power plug adapter structure: A power plug adapter structure including: a power plug having a mating face and a set of first conductive members disposed on the mating face, two lateral recesses being respectively formed on two lateral faces of the power plug, a locating dent being formed on a wall of at least... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090163081 - Electrical card connector with improved spring tab: An electrical card connector includes an insulative housing defining a card receiving space, a plurality of contacts for mating with a first card and a second card wider than the first card, and a spring tab at one side of the card receiving space. The spring tab includes a retaining... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090163083 - Device and method for reducing crosstalk: A device and method for reducing crosstalk between wires is provided. The method includes spatially separating first and second sets of wires. A device is disposed relative to the first and second sets of wires to maintain the spatial separation. The method also comprises coupling pins to the first and... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090163084 - Method and system for reducing common mode signal generation within a plug/jack connection: A communication connector is described that includes a plug and a jack, into which the plug is inserted. The plug terminates a length of twisted pair cable. The jack includes a sled to support contacts for connecting to wires within the cable, a rigid circuit board that connects to the... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090163082 - Plug: A RJ-45 plug having a wire holder for arranging conductors of a twisted pair cable between a position at which they are twisted and an end position where they contact contacts within the plug, the wire holder providing conductor paths in more than one plane.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090163085 - Electric connection block: The electric connection block includes: a plurality of layers, each layer consisting of a plurality of terminals bent in an L-shape arranged in a line, each terminal having a first end portion for electric connection and a second end portion for connection to a circuit board; an electrically insulating terminal... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090163086 - Electrical splice connector: An electrical splice connector includes a housing, a conductive member retained within the housing and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least two biasing members circumferentially disposed about the longitudinal axis of the conductive member and biased toward the conductive member. Each of the biasing members is configured to urge... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090163087 - Stud connector and related methods: A connector for connecting a transformer stud with at least one conductor includes first and second opposed end faces, with each of the faces respectively including first and second ports configured to receive the stud therethrough. A central bore extends from at least the first port for receiving the stud... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090163088 - Crimping structure and crimping method: A crimping structure for a conductor utilizes a crimp barrel, wherein the crimp barrel has a plurality of crimping parts that are provided continuously along an axial direction of the conductor. The crimp barrel is formed such that the widths of the plurality of crimping parts are different from each... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090156020 - Connector: The present invention provides a connector configured to electrically connect two connection objects. The connector comprises an elastic member having a surface and a conductive film placed on the surface of the elastic member. The conductive film comprises two contact portions to be brought into contact with the connection objects,... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090156022 - Contact member and connector including same: A contact member is disclosed that includes a trunk part into which a strip-shaped part is formed substantially annularly; a first contact part at a first end of the trunk part; and a second contact part at a second end of the trunk part, the second contact part being positioned... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090156021 - Electrical contact used in electrical connector: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a number of passageways and a plurality of electrical contacts received in corresponding passageways of the insulative housing. Each contact is formed with a base portion, a solder portion bended from a bottom edge of the base portion, a spring portion and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090156024 - Electrical junction box: An electrical junction box that can enhance reliability in connection between terminal metals and a circuit board includes a casing, a circuit board contained in the casing, a plurality of fuse side terminal metals including board connecting portions electrically coupled to the circuit board, terminal portions adapted to detachably receive... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090156023 - Receptacle connector for a battery in the mobile electric device: Provided is a receptacle connector for a battery in a mobile electric device. The receptacle connector includes a contact terminal, a connection terminal, and an extension portion. The contact terminal electrically contacts a plug connector of the mobile electric device. The connection terminal is fit and soldered in a through... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090156025 - Electronic apparatus with a pin mount: An electronic apparatus has an electronic component and a pin mount. The electronic component has a working surface and two pins protruding from the working surface and each pin being bent to form an L-shape with a proximal part and a distal part. The pin mount has a flat bottom,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090156026 - Contact and connecting device: The present invention provides a contact for connection with an electronic component. The contact includes: a base part; a supporting part, provided on top of the base part for supporting a lead terminal of the electronic component; and at least two clamp parts, provided on top of the base part... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090156027 - Electrical connector: The present invention discloses an electrical connector comprising: a housing; a base body having a tongue, whose one surface is disposed with a plurality of first terminal slots and whose other surface is disposed with a plurality of second terminal slots; a first terminal assembly whose each first terminal is... Agent: Guice Patents PLLC

20090156028 - Compliant interconnect apparatus with laminate interposer structure: Apparatus to electrically connect a first electrical contact to a second electrical contact includes opposed upper and lower elastomer layers formed on either side of an electrically insulating intermediate layer together forming a laminate interposer structure having a thickness. An electrically conducting elastic column to provide a localized conductive path... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20090156029 - Separable electrical connectors using isotropic conductive elastomer interconnect medium: An electrical connector using an isotropic conductive elastomer as the interconnect medium.... Agent: Richard B. Klar

