Electrical connectors inventions 09/09

20090239391 - Rotary contact connector for electrical cables: A rotary contact-connection assembly for electric cables contains an electrically non-conducting support crossed by a borehole. A first bearing is configured in the borehole and a second bearing is configured radially outside the borehole around the support. The bearings are configured axially relative to each other and to the borehole.... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP (itw)

20090239392 - Electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, An electronic apparatus includes: a receptacle that is not compatible with a plug having a support magnet around a plug terminal; a magnet that is disposed so that one pole of the magnet is opposed to a certain pole of the support magnet when the plug... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090239393 - Conductive magnetic coupling system: Technologies are described herein for a conductive magnetic coupling system. The system includes a signal supply component that provides electrical and/or data signals to a signal consumption component that utilizes the signal to provide an output. The two components are magnetically coupled together such that the magnetic coupling mechanisms not... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20090239394 - Electronic component connecting apparatus, electronic unit and electronic apparatus: An electronic component connecting apparatus includes an electronic component connecting section connected to an electronic component having terminals, a circuit board connecting section which is connected to a circuit board and which is electrically connects at least one of the terminals and the circuit board with each other, and a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090239395 - Electrical connector lead frame: An electrical interconnection system with high speed, high density electrical connectors. The connector is assembled from wafers containing columns of conductive elements, held in an insulative housing. The conductive elements may each have a plurality of beams of different lengths such that the mating contact surfaces of the first beam... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090239396 - Compression connector: A compression connector, a terminal for a compression connector and an assembly including a compression connector and a PCB. The compression connector including a housing; one or more terminals disposed in the housing; each terminal including a substantially U-shaped contact portion protruding above a surface level of the housing with... Agent: Harrington & Smith PC

20090239397 - Socket contact: A low-profile socket contact is provided that is mountable on a print substrate and has a high contact pressure. The socket contact includes a base portion provided on a print substrate, and a contact connecting portion connecting to the tab-shaped contact provided on a central portion of the base portion.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090239398 - Press fit (compliant) terminal and other connectors with tin-silver compound: A tin-silver press-fit interconnect which includes a press-fit terminal having a coating or finish of a tin-silver compound for use with a terminal receiving device. The tin-silver compound serves to prevent the formation of tin whiskers which appear most frequently in pure tin coated electrical components under mechanical stress and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090239399 - Adapter device for a low voltage switching device: The present invention relates to an adapter device for connection of a low voltage switching device to a distribution bus bar system. The adapter device comprises a body provided with a front wall, which can be connected to the switching device, and a back wall, opposite the front wall. The... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090239400 - Safety receptacle with tamper resistant shutter: The disclosed embodiments are directed to a apparatus that includes a frame and a shutter device located within the frame, the shutter device being configured to simultaneously block openings for at least a hot connector element and a neutral connector element of an electrical receptacle when forces are unequally applied... Agent: Geza Ziegler Jr. Balaton Ip

20090239401 - Conductor track carrier: A conductor track carrier is intended to contact-connect electrical components. The carrier has a flexible base film, a conductor track on the base film, and a contact-connection eye arranged in a contact-connection section of the conductor track carrier and electrically coupled to the conductor track. The conductor track carrier has... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090239402 - Modular electrical system including back-to-back receptacle configurations and capable of providing four wire circuitry: A modular electrical system (230) comprises a number of separate components forming a four-wire system (110). The component set (230) includes receptacle junction blocks (130), two-way connectors (232), four-way connectors (236), two-way jumper cable assemblies (234), and three-way jumper cable assemblies (238). The components of the component set (230) include... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090239403 - Modular electrical system utilizing four wire circuitry: A four wire system (800) includes a receptacle section (808) positioned intermediate a female end connector (804) and a male end connector (806). Each connector (804, 806) include a series of four conductive electrical wires consisting of a neutral (822, 842), a ground (824, 844), a first hot (826, 846),... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090239404 - Fixture: The present invention relates to a fixture capable of fixing a USB connector on a housing. The fixture comprises a housing connection surface, a top surface, a first lateral surface, and a second lateral surface, wherein the housing connection surface is capable of being fixed on the housing; the top... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090239405 - Releasably engaging high definition multimedia interface plug: A releasably engaging high definition multimedia plug comprises a plug body and an actuator operable with the plug body to move a locking tab of the plug and facilitate releasable engagement of the plug with a standard high definition multimedia receptacle.... Agent: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.

20090239406 - Releasably engaging high definition multimedia interface plug: A releasably engaging high definition multimedia plug comprises a plug body and an actuator operable with the plug body to move a locking tab of the plug and facilitate releasable engagement of the plug with a standard high definition multimedia receptacle. A corresponding method of releasably securing a high definition... Agent: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.

