Patents Examined by Briggitte Hammond
  • Patent number: 7568943
    Abstract: There is provided a cable attachment for sealing and retaining cables entering an opening of a telecommunications closure. The cable attachment includes an adapter body with an opening through which the cable passes; and a grip device and grommet device are also located within the opening of the adapter body for strain relieving and sealing, respectively, the cable passing through the adapter body. The cable attachment further includes a bolt portion that is selectively moveable relative to the adapter body for applying a force to the grommet device for selectively creating a seal about an outer surface of the cable. Alternative designs for sealing and/or strain relieving cables entering a closure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: C. Randall Harrison, Chois A. Blackwell, Jr., Donnie R. Clapp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7540643
    Abstract: A backlight module for a display panel of a display device is provided. The backlight module comprises a light-emitting unit and a control unit. The light-emitting unit provides light to the display panel. When the display panel displays images in a first mode, the control unit drives the light-emitting unit to emit light of a first total brightness. When the display panel displays images in a second mode, the control unit drives the light-emitting unit to emit light of a second total brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Jen Hu, Yung-Lun Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 7377823
    Abstract: A press-fit pin is press-fitted into a conductive through-hole disposed on a printed circuit board. The press-fit pin includes a contact portion, a shoulder portion, a press-fit portion, and a tip portion. The contact portion forms a terminal of a male connector to be mounted on the printed circuit board by inserting into a housing of the male connector along with the shoulder portion. The press-fit portion includes a interference fit mechanism that comprises a complementary protrusion and recess. The press-fit portion has the property of elastic deformation. Thus, the interference fit mechanism comes into interference with the through-hole, thereby allowing the press-fit pin to be mechanically fixed to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventor: Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 7371129
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes first and second connector bodies which are arranged to first be positioned together, and then separated once electrical contacts have been inserted in at least one of the first and second connector bodies. During, after, or both during and after the separating of the two connector bodies, portions of the first and second connector bodies are in direct contact with each other. The first connector body has first and second walls extending therefrom. At least one ramp and at least one stop are arranged on at least one of the first wall, the second wall, and the second connector body. At least one protrusion is arranged on at least one of the first wall, the second wall, and the second connector body. The at least one ramp, the at least one stop, and the at least one protrusion are arranged such that, when the at least one ramp and the at least one stop engage the at least one protrusion, a distance between the first and second connector bodies is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Mongold
  • Patent number: 7364464
    Abstract: An electrical connector for engaging with a mating connector comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts in the housing and a metallic shell covering the insulative housing. The metallic shell comprises a frame with at least one tab arranged at the front edge of the frame, so as to properly guide the mating connector to prevent contact misalignment or short-circuit during the mating process. The insulative housing comprises a base portion defining a pair of concavities so as to minimize size. A spacer is mounted at a rear end of the housing to prevent the contacts from moving rearward during mating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Iino, Guo-Jian Shen
  • Patent number: 7361023
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) for electrically connecting between first and second PCBs comprises a housing (20) and a number of terminals (10) received in the housing. The terminal defines a longitudinal base portion (11), a spring arm (16) extending upwardly from an upper portion thereof, and a contacting portion (18) formed at a distal end of the spring arm. The base portion defines at least two soldering portion (12, 13, 14) along the longitudinal direction thereof. The soldering portions are soldered onto the first PCB and keep the terminal balance when the second PCB presses onto corresponding contacting portion of the terminal. Thereby mechanical and electrical connection between the first and second PCBs via the connector is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsu-Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 7338325
    Abstract: An electrical adapter (100) includes an insulative casing defining a receiving space therein. The receiving space has a first opening (30) opened to an exterior in a lengthwise direction and a second opening (451) opened to an exterior in a lateral direction wherein the lengthwise and lateral directions are perpendicular to each other. A first connector unit (1) occupies the first opening along the lengthwise direction and a second connector unit (2) occupies the second opening along the lateral direction and electrically connected with the first connector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hao Mai Yin, Wei Ya Cheng
  • Patent number: 7338303
    Abstract: A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (6), includes an insulative housing defining a cavity, two rows of terminals (4), a pair of springs (3), and a carriage component (2) being moveable between two rows of the terminals and having a pair of projection portions formed at two opposite ends thereof. The carriage component is movable along with the inserted electronic card from an initial position toward a final position where the carriage component is held stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong Yi, James M. Sabo, Kevin E. Walker
  • Patent number: 7326072
    Abstract: A connection element for electrically conductive connecting to two flat contact tabs, projecting radially from a lamp holder and offset along the axis and which wide sides extend transversally to the axis, connectable by a pivot movement around an axis to the socket of a lamp, especially a main headlamp of an automotive vehicle, comprising two contact elements 9 of an electrically conductive material and which, respectively, have two contact arms 12, 13, connected integrally at one end 14 to each other and formed yoke-like, so that their non-connected end portions are arranged opposite to each other and form contact portions 15, 16, serving for contacting a flat contact tab at both sides at its wide sides, have a connection contact portion 17, connected integrally to a contact arm 12 and projecting from the contact portions 15, 16 away from the connected end 14, a housing, which has a front end face and a side face arranged at an angle thereto, has for each contact element 9 an accommodation chamber, which ha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Michael Lutsch, Ranko Resman, Vladimir Buden, Vedran Mahovic, Hrvoje Lovko
  • Patent number: 7316592
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical contact that incorporates a movable metal connection component such as a contact pin. The metal connection component is mounted within an insulating body. An electrically conducting path, from a contact head of the metal connection component to an interior of a base chassis is created only when a handset has been positioned within a cradle cavity of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: VTech Telecommunications Limited
    Inventors: Chauk Hung Chan, Yong Yang Cai, Chu Zhu Pang
  • Patent number: 7303403
    Abstract: In an electrical connecting member for electrical connection with a connection object, the electrical connecting member includes an elastic body having a pair of protruding portions protruding in directions opposite to each other. An insulating film extends along the elastic body to cover the protruding portions. A conductor portion is formed along the film and extending between portions corresponding to the protruding portions. It is preferable that each of the protruding portions has a plurality of projections, adjacent ones of which is separated by a groove from one another. In this case, the conductor portions are formed in correspondence to the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Akira Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 7300315
    Abstract: A structure of an interface card connector includes a connector body and a plurality of terminals provided on the connector body. The bottom surface of the connector body is divided into a terminal zone and a space zone along the transverse direction. The distal ends of the terminals project from the terminal zone toward the bottom surface of the connector body. The space zone is recessed toward the connector body to form a notch portion, so that the bottom surface formed by the space zone is higher than that formed by the terminal zone. The space zone is used to provide a space for arranging the electronic components on the main board, so that more space on the main board is spared for the circuit layout. With this arrangement, the problem of the insufficient space and area of the main board can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Giga-Byte Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Hou-Yuan Lin, Yung-Shun Kao, Tse-Hsine Laio
  • Patent number: 7297034
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly including a circuit board having at least one conductive element attached thereto and at least one surface mount stud carrier mounted on the circuit board and electrically connected to the at least one conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Andrew Dean Wieland, Jeffrey Gerald Hopman
  • Patent number: 7294020
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical terminal for electrical connections formed from a metal stamping and including a coil spring interface. Broadly, the inventive electrical terminal includes a female terminal body having at least one opening for receiving an inserting portion of a male terminal body, the female terminal body including a stamped groove positioned about a perimeter of the opening; and a coil spring for providing an electrical interface between the inserting portion of the male terminal body and the female terminal body being positioned in the stamped groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Alcoa Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiping Zhao, Stefano Spadoni, Ankoor Bagchi
  • Patent number: 7275940
    Abstract: A USB connector comprises an insert-molded member formed by insert molding technology and a metal shell, wherein the insert-molded member includes an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals. The terminal bearing portion of the insert-molded member extends outward a first side arm and a second side arm having a clipping groove on two sides thereof. The rear part of each conductive terminal has an arch portion, which defines an interfering portion connected with a circuit board. A circuit board can be inserted into the clipping grooves of the insert-molded member from the rear side of the connector, then the conductive terminals press against the circuit board tightly for the arch portion on the rear part thereof with its elasticity and achieve signal transmission by connecting the interfering portion thereof with the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Chien-Chiu Chen
  • Patent number: 7267580
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a card edge connector (100) includes an elongated insulative housing (1) having a central slot (15) cooperatively enclosed by a bottom wall (150) and a pair of sidewalls thereof (13). A number of conductive terminals (2) are arranged along the central slot for mechanical and electrical engagement with a daughter circuit board (5) coupled thereto. The bottom wall of the housing defines a number of airways (151) in communication with the central slot, so as to dissipate heat generated by the conductive terminals during signal transmission to the outer circumstance timely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua-Yin Huang, Wei Yu
  • Patent number: 7267577
    Abstract: A circuit board connector has metal fixing portions (60) for fixing a synthetic resin housing (10) to a circuit board (K). The fixing portions (60) are mounted into the housing (10) and are soldered to the circuit board (K). The housing (10) has mounting grooves (15) for receiving the fixing portions (60), whereas the fixing portions (60) have retaining portions (67) for biting in edges of the mounting grooves (15) to prevent the fixing portions (60) from coming out of the mounting grooves (15). Contact positions of the retaining portions (67) and edges of the mounting grooves (15) are lower than half the maximum height (L1) of the housing (10) for keeping the fixing portions (60) solder-connected with the circuit board (K) against a separating force on the fixing portions (60) in a direction away from the circuit board (K) as the housing (10) thermally expands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakano, Kenji Okamura
  • Patent number: 7195523
    Abstract: An electrical conductive path for medical electronic device generally includes a plurality of stackable molded non-conductive housing with each housing having a bore therethrough alignable with adjacent housing bores. The adjacent housings and define any combination when stacked, spaced apart slots for receiving a plurality of electrically conductive spring rings. A plurality of electrically conducting garter springs are disposed within corresponding spring rings and a cable is provided including wires attached to corresponding spring rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Jacques Naviaux
  • Patent number: 7189099
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with a complementary connector receptacle is provided and includes a housing configured and adapted for selective matable connection with a corresponding complementary connector receptacle; a pair of latch arms provided on opposite sides of the housing; and a pair of latch guards extending from the sides of the housing and overlying at least a portion of a respective latch arm. Each latch arm includes a hinge joint spaced a selected distance rearwardly from a forward end thereof for joining the latch arm to a respective side of the housing. Accordingly, as a latch arm is twisted about the hinge joint, at least a portion of the latch arm abuts against the respective latch guard and additional twisting of the latch arm about the hinge joint is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Nicholas Whyne, David Allison Trout, Jeffrey Byron McClinton
  • Patent number: 7186131
    Abstract: A transducer including a transducer body, a sensor associated with the transducer body, an electrical connector assembly fastened to an end of the transducer body, and a vibration damper system disposed between the end of the transducer body and the electrical connector assembly. The vibration damper system being operative for attenuating vibrational acceleration and amplification forces experienced by the electrical connector assembly when the transducer is exposed to vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony D. Kurtz, Adam Kane, Richard Martin