With Contact Preventer Or Retractable Cover Part Patents (Class 439/135)
  • Patent number: 8347907
    Abstract: An electrical connection device for a gas control valve. In one embodiment the device has a first electrical insulation member with an aperture extending between top and bottom surfaces and a second electrical insulation member having a top face and a bottom face and situated in the aperture of the first electrical insulation member so that the top face resides in the aperture and the bottom face resides outside the aperture. A joint member connects the first and second electrical insulation members. The device also includes first and second electrical terminals that are electrically insulated from one another and wherein each extends from the second electrical insulation member through the joint member to a location outside the first electrical insulation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Orkli, S. Coop
    Inventors: Marcos Pablo Curto, Jon Ander Etxeberria Intxausti, Ignacio Diez Martinez
  • Patent number: 8328566
    Abstract: A sealed compressor has an electric motor and a compressor pump unit to be driven by the electric motor. Power is supplied to the electric motor by a terminal plug received within a housing, which communicates electricity through an electric connection and into a shell housing the compressor. A cable is connected to the terminal plug at a location at least partially outwardly of the housing. The cable includes a ground wire and ground connector, which is connected to a ground pin associated with one of the housing and the shell. The cable has a head connected to connections associated with the housing. A shield extends over a ground connection between the cable and the ground pin. A cable and cable head as mentioned above are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Danfoss Scroll Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lamar Wilson Thibodeaux, Thierry Poiret, Sui Yong, Zhao Yanbo, Yao Wenhu
  • Patent number: 8332181
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a small size hand-held device for aligning two or more structures by attaching the device to master and slave structures and providing real-time position/orientation data to enable the accurate alignment of the structures. The handheld device includes a sensor box containing at least one inertial sensor, such as for example, a gyroscope (such as a disc resonator gyroscope) or an accelerometer. The handheld device further includes an alignment socket designed to mate with an alignment key that may be fixed to the structures to be aligned, and a display for showing a position data output received from the at least one inertial sensor. The handheld device may further include a processor for processing and outputting data to the display and/or the handheld device may include a transmitter for transmitting the data to a central processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Yong Liu, A. Dorian Challoner
  • Patent number: 8323042
    Abstract: A protective cover for locking to a jack module includes a main body for inserting into the jack module and having two openings, and two elastic arms for locking the protective cover to the jack module and having a first engaging unit each. A removing tool for unlocking and removing the protective cover from the jack module includes a handle portion and two arms. The arms respectively include a front cam surface for inserting into the main body to deflect the elastic arms and unlock the protective cover from the jack module, and a second engaging unit formed behind the cam surface for engaging with the first engaging unit, allowing a user to remove the protective cover from the jack module. The protective cover and removing tool respectively integrate the unlocking and removing functions into one structurally simplified device and is more convenient for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Center Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuan-Lin Lin
  • Publication number: 20120302077
    Abstract: A cable assembly comprises an insulative housing receiving a plurality of mating terminals therein, a cable extending beyond the housing and having a plurality of wires, a plurality of connecting terminals electrically terminated to the wires respectively, and an outer cover enclosing the housing and having a dustproof lid being delectably between an open position while the connecting terminals being exposed to an exterior and a closed position while the connecting terminals being covered by the dustproof lid for dustproof protection. The connecting terminals penetrate into the corresponding wires, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JERRY WU
  • Patent number: 8314335
    Abstract: A convertible electrical device cover including a base and an adapter coupled as an assembly and configured to accommodate an electrical device. When the convertible electrical device cover is placed in an operative position over the electrical device the adapter may be located between the electrical device and a rear of the base. In particular implementations, a portion of the adapter may be located behind the yoke of the electrical device. The adapter may be movably coupled to the base. A method for installing a convertible electrical device cover is also disclosed including placing the convertible electrical device cover in an operative position over an electrical device so that an adapter may be located between the electrical device and a rear of a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael J. Shotey, Marcus J. Shotey, Edgar W. Maltby, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Publication number: 20120289069
    Abstract: An input/output (I/O) interface blocking device includes a fitting member. The fitting member includes a protruding portion, which includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other. The first sidewall is slanted in a direction allowing the first fitting member to be inserted into a space in an I/O interface receptacle. The second sidewall is configured to block the fitting member from being pulled out of the space in the I/O interface receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Liang Chueh, Hong-Yi Wu, Yeh-Chieh Wang, Chih-Yee Chen, Jiun-Rong Pai