20090239407 - Lamp socket and light appliance thereof: Disclosed are a lamp socket and a light appliance having the same. The lamp socket includes connection terminal bodies including connection terminals provided in sides of the lamp socket to contact the connection pins of the lamp and connection terminal recesses into which the connection terminals are inserted, and connection... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090239408 - Electrical connection device and connector: The disclosure relates to a connection device, in particular a heavy-duty plug-type connection, with a first connector and a second connector, which each have a contact-making element in order to produce an electrical connection in the connected state of the connectors; the connectors bearing against one another at a connection... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090239409 - Insulation displacement connector (idc): An electrical insulation displacement connector includes a body having at least one channel with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire therein. A contact element is fixed in the body with a first insulation displacement end defined by opposed blades oriented across the channel,... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090239410 - Connection module: A connection module for housing a contact element used to electrically connect wires within the module, the module being formed of first and second parts arranged to interfit so as to define a first set of openings, each being shaped to receive an end section of one of said wires... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090239411 - Crimp contact for an aluminum stranded wire, and cable end structure of an aluminum stranded wire having the crimp contact connected thereto: The present invention is directed to a crimp contact for an aluminum stranded wire having a serration provided in an inner face of a crimping portion of the crimp contact, wherein a ratio d/e is 0.33 or more, in which d represents a depth of a groove constituting the serration... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090239412 - Terminal cover: A terminal cover has first and second pieces (10, 30) that can be united into a tubular shape. A resilient lock piece (13) is formed on the first piece (10) and engages a lock (41) of the second piece (30) to lock the two pieces (10, 30) in a united... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090239413 - Reinforced patch panel frame with rear mounted modules: There is provided a patch panel for mounting thereto a plurality of keystone style modular jacks each comprising a forward portion having a plug receiving opening moulded therein. The patch panel comprises a flat frame comprising a first plurality of like rectangular openings, each one of the first plurality of... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20090239414 - Connector for substrate: A connector (10) for a substrate has a tubular hood (21 ) in which at least one mating housing can be fit. The hood (21) is mounted on a surface of a circuit substrate (90). Channels (45, 46) are formed in a bottom wall (22) of the hood (21) and... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090239415 - Attachment device for a connector: An attachment device (1) for a connector, includes at least two clamps (2a, 2b, 3) that can attach the attachment device (1) in a removable manner to a panel (30), and a base (4) that delimits a housing (6) that can accommodate a connector (31) or a connector support (31),... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090239416 - Apparatus for mechanical and electrical connection: An apparatus is proposed for detachable mechanical and electrical and/or optical connection of a recording appliance to an imaging apparatus. The apparatus comprises a mounting board and an insert board, which is pushed into the mounting board. In this case, the mounting board has guides on opposite sides, which hold... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090239417 - Connector arrangement of multiple independently operable electrical connectors: A connector arrangement including a connector body; a first electrical connector coupled with the connector body; a jacket surrounding the first electrical connector and coupled with the connector body; and a second electrical connector arranged around the first electrical connector is provided; in which the first and second electrical connectors... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090239418 - Screen: A screen (60) for reducing the electromagnetic coupling between a first and a second adjacent pair (62, 64) of electrical connectors (52), which are arranged in a row of pairs of electrical connectors (52) in a connector block (10), contains a first electrically conducting surface (66) which is shaped for... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090239419 - Connector header with wire wrap pins: A connector header (10) is provided. The connector header includes an electrically insulating body (12), having an upper surface (14) and an opposed lower surface (16), separated by end walls (18) and side walls (20). At least two projections (22) are formed on said lower surface (16). At least one... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090239420 - Connector for connecting electronic component: Provided is a connector for connecting an electronic component, which reduces noise radiation when the electronic component is connected to a substrate through the connector and driven. In a connector (100), a connector main body (130) stores a module (210) inside an opening section (110), and the connector main body... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090239421 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector consists of a plug connector and a receptacle connector to be fitted. An insulator is supported only by plug contacts each having an elastic portion between second and third fixed portions so as to be floating in a housing. The elastic portion is so positioned that its... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090239422 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector consists of a plug connector and a receptacle connector to be fitted. An insulator is supported only by plug contacts each provided between second and third fixed portions with an elastic portion having at least one snaked portion so as to be floating in a housing. The... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090239423 - Devices for connecting conductors of twisted pair cable to insulation displacement contacts: A termination device to facilitate interconnection of a twisted pair communications cable to IDCs includes: a housing having an aperture and a pair of first and second IDCs extending within the aperture; a twisted pair communications cable having a twisted pair of first and second conductors; and a termination device.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090239424 - Layout of power semiconductor contacts on a cooling surface: An arrangement for contact-connecting at least one electronic component mounted in a housing with connection wires to a cooling surface and a spring element that can be fixed in the housing and has at least one spring arm which presses the component against the cooling surface in a contact-pressure position... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20090239425 - Connecting terminal: A connecting terminal developed speedily while limiting a temperature rise when a current flows, comprising male and female terminals each having a wire crimp portion to which a wire is crimped, and a joint portion where the male and female terminals are joined to each other, wherein a contact resistance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090233457 - Continuous sliding electrical contact tape: The electrical tape has a flexible conductor strip defining a conductor strip contact surface configured to interact with a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the flexible conductor strip being arranged to provide electrical connectivity between the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector. The electrical tape... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20090233458 - Pcb blade connector system and method: The connector between the patient electrode pads and the base unit of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) system can be formed by capturing a printed circuit board (PCB) within a connector housing. The PCB can have conductive metal traces that serve as the contact points between the wires from the... Agent: King & Spalding

