Nonconducting Pusher Patents (Class 439/159)
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Patent number: 9806460Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing extending in a longitudinal direction and defining at least one tower portion extending upwardly from a longitudinal end thereof, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and an ejector received in the at least one tower portion for latching with or ejecting a memory card. The ejector has a base portion rotatably attached to the tower portion and a locking portion rotatably attached to the base portion, the at least one tower portion has a slot, the locking portion is rotatable inward to face towards the top surface of the insulative housing in order to reduce a height of the card edge connector, the base portion has a lower ejecting section, and the locking portion has an upper locking section.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Wen-Jun Tang, Xue-Wu Bu, Hung-Chi Yu, Qin Xu
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Patent number: 9761996Abstract: The invention provides a M.2 interface memory device and a M.2 interface connection seat insertedly provided thereof. The M.2 interface memory device comprises a M.2 interface card and a housing provided with at least one guide groove. The M.2 interface connection seat is disposed on a circuit board, and comprises two arms and a base comprising a M.2 interface slot. At least one arm is provided with a guide rail. An opening direction of the M.2 interface slot is horizontal to a surface of the circuit board. When the M.2 interface card is inserted into the M.2 interface slot in a horizontal direction, the M.2 interface memory device will be fixed within the M.2 interface connection seat by embedding between the guide groove and the guide rail. Thus, M.2 interface memory devices of a variety of specification lengths are able to be inserted into the M.2 interface connection seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: INNODISK CORPORATIONInventors: Chen-Huan Lin, Hsiao-Yu Wang
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Patent number: 9761971Abstract: A card holding member includes: a front frame portion and a rear frame portion extending in the transverse direction, and side frame portions connecting both ends of the front frame portion and both ends of the rear frame portion, the side surfaces of a card including terminal members arranged on a terminal accommodating surface being surrounded thereby; and a metal portion and a resin portion, at least a portion of the metal portion being exposed at the front end of the front frame portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Nobumasa Motohashi, Akihiro Shimotsu, Nobuki Ukita, Yudai Morinaga, Toshitaka Kusuhara
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Patent number: 9722354Abstract: An electronic card connector, cooperated with a plug-in component and defining an insertion direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell attached to the insulative housing and forming a cavity therebetween, and an ejector movable in the insulative housing. The metal shell has a number of lateral walls located at two sides and a front end thereof. One of the lateral walls has a resisting portion protruding to the cavity and resists the resisting portion to confine a movement thereof in a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Gang Hu
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Patent number: 9685735Abstract: An electrical connector includes a module and a shell enclosing the module. The module includes an insulative housing and a number of terminals affixed to the insulative housing, the insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, each terminal having a contact portion exposed on the tongue portion. The shell defines a mating port at a front portion thereof for mating with a mating connector, and a card receiving cavity at a rear portion thereof for loading a card.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Chin-Yu Chen, Tien-Chieh Su
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Patent number: 9652697Abstract: The card holding member is able to hold a card having terminal members and is able to be inserted into a card connector, and includes a frame portion opposing the side surfaces of the card. The frame portion includes a first metal portion composed of a metal plate, a second metal portion composed of a metal plate being a separate component from the first metal portion, and a resin portion surrounding and covering at least a portion of the first metal portion and the second metal portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Teruki Nagase, Akihiro Shimotsu
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Patent number: 9632544Abstract: An apparatus is described. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a tray configured to carry at least one integrated circuit card; a handle connected to the tray in a slidable manner and having a shortened closed position and an extended open position with respect to the tray. Further, the apparatus comprises an ejector configured to eject the handle to its extended open position. In the extended open position, the handle extends away from the tray.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Juuso Heiskanen
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Patent number: 9628593Abstract: A card tray for use in electronic devices is disclosed that can improve tray durability, eliminate the occurrence of resin flash during insert molding, and simplify the tray mold structure. The card tray for electronic devices according to a preferred embodiment may be a card tray for electronic device use for insertion into and withdrawal from a card socket of an electronic device with a card loaded thereon, comprising a tray body made of a nonmetallic material whereon is formed a card mounting hole or mounting recess for mounting the card, and a metal frame part that is coupled to the tray body so that the cross section protrudes from the front of the tray body.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: In Chull Yang, Jeong Yong Park
