Contact Soldered To Panel Circuit Patents (Class 439/83)
  • Patent number: 8497429
    Abstract: A method of fixing reflowable elements on electrical contacts. The method includes providing a strip having a number of electrical contacts, each contact including a contact body and a tail portion extending away from the contact body. The tail portions of the contacts are then disposed adjacent an elongate reflowable member. The elongate reflowable member is pushed onto the tail portions of the plurality of contacts. Subsequently, the elongate reflowable member is cut into a plurality of separate reflowable elements, each reflowable element corresponding to one of the tail portions. The electrical contacts with the reflowable element attached thereto are separated from the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Interplex Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Seidler
  • Patent number: 8485851
    Abstract: A connector has a first contact and first signal contacts, and a second contact and second signal contacts arrayed at a different height. All the contacts have connection portions arranged at the same height position. The connection portion of the first contact is located between the connection portions of the second signal contacts and the connection portion of the second contact is located between the connection portions of the first signal contacts. A distance B is larger than a distance A. The distance A is a distance between the connection portion of the first signal contact and the connection portion of the second contact and also a distance between the connection portion of the second signal contact and the connection portion of the first contact. The distance B is a distance between the connecting portion of the first signal contact and an adjacent connection portion of the second signal contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Kondo, Yutaka Masumoto, Toshiharu Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20130178080
    Abstract: An electrical connector is securable to a top surface of a printed circuit where other electronic components are mounted. The electrical connector has one or more contact legs that are insertable through apertures in the printed circuit board from the top surface and extending through the bottom surface. A bottom portion of the contact legs may engage with a larger electrical system. The top portion of the contact legs include a shoulder and an anchor pin that mechanically assist in securing the electrical connector to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: KOSTAL OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Kostal of America, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8479390
    Abstract: A method for producing a connector has first to fifth processes. In the first process, a contact unit having a plurality of contacts and a tying part, is formed with the contacts tied at each axial direction middle part of the contacts by the tying part and with the contacts arranged parallel to each other. In the second process, a plating layer is formed on a part of the contact unit by soaking the contact unit in a plating bath from an axial direction one end side of the contact unit to an axial direction middle part of the tying part. In the third process, the contacts are isolated by cutting the tying part. In the fourth process, a part where the plating layer is formed, of the contact is inserted into a hole of a circuit board. In the fifth process, the contacts are soldered to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Ohnishi, Shinichi Isobe, Kohtaro Shiino
  • Publication number: 20130164956
    Abstract: A surface of a connection terminal of an electronic component is covered with a protection layer made of a AgSn alloy. The electronic component is soldered to a connection terminal of a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Fujitsu Limited
  • Publication number: 20130157481
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and at least one terminal. The at least one terminal comprises a base portion, two attaching portions and an elastic arm portion. The two attaching portions are configured to have a height different from that of the base portion and are attached to the housing. The two attaching portions of each terminal can be disposed adjacent to the corresponding end portion of the housing and respectively on opposite sides of the corresponding opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Molex Incorporated
  • Patent number: 8460014
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of electrodes, a soldering material and a plurality of pins. The electrodes are formed in the substrate. The soldering material is disposed on the electrodes. The pins contact the soldering material and electrically connect to the electrodes, wherein at least one of the pins includes a post and a base. The post has a fixing end. The base is disposed on the fixing end of the post, wherein a plurality of openings are formed on the base, passing through the base along an axis, and the axis is parallel to the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Nan Ya PCB Corp.
    Inventors: Chang-Hsing Yeh, Wei-Chun Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130143421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a USB connector, which comprises: a connector main body having its front being downwardly extended thereby forming a stop part having a first lead angle; and a substrate having plural first contact pads and plural second contact pads, so as to form a USB connector. Said USB connector allows a USB2.0 connector and a USB3.0 connector to be respectively inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Chia-Hsin Tsai, Charles C. Lee
  • Publication number: 20130137282
    Abstract: An electrical connector is configured to be mounted on a board. The electrical connector includes a housing having a receptacle opening portion for receiving a mating connector; a terminal member disposed in the housing; and a shell member for covering the housing. The terminal member includes a base portion fixed to the housing, an arm portion extending from the base portion toward the receptacle opening portion, a contact portion disposed at a distal end portion of the arm portion, a board connecting portion, and a rotation preventing portion extending from the board connecting portion toward the receptacle opening portion. The shell member includes a shell receiving portion extending toward the base portion. The housing includes an insertion portion disposed between the rotation preventing portion and the shell receiving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130130520
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a connector, PCB for LED Light Bar and LED Light Bar. The connector comprises the weld legs and stitches fixed to the shell of the connector, and the weld legs are arranged on the side of the connector and are higher than the bottom surface. A PCB for LED light bar is provided with the installing groove for installing the connector. Because the present invention arranges the weld legs of the connector on positions which are higher than the bottom surface of the shell and arranges the installing groove corresponding to the bottom shape of the connector on the PCB, the bottom of the connector can be arranged in the installing groove, thus the protrusion height of the connector in the LED light bar is reduced. The LGP is not cut again when installing the LGP, thereby reducing the processing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Guofu Tang