20090233459 - Wiring board and optical disk drive using the same: A wiring board of the present invention has a terminal section and a wiring section connected to the terminal section. The terminal section is configured so as to have a plurality of long connection terminals placed at predetermined intervals along a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the wiring... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090233462 - Cable connector assembly with ffc module: A cable connector assembly comprises a FFC module and a receptacle connector mating with the FFC module. The receptacle connector comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals received into the insulative housing. The FFC module comprises a pair of FFCs paralleled with each other and at least one... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233461 - Method of manufacturing a printed circuit board: A method of making a circuit board comprising the steps of: (1) forming two or more metallized vias through at least a portion of a circuit board; and (2) forming an isolation opening between the two or more metallized vias, whereby at least a portion of the metallization is removed... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20090233460 - Output adapting device of plug-in power system: An output adapting device of a plug-in power system is used to connect an output terminal of the plug-in power system with an input terminal of an electronic device, so as to transmit the power from the plug-in power system to the electronic device. The adapting device includes an output... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090233463 - Integrated circuit test socket having elastic contact support and methods for use therewith: A socket can be used for testing an integrated circuit package having a plurality of rows of leads. The socket includes a base that is aligned with a circuit board having a plurality of contact pads. A plurality of rows of contact fingers are electrically coupled to the plurality of... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20090233464 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) mounted to a printed circuit board (7) for receiving an IC package includes a substantially rectangular insulative housing (2) mounted to the printed circuit board (7), a plurality of contacts (3) received in the insulative housing (2), a retention member (5) mounted to the printed circuit... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233465 - Electrical connection structure: An electrical connection structure allowing reduction in height and easy disassembly, wherein a first connecting member comprises a flexible substrate comprising a flexible insulating film, at least one conductive pad formed on at least one side thereof, a conductive circuit pattern extending from the rim of the pad, a through-hole... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090233466 - Surface-mounted circuit board module and process for fabricating the same: A surface-mounted circuit board module disposed on a system circuit board is disclosed. The surface-mounted circuit board module comprising a circuit board having at least an electronic component disposed thereon and a plurality of connectors. Each of the connectors comprises a first end portion at least partially embedded in the... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090233467 - Circuit board connector assembly and method for assembling such an assembly: A circuit board connector assembly mounted in a housing and method of mounting are described. The assembly has orthogonal first and second circuit boards (CB). The CB has a CB connector containing a CB housing with CB electrical contacts. A flexible electrical link has a link connector mounted in a... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090233468 - Electronic device and on-vehicle module: In a module, press-fit connection using a pin terminal including a connection part separated into two parts and a flat plane parallel to the lengthwise direction in the separation part and perpendicular to the separation direction of the pin terminal is performed. A through-hole of a board is structured so... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090233469 - Interface module: An interface module includes a housing configured to hold at least one modular jack. The housing is configured to be mounted on a panel. The housing includes an electrically conductive portion. An electrically conductive fastener has a housing interface configured to engage the electrically conductive portion of the housing and... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090233470 - Ground rod and connection sleeve filled with compound of electric conduction: An installation structure of a ground rod for driving the rod deep into the ground comprising an overhead earth wire installed to protect transformers, power-transmission lines, etc. from lightning; a ground wire that is extended from a lightning arrester to a ground; a multi-stage ground rod elongated by a thread... Agent: Iphorgan, Ltd.

20090233471 - Electrical connector having improved terminal module: An electrical connector has an insulative housing (10) having a front face (14) and a rear face (12), a number of terminal modules (20) mounted to the insulative housing in a back-to-front direction. The terminal module has a base (20), a number of terminals (23) and grounding contacts (25) exposed... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233472 - Electrical connector with fault closure lockout: An electrical connector, such as a bushing insert, with a fault-closure lockout feature includes a housing with an inner bore having opposite ends. One end has an opening providing access to the inner bore. A piston-contact element is movable between first and second axially spaced positions within the inner bore.... Agent: King & Spalding

20090233473 - Connector with a switch terminal: A connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, switch terminal and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a base and a tongue. The base has a slit and an open slot communicating with the slit. The terminals are mounted in the base and the tongue of the... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090233474 - Electrical connector with floating cover: An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts, a fastening mechanism, and a floating cover. The contacts are received in the insulative housing and have mating portions extending of the insulative housing. The fastening mechanism includes a stiffener with a planar frame surrounding the insulative housing.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233475 - Waterproof gigabit ethernet connector: A mateable pair of Ethernet connector assemblies for propagating data at Gigabit rates is disclosed. The pair of electrical connector assemblies includes a male Ethernet plug and a female Ethernet receptacle. The male Ethernet plug includes a substantially cylindrical hollow-body shell, an insulator body positioned within the shell, and a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090233476 - Tamper evident connector system: An electrical assembly is disclosed that provides evidence of tampering. The assembly includes a plug housing with a seal cover attached thereto. A wire dress cover is attached over the seal cover, and a locking insert is placed through the wire dress cover and is held in place by a... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090233477 - Electrical connector with improved stiffener device: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of electrical contacts and a stiffener device surrounding housing. A load plate is mounted to one end of the stiffener device and a lever is rotatably mounted to the other end of the stiffener device. The stiffener device includes an insulative... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233478 - Tamper evident connector system: An electrical assembly is disclosed that provides evidence of tampering. The assembly includes a plug housing with a seal cover attached thereto, the seal cover including latching arms. A wire dress cover is attached over the seal cover, and a locking element is placed through the wire dress cover and... Agent: Lisa Burgin Vaccarelli