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Patent number: 9614316Abstract: A tamper resistant receptacle having a propeller shutter assembly comprising a propeller shutter comprising a central hub with an annual opening, a pair of radially extending arms, and a wing block disposed on the end of each arm. The shutter assembly also includes an anchor for attaching the propeller to the receptacle body and a spring member to bias the propeller in the “closed” position. The wing blocks are sized to block a respect one of the hot and neutral openings of a standard 15-amp electrical receptacle. The wing blocks each include a ramp or inclined cam surface. These surfaces are juxtaposed such that when a plug blade hit one surface and cams past it to cause rotation of the propeller, the opposite plug blade cams down and past the other surface to cause rotation of the propeller in the same direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventor: Jian Hua Li
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Patent number: 9596331Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing, first, second, and third interface units disposed in the housing, an internal wireless device, and a controlling/processing unit disposed in the housing to control the first interface unit to communicate with a user, to control the second interface unit to communicate with an external apparatus, and to control the third interface unit to wirelessly communicate with the internal wireless device when the internal wireless device exists in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Seungman KimInventor: Seungman Kim
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Patent number: 9594931Abstract: A card connector including a body, a slider in the body, an urging member, and a cover. The body has a slot for insertion and removal of a card. The slider is slidable, together with the card, at least between a first position and a second position inside the body. The second location is on a card removal direction side relative to the first position. The urging member is configured to urge the slider located at the first position in the removal direction. The cover includes a cover body, which is fixed to the body so as to cover the slot, and a flat spring, which extends from the cover body. At least part of the flat spring is so disposed inside the body as to be elastically abuttable on the slider, on the removal direction side relative to the first position, from a card insertion direction side.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki Yamachika
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Patent number: 9590356Abstract: The puller type card socket of the Present Disclosure relates to a card socket furnished with a housing and a cover that covers the housing, configured so that a card can be inserted and withdrawn between the housing and the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Sung-Hyuk Joo
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Patent number: 9558380Abstract: A card connector is provided for receiving a card. The card connector includes a housing assembly and a tray. The housing assembly includes a housing and a plurality of contacts extending upward from the housing, with each of the plurality of contacts having a card connecting pad. The tray includes a frame and a pair of plates extending inward from opposite sides of the frame. Each plate of the pair of plates includes a supporting portion extending inward from the frame and a covering portion extending further inward and away from the supporting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Yutaka Okoshi, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9543999Abstract: A card connector for receiving an inserted card module having electrode pads on one surface is provided. The card connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has a terminal holding portion. Each terminal has a base portion held in the terminal holding portion and a cantilevered arm portion extending from the base portion in a transverse direction relative to an insertion direction of the card module in plan view. The arm portion has a curved portion shaped so as to have a curved surface with a centerline of curvature positioned upwards in side view and a pair of oblique portions inclined relative to an extension direction of the arm portion on both sides of an apex portion positioned on a free end. The terminals contact the electrode pads of the card module.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Toshitaka Kusuhara, Naoto Yoshikawa, Koji Murakami
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Patent number: 9537258Abstract: A self unplugging power connector for charging mobile devices is provided. The self unplugging power connector includes electrical contact members for an electrical outlet, a release mechanism to remove the electrical contact members from the outlet and a current sensing circuit to activate the release mechanism when the circuit senses a current reduction.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Inventor: Izak Bencuya
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Patent number: 9525225Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing, electrical terminals and a group of switch terminals which includes a detecting terminal and a grounding terminal fixed to the insulating housing. The detecting terminal has a horizontal first fixed portion and a resisting portion. The grounding terminal has a perpendicular second fixed portion, a flexing portion, a connecting portion and an extending plate. A rear edge of an outside of the extending plate is beyond the connecting portion. The ejector mechanism includes a sliding block with a pushing portion. The card first pushes the pushing portion rearward to press on an outside of the extending plate, then the card pushes the connecting portion and the pushing portion rearward simultaneously to ensure the extending plate always being pressed by the pushing portion, when the card is fully inserted in the card connector, the extending plate is against the resisting portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Proconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yun Chien Lee, Te Hung Yin
