Patents Examined by Steven L. Stephan
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Patent number: 6071133Abstract: An electrical card connector for electrically connecting an exterior electrical card to a circuit board, comprises an insulative housing body and a multi-stroke ejector means wherein the housing body includes a mating surface electrically connected with the electrical apparatus, and the ejector means includes an actuator for providing a manual operation, a lever having an operating end for joining with the actuator and an opposed acting end for pushing the inserted electrical apparatus, and a pair of symmetric supporting surfaces formed above the housing body and defining a shortest distance therebetween to be a linear contour which is parallel to the mating surface of the connector, so that the lever can respectively abut against and pivot upon the pair of symmetry supporting surfaces in the same radians to provide different force arms for satisfying the requirement of different forces for accurately drawing the electrical card from the connection with the contacts of the connector or completely ejecting theType: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Ming Ho, Shun-Chi Dong
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Patent number: 6071126Abstract: An assembly for use in a building entrance protector. The assembly includes a circuit board and surge protector modules. A surge protector panel is mounted to the circuit board, wherein the surge protector panel is adapted to receive the surge protector modules. A first connector port and a second connector port are both coupled to the circuit board. Electrical pathways extend between the first connector port and the second connector port that extend through the surge protector modules on the surge protector panel. Outside plant wiring entering the building entrance protector is electrically interconnected with the assembly via a first connector that engages the first connector port. Similarly, customer premises wiring that enters the building entrance protector is electrically interconnected the assembly via a second connector that engages the second connector port.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventor: Bassel Hage Daoud
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Patent number: 6071142Abstract: A power cord removal prevention device, for use with a power cord plug in preventing inadvertent removal of the power cord plug from an outlet that is mounted in a wall. The device has a bridge having a clamp which selectively creates an opening which can secure the power cord therein. A pair of suction cups are attached to the bridge by perpendicular members. The suction cups attach to the wall and divert any tension in the power cord away from the plug and toward the wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Inventor: Melvin Blackman
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Patent number: 6068494Abstract: A connector is provided to make terminal fittings unlikely to be struck against external matter. The connector is for use with a circuit board in which terminal fittings are bent downward after being pulled backward of a connector housing 1 so as to be connectable with a circuit board 5, protection walls including an upper protection wall 10 extend behind the connector housing 1 to surround the terminal fittings 2 lest the terminal fittings 2 should project. Thus, the protection walls prevent the terminal fittings 2 from being directly struck by an external matter. Furthermore the invention relates to an improved method for producing a connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Koichiro Tokuwa
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Patent number: 6068515Abstract: An equipment plug connector for a stack of cardshaped data carrier arrangements mutually superimposed in-register with regard to at least one of the surfaces thereof and, respectively, having at least one integrated semiconductor circuit and at least one external connection connected thereto, includes a housing made of insulating material and formed with an opening for inserting a stack of cardshaped data carrier arrangements therein in an insertion direction perpendicular to a direction in which the stack is stacked, electrical connections of the equipment plug connector disposed in the housing, a plurality of contact springs arranged in the housing so as to extend in the stack insertion direction towards the opening formed in the housing for establishing an electrical connection between an exposed contact surface formed on the at least one external connection of the stack of cardshaped data carrier arrangements inserted into the equipment plug connector and the electrical connections of the equipment plug cType: GrantFiled: September 30, 1997Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Inventors: Georges Embo, Peter Preiner, Helge Schmidt
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Patent number: 6065994Abstract: An electrical connector (e.g., a plug or receptacle for a plug) has multiple conductors that carry two or more transmission paths, where each transmission path uses (at least) two conductors to carry a balanced signal. A portion of the like conductors of one type are grouped together and separated from a portion of like conductors of another type. For example, in one embodiment, the electrical connector is a plug having contacts used to terminate a multi-wire cable carrying up to four voice or data signal transmission paths and having four pairs of TIP-RING contacts, where a portion of the four TIP contacts are grouped together and a portion of the four RING contacts are grouped together and separated from the group of TIP contacts. In this way, electromagnetic (e.g., capacitive and/or inductive) coupling between like conductors (e.g., from TIP contact to TIP contact) will be generated that opposes electromagnetic coupling between unlike conductors (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1997Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Amid I. Hashim, Golam M. Choudhury, Theodore A. Conorich, Frank P. Baker, III
