Plural Slots For Electrically Interconnecting Plural Printed Circuit Boards Patents (Class 439/631)
  • Patent number: 11966352
    Abstract: An information handling system with modular riser components for receiving expansion cards having various requirements. The system includes a riser body assembly having a common support structure for receiving expansion cards. The common support structure may be coupled to different expansion structures to provide support of expansion cards having requirements that would not be met by the common support structure alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yu-Feng Lin, Hao-Cheng Ku, Yi-Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 11909139
    Abstract: Housings have blade receiving portions for blade insertion formed in a peripheral wall by two side walls facing each other in the through-thickness direction of the blades and two end walls; the multiple connecting units include end connecting units located at the opposite ends in the through-thickness direction of the blades and intermediate connecting units located between the end connecting units; engagement grooves engaging with counterpart connect bodies formed in the intermediate connecting units between the side walls and the end walls of the housing to extend in the through-thickness direction of the blades and be open toward the counterpart connect bodies; and no grooves are formed in end connecting units to an extent equal to or greater than the depth of the engagement grooves of the intermediate connecting units between the end walls and the outer side walls located on the outside in the through-thickness direction of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunkai Yang, Kota Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11876326
    Abstract: The present application provides a high-voltage connector and an electromagnetic shielding shell for a high-voltage connector, the electromagnetic shielding shell has a main body; a connecting body; and a plurality of elastic arms, arranged at intervals between the main body and the connecting body; an end of each of the elastic arms is connected to the main body, and the other end of each of the elastic arms is connected to the connecting body, each of the elastic arms is provided with a protrusion protruding in a radial direction, and the protrusion is configured for electrically contacting a shielding member of a mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuchen Yang, Mengyu Zhang, Jianxiong Li, Kaixuan (Evan) Jiang, Haomai (Ivan) Yin, Xiao (Nichee) Zhou
  • Patent number: 11831104
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a direct current (DC) plug, a DC socket and electric equipment. The DC plug is configured to be connected to a DC socket to supply power to an electrical equipment. The DC plug includes: a center contact, including a first center contact side surface, a second center contact side surface, a third center contact side surface and a fourth center contact side surface, wherein the first center contact side surface and the second center contact side surface are oppositely disposed, and the third center contact side surface and the fourth center contact side surface are oppositely disposed; first plug current conductors, disposed on the first center contact side surface and the second center contact side surface; and second plug current conductors, disposed on the third center contact side surface and the fourth center contact side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Zhigang Zhao, Lei Li, Jinrong Yuan, Qiulian Li, Xiangqian Li
  • Patent number: 11811157
    Abstract: An edge connector for coplanar coupling of two printed circuit boards (PCBs) comprises an elongated body and two end structures. The elongated body has a compression contact space and two PCB contact surfaces, each PCB contact surface having a plurality of contact positions. Portions of compression contacts positioned in the compression contact space extend through contact positions on both PCB contact surfaces. When a PCB edge surface contacts a PCB contact surface of the elongated body, an edge connection on the PCB edge surface contacts a compression contact, forming an electrical connection. Each end structure has two contact pairs, wherein each contact pair has attaching features that couple the edge connector to a PCB to maintain the electrical connection. When two PCBs are coupled to the edge connector, the compression contacts form electric paths for conducting power and/or communication between the two PCBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Arnold Thomas Schnell, Ahsan Habib, Man Tak Ho
  • Patent number: 11777242
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Ke Zhang, Haitao Li, Yong Mu, Kun Wang, Wei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Xinyan Zheng
  • Patent number: 11665855
    Abstract: A scalable graphics card assembly support system for a desktop chassis comprises an end support for coupling to an end of a graphics card assembly and a side support for coupling to a side of the card assembly. The side support can be coupled to any of several positions in a retention guide and the end support may couple to the card assembly or an extension coupled to the graphics card assembly, allowing the graphics card assembly support system to support graphic card assemblies of different lengths, widths and thicknesses. The graphics card assembly support system couples to one or more selected points within the chassis such that a chassis panel can be easily removed for servicing the information handling system. Cable parking connectors and conduit couplers provide better cable and conduit management for a more aesthetically pleasing appearance of an information handling system in the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Henderson
  • Patent number: 11646518
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the housing. Each of the contacts extends in a longitudinal direction and has a retained portion, a contacting portion disposed in front of the retained portion in the longitudinal direction, and a connecting portion disposed behind the retained portion in the longitudinal direction. Each of the contacting portion and the connecting portion are shifted with respect to the retained portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The housing is in contact with the retained portion of each of the contacts from both above and below in the vertical direction and from both right and left in a lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical direction and the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11581675
