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Electrical connectors October categorized by USPTO classification 10/10

20100273335 - Plug connector with improved cable arrangement and having retaining arrangement securely retaining mating substrate therein: A plug connector, for mating with a complementary connector, includes a housing comprising a mating interface defined by a pair of tongue portions and an opening defined between the tongue sections, a cover assembled with housing, an inner mold received in the cover, a printed circuit boar received in the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100273336 - Battery connecter and portable electronic device using same: A battery connecter includes a plurality of terminals. Each of the terminals includes a resisting portion, a supporting portion, and a contacting portion. The resisting portion includes a first portion and a second portion bent from the first portion. The supporting portion extends from the first portion and resists the... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20100273337 - Socket protector: A socket protector for fixing a protective cover to a housing includes a connecting member and a receiving groove defined in the housing. The connecting member is connected to the protective cover. The connecting member has an elastic connecting portion defining a restricting hole. A restricting portion is formed in... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20100273338 - Connector with a shutter mechanism pivotally retained thereon: A connector includes: an insulative housing having a mating port formed between a pair of front wall and rear wall, and a pair of side walls thereof, the mating port defining a first direction for mating/un-mating a corresponding plug, and a second direction extending transversely and perpendicular to said first... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100273339 - Plug with a spark meltdown-proof structure: A plug with a spark meltdown-proof structure for a spark damaged-proof effect is mainly comprised of two center hinged inserters that can be pressed for angle rotation, each inserter has a conductor, one end of which is connected with the output electric wire and the other end is connected or... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20100273340 - Coaxial connector for corrugated cable with corrugated sealing: A coaxial cable connector includes an internally corrugated member, an internally corrugated sealing member, and a back nut. Axial advancement of the back nut causes a back end of the internally corrugated member to compress radially inwardly.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20100273341 - Fpc connector with built-in lock: An FPC connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) which has a bottom wall (10) and a pair of end walls (12) thereby forming a mating room (15) with a mating opening (14) located at a front face thereof, a plurality of terminals (2) disposed within the housing and having... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100273342 - Bayonet connector: An apparatus for detachably-attaching a first half of an electrical connector to a second half includes an exterior first half housing as part of the first half that rotates about a split ring with respect to a remaining interior portion of the first half. The interior portion does not rotate... Agent: Risto A. Rinne, Jr. Complete Patenting Services

20100273343 - Lamp holder connector: A lamp holder connector includes: a first base provided with at least four curved fixing holes, each fixing hole having an insertion end and a fixing end; and a second base having a casing and at least four fixing pieces mounted on the casing. Each fixing piece is inserted into... Agent: Kile Park Reed & Mcmanus

20100273344 - 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.

20100273345 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (200) includes a housing (30) having a number of contact cavities (34) and a number of contacts (20) upwardly inserted respectively into said contact cavities (34). Each of the contacts (20) has a lower section (22) and two upper contact beams (24, 26). The lower section (22)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100273346 - Electrical plug connector: An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a printed circuit board with two sets of contact elements. The first set of contact elements is located on the front face of the printed circuit board and protrudes into an opening in the plug connector housing. The second set of contact... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100273347 - Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly having heat-radiating structure: An electrical connector for electrically connecting with a complementary connector includes an insulative housing defining a number of contact-receiving passages, and a number of conductive contacts respectively received in the contact-receiving passages adapted for electrically connecting with conductive contacts of the complementary connector and generating heat. The insulative housing defines... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100273348 - Flat signal transmission cable with bundling structure: Disclosed is a flat signal transmission cable with bundling structure, including at least one flexible circuit. The flexible circuit includes a plurality of clustered flat cable components that are formed by slitting in a direction parallel to extension direction of the flexible circuit to impose free and independent flexibility for... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100273350 - High frequency connector assembly: A connector assembly includes a signal array of a plurality of conductors, each conductor including at least one inner conductive element and an outer conductive element. A connector body has a front surface and the inner and outer conductive elements are electrically presented proximate the front surface in a generally... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20100273349 - Tool-free coaxial connector: A tool-free coaxial connector includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve coaxial with the outer sleeve, and an annular tooth provided around an inner wall surface of the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve can receive a central conductor and an insulating spacer of the coaxial cable therein, and the outer... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100273351 - Bulge-type coaxial cable connector with plastic sleeve: A cable termination assembly is made up of one of a plurality of connector bodies each having a thin-walled outer sleeve which may be composed of metal or plastic, the outer sleeve having a raised external wall surface portion which may be of convex or truncated convex configuration with or... Agent: Reilly Intellectual Property Law Firm

