For Direct Connection To A Flexible Tape Or Printed Circuit Board Patents (Class 439/329)
  • Patent number: 8002567
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing provided with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted into the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the housing, and reinforcing mount members provided respectively on end portions of the housing in its longitudinal direction to be used for mounting the housing on a solid circuit board, wherein a holding member is formed in the reinforcing mount member to extend into the housing for engaging with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing to hold the same, a releasing member is formed in the housing to be movable with a first end portion thereof operative to project out of the housing and a second end portion thereof operative to engage with the holding member, and the releasing member is moved so that the second end portion of the releasing member causes the holding member to be released from engagement with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing when the first end portion of the releasing member is pushed toward
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: I-Pex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hara
  • Publication number: 20110201220
    Abstract: To provide a connector that increases the amount of elastic deformation of a beam and can improve the contact stability between a flat electrical wire and a terminal while restraining an increase in the difference between the position of a cam in the anteroposterior direction and the position of a pressing portion formed on the cam, a pressing portion that pushes flat electrical wire is formed on the lower surface of center beam of rear connecting terminal. Cam of actuator is positioned between upper beam and center beam of rear connecting terminal. Inclined surface that extends at an angle upward and backward is formed on the upper surface of center beam. Cam pushes inclined surface down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Kousuke Taketomi
  • Patent number: 7988480
    Abstract: A card edge connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a pair of opposed side walls (11), a end wall (12) connected to the side walls (11), a retainer (15) and a reinforcement wall (16) both of which protruding outwardly from the end wall (12) in a lengthwise direction of the housing (1); a plurality of terminals (2) received in the housing (1); and a metal hook (3) retained on the reinforcement wall (16) along an upper-to-lower direction of the housing (1), and having a soldering tail (32) extending beyond the housing (1) for being mounted to a mother board. The retainer (15) is connected to the reinforcement wall (16) and defines a latch projection (153) extending from an inner surface for latching a daughter board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ze-Lin Yao, Zhuang-Xing Li, Xiao-Zhi Fu
  • Patent number: 7988496
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining upper and lower rows of passageways arranged in a longitude direction and each of passageway extends along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; upper and lower rows of contacts are assembled into the corresponding upper and lower rows of passageways, respectively; wherein each of said contact has a mating portion folded in half, the mating portion defines a pair of inner faces facing to each other and a pair of outer faces facing away from each other, at least one protruding portion protrudes from one of the inner faces to the other inner face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20110171848
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing, a connector interface, and an actuator. The housing extends from a front end to a back end and includes an elongated channel extending through the housing along an actuation axis disposed between the front and back ends. The connector interface is joined with the front end of the housing and is configured to be electrically joined with a circuit board when the connector interface is moved away from the front end and mates with the circuit board. The actuator is disposed within the channel of the housing and includes a ramp angled toward the front end of the housing. The connector interface mates with the circuit board by moving the actuator along the actuation axis to engage the ramp with the connector interface and move the connector interface toward the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: SCOTT STEPHEN DUESTERHOEFT, RICHARD ELOF HAMNER, ROBERT NEIL MULFINGER, JASON M'CHEYNE REISINGER, ATTALEE SNARR TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 7972171
    Abstract: A card edge connector comprises a pair of mount members attached to the bottom of the insulating housing thereof. Each mount member comprises a body portion, at least one fitting nail connected to the body portion and configured to be disposed transversely for being soldered on a printed circuit board, and a tab portion connecting to the body portion and configured to be freely insertable into an aperture formed on the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Chien Ching Teh
  • Publication number: 20110159719
    Abstract: A flat cable connector includes an insulated housing, a plurality of conductor contacts regularly arranged in the housing at a predetermined interval pads of a flat cable are connected with the contacts, respectively, when the flat cable is inserted into the housing. The conductor contact includes a stationary portion secured to the housing and a movable portion integrally formed with the stationary portion being resiliently moved with respect to the stationary portion, the conductive pads of the flat cable come into contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Koki Takahashi, Manabu Shimizu, Kazuya Orui
  • Publication number: 20110136365