    Abstract: An electrical contact for use with an electrical connector includes a conducting part and a supporting part wherein the conducting part has a better conduction characteristic than the supporting part while the supporting part has a better resiliency/strength characteristic than the conducting part. The conducting part includes a main body, an upper contacting arm extending upwardly from the main body and a lower contacting arm extending downwardly from the main body. The supporting part includes a secondary body, an upper supporting arm upwardly extending from the secondary body and a lower supporting arm downwardly extend from the secondary body. The main body and the secondary body are engaged together securely. The end of the upper contacting arm and that of the upper supporting arm are coupled together and the end of the lower contacting arm and that of the lower supporting arm are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ming-Lun Szu
  • Patent number: 11355876
    Abstract: An electrical connector provides electrical connection between first, second, and third printed circuit boards (PCBs). The connector defines spaced apart substantially parallel, first, second and third mating slots and includes a plurality of pairs of first terminals and a plurality of pairs of second terminals. For each pair of first terminals: the first terminals are electrically connected to each other; one of the first terminals is disposed in the first mating slot; and the other of the first terminals is disposed in the third mating slot. For each pair of second terminals: the second terminals are electrically isolated from each other; one of the second terminals is disposed in the second mating slot; and the other of the second terminals is disposed in the third mating slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: YunLong Qiao, Saujit Bandhu, Johannes P. M. Kusters
  • Patent number: 11251557
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body provided with multiple accommodating holes running vertically therethrough, and multiple terminals correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes. Each accommodating hole has two protruding portions. Each terminal includes a main body portion. Two upper elastic arms are formed by bending upward and extending from left and right sides of the main body portion. Each upper elastic arm extends backward to form an upper abutting portion. A strip connecting portion extends upward from the main body portion to be connected to a strip. The strip connecting portion is located between the two upper elastic arms. Each of the left and right sides of the main body portion is provided with a position limiting portion protruding outward. The position limiting portion is located below the protruding portion. The position limiting portion and a corresponding upper elastic arm overlap along a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yong Jun Dai
  • Patent number: 11183788
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Ke Zhang, Haitao Li, Yong Mu, Kun Wang, Wei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Xinyan Zheng
  • Patent number: 10938135
    Abstract: An electrical connector provides electrical connection between first, second, and third printed circuit boards (PCBs). The connector defines spaced apart substantially parallel, first, second and third mating slots and includes a plurality of pairs of first terminals and a plurality of pairs of second terminals. For each pair of first terminals: the first terminals are electrically connected to each other; one of the first terminals is disposed in the first mating slot; and the other of the first terminals is disposed in the third mating slot. For each pair of second terminals: the second terminals are electrically isolated from each other; one of the second terminals is disposed in the second mating slot; and the other of the second terminals is disposed in the third mating slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: YunLong Qiao, Saujit Bandhu, Johannes P. M. Kusters
  • Patent number: 10879649
    Abstract: An electrical connector is used to electrically connect a first component to a second component. The electrical connector includes multiple terminals. Each terminal has a connecting portion, a first conduction portion and a second conduction portion. The first conduction portion extends forward from the connecting portion to be electrically connected to the first component, and has a first contact point in contact with the first component. The second conduction portion extends backward from the connecting portion to be electrically connected to the second component, and has a second contact point in contact with the second component. A distance between the first contact point and the second contact point is 7.46±0.4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jun Liu
  • Patent number: 10230186
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a housing that includes a front face and a rear face, each face having a card slot. A row of terminals is provided and some of the terminals in the row have first contacts positioned in a card slot in the front face and second contacts positioned in a card slot in the second face. Other terminals in the row of terminals have contacts in the card slot in the front face and have tails configured to be mounted to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Steven B. Bogiel, Michael Rowlands
  • Patent number: 10205258
    Abstract: The disclosure illustrates an industrial input/output device with series connectors. The industrial input/output device includes a circuit board, a male connector and a female connector respectively electrically connected to both sides of the circuit board, and pin guides configured to guide electrical connection pins of the male connector of another industrial input/output device to slide, so that the male connector of the another industrial input/output device can be electrically connected to the female connector of the industrial input/output device, and the technical effect of providing electrical connection timing control for series connection between the male connector and the female connector can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MOXA INC.