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Patent number: 9509090Abstract: A plug comprising: a housing (210); an ejector (220); an inner core (230) comprising at least two pins (232); wherein: the inner core (230) is slidably mounted within the ejector (220) while the ejector (220) is slidably mounted in the housing (210); the housing (210) comprises a fixedly mounted first bracket (211) configured to guide a first end of a lever (240); the ejector (220) comprises a fixedly mounted second bracket (221) configured to guide a second end of the lever (240); the lever (240) has a middle mounting element (242B), shifted from the center of the lever (240) towards one of its ends, configured to guide a rod (243) attached to the inner core (230); wherein the lever (240) is configured within the housing (210) such that when the ejector (220) slides out of the housing (210) to a first extent, due to the movement of the lever (240), the inner core (230) slides within the ejector (220) to a second extent, which is lower than the first extent.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: ADVANCED DIGITAL BROADCAST S.A.Inventor: Dariusz Cichonski
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Patent number: 9491883Abstract: A connector includes a housing for insertion and ejection of a device, and an ejection mechanism. The ejection mechanism includes a rod member able to slide in the directions of device insertion and ejection. The rod member includes a main body portion extending in the directions of insertion and ejection, an operating piece connected to a protruding end of the main body portion protruding from the housing and extending in a direction intersecting the insert and ejection directions, and a reinforcing portion connected to the main body portion in front of the protruding end in the insertion direction and able to support the operating piece from the front in the insertion direction. The reinforcing portion includes a supporting end able to support the operating piece from the front in the insertion direction. The supporting end extends in a direction intersecting the length direction of the operating piece.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Masamitsu Takasaki, Kyoko Motohashi, Shigeru Akiyama
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Patent number: 9461411Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) affixed in the insulative housing, a shielding shell (4) attached to the insulative housing to form a cavity (11), a tray (3) insertable in the cavity; and an EPM (5) affixed in the insulative housing. The tray is attracted by the EPM under a first current in one direction during tray-insertion and released by the EPM under a second current in opposite direction during tray-ejection.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Shun-Jung Chuang, Wei-Ta Tseng, Hao-Chang Zhang
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Patent number: 9456516Abstract: A card holder comprising: a tray configured to receive a card, a door, and a resilient element wherein the resilient element is configured to move from a first position to a second position upon application of a force on the resilient element, and the door is configured to move relative to the tray upon movement of the resilient element.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Juuso Heiskanen
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Patent number: 9450316Abstract: A cable splice includes a casing, a jaw assembly, a biasing member, a guide, and a bullet cup. The casing has an opening and an interior cavity. The jaw assembly is positioned in the interior cavity and moveable between a loading position and a terminated position. The biasing member biases the jaw assembly towards the terminated position. The guide includes a receiving end and a shaft extending at least partially into the interior cavity. The bullet cup is positioned in the jaw assembly in the loading position.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Seydou Diop, Paul Zelazny
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Patent number: 9444196Abstract: An electrical connector which comprises a tray, a terminal module, an upper cover and a detecting switch. The tray comprises a pushing block. The upper cover cooperates with the terminal module to define an insertion space extending along a front-rear direction for insertion of the tray. The detecting switch comprises a detecting terminal. The detecting terminal is provided at one side of the insertion space. The detecting terminal comprises a tail, an elastic arm extending forwards and an insulative pushed block provided at a front end of the elastic arm. The elastic arm comprises a contact. The pushing block of the tray pushes the insulative pushed block of the detecting terminal so as to make the elastic arm of the detecting terminal and the contact displaced elastically in an up-down direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Hong-Liang Wang, Shang-Xiu Zeng, Kian-Heng Lim
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Patent number: 9437966Abstract: A plug housing includes an ejector mechanism and a controller electrically coupled to the ejector mechanism for detaching electrical conductive blades of the plug from a mated connection with a female connector. In response to a switch signal from the controller, a solenoid is activated to release a latch in the mechanism, thereby permitting the force of a compressed spring to impel a structure outwardly from the plug. The controller may be located remotely from the plug and superimpose control signals to the plug over the power lines within the cord.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: BRAINWAVE RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventors: Jean-Guy Gagne, James W. Rogers, Patrick Belanger