  • Publication number: 20120282788
    Abstract: A protective cover for locking to a jack module includes a main body for inserting into the jack module and having two openings, and two elastic arms for locking the protective cover to the jack module and having a first engaging unit each. A removing tool for unlocking and removing the protective cover from the jack module includes a handle portion and two arms. The arms respectively include a front cam surface for inserting into the main body to deflect the elastic arms and unlock the protective cover from the jack module, and a second engaging unit formed behind the cam surface for engaging with the first engaging unit, allowing a user to remove the protective cover from the jack module. The protective cover and removing tool respectively integrate the unlocking and removing functions into one structurally simplified device and is more convenient for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Kuan-Lin LIN
  • Patent number: 8292641
    Abstract: Disclosed is a contact terminal closing device for a portable storage device. The disclosed contact terminal closing device includes: a contact terminal received in a housing; a guide frame; a push sliding knob coupled to the guide frame in such a manner that depending on whether the push sliding knob is manually pushed or not, the push sliding knob locks the contact terminal or releases the contact terminal from the locked state, the push sliding knob being moved in the longitudinal direction of the guide frame to manually retract the contact terminal into the housing or to manually extract the contact terminal from the housing; and one or more shielding members provided on the guide frame to be cooperatively moved depending on the movement of the push sliding knob, the shielding members being adapted to completely shield the contact terminal from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hae Kim, Chung-Keun Yoo
  • Patent number: 8282399
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having an opening portion in an upper surface thereof including a width edge in a short side direction and a side edge in a long side direction; a terminal disposed in the housing; and a suction member detachably attached to the housing. The suction member includes a plate portion for covering the housing and an attachment portion for attaching to the housing at a middle portion of the side edge. The plate portion includes an attachment region between both end portions of the attachment portion in the long side direction and a non-attachment region outside the attachment region extending to a distal end portion of the plate portion in the long side direction. The non-attachment region includes a deformable portion with a free end portion to be deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Saito, Masakazu Ezaki, Toshiyuki Takada
  • Patent number: 8276633
    Abstract: A labelling machine for containers, including a basic machine provided with a docking station for a labelling unit, the labelling unit being adapted to be docked to and undocked from a target position at the basic machine with a predetermined sequence of relative movements, and respective media connector parts being arranged on the basic machine and on the labelling unit, respectively, and adapted to be coupled to one another. The media connector parts are implemented in such a way that and are arranged on the labelling unit and the docking station with respect to the target position in such a way that they are adapted to be automatically coupled by means of the docking sequence of movements and automatically decoupled by means of the undocking sequence of movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Rupert Meinzinger
  • Publication number: 20120238113
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an exemplary locking mechanism for a USB connector comprises a hook, a hook bracket at least partially inserted within the hook to form a first assembly, a holder, the holder enclosing at least a portion of the first assembly to form a second assembly, and a button, the button enclosing at least a portion of the second assembly to form the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism may further comprise a spring fitted around a protruding portion of the hook bracket, the protruding portion extending outward from the first assembly. The locking mechanism may further comprise one or more screws attaching the first assembly to the holder to form the second assembly. The locking mechanism may include a cap enclosing at least a portion of the button to form a locking cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Mark McSweeney, Chung-Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20120225572
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, an infrared receiving device and a protection cover. The protection cover is engaged in the window of the housing to cover the infrared receiving device. The protection cover includes a blocking plate, a side wall extending outwardly from the blocking plate, and two clasping ears respectively located at two opposite sides of the side wall. The blocking plate is attached to the housing, and the two clasping ears of the protection cover provide a permanent means of securing the protection cover to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG LI, KE-HUI PENG, LI-NI LIANG, REN-WEN WANG
  • Patent number: 8257098