    Inventors: Guan-Liang Lee, Yi-Chun Huang
  • Patent number: 9478889
    Abstract: An electrical connector is to be connected to a first mating connector and a second mating connector. The electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals; and a housing for holing the terminals in a terminal arrangement direction. The housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing attached to the upper housing. The upper housing includes a plurality of upper grooves for holding the terminals. Each of the upper grooves has an upper narrow width portion having a width smaller than other part of the upper groove. The lower housing includes a plurality of lower grooves for holing the terminal. Each of the lower grooves has a lower narrow width portion having a width smaller than other part of the lower groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Oshida
  • Patent number: 9450360
    Abstract: An electrical connector adapted for mating with a first kind or a second kind of mating connector including an insulative housing and a number of conductive terminals received in the insulative housing and arranged in a horizontal row. Each conductive terminal comprises a tail portion, a mating portion, and a middle portion between the tail portion and the mating portion, the mating portion including a first upper contact surface and a first lower contact surface opposite to the first upper contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qing-Man Zhu, Chien-Chiung Wang
  • Patent number: 9246259
    Abstract: A joint connector includes a housing that includes terminal chambers. At least two neighboring joint terminals are housed in terminal chambers neighboring among the terminal chambers, respectively. Each of the neighboring joint terminals includes a wire-crimping portion, a terminal body housed in a terminal chamber among the plurality of terminal chambers, and a pair of first and second contact portions, respectively. The first contact portion of one of the neighboring joint terminals is electrically contacted with the second contact portion of another of the neighboring joint terminals. The connector housing is provided with pairs of elastically deformable tabs, each of the pairs including two opposed deformable tabs and provided in each of the plurality of the terminal chambers. The opposed deformable tabs contact with sidewalls of the terminal body of the each of the neighboring joint terminals, respectively, by an elastic restoration behavior of the opposed deformable tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9231320
    Abstract: A connector that is configured to be installed on a printed circuit board (PCB) and electrically connected to an external terminal is provided. The connector may include a first port that is disposed on the PCB and is configured to accept a first external terminal into the first port in a first direction, and a second port that is layered on top of the first port and is configured to accept a second external terminal into the second port in a second direction that is formed at an angle from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-chul Paik
  • Patent number: 9225111
    Abstract: A joint connector includes a housing that includes terminal chambers. At least two neighboring joint terminals are housed in terminal chambers neighboring among the terminal chambers, respectively. Each of the neighboring joint terminals includes a wire-crimping portion, a terminal body housed in a terminal chamber among the plurality of terminal chambers, and a pair of first and second contact portions, respectively. The first contact portion of one of the neighboring joint terminals is electrically contacted with the second contact portion of another of the neighboring joint terminals. A pair of spring tabs is formed on both sidewalls of the terminal body and contacts with opposed inner surfaces of the terminal chamber, respectively, by an elastic restoration behavior. According to the joint connector, an increase of a contact resistance to be generated by vibrations and temperature variations can be sufficiently restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9219422
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes power-switching phases which each include a high-side and low-side switch. The high-side switch is coupled to the low-side switch at a connection node. The converter also includes a coupled inductor formed of a magnetic core and a conductive sheet. The sheet is formed of a comb structure having a tab and teeth extending from the tab. The conductive sheet is inserted into a slot defined by the magnetic core and extends through the magnetic core with a portion of the tab protruding from the back and a portion of each tooth protruding from the front of the core. Each tooth is coupled to a connection node of a phase and the tab extending through the core forms a toroidal inductor with a single loop coil for each phase, and for all the phases, a directly coupled inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jamaica L. Barnette
  • Patent number: 9172165