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Patent number: 9396416Abstract: A card connector has an inserted card module including electrode pads provided on one surface. The card connector includes a housing provided with connection terminals arranged so as to contact the electrode pads of the card module. The card connector includes a holding spring portion for holding a card module inserted into the card connector. The card connector includes an ejection mechanism able to change orientation between a first orientation and a second orientation. The ejection mechanism has the first orientation before a card module is inserted into the card connector, and the second orientation after a card module has been completely inserted into the card connector. The holding spring portion is displaceable when the ejection mechanism is in the first orientation, and non-displaceable when the ejection mechanism is in the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Masamitsu Takasaki, Manabu Yamanaka, Yuki Goto, Mitsuhiro Tomita
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Patent number: 9396365Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with providing a user-accessible card slot are provided. A removable card carrier a configured to mechanically interface an information handling system may include a body and a cover. The body may be adapted to hold a card. The cover may be movably coupled to the body such that exterior surfaces of the cover and the information handling system are substantially flush with each other when card carrier is disposed in the information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Charles D. Hood, III, David May
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Patent number: 9397420Abstract: A card slot structure is disposed in a housing of an electronic device. The card slot structure includes a slot, a cover door, and a push portion, wherein the slot has a push-push type unit. A card is adapted to be fixed in or ejected from the slot through the push-push type unit along a first axial direction. The cover door is slidably disposed in the housing along a second axial direction for opening or closing the slot. A push portion is connected to the cover door. As the cover door slides along the second axis to open the slot, a portion of the card located in the moving path of the push portion is pushed into the slot to trigger the push-push type unit. As the push portion moves away from the card, the card is ejected from the slot through the push-push type unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Yew-Chung Hong
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Patent number: 9385771Abstract: A smart card receiving assembly for a handheld communication device includes a housing, a release arm, and a smart card receiver. The housing forms an access compartment for receiving a battery and a smart card. The release arm is slidingly coupled to the housing and includes an extension extending downward. The smart card receiver is adapted to receive a smart card and includes a channel adapted to receive the extension. The smart card receiver can be made of metal to provide rigidity to the handheld communication device. When the release arm is moved from a first position to a second position, the extension can force the smart card from a seated position to an unseated position with the smart card sliding at least partially out of the smart card receiver and into the access compartment.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Ramon Lamers
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Patent number: 9379487Abstract: A card connector is disclosed having a housing. An eject lever extends transversely to a card inserting direction, and has a first end, a second end, and a central portion pivotally mounted to the housing to pivot when a card is inserted into the card connector or ejected therefrom. A slider extends along the inserting direction and is in contact with the first end of the eject lever. The slider is pushed in the ejection direction by the eject lever when a card is inserted and pushes the first end of the eject lever in the inserting direction to pivot the second end of the eject lever in the ejecting direction to eject the card. A friction member is in direct contact with the eject lever throughout the pivotable range of the eject lever.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Yutaka Okoshi, Junya Tsuji
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Patent number: 9379509Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10), a number of contacts (11) retained in the insulative housing, and a metal shell (12) covering the insulative housing. Each contact includes a first contacting portion (111) for connecting with a mating plug connector and a second contacting portion (112) for connecting to a board-mounted adapter. The metal shell includes a top wall (121), a bottom wall (122), and a pair of sidewalls (123) connecting between the top wall and the bottom wall for cooperatively defining a receiving space (124). Each sidewall forms a flexible portion (120) for engaging a panel slot (2131). The flexible portion is stamped from the sidewall and the metal shell defines an aperture (125) for communicating with the panel slot. An extraction tool (6) is inserted into the receiving space to deform the flexible portion to detach away from the panel slot.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Jing-Jie Guo
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Patent number: 9378436Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative unit, a shielding shell, a plurality of terminals and a card ejecting mechanism. The card ejecting mechanism comprises a shaft member, a lever member and a push rod. The shaft member has a base portion fixed to the insulative unit and a shaft portion extending from the base portion and protruding from the insulative unit. The lever member has an operating portion, a pushing portion and a shaft hole positioned between the operating portion and the pushing portion. The shaft hole receives the shaft portion therein and the lever member can rotate about the shaft portion between two positions. The push rod is provided correspondingly to the operating portion and slides under pushing from an external force to push the operating portion, so as to allow the lever member to rotate from the receiving position to the pushing position.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Hong Liang Wang, Shang-Xiu Zeng, Kian Heng Lim