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing provided with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted into the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the housing, and reinforcing mount members provided respectively on end portions of the housing in its longitudinal direction to be used for mounting the housing on a solid circuit board, wherein a holding member is formed in the reinforcing mount member to extend into the housing for engaging with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing to hold the same, a releasing member is formed in the housing to be movable with a first end portion thereof operative to project out of the housing and a second end portion thereof operative to engage with the holding member, and the releasing member is moved so that the second end portion of the releasing member causes the holding member to be released from engagement with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing when the first end portion of the releasing member is pushed toward
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: I-PEX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki HARA
  • Patent number: 7946876
    Abstract: A smart card holder includes a connector, two rocker arms and a latching member. The connector includes a connecting plate having a plurality of contacts formed thereon. The two rocker arms respectively rotatably connect an end of the connecting plate. The latching member includes a plate portion and two latching units forming on opposite two surfaces of the plate portion, each latching unit latches a smart card. The latching member rotatably connects to the two rocker arms. When the latching member attaches on the connecting plate, the smart card installs on the latching unit facing the connecting plate correspondingly resisting against the contacts, the other smart card can resist against the contacts the by rotating of the latching member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Chia Huang
  • Publication number: 20110117765
    Abstract: A cable connector is provided including an insulative housing having an insertion opening through which a flat flexible cable may be inserted. An actuator is movably mounted on the housing and configured to be moved from a first position at which the flat flexible cable may be inserted and a second position at which the contact pads of the flat flexible cable are operatively engaged by terminals of the connector. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted in the housing. Each terminal is configured to be electrically connected to a contact pad of the flat flexible cable. A first group of the terminals has an actuator holding arm portion that engages the actuator to facilitate movement of the actuator between the first and second positions. Each of a second group of the terminals has a plurality of distinct, resilient, cantilevered, contact arm portions configured to be electrically connected to one of the contact pads of the flat flexible cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazuya Takahashi, Yoko Sugii, Hideyuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 7944171
    Abstract: An attachable wireless charging device includes a carrier board, a receiving coil, a circuit board, and at least two conductive wires. The carrier board has a back surface on which an adhesive layer is coated. The receiving coil is formed in the carrier board. The circuit board is mounted to one side of the carrier board and includes a power receiving circuit, which includes a receiving control circuit, a resonance control circuit, a regulation circuit, a control circuit, a polarity selection circuit, and a circuit output section, which are electrically and sequentially connected. Electrical connection is established between the receiving control circuit and the receiving coil. The at least two conductive wires are arranged at one side of the circuit board and are electrically connectable with the circuit output section of the circuit board. As such, an attachable wireless charging device featuring automatic determination of polarity connection is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Ming-Hsiang Yeh
  • Publication number: 20110111615
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a flexible printed circuit board comprises an insulator, a plurality of terminals and an actuator mounting onto the insulator. The insulator comprises a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall and a pair of side wall joining with the top wall and the bottom wall thereby defining a cavity therebetween. The terminals arranged exposed into the cavity. The actuator can rotate between an opened position where the flexible printed circuit board can be inserted into the cavity and a closed position where the flexible printed circuit board can be abutted against the terminals. A post protrudes from the bottom wall. The actuator defines a locking beam for locking with the post and a through hole for receiving the post when the actuator is located at the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TZU-CHING TSAI, XIAO-DONG WANG
  • Publication number: 20110111616
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a printed circuit board having an aperture and an electrical connector. The electrical connector comprises an insulative substrate with a plurality of contacts. The electrical connector is embedded in the aperture and electrically connects with the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, CHIH-PI CHENG
  • Publication number: 20110097913
    Abstract: A card edge connector for use with an electronic card, comprises an elongated housing having a pair of opposed side walls along a lengthwise direction, a central slot between the side walls, a tower portion upwardly extending at one end thereof. The central slot extends into the tower portion along the lengthwise direction to define a trench for receiving a side edge of the electronic card. A latch mechanism is retained in the tower portion, and has a locking projection protruding into the trench to lock with the electronic card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIAO-ZHI FU, WEN-JUN TANG, ZHUANG-XING LI, XUE-WU BU