20090233479 - Dc power plug with led's improved connecting method: An electrical connector includes a housing with a plurality of receiving spaces, a group of terminals received in the housing, an indicator received in the housing, and a shielding covering on the housing. The terminals include a central portion connected to anode and a contact portion connected to cathode. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233480 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly includes an organizer plate having a plurality of apertures for receiving termination devices. Each termination device includes a shield box, an insulator, and a socket contact. The shield box has at least one outwardly extending ground contact element and a latch member. When the termination device... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090233481 - Vehicle: The invention relates to a vehicle, particularly an automobile (100), comprising an on-board supply system (1′), at least one peripheral device (1), and at least one socket (2, 2b, 2c, 2d) for connecting user terminals (5), such as notebooks, mobile telephones, pocket PCs, handheld devices, and similar, to the at... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090233482 - Compression connector for coaxial cable: A compression connector for smooth walled, corrugated, and spiral corrugated coaxial cable includes an insulator disposed within the body, wherein the insulator contains a central opening therein which is dimensioned smaller than a collet portion which seizes a center conductor of the coaxial cable. The connector also includes a clamp... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20090233483 - Coaxial cable crimp connector: A connector for semi-rigid outer conductor coaxial cable having a body provided with a connection interface at a connector end, a body bore and a crimp area around an outer surface of the body. The body bore dimensioned to receive the outer conductor together with a cylindrical sleeve dimensioned to... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20090233484 - Electrical connector with improved shielding shell: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a pair of side-walls, a plurality of terminals retained in the insulating housing and comprising contacting portions and a shielding shell surrounding the housing. Each of the side walls of the housing defines a window portion thereof to communicating with the mating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233485 - Electrical connector system having electromagnetic interference shield and latching features: A connector system may facilitate interconnection between electrical components, such as a printed circuit board and a cable. The connector system may reduce the effect of electromagnetic interference on the transfer of power and data signals between the cable and the printed circuit board. The connector systems may include a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20090233486 - Plug/jack system having pcb with lattice network: A jack is provided that has compensation and crosstalk zones. At least one of the zones employs a lattice network that couples conductors in the zone to reduce the net crosstalk in the plug/jack system. The lattice network has a frequency response slope that is different from the frequency response... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090233487 - Cable assembly with conductive wires neatly arranged therein: A cable assembly (100) comprises a mating member (4), a print circuit board (2), an LED (3) attached to the print circuit board (2) and a cable (6) having a positive wire (61) and a negative wire (62) connected with the mating member (4). Said positive wire and negative wire... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090233488 - Electric connector for circuit board: A fitting portion 21 of a terminal 20 is formed in an inverted U character shape along an outer surface and an upper surface of a housing sidewall portion and an interior of a receptacle groove 16; an elastic arm portion 22 bends and extends from the fitting portion to... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090233489 - Host device: A card controller receives data from a recording card via a socket. A read clock is transmitted in a main transmission wiring, and the data is transmitted in a data transmission wiring. The read clock is withdrawn from the card controller by an outgoing transmission wiring and retrieved into the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090233490 - Electrical adapter assembly and apparatus using the same: An electrical adapter assembly for connecting a first hard disk drive and a second hard disk drive. The electrical adapter assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first golden fingers capable of electrically inserting into the first hard disk drive and a second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090233491 - Low-profile connector for a neurostimulation lead: An implantable connector, implantable lead assemblies, and implantable lead assembly kits are provided. The connector comprises an electrically insulative receptacle having a port configured for receiving an electrical lead body portion that carries an electrical terminal, and an electrical spring clip contact mounted within the receptacle. The electrical contact includes... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP/bsc - Neuromodulation