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Patent number: 9373060Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing, a movable component movable between an original position and a locking position, a shielding shell (4) attached to the insulative housing and having a top wall (41) and a first elastic portion (43) located at the top wall, and an ejecting mechanism (5). The ejecting mechanism has a lever (51) having a resisting part (5111) and a sliding bulge (54) movable together with the movable component. The first elastic portion has a locking part (431) resisting against the sliding bulge along an up-to-down direction at the locking position and a guiding part (432). The lever is movable forwardly and the resisting part is guided by the guiding part to lift the first elastic portion to thereby disengage the locking part from the sliding bulge.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Wei-De Zhang
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Patent number: 9337578Abstract: A quick ejecting card connector has an insulative housing, an auto ejecting assembly and a tray. The insulative housing has a cavity, a front opening and multiple terminals. The auto ejecting assembly is mounted on the insulative housing and has a locking lever, a resilient locking element and a resilient card ejecting element. The locking lever is mounted pivotally on the insulative housing and has a locking hook. The tray is mounted slidably in the cavity and has a locking hole selectively engaged with the locking hook of the locking lever to lock the completely inserted tray. When the locking hook of the lock lever is disengaged from the locking hole of the tray, the resilient card ejecting element ejects the tray and an electrical card thereon out of the front opening. The insertion and ejection of the tray and the electrical card are implemented without any assistant tools.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventor: Hsu-Fen Wang
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Patent number: 9311571Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and an electronic card connector. The peripheral sidewall defines a through hole. The electronic card connector includes a tray, a fixing member, a push rod and a connecting rod. The tray defines a defined space for receiving an electronic card and at least one notch. The fixing member includes at least one elastic arm having a hook. The push rod partially passes through the through hole and protrudes from of the housing. The at least one connecting rod connects the second end to the at least one elastic arm. When the at least one hook engages with the at least one notch, the tray is engaged with the housing, and when the push rod is driven to disengage the at least one hook from the at least one notch, the tray is disengaged from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Qian Lei
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Patent number: 9261899Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a connector configured to electrically connect with a terminal of a second electronic device; a first detector configured to detect an electrical connection between the connector and the terminal; a second detector configured to detect physical contact between the connector and the terminal; and circuitry configured to control a lock structure based on outputs of the first and second detectors.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Jiro Fujiwara
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Patent number: 9246249Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing, signal terminals disposed in the insulating housing, a shell worn around the insulating housing, a tray with a platform being protruded on a top face thereof, and an ejector pivoted on a top plate of the shell and rotatably paralleling to the top plate. The tray is slidably disposed between the insulating housing and the top plate of the shell along a front-to-rear direction and defines two card slots arranged side-by-side at two sides thereof. One end of the ejector has a pushing portion projecting sideward beyond one side plate of the shell, and the other end of the ejector protrudes forward to form an ejecting portion which resists against the back of the platform for pushing the tray to slide frontward out of the card connector by pushing the pushing portion rearward to drive the ejector to clockwise rotate.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: PROCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun Chien Lee, Ta Chih Yu
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Patent number: 9239939Abstract: A base seat structure for supporting a chip card includes a tray which is utilized to configured a chip card and capable of being formed by a reciprocally-moved type, a base frame disposed on the tray, a fastening frame disposed on the tray and having a retarding portion, and a carrier which is configured between the base frame and the fastening frame and capable of being motioned between a first position and a second position to follow the reciprocally-moved tray. When the carrier is motioned toward the first position, the retarding portion of the fastening frame presses the carrier to pass through a limitation of the base frame to motion toward the second position, thereby pushing or allowing the tray for movement. Moreover, when the tray and the carrier are motioned toward the first position, the chip card is located or electronically connected.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventors: An Szu Hsu, Kuo Cheng Liao
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Patent number: 9236692Abstract: Comprised are a sliding member for retaining a card and sliding in the forward/backward direction of a housing, and a locking member for sliding in the widthwise direction of the housing and locking the card received within the housing, the locking member comprising a sliding control part for controlling the sliding of the sliding member, the sliding control part preventing the sliding member from sliding when the locking member is in a first position, and allowing the sliding member to slide when the locking member is in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Manabu Yamanaka, Masamitsu Takasaki, Takashi Fujikawa, Mitsuhiro Tomita