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Patent number: 6065984Abstract: A retractable mechanism for use with a push rod of a card cartridge connector comprises a first member adapted to be assembled to an end of a push rod, and a second member receiving the first member in a recess defined therein. Positioning means selectively positions the second member between a first positicn in which the length of the push rod is extended and a second position in which the length of the push rod is unchanged. The positioning means includes an elongate groove defined on an outer suiface of the first member. The groove forms a traverse portion having a notch offset from the groove. The second member defines a hole in which a guiding pin is inserted. The guiding pin projects into the groove when the first member is received in the recess of the second member.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Inventor: Shun-Chi Tung
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Patent number: 6065986Abstract: A socket for a semiconductor device usable with semiconductor devices having different sizes, the same number and positions of external leads, and leads suitable for transmission of high-speed signals. A semiconductor device is positioned by placing a movable contact of the socket in contact with the outer end surface of a corresponding external lead of the semiconductor device and urging each movable contact inwardly from an outer position. Simultaneously, an electrical connection between the external lead and the movable contact is made by a contact, under pressure, and located between the upper surfaces of the external lead and corresponding movable contacts.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masaharu Mizuta
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Input/output connector for portable communication device and process for mounting the said connector
Patent number: 6065978Abstract: An input/output connector for a portable communication device, wherein the input/output connector is to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board. The input/output connector comprises an insulating housing, contacts and means for shaping the contacts. The insulating housing has two positioning dogs fixed to lateral parts of the insulating housing. The two positioning dogs are to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is mounted thereto. The contacts are also to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is surfaced mounted to the printed circuit board. The means for shaping the contacts are received and mounted rigidly on a specified reference surface of the insulating housing. The means for shaping the contacts constrain and wedge the contacts relative to the reference surface of the insulating housing so that each of the contacts is contained in a common plane of reference for the coflatness of the contacts.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Framatome Connectors InternationalInventors: Christophe F Dehan, Alain Gillet, Pascal Ribeau -
Patent number: 6066002Abstract: The plug connector has a metallic shield cage which is composed of an integral sheet-metal part having a lead-in plate, a cover wall and sidewalls which are bent through 90.degree. away from the cover wall and extend to the printed circuit board. The insulating body of the plug connector and its contacts are held completely in the shield cage and, shielded all round, are held in a fixed position between the printed circuit board and the shield cage.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1999Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rik Sterckx, Georges Embo
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Patent number: 6065990Abstract: A ZIF PGA socket includes a cover slidably engaged with a base to which a cam is pivotably connected. The cam is selectively rotated in clockwise or counterclockwise directions thereby driving the cover to move laterally in opposite directions with respect to the base. The rotation plane of the cam is substantially parallel to the movement plane of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Robert G. McHugh, Ming-Lun Seu
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Patent number: 6062886Abstract: An AC power supply socket is adapted for receiving an electrical plug and includes a housing having a top opening, a pair of socket terminals disposed in the housing, and a flexible cover mounted on the housing to cover the top opening sealingly. The cover has an insulating plate disposed above the socket terminals, and a pair of conductive hollow legs connected integrally with the insulating plate, aligned with the socket terminals, and adapted to receive a pair of conductive prongs of the plug. The insulating plate has an intermediate portion and two opposite flexible portions. The hollow legs extend downward from the intermediate portion into the housing without contacting the socket terminals in a normal state, and are movable downward further to contact the socket terminals when the insulating plate is flexed downward upon insertion of the plug into the hollow legs.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1999Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Inventor: Li-Wu Chen
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Patent number: 6062887Abstract: To accommodate two different electronic cards, such as a subscriber identity card and a flash memory card, in an electronic device (100), such as a cellular telephone, a dual card reader (214) is employed. The dual card reader (214) has a reader housing (222) and two sets of contacts (410 and 412) carried on the reader housing (222). The dual card reader (214) further has a drawer (224) adapted for receipt by the reader housing (222). The drawer (224) is further adapted to receive a first electronic card (300) having a first size and a second electronic card (302) having a second size different from the first size.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: David C. Schuster, Robert J. Stinauer, II, Tobin C. Laursen
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Patent number: 6062876Abstract: An electrical connection box for an automotive vehicle is provided which reduces costs for parts by allowing only printed circuit boards with necessary electronic control circuits to be selectively mounted. The electrical connection box has a plurality of partition members 3 integrally and projectingly formed on a side surface of a casing 1, i.e. an inner surface of an accommodation space 2 at specified intervals. The respective partition members 3 extend from the upper surface to the lower surface of the casing 1 and the leading ends thereof project sideways. Printed circuit boards 4a, 4b, 4c are inserted into spaces between neighboring partition members 4a, 4b, 4c. On each of the printed circuit boards 4a, 4b, 4c are mounted a variety of electronic devices such as a relay, a diode and a capacitor constituting an electronic control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Akihiro Oda
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Patent number: 6062914Abstract: A low profile mounting bracket carries coupling connector blocks that mate with load and line terminals of a molded split case circuit breaker housing. The housing defines a well for receiving an alarm or auxiliary switch, and the switch is received in a central opening in the bracket with the switch terminals in turn received in a connector that fits into the same central opening. Finally, a PC board is used to electrically connect each switch to external circuitry that may generate alarms or otherwise affect the circuit breaker's operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1999Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Carlingswitch, Inc.Inventor: Michael Fasano
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Patent number: 6062871Abstract: A contact element 1 comprises a fixing section 2 sufficiently strong to withstand insertion into a slit of an insulative housing 10, a transmission section 3 having contact points 3A and 3B projecting from the slit 12, and a flexible section 4 for linking the transmission section 3 to the fixing section 2. The contact points 3A and 3B are positioned so as to produce a bending moment about a linking portion 5 when they are brought into spring contact with mating connectors.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Arai, Masayuki Nagashima
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Patent number: 6062901Abstract: A battery holder assembly including a holder, positive and negative terminals secured to and extending out the holder, and a battery accommodated by the holder. The battery holder assembly is to be directly plugged into a printed circuit board. The battery is inserted into the holder along a direction substantially parallel to electrode surfaces thereof. The two terminals each have a respective terminal portion extending substantially parallel to the electrode surfaces of the battery so that the battery holder assembly occupies only a small space of the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jia-Hung Liu, Jerry Wu
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Patent number: 6062898Abstract: An electrical connector for a flexible circuit comprising a number of side by side conducting tracks between a pair of insulating layers; an insulating casing with an inner end seat for receiving one end of the flexible circuit; a number of electrical terminals housed inside the casing and presenting contact portions cooperating with respective tracks of the flexible circuit by slitting the insulating layers; and a safety element, which snaps inside the seat and presents walls for gripping the contact portions of the terminals onto the flexible circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Framatome Connectors International S.A.Inventor: Roberto Bortoloni
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Patent number: 6062889Abstract: An electrical connector 10 is provided for receiving a subscriber identification module (SIM) 60, the connector 10 having an insulative base 20 which is mountable to a printed circuit board and supports electrical contacts 26 which are also connected to the printed circuit board along with a pair of switch contacts 70. A cover 30 is provided for receiving the SIM 60 and is rotatably mounted to the base 20 and securably thereto by the cooperation of a locking disc 40 with locking projections 21 extending from sidewalls of the base 20. The cover also has a shorting bar 72 for actuating the switch contacts 70 on the base 20.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: James H. Hyland, John L. Broschard
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Patent number: 6062918Abstract: An electrical terminal 10 includes a female receptacle 20 and a separate reversely bent leaf spring member 40. The separate spring member 40 is formed from a material, such as stainless steel having a lower stress relaxation rate than materials normally used for electrical terminals. The separate spring member 40 has a stationary section 43 that is affixed to one wall of the female receptacle 20 and a leaf spring section 46 that provides a secondary spring backing up a primary spring 26 that is part of the female receptacle 26. The separate spring member 40 is inserted into the female receptacle 20 through a mating face 29 and is snapped to sidewalls 24. The separate spring member 40 deflects the primary spring 26 during insertion and the primary spring 26 does not return to its unstressed condition unless deflected by insertion of a male pin contact when mated.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: John Mark Myer, Keith Robert Denlinger, John Raymond Shuey