20090233492 - Connector and connector device: A connector has a housing, contact modules accommodated within the housing and having transmission path patterns with ends which form a plurality of contacts, and a connecting surface. Each of the contacts is exposed at the connecting surface. The contacts of each of the contact modules are aligned in a... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090233493 - Conductive contact unit: A conductive contact unit establishes an electrical connection between different circuitries, and includes a plurality of conductive contacts that receive and output an electrical signal from and to the circuitries, respectively. The conductive contact unit includes a conductive contact holder that accommodates and holds the conductive contacts, and a vibration... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090233494 - Usb-b connector with esata interface: A USB-B connector with an eSATA interface is provided. The connector includes a socket with a tongue plate placed inside the socket. The socket conforms to the USB-B specification. The socket further includes a plurality of pins, which are located on the upper and lower surfaces of the tongue plate,... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090233495 - Booster cable clamp: A booster cable clamp having an upper jaw and a lower jaw is disclosed. The upper jaw has an upper jaw left wall, an upper jaw right wall, and an upper jaw front wall while the lower jaw has a lower jaw left wall that substantially opposes the upper jaw... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090233496 - Bushing well with improved coupling components: A bushing well, which generally includes a bushing well housing defining a conical inner cavity for receiving an end of a bushing insert and an electrically conductive insert disposed within the housing, wherein the insert has an installation tool engagement portion accessible by an installation tool via the inner cavity... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090233497 - Battery connecting structure: An exemplary battery connecting structure includes a housing and a contact spring. The housing includes a base, a sidewall extending around a periphery of the base, and at least one fixing portion defined at an inner surface of the sidewall away from the base. The contact spring includes a plurality... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090233498 - Terminal cover and terminal protective structure: A terminal cover includes a claw portion and a covering portion. The claw portion is able to engage with an opening provided on a terminal guard that is arranged to stand around a terminal protruding outward from the casing of a compressor. The covering portion covers all pathways to the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090227122 - Ac power adapter with swiveling plug having folding prongs: An external AC power adapter is provided in a compact form factor that utilizes an AC plug that swivels about the body of the adapter and that includes prongs (i.e., electrical contacts or terminals) which can fold into the body for transport or storage. The swiveling AC plug enables the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090227123 - Connectorized alarm cross connect panel: Disclosed are an apparatus and corresponding method for a cross connect panel that includes a circuit board, a trace, and a cross connect field of user-configurable assignment terminals. The circuit board is equipped with input and output connectors and a trace that is connected to a first subset of equipment... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090227124 - Electrical connector: The electrical connector may include an insulative housing and a support member. The housing may include a first surface, a second surface, a first side, and at least one aperture disposed from the first surface to the second surface. The support member may be mounted to the first side to... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090227125 - Adjustable test socket: An adjustable test socket for aligning an electronic device with spring probes in a test fixture is provided having two adjustable walls or four adjustable walls.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090227126 - Terminal box for solar battery module: Three bypass diodes (50) each comprised of a principal body (51) with a rectifying function and a connecting piece extending from the principal body is bridged between corresponding two terminal plates (30A, 30B). The principal body (51) is supported by one terminal plate (30A, 30B), whereas the leading end of... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090227127 - Solderable elastic electric contact terminal: Provided is a solderable elastic electric contact terminal. The solderable elastic electric contact terminal includes a tube-shaped insulating elastic core, an insulating non-foam rubber coating layer adhered to the insulating elastic core to surround the insulating elastic core, and a heat-resistant polymer film having one surface adhered to the insulating... Agent: Hyun Jong Park Park & Associates Intellectual Property Law LLC

20090227128 - Electrical connection between first and second metal parts that are electrically insulated from each other: An electrical connection (1) for electrically interconnecting adjacent first and second metal parts (2, 3) that are electrically insulated from each other, includes clamping elements (30) together with first and second metal inserts (10, 20) that are arranged respectively in first and second openings (4, 5) formed in the first... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090227129 - Electrical connector having grounding bridge: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) which comprise a pair of side walls (121) and a pair of end walls (122) linking with two ends of the side wall, a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the side wall and a pair of grounding bridges (3) received in... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090227130 - Tamper resistant assembly for an electrical receptacle: An electrical receptacle includes a front cover having a rib and a protrusion connected thereto, a back housing secured to the front cover and a tamper resistant assembly disposed between the front cover and the back housing. The tamper resistant assembly includes a base member, first and second shutter members,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090227131 - Tamper resistant assembly for an electrical receptacle: An electrical receptacle includes a front cover having a rib and a protrusion connected thereto, a back housing secured to the front cover and a tamper resistant assembly disposed between the front cover and the back housing. The tamper resistant assembly includes a slide pad member, first and second shutter... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090227132 - Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors: An electrical disconnect has first and second female contacts mounted in a power connector housing and first and second male contacts in a load connector housing. The male contacts each have a male blade contact finger. The female contacts each have a socket for removably receiving a male blade contact... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090227133 - Pluggable module having ejector device: A pluggable module (3) retained in a mating receptacle cage (1) which has a retaining tab (10) includes a housing (30) and an ejector device (34). The housing has a latch portion (310) retained in the retaining tab, a recessing portion (312) defined on a surface thereof, at least one... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090227134 - Novel hermaphroditic coupling: A low-profile genderless connector uses interlocking tabs and spring levers to form a secure mechanical link with another identical genderless connector using rotational engagement. Upon full engagement of two opposing yet identical connectors, electrical contacts on each connector complete multiple signal paths for ground, power, and signal communication in a... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090227135 - Electrical connector with fastening mechanism: An electrical connector for use with an electronic package, includes an insulative housing with a number of contacts receiving in the insulative housing and a fastening mechanism assembled to the insulative housing adapt to secure the electronic package to the electrical connector. The fastening mechanism includes a cover with a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090227136 - Mounting structure for surface mounted device and method of firmly mounting surface mounted device: The present invention provides a mounting structure for a surface mounted device capable of reducing sufficiently the stress applied to external joint terminal portions of a surface mounted device due to an impact caused by, for example, dropping a mobile device such as a mobile phone. A mounting structure for... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090227137 - Universal serial bus plug and receptacle coupling arrangements: A Universal Serial Bus socket-equipped arrangement (USB-SEA) configured for mating with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug having a plug metal housing and an aperture disposed in the plug metal housing. The arrangement includes a plug-receiving cavity configured to receive the USB plug. The arrangement further includes a spring-loaded mechanism... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20090227138 - Electrical connector adapter for connecting with two rows of cables: An electrical connector connected with cables defines an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing. Each of the contacts defines a connecting beam for connecting with said cable. Said contacts are arranged at two opposite sides of the insulating housing. The cables could extend out... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090227139 - Push-pull plugs and tools: A tool and method for using the tool for a push-pull plug with an outer housing that may be moved forwardly and backwardly along a plug housing in order to affect the operation of a latch arm. The tool has a handle, stem, and a clip on the stem on... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090227140 - Method and apparatus for patch panel patch cord documentation and revision: Intelligent patch panels support patch cord management in communications networks. Modular patch panels can be connected to one another for the purposes of sharing power and also for the purposes of monitoring patch cord connections and reporting the status of patch cord connections to a network management system. Each port... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090227141 - Electrical connector having improved shielding plate: An electrical connector (1) has an insulative housing (10) including a number of receiving passages (100), a number of terminal modules (20) mounted to the insulative housing and located adjacent to another and shielding plates (3). The terminal module has a base (22) including a first side (223), a plurality... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090227142 - Audio connector with ganged articulation networks: This disclosure provides for articulation networks that result in a wider and flatter articulation range throughout the audio spectrum. Articulation networks are disclosed herein for providing a desirable articulation response profile through a gang of networks that maintain a substantially constant Q throughout the audio spectrum. A constant Q is... Agent: Law Offices Of Timothy Brisson