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Patent number: 9219321Abstract: An anti-deformation low profile card edge connector includes an insulation body having a transverse elongated shape and a plurality of terminals. The insulation body has a top portion and a bottom portion forming along a transverse direction of the insulation body. An insertion slot is indentedly formed between the top portion and the bottom portion. The bottom portion is connected to a terminal base protruding further out than the top portion. Each terminal is respectively arranged on the terminal base to insert into the insertion slot. The insulation body and the terminal base are connected in such a manner that a space is reserved between them, and thereby the even contact between each terminal and the circuit board is not affected by deformation during a process of welding the card edge connector and a circuit board together.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignees: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP., BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC (KUNSHAN) CORP.Inventors: Kuan-Wu Chen, Hsing-Yu Lee
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Patent number: 9213921Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and an electronic card connector fixed on the housing. The electronic card connector includes a tray and a fixing member. The tray includes a main body defining a card slot. The tray further includes two elastic arms protruding from two sidewalls of the tray respectively. The elastic arms include protrusions. The fixing member includes two notches corresponding to the two protrusions. When the main body receives in the second accommodating space, each of the two protrusions receives in one of the two notches respectively to engage the tray with the fixing member. When a pressure applied on the two elastic arms to enable the two protrusions to disengage from the two notches, the tray is disengaged from the fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: ShenZhen Treasure City Technology Co., LTD.Inventors: Qian Lei, Zhong-Qiong Yang
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Patent number: 9203187Abstract: A hot plug structure of an electronic peripheral device has a connecting port. The hot plug structure includes a base having a linear way, a support connected to the base and moveable along the linear way in which the electronic peripheral device is fixed on the support, a connector installed on the base and disposed corresponding to one side of the linear way, and a rotating part disposed corresponding to the other side of the linear way. The rotating part has a first pivot portion pivoted around the base and a second pivot portion pivoted around the support. The rotating part can be rotated to drive the support close to or away from the connector such that the connecting port is plugged in or unplugged from the connector. Therefore, the connection efficiency and use convenience of the hot plug structure are improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: AIC INC.Inventors: Chung-I Kuo, Lin-Kuei Tsai
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Patent number: 9197000Abstract: The disclosure provides a subscriber identity module (SIM) card holder, a base of the SIM card holder is provided with SIM card metallic contacts and first fixed metallic pins connected with the metallic contacts; the base of the SIM card holder is further provided with an additional metallic dome; the additional metallic dome is in uncompressed state and in contact with high level when the SIM card is not plugged in the SIM card holder, and is in compressed state and in contact with low level when the SIM card is plugged in the SIM card holder, delivering the high/low level with which it is in contact to a master chip of a mobile terminal to identify the plug-in and pull-out of the SIM card. The disclosure further comprises a mobile terminal and a method of identification of the hot-plug of a SIM card. With the help of the disclosure, problems of complex design, occupation of motherboard space, increased product cost in existing cell phones with hot-plug of SIM cards may be solved.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventor: Zhuojiao Jiang
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Patent number: 9197021Abstract: The micro SIM card socket of the Present Disclosure, by manufacturing the contact terminals in a “U” shape, can resolve the problem of narrowing contact terminal installation space due to miniaturization trends, and also the problem of collision between the card front end and the contact terminals when a card is inserted; it can effectively prevent the malfunction or poor contact that can occur due to the inability of the contact terminals to firmly contact the connection terminals of the SIM card when the SIM card is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Sung Hyuk Joo
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Patent number: 9197625Abstract: Device information for each of multiple devices associated with a user account is maintained by a cloud service. The device information can include credential information allowing the device to be accessed by other ones of the multiple devices, remote access information indicating how the device can be accessed by other ones of the multiple devices on other networks, and property information including settings and/or device drivers for the device. The device information for each of the multiple devices is made available to other ones of the multiple devices, and can be used by the multiple devices to access one another and provide a consistent user experience across the multiple devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Narayanan Ganapathy, Esaias E. Greeff