    Abstract: A socket connector includes a socket body, a plurality of contacts received in the socket body; and a pick-up cap mounted upon the socket body. The socket body includes a base and a first sidewall and a second sidewall respectively located by opposite sides of the base. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are respectively formed with a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The pick-up cap includes a cover section and a first flange and a second flange which respectively extend downwardly from opposite sides of the cover section and which are respectively engaged with the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the socket body. The first flange and the second flange are respectively formed with a first notch and a second notch arranged in asymmetrical manner and engaged with the first protrusion and the second protrusion, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8241048
    Abstract: A signal transmission device is provided. The signal transmission device comprises a linked unit, a switch button, a data connector and a lock fastener. The linked unit includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a first elastomer and a second elastomer. The switch button is attached/disposed on the linked unit. The data connector rotates and expands according to the first shaft and the first elastomer. The lock fastener rotates and moves according to the second shaft and the second elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ability Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jen Hung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8244322
    Abstract: A protective cover mechanism (26) and a portable electronic device (20) using the protective cover mechanism (26) is provided. The protective cover mechanism (26) for covering an interface (28) of the portable electronic device (20), comprises a protective cover (262) and a elastic plate (264). The protective cover (262) for covering the interface (28), and includes a sliding portion (2626), the sliding portion (2626) defines an aperture (2628) therein; The elastic plate (264) passes through the aperture (2628) for stopping the protective cover (262) away from the portable electronic device (20), the elastic plate (264) has a first end (2642) and an opposite second end (2646), the first end (2642) being mounted to the portable electronic device (20), the second end (2646) being biased against the interface (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Qing-Meng Li, Yung-Chang Yen
  • Publication number: 20120190222
    Abstract: A protection apparatus is provided to protect at least one socket. The protection apparatus includes a main body, and at least one plugging board substantially perpendicularly extending from a bottom of the main body to be plugged into the at least one socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZHENG-HENG SUN
  • Patent number: 8223484
    Abstract: A cover mechanism is for an electronic device, and the cover mechanism includes a base member and a cover member. The base member defines a hole and a receiving groove. The cover member is received in the receiving groove. The connecting arm extends through the base member and is latched with another side of the base member. The connecting arm is elastically bent to allow the cover portion to cover the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventor: Guang-Ya Zhu
  • Patent number: 8217264
    Abstract: An improved electrical outlet access control accessory mounts in a wall to provide access to and concealment for an outlet mounted in aligned juxtaposition thereto. The accessory has a cover that can be manually rotated between closed and open positions, providing respectively concealment for or access to an outlet within. When closed the cover is flush or nearly so, with the surrounding wall. A retention mechanism holds the cover in the closed position until manually pressed inwards, after which the cover is rotatable to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas W. Gow
  • Patent number: 8210859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a female element (2) that comprises at least one terminal conduction component and a receptacle (20) for receiving a body (10) of a male element (1) along a longitudinal direction (X2-X?2). The female element (2) has a proximal portion (210) fitted to receive an electric power cable (C2). The receptacle (20) includes a guiding chamber (205) for said body (10) in translation along said longitudinal direction (X2-X?2), and at least one guiding edge for guiding said body (10) revolving around an axis (X1-X?1) of said body (10), the one or each guiding edge being disposed, along said longitudinal direction (X2-X?2), between said guiding chamber (205) and the one or each terminal component. The guiding chamber (205) has a cylindrical form with a circular base circumscribed on a triangular base of the body (10) of the male element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Staubli Faverges
    Inventors: Alain-Christophe Tiberghien, Philippe Guin, Jean-Claude Corsetti
  • Patent number: 8199464
    Abstract: A cover mechanism is for an electronic device, and the cover mechanism includes a base member and a cover member. The base member defines a hole and a receiving groove. The cover member is received in the receiving groove. The cover member includes a connecting portion to allow the cover member to be elastically bent to cover the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Zhou-Quan Zuo, Hong Wu
  • Patent number: 8197269
    Abstract: An electrical protection for mounting on a wire connector housing, wherein the wire connector housing comprises a fixed hole and a plurality of wire-lock apertures exposed on a top surface of the wire connector housing, and the electrical protection comprise an insulating body and an insulating protrusion located at bottom surface of the insulating body. The insulating body is used to cover the wire-lock apertures at the top surface of the wire connector housing, and the insulating protrusion is designed and constructed to fit into the fixed hole of the wire connector housing. The wire-lock apertures of the wire connector housing are all covered and insulated to prevent electrical shock from the electrical leakage through the exposed apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Askey Computer Corp.