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory module connector assembly physically secured along an edge of a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a first plurality of contacts on a first surface of the printed circuit board and a second plurality of contacts on a second surface of the printed circuit board. The memory module connector assembly includes a first edge connector socket for receiving a first memory module, a second edge connector socket for receiving a second memory module, a first plurality of electrical leads electrically connecting contacts within the first edge connector socket to the first plurality of contacts on the first side of the printed circuit board, and a second plurality of electrical leads electrically connecting contacts within the second edge connector socket to the second plurality of contacts on the second side of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tony C. Sass, Derek I. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9160111
    Abstract: A fully embedded electronic plug-in card pluggable into a slot of a plug-in socket having a plurality of elastic guide arms includes a main body, a plurality of conductive plates and a recessed structure. The main body can be wholly plugged into the plug-in socket without protruding out from the plug-in socket. The conductive plate is mounted onto the main body, and exposed from a side of the main body, and each conductive plate is electrically coupled to each respective elastic guide arm. The recessed structure is disposed on the main body and at a position corresponding to the slot of the plug-in socket. The electronic plug-in card can be plugged into the plug-in socket all the time to save the trouble and inconvenience of plugging the card for use or unplugging the card for removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Inventor: Wen-Chi Hsu
  • Patent number: 9093804
    Abstract: A system for connecting a shared DC bus between multiple power converters is disclosed. The DC bus includes a positive and a negative rail across which the DC voltage is present. A pair of DC bus stabs is mounted to a PCB within the power converter. Each DC bus stab is electrically connected to either the positive or negative rail. A connector assembly is mounted to the housing of the power converter such that a first receptacle engages a plug portion of the DC bus stab. The connector assembly also includes a second receptacle extending to the exterior of the power converter. The connector assembly is positioned on each power converter such that a known distance, or one of a number of known distances, is established between adjacent connector assemblies. A DC bus assembly extends between and is plugged into the second receptacle of the two adjacent connector assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew S. Matocky, Kelly J. Bronk
  • Patent number: 9078368
    Abstract: Implementations herein relate to an input/output (I/O) module which can be grouped to form several modules next to each other on a mounting rail, and which can be electrically connected to each other by means of blade/fork contacts. The blade contact element and the fork contact element of the blade/fork contact are designed in such a manner that it is not necessary to group the modules before the assembly on the mounting rail. Instead, subsequent I/O modules can be added to the top or the side of the existing group. Similarly, it is possible to take out or replace individual modules subsequently. Further implementations relate to electrical contact elements for achieving cross jumping between I/O modules. Here, for example, such electrical contact element may be designed as a combined blade-fork contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Johannes
  • Patent number: 8986048
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for testing an integrated circuit of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Aehr Test Systems
    Inventors: David S. Hendrickson, Jovan Jovanovic, Donald P. Richmond, II, William D. Barraclough
  • Patent number: 8954096
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting insertion of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a portable terminal are provided, in which a SIM card is inserted into a SIM card connector, and a controller continuously supplies an operating voltage to a predetermined pin of the SIM card connector, determines whether a voltage level of the predetermined pin of the SIM card connector changes in a predetermined pattern, and determines that the SIM card has been inserted into the SIM card connector if the voltage level of the predetermined pin of the SIM card connector changes in the predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gwang-Hui Lee, Min-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20150004846
    Abstract: A dual card connector includes a holder and a base body. The holder defines two overlapped sliding slots for receiving cards, each sliding slot includes a group of conductive terminal assemblies, the holder includes a plurality of elastic pieces, the elastic pieces are connected to the conductive terminal assemblies. The base body includes at least two groups of connecting terminals. The holder is detachably mounted to the base body, thus the elastic pieces are resisted and electrically connected to the connecting terminals. An electronic device employing the dual card connector is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: LI-FANG CAO, HUA-FENG HAO
  • Patent number: 8870584