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Patent number: 9197016Abstract: The present invention provides a self-ejectable port fixing device for contact connecting with a port having a port chip. The port fixing device comprises a casing having an opening through which the port chip is allowed to insert and to contact with a receptacle chip provided in the casing. The port fixing device further comprises an elastic unit and a locking unit. The elastic unit is compressed directly or indirectly by the port so as to accumulate elastic potential energy while the port chip is getting closer to the receptacle chip. When the port chip is in contact with the receptacle chip, the locking unit locks the port chip at this contacting position. When the locking unit is unlocked, the elastic unit releases the elastic potential energy to push the port chip to be detached from the receptacle chip.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanling Han, Changlin Leng, Tianyue Zhao
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Patent number: 9190775Abstract: An electrical card connector 100 includes an insulative housing 1 defining a card receiving space 12, a plurality of contacts 2 retained in the housing 1 and an ejector 3 assembled to the housing 1. The ejector 3 includes a slider 31, a spring 32 and a cam follower 33. The cam follower 33 includes a pivoting end 331, a sliding end 333 and a connecting portion 332 connecting with the pivoting end 331 and the sliding end 333. The housing has a first recess 112 defining a bottom wall and a second recess 113 defining a top wall and connecting with the first recess 112 along a left-to-right direction, the first recess 112 and the second recess 113 both are formed along an up-to-down direction, the pivoting end 331 is received in a pivoting hole 3114 surrounded by the first and second recesses 112, 113.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Fang-Yue Zhu, Chun Ye, Yu-Che Huang
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Patent number: 9159372Abstract: A box is provided for receiving a removable element. The box is a generally rectangular box fitted with a tilting cam of cut-out sheet metal situated in the rear portion of the box body, the tilting cam having an actuation end and an ejection end situated on either side of a central portion of said cam for the purpose of ejecting the removable element when the cam is tilted about its central portion. The box body has in the rear portion of its top face a tab including a base extended by a tongue that extends parallel to said top face while being spaced apart from said top face, together with a lug projecting from the top face and situated facing a free end of the tongue. The tilting cam is secured to the box body by snap-fastening, having its central portion engaged firstly between the tongue and the top face of the box body, and secondly between the lug and the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SASInventors: Didier Venom, Dominique Susini, Grégory Sonjon
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Patent number: 9147134Abstract: A connector device comprises a tray, a connector body, a lock member and a pressing member. The lock member is unmovable beyond a second position along an ejection direction. The pressing member applies a force toward the second position directly or indirectly to the lock member. The tray is formed with a locked portion. The lock member is provided with a lock portion and a pressed portion. The lock portion locks the locked portion to prevent the tray from moving beyond a lock position along the ejection direction when the tray is accommodated in the connector body. The pressing member presses the pressed portion against the case when the connector device is attached in the case. The tray located at the locked position is positioned relatively to the case by this pressing.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventor: Masaaki Shimada
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Patent number: 9142918Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield (3) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space (10), an ejector comprising an operating member (4), and an actuating member (5) actuated by the operating member. The actuating member includes a post (51) located in the insulative housing, a pivoting plate (52) pivotedly assembled on the post, and a torsion spring (50). The torsion spring has a helical portion (501) installed around the post, a first flexible beam (5021) retaining with the pivoting plate, and a second flexible beam (5022) secured with the operating member.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei-De Zhang
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Patent number: 9135527Abstract: An ejecting device includes a housing for allowing insertion of a storage card, an engaging member, a processor, a ejecting member, an electromagnet, a switch button, and an spring member. The ejecting member is received and movable in the housing. The engaging member is configured to engage in the ejecting member or disengage from the ejecting member. The switch button is configured to generate an ejection signal. The processor is configured to execute a program to save data in the storage card in response to the ejection signal and control the electromagnet to pull the engaging member out of the ejecting member after the execution of the program is finished. The spring member is configured to push the ejecting member and the storage card out of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Chih-Hua Hsu
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Patent number: 9135944Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an ejector mechanism for at least partially ejecting a removable module (e.g., a SIM card tray) from the device. The ejector mechanism may include a user interface portion and a tray interface portion, and each interface portion may include a first end fixed to the device and a second end coupled to the second end of the other interface portion. Tension between the fixed first ends may bias the ejector mechanism to alternate between two ejector mechanism states when the ejector mechanism receives either a user input force to eject the removable module from the connector or a tray input force to insert the removable module into the connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Kenneth A. Jenks