    Inventors: Yung-Chi Cheng, Ching-Feng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8193447
    Abstract: A securement housing arrangement for attachment to a baseplate frame arrangement having electrical outlets arranged therewithin, to protect and control the use of electrical plugs in those outlets and power cables with respect to that securement housing, comprising: a wall of the housing having at least one opening for the passage of a power cable therethrough; a biasable locking lever arranged on a wall of the housing so as to secure the housing to a base plate frame arrangement, and to permit that locking lever to be controllably secured to that enclosure housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventor: Albert E. Peckham
  • Patent number: 8189101
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention sets forth a hand-held electronics device for recording digital video that includes a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, and a data connector coupled to the processor such that data can be transmitted to and from the processor through the data connector. The data connector includes an arm rotationally coupled to the housing, and an adapter portion matable with a corresponding adapter of a computer system. The data connector forms a portion of a top part or a bottom part of the housing when in a retracted position. Among other things, the disclosed hand-held electronics device advantageously enables a user to easily, with one hand, hold the hand-held electronics device and slide the trigger with a thumb or other finger to release the data connector into the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Allen Cummings, John Louis Warpakowski Furlan, Jaewon Samuel Kang, Lionel Jingles, Maarten Dinger, Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Peter Michaelian
  • Publication number: 20120129041
    Abstract: A connection structure for a battery module includes a fastening member and a space forming member. The fastening member presses a connecting portion of a bus bar against an electrode of the battery module to fasten the bus bar to the electrode. The space forming member has an elastic member disposed between the connecting portion of the bus bar and the electrode. The space forming member is configured to provide an insulating space between the connecting portion of the bus bar and the electrode. The elastic member is elastically deformed with a pressing force applied from the fastening member to the connecting portion of the bus bar to cancel the insulating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eisuke KOMAZAWA
  • Patent number: 8184441
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a cover, an electrical module, a slider and a rotatable member for driving the slider. The cover defines a receiving chamber and an opening communicating with the receiving chamber. The electrical module is slideably received in the receiving chamber and includes a circuit board and a connector port electrically connected with the circuit board. The rotatable member has a fixed axis around which the rotatable member revolves. The rotatable member includes a protrusion slideably received in a slot defined in the slider. The connector port is driven to telescopically extend through the opening by the slider which is further driven by the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: A-Data Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao-Xia Meng, Cheng-Chung Kung
  • Patent number: 8177566
    Abstract: A connector apparatus connects the flat electrical conductors of a photovoltaic panel with a plurality of insulated electrical output conductors, respectively. The terminal portions of the flat conductors are bent into electrical engagement with corresponding blade contacts mounted on the photovoltaic panel. A plurality of resilient first electrical contacts are clamped in electrical engagement with the flat conductor bent portions, respectively, and a plurality of second electrical contacts are connected with the output conductors, respectively. An electrical circuit including a plurality of diodes is connected between the first and second electrical contacts. In order to dissipate the heat generated by the diodes, the diodes are mounted on a heat conducting plate that transmits the heat toward the photovoltaic panel. A cover member formed of heat conducting material is adhesively secured to the panel to enclose the connector arrangement, thereby to also transfer the diode-generated heat to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Boensch, Klaus Holterhoff, Thorsten Beck
  • Patent number: 8179670
    Abstract: A memory stick includes a -shaped metal plate member having two tenones respectively protruded from an inner wall thereof at two opposite sides and aimed at each other, each tenon being formed on the -shaped metal plate member by means of punching the inner wall of the -shaped metal plate member with a punch to form a protrusion and then punching the protrusion with a punch rod to extend the height of the protrusion and to deform the protrusion into a tubular configuration, and a casing accommodating a PC board that has a USB connector at its one end and having two pivot holders symmetrically located on two opposite sides thereof and respectively pivotally coupled to the tenones of the -shaped metal plate member for enabling the -shaped metal plate member to be turned relative to the casing to close or open the USB connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Ho E Screw & Hardware Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joseph Huang