    Abstract: A card connector includes an insulative housing with a first card receiving space, a number of first contacts extending into the first card receiving space, a push-push mechanism and a stop wall. The push-push mechanism includes a slider, an elastic member for urging the slider and a locking arm fixed to the slider. The locking arm includes a hook for locking a first card and a resilient buffering member protruding forwardly beyond the slider. The stop wall is located adjacent to an insertion opening of the first card receiving space. The stop wall is capable of resisting against the resilient buffering member so as to slow down the first card when the first card is quickly ejected along the card extraction direction. As a result, the first card can be prevented from flying off the card connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kunshan Jiahua Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fei-Song Ma
  • Patent number: 8855715
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, comprising: a first part configured to receive a first and second removable memory module, a second part coupled with the first part with a hinge, and conductive terminals configured to contact the first removable memory module in a first closed position and the second removable memory module in a second closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Heikki Antero Laaksonen, Timo Juha Hanninen, John Samuels
  • Patent number: 8829348
    Abstract: A communications cable includes a plurality of longitudinally extending pairs of conducting elements, a low profile male connector secured to a first end of the cable, and a low profile female connector secured to an opposite second end of the cable. The plurality of pairs of conducting elements terminate at the male connector in a first orientation and terminate at the female connector in a second orientation. The first and second orientations are such that each respective conducting element can be connected to itself when the male and female connectors are matingly engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Wayne D. Larsen, Amid I. Hashim, Bryan Scott Moffitt
  • Publication number: 20140194007
    Abstract: A control apparatus has a module having first and second module parts, which can be mechanically and electrically combined to form a combined arrangement. The first and second module parts each comprise a housing having a boundary surface opposite one another in the combined arrangement that define a boundary plane. The first and second module parts are combined by a pivoting movement about a pivot axis arranged perpendicular to the boundary plane. One of the module parts has a number of contacts comprising a first electrical contact, and the other module part has a number of mating contacts comprising a first electrical mating contact. In the combined arrangement, each electrical contact makes contact with its corresponding mating contact for electrical connection between the first and second module parts. The contacts comprise conductor tracks on a nonconductive board such that a printed circuit board is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Markus CECH, Andreas VEIT, Patrick HEWER, Thorsten GODAU
  • Publication number: 20140045384
    Abstract: An improved LED-lamp-board connector includes a main housing having a base having terminal sockets. The base has two laterals Formed with arms each separated from the base by a gap. The arms are provided with rabbets. The two arms are connected by a spine. The spine also has plural rabbets corresponding to the terminal sockets on the base. Each of plural terminals has a horizontal plate whose two ends each extended with a spring contacting piece. The horizontal plate has a lateral including an insert to be inserted into the rabbet on the spine or on the arm, making the horizontal plate and the spring contacting piece of the terminal received in the corresponding terminal socket on the base, thereby forming the connector. The connector receives two LED lamp boards inserted to its two ends, thereby forming an LED lamp board assembly of a variable length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: HSU LI YEN
  • Patent number: 8550854
    Abstract: An edge connector is disclosed, having a configuration in which board contacting portions of terminals coming into contact with both ends of the board are displaced, an overall spring portion of each terminal applying an biasing force to the board contacting portions are displaced, and the surface of a cover member displacing the spring portion is configured as a sloped surface. Due to this configuration, it is possible to apply a stable biasing force to the board contacting portion without plastically deforming the terminals and to bring the board contacting portion of the terminal into secure contact with the board even when the thickness of the board varies greatly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Masato Okano, Shin Sakiyama
  • Publication number: 20130237067
    Abstract: A data bus structure for the terminal blocks, comprising: a main body to be plugged into a support rail for the terminal blocks; said main body comprising a plurality of slots formed therein; and at least 2 conductive pieces to be inserted in said slots of said main body to form guiding rail. The data bus structure provides a data bus for a plurality of terminal blocks for the transmission of electricity and signals, as well stable supports to the terminal blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Dinkle Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai WU