20090227144 - Computer peripheral device: A computer peripheral device includes a casing, a main body and a shelter body. The casing includes two parallel sidewalls to define a first containing space for fixing the main body. A connecting terminal is on a lateral surface and proximate to the main body and with its back facing... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090227143 - Socket contact: A socket contact of small-size is provided for which detachment at solder from the print substrate is difficult. In the contact 1, a face in the thickness direction 120 of a front end portion of a pair of elastic arms 12a and 12b faces toward the insertion opening 21. When... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090227145 - Orthogonal electrical connector and assembly: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating face and a mounting face. A plurality of signal contacts are held by the housing with the signal contacts being arranged in differential pairs to form signal contact pairs. Each signal contact has a body, a contact pin extending from one... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090227146 - Connector: A connector capable of electrically connecting two plate-shaped to-be-connected objects in a state arranged on substantially the same plane. Upper contacts are inserted into a housing from rearward, and held thereby. Lower contacts are inserted into the housing from forward, and held thereby. A contact portion of each upper contact... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090227147 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a composite connector including a plurality of digital signal terminals and a plurality of analog signal terminals, the plurality of digital signal terminals including at least a pair of differential signal terminals; and a wiring board on which the plurality of digital signal terminals and the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090227149 - Electrical card connector with improved contacts: An electrical card connector (100), assembled on a printed circuit board (PCB), includes an insulating housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (3) received in the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines a plurality of receiving channels (12) and a plurality of fixing channels (11). Each contact includes a base... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090227148 - Electrical connector: A connector (10) includes an insulative housing (11) having a plurality of terminal-receiving cavities (17). A plurality of conductive terminals (20) are mounted in the terminal-receiving cavities with each terminals having a contacting portion (21), a terminating portion (24), and a retention portion (22). The retention portion has at least... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090227150 - Electrical connector assembly and method for using the same: An electrical connector including a housing including an opening, a carrier assembly for receiving one or more leads from a wire assembly and extending via the opening, an annular gap between an inside surface of the opening and the carrier assembly, a shell including a hole for receiving the wire... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090227151 - Communications connector with improved contacts: A communication jack is provided with plug interface contacts that have a short conductive signal pathway between a plug-jack interface and crosstalk compensation provided on a printed circuit board within the jack. Contacts of the jack are specially designed not to take a permanent set if a six-position plug or... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090227152 - Ground clamp: A clamping device utilizing the mechanism of conventional vise-grip or locking pliers comprises a L-shape fixed arm and a L-shape movable arm, an insulating U-shape clamping jaw which is connected to the ground cable of an arc welding system; and a floating pad attached to a threaded rod so that... Agent: Paul Wang

20090227153 - Grouped element transmission channel link with pedestal aspects: A pedestal connector that incorporates one or more grouped element channel link transmission lines is seen to have a dielectric body and two opposing contact ends that are intended to contact opposing contacts or traces. The dielectric body has an S-shaped configuration such that the transmission lines supported thereon make... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090227154 - Discharge tube, ferrule, lighting device, display device and television receiver: A ferrule includes a body having a cylindrical shape. Elastic gripping portions are arranged on the body so as to bulge radially inwardly. The elastic gripping portions can have elastic contact with the outer circumferential surface of a glass tube. The body of the ferrule is mounted to the glass... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090227155 - Universal protection cover cap for a usb plug: A USB cap cover has a conventional main body with an opening to engage the USB connector of a USB storage device. The USB cap of the present invention also contains an extension element that extends from at least one side of the open end of the USB cap. The... Agent: Darcell Walker

20090221153 - Electrical connector for surgical systems: An apparatus for creating an electrical connection with a surgical tool is provided that is capable of engaging the shafts of rotatable surgical tools having varying diameters. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a body of nonconductive material connected to a pair of spaced, electrical contact members that provide two... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090221154 - Fastening system for fastening a cabin fitting element to a support structure of an aircraft: A fastening system for fastening a cabin fitting element with at least one electrical installation on a support structure of an aircraft. During installation into the support structure, the cabin fitting element is fixed in succession by at least one loose bearing in at least one degree of translational freedom... Agent: Perman & Green

20090221155 - Board connector: A card connector that allows a card to be at least partially coplanar with a logic board is described herein. A system having a card at least partially coplanar with a logic board is also disclosed. A card connector that allows at least one longitudinal plane through the logic board... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090221156 - Signal terminal and plug connector with signal terminals: A plug connector has an insulative housing and a plurality of signal terminals. The insulative housing has a plurality mounting channels and each mounting channel has an interfering portion. The signal terminals are mounted respectively in the mounting channels and each signal terminals has a first clamping portion and a... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090221157 - Electrical connector: A connector to be connected to a mating connector includes a housing having a receptacle recess portion for receiving the mating connector, and a terminal retained in the housing. The housing includes a containing groove extending in a connecting direction for containing a fitting portion of the terminal. The fitting... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090221159 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing with a number of contacts, a metal stiffener surrounding the insulative housing, a metal clip pivotally assembled to one end of the metal stiffener; and a lever pivotally assembled to the other... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090221158 - Socket having engaing clump: A socket, for electrically connecting an IC package with gaps on two sides thereof and a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing and a pair of engaging clumps. The insulative housing has a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090221160 - Electric junction box for motor vehicle: An electrical junction box for a motor vehicle including a casing body that contains inner circuit members, an upper cover and a lower cover that are mounted and locked on the casing body, and a wire harness connected to the inner circuit members. The casing body includes a depression section... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090221161 - Electrical connector with cover: An electrical connector assembly comprises a male connector and a female connector. The male connector comprise a body having a male mating face, a first abutment face and a first mounting face and a plurality of first contacts each of which has a first male engaging section, a first median... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090221162 - Socket assembly with backplane: A socket assembly mounted on a printed circuit board comprises a socket mounted upon the printed circuit board; a metal backplane, mounted below the printed circuit board and configured with a board-like shape; and an insulative sheet. The insulative sheet is sandwiched between the printed circuit board and the metal... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090221163 - Dual interface separable insulated connector with overmolded faraday cage: A dual interface separable insulated connector comprising a faraday cage molded over a bus bar for use in an electric power system and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The faraday cage can be disposed within a semi-conductive shell. The configuration of the separable insulated connector can provide... Agent: King & Spalding

20090221164 - Connector: A connector includes a housing and a plurality of contact module assemblies in the housing, wherein each contact module assembly includes a first signal contact module where a first signal contact body is inserted in a first resin molded part, a second signal contact module where a second signal contact... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090221165 - Cross talk reduction for high speed electrical connectors: Example electrical connectors are provided including a plurality of electrical contacts configured to communicate between electrical devices. The plurality of electrical contacts includes a plurality of ground contacts. A ground coupling assembly is configured to electrically connect ground contacts of an electrical connector to adjust a performance characteristic of the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20090221166 - Electrical device with an i/o wiring interface: An I/O wiring interface (100) provides an electrical and mechanical connection for a plurality of wires (210) terminating in the I/O wiring interface (100). The I/O wiring interface (100) comprises a mechanical housing (130) into which one or more terminal block connectors (120) is/are removably locatable and that the I/O... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090221167 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a mate assist system for assisting in mating the electrical connector to a mating electrical connector. The mate assist system includes a lever pivotably connected to the housing, a slider slidably connected to the housing, and a... Agent: Harrington & Smith PC

20090221168 - Memory card connector with improved sliding structure to reduce friction: A memory card connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a card eject mechanism and metal shell attached to the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a card receiving cavity for insertion of a memory card. The card eject mechanism includes a slider... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090221169 - Ac/dc raceway assembly: An AC/DC raceway assembly (400) includes a pair of junction blocks (402). At least one of the junction blocks (402) includes a pair of DC buses or wires (DC-1, DC-2) carrying DC power. A DC receptacle block (410) is electrically engageable with the junction block (402) so that a DC... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090221170 - Adaptive plug with discriminating functionality: That portion is long enough to prevent the plug element from contacting the mobile terminal, if the mobile terminal requires a smaller current. However, the portion is short enough to allow the plug element to contact the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal is equipped to handle the current carried... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090221171 - Multi-pin electrical connector: An electrical pin field (200) includes a gasket (312), a support member (204) and a plurality of electrically conductive pins (202). The molded member has a main body (320) with a groove (310) formed therein. The groove is sized and shaped for receiving the gasket. The main body has a... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby PC