  • Publication number: 20120108088
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an enclosure defining a connector port, and a cover mechanism. The cover mechanism includes a bracket mounted to the enclosure, a cover rotatably mounted to the bracket to cover or uncover the connector port. The cover includes an elastic lock. When the cover is rotated to cover the connector port, the elastic lock is engaged with a sidewall of the connector port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEN-TANG PENG, CHIH-MING HUANG
  • Patent number: 8155715
    Abstract: An electronic device (100) using a cover mechanism (30) to cover its hole (14) of its housing (10) is described. The cover mechanism includes a cover (20) and a locking structure (11). The cover has a latching portion (23) and a locking portion (21), both of which include a resilient part. The locking structure is configured for associating with the locking portion and the latching portion. Thus, the cover is latched to the housing to cover the hole by deforming the resilient parts. After the cover is unlatched from the housing by a sudden pulling force, the locking portion still physically connects to the locking structure. After the cover is unlatched from the housing by a normal pulling force, the locking portion has no physically relationship with the locking structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Mu-Wen Yang, Chih-Chiang Chang, Hai-Shen Feng
  • Patent number: 8152540
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector terminal protection cap for a harness and a harness assembly that are capable of protecting connector terminals provided on one end of a harness and that does not come off easily during transfer or transport but can be easily removed at an assembly site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Hattori, Kazuki Niwa
  • Patent number: 8153895
    Abstract: The present invention provides a weatherproof while-in-use electrical box cover. The box cover includes a base having a back wall including an opening therein for accessing an electrical outlet and permetrical base side walls extending thereabout defining an open front face. The box cover further includes a hood having a front wall for covering the open front face of the base and permetrical hood side walls extending therefrom. The hood is matable with the base and including a cooperative mating assembly on respective side walls for defining a pivot location for pivotally attaching the hood to the base. A hinge pin is insertably connected to the cooperative mating assemblies for hingedly attaching the hood to the base and the hinge pin is configured to non-releaseably engage with the cooperative mating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark R. Drane
  • Publication number: 20120083142
    Abstract: A power outlet comprises an enclosure with a plug jack, a reset button comprising an extension arm, a transition contour on the extension arm and at least one safety shield configured to selectively block at least a portion of the plug jack. The safety shield comprises an outer wall and a pin groove. A shield latch comprises a travel section configured to elastically contact the extension arm, a stop section in contact with the safety shield, the stop section comprising a convex pin, and a self-reset mechanism. When the extension arm is in an upward position, the travel section presses against it, and when the extension arm is in a downward position, the travel section has a buffer space. When the travel section presses against the extension arm, the convex pin presses against the outer wall to lock the safety shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventor: Huadao HUANG
  • Patent number: 8149424
    Abstract: A disclosed image processing device includes: a media connecting portion including a first surface and a second surface forming a space for housing a protrusion type storage medium whose body protrudes from the media connecting portion and an insertion type storage medium whose body is inserted into the media connecting portion; a protrusion type slot portion for protrusion type storage media formed on the first surface; and an insertion type slot portion for insertion type storage media formed on the second surface. An insertion direction in the protrusion type slot portion is substantially orthogonal to an insertion direction in the insertion type slot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yomogida, Yoichi Utaka
  • Patent number: 8142211
    Abstract: A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Bernstein, R. Curtis Jennewine, Charlene A. Haley
  • Patent number: 8142201
    Abstract: A pick-up cap includes a main portion having a planar top surface with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Four latches are positioned at the two ends of the main portion and extend from the main portion, respectively. Each latch has a hook extending downwardly. And a supporting portion extending downwardly and being adjacent to the hook. The supporting portion is lower than the hook in a vertical direction to engage with an insulative housing to protect the hook during the pick-up cap is disassembled from the insulative housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 8141754