  • Patent number: 8508949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple micro HF-contact arrangement with HF-connections for passing through or contacting in a housing opening or in a duct, in particular at the transition from coaxial line or microstrip line to a coplanar line. The HF-connection thus comprises at least two circuit boards arranged in a plane which may be connected to each other by means of a planar contact pin on one circuit board and at least one planar socket on the other circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Rosenberger
  • Patent number: 8500469
    Abstract: In a card accommodation portion, an upper section (14U) provided with contact terminals (16ai) electrically connected to an SD card (SDC) detachably attached and a lower section (14D) provided with contact terminals (18ai) electrically connected to an HG-Duo card (22) or a Duo card (23) detachably attached are formed in a stacked manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yosuke Takai
  • Patent number: 8493741
    Abstract: A Subsea Electronics Module for a well installation, comprising: a housing; at least two printed circuit boards having control circuitry provided thereon; and a communications component for enabling communication between the control printed circuit boards; wherein the module further comprises a communications handling board operatively connected to the printed circuit boards, the communications component being mounted on the communications handling board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Controls Limited
    Inventor: Julian R. Davis
  • Patent number: 8465327
    Abstract: Structures, methods, and apparatus that provide sockets or connectors that are capable of operating at high data rates. One example provides a connector that uses a flex board to form a connection between pins of a socket or connector and a printed circuit board. In another example, one or more flex boards are used to provide a signal path between a memory device, such as an SODIMM, and a printed circuit board. Another example provides a stack of wafers, each formed of an insulated material and supporting one or more conductive pins for making an electrical connection between a memory device and a flex board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Springer, Vince Duperron, Marc Simmel, Peter Mitchell, Joshua Funamura
  • Publication number: 20130102170
    Abstract: The Present Disclosure has the effect of maximizing space utilization in the internal space of the socket during mounting/unmounting. In addition, the Present Disclosure enables attachment/removal within a minimal space, because the extraction stroke for a first memory card is so short. Also, the Present Disclosure can reduce the total socket height because the second memory card contact terminal and the first memory card contact terminal alignments do not overlap. Furthermore, the Present Disclosure has the advantage that cellular telephone OS errors do not occur, because the second memory card cannot be removed at will when the mobile communication terminal is powered on, with battery installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventor: MOLEX INCORPORATED
  • Patent number: 8419478
    Abstract: A dual-card connector for receiving dual SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) cards therein includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, an upper cover and a lower cover. The insulating housing has a base body. A top and a bottom of the base body define two sets of longitudinal terminal grooves. Each set of the terminal grooves is divided into a front row and a rear row penetrating a front end and a rear end of the base body, respectively. The conductive terminals are received in the corresponding terminal grooves of the insulating housing for electrically connecting with the respective SIM cards. The upper cover is covered to the insulating housing to form a first insertion space therebetween for receiving a first SIM card. The lower cover is covered to the insulating housing to form a second insertion space therebetween for receiving a second SIM card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhu-Rui Liu, Jui-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20130059478
    Abstract: A dual-card connector for receiving dual SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) cards therein includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, an upper cover and a lower cover. The insulating housing has a base body. A top and a bottom of the base body define two sets of longitudinal terminal grooves. Each set of the terminal grooves is divided into a front row and a rear row penetrating a front end and a rear end of the base body, respectively. The conductive terminals are received in the corresponding terminal grooves of the insulating housing for electrically connecting with the respective SIM cards. The upper cover is covered to the insulating housing to form a first insertion space therebetween for receiving a first SIM card. The lower cover is covered to the insulating housing to form a second insertion space therebetween for receiving a second SIM card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHU-RUI LIU, Jui-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 8297788
    Abstract: An LED light assembly includes a plurality of LED printed circuit boards (PCB), with each LED PCB having at least one LED bulb and electrical connector pads configured at each opposite end of the boards. At least one electrical connector is configured to connect one end of a first LED PCB to an end of a second said LED PCB such that the first and second LED PCBs are electrically connected end-to-end. The connected LED PCBs may be configured in a light tube that includes connector end caps for mounting the light tube in a light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Bishop
  • Publication number: 20120258630
    Abstract: A card adapter is disposed in a slot of an electronic device. The card adapter includes a slit which is configured such that a card with information written therein is inserted into the slit, an opening portion which reaches from an outer surface of the card adapter to the slit, and a fall-out prevention member which is disposed in the opening portion and which is movable in a thickness direction of the card adapter. When the card is inserted into the slit, the fall-out prevention member moves in the thickness direction of the card adapter and a portion thereof protrudes from the outer surface of the card adapter to come into contact with an inner wall surface of a case of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuaki Takao
  • Patent number: 8282422
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector having a connector housing and contacts held by the connector housing, where the contacts defining a separable mating interface for mating with a mating component. An actuator engages the contacts and is movable between an actuated position and an unactuated position. The contacts are deflected relative to the connector housing when the actuator is moved to the actuated position. An actuation device is configured to move the actuator between the actuated position and the unactuated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Elof Hamner, Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Robert Neil Mulfinger, Jason M'Cheyne Reisinger, Attalee Snarr Taylor
  • Patent number: 8262400
    Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing defining a first receiving chamber and a second receiving chamber. A fool-proofing member has a pivot pillar vertically pivoted in one side of the insulating housing, a first fool-proofing portion and a second fool-proofing portion protruded on an outside face of the pivot pillar and apart designed at an upper position and a lower position of the pivot pillar at an angle. An elastic element is put around a top of the pivot pillar to make the first fool-proofing portion hidden in the insulating housing and the second fool-proofing portion stretched in the second receiving chamber for receiving one card in the first receiving chamber. The first fool-proofing portion stretches into the first receiving chamber under the rotation drive of the fool-proofing member realized by another card being inserted into the second receiving chamber to push the second fool-proofing portion rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi-Cheng Qu, Bing-Tao Yang, Yin-Lung Wu, Ming-Chiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20120178302
    Abstract: An electrical card connector for holding a card with a notch defined on a lateral side thereof, includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a push-push mechanism. The push-push mechanism includes a slider movable between an initial position and a final locking position along a front-to-back direction, a spring abutting against the slider and an elastic locking arm having a card lock for locking with the notch of the card. The slider further includes a rigid protrusion to engage with the notch of the card. The rigid protrusion not only helps the card lock hold the card when the slider is located at the final locking position, but also helps the card lock prevent the card from flying out of the card receiving space when the slider moves from the final locking position back to the initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JIAN-FEI YU, FANG-YUE ZHU, QI-JUN ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20120178301
    Abstract: An assembly of connectors for memory cards includes a number of connectors. Each connector includes a main body longitudinally defining a slot therein into which a memory card is inserted, and two fixing members respectively extending from opposite ends of the main body. A post and a receiving portion respectively extend from opposite sides of each fixing member. The posts of one connector are engaged in the receiving portions of an adjacent connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIANG CAO
  • Patent number: RE46475
    Abstract: A connector for a first wiring board of a first module type apparatus and a second wiring board of a second module type apparatus, the connector providing electrical connection between the first wiring board of the first module type apparatus and the second wiring board of the second module type apparatus when the first module type apparatus and the second module type apparatus are engaged with each other, the connector includes a housing; a first terminal; and a second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Yamakami, Manabu Shimizu