20100273352 - Tightening indicator for coaxial cable connector: A coaxial cable connector includes an outer body having a first end and an opposing second end, an inner body having a first inner end and a second inner end, and a post interconnected with the inner body. A fastener portion is at the first end of the outer body.... Agent: Pastel Law Firm Christopher R. Pastel

20100273353 - Electrical connector comprising a sealing mat: Electrical connector including a sealing mat made of a deformable material body having a thick portion and a thin portion having: an upper face a lower face parallel to the upper face, hollow passageways extending along a longitudinal axis from the upper face to the lower face, a housing including... Agent: Harrington & Smith

20100273354 - Electrical connector system having a continuous ground at the mating interface thereof: A connector interface may include an arrangement of contacts in a first connector, and a corresponding, complementary arrangement of contacts in a second connector mating with the contacts of the first connector. The contacts may be signal contacts or ground contacts. When the connectors are mated, a ground may be... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20100273356 - Apparatus and methods for connecting two electrical devices together: Methods and apparatus are provided for connecting together two audio components that have different size connectors and/or a different configuration of electrical contacts between them. In one embodiment of the present invention, an audio adaptor is designed having an audio plug of one size to mate with a first electrical... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20100273355 - Image guide wire connection: An electrical connector and assembly having a body arranged and disposed to receive an interconnector of a guide wire at a first end and an interface cable at a second end, and a contact module in the body, the contact module comprising a contact housing and a plurality of contacts,... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20100273358 - Bending resistant male connector for a guide wire: During use there is a risk that a male connector for a guide wire is bent. With the present male connector (1) more material with high modulus of elasticity can be provided inside the male connector (1), which makes the male connector (1) more bending resistant. The male connector (1)... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100273357 - Connector in the field of telecommunications: A connector (10) in the field of telecommunications has contacts (12) with which wires are connectable inside the connector (10), and at least three wire openings (16, 116), each opening (16, 116) being adapted to accommodate at least two wires and exposed on an outside of the connector (10) distal... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100273360 - Crosstalk-free connector: A crosstalk-eliminating connector has an insulative body, multiple terminals and a metal shell. The terminals are mounted in the insulative body and some of the terminals are pairs of signal transmission terminals. The metal shell has at least one crosstalk-eliminating slot and each crosstalk-eliminating slot is located between two adjacent... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20100273359 - Electrical connector configured by wafer having coupling lead-frame and method for making the same: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (40) and a terminal module (10) retained in the insulative housing and configured with a selected terminal (11), a determined terminal (12) and a specific terminal (13) molded within a dielectric wafer (2). A coupling lead-frame (3) is disposed onto a surface... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100273361 - Shaped connector for power converter: A keyed power source connector and keyed device connector that are backwards compatible, ensuring that the power rated device connectors can only mate with power source connectors power rated at or above the device connector power rating. One connector is formed as a plug, and the other connector is formed... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20100273362 - Device connector: A device connector has a housing to be mounted on a device. Busbars are held in the housing. The housing includes nut holding portions, each of which has two nut holding legs at positions facing a device connecting portion of the corresponding busbar. A space between the nut holding legs... Agent: Hespos & Porco LLP

20100273363 - Electrical contact with locking barb: An electrical contact includes a body extending a length from a contacting end to a terminating end. The body includes a base extending between the contacting and terminating ends. A passageway extends through at least a portion of the length of the body. A locking barb is connected to the... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Technology Resources

20100273364 - Axially compliant microelectronic contactor: One embodiment is an axially compliant electrical contactor for interconnecting microelectronic devices, the contactor including: an insulative sleeve having a hole therethrough; and a metal tube having a cylindrical wall being slidably disposed in the hole; wherein: (a) two or more elongated slots through the cylindrical wall extend from a... Agent: Michael B. Einschlag, Esq.