  • Patent number: 7929311
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board received in the housing, and a memory card retaining mechanism received in the housing. The memory card retaining mechanism includes a plurality of conductive parts. The plurality of conductive parts cooperatively form an antenna integrated with the memory card retaining mechanism and connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Jung Tseng, Cho-Kang Hsu
  • Patent number: 7914301
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a fixing member having a support seat; a plurality of terminals, each having an embed section embedded within the fixing member along an extension direction via an insert-molding process and a contact section exposing from the support seat of the fixing member; and an insulated body for seating on the support seat of the fixing member. The insulated body has an insert face formed with a plurality of terminal holes. The insert face is dented inwardly so as to form a plug reception chamber in spatial communication with the terminal holes. When the insulated body is seated on the support seat of the fixing member, the contact sections of the terminals pass through the terminal holes in the insulated body and are retained within the plug reception chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Concraft Holding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chi Lee, Chin-Huang Lin
  • Patent number: 7914312
    Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing defining a receiving recess for receiving a flexible printed circuit board and a pair of receiving cavities located at two sides of the receiving recess, a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housing, and a slidable cover mounted to the insulating housing and having a base board. A portion of the base board is recessed downward to form a gap and an inmost edge of the gap extends to form a supporting board. Two opposite ends of the base board extend to form a pair of fixing arms. A front portion of each of the fixing arms is protruded downward to form a sliding block. The slidable cover is pushed to the insulating housing with the sliding blocks sliding into the receiving cavities that drives the supporting board moving upward so that ensure a firm contact between the flexible printed circuit board and the electrical terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheng-Yuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20110070762
    Abstract: A new printed board assembly equipped with a male connector is provided. The male connector simplifies a connecting structure at a printed board side while maintaining stability in connection between an external electrical cable and an electrical conductive path on a printed board by being attached to an end of the external electrical cable. A housing contains a male terminal connected to an end of an external electrical cable. While the housing is held on a printed board by a lock means, a biasing means applies a biasing force to the male terminal, so that the male terminal is pressed onto and connected to an electrical conductive path on the printed board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinya HIRAMATSU
  • Patent number: 7901232
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided, capable of exerting a sufficient clamping force on a flat cable to reliably provide electrical conductivity while the connector is low-profile. The connector includes a contact having a base, a contact beam, and a pressing arm. The pressing force of a cam of an actuator is transmitted to a base through the pressing arm. Thereby, lift of the base is restrained, and a flat cable is reliably clamped, thereby providing electrical conductivity. Also, elastic deformation of the pressing arm reduces the range of variations in the contact pressure of a contact arm of the contact beam caused by the variations in thickness, gap, dimension, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20110043236
    Abstract: A compression connector module (10) for use with storage devices comprising a connector housing (12); at least one connector pin (16) mounted on the connector housing (12); and a flex clamp (14) positioned such that a clamping portion (32) of the flex clamp (14) overlays at least one of the at least one connector pins (16) when oriented to a closed position, wherein, when the clamping portion (32) is set to a first position a cable connected to the storage device can sit on the at least one connector pin (16) and when the clamping portion (32) is set to a second position force is applied to the cable in the direction of the at least one connector pin (16) so as to reasonably secure a connection between the cable and the at least one connector pin (16) such that electrical signals provided to the at least one connector pin (16) can be communicated to the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Innovative Polymers PTE. Ltd
    Inventor: Bee Keong Ng
  • Patent number: 7892007
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a printed circuit board, a header coupled to the printed circuit board, and an electrical cable termination configured to mate with the header. The printed circuit board has a printed circuit board ground contact. The header includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contact pins disposed in the insulative housing. The header and electrical cable termination are configured such that the electrical cable termination makes electrical contact with at least one of the contact pins and the printed circuit board ground contact when the header and electrical cable termination are in a mated configuration. The electrical connector assembly may include a conductive shield at least partially enclosing the header and electrical cable termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Scherer, Joseph N. Castiglione