20090156030 - Unit with built-in control circuit: The present invention provides a unit with a built-in control circuit capable of cost reduction. The unit of the present invention is an unit with built-in control circuit comprising a ground line, a control circuit including a plurality of terminals to be connected to an IC-chip, and a plurality of... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090156031 - Coupler assembly for a scalable computer system and scalable computer system: The invention relates to a coupler assembly for electrically coupling at least two boards (200a, 200b, 200c, 200d) comprising interconnected integrated circuits, which coupler assembly provides high-speed constrained electrical interconnection (130) between the coupled boards (200a, 200b, 200c, 200d), for example CPU-busses, SMP-busses and IO-busses. The electrical interconnection (130) provides... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20090156032 - Interrupter for an electrical wire: The invention relates to an interrupter for an electrical wire 9, having a first terminal and a second terminal insulated electrically from the first terminal and also a contact 3, which takes the form of a separate component from the terminals and is provided to produce a conductive connection between... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090156033 - Connector arrangement: A connector arrangement comprises a rigid inner conductor (107), a dielectric sleeve (111) arranged around the inner conductor and a rigid outer conductor (109) arranged around the sleeve. A surface of at least one of the inner conductor, the sleeve and the outer conductor is provided with a taper, such... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20090156034 - Rotary connector: A rotary connector includes a stator housing in which an outer tubular body is erected at an outer edge of a bottom plate having a center hole, an upper rotor having a top plate facing the bottom plate and an inner tubular body facing the outer tubular body, and rotatably... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090156035 - Intercoupling electrical devices: A terminal includes a resilient member extending from a first end to a second end, the first end including a contact portion configured to engage a male contact and the second end including a retention feature configured to hold the male contact in place against a first force applied to... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090156036 - Multimedia cable: A multimedia cable includes a casing, a terminal pin, an audio signal unit, a video signal unit, and a control lever. The terminal pin is mounted to the casing so as to be rotated with respect to a rotary shaft, and is configured such that first and second four-conductor terminals... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090156037 - Snap-lock connector: An end cap may include an end cap body that is tubular in shape, an end cap face provided at a first end of the end cap body, a plurality of end cap terminals provided on the end cap face, and a clip notch provided on an exterior side of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090156038 - Connector structure: The invention relates to a connector comprising at least a contact element, which has at least an unconnected state and a connected state; and a pre-loading element, which has at least a first position and a second position. When the pre-loading element is in the first position, it forces the... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090156039 - Structure of power terminal for abs connector: The present invention features a power terminal for ABS connector. Preferably, the power terminal for ABS connector is inserted into and secured to an insertion pipe of a male connector for an ABS and has a conductive terminal body. The conductive terminal body has, at one end thereof, a mounting... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090156040 - Electrical leadthrough module and method for production thereof: In order to connect together the conductors of the leadthroughs of an electrical leadthrough module in a dependable and simple manner, the invention specifies an electrical leadthrough module that comprises at least two separated electrical leadthroughs, each with at least one conductor passing through an insulating element and protruding on... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090156041 - Electrical connector for connection to multiple conductors: The present invention provides an electrical connector for connection to multiple conductors. The connector comprises a connector housing and at least two spring clamps in the housing. Each spring clamp has an open position to permit insertion of a conductor and a closed position in which the spring clamp engages... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090156042 - Electrical connecting device having mating state indication means: This connecting device has a connector and a counterpart connector suitable to mate therewith, and at least one RFID tag attached to one of said connectors and suitable to communicate with reader, said RFID tag including an antenna. The device further includes a switch adapted to put the RFID tag... Agent: Harrington & Smith PC

20090156043 - Connector with an anti-unlocking system: wherein the connector includes a brake ring that co-operates with the body of the connector by being movable at least in rotation about the axis between a braking position in which the ring opposes any turning of the locking sleeve and a disengaged position in which the ring does not... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090156044 - Electrical connector and contact insertion guide: The invention relates to a contact insertion guide structure having a contact and an insulative housing. The contact has a mating portion for contacting a mating contact at one end, a terminal portion for connecting to a circuit board on an opposite end, and a press-fit section between the mating... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090156046 - Connector assembly with improved latch: An electrical connector includes a board connector (3) and a cable connector (2) adapted for mating with the board connector. The board connector defines top and bottom surfaces (32, 31), the bottom surface mounted on a PCB, the top surface forming integrally a locking projection (33) with a stopping surface... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090156045 - Connector for sensor assembly: A connector for a sensor assembly having sensing element with a non-conductive body including a plurality of spaced conductive contact pads arranged on opposite faces. A plurality of terminal contacts, each of which is in contact with one of the contact pads are supported in overlying relation to the contact... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090156047 - Electrical connector with blocking portions for preventing latching arms from tilting: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) received in the housing and a pair of latching members (3) assembled on the housing. The insulative housing defines a longitudinal main body (10) with an inserted groove (101) extending along a longitudinal direction, a pair... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090156048 - Electrical connector and contact insertion guide: The invention relates to a contact insertion guide structure having a contact and an insulative housing. The contact having a mating portion for contacting a mating contact at one end, a terminal portion for connecting to a circuit board on an opposite end, and a press-fit section between the mating... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090156049 - Card connector with a card insertion guide: A card connector includes an electrically insulative frame base, which defines a card insertion space and a sliding slot at one side of the card insertion space, a metal shielding cover, which covers the card insertion space and has an elongated guide hole corresponding to the sliding slot, a slide... Agent: Chant Sincere Co., Ltd.

20090156050 - Portable electronic apparatus, power detection jack and power detection method: A power detection jack can be connected with a plurality of power output jacks respectively to receive different power levels. Each of the power output jacks has a first insulation element, and the lengths of the first insulation elements are different from each other. The power detection jack includes a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090156051 - Hdmi source detection: A circuit for detection of an HDMI source device to an HDMI sink device through an HDMI sink connector without regard for the activity state of the HDMI source device has a pull-up resistor having first and second terminals with the first terminal coupled to a DC power source. A... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20090156052 - Battery connector with contact terminal having improved retaining force: A battery connector adapted to hold a battery, comprises an insulative housing, a first conductive contact and a second conductive contact. The insulative housing defines a receiving chamber which having a horizontal bottom. The first conductive contact comprises a retention portion retained in the periphery of the receiving chamber, a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090156053 - Electrical power apparatus with retractable cords and moveable sockets: An electrical power apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a top portion, a bottom portion and side walls creating an external surface generally perpendicular to said top and bottom portions and an internal cavity, said housing having at least one slot situated at the top portion and... Agent: Dan M. De La Rosa, Esq.

20090156054 - Wall plate assembly: A wall plate assembly includes a wall plate having an insertion slot, and a signal adapter that is affixed to the back side of the wall plate and has a HDMI jack attached to the insertion slot of the wall plate for receiving a HDMI plug of a HDMI cable... Agent: Sure-fire Electrical Corporation

20090156055 - Bidirectional usb port for vehicle: Disclosed herein is a bidirectional USB port for a vehicle. In order to allow a USB memory stick to be inserted into a USB port in either direction, two PCBs are provided in the USB port and are arranged in opposite directions such that the USB memory stick can be... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090156056 - Device for removing foreign substances from usb port for vehicles: A device for removing foreign substances from a USB port for vehicles includes a removal plate, a toothed rod, a gear assembly, a reversible rotation motor, and a control unit. The removal plate is installed to a lower end in the USB port in such a way as to be... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090156057 - Single pole cable connector: A single pole cable connector includes an insulating sleeve defining a channel and a non-circular contact positioned in the channel. The insulating sleeve may further include a non-circular, nonmetallic locking sleeve defining a portion of the channel. The channel and contact may be hexagonal-shaped in some cases. The insulating sleeve... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20090156058 - Electronic module with anti-emi metal gasket: An electronic module (10) includes a housing having an outer surface; a metal gasket (5) has a frame portion (51), with a number of detents (52) formed thereon, said metal gasket (5) being attached to the housing and substantially covering the outer surface. The gasket (5) has at least one... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090156059 - Cable assembly having outer cover robutsly supported: A cable assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises an electrical connector including an insulative housing defining a mating portion and a pair of positioning portions extending rearwardly from the mating portion, a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing and at least one metal shell surrounded the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090156060 - Electrical connector, cable and apparatus utilizing same: An electrical connector, such as a circuit board connector, includes a housing having therein a divided multi-connector element. The electrical connector is adapted to electrically connect with a substrate, such as a circuit board. The divided multi-connector element includes a divided electrical contact configuration that includes a first group or... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090156061 - Non-linear power outlet expander and associated methods: A multiple socket electrical outlet device includes a bell shaped housing having an arcuate side wall with a domed upper end and an outwardly flared lower end. The arcuate sidewall forms a perimeter around the bell shaped housing. A plurality of protrusions extends away from the sidewall. Each of the... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090156062 - Non-mechanical means for connector polarization for a lighting system: A lighting system and method for connector polarization, wherein the lighting system includes a lighting module having a substrate, a light source disposed on the substrate, a first connector adapted to provide electrical communication with a source of electrical energy, a conductive path including a supply path and a plurality... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090156063 - Device for connecting a connector to a solenoid driving an injector: The invention concerns a device for connecting a mechanical, hydraulic and electric connector (1) equipping a heat engine fuel injector to the electromagnet driving the injector, said connector (1) being fixed to a body (2) enclosing the electromagnet and comprising two electric terminals (4) connected to the solenoid (S) of... Agent: Philip R Warn Warn Partners

20090156064 - Connector and circuit-board-mounting case having connector: A connector assembly includes a metal terminal, a lead wire, a connector housing and a sealing member. The metal terminal defines a longitudinal direction. The metal terminal comprises: a lead-wire connection portion located on a front end side; a counterpart connection portion located on a rear end side; and a... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090156065 - Multiple ground terminal assembly for vehicles: Disclosed herein is a multiple ground terminal assembly for vehicles. The multiple ground terminal assembly includes a multiple ground terminal unit 100 and a ground bolt 200, and can be formed by layering multiple ground terminals 110 to be in surface contact with each other.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090156066 - Electric socket: An electric socket includes a base provided with two electrodes and conduction members beside the electrodes. Each of the conduction members is connected to a power source and keeps a predetermined distance away from the electrodes. An upper casing has two apertures corresponding to the electrodes respectively. A power control... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090156067 - Electronic communication system: An electronic communication system including: (a) a fastener 2 operable to close or open to secure an item such as a seat 20 to a vehicle; (b) electronic communication means 4 linking the fastener 2 to at least one separate device, such as a second fastener 2 or a handheld... Agent: Telezygology, Inc.