20100273365 - Distribution terminal for wire-type fusible link and fuse connection structure using distribution terminal: A distribution terminal for a wire-type fusible link is provided. The distribution terminal includes: an electrically-conductive metal plate having a fixing hole formed therethrough so as to be fastened to a battery terminal bolt; and a plurality of press-clamping barrels formed on the metal plate and provided corresponding respectively to... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100273366 - Terminal fitting: A terminal fitting (10) is inserted into a housing (60) from behind and includes a tubular connecting portion (11), with which a mating terminal (90) is connectable from front. A bent piece (27) including both front and rear edges (28, 29) is formed at a position of a peripheral wall... Agent: Hespos & Porco LLP

20100267250 - Device interfaces with non-mechanical securement mechanisms: A number of device interfaces that may use magnetic forces to secure different devices together are disclosed. The device interfaces may include magnetic material positioned in between parallel rows of electrical contact elements in the devices. Magnetic forces may be exerted on and from the electrical contact elements to cause... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100267251 - Cable management system: A cable management system. The system has the following: (a) a computer or network device having a plurality of first communication connectors, (b) one or more adapters having a plurality of second communication connectors and a plurality of third communication connectors, and (c) a plurality of patch cables. Each of... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20100267253 - Electrical connector: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (2), a plurality terminals received in the housing (2), a stiffener (3) engaged with the housing (2), a clip (5) and a lever (4) pivotably mounted on two opposite sides of the stiffener (3). The lever (4) comprises a pair of locating... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267252 - Electronic component and electronic control device using the same: An electronic component includes an electronic component body having lead wires led out therefrom and compliant pins. Compliant pins include connections to be connected to lead wires and are in contact, at end surfaces on the other side thereof, with a lead-wire lead-out surface of the electronic component body. Compliant... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100267254 - Socket assembly with pick-up cap serving as stand-off: An socket assembly mounted on a printed circuit board for receiving a IC package, comprises an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways, a plurality of contacts received in the passageways and a pick-up cap covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing has four sidewalls surrounding the passageways. The pick-up... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267255 - Electric connector with a bluetooth device therein: An electric connector includes an electrically insulative housing, which has connector receiving chambers and an accommodation space arranged in a stack, metal terminals respectively mounted in the connector receiving chambers, the metal terminals each having a front contact end respectively extended to an insertion slot on the front side of... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100267256 - Electric connector: A board mount connector (10) includes a connector body configured to be mated with a counterpart connector (30) and a plurality of conductive terminals (20a, 20h) projecting from the connector body (11). Each of the terminals includes a contact portion (21a, 21b) configured to contact a corresponding terminal (33) of... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20100267257 - Socket connector with contact terminal having waveform arrangement adjacent to tail portion perfecting solder joint: Disclosed herewith a socket connector configured with an insulative housing defining a mating interface surrounded with peripheral walls and a mounting surface. A plurality of passageways is defined between the mating interface and the mounting surface and having an opening at the mounting surface. The insulative housing includes an encampment... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267258 - Wedge of a cable connector grounding device: A wedge of a cable connector grounding device includes a body. One side of the body is formed with a spirally conjunct seat inside which a concave spirally conjunct slot is formed. Two concave slots opposite to each other are formed. At the bottom of spirally conjunct slot, a position... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20100267259 - External usb card reader: An external universal serial bus (USB) card reader includes a cover, a circuit board movably received in the cover, a USB connector, and a connector. The USB connector is mounted to a front end of the circuit board. The connector is mounted to a back end of the circuit board... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20100267260 - Card connector having an improved spring member: A card connector (100) for insertion of an electrical card (200) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a receiving space (12) for insertion of the electrical card; a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing; and an ejecting mechanism (3) including a slider (31), a coil spring (33)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267262 - Electrical connector featured with usb/esata interfaces: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mating cavity, a tongue portion forwards extending into the mating cavity and defining thereon first and second faces opposite to each other, and first and second sets of contacts retained to the housing. The first set of contacts includes pairs of... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267261 - Usb/esata combo receptable featured with ground layer retarding interfaces therebetween: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mating cavity, two parallel and stacked mating portions respectively forwards extending into the mating cavity, sets of contact retained in the housing and a grounding member retained in the housing. The first mating portion defines thereon a first surface; the second... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267263 - Lamp socket and display device having the same: A lamp socket constructed to achieve an ultrathin display device and minimize friction sound due to thermal expansion and shrinkage, and a display device having the lamp socket are provided. The lamp socket includes a first body part, a connection terminal that is connected to the first body part and... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20100267265 - In-line connector stack with testing capability: Connector assemblies for use with implantable medical devices having easy to assemble contacts are disclosed. The connector assemblies are generally formed by coupling a plurality of ring contacts, sealing rings, and spring contact elements together with at least one holding ring to form a connector having a common bore for... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20100267264 - Waterproof connector: In a waterproof connector, an annular packing 33 is mounted on an outer periphery of a tubular fitting portion of a connector housing, and when a fitting portion of a mating connector is fitted to the tubular fitting portion, the annular packing forms a seal between the two fitting portions.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100267266 - Airtight electrical socket: A water and/or airtight electrical socket for portable electronic devices includes sealing elements that are shaped like an arc, and arranged to seal only a portion of the perimeter of the socket-plug interface. When this arc element experiences pressure, it will mechanically relay the force caused by the pressure only... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100267267 - Card connector with a spring member for retaining an electrical card: A card connector includes an insulative housing (1) having a receiving space (10); a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing and protruding into the receiving space for electrical connection to the electrical card; a metal spring member (3) having an arcuate locking arm (34) protruding toward the... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267269 - Electrical connector assembly: An electrical connector assembly includes a cable connector; a receptacle connector connected to the cable connector in a first direction; and a locking protruding portion disposed on one of the cable connector and the receptacle connector. The locking protruding portion has a first length in a second direction perpendicular to... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20100267268 - Mains connection of a domestic appliance: A domestic appliance that includes at least one mains connection for the supply of power to the domestic appliance from a building supply mains. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the mains connection may include data transfer contacts.... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100267270 - Plug and plug connector for robots: The invention relates to a socket-sided plug (B) or a pin-sided plug (S), in particular for a tool changing system, for electrically connecting a tool to a robot hand. Said plug comprises a plug housing (1, 2) for securing to a robot arm or to a tool. The plug housing... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20100267271 - 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.

20100267272 - Wire containment cap: A wire containment cap includes a first side having a plurality of retainers for retaining wires, and a second side opposite the first side. Two sidewalls extend between the first side and the second side, and a support rib extends between the two sidewalls. The support rib includes two pair... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20100267273 - Lamp socket: A lamp socket has a housing forming a cavity centered on an axis and having a generally cylindrical side wall and a floor, an internally threaded sleeve coaxially received in the cavity, a central socket contact on the floor at the axis, and an annular disk separate from the housing,... Agent: Kf Ross PC

20100267274 - Communication port identification system: A communication port identification system enables an intelligent interconnect patch panel to reliably track connections to network switches. Network switch ports are provided with port ID modules that are inserted into the ports. Intelligent interconnect patch cords each utilize a patch cord microcontroller and out-of-band conductors to enable communication between... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20100267275 - Detecting device and connector module thereof: A detecting device is used to detect the connection of an electronic device. The detecting device includes a circuit board and a connector module. The circuit board includes a power terminal and a signal processing unit. The connector module includes a body and a detecting member. The body has a... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20100267276 - Strap with transmission line functionality: A strap with transmission line functionality includes a strap body, a first connecting end and a second connecting end. The strap body has at least one signal line wrapped therein. The first connecting end is disposed at one end of the strap body and the second connecting end is disposed... Agent: Raymond Sun

20100267277 - Watthour meter socket lock adapter: A watthour meter socket adapter has housing formed of snap together rear and front housings. The front housing surrounds but allows access to jaw contacts and terminals mounted in the rear housing by a watthour meter and electric power conductors. An aperture in the front housing engages a socket adapter... Agent: Young Basile

20100267278 - Outlet assemblies & methods of installation thereof: Outlet assemblies are provided that include a faceplate having a planar exterior surface, one or more receptacles, a flatrim, and an electrical box. The faceplate is connected to the flatrim (with the one or more receptacles disposed between the faceplate and flatrim). The faceplate, receptacle(s), and flatrim are installed into... Agent: Hpf

20100267279 - Power receptacle: A power receptacle suitable for desktop use. The power receptacle has a casing (3) with a plurality of exterior walls. At least one socket (33, 35, 37) is accessible from the exterior of the casing. The socket(s) is/are configured to receive a power plug of a device to be powered... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20100267280 - Electric-wire bundle with water-proofing connector: A connector-equipped electric-wire bundle including a plurality of types of electric wires different in conductor cross-sectional area and elongation. The connector-equipped electric-wire bundle comprises a first electric wire having a first conductor, and a second electric wire having a second conductor with a greater cross-sectional area and a greater breaking... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100267281 - Cable connector assembly with a front shell: A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing (1) having a number of contacts (2) received therein, a shielding member (4) enclosing the insulative housing, a printed circuit board (3) connected with tail portions of the contacts, a cable (5) connected with the printed circuit board, a metallic shell (6)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20100267282 - Socket structure with duplex electrical connection: A socket structure includes a base; a slot, disposed on one end of the base and to be connected to one plug having one row of terminals; a tongue disposed on a front end of the base and within the slot so that chambers of the slot on two sides... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20100267283 - Communications medium connector with integrated common-mode noise suppression: According to one exemplary embodiment, a connector for coupling a communications medium to an electronic device includes a common-mode suppression block coupled to a number of connector pins. The common-mode suppression block is configured to reduce common-mode noise coupling between the communications medium and the connector pins in the connector.... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20100267284 - Device and method for the captive accommodation of a screw in a terminal: The invention relates to a terminal having a housing and a duct for accommodating a screw, wherein a securing device is provided that has a holding unit configured on the housing in order to enable the captive accommodation of the screw in the duct. The securing device enables an insertion... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20100267285 - Circuit interface device: A circuit interface device is presented. A circuit board is secured by a circuit board cover, a plurality of electrical contacts is disposed on the circuit board, and a connector cover is coupled to a front end of the circuit board, such that a socket disposed at one end of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100267286 - Systems and methods for providing a trimless electronic device port: This invention is directed to systems and methods for providing a port in an electronic device housing that is electrically isolated from a conductive portion of a connector inserted in the port without the use of a nonconductive trim in the port. In some embodiments, the connector may include a... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20100267287 - Connector unit: A connector unit which is capable of suppressing lowering of a clicking feeling, even if the fitting and removing of connectors to and from each other is repeated. A spring portion that receives a contact portion of each of plug contacts of a plug connector when a receptacle connector and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20100267288 - Modular connector: An electrical connector includes at least two parts: a housing having a mating side (MS) and a rear side (RS) and a terminal module having a mating side and a rear side. One part includes a mounting structure and the other part includes a corresponding receiving structure for receiving the... Agent: Harrington & Smith

20100267289 - Contact and connector: A contact is formed of a single metal sheet. The contact includes an upper spring portion configured to press an upper surface of a plate-like connection target in a downward direction and a lower spring portion configured to press a lower surface of the plate-like connection target in an upward... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100267290 - Spring connector and terminal device: A spring connector includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor. The inner conductor is formed of a conductive material, and has a small-diameter portion, a large-diameter portion, and a resilient portion axially disposed so as to be integrally and continuously formed with each other. The outer conductor is formed... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20100267291 - Swaging process for improved compliant contact electrical test performance: A spring contact assembly having a first plunger with a tail portion having a flat contact surface and a swagable surface and a second plunger having a tail portion with a flat contact surface and a swagable surface wherein the flat contact surfaces are overlapping and are surrounded by an... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20100267292 - Pin or socket contact with resilient clip: An electrical pin or socket terminal includes a vertical tubular body portion, and a spring clip portion connected with the upper end of the body portion. The spring clip portion includes two opposed electrical contacts at least one of which is resiliently biased toward the other. A separating arrangement is... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.