  • Publication number: 20110034056
    Abstract: An electrical connector that alleviates limitations on a mounting position on a circuit board while maintaining a reduced height. The electrical connector includes a housing, a contact, and an actuator. The housing includes a front end and an opening into which a tip of a flexible printed circuit board having a connecting conductor at the tip is inserted. The contact is supported by the housing, and includes a solder connection portion exposed from the housing and a contact portion in a lower position in the opening to contact the connecting conductor of the flexible printed circuit board. The actuator is positioned in the housing, while a protrusion section, in the housing, adjusts upward a body portion of the flexible printed circuit board when inserted into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20110034055
    Abstract: A card edge connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a pair of opposed side walls (11), a end wall (12) connected to the side walls (11), a retainer (15) and a reinforcement wall (16) both of which protruding outwardly from the end wall (12) in a lengthwise direction of the housing (1); a plurality of terminals (2) received in the housing (1); and a metal hook (3) retained on the reinforcement wall (16) along an upper-to-lower direction of the housing (1), and having a soldering tail (32) extending beyond the housing (1) for being mounted to a mother board. The retainer (15) is connected to the reinforcement wall (16) and defines a latch projection (153) extending from an inner surface for latching a daughter board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZE-LIN YAO, ZHUANG-XING LI, XIAO-ZHI FU
  • Patent number: 7883350
    Abstract: This approach generally pertains to a header connector with rigid latches. The connector includes columns with column cavities therein and latching mechanisms having latch beams and latching ends, with a plurality of mating contacts with mounting pins affixed to a dielectric housing. A harness is securable to the header connector generally between the latching mechanisms. The harness is insertable and removable. The harness provides easy access to a tool that can facilitate extraction of the harness from the header connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Derek Byrnes, Desmond Ryan
  • Publication number: 20110028017
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit board based connector with raised projection section, which is formed by applying substrate bonding and formation techniques to make a connector that features a raised projection section. The circuit substrate has an end that is provided with conductive terminals and an opposite end that is provided with flat cable connection terminals for connection with a flat cable. The circuit substrate has a first surface on which the projection section is formed. A shielding layer covers the projection section and a portion of the first surface. The circuit substrate has a second surface on which a second shielding layer is selectively formed. When the circuit substrate is inserted into an insertion space defined in a connection socket with the conductive terminals thereof, the shielding layer and the projection section of the circuit substrate are put into engagement with and thus retained by the insertion space of the connection socket to thereby fix within the connection socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Chih-Heng Chuo, Gwun-Jin Lin, Kuo-Fu Su
  • Publication number: 20110028018
    Abstract: A connector has a housing, an insertion slot into which a connection target is inserted, an actuator and a contact. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows the connection target to be inserted into the insertion slot when the actuator is positioned at the open position. The pusher pushes the inserted connection target when the actuator is positioned at the close position. The contact is held by the housing. The contact includes a spring section and a supported section supported by the spring section. The supported section includes a press section and a contacting section. The press section presses the pusher against the inserted connection target and receives, from the pusher, a reaction force directed away from the connection target when the actuator is located at the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yokoo, Nobukazu Kato, Masaki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20110021055
    Abstract: A connector has a housing, an insertion slot, an actuator and a biasing member. Into the insertion slot, a connection target is inserted along an insertion direction. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows the connection target to be inserted into the insertion slot when the actuator is positioned at the open position. The pusher pushes the inserted connection target along a thickness direction of the connection target when the actuator is turned to the close position after the connection target is inserted into the insertion slot. The thickness direction is perpendicular to the insertion direction. The biasing member is operable to bias the pusher toward the inserted connection target when the actuator is located at the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yokoo, Nobukazu Kato, Masao Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20110021054
    Abstract: A connector adapted for receiving a flexible printed circuit board therein includes an insulating housing having a base board, a plurality of electric terminals disposed in the insulating housing and a shell slidably mounted onto the insulating housing. An end of the base board protrudes upward to form a preventing wall. A top of the preventing wall extends forward to form an elastic board. Each of the electric terminals has a base arm and an elastic arm. The base arm is disposed in the base board and the elastic arm is located under the elastic board. The flexible printed circuit board is inserted between the base arms and the elastic arms. The shell has a top board protruding downward to form at least one pressing portion slidably moving along the elastic board for pressing the elastic board downward so as to further press the elastic arms against the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Sheng-Yuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20110014800
    Abstract: Improved miniaturized interconnect connector apparatus and methods for their manufacture. These miniaturized interconnect connectors minimize overall size, while at the same time offering acceptable and even improved electrical performance over prior art interconnect connector designs. In one exemplary embodiment, the interconnect connector comprises a plug and corresponding receptacle manufactured from a laser direct structuring (LDS) polymer material. In another embodiment, the interconnect connector comprises a composite structure which takes advantages of the properties of multiple selected materials. In yet another embodiment of the invention, precisely plated polymers such as the aforementioned LDS polymer are utilized in conjunction with known technologies such as flexible printed circuits (FPC) to produce miniaturized interconnect connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Keh-Chang Cheng, Pen-Yuan Tsai, Cheng-Jung Tsou
  • Publication number: 20110008985
    Abstract: A card connector is adapted to receive first and second electronic cards, each having a plurality of contact pads. The second card being wider than the first card. The connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of first and second terminals mounted therein for engaging respective ones of the contact pads of the electronic cards when the cards are inserted into the connector. A cover member is pivotally mounted on the housing to permit movement of the cover member between an open position at which one of said first and second electronic cards may be inserted and a closed position at which the electronic card inserted into the cover is operatively positioned within the connector. The cover member has first and second sets of positioning members configured to position and hold electronic cards exclusively at the desired location for such card and wherein some of the positioning members of the first set also act as positioning members of the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Tomita, Jun Matsukawa, Yuji Naito
  • Patent number: 7862361
    Abstract: An electrical flex connector device for a printed circuit board, comprising a female member having a fixation portion for affixing the female member to an associated printed circuit board, a tab member extending from the fixation portion and configured to guide a male member of the flex connector device and to hold the male member between the tab member and the printed circuit board and a least one fastening member arranged on the female member for securely holding the male member in a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communciations AB
    Inventor: Karl Per Magnus Wahlberg
  • Patent number: 7862370
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a flexible circuit board, a terminal and a pressing element. The flexible circuit board, two sides of which are formed respectively with a latching part, is electrically connected with the connector. The terminal includes a movable arm and a fixed arm which are extended toward a same direction and parallel provided. An end of the movable arm is a pushing part, and the other end is a pushed part. The fixed arm is fixed by using the housing and includes a snap part close to the pushing part. The pressing element has an abutting part to push the pushed part. Accordingly, when the pressing element is acted upon by a displacement operation to displace toward a pre-determined direction, the snap part of the fixed arm is engaged into the latching part of the flexible circuit board which is therefore effectively fixed at the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Taiwan Suncagey Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yen-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 7848116
    Abstract: A circuit board arrangement includes a first printed circuit board having a first edge connector, and a second printed circuit board having a second edge connector and a plurality of holes positioned in relation to the second edge connector. A pair of circuit board carriers mount the first printed circuit board generally perpendicular to the second printed circuit board. Each circuit board carrier is positioned at an opposite lateral edge of the first printed circuit board. Each circuit board carrier includes a flat base for abutting the second circuit board, and a pair of wings on laterally opposite sides of the base. Each wing includes a snap-in feature for snap engagement with a corresponding hole in the second circuit board. At least one slot guide retains a corresponding lateral edge of the first printed circuit board. A retainer at an end generally opposite the base retains a distal edge of the first printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Duppong, Dale Arthur Janssen, Amanda Renee Wyland, Richard James Livdahl, Vincent Guy Segal, Travis Lee Johnston, Nathan Matthew Hawk
  • Patent number: 7841882
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes: at least one signal contact adapted to terminate at least one conductor of a cable; at least one terminal adapted to receive the at least one signal contact; a housing including a channel configured to receive the at least one terminal and adapted to receive at least a portion of a printed circuit board; and a biasing member adapted to bias the at least one terminal against the circuit board, thereby pressing the at least one signal contact against the circuit board to inhibit horizontal movement of the at least one signal contact relative to the at least a portion of a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Gino S. Antonini, Owen R. Barthelmes, Michael A. Hoyack, David I. Weinstein
  • Patent number: 7841867
    Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) apparatus includes a connector combined with a side of a printed circuit board (PCB) and with a connection terminal of a flexible printed cable (FPC), a flip pivotably combined with the connector to lock the connection terminal into and unlock the connection terminal from the connector, and an area increasing and strength reinforcing portion formed at the flip to increase a handling area of the flip and reinforce strength of the flip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Taek Lim, Ki Tag Jeong
  • Patent number: 7837492
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing. Each conductive contact has a contacting portion, an engaging portion and an extension portion electrically connecting with the contacting portion and the engaging portion. A node is disposed in the extension portion for matching characteristic impedance of the conductive contact, and a positioning portion is disposed in the insulative housing corresponding to the node for cooperating with the node to restrict movement of the node. The electrical connector in accordance with the present invention can match characteristic impedance of the conductive contact to realize impedance match and can assure precise positioning of the conductive contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100291785
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a pair of pivotal grooves on two opposite sides of a front end thereof and a L-shaped recess at each side thereof. A plurality of contacts are arranged in the housing. A metal shell defines a pair of pivotal posts sliding assembled in the pivotal grooves, the metal shell rotating downward to cover on the insulating housing. The shell defines a locking element extending to the front end of the housing and inserted in the L-shaped recess to lock the metal shell with the insulating housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHENG-CHING CHIEN, LIANG-KAI LEE
  • Publication number: 20100291784
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulting housing defining a receiving room and an inserting opening through which the module is inserted in the receiving room in an inserting direction. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing and each contact comprises an engaging portion extending in the receiving room. A pair of latching structures is located in front of the inserting opening to limit the module in the receiving room in the inserting direction of the module, the latching structures being urged to move downward to allow the module into the receiving room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HAO-YUN MA
  • Patent number: 7833046
    Abstract: An electrical connector to be connected to a flat conductive member includes a housing including an upper wall and a lower wall; a terminal including a contact portion for contacting with the flat conductive member; and an engaging protrusion for engaging the flat conductive member. The housing further includes a receptacle portion between the upper wall and the lower wall for receiving the flat conductive member. The upper wall includes a cut portion. The engaging protrusion is situated under the cut portion, so that an edge portion of the flat conductive member moves over the engaging protrusion and deforms into the cut portion when the flat conductive member is inserted into the receptacle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuminobu Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 7833041
    Abstract: A connector has a base having an opening to be inserted with a tip portion of a flexible printed circuit board at a front surface, and having a plurality of insertion holes passing from the front surface to a rear surface juxtaposed at a predetermined pitch, a connection terminal arranged in a projecting manner with a substantially T-shaped operating piece having at one end a movable contacting point that comes into pressure contact with joints juxtaposed at the tip portion of the flexible printed circuit board, the connection terminal having one end that becomes a fixed contacting point inserted to the insertion hole from the rear surface side, and an operating lever in which a cam portion is fitted into a turning recessed portion arranged at an upper side of the connection terminal to act as a turning supporting point, the cam portion driving an operation receiving portion positioned at the other end of the operating piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ono, Masayuki Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20100279534
    Abstract: This approach generally pertains to a header connector with rigid latches. The connector includes columns with column cavities therein and latching mechanisms having latch beams and latching ends, with a plurality of mating contacts with mounting pins affixed to a dielectric housing. A harness is securable to the header connector generally between the latching mechanisms. The harness is insertable and removable. The harness provides easy access to a tool that can facilitate extraction of the harness from the header connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Derek Byrnes, Desmond Ryan
  • Publication number: 20100273341
    Abstract: 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 a contacting portion (210) extending into the mating room and at least one positioning portion (18) substantially located at a corner of the mating opening (14) and partially located upon the bottom wall (10) with a cantilever-shaped configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: GUO-JIAN SHEN
  • Patent number: 7815451
    Abstract: A system includes a first bus coupler element, a second bus coupler element, and a visual element associated with the second bus coupler element and including a transparent media enabling the second coupler element to be visually aligned with the first coupler element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Simon, Rajeevan Amirtharajah, John R. Benham, John Critchlow
  • Publication number: 20100255705
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a main body for receiving a flexible printed circuit board and a metal actuator which holds the flexible circuit board between the actuator and the support surface of the main body. Substantially L-shaped pivoting arms are provided to pivotally support the actuator on the main body. The actuator is capable of pivoting about the pivot and sliding in the direction of the longitudinal direction of the flexible circuit board joined to the main body. The actuator engages with the main body at a distal end portion of the actuator. An inclined plane on which the pivoting arm slides is provided on at least one side of the support surface contacting to the pivoting arm and beveled in the sliding direction of the pivoting arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Kunihiro Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7794260
    Abstract: A memory card fixing device including a base and two resilient fastening structures is disclosed. The resilient fastening structures are provided at the two opposite sides of the base. Each fastening structure has a guiding portion and a recess. A memory card slides into the recess along the guiding portion and can be fixed in the recess by the resilience of the fastening structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-An Chen, Wen-Chih Wu
  • Patent number: 7789698
    Abstract: A connector for a flat terminal includes a lever, a housing and contact. The lever has pivots. The housing is formed with a terminal recess and provided with bearings. The contact has a contact point and is located in the terminal recess. The housing includes guide ribs for separating the base end of the lever from the contact point in the process of attaching the lever to the housing. The contact point is located between the guide ribs. The guide ribs are formed on the bottom of the terminal recess in the housing, and stick out more than the contact point from the bottom of the terminal recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hashimoto, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Takuya Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100216342
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative housing defining a mounting chamber, a bottom surface positioned at the bottom of mounting chamber and a number of longitudinal ribs formed on the bottom surface while extending upwardly beyond the bottom surface. Multiple contacts are fixed in the insulative housing and include a number of soldering tails under an arrangement that each adjacent two soldering tails are separated by one of the ribs. A space between adjacent edges of the adjacent two soldering tails is much bigger than a width of the corresponding rib which is located between the adjacent two soldering tails for preventing short circuit of the soldering tails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Pei-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20100184319
    Abstract: A novel electrical connector that is thin and can hold a belt-like body. The electrical connector has two kinds of contact elements. When an actuator is rotated, an operation section of the actuator presses one connector element downward, and force from the one connector element causes the rotation shaft of the actuator to move upward. As a result, a portion near one end of a bar-like section, supported in air, of the other contact element is elastically deformed upward. By the principle of leverage, a portion near the other end of a bar-like section of the other contact element is moved downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Yasutoshi Kameda
  • Publication number: 20100173511
    Abstract: A connection and junction box for a photovoltaic solar module having flexible flat conductor bands protruding from the surface of the solar module, wherein the connection and junction box has an insertion mouth at its side in mounting state facing the solar module, for at least one of the flexible flat conductor bands of the solar module, as well as comprising a housing for attaching to the solar module, and a connection device for the flexible flat conductor band, positioned in the housing, the connection device has a deflection arm and an electrical contact clamp, which is actuated when attaching the box to the solar module for bending and contacting the flat conductor band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Stefan Giefers
  • Publication number: 20100167571
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulated body having an insert face formed with a plurality of terminal holes, a mounting face, a fixing member and a plurality of terminals. The insert face is dented inwardly so as to form a plug reception chamber in spatial communication with the terminal holes. A fixing element extends outwardly and downwardly from the insulated body. The fixing member is integrally formed with the mounting face of the insulated body via an injection molding process such that the fixing element of the insulated body is integrally formed with the fixing member. The terminals includes a row of terminals, each having an embed section embedded within the fixing member along an extension direction via an insert-molding process and a contact section projecting from one end of the front embed section through a respective one of the terminal holes and so as to be retained within the plug reception chamber in the insulated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: DRAGONSTATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-CHI LEE, CHIN-HUANG LIN