Patents Examined by T C Patel
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Patent number: 6083020Abstract: A connecting device connecting a car antenna to the internal circuit of a portable telephone directly without going through a reed or a printed circuit board (PCB) trace. The connecting device is disposed in proximity to the antenna of the portable telephone. The car antenna is coupled to a connector which is to be disposed in a receiving portion formed in proximity to the antenna of the portable telephone. The connecting device includes a circuit board on which an internal circuit is mounted disposed in the portable telephone; a switch element which is electrically connected to the internal circuit and is mounted on the circuit board; and a connecting member mounted on the circuit board. The connecting member can electrically connect the switch element to the connector of the car antenna when the connector is received in the receiving portion and can electrically connect the switch element to the antenna of the portable telephone when the connector is not received in the receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1998Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: Acer Peripherals, Inc.Inventors: Yin-Shiang Cheng, Hsueh-Wen Sun, Long-Jyh Pan
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Patent number: 6079994Abstract: A switching coaxial electrical connection arrangement (10) including a plug (60) and a receptacle (20). The plug (60) has an outer shell (68), a dielectric (70) disposed inside the shell (68) and a center contact (72). The center contact (72) has a pin (104) extending from the dielectric (70) toward a mating end (64). The pin (104) is located along an axis which is separate from the central axis of the plug (60). Upon mating with the receptacle (20), the pin (104) engages a movable contact (38) at a point which is off center to urge the movable contact (38) away from a fixed contact (36). Because the movable contact (38) is engaged and urged at a point which is off center, it both translates and rotates away from the fixed contact (36).Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1998Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventor: Michael John Phillips
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Patent number: 6077110Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector comprises a housing, a plurality of terminal receiving grooves defined by a partition wall, a notch formed at one end portion of the respective partition wall, a plurality of terminals accommodated within the terminal receiving grooves, and an interconnecting portion which electrically interconnects at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of terminal portions each other and is disposed in the notch.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Toshiaki Okabe, Mitsuharu Nakamura
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Patent number: 6077128Abstract: A press-in contact to be pressed into a throughplated hole of a printed circuit board includes a contact spring or a contact pin, a middle shaft portion connected to the contact spring or pin, and a connecting pin forming an extension of the middle shaft portion. The contact spring or the contact pin has in the transition area to the shaft portion a press-in shoulder. The shaft portion is provided with a slot-shaped opening whose sides are formed by legs. Each end of the slot-shaped opening has an approximately parabolic configuration. The slot-shaped opening is conically shaped and the end of the slot-shaped opening facing the contact spring or the contact pin extends into the area of the contact spring or the contact pin.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Elco Europe GmbHInventors: Arnulf Maag, Wolfgang Neef
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Patent number: 6077121Abstract: A plug connector includes an insulative body adapted to be positioned on a circuit board. The body forms at least two spaced terminal support members thereon. Each terminal support member defines terminal receiving channels for retaining contact terminals. Each contact terminal has a board mounting section extending beyond the insulative body for being surface mounted to the circuit board. Each terminal support member further defines a slit for receiving a conductive board electrically engaged with the circuit board. A shielding shell attached to the insulative body defines slots therein for receiving and exposing the terminal support members. The shielding shell is in electrical engagement with the conductive boards and grounded to the circuit board. An opening may be defined in the connector between the terminal support members for accommodating electrical elements of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1999Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kun-Tsan Wu
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Patent number: 6074244Abstract: A stringer of decorative lights comprising of a parallel wired primary and secondary light stringer. Each decorative light stringer includes a plurality of neon lamp assemblies having a step-down transformer. Each lamp socket typically includes a rotary safety disc. The secondary light stringer has a lamp socket compatible male plug. This lamp socket compatible male plug is used to connect this secondary light stringer to any lamp socket of the primary light stringer. Each lamp typically includes an insulated lamp base for receiving lamp, and a plurality of electrical contacts depending from the lamp base and connected to the lamp. A quick release mounting method for a bayonet lamp is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1997Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Inventors: Frank Andrew Crum, Robert Kenneth Schunk
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Patent number: 6071148Abstract: This invention provides a seal retention member (21,66) for use in an electrical connector. The seal retention member (21,66) has a plurality of wire receiving passages (37) and a latch arm (90) which forms part of a peripheral surface (86) and part of at least one of the wire receiving passages (37).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: David Ray Radliff, William Joseph Garver
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Patent number: 6071127Abstract: An HF coaxial plug connector includes coaxial plugs disposed in a multiple plug housing-coaxial plug module, and coaxial sockets disposed in a multiple socket housing-coaxial socket module for use in circuits, especially in printed circuit board technology. Coaxial outer conductors of the coaxial socket module are at least partly integrated with its housing in the form of sheaths which act as coaxial outer conductors and extend in the housing toward its insertion side for the coaxial plug module. Insulating plastic sheaths which are inserted into these thus-created coaxial outer conductors, receive coaxial inner conductors therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Edgard Acke, Reginald Leeman, Bernard Houtteman
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Patent number: 6068500Abstract: A new host (14) and new PC card (12) are provided that have more than the standard two rows (16,18) of 34 contact positions each, where the new host can not only engage the new card but can also engage types I, II, and III standard PCMCIA cards so the new host is backward compatible to the large number of existing standard cards. The new PC card has the standard two rows (16,18) of 34 contact positions vertically spaced by 11/4 mm and has third and fourth additional rows (20,22) of card contact positions vertically spaced from the standard rows. The new card front end has laterally opposite card sides forming runners (44,48) of the standard thickness of about 3.3 mm, with the runners having upper and lower surfaces (72,74) lying respectively above and below the standard pair of rows, and with at least the third row lying above the level of the upper runner surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Edward A. Kantner
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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: 6068496Abstract: A sliding door mechanism for a portable communication or data processing device is adapted for placement of the device on a docking port. The portable device has a component that is covered by the sliding door when the door is in a closed position. A single wire spring coupled with the door and the device has a spring force tending to keep the door closed. The door opens in response to placement of the device on the docking port rail. Upon placement of the device on the docking port rail, the docking port rail slides into guides on a door receptacle located on the housing of the device. The rails of the door in the closed position are slidably disposed in the door receptacle guides. The weight of the device causes the door receptacle guides to cover the docking port rail. As the door receptacle guides slide onto the docking port rail, the door rail is moved upwards into the device, the spring is compressed and the door opens.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventor: Ricardo A. Penate
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Patent number: 6068518Abstract: A connector includes a first connector housing having a primary surface formed with a plurality of channels, with a first set of contacts arranged three-dimensionally along the primary surface for electrical connection to a circuit board such as a module or a daughtercard. Attached to the main board of the computer system is a second connector housing, also having a primary surface. A corresponding set of second contacts is disposed along the primary surface of the second connector housing, with the primary surface of the second connector housing being formed with a corresponding plurality of fingers mated to the channels.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Shawn McEuen
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Patent number: 6065987Abstract: A hermaphroditic electric terminal (1) having a connection portion (6) for connection to an electric cable (7), and a contact portion (8) cooperating with a contact portion of an identical terminal; the contact portion (8) having a rigid half-shell-shaped contact element (20) and an elastic contact blade (21), both extending substantially parallel to the connection direction (A) of the terminal; and the elastic contact blade (21) facing the concavity of the half-shell-shaped contact element (20).Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Framatome Connectors InternationalInventor: Pier Carlo Bigotto
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Patent number: 6065977Abstract: The present invention provides, at a low-manufacturing cost, a connector for connecting circuit boards to each other in which the area used exclusively for fastening the circuit boards is small, the work required in order to connect the circuit boards to each other in an electrically-continuous state is simple, and the connector has a simple structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Shinsaku Toda, Hiromitsu Kodama
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Patent number: 6062881Abstract: A new electrical plug with retractible blade cover member for preventing objects from coming in contact with the electrical blades. The inventive device includes a casing with a pair of blade members that extend through the casing. A portion of each of the blade members protrudes outwardly from the inner portion of the front of the casing. The front of the casing has a generally annular cover receiving channel. The channel extends from the front of the casing towards the back of the casing. A blade cover member that substantially covers the blade members is slidably inserted in the cover receiving channel. An outlet contacting portion of the blade cover member has a pair of spaced apart openings through which the blade members extend.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Inventor: Mark S. Ellison
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Patent number: 6062908Abstract: A connector module for mounting on a circuit board includes a housing and at least one plug-receiving opening for receiving an RJ-45 or other similar jack. Each plug-receiving opening includes contact portions that make electrical contact with individual conductors, e.g., twisted pair conductors, connected to the RJ-45 jack. A plurality of connection pins protrude from a bottom surface of the housing and facilitate mounting of the modular connector onto the circuit board. Protection/filtering circuitry, located within vertical space inside of the housing so as to reside adjacent the connection pins, electrically couples and minimizes the electrical distance between the contact portions associated with each plug-receiving opening and the plurality of connection pins. The protection/filtering circuitry includes at least one ring-shaped ferrite core.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Pulse Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Terrill H. Jones
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Patent number: 6062903Abstract: An improved interconnect apparatus for high power circuits that is low in cost and amenable for integration with low power circuits in a single electronic package. The interconnect apparatus includes serially connected surface mount bus bars bridging two or more metal pads or traces formed on a standard circuit board of the type used to package low power circuitry. The surface mount bus bars operate not only to conduct the higher currents, but also to draw heat out of the metal pads or intervening portions of the metal traces. This keeps the temperature within the capabilities of low power circuit board technology, and allows very narrow high power interconnects for reduced package size. Manufacturing cost advantages are achieved because the surface mount bus bars are assembled by automated pick-and-place equipment of the same type used for other surface mount components used in the package.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Delco Electronics CorporationInventors: Kevin Joseph Hawes, Sean Michael Kelly, David Jay Vess
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Patent number: 6062880Abstract: A pivotable electrical plug assembly includes a pair of elongated blades, such as rod shaped European style blades. A detent mechanism is formed with electrically conductive resilient members for releasably retaining rear portions of the elongated blades, for example, European rod shaped blades. The plug assembly is pivotally mounted to an appliance housing, such as a consumer electronic appliance or device, with the resilient members being mounted in fixed position relative to the appliance housing. The resilient members are adapted to extend into the appliance housing to engage the blades without requiring any modifications to the standard blade design.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: International Components CorporationInventor: Voyteck T. Skuza
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Patent number: 6062874Abstract: In an IC socket in which IC leads of an IC package are pressed down by a presser member so as to be contacted with and retained by contacts arranged on the socket, an IC socket for an IC package comprises an IC mount which is upwardly and downwardly movably interposed between the socket and the presser member. The IC mount is formed with through-holes or through-grooves, and the contacts each having a vertical slit are inserted into the through-holes or through-grooves. The IC leads of the IC package placed on the IC mount are pressed down together with the IC mount by the presser member such that distal end portions of the contacts are relatively protruded upwardly from the through-holes of the IC mount as the IC leads are pressed down, so that the IC leads are pushed into the vertical slits.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Matsuda, Shigeru Sato, Yoshiharu Ishii
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Patent number: 6062904Abstract: Disclosed is a PC card connector wherein since only one board is used, the number of steps necessary for carrying out, e.g., soldering on the board in the assembly process is cut down, the production cost is reduced, and the time required for the assembly work is shortened, wherein since a conversion connector is required to have a space for insertion of only one board, the connector itself and a unit receiving the connector are reduced in both size and weight, and wherein since an inner layer of the board serves as a specific ground layer, a sufficient grounding effect is achieved. The PC card connector comprises a single board provided with two sets of connector pins to which two PC cards are stuck and plugged, and a conversion connector to which the board is attached.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Inventors: Wataru Oguchi, Kazuki Satou, Hidehiro Nakamura