20090149036 - Inherently sealed electrical connector: 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. An embodiment comprises a non-conductive elastomeric environmental seal.... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090149037 - Self-identifying electrical connector: 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. Several wearable connector embodiments are disclosed. An enhancement to the wearable connector includes OSI Layer 2 (and potentially Layer... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090149038 - Forming edge metallic contacts and using coulomb forces to improve ohmic contact: Vertical metallic contacts are provided along the edge of a plurality of substrates. The vertical metallic contact can range in area and large area contacts can be formed by layering metal traces with vias. The traces and vias should be placed near an edge of a substrate. An etch of... Agent: Thaddeus Gabara

20090149040 - Coaxially connected structure for opposed wiring substrates and device having the same: A coaxially connected structure for opposed wiring substrates of the present invention includes a first substrate equipped with a tab type bracket and a second substrate equipped with a socket type bracket, and further includes first and second ground cases respectively mounted on the first and second substrates to cover... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090149041 - Orthogonal backplane connector: An orthogonal backplane connector systems having midplane footprints that provide for continuity of impedance and signal integrity through the midplane and allow for the same connector to be coupled to either side of the midplane. This design creates an orthogonal interconnect without taking up unnecessary PCB real estate. The midplane... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20090149039 - System and method for interconnecting circuit boards: A connector system is provided. The system includes a substantially circular interconnecting hub, and a plurality of circuit board bays configured substantially radially around the substantially circular interconnecting hub. Each circuit board bay has a plurality of aligned connectors configured to receive a circuit board. The interconnecting circuit hub has,... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090149042 - Electrical connector having flexibly and steadily enagagement between metallic shells and grounding terminals: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulating housing having a pair of longitudinal side walls (11) and a pair of end walls (12) connecting the side walls thereby defining a receiving cavity therebetween. A plurality of terminal grooves (13) are defined in an inner side of the side wall and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149043 - Electrical connector having improved grounding member: An electrical connector (1) mounted on a mother printed circuit board (2) includes an insulative housing (3), a contacting module (4) having a pair of daughter printed circuit boards (42), a grounding member (6) and an outer shield (5) enclosing the insulative housing. The grounding member has a base portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149044 - Electronic module locking and ejecting apparatus: A locking and ejecting apparatus includes a carriage for holding an electronic module having a connector therein, a sliding bracket slid in the carriage, a mating connector attached to the sliding bracket for connecting with the connector, a triggering portion formed on the sliding bracket, a push-push switch attached to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090149045 - Electrical connector with improved ground piece: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of first and second contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metallic ground. Each first contact comprises a first contact portion and a first mounting portion. Each second contact comprises a second contact portion and a second mounting portion. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149046 - Connector: A connector 1 is comprised of a shield terminal 2, a grounding plate 3, and a connector housing 4. The grounding plate 3 is formed in an L-shape having a terminal connecting plate portion 6 and an external connecting plate portion 7. An outer conductor terminal press-fitting slit 8 is... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090149047 - Memory card connector with improved switch contacts for stably detection of card insertion or removal: A memory card connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a pair of switch contacts. The insulative housing defines a card receiving cavity for receiving a memory card. The pair of switch contacts are of a first status when the memory... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149048 - Electrical connector: A high voltage electrical connector includes a connector body. A first connector is supported within the connector body. A second connector is supported within the connector body and electrically connected to the first connector. A high voltage circuit protection device is electrically connected between the first connector and the second... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090149049 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector, for example a connector that will operate with the Universal Serial Bus, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the connector includes none, one, or several tongue board, tongue tip, electrical contact, housing shell, insulating strip on the inner lining of housing shell, protective edge. A connector integral to... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20090149050 - Multi-connector, and charging cable and data cable having the same: A multi-connector, and a charging cable and a data cable including the same are disclosed. The multi-connector includes a 24-pin connector and a 20-pin connector that may be used regardless of the type and manufacturer of a portable terminal. The multi-connector includes a first connector body having a first connector... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090149052 - Connector: The connector including the first and second connector housings is provided with means for draining water entered inside. At an end part of the second connector housing, situated at the front of an insertion direction of the first connector housing into the second connector housing, the second connector housing includes:... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090149051 - Mounting apparatus for plug of signal wire: A mounting apparatus for securely fixing a plug to a socket. The socket includes two opposite sidewalls. The mounting apparatus includes a pair of securing means movably mounted to the corresponding sidewalls of the socket for clamping the plug.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090149053 - In-line connector: Connectors are provided herein for connecting two elongated members that are positioned in-line to one another. Advantageously, the connectors not only allow for connection of the two members to permit for mechanical, electrical, EMI, and/or grounding applications, the connectors have provisions for accommodating thermal expansion and offset, which may include... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20090149054 - Connector: A slider (50) is mounted on a housing (20) movable between a wait position and a detection position. The slider (50), at the detection position, is at a position opposite to a flexing direction of a locking arm (26) to prevent the locking arm (26) from flexing in an unlocking... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090149055 - Connector holding clamp and connector retaining structure: An upper panel section includes an inserting hole into which a tip of a longitudinal-type equipment-side connector that is mounted on a PCB of an equipment at right angle and includes a spring section formed on its lateral surface is inserted. A foot section supports the upper panel section on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090149057 - Connector: A restriction (30) is provided for preventing a second housing (20) from being fit in an incorrect oblique posture into a receptacle (12). The restriction includes restricting ribs (31) projecting from an inner surface of the receptacle (12) and restricting grooves (32) formed by recessing an outer surface of the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090149056 - Electrical card connector with an improved guiding member: An electrical card connector (10) for receiving at least a first electrical card (100), includes an insulative housing (1) having a base portion (11), an arm portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion, and a receiving space (14) formed between the base portion and the arm portion. A number... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149058 - Card connector for connecting with two cards: A card connector (100) includes a first housing (1), a second housing (2) stacked with the first housing, and a pair of standoffs (7). The first housing includes a first shell (10) having a first main body (11) comprising a pair of clasps (15). The second housing includes a second... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149059 - Electric wire coupler: An electrical wire coupler adapted to electrically connect at least two wires, each comprising a conductive core and insulation therearound, is provided. The coupler comprises at least two compartments independently openable. Each of the compartments allows, in an open position, placement therein of at least one wire and, in a... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090149060 - Electrical connector with improved heat dissipation structure: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (2) having a base portion (20) with a front face (200) and a rear face (204), and a protection portion (22) extending backwardly from the rear face (204). The protection portion (22) defines a receiving cavity (222) opening at a rear end thereof.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149061 - Electrical connector having improved indicating module: An electrical connector (1) has an insulative housing (3) having a number of channels (310), an indicating module (8) assembled to the insulative housing and an outer shield (7) enclosing the insulative housing. The indicating module includes a substrate (81) having a number of L-shaped slots (811) and an indicating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149062 - Hospital grade electrical receptacle: An electrical receptacle includes a housing having a cover or face member coupled to a base, and a mounting bridge extending around and contacting the bottom and the two opposite ends of the base. Each of the end-contacting portions of the mounting bridge has at least one base tab that... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090149063 - Electrical coaxial connector: An electrical coaxial connector comprising a body made of insulator to be put on a circuit board, a signal-joining contacting conductor held by the body, and a grounding contacting conductor formed into a cylindrical shape and held also by the body for surrounding the signal-joining contacting conductor on the circuit... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090149064 - High current coaxial connection with two plug elements, and gradient coil conductor: A high-current coaxial connection with two plug elements that can be connected with one another, in particular to connect a current-carrying coaxial conductor to a gradient coil of a magnetic resonance apparatus, has a first and second coupling rings provided at the respective plug elements. The first coupling ring with... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090149065 - Electrical connector having improved shieding means: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative base (10) and a number of shielding plates retained in the insulative base. The shielding plates include a number of first and second shielding plates (30, 40) arranged in parallel arrangement. Each first shielding plate extends along a first direction and includes a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149066 - Electrical connector with esd protection: An electrical connector has an insulative housing (10) and a number of electrical contacts (20). The insulative housing has a tongue (14, 15) defining a front face (145) and an upper side and a lower side perpendicular to the front face. The electrical contacts include a number of upper contacts... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149067 - Electrical connector receptacle: An electrical coupler includes a connector receptacle having multiple modules. The modules each include a pair of signal conductors and a ground plane or shield, held together by a dielectric module body. The shields are between the pairs of conductors in adjacent modules, and provide electrical shielding between the pairs... Agent: Jonathan A. Platt Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090149068 - Connector with filter function: A connector with a filter function includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a plurality of first terminal lines formed on the first surface of the first substrate, wherein each of the first terminal lines is further arranged periodically and repeatedly... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090149069 - Electrical-connection device, particularly for photovoltaic-cell solar panels: An electrical-connection device, particularly for photovoltaic-cell panels, has: a first electrical terminal, designed to be connected to apparatuses for generation or use of electrical energy and to extend in a fixed position through a wall for support of the connection device; a seal for fluid-tight coupling of the first electrical... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090149070 - All-in-one card connector: An all-in-one card connector has a insulating case, a first base, a second base, a single card terminal assembly and multiple modular card terminal assemblies. The single card terminal assembly is formed on the first base and is inserted into one end of the insulating case. The modular card terminal... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090149071 - Electrical card connector with improved card restriction structure: An electrical card connector for insertion of a first card and a second card which is wider than the first card, includes an insulative housing defining a front mating port, a card receiving space extending backwardly from the mating port for receiving the first and the second cards, and a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149074 - Connecting module: A connecting module (1) having a insulating-material housing (2), at least one conductor connecting terminal (7) which is fitted into the insulating-material housing (2) and is accessible via an associated conductor insertion opening in the insulating-material housing (2) in order to hold an electrical conductor, and having at least one... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090149075 - Distribution module for converting between symmetrical and asymmetrical data transmission paths: The invention relates to a distribution module for converting between symmetric and non-symmetric data transmission paths. Said distribution module comprises a housing in which a transformer is arranged for adjusting impedance, first contacts for connecting at least one non-symmetric data cable, and second contacts for connecting at least one symmetric... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090149073 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a bracket (1) comprising a partition bar (10) and a pair of lower stands (12) extending downwardly from two opposite sides of the partition bar (10), a first electrical connector (2) located on the partition bar (10). The first electrical connector (2) includes a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149072 - Electrical connector with improved contacts retaining mechanism: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a front mating face, a base portion, a mating portion protruding forwardly from the base portion and a number of passageways recessed rearward from the front mating face, the housing defining a number of blocks on a rear side thereof, the blocks... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149076 - Electric power distribution apparatus: In one embodiment, an electrical power distribution apparatus is disclosed which includes a track made up of a plurality of track sections connected together by/to joints and end sections. The track sections are each provided with a slot with which a power point connector may be engaged at any point... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090149077 - Charging connector: The invention relates to a charging connector, comprising a plug provided with a plug housing and a socket outlet provided with a socket outlet housing, wherein the plug housing and the socket outlet housing each comprise standard fixing holes for fixing a handle in an interchangeable manner, wherein the charging... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090149078 - Connector: A connector comprises a plug, and a receptacle mounted on a substrate and having an opening into which the plug is inserted. The receptacle has a housing for holding a receptacle-side terminal part in an interior of a tubular shield cover that forms the opening. An engagement projection part provided... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090149079 - Surface-mounted connector: A slot 21 is formed on each of both side walls of a connector housing 1. A housing attachment portion 12 of each fixing metal member 10 is inserted into and locked in an associated one of the slots 21. The housing attachment portion 12 is divided by a slit... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090149080 - Audio jack connector: An audio jack connector in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided. The audio jack connector at least comprises an insulative housing with at least a terminal contact, wherein the insulative housing defines an insert hole through which a plug inserted and contacted with the terminal... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149081 - Audio jack connector and contact thereof with improved strong intensity contact portion: An audio jack connector includes an insulative housing and a conductive contact retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a plug receiving hole for receiving a mating plug and a mounting space located at one side of the plug receiving hole. The conductive contact has a stationary portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090149082 - Connection system: A connection system for laying and connecting core pairs of a multi-pair data cable to connection pairs of a data jack with an accommodating device for accommodating and sorting, without crossing over, the core pairs of the data cable.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090149083 - Telecommunications module, combination of a telecommunications module and at least one splitter circuit, and assembly of at least two telecommunications modules: A telecommunications module (10) has contacts (12, 14, 16) for connecting wires therewith, the contacts (12, 14, 16) being arranged in a number of substantially parallel rows, which is three or a multiple of three, at least one row of contacts (12, 14, 16) which is assigned to transmit a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090149084 - Biomedical electrode connectors: A biomedical electrode connector for coupling with a biomedical electrode of the type including an electrode base and a male terminal projecting from the electrode base is provided.... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20090149085 - Socket and method for its production: A socket for an electrical plug-and-socket connection is described, comprising a housing, a plug-in opening for mounting a plug, and a contact support insert configured in the housing. The contact support insert comprises contacts extending into the plug-in opening, configured as flat contacts with elastically bent contact surfaces. Preferably, to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

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20090149087 - Female terminal fitting: A female terminal fitting includes a bottom plate which extends in a front-back direction, a female electrical contact portion formed on a front side of the bottom plate, a board connecting portion extending backward of the bottom plate, and a stress relaxation portion. The bottom plate has a first stress... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090149088 - Microcontact, method for producing the same and electronic component: A microcontact according to the invention is less than 10 mm in length and composed of a conductive basis material, a base surface treatment layer formed thereon, and an upper surface treatment layer, and includes a contact portion, a terminal portion, and an intermediate portion formed over its entire circumference... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090142937 - Connection apparatus for transmitting electric current, in particular for a steering wheel heater of a vehicle: The invention relates to a connection device for transmitting electric current, in particular for a steering wheel heater of a motor vehicle, between a stationary housing part and a rotor which can rotate with respect to the housing part, comprising a flat ribbon cable and end plug connectors which are... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20090142938 - Power transfer-connecting device interposed between a power supply and a lamp of a vehicle: A transfer-connecting device has several sockets at one end, several first terminals at the other end, and several second terminals; the transfer-connecting device is interposed between a power supply and a lamp of a vehicle; the power supply supplies several different voltages through separate power cords; a connecting component is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090142939 - Adapter for card connector: An adapter has a transmitting board (100) used for a card bus connector and having a top layer (11) having an array of pads (125) disposed on a front portion thereof, a bottom layer (12), a number of rows of holes (13) extending through the top layer and the bottom... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090142940 - Electrical junction box: The present invention is to provide a miniaturized electrical junction box including a miniaturized circuit board. The circuit board includes a plurality of transistors disposed side-by-side in-line each having a downwardly projecting control terminal, a laterally projecting output terminal, and an input terminal projecting oppositely of the control terminal and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090142943 - Connector and electronic device having the same: An electronic device including a circuit board and a connector disposed on the circuit board is provided. The connector includes a connecting body having a first surface and a second surface, a plurality of first leads, and a plurality of second leads. The first leads and the second leads are... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090142941 - Contact element for plug-type connector printed circuit boards: The invention relates to a contact element (10) for a plug-type connector for printed circuit boards, the contact element (10) having two connection sides, the one connection side being in the form of a contact for connecting wires and the other connection side being in the form of a contact... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090142942 - Electrical device having a lubricated joint and a method for lubricating such a joint: An electrical device, particularly a control unit, having at least one joint having a first joining partner, especially a sleeve, and a second joining partner, especially a pin, the joint between the two joining partners having a junction ; at least at the junction an at least partially solidified lubricant... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090142944 - Edge connector for reverse insertion of daughter board: An edge connector assembly includes a PCB defining a first face, a second face opposite to the first face thereof and a notch therein, a daughter board defining a front mating portion and a rear retaining portion and an edge connector mounted in the notch of the PCB. The connector... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090142945 - Low profile photovoltaic edge connector: The connection system includes input and output modules that are edge-mounted on a photovoltaic array to conduct the photon energy created from the arrays. The system circuitry includes a diode, heat sink and connector plugs for transmitting the energy from the array. A channel on the connector fits onto the... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090142946 - Electrical connector assembly with esd protection: An electrical connector assembly in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided. The electrical connector assembly comprises an insulative housing in which a plurality of contacts retained. The contacts include a plurality of signal contacts and at least one grounding contact. Furthermore, the electrical connector assembly... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090142947 - Expandable power and data center adapted for use with multiple mounts: An expandable power and data center (300) is mounted to a work surface (332), and includes a front face surface (302). Extending outwardly from an aperture (338) within the face (302) are power receptacles (310) and data ports (312). A housing (322) extends rearwardly of the front face (302) and... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090142948 - Memory card connector with improved contact arrangement: A USB card connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a rear wall and a card receiving cavity located forward the rear wall. Each contact includes a contact portion protruding to the card receiving cavity. The contacts are... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090142949 - Connector: A connector capable of preventing an engaging portion of an ejection mechanism from being damaged even when a card-type electronic component is inserted obliquely with respect to a card inserting/ejecting direction. A cover is mounted on a housing having a card accommodating portion for accommodating a memory card in a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090142950 - Cable connection to a submersible pump: A device (10) for supplying electrical power and signals to a submersible pump (15) in such a way that it is sealed from liquids via an external electrical cable (11) extending through a opening (49) within the head (48) of a pump housing (50). The device comprises a plug connector... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20090142951 - Handheld data-processing device and an accessory therefor: A handheld data-processing device in the form of a personal digital assistant (PDA) (10) for use in an industrial environment includes an expansion module (100) arranged to be releasably fixed to a rear face of the PDA (10) and so as to be operatively coupled thereto. Each of the PDA... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090142952 - Conversion adapter for connector and connector: An alternate connector is a connector capable of being inserted into and extracted from a mating connector in the axial direction. The connector has, in the outer periphery of a cylindrical shell that mates with the mating connector, a male screw for engaging the mating connector, and a bayonet groove... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090142953 - Low profile modular electrical connectors and systems: Power connector modules are provided that can be plug connectors, receptacle connectors, or a system of plug and receptacle connector modules and optionally other modules, that mate together. Each connector has an uncoupled contact feature. The uncoupled contacts have exposed surfaces to dissipate heat resulting from Joule effects. The uncoupled... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090142954 - Electrical connecting apparatus for flat conductors: A connector assembly for connecting the flat conductors of a photovoltaic panel with an electrical component, such as a diode, printed circuit or the like, includes a conductor support body having a base portion adapted for connection with the photovoltaic panel, and a bridge portion carrying a plurality of flat... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20090142955 - Electronic device and printed circuit board unit: The invention provides a printed circuit board including a first surface, a second surface which is a rear surface to the first surface, a connector installed on the first surface, and, formed between the first surface and the second surface, one of a through hole piercing the printed circuit board... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090142956 - Electrical connector assembly with heat dissipating device: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a heat dissipate device disposed upon the electrical connector. The heat dissipate device includes a heat plate, a heat pipe secured on the heat plate and a load plate located between the heat plate and the heat pipe. The load plate... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090142957 - Jack cable assembly and method of making same: An electrical jack cable assembly includes a jack cable connector and an adaptor coupling for attaching the connector to a support. The jack connector has a plurality of electric cables, a plurality of electric terminals and a connector body. The adaptor coupling has a face plate, a tray that extends... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090142958 - Connector: Retaining projections are formed on and project outwardly in a right-left direction respectively from right and left side walls of a spacer. The retaining projections are used for achieving a provisionally-retained condition and a completely-retained condition of the spacer. When the side walls are elastically deformed, the retaining projections slide... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090142959 - Video display connector having protection circuit: A video display connector having protection circuit includes an insulating stand, a conducting terminal array fixedly connected to the insulating stand, a circuit board disposed in correspondence with the insulating stand and providing electrical connection to a lateral end of the conducting terminal array, a protective element electrically connected with... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090142960 - Coaxial connector connecting structure and high- frequency device equipped with the same: A coaxial connector connecting structure according to the invention includes a coaxial connector provided on an outer surface of a housing accommodating a module case of a high-frequency circuit. The module case has a thick side wall with a first through-hole to provide a coaxial space forming portion as a... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090142962 - Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a main portion (20) and a mating tongue portion (22) extending forwardly from the main portion, a number of signal contacts (31) arranged on the tongue portion, a number of ground contacts (32) arranged on the tongue portion alternatively with... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090142961 - Speaker connector: A speaker connector for connecting a speaker and a printed circuit board of an electronic device includes an insulating housing and a terminal. The insulating housing defines a holding groove extending therethrough. The terminal has a retaining portion retained in the holding groove of the insulating housing. A first resilient... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090142963 - Card connector capable of switching a card holding state with a simple structure: In a card connector for connection to a card, a connector frame defines a region allowing the card to be fitted therein and holds a contact adapted for contact with the card. For ejecting the card, an eject member is movable with respect to the connector frame and swingably holds... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090142964 - Connector with fastening tabs: A connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a base and a tongue formed on the base. The terminals are mounted in the insulative housing. The metal shell covers the insulative housing and has a top, a space and a... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090142965 - Multi-port cabling system and method: A multi-port cabling system for use in installing cable to an equipment rack or enclosure or within an equipment room or data center includes a cabling assembly comprising at least one connector head having a plurality of ports and at least one cable operatively connected to the plurality of ports.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP A2000

20090142967 - Contact member, holding structure of contact member and electrical connector: An electrical connecter capable of preventing a contact member from being lifted up without inhibiting reduction in height is provided. A contact member of an electrical connector, which is held in a housing including a press-fit hole and a support surface, and is to be connected to a mating contact... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090142966 - Plug for connection strips and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a plug (11) for terminal blocks in telecommunications and data system equipment, comprising a lower part (1) and an upper part (12) of plastic, which are interconnected, and at least one contact element (5), which can be inserted into a tapping contact of a terminal block,... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090142968 - Board edge termination back-end connection assemblies and communications connectors including such assemblies: Communications connectors are provided that include a printed circuit board that has a top side and a bottom side. These connectors each include a housing that receives at least a portion of the printed circuit board. The connectors include first through eighth input contacts that are mounted on the printed... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090142969 - Multi-port connector having displayport and hdmi connector: A multi-port connector having DisplayPort and HDMI connector includes a seat body, a DisplayPort, an HDMI connector, a sealing lid and an outer casing. A first slot and a second slot are respectively arranged on the seat body. At back of the seat body, there is a recessing part, at... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090142970 - Modular connectors with easy-connect capability: Modular connectors are provided that have a modular receptacle connector assembly matable with a modular plug connector assembly for connecting AC or DC power connectors and electrical signals including board-to-board and wire-to-board connection. Provided is a “pass through” modular component to facilitate connection and disconnection of only the power supply... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090142971 - Socket for an electrical plug and socket connection: A socket for an electrical plug and socket connection is described, comprising a socket housing with a plug-in opening for mounting a plug. The plug-in opening includes a contact support component for mating with a plug which provides contacts extending into the plug-in opening. The contacts are preferably flat contacts... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090142972 - Spring-loaded contact for electrical conductors: A contact for use with electrical conductors is provided. This contact includes a stationary engagement member; a flexible engagement member; and a biasing member (e.g., a spring) disposed between the stationary engagement member and the flexible engagement member. The action of the biasing member displaces the flexible engagement member from... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources