Patents Issued in October 16, 2007
  • Patent number: 7281908
    Abstract: An electrically powered blower configured to be capable of fully cooling its motor and of efficiently cooling a power element in a drive circuit without involving such need as of increasing the size of a fin of a separate heat radiator, contributing to miniaturization of electric equipments. The electrically powered blower includes a power element (10) provided in a drive circuit (9) and connected to a motor casing (B). Since the motor casing (B) serves as a cooling fin for the power element (10), a great effect on cooling can be obtained, and a heat radiator separate from the motor casing is not required, thus contributing to miniaturization of electric equipments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Indutrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Fujita, Makoto Ueno, Shigeaki Fujiki, Tetsuo Shimasaki
  • Patent number: 7281909
    Abstract: A compressor device compresses refrigerant of a refrigeration cycle system and is connected to an engine and a motor to selectively receive drive force from one or both of the engine and the motor. When the engine is operated in an idling mode, a control apparatus energizes the motor to drive the compressor device alone or in cooperation with the engine and controls the energization of the motor to adjust load on the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Keiichi Uno, Yasushi Suzuki, Shigeki Iwanami, Hironori Asa, Kazuhide Uchida
  • Patent number: 7281910
    Abstract: A motor driven compressor having a motor for driving a compression mechanism includes a connecting portion for connecting between an external terminal for supplying electricity to the motor and a wire end portion of a stator of the motor. The connecting portion is located above the motor and the compression mechanism. Further, the connecting portion is formed on the stator housing which accommodates the motor and the stator. The connecting portion is disposed in a hollow projection portion, which extends upward from the housing. Accordingly, the motor driven compressor which is readily manufactured, may avoid a leakage current by insulating a terminal portion of the motor from the housing of compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiro Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7281911
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear compressor. In the present invention, an edge of a loop pipe, which is inserted into an outer exhale cover is inclined. It takes effect in enhancing reliability of the product and its assembling capacity, not to clog the edge of the loop pipe by an inner exhale cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jeong Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 7281912
    Abstract: A compressor is provided with an oil separator for separating part of the lubricating oil contained in the compressed refrigerant, path arrangement for connecting a separation chamber of the separator and a delivery port of the compressed refrigerant, the path arrangement having a plurality of linear holes with opening ends that open in the outer surface of the housing wall, and screw plugs closing the opening ends except for the one serving as the delivery port, and a safety device built in at least one of the screw plugs, the safety device having a pressure relief valve and/or a temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Kudo
  • Patent number: 7281913
    Abstract: A compressor includes an insertion hole which is formed separately from a discharge port in order to insert a separation tube for separating lubricating oil from compressed working fluid into a separation chamber, and a seal bolt which is screwed into the insertion hole to close the insertion hole, wherein the seal bolt and the separation tube are formed integrally with each other, and when the insertion hole is closed by the seal bolt, a flow path through which the separation tube and the discharge port communicate with each other is formed in the seal bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventor: Yuuji Oiwake
  • Patent number: 7281914
    Abstract: A variable capacity rotary compressor has a simplified structure to reduce manufacturing costs and assembling time thereof and is capable of easily and conveniently performing a capacity-changing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong Bae Lee
  • Patent number: 7281915
    Abstract: Overmould comprising a base having a central section, from a first side of which hooks project which form the male part of a self-gripping member, two sections forming selvages, laterally from each side of the central section, and magnetic means which can cooperate with a magnet in order to attract the overmould, is characterized in that the selvages each comprise at least two ribs, preferably at least three or four ribs, which project from the selvages on the same side of the base as the hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Aplix
    Inventor: Fabrice Billarant
  • Patent number: 7281916
    Abstract: A vulcanizing system including a tire transferring apparatus or a mold opening/closing station arranged equidistantly to a plurality of vulcanizing stations, thereby achieving a reduced equipment cost and a reduced installation space with a higher manufacturing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Taizo Ito, Akio Obayashi, Masayuki Ichinose, Toshiyuki Horie
  • Patent number: 7281917
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an extruded part having an exterior shell and a core foam material. The method includes extruding the exterior shell from an extrusion die, and reaction injection molding the core foam material within an interior of the exterior shell using a distribution block having a plurality of orifices configured to inject the core foam material within the interior of the exterior shell. The orifices are configured to evenly distribute the core foam material throughout the interior of the exterior shell. the method can be used to form an exterior shell having a plurality of internal chambers, where the orifices of the distribution block are configured to inject core foam material within the plurality of internal chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Patwin Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Hannen
  • Patent number: 7281918
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection molding machine, a pressure valve, a flow ratio control valve, a frequency converter, and the flow ratio control valve, a motor controlled by the frequency converter, a hydraulic pump connected to the motor, and an injection molding machine controller for controlling the injection molding machine and the frequency converter. Injection molding conditions and procedures for controlling operation of the pressure valve and the flow ratio control valve are analyzed. The injection molding machine controller sets a maximum output frequency for the frequency converter and a maximum flow for the hydraulic pump, preventing inappropriate operation of a user and avoiding waste of energy. The injection molding machine controller further sets a maximum speed and a minimum speed of the motor and sets a maximum speed and a minimum speed of the hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventor: Hsiao Ting Lu
  • Patent number: 7281919
    Abstract: A system for controlling a volume of liquid on a mold that features a body defining a volume with an aperture formed into the body and positioned proximate to the mold. A pump system is in fluid communication with the body, and the aperture and the pump system are established to create a stream of fluid moving between the mold and the volume. In this manner a quantity of fluid is removed while retained upon the mold is a desired portion of the fluid to undertake imprint lithographic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Shackleton, Ian M. McMackin, Pankaj B. Lad, Van N. Truskett
  • Patent number: 7281920
    Abstract: A die for a press system. The die may include a stamper and a housing, having a cavity disposed therein, coupled to the stamper. The die may also include a gasket disposed within the cavity. The gasket may be coupled to the stamper at a position above a workpiece to be imprinted by the stamper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Komag, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Homola, Bruce M. Harper, Christopher H. Bajorek
  • Patent number: 7281921
    Abstract: Described are methods for patterning a substrate by imprint lithography. Imprint lithography is a process in which a liquid is dispensed onto a substrate. A template is brought into contact with the liquid and the liquid is cured. The cured liquid includes an imprint of any patterns formed in the template. Alignment of the template with a previously formed layer on a substrate, in one embodiment, is accomplished by using scatterometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. C. Watts, Ian M. McMackin
  • Patent number: 7281922
    Abstract: Disclosed is an injection molding apparatus that includes an extruder configured to produce a continuous flow of molten plastic. The injection molding apparatus also includes a plurality of mold assemblies and a delivery system that provides an uninterrupted transfer of the continuous flow of molten plastic from the extruder to the plurality of mold assemblies. The present invention also includes an process for using the injection molding apparatus that includes forcing a continuous flow of molten plastic into a delivery system and sequentially routing the continuous flow of molten plastic from the delivery system into a plurality of mold assemblies without interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Commerce Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Paul A. Kruger, Bryan R. Kirchmer
  • Patent number: 7281923
    Abstract: An orthodontic anchor appliance having elongated titanium anchor plate adapted for attachment to bone, anchoring tab formed on the emerging end of the anchor plate, a nontitanium sleeve enveloping the anchoring tab, and an elongated bar attached to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventors: John DeVincenzo, Craig Jacobson, Steven O. Luse
  • Patent number: 7281924
    Abstract: An anchor apparatus having a threaded post for threaded engagement with bone, and an upper circular receptacle. An angled support having a lower circular base and an upper female prosthesis receptacle is secured within to the implant anchor, the securing being through lower circular base being engaged with and adhered to the upper circular receptacle of the implant anchor. The circular base has a first longitudinal axis and the upper female prosthesis receptacle has a second longitudinal axis forming a mounting angle with respect to one another. A dental prosthesis having a male extension shaped for cooperative engagement with the upper female prosthesis receptacle of the implant anchor is secured to the implant anchor by such cooperative engagement. An alternate embodiment integrates the threaded post and the female prosthesis receptacle into a single member, for a zero degree angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sterngold
    Inventor: James T. Ellison
  • Patent number: 7281925
    Abstract: An implant is arranged with a thread which can be exposed to a jaw bone and which has a first extent in the longitudinal direction of the implant. Thread flanks are assigned second extents between the inner and outer peripheries of the thread. Along all or most of the first extent, the thread flanks are arranged with one or more grooves that can extend in the peripheral direction and can be situated on the second extents. The groove or grooves are arranged to participate in the process by which the implant fuses with the jaw bone (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventor: Jan Hall
  • Patent number: 7281926
    Abstract: There is disclosed a plurality of extensions for dental implants allowing a dental surgeon to maintain a minimum number of parts in his trays to carry on an effective, successful practice, thus eliminating the need to carry the wide variety of parts offered and carried by surgeons to meet the needs of his practice. The surgeon is only required to carry two different parts, the basic implant body and also the extension that will match that particular implant body. With this combination of elements, the surgeon will be able to place many different implant lengths with a much reduced inventory and corresponding costs to the practitioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventor: Meir Yakir
  • Patent number: 7281927
    Abstract: An implant analog includes an abutment that can be mounted in the dental lab replica of the relevant section of a patient's mouth more securely than heretofore possible. Because of the implant analog, a crown will attach more accurately to the implant in the patient's mouth. The analogs have a pin or other protrusion that projects from the base of the analog. The analog has substantially the same height and dimensions as a conventional implant and abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventor: Leonard Marotta
  • Patent number: 7281928
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of advertising by conducting a competition using a literary work that is divided into a plurality of distinct parts and formed into playing pieces, each piece optionally having an associated advertisement, logo, or brand. A literary work, such as a short story, is divided into a plurality of distinct parts in such a way that the correct sequence of words in the literary work cannot be readily determined by looking at any distinct part. Each distinct part is recorded on a playing piece, such as a paper or cardboard element, and an advertisement (e.g., a corporate logo, brand, or slogan) can be recorded on the reverse side of the card. Additional “helper” playing pieces may contain information regarding the correct sequence for arranging the other cards to reassemble the literary work. The playing pieces are distributed to the public, and participants are encouraged to collect all the playing pieces pertaining to that literary work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Inventor: Victoria J. Freeman
  • Patent number: 7281929
    Abstract: A tap tape of a tape carrier package prevents connection parts from being eroded. The tap tape includes a base film having a device hole formed to mount a driver chip for driving a panel of a flat panel display, input patterns positioned on the base film and having a plurality of electrode pads connected to a side of the device hole, output patterns positioned on the base film and having a plurality of electrode pads connected to the other side of the device hole; and connection parts positioned at the ends of the input patterns or the output patterns and having electrode pads of widths different from widths of the electrode pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Se Joon Yoo
  • Patent number: 7281930
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector has a housing which is supportable within an aperture of a printed circuit board. The electrical connector also has one or more electrical contacts that are disposed on the housing with at least some of the contacts each having a connectable portion extending from the housing in a direction generally parallel with a first axis. The electrical connector also has a number of opposed projections extending from the housing in a direction generally parallel with a second axis. The first axis is generally perpendicular to the second axis. The one or more contacts include a deflectable biasing portion which extends outwardly from the housing and which is structured to be electrically connected with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Chao Chen
  • Patent number: 7281931
    Abstract: In a construction for electrically connecting electrical unit with joint surfaces thereof opposed to each other, wiring patterns electrically connected with distortion gauges are formed on function-element forming surfaces of each electrical three-dimensional unit and are extended to edge portions formed between the function-element forming surfaces and adjacent wiring surfaces as the joint surfaces to form first lands; second lands extending from the edge portions by a specified distance are formed at positions of the wiring surfaces corresponding to the first lands; and electrical connectors displaying a joining performance upon being pressed together are formed to bridge the first and second lands while being held in close contact with the first and second lands. A plurality of three-dimensional electrical unit can be securely and easily electrically connected with each other with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignees: Japan Electronics Industry Ltd., Osaka Prefecture
    Inventors: Nagao Miyazaki, Yoshihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7281932
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a ground connector for grounding a conduit to an enclosure. The ground connector includes a plurality of integral ears extending from an outer wall of the connector with these ears configured to receive a ground wire therein. A locking nut portion, when engaged with the connector, urges the ground wire against the ears to thereby mechanically and electrically secure the ground wire to the ground connector. The connector is further configured with a plurality of locking teeth that engage the enclosure to thereby at least mechanically (and preferably electrically) secure the connector to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Cheng, George Robertson
  • Patent number: 7281933
    Abstract: A lever fitting type connector includes a male connector having a male hood, a female connector having a connector main body fitted into the male hood and having a female hood which covers the male hood, and a lever which is rotatably provided inside of the female hood, and which fits or separates the male connector into or from the female connector. The lever includes a lateral plate which is rotatably engaged with a boss projecting from an inner surface of the female hood. The lateral plate is provided with a drive part far from the fulcrum of the lever in a thickness range of the lateral plate. An outer surface of the male hood is provided with an engagement projection. When the connectors are fitted to each other, these engagement projections engage the drive part of the lever to transmit a fitting force and a separating force generated by turn of the lever to the male connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shigeta, Hiroaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 7281934
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed into and from which a memory card can be inserted and removed with certainty. A slider is assembled in a slider accommodating chamber of a case body for movement among a leading end position, an intermediate position and a trailing end position. A memory card is inserted into the slider positioned at the leading end position and further pushed in to the trailing end position. Then, when the memory card is released, the slider moves to the intermediate position, at which contacts of the memory card are electrically connected to connection terminals of the connector. Then, when the memory card is pushed in, the slider is moved from the intermediate position to the trailing end position, and when the memory card is released, the slider is moved to the leading end position so as to be taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Aoki
  • Patent number: 7281935
    Abstract: An electronic storage unit, which may contain a hard disk drive, is configured to removably mount to a recessed surface of a console. The housing includes a lip and a biased latch arm so that the lip can be inserted into a corresponding feature in the recessed surface and the electronic storage unit can be rotatably mounted to the recessed surface. A cable connector extends from the bottom of the electronic storage unit and is configured to connect to a receptor on the console when the electronic storage unit is installed. The cable connector is configured with asymmetrical guideposts to aid in aligning the electronic storage unit for rotational insertion into the console. The electronic storage unit can be readily removed from the console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Reents, Prakash R. Stirret
  • Patent number: 7281936
    Abstract: An electronic storage unit, which may contain a hard disk drive, is configured to removably mount to a recessed surface of a console. The electronic storage unit includes a lip and a biased latch arm so that the lip can be inserted into a corresponding feature in the recessed surface and the electronic storage unit can be rotatably mounted to the recessed surface. A cable connector extends from the bottom of the electronic storage unit and is configured to connect to a receptor on the console when the electronic storage unit is installed. A flexible seal is located within the module and surrounding the cable connector to allow for the cable connector to float within the assembly in order to allow for radial insertion into the console. The electronic storage unit can be readily removed from the console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery M. Reents, Prakash R. Stirret
  • Patent number: 7281937
    Abstract: A small, low-profile plug connector for use with electronic devices provides a latching member with a pair of hooks that engage mating holes in a guide frame, and which can be easily delatched from the guide frame or opposing connector or housing. The hooks lock the plug connector into engagement with the frame or housing, but are readily released by way of a simple ramp and lobe mechanism in the plug connector. The ramp and lobe mechanism converts horizontal movement of a pull tab-like actuator into vertical movement of a latching member such that the hooks are lifted upward and disengaged from the guide frame or housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce Reed, Jay H. Neer, Cleaver Brinkerhoff, Dennis Lee Doye
  • Patent number: 7281938
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (200) includes a plug connector (100) and a board connector (300). The board connector defines a frame (80) having a pair of holes (809) for receiving a pair of latches (3112) of a latch member (31) the plug connector, a hollow interior cavity (806) receiving part of housing (1) of the plug connector, and an insulative housing (90) supported a number of terminals (91) electrically connecting with conductive pads (21) of a circuit card (2) of the plug connector (100). The plug connector (100) includes a pulling member (32) cooperating with the latch member to actuate the latches of the latch member from separating from the holes of the board connector to disengage the board connector from the plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 7281939
    Abstract: A bolt-driven connector (10; 70) includes a housing (12; 72) with cavities (24; 84) extending in front to rear directions through the housing (12; 72). At least one position assurance slot (36, 38; 90) extends into the housing (12; 72) in a direction transverse to the cavities (24; 84) and slidably receives at least one TPA member (46, 48; 92) for assuring the position of the terminal fittings in the cavities (24; 84). A threaded insert (40) is held connector (10; 70) and is prevented from rotating relative to the housing (12; 72) by walls (30) the housing (12) or walls (98) of the TPA member (92). Forward movement of the threaded insert (40) is prevented by a wall (32; 87) of the housing (12; 72) and rearward movement is prevented by either a wall (87) of the housing (72) or a wall (56, 58) of the TPA member (46, 48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: SEWS-DTC, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher W. Stock
  • Patent number: 7281940
    Abstract: A removable electrical interface device insertable into an electronic apparatus having a slot and two first coupling portions includes a body and a lid. The body is adapted to be inserted into the slot and electrically connected to the electronic apparatus. The lid is perpendicularly connected to a side of the body, connectable to a surface of the electronic apparatus, adapted to seal the slot, has two second coupling portions fastenable to the two first coupling portions respectively, and allows the removable electrical interface device to be installed and uninstalled by a single act. The present invention further provides an electronic apparatus having the removable electrical interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Peng Chuang
  • Patent number: 7281941
    Abstract: A stripping and contact device for an insulation displacement connector is provided. The device has a body which has a cavity therein sized to receive an unstripped end of insulated electrical cable. A lid is pivotally connected to a body and moves around an axis of rotation between and open position and a closed position. Plural metallic contact plates, including a hot contact plate, a neutral contact plate, and at least one ground contact plate, are spaced apart and attached to the lid. When the lid is in open position the contact plates do not extend within said cavity and when the lid in a closed position the contact plates do extend within said cavity. A pair of insulating wedges is provided. A first wedge is juxtaposed between said hot contact plate and a ground contact plate. A second wedge is juxtaposed between a ground contact plate and a neutral contact plate. Angled surfaces on the wedges perform multiple functions during a closing operation of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Aslan Industries, Corporation
    Inventors: Charles A. Libby, II, Robert A. Libby, David E. Montgomery, Kyle Mason
  • Patent number: 7281942
    Abstract: A releasable wire connector has a housing and a cap slidably engaging one another and enclosing an electrical contact. The contact has inner and outer flexible fingers disposed opposite wire ports in the housing and cap. The fingers engage conductors inserted into the connector to retain the connectors therein and electrically connect them. The cap carries a release block which will engage some of the fingers and urge them out of engagement with the conductors to allow disengagement of a wire from the connector. One of the fingers may be split into sacrificial and main tines which are arranged so that the sacrificial tine will always be the first to make and the last to break contact with a conductor. Any arcing that may occur will then always be on the sacrificial tine so the main tine will not be degraded by arcing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Swedberg, Gary C. Bethurum
  • Patent number: 7281943
    Abstract: A connector configured to be fixed on a base member comprises a housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of supporting members. The housing has a main portion and end portions arranged at opposite ends of the main portion. The contacts are retained in the housing. The supporting members are attached to the housing at the end portions. The respective supporting member comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, an upper arm and a lower arm. The end portion is arranged between the upper portion and the lower portion. The upper arm and the lower arm have an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion, respectively, which are configured to be mounted on the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Takahiro Yamaji
  • Patent number: 7281944
    Abstract: A tablet PC has a body including a printed circuit board, a battery and pen holder. A first connector is fixed to the printed circuit board, and a second connector is fixed to the battery. The second connector is engageable with the first connector when the battery is mounted on the body. A stopper is provided on the printed circuit board to regulate the position of the battery when the battery is mounted on the body. The body has a battery-accommodating portion having an end wall having an opening. The first connector is exposed from that opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Katsunori Ito, Masahiko Kyouzuka
  • Patent number: 7281945
    Abstract: To improve contact stability with respect to structures of terminals of a main body side apparatus and a component-to-be-loaded each having a terminal aiming for electric contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhito Ebine, Toshio Takeshita
  • Patent number: 7281946
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed package embodying the invention includes a base member having top and bottom surfaces. An electronic device having multiple electrodes is securely mounted on the top surface of the base member. The electrodes of the electronic device are made accessible to external circuits via wire connection to conducting leads disposed through pre-formed holes extending vertically from the top surface to the bottom surface of the base member. The conductive leads then extend horizontally along preformed grooves formed along the bottom surface of the base member. The holes with the leads passing though them are hermetically sealed. A portion of selected conductive leads extending above the top surface are selectively bonded to selected electrodes of the electronic device. A ceramic cap is mounted over and around the electronic device and the conductive leads and encompasses them. The cap has a bottom rim which fits into a preformed trench running along the outer periphery of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: American Berylia Corp.
    Inventors: Dino Nicoletta, Robert J. Satriano
  • Patent number: 7281947
    Abstract: A self-locking electrical connector is provided that includes a coupling nut and a locking sleeve positionable in one of a locked position and an unlocked position. At least a portion of the coupling nut is engaged by the locking sleeve when the locking sleeve is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: M/A-Com, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy Joseph Pescatore
  • Patent number: 7281948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a center conductor insulator with a tapered entry for use with a coaxial cable transmission line connector that provides guiding and centering of a center conductor pin within the connector. The present invention further relates to a front sleeve assembly for use with a coaxial cable transmission line connector which incorporates a center conductor insulator with a tapered entry to guide and center a center conductor pin within the connector. The present invention also relates to a compression ring assembly for mounting a connector to a cable, the assembly having a collet engaging a tapered rear seal to compress the collet about the cable. The present invention further relates to a method of mounting a connector to a cable with a compression ring assembly incorporating a collet and tapered rear seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: M'Hamed Anis Khemakhem, Vicki Reinheardt, James R. Kerekes
  • Patent number: 7281949
    Abstract: The invention concerns electrical hermetic penetrant structures, used for transfer of electrical energy through tight protections of nuclear stations, transport with nuclear reactors, tunnels of the underground, etc. Objective of the present invention is providing of long tightness of electrical penetrant structure due to increase of its stability to influence of electrochemical corrosion. The task in view is solved because of electrical hermetic penetrant structure, consisting of the metal case under pressure of gas, bushing insulators attached to the case through thin-walled transitive details and through bellows, and a monolithic current conducting core with the firm insulation, tightly installed inside of bushing insulators, characterized by that ceramic-metal covering of titan-trinitride with thickness of 8–30 microns is applied onto bellows surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo “Elcx-Prom”
    Inventor: Aleksei Yuryevich Tenyakov
  • Patent number: 7281950
    Abstract: The invention is an electrical connector that minimizes signal skew caused by varying propagation times through different transmission paths within the connector, minimizes crosstalk caused by intermingling electric fields between signal contacts, and maximizes signal density within the connector. The electrical connector may include a plug and receptacle housing, plug contacts, receptacle contacts, and contact plates. The contact plates may include connecting contacts that electrically connect plug contacts to receptacle contacts. The electrical connector minimizes signal skew by maintaining substantially equal-length transmission paths within the connector through varying the lengths and positions of plug and receptacle contacts. The electrical connector minimizes crosstalk by surrounding the connecting contacts with electrical ground by placing the connecting contacts in grooves of the connecting plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Yakov Belopolsky
  • Patent number: 7281951
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing for receiving a memory card in an inserted position; a mouth at one end of the housing for inserting the memory card into the housing and for removing the memory card from the housing, the insertion and removal being performed in a longitudinal direction of the housing; and a plurality of connection terminals arranged in the housing in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and positioned to contact a plurality of contact pieces of a memory card in the inserted position, the plurality of connection terminals including at least one connection terminal for grounding, the connection terminal for grounding having a first contact part and a second contact part operable to contact a contact piece of the memory card for grounding of the memory card in the inserted position, the first contact part being positioned closer to the mouth than the second contact part and closer to the mouth than contact parts of connection terminals other than the connection terminal for ground
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Aoki
  • Patent number: 7281952
    Abstract: An edge connector, system, printed circuit board and electronic module are described, which include an edge connector comprised of a substrate, including a first major exterior surface, a second major exterior surface, and a minor exterior surface. The edge connector further includes at least one of a first conductive contact affixed to the first major exterior surface and one of a second conductive contact affixed to the second major exterior surface. Additionally, the edge connector includes at least one third conductive contact conductively coupled to at least a portion of any internal conductive layer of the substrate and the third conductive contact is configured off-plane from the minor exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas H. Kinsley
  • Patent number: 7281953
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to configure a computer to receive cards of a first or second card type are disclosed. The computer is configured through the use of an adapter including a flexible cable having a first connector adjacent one end and a second connector adjacent the other end. The computer is configured by coupling the first connector to the computer. Also, a determination is made to receive either the first or the second card types. For a determination to receive the first card type, the flexible cable is bent in a predefined manner to orient the second connector with respect to the first connector to receive the first card type. For a determination to receive the second card type, the flexible cable is bent in another predefined manner to orient the second connector differently with respect to the first connector to receive the second card type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Jochym, Joseph J. Scorsone
  • Patent number: 7281954
    Abstract: In a socket connector for connecting a first connection object to a second connection object, a housing has a receiving portion for receiving the first connection object in an inserting direction and holds a conductive contact and a conductive engaging member. The contact has a spring portion for applying, to the first connection object received in the receiving portion, an urging force in a removing direction opposite to the inserting direction. The contact further has a contacting portion to be contacted with a first connecting portion of the first connection object and a terminal portion to be electrically connected to the second connection object. The engaging member has a locking portion to be brought into contact with an engaging portion of the first connection object by the use of the urging force. The locking portion is contacted with the second connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 7281955
    Abstract: A system of connection of a probe terminal to a connection head of an implantable medical device. A connection terminal is assembled at the proximal end of a probe to be inserted in a cavity of a connector head of the housing of an implantable medical device. The connection terminal is covered on its external surface by a layer of anti-adhesion material, in particular a carbon film laid down by cathodic sputtering with a thickness less than 1 ?m. In the alternative, the layer can be applied on the interior wall of the cavity of the connector head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Ela Medical S.A.S.
    Inventors: Claudio Ceron, Guido Gaggini
  • Patent number: 7281956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector, which includes jacks for accommodating external electronic devices. A plurality of terminals and an extruding arm for extruding the external electronic device, which extruding arm is an insulator and moves elastically, are adapted in the jacks. Thereby, the holding ability is increased and hence the conducting effect is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Patent number: 7281957
    Abstract: A communications connector with a flexible printed circuit board is provided. The flexible printed circuit board is electronically and mechanically connected to the plug interface contacts of the jack near the plug/jack interface, in order to provide effective crosstalk compensation. The flexible printed circuit board has fingers at one end allowing it to flex as individual plug interface contacts are depressed when a plug is installed into the jack. A second end of the flexible printed circuit board has through holes for accepting insulation displacement contacts. The second end of the flexible printed circuit board may be rigidly supported, to allow insertion of the insulation displacement contacts. Various designs for capacitive and/or inductive couplings are provided, resulting in improved crosstalk performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: Jack E. Caveney