Electrical connectors inventions 10/09

20090246976 - Rotary connector: Rotary electrical connector comprising a ring-shaped outside terminal having a circular inner circumference portion, a ring-shaped inside terminal having a circular outer circumference portion, which is concentric with the inner circumference portion of the ring-shaped outside terminal; and a rotatable ring-shaped connection terminal electrically connecting the outside terminal with the... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20090246977 - Electrical hose swivel connector: An electrical hose swivel connector may be used to connect a vacuum hose to a hair clipping device. The hair clipping device may need power, which may be delivered from a power source and through a power cord. The power cord may be in electrical communication with this electrical hose... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, Llc

20090246978 - Headrest system for a vehicle seat: The invention relates to a headrest system for a vehicle seat, said headrest system comprising a headrest (1) supported by at least one holding rod (3), a guide component (5), which can be arrested in the backrest (11) of the vehicle seat and serves for receiving a holding rod (3),... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20090246979 - Magnetic connection and indexing device: The disclosure relates to the use of magnets, which may be permanent magnets or electromagnets, to align and physically connect two adjacent audio components, or similar electronic components. Alternatively, a groove or similar mechanical aligning configuration may be used in combination with the magnetic configuration.... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20090246980 - Board-to-board electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a housing defining a connector mating interface. The housing holds a plurality of contact modules that cooperate to define a connector mounting interface. Each contact module contains signal leads and ground leads arranged in an alternating pattern of individual ground leads and pairs of signal leads... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20090246981 - Cable assembly: An electrical connector includes a flex circuit, and a spring-and-pressurized-gas mechanism for selectively pushing electrical contacts of the flex circuit against contacts of an interposer used to make electrical contact with a part to be electrically tested, a device under test (DUT). The mechanism includes a pair of pawls that... Agent: Jonathan A. Platt Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090246982 - Ic socket having detachable aligning element: An IC socket includes a socket body defining a first receiving cavity with a bottom wall, a cover attached pivotally on one end of the socket body and a locking member for locking the cover to the socket body. The IC socket further includes four detachable aligning elements mounted on... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090246983 - Integrated circuit socket set: An integrated circuit socket set includes a package receiving unit and a package fixing unit. The package receiving unit includes an insulating housing provided with a plurality of contacts. The insulating housing includes a frame with a recess. The contacts at least partially extend into the recess. The package fixing... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20090246984 - Method and apparatus for compliantly connecting stack of high-density electronic modules in harsh environments: A system for connecting circuit boards is provided. A plurality of overlapping spaced apart circuit boards have a plurality of conductive pins passing through holes in the circuit boards. A connector includes a flexible sheet insulator and a plurality of conductive surfaces separated and supported by the flexible insulator. At... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090246985 - Pass-through adapter with crypto ignition key (cik) functionality: A pass-through adapter includes an adapter body having at least two connector pin interfaces, with one configured for coupling to an external device such as a communications device. Each connector pin interface includes a plurality of connector pins, including a plurality of pass-through connector pins operative with each other for... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20090246986 - Connector: The invention discloses a connector including a body and a circuit board. The body includes an accommodating space and a casing. The circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space. There is a grounding circuit area disposed on part of the circuit board. Part of the circuit board extrudes out... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090246987 - Electrical connector assembly with a ffc module: An electrical connector assembly comprises an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity extending inwardly from a mating face thereof and a plurality of terminal receiving passages disposed in the insulative housing and in communication with the receiving cavity. A plurality of terminals are received into the corresponding terminal receiving passages.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090246988 - Contact structure and forming method thereof and connecting structure thereof: A contact structure disposed on a substrate is provided. The contact structure includes a pad, a polymer bump and a conductive layer. The pad is on the substrate. The polymer bump having a curve surface and a steep surface connecting with the curve surface is disposed on the substrate. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090246989 - Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap: An electrical connector assembly includes a socket body defining a receiving cavity, a pick up cap attached detachably onto the socket body and a movable fixing mechanism surrounding the socket body. The fixing mechanism includes a rotatable cover defining an open position and a close position and having two pressing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090246990 - Floating electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector, the first connector comprises a first insulative housing defining a guide groove extending from the top face to the bottom face, and a plurality of first terminals received in the first passageways; The second connector comprises a second... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090246991 - Electrical connector having automatic lever lock release: An electrical connector assembly includes a plug assembly for mating with a header. The plug assembly includes a plug housing and a lever, where the lever includes gear teeth which cooperate with a tooth on the header in a rack and pinion fashion. The lever is locked to the plug... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090246992 - Electrical connector having disconnection assist: An electrical connector assembly includes a plug assembly for mating with a header. The plug assembly includes a plug housing and a lever, where the lever includes gear teeth which cooperate with a tooth on the header in a rack and pinion fashion. The lever is locked to the plug... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090246993 - Push-push card connector: A card connector (100) for connecting an electronic card (200) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing (1), and an ejector (3). The insulative housing (1) defines a receiving space (10) for receiving the electronic card (200). The ejector (3) includes a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090246994 - 5pinproaudio ssw1: Generally, camera have two channels—one and two. A channel is used by hardwiring the output to a particular channel. The Switch allows the cameraman to switch between channel one and two without hardwiring the equipment.... Agent: Cloutier & Engle, Pllc Attn: Priya Sinha Cloutier

20090246995 - Cable connector having fluid reservoir: Embodiments of a cable connector are provided that include an inner connector assembly and an outer connector housing. In use, the cable connector securely fastens or splices together at least two cables or cable sections and in electrical communication while also providing fluid communication therebetween. The cable connector further protects,... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20090246996 - Right-angle connector: A connector forms a connection by inserting a socket connector and a plug connector into a housing. The housing is configured by integrally forming a plug insertion recessed part and a socket insertion recessed part in an L shape. A socket terminal of the socket connector, which is inserted in... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090246999 - Electrical connector latch with spring: An electrical connector has a latch mechanism that includes a pair of hooks that move resiliently outward from the center line of the connector, and a pair of axial springs mechanically coupled to latch mechanism. The axial springs provide force in a direction substantially parallel to the center line of... Agent: Jonathan A. Platt Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090246997 - Modified electrical cable connector assembly: An electrical connector comprises a plug and socket electrical connector which includes two contact inserts each of which is separately adapted to be snap-fitted and held within a backing shell. The contact inserts can be joined together to form an electrical connection, and are held together by a first locking... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20090246998 - Shielded electrical connector with latch means: An electrical connector (100) includes a first metal part (1a) defining a shrouded mating interface (110) having a top surface, and a first rear portion (12); a second metal part (1b) accommodated in the first metal part (12) and having a second rear portion (13) jointly defining a receiving space... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090247000 - Connector assembly with a low profile terminal position assurance member: An electrical connector assembly is described which has an electrical connector housing and a TPA. The electrical connector housing has terminal receiving cavities with openings which access the cavities. Latching projections are located within the openings. A TPA is insertable into the electrical connector housing and has latching which cooperates... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090247001 - Female terminal and chain terminal thereof: A female terminal, includes: a tubular portion which is formed by bending a metal sheet into a tubular shape; a peripheral wall which has a trapezoidal cross section having a pair of opposed shorter and longer sides to form a space extending in an axial direction of the female terminal... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090247002 - Electrical socket with emergency lighting: An electrical socket with emergency lighting is provided, including a casing, a circuit board, at least one light-emitting diode, at least two conductive terminals, and a power storage unit. The circuit board, the power storage unit, the at least one light-emitting diode, and the at least two conductive terminals are... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20090247003 - Electric wire connection structure: An electric flat cable wire connection structure for connecting to a mating connector has a plurality of individual electric wires, a plate-shaped intermediate member, a contact part, and a coupler. The plurality of individual electric wires are arranged in a row. The plate-shaped intermediate member has an electric wire connecting... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20090247004 - Battery connector: A battery connector includes an insulating body and a conductive terminal. The conductive terminal is disposed within a receiving space of the insulating body, and includes a fixing portion, a U-shape contacting portion, an elastic portion, and a leaning portion. The fixing portion is fixed within the receiving space. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090247005 - Wire distributed 5th jaw system for multi-position metering: The present invention relates generally to multi-position metering apparatus. More particularly, the invention encompasses a wire distributed 5th jaw system for multi-position metering. The present invention is also directed to a novel multi-position metering device with multiple optional 5th terminals. The invention further provides a way to use a single... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090247006 - Network access point having interchangeable cartridges: Disclosed is multimedia system having at least one network access point comprising two discrete, but interrelated, components, a communications module and a device interface cartridge whereby in combination implement a network access point to accommodate via a medium. The interface cartridge is interchangeable to permit the access point to be... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20090247007 - Patch panel frame with bezel and rear mounted module: 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

20090247008 - Receptacle rf connector having interferential engagement between contact terminal and housing: A receptacle RF connector (100) includes an inner conductor (2) having an unsealed tubular section (20) having retention walls (23, 24) configured to extend into a body of a dielectric block (1). Thus, the conductor is securely held within the dielectric block by the engagement of the retention walls and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090247009 - Coaxial connector and a structure for attaching the coaxial connector to a connector housing: A coaxial connector having excellent shielding performance. The coaxial connector 30 includes a coaxial cable 12, an outer conductor terminal 32 connected to a top end of the coaxial cable 12, an opening portion 34, stabilizers 36, and an engaging piece 44. The opening portion 34 locks a locking piece... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090247011 - Connector assembly having primary and secondary locking features: A connector assembly includes a housing having a cavity defined by at least one wall. The cavity extends between a mating end and a loading end. The housing has a terminal latch associated with the cavity, and the at least one wall has a projection extending into the cavity. A... Agent: Lisa Burgin Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20090247010 - Method and apparatus to provide electromagnetic interference shielding of optical-electrical module: A pluggable optical/electrical module is disclosed. One or more features operate to decrease electromagnetic interference are implemented, which features include deforming the portions that mate together to form the housing, placing elbow deformities on extending fingers to more properly seal the housing convex shape to housing to seal gaps between... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.l.p.

20090247012 - High speed electrical connector having improved housing: An electrical connector (1) includes a housing (10) and a number of wafers (20). Each wafer has a number of contacts (30) each having a contacting portion (31). The housing includes an insulative base (11) having a number of chambers (115) and a number of spacers (13) mounted on the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090247013 - Shield connector for printed circuit board: The present invention provides a shield connector for a printed circuit board, in which the disengagement of an outer shield shell from a connector housing is prevented, and also an anti-noise performance is enhanced. The shield connector includes a resin connector housing having a rectangular solid shape including a top-surface,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090247014 - Electrical connector having a shell with a portion retained in an insulative housing: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) comprising a fitting room (13) for receiving a mating connector and a pair of side walls, a plurality of terminals (30) arranged along a longitudinal direction, and a shell (20) coupled to the insulative housing. One side wall of the shell... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090247015 - Electrical component holder: An electrical component holder contains an electrical component to be connected to an internal circuit of a vehicle-installed electrical junction box. The holder has a casing main body and a lid to be mounted on an upper surface of the casing main body. The casing main body has a box-like... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090247016 - Temporary connect: A temporary connect enables a structure to receive electrical power via a simple extension cord before a utility meter is installed. The temporary connect incorporates the form factor of a standard power meter and mounts to the meter cabinet. It includes a standard male connector or breaker, fuse or lug... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.l.p.

20090247017 - Electrical connector with dual-interface: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a housing (10) including a first shield part (1) assembled to a second shield part (2) to form a receiving space, said receiving space consisting of a hollow portion (110) and a mating port (120) located in front of the hollow portion; a pair... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090247018 - Medical electrical lead connection systems and methods: An electrical connection assembly of a medical device includes a plurality of electrical contact blocks and a sealing member, which are held within a cavity of a base of the assembly. The sealing member includes a plurality of openings, at least one interior surface surrounding a bore and at least... Agent: Intellectual Property Group, Mdt Patents Fredrikson & Byron, P.a.

20090247019 - Expansion connection module for connecting to at least two coil connectors of an electromagnetic switching device, in particular a contactor: An expansion connection module is disclosed for connecting to at least two coil connectors of an electromagnetic switching device, in particular a contactor. In at least one embodiment, the expansion connection module includes a housing; at least one fastening device for fixing the expansion connection module to the electromagnetic switching... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090247020 - Battery clamp for use with top post and side post batteries and methods for using the same: A battery clamp for use with (a) batteries with top post terminal connections and (b) batteries with side post terminal connections includes a first jaw handle and a second jaw handle. The jaw handles each have a handle portion and a clamping portion. The jaw handles are pivotally coupled to... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090247021 - Conductive elastic sheet structure and electronic device using the same: The invention discloses a conductive elastic sheet structure mounted on a metallic cover of an electronic device eliminates static electricity. The conductive elastic sheet structure includes a main panel, a first extending portion, and a second extending portion. The main panel includes a first side wall, and a second side... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090247022 - Contact block at the end of an electrode support for forming a component of an electric oven: The aim of the invention is the reduction of the impairment in current transfer from the contact plate (112), forming part of the electrode support arm (11), to the contact block (12), interacting with the electrode, caused by deposits between the contact plate (112) and the contact block (12) due... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20090247023 - Electrical contact: An electrical contact (100) for connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate comprise a first part (1) and a second part (2). The first part (1) comprises a body portion (11) and a first spring arm (14) extending upwardly from the body portion (11), the first spring arm (14)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090247024 - Connector structure with a u-shaped cross section having a male terminal and a female terminal: A male terminal 10 has a wire connecting portion 13 at one end to be connected to an electric wire, and an inserting contact portion 12 at another end to be inserted into a female terminal 30. A plate member of the inserting contact portion 12 is bent to have... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500