20090221172 - Latching device for locking a daughter board in an edge connector: A latching device includes a base member of insulating material including a bridge portion and a pair of board-connecting portions connected by the bridge portion; a metallic latching member located at a front face of the bridge portion of the base member and including a latching portion toward a top... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090221173 - Electrical connector: The electric connector comprises a first plug-in or receiving part (2) and a second plug-in or male plug (3) which are electrically connectable by relatively translating the plugging parts (2, 3) along a connection axis (X) and is characterised in that said first plug-in part (2) is provided with first... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090221174 - Card connector: A card connector (10) may receive first and second cards includes a housing (11) having an insertion opening for receiving cards (51a and 51b), a plurality of first connection terminals (15a) disposed in the housing and configured to engage pads of the first card (51a) and a plurality of second... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090221175 - Wire harness interconnection and retention method and apparatus: A smaller conductor having an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion is positioned adjacent a larger conductor having an insulated portion and a conductive portion within said insulated portion and the two conductors are joined by a discontinuous metal band having respective ends extending across a top portion of said... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090221176 - Plug assembly with strain relief: A plug assembly with strain relief includes a housing and a clamping basket which has radially movable clamping fingers. The clamping basket defines an axis and is constructed to allow insertion of a cable into the housing in a direction of the axis. A rotary sleeve is supported on the... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090221177 - Segmented annular gland chuck for terminating an electrical cable: The invention provides a connector for terminating an electrical cable, including: a connector body having a receiving and an egressing end, axially bored therethrough; a compression nut attachable to the cable egressing end; and an annular segmented gland chuck for engagement with the cable for securing the cable within the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090221178 - Electrical connector for flat cable: An electrical connector for a flat sheet-like cable includes an insulative housing with a plurality of terminals and an actuator. The actuator is moveable between a first insertion position and a second operational position with the first position permitting insertion of the cable into the connector and the second position... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090221179 - Tamper resistant faceplate system: A tamper resistant faceplate assembly includes a faceplate base and a removably attached cover. The faceplate base presents ports (such as RJ-type jacks, fiber optic couplers and/or coaxial F-type connectors) at a downwardly directed angle. The cover includes several cable holes near its bottom. The cable holes are size to... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090221180 - Electrical termination device: An electrical termination device includes an electrically conductive shield element, an insulator disposed within the shield element, and one or more electrical contacts supported within and electrically isolated from the shield element by the insulator. The insulator includes one or more first keying elements configured to orient and retain the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090221181 - Electrical plug-type connector: The invention relates to an electrical plug-type connector (1) having a socket-like contact element (6), which is arranged in a contact chamber (2), which comprises at least two chamber parts (3, 4), which bear against one another with in each case at least one abutting face (24, 25), is made... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090221182 - Card connector: A card connector comprises a plurality of contacts, a frame, a shell and a locator. Each of the plurality of contacts comprises a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each contact has substantially an L-like... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090221183 - Connector system for connecting a first part and a second part, connector assembly and device board: A method including providing a connector having a plurality of signal contacts and non-signal contacts. A circuit trace element is provided to be disposed within the connector. The circuit trace element has a ground structure. The circuit trace element has at least two non-signal traces, a first one of the... Agent: Harrington & Smith PC

20090221184 - Card connector: A card connector is configured for receiving a generally rectangular card therein. The card has contact pads and generally parallel first and second sides with a cut-away portion formed in the first side in proximity to a front end of the card. The cut-away portion includes a short length extending... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090221185 - Plug-in adapter: The invention relates to a plug-in adapter for establishing an electrical connection between contacts of a plug, which is fixed to the end of a cable, and contact surfaces of a patch panel, which are formed on the edge of a printed circuit board. The plug-in adapter comprises a base... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090221186 - Conductive contact holder and conductive contact unit: A conductive contact holder and a conductive contact unit with improved corrosion resistance and with excellent durability are provided. To this end, there is provided: a holder substrate having a first opening that accepts a signaling conductive contact that inputs and outputs a signal to and from a circuitry, and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090221187 - Connector assembly: In one exemplary embodiment, an electrical connector including a D-subminiature connector assembly that includes a base; a D-subminiature connector mounted to the base; and a header mounted to the base. The header has a plurality of internal contacts and an open rear end for receiving a receptacle that includes conductive... Agent: Leason Ellis LLP

20090221188 - Connector and port thereof: A connector includes a plug and a port. The port defines a notch and a groove in an inner surface of the port. The groove extends in the inner surface along a circumferential direction. The notch extends from an opening in the port and communicates with the groove. The plug... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090221189 - Press-contacting conductive terminal device: A press-contacting conductive terminal device comprises a non-conductive enclosure, a base, a contact member and a resilient member. The non-conductive enclosure defines a cylindrically shaped through hole. A front end and a rear end of the through hole having a first opening and a second opening, respectively. The contact member... Agent: Stephen Z Weiss Molex Incorporated

20090221190 - Electric connector housing: An electric connector housing that is, even though small in size, capable of fixing a connection terminal with large engagement force. An upper cover (22) is placed on a holder (21) where a connection terminal (11) is fixed, and the holder (21) and the upper cover (22) are connected by... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090221191 - Electrical terminal block: An electrical terminal block, especially for locking onto a mounting rail, has a plurality of adjacent base terminals and connectors. Each base terminal has a terminal housing, with at least one conductor terminal element and at least one receptacle electrically connected to the conductor terminal element or at least two... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090221192 - Electrical connector having improved terminal configuration: An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having... Agent: Tyco Electronics Technology Resources/ Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione