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Electrical connectors January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/10

20100022103 - Connector and transmission wire: A connector includes a first contact portion, a second contact portion, a housing and a transmission wire. One of a plug and a receptacle is connected to the first contact portion. The second contact portion is connected to a printed wiring board. The housing holds the first and second contact... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100022104 - Electrical connecting apparatus: An electrical connecting apparatus comprises a housing having a first recess extending in a first direction in a plane parallel to a board having a conductive portion to be connected to an electrode of a device under test and opened downward and a plurality of slits spaced in the first... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20100022105 - Connector for microelectronic devices: One embodiment is a connector for making electrical connection to a bulbous terminal, the connector including: a metal tube with a cylindrical wall extending from a mating end, wherein: (a) two or more slots perforate the wall and extend from the mating end along the tube; (b) two or more... Agent: Michael B. Einschlag, Esq.

20100022106 - Extension cord lock and in line tap: An electrical, circuit breaker protected, extension cord in-line tap, securement device for securing tandemly connected electrical extension cords. The securement device includes opposing proximal and distal open-ended hook members each having a hinged locking flap for receiving therein a looped end of the associated extension cord thereby preventing unintended separation... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20100022107 - Electronic device with retractable connector: An electronic device with a retractable connector has a housing, an electronic assembly being mounted in the housing and a positioning assembly being mounted between the housing and the electronic assembly. The housing has at least one positioning detent being formed in an inner surface of the housing. The electronic... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100022108 - Apparatus for plug-in and plug-out protection: A telecommunications plug comprising: a plug body; plug latches mounted on the plug body, the plug latches being movable between a latched and unlatched state; a boot cap having arms extending therefrom, each arm including a camming surface engaging an outside surface of the plug latches, wherein moving the boot... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100022109 - Electrical connection apparatus: Electrical connection apparatus is provided including engagement means to allow attachment of the apparatus to an electrical appliance or electrical socket in use and at least first and second electrical connection means which can communicate with each other in use to allow the flow of electrical charge therebetween. The apparatus... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20100022110 - system for protecting the engagable elements of a connector: A protection system for a connector that comprises two connector elements (1, 2) provided with open ends that are mutually engagable one in the other along an engagement direction, the system comprising first and second shutters (11, 21), each connected to a respective one of the open ends via a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100022111 - 25kv loadbreak elbow and bushing increased flashover distance: A loadbreak connector formed by a power cable elbow and a bushing insert with increased flashover distance is disclosed. The power cable elbow includes a conductive member having an energized portion and a non-energized portion, a cable receiving end, a loadbreak bushing insert receiving end with an elbow cuff that... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100022112 - Electrical connector organizer: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing, a receptacle and a receptacle contact. The housing has an interior chamber between a cable end and an interface of the housing. The interface is configured to receive a mating end of a mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is disposed within a... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100022113 - Connector for connection to a module board: Provided is a connector for connection to a module board including an eject mechanism selectively ejecting a module from a module accommodating section. The eject mechanism includes a locking member that has a locking nib engageable with a recess of a case of the module. The locking member is rotatably... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100022114 - Card edge connector and latch thereof: This invention relates to a card edge connector and a latch thereof. The connector is used to receive a printed circuit card and includes a housing having two opposite ends, a card slot disposed between two opposite ends. The housing has a first width. The latch as a latch body... Agent: Harrington & Smith PC

20100022115 - Blanking plug for telecommunications jack: The present invention provides an electrical blanking plug for a telecommunications socket or jack. The blanking plug having at least one electrical conductor positioned on the body of the plug, which conductor on insertion of the plug into a telecommunications jack or socket electrically connects one or more terminals on... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20100022116 - Cable assembly with locking member: A cable assembly (100) is mounted into a panel (200) defining a mounting hole (501) and has a first connector (1), a second connector (2) back to back assembled to the first connector, and a cable device (3) mounted to the first connector. The first connector (1) has a first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100022117 - Retainer for printed circuit boards: A printed circuit board retaining device for use in securing a printed circuit board in an elongated slot of a rack provides an efficient design allowing for the utilization of an off-the-shelf screw in the device. A screw having a head located within a first end piece interconnects the first... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20100022118 - Power connector having an imporved internal printed circuit board: A power connector (100) has a mating plug (10) having a number of contacts (110), an internal printed circuit board (30) mounted to the mating plug and located in one transverse direction perpendicular to the pluggable direction, a cable (20) connected to the internal circuit board, and outer barrel (50)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100022119 - Connector article for a cable, holder for a connector of such a connection article, and kit for connecting cables: A connection article is provided for a cable comprising at least one wire. The connection article comprises a holder, at least one connector arranged in the holder and having a first receiving opening for receiving a wire to be connected, and guiding means arranged in front of the first receiving... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100022120 - Coaxial cable connector nut rotation aid: An improved coaxial cable connector nut rotation aid that facilitates rotation of a coaxial cable connector nut found on the end of a coaxial cable. Various embodiments of the invention allow for the coaxial cable connector nut rotation aid to slide from a first end of a coaxial cable to... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20100022121 - Coaxial cable debraiding and coaxial cable connector seating tool: Coaxial cable debraiding and coaxial cable connector seating tool enables a person to rapidly debraid coaxial cable braided shielding from coaxial cable dielectric and fully seat coaxial cable connector onto stripped coaxial cable without directly contacting braiding or coaxial cable connector with person's fingers. Cavities in tool match diameter and... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20100022123 - Coaxial connector having improved central pin: A coaxial connector (100) includes a bracket (10) defining a cavity (15), a central pin (30) received in the cavity and an insulative member (20). The central pin includes a contact portion (31), a mounting portion (32), and a fixing portion (33) disposed between the contact portion and the mounting... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100022122 - Connector: An insulative housing 21 holding a conductive contact 11 is provided with a receiving portion 26 for receiving an electric wire 51. The contact is provided with a connecting portion 13 disposed in the receiving portion. When the electric wire is received in the receiving portion, the electric wire is... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100022124 - Coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector has a nut, a sleeve and a jacket. The nut has a stop ring formed on an inner surface of the nut. The sleeve is mounted in the nut and has a flange formed on the sleeve and abutting the stop ring of the nut. The... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20100022125 - Hardline coaxial cable connector: A hardline coaxial cable connector includes a body subassembly, a back nut subassembly and a deformable ferrule disposed within the back nut subassembly. The back nut subassembly is rotatable with respect to the body subassembly and a coaxial cable inserted therein. Axial advancement of the back nut subassembly toward the... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20100022126 - Connector: A connector to be connected to a cable 41 includes an outer conductor having a first cylindrical portion 33 and a second cylindrical portion 35 connected to each other. The first cylindrical portion holds a conductive contact 11. The second cylindrical portion has a guide portion 35a. A cable inserted... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100022127 - Electrical connector: The invention proposes a housing of an electrical connector including a contact holder and a front grid arranged for being mounted together, wherein:—the contact holder includes channels for receiving electrical contacts within, each channel being limited by resilient members stressable by an electrical contact whose position in the channel is... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20100022128 - Receptacle and plug connector assembly: A receptacle and plug connector assembly includes a receptacle having a housing with a plurality of terminals received therein and a plug mated with the receptacle and having an insulator with a plurality of contacts disposed therein. Each terminal has a base portion and two elastic arms extending from the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100022129 - Contact module for an electrical connector having propagation delay compensation: A contact module is provided for an electrical connector. The contact module includes a lead frame. The lead frame includes first and second differential pairs of terminals. Each of the terminals extends between a mating edge portion and a mounting edge portion. A first dielectric body surrounds at least a... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100022130 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a header connector and a socket connector configured to mate with the header connector. The header connector includes a plurality of signal pins and may include a plurality of shield blades. The socket connector includes a plurality of conductive paths, each conductive path being coupled to... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100022131 - Registered jack with enhanced emi protection: An electrical connector has a shield for EMI shielding. The top of the shield has two rows of tabs; two flaps, one on either side of the shield; and a tab on the bottom. The flaps have mounting holes. When the connector is attached to a mounting panel, screws or... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20100022132 - Electrical connector having a connecting sheet for resisting electronic interference: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (100), a plurality of contacts (3) retained in the housing, a shell covering on the housing (100) and a metal connecting sheet (7). The insulative housing defines an insulative base (1) and a mating portion (2) extending forwards out of a front face... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100022133 - Electrical connector system with magnetic module: The electrical connector system comprises a substrate (1) connected to PHY side and an electrical connector (3) mounted on the substrate (1), a transformer (5) and a common mode filter (7). The electrical connector (3) is used to mate with a cable assembly and so forms a Cable side. The... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100022134 - Fuse block: A fuse block is provided. The fuse block includes a fuse box and a plurality of fusible links. The fuse box includes a bottom wall; a plurality of side walls, each side wall extending perpendicular to the bottom wall to define a continuous recess space; and a plurality of guide... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100022136 - Card connector: There is provided a card connector having a metallic ejection member. A card connector, in which a card accommodating space is formed by a base member and a cover member, comprises a plurality of contacts arranged on the base member, an ejection member capable of moving relative to the base... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100022135 - Receptacle for electrical connectors: A receptacle assembly for an electrical connector is provided. The assembly includes a housing, a plurality of electrical contacts and a shield. The housing includes a mating end and a mounting end that are orthogonal to each other. The mating end of the housing is elongated along a longitudinal axis... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100022137 - Contact with twist pin interface: A contact includes a conductive portion, a wire-receiving portion and a bundle of wound wires. The conductive portion has a compliant portion extending from a first end thereof. The compliant portion is configured to be positioned in an opening of a panel. The wire-receiving portion has a wire-receiving channel provided... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20100022138 - Connector: The present invention provides a connector including an insulative body; a first differential signaling contact, disposed inside the body; a second differential signaling contact, disposed inside the body in spaced relation to and at an equal height level to the first differential contact; and a third contact, disposed inside the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20100022139 - Connector structure, plug connector, receptacle connector and electronic device: a connector structure includes: a receptacle connector including (a) a receptacle terminal in which a receptacle contact portion is provided and (b) a housing into which a fiber material is impregnated, and in which a storage space is provided to store the receptacle contact portion; a plug connector engaged into... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20100022140 - Connector assembly with grouped contacts: A connector assembly includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing has a plurality of channels that extend between a housing mating end and an opposing back end. The housing mating end is configured to mate with a mating connector. The contacts each have a plurality of contact... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100022141 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a rubber core body having a plurality of terminal holes and a plurality of open holes, the terminal holes penetrating front and rear sides of the rubber core body, the open holes being provided on upper and lower sides of the rubber core body and are... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20100022142 - Electrical connectors and assemblies having socket members: An electrical connector is provided and includes a housing that has a mating face configured to engage a mating connector. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of conductors that extend through the housing and a plurality of socket members that project from the mating face. Each socket member is... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100022143 - Carrier strip for electrical contacts: An electrical contact carrier strip includes a main body, a plurality of electrical contacts integrally formed with and connected to the main body, and a plurality of support tabs extending from the main body. Each of the support tabs includes a stem connected to the main body and a free... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20100022144 - Connector block: The invention relates to a connector block (11) for separating insulated conductors of a first data cable (82) and a second data cable (86), said connector block containing: first and second groups (12A, 14A) of a plurality of slits (16) arranged in a row along a common side of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100015819 - power supply connection apparatus: A power supply connection apparatus (10) including a housing (11) having at least one first contact member (12) in communication with a power supply, at least one rotary member (13) mounted for rotation relative to said housing, the rotary member including at least one second contact member (14), the rotary... Agent: Catalyst Law Group, Apc

20100015820 - Card edge connector: The present invention provides a card edge connector. The card edge connector comprises a bar insulator base which is provided with a plurality of sockets, a group of connecting terminals arrayed in parallel, and two arm base supports arranged between both ends of the insulator base. The connecting terminals are... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20100015821 - Socket with an improved cover lid: A socket (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) with a number of passageways (13) thereon. A number of contacts are received in the passageways. A cover lid (3) rotationally is assembled to the housing to be in an open position or a closed position. The cover lid comprises a latch... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015822 - Electrical connector having variable length mounting contacts: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a circuit board having first and second vias. The electrical connector includes a housing having a mounting face for mounting along the circuit board, and first and second signal terminals held by the housing. The first and second signal terminals include respective... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100015823 - Solder ball socket connector: A socket connector (10) utilizes contacts (41) that have a shape similar to an inverted ohm sign and which have two flexible contact arms (43) located at one end thereof for contacting elements such as solder balls (62). The other end of the contact have a closed end and the... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20100015824 - Electrical card connector: An electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (1) with a number of passageways (115), a number of conductive contacts (3) retained in the passageways. Each contact includes a planar retaining portion (31), a solder portion (35) and a resilient arm (37). The solder portion extends from one end of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015825 - Retractable connector for an electronic device: A retractable connector device having an inner housing, a cover belt, and two sidewalls. The device may comprise electronic components for electronic devices including computer peripheral devices such as serial bus devices, Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices, or IEEE 1394 devices. The belt surrounds a portion of the inner housing.... Agent: Erickson Law Group, PC

20100015826 - Sealed connector assembly: A sealed connector system and components thereof is disclosed. The sealed connector system has a sealed cable assembly and a printed circuit board header assembly. The sealed cable assembly has a cable housing and a cable terminated thereto. A cover, as described above, is overmolded over a portion of the... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20100015827 - Connector: Male and female connectors (10, 50) include male and female housings (11, 51) with accommodating portions (25, 61) that have rear end insertion openings for accommodating dummy connectors (30, 70). The dummy connectors (30, 70) include protrusions (37, 78) that interfere with the opening edges of the accommodating portions (25,... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20100015828 - Speaker connecting seat: A speaker connecting seat mainly includes a retainer and an adjusting sleeve. Separated paths are formed inside the retainer for respectively receiving a first conducting component and a second conducting component so as to provide different conductions and simplify the complicated wiring. By selectively connecting one of the two ends... Agent: Wei-tang Uen

20100015829 - Separable loadbreak connector and system for reducing damage due to fault closure: Separable loadbreak connectors include an interference element spaced about the contact tube that is configured to engage a portion of a connector piston.... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20100015830 - Electrical and pneumatic connection device: The invention relates to a device for connecting an item of equipment and two cables, one of which carries electrical data and the other of which carries pneumatic data. The device comprises an electrical socket and a pneumatic socket, both mounted on an item of equipment, an electrical plug secured... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100015831 - Connector: It is an object of the invention to provide a connector in which a plurality of stationary contacts 5 are arranged on an insulator 3, a plurality of cantilevered movable contacts 8 are arranged in rear of the stationary contacts while tip end sides are placed in a front side,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100015832 - Fluorescent lampholder: A fluorescent lampholder with a top portion for supporting a fluorescent lamp and a base portion with a wire opening located on the bottom surface of the base that receives wires without exposing the wires to the exterior surface of a fixture. The lampholder is capable of supporting various types... Agent: Leviton Manufacturing Company Incorporated (cdfs) C/o Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20100015833 - High density spring contact connector: A densely populated micro miniature connector includes a plug and a receptacle configured to securely mate with each other. Connector plugs include an insert assembly having at least one double-ended pin, a housing, and a coupling ring. Connector receptacles include an insert assembly having at least one spring probe and... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20100015834 - Locking pin: A high voltage electrical connector that includes a male interconnect, a female interconnect and a locking pin assembly. The male interconnect includes a contact pin with a locking groove and the female interconnect includes a socket with an axial bore, a transverse passage and an opening connecting the bore to... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100015835 - Edge connector with preload caps: A circuit board edge connector includes an insulative housing and two opposing mating ends with a plurality of conductive terminals supported by the housing and extending between the two ends. One end of the connector mates with an opposing connector and the other end has a slot disposed therein that... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20100015836 - Electrical connector with latching members: An electrical connector (100) for mounting onto a printed circuit board (5), includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2, 3) received in the housing and a pair of latching members (4) retained to the housing. The housing defines a mating face (104) and a pair of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015837 - Electrical connecotr having stiffener with elastic latches: An electrical connector for electrically connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board is provided, which includes an insulative housing including a main body for supporting the IC package and four straight peripheral sidewalls surrounding the main body; a stiffener having a base separably disposed around the insulative housing.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015838 - Positive locking mechanism for usb connected devices: The present invention is a positive locking mechanism for a universal serial bus (USB) connector which includes at least one mounting portion connected to the USB connector with the mounting portion having an aperture. The present invention also includes at least one flange in proximity to the mounting portion, with... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20100015839 - Lever waterproof wire connectors: A lever push-in wire connector having a sealant therein to enable formation of a waterproof electrical connection by axial insertion of a wire into a chamber contained a resilient conductor protected by the sealant with the resilient conductor displaceable into a waterproof electrical contact with the wire while both the... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20100015840 - Adjustable plug: An adjustable plug includes a main body, a connecting end, and an adjustable end sleeve. The adjustable end sleeve is slidably positioned on the main body. The connecting end protrudes from the main body. The connecting end extends through the adjustable end sleeve, and protrudes out of the adjustable end... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100015841 - Electric plug connector having a guiding: The invention relates to a plug (100) having a guiding, which has a first guiding section (102) and a second guiding section (103) for guiding the plug into a corresponding plug receptacle (240), wherein the second guiding section (103) is disposed at a greater distance from the plug face (113),... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100015842 - Power connector and a method of assembling the power connector: A power connector (100) has a mating plug (10) having an internal printed circuit board (15) and a light-emitting component (151) mounted to the internal printed circuit board, a cable (30) connecting with the internal printed circuit board and provided with a connecting section (34), a guiding pipe (50) enclosing... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015843 - End cap, socket, and adaptors for use with a lamp: An end cap and socket system for use with a lamp bulb may include an end cap and a socket body. The end cap may include a first cylindrical portion with a first diameter, and a second cylindrical portion with a second diameter smaller than the first cylindrical portion. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100015844 - Connector for use in terminating communications cables: A connector for use in terminating communications cables including electrical contacts (42) arranged to receive wires (30) of a communications cable (60), at least one cover (12, 22) pivotally connected with the connector and having wire-receiving spaces (14, 24), wherein the cover is arranged to move pivotally to bring wires... Agent: Eric J Green

20100015845 - Modified insulation displacement connector block: A modified insulation displacement connector block (10) has an array (11) of insulation displacement connectors (12). Each insulation displacement connector (12) is adapted to receive an insulated wire conductor (16) constituting one part of a twisted pair cable (24). The insulation displacement connector block (10) is provided with guide means... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20100015846 - High-speed cable assembly with protective member: A cable assembly (1000) includes an elongated metallic housing (10A) and a cable holder member (6) attached to a rear portion of the housing (10A); a cable (4) coupled to the housing, with a mounting portion (40) thereof gripped by the cable holder member; and a protective member (5) embedded... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015847 - Intelligent inter-connect and cross-connect patching system: An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-connect patching environment. Systems of the present invention also monitor patch cord connections in a... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20100015848 - Adapter capable of storing and positioning cables, and adapter having a cable organizing device: An adapter capable of storing and positioning cables comprises a main body, a cable, and a casing. The cable is connected to the main body, and the main body is wrapped by the casing. The casing comprises a cable organizing portion comprising a plurality of elastic loop grooves, and a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100015849 - Coaxial connecting device: A coaxial connecting device is provided for making an electrical connection between a coaxial cable and a device under test. A coaxial connecting device electrically connects a coaxial cable to a signal pad and a ground pad. The coaxial contractor of the present invention includes a signal pin for electrically... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100015850 - Low-profile mounted push-on connector: An electrical connector has an outer shroud and a center conductor. The outer shroud has an opening with a first diameter in a center portion of the outer shroud and a second diameter adjacent a second end thereof, the first diameter being smaller than the second diameter. The outer shroud... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20100015851 - Cable assembly having improved configuration for suppressing cross-talk: A cable assembly (1000) includes a housing (1) has a receiving space (10), said receiving space including a hollow portion and a mating port located in front of the hollow portion; a spacer (4) located in the receiving space; a first and second printed circuit boards (31, 32) partially enclosed... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015852 - Electrical connector assembly having improved substrate: An electrical connector assembly has an insulative housing (2) defining a number of receiving spaces (24) and a number of contact modules (4) inserted in the receiving spaces. Each contact module comprises a first substrate (41) having a pair of substrate halves (411), and a pair of conductive units respectively... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015853 - Structure for usb bluetooth wireless connectors: An improved structure for a USB bluetooth wireless connector includes a circuit board, a body, and a housing. The circuit board includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The body includes an upper board and a lower bracket, and that the circuit board is interposed between the upper board... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100015854 - Connectors for electrically active grid: The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power... Agent: Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Legal Department

20100015856 - Balanced transmission connector: A balanced transmission connector includes an insulation block including a contact connecting part for connecting with another connector at a front part of the insulation block and connecting with a substrate at a bottom part of the insulation block, a first signal contact including an upper contact portion projecting from... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20100015855 - Receptacle connector: A receptacle connector has a housing, an eSATA terminal set, a first USB terminal set and a second USB terminal set. The housing has a socket space and a tongue formed in the socket space. The eSATA terminal set has eSATA terminals mounted on the tongue. The first USB terminal... Agent: Patenttm.us

20100015858 - Adapter and plug-in connection system: A device which on the one side (socket side) includes a plug portion which may be inserted into the standardised plug socket. A plurality of chambers (15) is present on the other side (plug side), into which in each case a plug may be inserted. Moreover, the device has a... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100015857 - Connector and a method of manufacturing the same: The invention discloses a connector that comprises an insulation body and one or more conductive terminals within the insulation body. The one or more conductive terminals comprise at least one clamping portion to clamp onto the insulation body. The invention further discloses an endoscope, which comprises a telescope, an imaging... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. (pa)

20100015859 - Connector jack with reduced host pcb footprint assembly-thereof and fabrication method of the same: A connector jack with reduced host PCB footprint and an assembly of the same are provided. The provided connector jack is constructed based on a housing defining at least a front face with a plug receiving cavity on the surface thereof and with a plurality of electrical contacts positioned within... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20100015860 - Strip connectors for measurement devices: Devices including strip connectors in measurement devices are provided. Also provided are systems, kits and methods.... Agent: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20100015861 - Contact having lead-in arrangement in body portion facilitating smooth and reliable insertion: An electrical connector includes a base defining at least a passageway extending from an upper surface of the base to a bottom surface of the base. An electrical contact is inserted into the passageway from the bottom surface and includes a retention portion engaging with an inner wall of the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100015862 - Transverse wedge connector: An electrical connector assembly includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member. The first conductive member includes a first channel portion extending from a first wedge portion, with the first channel portion configured to receive a first conductor therein. The first conductive member includes a jaw movably coupled... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100015863 - Female type terminal pin: An electric contact part 10 of a female type terminal pin 1A includes: a tube member 11; and a projection 21A. A tab 51 of a male type terminal pin 5 is inserted into the tube member 11 via an opening at one end 11a of the tube member 11.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100015864 - Manufacturing method of pin-like male terminal for board-mounting connector: A method of manufacturing a terminal for a board-mounting connector, wherein the terminal includes two L-shaped bent portions formed at its intermediate portion between its front and rear ends, a straight electrical contact portion formed at its front end, and a straight rear leg portion, the method includes a stamping... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100009552 - Connector: A connector adequately detects a state of an electronic component such as a memory card which is fitted in the connector by way of insertion, even when scrapes of a housing of the electronic component are produced due to insertion and removal of the electronic component which is fitted. In... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100009553 - Connector assembly: A connector assembly includes a substrate and a connector mounted thereon. The substrate defines a cutout. The connector includes a housing and an array of terminals. The housing has a pair of guiding arms and a cross bar bridged between the guiding arms to collectively define a receiving space therebetween... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100009556 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises an insulative housing (5) with a plurality of contacts (6) received therein, a lock member (3) assembled on the circuit board (2) and a load plate (1) for pressing the electronic package toward the insulative housing (5). The lock member (3) defines a lock... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009555 - Electrical connector transmitting high frequency signal: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1) includes a base (11) and a mating portion (13) extending forwards from the base and a set of terminals (4). Each terminal includes a retaining portion (43) retained in the base, a contacting portion (41) located on the mating portion and a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009554 - Microelectronic interconnect element with decreased conductor spacing: A microelectronic interconnect element can include a plurality of first metal lines and a plurality of second metal lines interleaved with the first metal lines. Each of the first and second metal lines has a surface extending within the same reference plane. The first metal lines have surfaces above the... Agent: Tessera Lerner David Et Al.

20100009557 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (100) for receiving a central process unit comprises: a first insulative housing (14) defining a number of receiving channels (141) extending along a first direction; a second insulative housing (13) located above the first insulative housing and defining a number of passageways (131) aligned to corresponding receiving... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009558 - Electrical connector having heat sink with large dissipation area: An electrical connector (1) for receiving an IC package includes a socket body (2) with a plurality of contacts (4) therein. A cover (3) is pivotally mounted with respect to the socket body (2) and defines an inner side close to the socket body (2) and an outer side opposite... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009559 - Electrcal connector for receiving a cpu: An electrical connector for receiving a CPU (1) includes a plurality of terminals (3) and an insulative housing (2). The insulative housing (2) includes a rectangular mating face (21), and the rectangular mating face defines a plurality of passageways, said plurality of terminals are received in the passageway. The mating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009560 - Storage device: A storage device is provided. The storage device includes a case; a connector arranged in the case so to be able to be slidingly moved; a printed circuit board (PCB) and a memory disposed in the case; and a flexible film arranged between the connector and the PCB to connect... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100009561 - Cable assembly with dustproof cover module: A cable assembly, comprises at least one connector defining a mating portion; a cable electrically connected to the connector; and a dustproof cover module attached to the cable. The dustproof cover module comprises at least one dustproof cover for covering the mating portion of the connector and a carrier comprising... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009562 - Connector for an electronic card: A card connector (1) includes an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted on the housing. A card guiding mechanism has a slide member for guiding the electronic card as it moves within the card connector. The slide member is moveable along a path between an initial card... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20100009563 - Socket connector: A socket connector configured such that elongated guide holes are formed in the housing so as to receive guide members of a device to be connected, and a slide member is attached to the housing to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the elongated guide holes so as to... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20100009565 - Antenna connector assembly: Provided is an antenna connector assembly which eliminates adverse effects to a window glass when being fitted on a manufacture line, and is easily and surely attached and removed even in a small space. The antenna connector assembly for connecting an antenna element and a cable is composed of a... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20100009564 - Connector clamp: A connector clamp, for a hard drive having a first connector for mating with an external connector, having a top clamp and a bottom clamp. The top clamp includes a longitudinal section from which two arms extend, each arm including an integrally formed hole, and a bottom face, wherein a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20100009566 - Connector, a connector assembly and a connecting method: A connector is provided with terminals (11) to be connected with terminals (32) of a mating connector (30) by bolting and a nut accommodating portion (20) for accommodating nuts (17) for bolting. An entrance (20A) enabling the insertion and withdrawal of the nuts (17) is formed at a connection surface... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20100009567 - Insulation displacement contact and contacting device: An insulation displacement contact (1) according to the invention essentially distinguishes itself in that as a whole it comprises a cutter section with two opposing contact blades (3.1, 3.2) together with two fork sections which contribute to a clamping force with which the two contact blades are pressed together as... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100009568 - Connector: Locking lances (12) are formed at an outer wall (10B) of a housing (10) and are resiliently deformable between engaging positions to engage terminals (20) and disengaging positions outward from the engaging positions to permit the insertion and withdrawal of the terminals (20). Leading end surfaces (12B) of the locking... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20100009569 - Plug connector with improved cable arrangement and convenient assembly: A plug connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) including a base portion (10) and a mating portion (12) extending from the base portion in a first mating direction, a number of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing, a circuit board (6) with a plurality of through holes (620)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009570 - Method and apparatus involving a housing with a sealed electrical connector: A method and apparatus involve: configuring a wall portion to have an opening therethrough and to have a first annular surface extending around the opening; supporting on a circuit board an electrical connector having a plurality of electrical contacts and having a second annular surface; and resisting fluid flow from... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20100009571 - Carrier assembly and system configured to commonly ground a header: An electrical connector system includes a header and a carrier assembly attachable with the header. The header includes a leading end having a plurality of signal pins that are insertable into an electronic device and a stripline ground plate extending from the leading end toward a mating end. The carrier... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100009572 - Electrical connector having a shell: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) received in the housing and a shell (3) covering the housing thereby forming a receiving space (310). The insulative housing (1) defines a base portion (11), a tongue portion (12) extending frontward from the base portion and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009573 - Card connector assembly with a daughter board: A card connector (100) mounted on a printed circuit board to connect with an electronic element, includes an insulating housing (50) retaining a plurality of terminals (51), a shell (31) covering on the insulating housing to define a cavity (20) for receiving a card, the cavity defining a first portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009574 - Rotatable electrical interconnection device: An electrical interconnection device (100) includes a first connector (10), a second connector (20) defining a positioning member (25), a connecting member (30), a cover (50) enclosing the first connector and the second connector to combine therebetween and a restricting member (40) assembled to the first connector. The connecting member... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100009575 - Audio plug with cosmetic hard shell: Apparatus, systems and methods for assembling an audio plug with a cosmetic hard shell are provided. A plug may be coupled to a cable. An inner member may be molded about an end portion of the plug and an end portion of the cable. A strain relief member may be... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20100009576 - Power-enabled connector assembly and method of manufacturing: An advanced connector assembly enabled to receive and distribute power signals. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a multi-port modular jack, and incorporates a PSE controller board disposed in the rear portion of the connector assembly, e.g., outside the connector housing. The PSE controller board controls the power to a... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20100009577 - Ballast mounted connector receptacle: A connector, method of connecting, and connector assembly preventing potting from disrupting the physical and electrical connection of a mated electrical connector assembly that can be connected and/or disconnected without cutting wires and with a single hand.... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20100003836 - Rotary terminal mechanism: A rotary terminal mechanism (1) in which a first electroconductive ring (14) is inserted, under a slightly collapsed state, between the circular internal peripheral surface (81) of a first outside electrode (8) and the circular external peripheral surface (71) of a first inside electrode (7) that are arranged concentrically. The... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20100003837 - 276-pin buffered memory module with enhanced memory system interconnect and features: A memory subsystem system including a rectangular printed circuit card having a first side and a second side, a length of between 149.5 and 153.5 millimeters, and first and second ends having a width smaller than the length. The memory system also includes a first plurality of pins on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20100003838 - Burn-in socket: A burn-in socket includes a base, a sliding plate mounted to the base and having a number of pin holes, a number of contacts secured to the base and an actuator mounted on the base. The contacts each comprise a base portion and a pair of arms received in the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100003839 - Connector device for interconnecting circuit substrates: A connector device for interconnecting circuit substrates is obtained, in which a pitch for electrically conducting paths can easily be aligned with a pitch for electrodes on the side of circuit substrates. The connector includes a rectangular parallelepiped connecting element (9) and a connector housing (11). The rectangular parallelepiped connecting... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100003840 - Dielectric isolators: The present application is directed to dielectric isolators for use in aircraft fuel systems to control lightning induced current and allow dissipation of electrostatic charge. The dielectric isolators are configured to have a high enough impedance to limit lightning currents to low levels, but low enough impedance to allow electrostatic... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20100003841 - Plug-type connector for use on a glow plug and having an intgegral projecting blade contact: The invention relates to a plug-in connector (1), designed for connecting to a glow plug in a diesel engine, having a circular cross section and a plastic base body (2) on which at least one strip contact (3, 4, 5) is coaxially mounted. According to the invention, the strip contact... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20100003842 - Coaxial connector with a new type of contact: A coaxial connector for receipt of a central contact of a complementary coaxial connector to be inserted therein, comprising an insulative case including an upper insulative case portion and a lower insulative case portion; an upper fixed contact, a movable contact and a bottom fixed contact essentially stacked in the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100003843 - Smt/dip type connector structure having at least three rows of terminals: A SMT/DIP type connector structure having at least three rows of terminals is provided. The connector structure mainly includes a printed circuit board and a connector having at least a first row of terminals, a second row of terminals and a third row of terminals. The printed circuit board is... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100003844 - Electrical connector having latching mechanism: An electrical connector includes a plurality of pins, an isolation body and a latching mechanism. The isolation body includes a receiving part. The receiving part is arranged at a front edge of the isolation body and has a first engaging element. The latching mechanism has a second engaging element engaged... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20100003845 - Electrical connector with improved housing: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2) and at least one contact (3) received in the housing. The housing defines a receiving cavity (23) therein, at least one receiving groove (216) communicating with the receiving cavity, a recessing groove (219) recessing outwards from an inner face (2161) of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100003846 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector including a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor; and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor. The first and second connection sections include a first member, a second member and a compression member for compressing the second... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20100003847 - Electrical plug-in connector: The invention relates to an electrical plug-in connector (1) for telecommunications and data systems technology, comprising electrically interconnected elastic high-frequency contacts (4) and core connection contacts (10). At least the high-frequency contacts (4) are arranged in a housing (2) comprising a receiving opening (3) for a counter plug-in connector, and... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100003848 - Supply side backfeed meter socket adapter: A utility meter adapter plugs between a utility meter and its meter socket to provide a power pigtail suitable for a solar electric system to backfeed power to the utility. A round plastic base has several connector jaw blades underneath positioned like a meter to fit in a meter socket... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC Chad R. Walsh

20100003849 - Electronic apparatus and connector: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a connector into which a plug of a USB cable is insertable. The connector includes a housing and a terminal portion provided in the housing. The housing includes an insertion opening part which exposes the terminal portion outside, a back part positioned... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100003850 - Plug connector for front plate or back plate assembly: A plug connector (1) with a housing (2) thereof is located at, or fed through, an opening (3) in a plate (4) in an operating position, the plate being a front plate or back plate assembly, and the plug connector contains wires and/or braids of a cable (5) and electrical... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20100003851 - Surface mount coaxial connector assembly: A disclosed coaxial connector can be surface-mounted on a circuit board without degradation in signal transmission characteristics. The coaxial connector includes a center conductor, a surrounding conductor by which the center conductor is surrounded, and an insulating housing. The center conductor has a leg portion at its base end. The... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100003852 - Electrical connector with improved grounding: A shielded electrical connector is disclosed that includes a receptacle having a outer ground shield surrounding a dielectric cover. The dielectric cover includes a plug reception cavity and has an electrical contact and an inner ground shield disposed therewithin. The outer ground shield includes grounding features configured to ground the... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20100003853 - Usb electric connector for transferring data between computers: A (universal serial bus) USB electric connector for transferring data between computers includes an outer shell, a seat body, a terminal set, a bridge circuit board and a lid body. The outer shell has a hollow main body, in which a seat body is provided, on which a terminal set... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20100003854 - Electrical connector with improved emi structure: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, first and second contact modules received in the insulative housing, a first metal shell covering the insulative housing and a grounding piece. The insulative housing includes a mating tongue and the first metal shell includes a plurality of peripheral walls enclosing the mating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100003855 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector is revealed. The electrical connector includes an insulating body with at least one terminal receiving hole and an accommodation space disposed on one side of the terminal receiving hole, at least one conductive terminal set that is received in the terminal receiving hole and having a first... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20100003856 - Card edge connector: A card edge connector includes an insulating body having opposite lateral side frames for mounting respectively two metallic pieces thereon, and terminals mounted in the insulating body and coupled to a circuit board. When an insertion side with conductive terminals of an electronic card is inserted into an insertion groove... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20100003857 - Electrical connector assembly with a transition board: An electrical connector assembly includes a first and a second connector (1, 2) each including an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the housing. The housing has a front mating portion, a rear face and a pair of first retaining portions at opposite ends of the rear... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100003858 - Repair adapter for a modular plug: A device and method for repairing a failed modular connector having a broken locking tab by providing an adapter which receives the broken modular connector and includes a mechanism for retaining the broken modular connector, which may include a retaining clip, retaining barbs, or teeth, tight friction, friction bumps, adhesive... Agent: James Richards

20100003859 - Composite connector: A composite connector includes a base, a DisplayPort and an eSATA electrical connector. The base is provided with a first assembling hole and a second assembling hole. The DisplayPort is assembled in the first assembling hole and has a body. The front end of the body has an insertion opening.... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20100003860 - Assembly for permitting power-over-internet connection: An assembly for permitting “Power-over-Ethernet” (PoE) connection between a PoE control device and a component of a cabling network, the assembly comprising: a network connection device comprising a plurality of cable terminations each operatively connectable to a respective data cable for the transmission of data, each cable termination being operatively... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20100003862 - Electrical plug-in connector: The invention relates to an electrical plug-in connector (1) comprising a housing, a printed circuit board (6), and at least one electrical contact which is electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board (6) is spring-mounted.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100003863 - Modular connector with reduced termination variability: A telecommunications connector assembly including a cable having a first pair of twisted wires and a second pair of twisted wires; a first connector having a first substrate having a first termination area, the first pair of twisted wires provided for electrical termination on a first side of the first... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100003861 - Plug connector for telecommunications and data technology: The invention relates to a plug connector (1) for telecommunications and data technology, for connection of a balanced data cable, with the plug connector (1) having an electrically insulating plug connector housing (2) as well as first contacts (8) and second contacts (7), with the first contacts making contact with... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100003864 - Electrical cable connector: A wedge connector for mechanically securing two electrical cables and making them electrically common is disclosed. The wedge connector has a C-shaped body member and a wedge. The body member has sides that converge toward a first body member end from a second body member end. The body member has... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20100003865 - Wiring device terminal and related method of termination: A terminal of a wiring device includes a conductive plate, an arm, and a wire guide. The conductive plate has an opening formed therethrough. The conductive plate receives a fastener for securing a substantially straight wire to the conductive plate. The arm extends from the conductive plate and defines a... Agent: Leviton Manufacturing Company Incorporated (cdfs) C/o Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20100003866 - Electrical connectors: An electrical connector including a first and second assembly that are matable with one another by a sliding push fit to establish electrical interconnection between the two assemblies is disclosed. The first assembly includes a contact pin with a collar extending concentrically around the pin to define a recess therebetween,... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20100003867 - Connector for use with light-weight metal conductors: Connecting elements and methods for the electrical connection between a light-weight metal conductor and an electrical contact, in particular for use in motor vehicles are disclosed. A metal sleeve is cold welded to the conductor. A contact element is connected to the metal sleeve in an electrically conductive manner and... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20100003869 - Contact and connector including the contact: A contact capable of facilitating adjustment of impedance and ensuring a high holding force when held in a housing. To a contact portion capable of being brought into contact with a pad on a module substrate, a spring portion is connected for pressing the contact portion against the pad. A... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20100003870 - Contact sheet and connecting device including the same: A support portion of an elastic contactor is located in a fixed region surrounded by a plurality of openings on a contact sheet. The support portion extends over the substantially entire fixed region and along the outer rims of the surrounding openings.... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20100003868 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector includes a base having a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of conducting pins respectively located in the through holes. There is a convex block located at the side wall of the base for each of the through holes. Each of the conducting pins has an... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee