Distinct Contact Secured To Panel Circuit Patents (Class 439/78)
  • Patent number: 7925315
    Abstract: A portable audio device having reduced sensitivity to RF interference over a predetermined frequency range from an adjacent mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a battery carried thereby, a recharging power input connected to the battery, a digital signal input, and an audio analog signal output. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may be carried by the portable housing and powered by the battery for converting a selected digital audio file from a memory into an analog audio signal. An audio analog amplifier may be connected between the DAC and the audio analog signal output. A first RF filter(s) may be connected to the recharging power input, and a second RF filter(s) may be connected to the audio analog signal output, both for reducing RF interference over the predetermined frequency range from the adjacent mobile wireless communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Lizhong Zhu, Michael Corrigan, George Mankaruse
  • Publication number: 20110081792
    Abstract: A connector includes: a signal pin provided at a front end thereof with a terminal contacting a terminal provided in an electronic component, and electrically conducting a board with the electronic component; and a housing the signal pin, wherein the housing includes: a front end member within which the signal pin is secured, and connected to a connector provided in the electronic component; a rear end member secured in the board; and an elastic member arranged between the front end member and the rear end member, and having a block shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Hiroyuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20110080712
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a connector for a composite structure includes at least one conducting element that is coupled to a node of an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure. The composite structure has two opposing surfaces in which the conducting element is disposed essentially between the surfaces of the composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: William C. Strauss
  • Publication number: 20110065293
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing; an upper row of contacts and a lower row of contacts parallel to each other. Each contact includes a retention portion, a mating portion and a pressing arm extending from two opposite ends of the retention portion. Each pressing arm includes a bending portion and a contact tail extending from an end of the contact tail. An imaginary central plane defined in the insulative housing about which the mating portions and the retention portions of contacts of the upper row and the lower row are symmetrical. Wherein each pressing arm includes a bending portion extending to the central plane and a pressing portion extending from the bending portion, the pressing portions are overlapped seen from a direction along which the contacts are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: YU ZHU
  • Publication number: 20110059633
    Abstract: A surface mount contact includes a conducting pin having a shank, a first end at one end of the shank and second end at the other end of the shank, a first annular flange extending around the periphery of the shank and spaced between the first end and the second end and a second annular flange extending around the periphery of the shank and spaced between the second end and the first annular flange, and a thermoplastic connection member joined to the second end of the conducting pin and spaced from the second annular flange at a predetermined distance so that there is a room for the user to judge the connection status and quality between the conducting pin and the thermoplastic connection member during surface mounting, assuring bonding stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: POWER MATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lien-Hsing CHEN, Chih-Chi CHANG, Hui-Hung HSIANG
  • Publication number: 20110059632
    Abstract: An electrical insulation displacement connector (IDC) assembly includes a body having at least one channel with an open top side configured for receipt of an insulated conductive core wire therein. A contact element is fixed in the body with a first insulation displacement end defined by opposed blades oriented across the channel, and a second end extending from a bottom surface of the body and configured for electrical contact with a PCB. The IDC assembly includes a cap having a size and configuration so as to engage over the body, with the cap including a recess with an open bottom that is aligned with the body channel in a fitted configuration of the cap on the body. The wires may be initially received in the cap recesses wherein upon pressing engagement of the cap onto the body, the insulated conductive core wire is pressed into the body channel between and into the contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: AVX CORPORATION
    Inventor: PETER BISHOP
  • Publication number: 20110053391
    Abstract: A socket connector includes a housing having a mating end and a mounting end. The housing has a receptacle at the mating end configured to receive an electronic module therein. The mounting end of the housing is configured to be mounted to a circuit board. Contacts are held by the housing. The contacts have mating ends exposed within the receptacle for mating with the electronic module. The contacts having mounting ends extending from the housing for terminating to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JASON EDWARD VRENNA, JAMES ALBERT LEIDY
  • Patent number: 7896660
    Abstract: An IC card includes a frame with a rectangular border open on one side, a printed circuit board equipping an electronic component, a plate-shaped connector, and one pair of conductive shell plates. The connector constitutes one side of the frame. The one pair of shell plates covers both faces of the frame and the connector. The connector has a housing, a plurality of male contacts arranged in parallel in the interior of the housing, and a short circuit terminal. The male contacts are such that one end portion is a connecting portion to an external terminal and another end portion is connected to the printed circuit board. The short circuit terminals are mounted on the housing such that one end portion is in contact with a predetermined male contact among the plurality of male contacts and another end portion is in contact with an inner wall of a shell plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tochi, Masaki Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20110034045
    Abstract: Stackable circuit devices include mechanical and electrical connection elements that are optionally disengageable and disconnectable. The mechanical connection elements comprise pairs of complementary male and female plug-in engagement elements respectively arranged at opposite matching positions on top and bottom faces of each device package. The male and female plug-in engagement elements provide a mutual plug-in engagement. The electrical connection elements comprise a plurality of first and second complementary contact elements respectively arranged in opposite and matching positions on either the top or bottom face of each device package. When the circuit devices are stacked, the first contact elements are respectively configured to provide an electrical connection to a complementary matching second contact element of an adjacently plugged in circuit device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: QIMONDA AG
    Inventors: Christoph Bilger, Peter Gregorius, Michael Bruennert, Maurizio Skerlj, Wolfgang Walthes, Johannes Stecker, Hermann Ruckerbauer, Dirk Scheideler, Roland Barth
  • Publication number: 20110021043
    Abstract: An electric assembly includes a circuit board and an electric connector. The circuit board comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The electric connector includes a metallic case, an insulating base, first leads and second leads. The insulating base is connected with the metallic case. The first leads are disposed on the insulating base and soldered to the first surface. The first leads includes a pair of first differential signal leads, a pair of second differential signal leads and a ground lead located between the pair of first differential signal leads and the pair of second differential signal leads. The second leads are disposed on the insulating base and soldered to the second surface. The second leads include a power lead, a second ground lead and a pair of third differential signal leads located between the power lead and the second ground lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Sheng-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 7874847
    Abstract: Electrical connection is established by bringing solder bumps formed as electrical connecting terminals of an electronic part and spiral contactors formed as electrical contactors of a circuit substrate into contact with each other. The solder bumps are formed such that heights thereof relative to a surface on which the solder bumps are formed are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Jun Matsui, Koji Terada, Hiroyuki Nobuhara
  • Publication number: 20110013400
    Abstract: An apparatus has a plurality of types of plugs used for different purposes and a plurality of circuit board assemblies. Each of the plurality of the circuit board assemblies includes a circuit board having a plurality of wiring portions formed thereon, an electrical and electronic part mounted on the circuit board, and a plurality of sockets attached to the circuit board and connected to the electrical and electronic part via the plurality of wiring portions. The sockets included in all of the plurality of circuit board assemblies have the same shape and are configured to receive any of the plurality of types of plugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kanno, Yoshiaki Ishiyama
  • Publication number: 20110003491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a socket including a connector insulatedly disposed inside the socket, the connector including contacts electrically connected to a source of input current. The socket further includes a slot for receiving an electronic card in the socket for connecting it to the connector, and a conductor for coupling the connector to at least one blade contact in the socket. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the socket further includes an insulating body defining at least one plug blade receiving slot for disposing the blade contact therein, and a card slot which extends to the connector, and the electronic card is further having contacts complementary to each of the connector contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SUPCO INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Nissim Levy, Michael Ratz
  • Publication number: 20110003490
    Abstract: An electronic device and a connector thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a circuit board and an electronic device and the connector disposed on the circuit board. The connector includes a slot and a cap. The slot is configured for a card module to be plugged in along a plugging direction. A first pillar portion and a second pillar portion are at two opposite sides of the slot. The cap is disposed on a top of the first pillar portion and has a first protruding portion. The first protruding portion protrudes out of a side of the first pillar portion away from the second pillar portion while observing along the plugging direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Chung, Shu-Fen Huang, Yu-Chen Lee, Tsung-Hua Wu
  • Patent number: 7857638
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for mounting onto a printed circuit board (5), includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2, 3) received in the housing and a pair of latching members (4) retained to the housing. The housing defines a mating face (104) and a pair of supporting portions (15) disposed at two opposite ends of the housing in an elongated direction, and each supporting portion defines a supporting face (150) and a receiving slot (17) running through the supporting face. Each latching member is retained to a corresponding receiving slot and defines a locking portion (42) extending perpendicularly to the printed circuit board and projecting out of the receiving slot to expose to the supporting face at a free end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100302746
    Abstract: A process relating to a one step low pressure injection molding method of encapsulating high voltage circuitry while incorporating a unique recessed high voltage connector contact means within the injection molding material, greatly reducing the component size, while increasing the capabilities of this type of circuitry. The process reduces the manufacturing time and maintains a clean sealed contact point for repeated usage by the means of a conductive rubber slug. An additional advantage is by creating cavities through the circuit board; axially leaded high voltage components may be conveniently mounted without additional assembly components while being fully encapsulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: LHV POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Wing, Scott T. Carroll
  • Publication number: 20100304584
    Abstract: A connector set includes at least one of a header and a socket and a jointer. The jointer extends in a direction and is configured to couple the header and the socket so as to be in parallel with each other. The jointer includes first jointer connecting portions provided at both end portions thereof and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and which are configured to engage first connecting portions provided at both end portions of the header, and second jointer connecting portions provided at both end portions of the jointer body and extending in a third direction opposite to the second direction, and which are configured to engage the second connecting portions provided at both end portions of the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youji MIYAZAKI, Kenji OOKURA
  • Publication number: 20100291778
    Abstract: A system comprises a circuit board, a pair of electrically-conductive board contacts mounted on the circuit board, and a connector assembly coupled to the board and adapted to receive an electrical component. The connector assembly has a pair of deflectable arms. Each deflectable arm comprises a conductive arm contact. Inserting the electrical component into the connector causes the deflectable arms to be deflected from a resting position and away from said electrical component thereby preventing the board contacts from electrically contacting the arm contacts. When the electrical component is fully seated in the connector, the deflectable arms revert back to the resting positioning thereby causing the arm contacts to electrically contact the board contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Steven S. Homer, Earl W. Moore, Ronald E. Deluga
  • Publication number: 20100285677
    Abstract: A power supply connector is provided, which is applicable to both large current charging and low current charging, the power supply connector being able to not only maintain the accuracy of monitoring low current charging and the volumetric efficiency of a board by appropriately arranging two types of connector parts, but also contribute to the downsizing of the power supply connector and improvement of the reliability thereof by striking a balance between the volumetric efficiency and the heat radiation characteristics, and ensure safety in the use of the power supply connector while reducing the cost. Insertion holes 4 and connector pins 2 that configure a large current charging connector part are disposed in the vicinity of both ends of the power supply connector 1. There are disposed a plug insertion hole 9 and low current charging connector pins 11 that configure a low current charging connector part held between the insertion holes 4 and the connector pins 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masahiro Sekino, Norio Shimizu, Nagaaki Muro, Yuusaku Hata, Tsutomu Kanetsuna, Kazuhide Ashida, Shun Egusa, Kenji Sato, Kenji Shigehisa
  • Publication number: 20100279522
    Abstract: A connector and a circuit board having the same are disclosed. The circuit board includes a body, multiple electronic components and a connector. The electronic components are disposed on the body. The connector includes a base, a side wall, multiple terminals, a cover and a connecting element. The base is disposed on the body. The side wall is connected to the base and surrounds the base. The side wall and the base define a recess. The terminals pass through the base and are located in the recess, and are electrically connected to the body. The connecting element is connected between the side wall and the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Jane-How Chen
  • Publication number: 20100255693
    Abstract: An exemplary system comprises a cage, a carrier board and a motherboard. The cage is mounted to the carrier board. The carrier board is connected to and oriented approximately normal to the motherboard. The carrier board may include at least one first conductor disposed on a surface of the carrier board and the motherboard may includes a socket for receiving the at least one first conductor of the carrier board. A small form factor pluggable may be connected in the cage and thereby coupled to the motherboard, thus permitting orientation of optical SFP modules normal to the motherboard allowing increasing module density in the limited space available on shelf in a rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Bobby E. Brown, Steven D. Sensel
  • Publication number: 20100255694
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connector including: a printed circuit board including a guide hole and a locking hole; a plurality of connection pads provided on a top surface of the printed circuit board; a housing which is mounted on the printed circuit board and including a guide inserted into the guide hole and a locking unit inserted into the locking hole, which are protrudingly formed on a bottom surface of the housing; a plurality of terminals inserted and fixed into the housing so that one ends are positioned inside the housing and the other ends are projected to an outside of the housing; and terminal units in contact with top surfaces of the connection pads by being connected to the one ends of the terminals inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Ju Rae KIM, Jong Rak Kim, Min Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20100246145
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shell, a printed circuit board, and a dummy connector. The shell defines a through hole and accommodates the printed circuit board. The dummy connector includes a main body and a grounded portion. The main body includes a projection engaging the through hole. The grounded portion extends from the main body and is electrically fixed to the printed circuit board to be grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY(ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao-Feng Ma, Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Publication number: 20100248505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board and a connecting method thereof. The connecting method of the circuit board assembly may include molding the printed circuit board assembly by applying a resin to the printed circuit board assembly, exposing ends of the electrode terminals of a connector mounted on a printed circuit board by partially removing the molded printed circuit board assembly, and connecting a connection member to the exposed ends of the electrode terminals of the connector. Therefore, even if the whole of the printed circuit board assembly is molded, the connection member may be freely connected to the connector of the printed circuit board assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Hyun Tae Kim, Tae Sang Park, Young Jun Moon, Soon Min Hong, Hyo Young Shin
  • Patent number: 7803020
    Abstract: A computer system architecture in which functionally compatible electronic components are located on modular printed circuit boards. Thus, a type of processor used by the system can be changed by replacing the printed circuit board incorporating the processor. Similarly a type of peripheral bus used can be changed simply by replacing the printed circuit board containing the peripheral controller. High-density connectors connect the circuit boards. Some embodiments of the invention use a single backplane. Other embodiments place peripheral slots on a second, passive backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventors: Stanford W. Crane, Jr., Maria M. Portuondo, Willard Erickson, Maurice Bizzarri
  • Patent number: 7798854
    Abstract: A connector which is capable of preventing degradation of transmission, and achieving downsizing. Contact portions of first and second signal contacts, and contact portions of ground contacts are arranged in a row in a contact arranging direction. Contact portions of contacts for non-high-speed transmission are arranged in a row in the contact arranging direction. The row formed by the contact portions of the first and second signal contacts, and the contact portions of the ground contacts, and the rows formed by the contact portions of the contacts for non-high-speed transmission are parallel. The contact portions of each pair of first and second signal contacts are disposed between the contact portions of adjacent ones of the ground contacts in the contact arranging direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Yukitaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7794240
    Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with high speed, differential electrical connectors. The connectors are formed with columns of conductive elements, some of which carry signals some of which act as ground conductors. The conductive elements may contain projections to secure the conductive elements in a housing or to facilitate desirable current flow patterns. To avoid impedance discontinuities caused by the projections, adjacent conductive elements may be formed with complementary portions to provide a relatively uniform edge-to-edge spacing between signal and ground conductors along the length of the signal conductor. To manufacture such a connector in which both the signal and the ground conductive elements contain projections, the conductive elements carrying signals may be inserted into a housing from one side and the conductive elements acting as ground conductors may be inserted from an opposite side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas S. Cohen, Brian Kirk
  • Publication number: 20100227482
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a conductor extending along a length between a tail and a tip. The conductor has a front mating interface configured to be engaged by a mating component such that the conductor is deflected rearwardly by the mating component. A mechanical support beam is disposed along a rear of the conductor and is configured to provide mechanical support for the conductor to resist rearward deflection of the conductor. Electrical conductivity of the conductor is greater than electrical conductivity of the mechanical support beam. Mechanical strength of the mechanical support beam is greater than mechanical strength of the conductor. Optionally, a flexible substrate may be provided between the conductor and the mechanical support beam, where the conductor has a length that extends along at least a portion of the length of the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: ALAN ROBERT MACDOUGALL, STEVEN J. MILLARD, JAMES A. LEIDY
  • Publication number: 20100225306
    Abstract: A printed circuit board including a P1 connector, a P2 connector, and a first common connector configured to connect an application-specific connector to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: David S. Slaton
  • Publication number: 20100221932
    Abstract: A cassette includes a housing having a plurality of plug cavities configure to receive plugs therein, and a contact subassembly received in the housing. The contact subassembly has a circuit board arid a plurality of contacts coupled to the circuit board, with the contacts being arranged in contact sets that are received in different plug cavities to mate with different ones of the plugs. The cassette also includes a connectivity sensor coupled to the housing. The connectivity sensor is electrically connected to the circuit board of the contact Subassembly, and the connectivity sensor has a plurality of sensor pads configured to interface with sensor probes of the plugs when the plugs are loaded into the plug cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: PAUL JOHN PEPE, SHELDON EASTON MUIR
  • Publication number: 20100221931
    Abstract: A cassette includes a housing having a front and a rear. The housing has a plurality of plug cavities open at the front for receiving plugs therein, and the housing has a rear chamber open to the plug cavities. The cassette also includes a contact subassembly having a circuit board and a plurality of contacts arranged in contact sets coupled to the circuit board. Each contact set is configured to mate with a corresponding plug, where the contact subassembly is loaded into the rear chamber such that the contact sets are received in different corresponding plug cavities. The circuit board is oriented generally parallel to the front of the housing when the contact subassembly is loaded into the rear chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: PAUL JOHN PEPE, SHELDON EASTON MUIR
  • Publication number: 20100210121
    Abstract: A connector and an electronic device having the same are disclosed. The connector includes a base disposed on a circuit board, a surrounding side wall, multiple connection terminals, a covering member and a resilient structure. The surrounding side wall is formed surrounding the base and defining a slot. The connection terminals pass through and secured with the base, respectively and may be electrically connected to the circuit board. The covering member is disposed at the top of the slot and has multiple through holes corresponding to the connection terminals, respectively. The resilient structure supports the covering member to be located at the top of the slot. When an external force applies on the covering member and deforms the resilient structure, the connection terminals respectively pass through the through holes of the covering member and are therefore revealed for connecting and communicating with the wire connector to transmit signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Jane-How Chen
  • Publication number: 20100210122
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus enables reliable identification of a mark and enables accurate and easy determination of a coordinate position of the mark. The electrical connecting apparatus comprises a supporting body having a lower surface, a plurality of contacts arranged on the lower surface of the supporting body, a mark that is provided on a lower side of the supporting body and whose light passing feature differs from that of an area adjacent to the mark, and a light source provided to the supporting body to irradiate light to the mark from an upper side of the mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
    Inventors: Ken HASEGAWA, Hisao NARITA, Yutaka FUNAMIZU
  • Publication number: 20100197149
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes an array of signal contacts having mating portions configured for mating engagement with corresponding signal contacts of a mating connector assembly. The assembly also includes a housing holding the array of signal contacts in rows and columns. The signal contacts are arranged along axes of the rows and columns, and the mating portions of the signal contacts are oriented at a non-orthogonal angle relative to the axes of the rows and columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: WAYNE SAMUEL DAVIS, ROBERT NEIL WHITEMAN, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100190361
    Abstract: An electrical connecting apparatus comprises a housing having a first recess extending in a first direction in a horizontal plane, opened downward, and having at least a backside inward surface and a plurality of slits spaced in the first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the horizontal plane, a plurality of contacts each arranged in the housing in a state of extending inside the slit from within the first recess and electrically connecting a conductive portion provided on a board to an electrode of a device under test, and a probe holder arranged in the first recess. The backside inward surface of the first recess includes an inclined portion inclined to both the horizontal plane and a vertical plane vertical to it in a state of being further to the front side towards the upper side, and each contact abuts on the inclined portion at least at part of the back end. Thus, slip of the contact against the conductive portion is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Eichi Osato
  • Publication number: 20100184310
    Abstract: An IC card includes a frame with a rectangular border open on one side, a printed circuit board equipping an electronic component, a plate-shaped connector, and one pair of conductive shell plates. The connector constitutes one side of the frame. The one pair of shell plates covers both faces of the frame and the connector. The connector has a housing, a plurality of male contacts arranged in parallel in the interior of the housing, and a short circuit terminal. The male contacts are such that one end portion is a connecting portion to an external terminal and another end portion is connected to the printed circuit board. The short circuit terminals are mounted on the housing such that one end portion is in contact with a predetermined male contact among the plurality of male contacts and another end portion is in contact with an inner wall of a shell plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Tochi, Masaki Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20100178782
    Abstract: A connection base assembly for an IC testing apparatus has a base, a top cap and a conductive assembly. The base has a bottom board and an outer frame provided with multiple grooves. The grooves are defined in the top of and extend to the bottom of the outer frame to form multiple through holes in the bottom of the outer frame. The conductive assembly is mounted between the base and the top cap and has multiple conductive elements, multiple top resilient elements and multiple bottom resilient elements. The conductive elements are mounted respectively in the grooves in the outer frame of the base, and each conductive element has a contacting segment and a connecting segment. The top resilient elements and the bottom resilient elements are respectively mounted on and abut with the tops and the bottoms of the resilient elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Yi-Chih Yang, Ming-Jui Lin
  • Patent number: 7752788
    Abstract: A cable connector includes a base formed on a circuit board, a plurality of pins extending from the base and electrically connected to the circuit board, and a signal type indicator. A plurality of through holes is defined in the signal type indicator to receive the pins, and an emblem is arranged on the signal type indicator to indicate the signal type of the cable connector. The diameter of each through hole is greater than the diameter of each pin so that the pins can pass through the through holes of the signal type indicator for mounting the signal type indicator on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Publication number: 20100167572
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprising a substrate (6), an electrical connector mounted onto the upper surface (60) of the substrate (6) and comprising an insulative housing (8) with a plurality of contacts (9) and a load plate (1) pivotally mounted onto the substrate (6) adjacent to the insulative housing (8) and substantially covering the insulative housing (8), a reinforcing member (5) assembled to the lower surface of the substrate (6) and an interlocking cam (22) rotationally mounted on a free end of the load plate (1), and extending through the substrate (6) to interlock to the reinforcing member (5) at a first position in which the load plate (1) is pressed toward the insulative housing (8), and rotated to a second position in which the load plate (1) is free to move away from the insulative housing (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Albert Harvey Terhune, IV, Cheng-Chi Yeh, Hao-Yun Ma, Darrell Wertz, David Gregory Howell
  • Publication number: 20100151709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in connector (1) for circuit boards (40), comprising a number of contact elements (30). Each contact element (30) is fitted with two terminal ends, one of which is designed as a wire-connecting contact for connecting wires while the other terminal end is designed as a tuning fork contact (31) for contacting terminal areas on a circuit board (40). The plug-in connector (1) further comprises a plastic housing inside which the contact elements (30) are arranged. The wire-connecting contacts can be connected from outside and are designed as wire-wrap contacts (32) which are disposed in at least two rows. The wire-wrap contacts (32) of the different rows are offset relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Ralf-Dieter Busse
  • Publication number: 20100151710
    Abstract: A multi-port telecommunications connector panel has an electrically conductive housing that defines a plurality of ports, each with a plug receiving cavity aligned with a respective set of jack contacts. The housing surrounds the sets of jack contacts individually and collectively to separate and isolate adjacent ports. Electrically conductive isolation barriers, which are electrically connected to and may be integral with the housing, separate adjacent sets of insulation displacement contacts, which are arranged in an offset pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shadi A. AbuGhazaleh, Joseph E. Dupuis, Christopher W. Gribble, Naved S. Khan, Douglas P. O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20100149070
    Abstract: An electrical connection structure including: a first terminal attached to an edge portion of a circuit board, and composed of a first nipping portion, a connecting portion, a second nipping portion and a leaf spring portion each formed integrally in order as a single member, wherein the connecting portion exists along a side face of the edge portion, the first and second nipping portion and the connecting portion hold the edge portion therebetween and the leaf spring portion extends from an opposite side to the side of the connecting portion of the second nipping portion so that an interior angle formed by the second nipping portion and the leaf spring portion to be an acute; and a second terminal to be electrically connected to the leaf spring portion, wherein the second terminal is pressed to the leaf spring portion into a direction of widening the interior angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyuichi Sato, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenichi Kamada, Takao Kato
  • Publication number: 20100144169
    Abstract: High-speed backplane connectors systems for mounting a substrate that are capable of operating at speeds of up to at least 25 Gbps, while in some implementations also providing pin densities of at least 50 pairs of electrical connectors per inch are disclosed. Implementations of the high-speed connector systems may provide ground shields and/or other ground structures that substantially encapsulate electrical connector pairs, which may be differential electrical connector pairs, in a three-dimensional manner throughout a backplane footprint, a backplane connector, and a daughtercard footprint. These encapsulating ground shields and/or ground structures prevent undesirable propagation of non-traverse, longitudinal, and higher-order modes when the high-speed backplane connector systems operates at frequencies up to at least 30 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Douglas W. Glover, David W. Helster, Timothy R. Minnick, Chad W. Morgan, Evan C. Wickes
  • Publication number: 20100144171
    Abstract: A protective cover for an electrical connector for contacting a circuit carrier is disclosed, wherein the electrical connector includes an electrically insulating housing and at least one contact having a contact portion for contacting a mating contact and a connecting portion for contacting a plated through hole of the circuit carrier via an electrically conductive press-in connection. The protective cover has at least one opening through which the connecting portion of the at least one contact enters in the assembled state and is configured in such a way that, in cooperation with the contact and/or the electrically insulating housing, the protective cover covers an intake region of the plated through hole toward the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Matthias Lechner, Heiko Urban, Michael Schall, Helge Schmidt, Michael Spielvogel, Marous Schulte
  • Publication number: 20100144172
    Abstract: A vehicle power distribution circuit board has interconnected electronic components and a connector mounted thereon. The interconnected electronic components include one or more heat generating components. The connector includes a main body formed of an electrically insulating material for supporting a plurality of terminals. The terminals have first ends connected to the circuit board and second ends adapted to be connected to a mating connector of a vehicle wiring harness. The main body of the connector is configured to form an air gap between the main body and the circuit board, and the terminals extend from the main body to the first end through the gap. Also, the connector is positioned on the circuit board with a thermally conductive path from one of the heat generating components to the gap such that the terminals within the air gap function as a heat sink to dissipate heat from the heat generating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Slobodan Pavlovic
  • Patent number: 7722365
    Abstract: In a connector, a connector terminal has a first portion partially supported by a connector housing to be parallel to a wiring board, a second portion exposed outside the housing to be parallel to the board and located closer to the board than the first portion, a joint portion having a first end joined to the first portion and a second end exposed outside the housing and joined to the second portion, and a contact portion soldered to a corresponding land of the board. The first portion of a first terminal is located farther from the board than the first portion of a second terminal. The joint portions of the first and second terminals are located at different distances from the housing. The joint portion of the first terminal is supported by the housing between the first portions of the first and second terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayoshi Honda
  • Publication number: 20100112833
    Abstract: A bridge connector made of PCB material has a first plurality of press-fit pins on one portion of the bridge connector and a second plurality of press-fit pins on another portion of the bridge connector. Within the connector is a set of signal conductors. Each conductor connects a press-fit pin of the first plurality of press-fit pins to a corresponding press-fit pin of the second plurality of press-fit pins. When the connector is attached to a printed circuit board (PCB), the press-fit pins extend into and engage corresponding plated through holes in the PCB. The press-fit pins exert enough retention force to mechanically couple two PCB frame sections. The PCB frame sections are electrically connected through the press-fit pins and corresponding signal conductors of the bridge connector. A bridge connector attached at each corner of an infrared touch sensor frame assembly allows the assembly to be solidly assembled from four sections of PCB: a top, bottom, left, and right PCB frame section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Myoungsoo Jeon
  • Publication number: 20100112834
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for a plurality of conductive terminals, comprising the steps of: (1) punching a flat metallic plate to form a carrier and a plurality of spaced-apart terminal bodies, and blanking each of the terminal bodies to form an uneven surface, so that the uneven surface serves as a wiping unit; (2) bending each of the terminal bodies to form a curved contact segment, a resilient segment, a fixed segment, and a connecting segment, such that the uneven surface is located at the contact segment; (3) assembling the bent terminal bodies to an insulating housing; and (4) cutting and removing the carrier from the terminal bodies so that the terminal bodies disposed on the insulating housing constitute the conductive terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicants: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP., Kunshan Jiahua Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuan-Wu CHEN, Zhi-Fu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20100112832
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a contact. The contact includes a first part including a first terminal part and a first connection part; a second part including a second terminal part and a second connection part, and a third part including an elastic part having a first end and a second end connected to the first part and the second part, respectively. The first connection part and the second connection part face each other across a gap. The second terminal part is configured to come into press contact with an electrode in response to fixation of the housing to a board. The third part is configured to elastically deform in response to attachment of a plug to the housing and/or the fixation of the housing to the board, so as to cause the first connection part and the second connection part to come into contact and be electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Koki Sato, Hideo Miyazawa, Tohru Yamakami, Kazuhiro Mizukami
  • Patent number: RE41749
    Abstract: Described is an electrical connector assembly with an electrical connector having a connector body that includes a receptacle connector portion at a first end and a plug connector portion at a second end opposite the first end. The receptacle connector portion has electrical contacts within an opening for mating with a plug electrical connector at the first end of the connector body. The plug connector portion has electrical contacts within an opening for mating with a receptacle electrical connector at the second end. The connector body has an electrical conductor that is in electrical communication with at least one of the electrical contacts and extends from one side of the connector body. A circuit card is disposed adjacent to that one side of the connector body and is in electrical communication with the at least one electrical contact through the electrical conductor extending from the side of the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Stolz, Joseph P. King, Albert F. Beinor, Philip J. Roux, Mickey S. Felton