Patents Examined by Gary F. Paumer
  • Patent number: 7037123
    Abstract: In a card connector to be fixed to a mounting object and used for connecting a card, a stopper is coupled to an insulator holding a conductive contact. The stopper has a fixing portion to be fixed to the mounting object. Furthermore, the stopper has a butting portion to be engaged with the card in a predetermined direction when the card is inserted in the predetermined direction into a receiving portion defined by a cover coupled to the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Keisuke Nakamura, Akira Kimura
  • Patent number: 5476395
    Abstract: A planar fuse panel is presented. In accordance with the present invention, a section of conductive metal of the desired thickness, temper and shape is stamped out from a sheet of conductive metal. Simultaneously, a fuse holding spring mechanism or bent tabs, or blade terminals are formed in the same stamping operation for frictionally engaging fuses or other electrical connectors. The fuse panel includes a plurality of male blade connectors of a known configuration extending from the edges as well as other locations on the fuse panel to accept a variety of I/O configurations. A multiplicity of circuits may be included in the planar fuse panel (in a multilayer fashion) depending on the number of circuits desired. The circuits may have any suitable planar shape. Also described is a spring clip for use with the various fuseplanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Raffles, Van H. Potter, Joseph V. Woodley, Robert B. Haines
  • Patent number: 5460538
    Abstract: A socket with a base 10 and a cover member 20 rotable with respect to the base 10 for use especially in a burn-in test of an electrical part 100 with a narrow pitch between leads 100a of the electrical part which has a holding cover 27 within the cover 20 which is rotable and pivotable and a plurality of thin insulating sheet members 15 positioned between a plurality of contacts 14 contained in the base 10 to insure reliable operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Kiyokazu Ikeya