    Abstract: A pressurized fluid dispenser includes a base unit and a reservoir. The base unit includes a pump and a battery compartment including electrical contacts electrically connected with the pump. The reservoir is supported by and selectively removable from the base unit. The reservoir includes an internal compartment that is in fluid communication with the pump when the reservoir is connected to the base unit. A female panel mount for an electrically operated unit is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Michael Conner, Robert Vystrcil, Jeffery Morgan, Shawn Whetsone, Terry Birchler, David Chaney
  • Patent number: 8142212
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an exemplary locking mechanism for a USB connector comprises a hook, a hook bracket at least partially inserted within the hook to form a first assembly, a holder, the holder enclosing at least a portion of the first assembly to form a second assembly, and a button, the button enclosing at least a portion of the second assembly to form the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism may further comprise a spring fitted around a protruding portion of the hook bracket, the protruding portion extending outward from the first assembly. The locking mechanism may further comprise one or more screws attaching the first assembly to the holder to form the second assembly. The locking mechanism may include a cap enclosing at least a portion of the button to form a locking cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Mark McSweeney, Chung-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 8137121
    Abstract: A fastener for securing a chip module onto a circuit board includes a fixing bracket mounted on the circuit board; a pressing frame covering the chip module; a lever having a driving portion and a shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion is formed by extending and bending from the driving portion, with the shaft portion running through the fixing bracket and the pressing frame for controlling the forward and backward rotation of the pressing frame; a protective cover mounted on the pressing frame, wherein a projection portion is formed on a bottom surface of the protective cover and located at the rear end of the chip module, and the projection portion has a slant surface adjacent to the chip module; and thereby, when the pressing frame moves forward, the slant surface presses against the chip module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Jiun Dai
  • Patent number: 8120903
    Abstract: A storage apparatus including a circuit board, a first flash memory, a first golden finger, a control unit, and a supporting component is provided. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface. The first flash memory is disposed on the circuit board. The first golden finger and the control unit are disposed on an end of the circuit board, in which the first golden finger is disposed on the first surface, and the control unit is disposed on the second surface, and the control unit is substantially on the backside of the first golden finger. The control unit is electrically connected with the first memory and the first golden finger. The supporting component is used for supporting the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Phison Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Hung Lin, Chang-Chih Chen, Hung-Yi Chung
  • Publication number: 20120040543
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a contact cover for a notification appliance mounting plate. In one embodiment, the contact cover includes a plastic body, wherein the plastic body is sized to cover less than an entire surface area of the notification appliance mounting plate, at least one piece of metal, a means for coupling said at least one piece of metal to said plastic body and one or more polarized tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Inhong Hur, Timothy Nicholas Sorenson
  • Patent number: 8115100
    Abstract: A temporary electrical or data outlet decommissioning arrangement includes: a generally rectangularly shaped receiving baseplate; a cover plate having a plurality of receiving baseplate engagement tabs thereon, wherein the baseplate has two side walls and two transverse end walls defining a cover plate receiving opening, the side walls each have a common plurality of tab-receiving slots therein, and wherein the cover plate has two side walls and two transverse end walls, wherein the cover plate has a pair of engagement tabs extending off of one side wall, and has a single locking tab on the side opposite the pair of engagement tabs, and the single locking tab has an adjacent recessed support wall to provide a recess in the side wall of the cover plate to permit a tool access for removal of the cover plate from the baseplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventor: Albert E. Peckham
  • Patent number: 8106295
    Abstract: An electrical device cover having a base with a wall structure includes of at least a two pairs of opposing walls located perpendicular to each other and an opening in a back side large enough to receive an electrical device. An exterior surface of at least a first wall has at least one rails running perpendicular to a plane in which the back side of the base resides and the base of a detachable hinge component is slidably coupled to the at least one rail. The detachable hinge component further includes at least one hinge member that is parallel to the base of the hinge component and a lid includes at least one hinge tab in which the at least one hinge member seats such the lid is pivotally coupled to the hinge component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: TayMac Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Iven Dieterle
  • Patent number: 8100698
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. Each contact includes a body portion, a spring portion and a soldering tail. The insulative housing includes a smooth top face, a plurality of generally parallel ridges extending from an opposite face to the top face to provide with interposed grooves between every adjacent ridges. The body portions of the contacts are individually engaged in the corresponding grooves and the spring portions extend forwards beyond a front face of the housing. The insulating housing includes a mounting face opposite to the smooth top face for confronting with a printed circuit board and the soldering tails extend downwards beyond the mounting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8102662
    Abstract: A USB device including a bistable mechanism that serves to bias a plug connector into one of two stable states, where the first stable state is associated with a retracted position in which the plug connector is fully retracted inside a housing, and the second stable state is associated with a deployed position in which the plug connector extends through the front opening for coupling to a host system. Movement of the plug connector form the retracted to the deployed position is performed by manually applying a force to a handle portion that protrudes through a slot defined in the housing. The bistable mechanism resists the deploying force until an equilibrium point is reach, after which the bistable mechanism releases stored potential energy to complete the deploying process and to maintain the plug connector is the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Super Talent Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Siew S. Hiew, Nan Nan, Abraham C. Ma
  • Publication number: 20120015535
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base portion including a first cover, a second cover perpendicular to the first cover and a receiving cavity running through the first and second covers to respectively provide a locking slot in the first cover and an opening in the second cover. The first cover defines locking portions oppositely extending from opposite faces of the locking slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-LUNG LIN, WEI-CHUNG LIN
  • Patent number: 8096819
    Abstract: A protective cover and electric outlet arrangement includes an outlet body, the outlet body having a socket unit with insertion holes for receiving an electric plug, a non-specific design protective cover coupled to the outlet body and bendable to frictionally engage and expand open an access way to the insertion holes of the protective cover to socket unit and upon withdrawal of the electrical plug return of the non-specific design protective cover to an obstructive position to obstructively close access to the insertion holes of the socket unit, and the non-specific design protective cover being a safety structure adapted to selectively obscure the socket with a decorative design incorporating the receiving apertures of the socket that mate with each of the prongs of the electrical plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventors: Alejandro Rosero, Teresa Rosero, Diana Rosero-Pena
  • Patent number: 8088999
    Abstract: An electrical outlet plate with a hinged cover to not only cover the outlet openings, but provide a means of safely securing any plug and cord that should be connected to it is herein disclosed. The base cover plate is similar in appearance to a conventional duplex outlet cover plate used in homes, offices, and businesses. The hinged outlet cover is approximately two (2) inches deep with a lockable latch along a side surface and two (2) slots in the face for routing electrical cords, thereby captivating a plug portion inside. Thus, when secured in place, it is impossible to remove the plug and cord without first removing the cover plate. Due to the spring action of the latch, an adult can easily remove the hinging cover by pressing to release; however, it is virtually impossible for a child or toddler to do so.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Inventor: Leon F. Payou
  • Patent number: 8089751
    Abstract: A portable memory device comprises a housing, a circuit board, and a covering member. The portable memory device is convenient to use since the plug of the memory device can be easily exposed or covered simply by a pulling or pushing action. Furthermore, no matter whether the portable memory device is in use or not, its rear end is always closed to prevent foreign objects from entering the housing and causing damage to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Inventor: Yu-Nan Lo
  • Patent number: 8087945
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric connector (100) having electric contact elements (206) to which an electric contact may be established using contacts of a matching plug by insertion of the plug into the electric connector (100) via an outlet (202), said electric connector also comprising a hollow space (106) in which a substantial intermediate length of one or more electric contact elements (206) is exposed via an upper input (110), and a dust cover (108), attachable in a removable fashion via the upper input (110) in order to prevent impurities from entering the hollow space (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Brent David Allwood