  • Publication number: 20130122725
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with printed circuits to which integrated circuits and other electrical components may be mounted. A first printed circuit may have a first surface with an array of contact pads arranged in rows and columns. Each column of contact pads may have a series of contact pads separated by gaps. The contact pads in each column may be staggered with respect to the contact pads in adjacent columns such that each contact pad in a given column is horizontally adjacent to associated gaps in the adjacent columns. A component may be mounted to an opposing surface of the printed circuit such that it overlaps one of the gaps between the staggered contact pads. By mounting the component to portions of the first printed circuit that do not overlap the staggered contact pads, the risk of damaging the electrical component during solder reflow operations may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Apple Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130115790
    Abstract: A board terminal has a flat-plate shaped connection portion to be connected to an electric component at one end and an insertion portion to be inserted in and soldered to a through-hole of a printed circuit board at the other end and is formed in a crank shape by being provided with a support plate portion protruding in a plate thickness direction of the connection portion between the connection portion and the insertion portion. Also, the insertion portion is formed in a location on only one side in a width direction of the support plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
  • Patent number: 8430678
    Abstract: A socket (100) comprises a base (1), a plurality of contacts (4, 3) respectively disposed therein and a plurality of solder balls (5) each connecting to the corresponding contacts (4, 3), the base comprises a central slot (1041) for receiving a module and a plurality of passageways (1031, 1022) at two sides of the central slot (4041) to receive the contacts (4, 3), respectively, the contact (4, 3) comprises a body portion (41, 31) positioned in the base (1), a contact portion (431, 331) extending from the body portion (41, 31) into the central slot (1041) and a tail (42, 32) extending from the body portion (41, 31), the solder balls (5) are positioned by the tails (421, 321) of the contacts (4, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8425239
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a contact terminal and a preformed solder body. The housing is configured to be mounted to an exterior surface of a photovoltaic module. The contact terminal is joined to the connector housing and has a connection surface and a fixation opening that extends through the contact terminal. The preformed solder body is applied to the connection surface of the contact terminal and includes a fixation tab. The preformed solder body provides an electrically conductive connection between the contact terminal and a conductive contact extending out of the exterior surface of the photovoltaic module to electrically couple the contact terminal and the photovoltaic module. The fixation tab of the preformed solder body engages the fixation opening of the contact terminal to secure the preformed solder body to the contact terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Alan R. MacDougall
  • Patent number: 8419447
    Abstract: A surface-mount technology (SMT) device connector (100) for connecting a removable component (150) to a substrate (160). The SMT device connector (100) includes an insulated housing (135) for receiving the removable component (150) and the insulated housing (135) is surface mounted to a SMT device connector location on the substrate (160). The SMT device connector also includes two stress relief posts (110) protruding from a mounting surface (137) of the insulated housing (135). The two stress relief posts (110) correspond to two stress relief post apertures (111) in the substrate (160) and the two stress relief posts (110) are not required to be constrained along a longitudinal axis (140) of the insulated housing (137) in the corresponding stress relief post apertures (111) to relieve stress on the SMT device connector (100) during SMT reflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Gary Marc Freedman
  • Patent number: 8419446
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of passageways arranged in a matrix. A contact includes a base for securing the contact in the passageway, a spring portion and a soldering portion extending from the base. The soldering portions of the contacts laid in a row of the passageways are alternately arranged toward two opposite sides of the base to form two rows. Such array of soldering portions of the contact can improve contact density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chia-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 8414311
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes: an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving slots running through the insulating body, a plurality of terminals, respectively received in the receiving slots, in which the terminal has a base fixed in the receiving slot, two first abutting segments extending downwards from the base, two second abutting segments extending forwards the two first abutting segments, the two second abutting segments are exposed from the receiving slot and abut against the bottom surface of the insulating body, the width between the two second abutting segments is smaller than the diameter of a solder ball, a plurality of stop blocks, respectively disposed in the receiving slots, and a plurality of solder balls, respectively received in the receiving slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Publication number: 20130084719
    Abstract: A memory card with a connector includes a card main body for storing data and a connector including multiple terminals and an insulation main body. Multiple terminal soldering sections are disposed on the card main body. The multiple terminals are integrally connected with the insulation main body to form the connector. In manufacturing, the connector integrally composed of the terminals and the insulation main body is directly rested on the card main body. Then, in a one-time soldering process, all the terminals are soldered on the terminal soldering sections of the card main body. Accordingly, the manufacturing process is simplified and the manufacturing cost is lowered. Also, the ratio of good products is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: MAIN SUPER ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: MING-KUNG YANG
  • Publication number: 20130084720
    Abstract: A network connector structure includes an insulating body having a port inwardly formed at a front-end surface of the insulating body, a containing space formed in the insulating body insulating body, and a first circuit board and a second circuit board parallely installed and electrically coupled to each other. A plurality of connecting terminals and a plurality of filter elements are electrically coupled to the first circuit board, and at least one network integrated circuit and a plurality of soldered terminals are electrically coupled to the second circuit board. The network connector is electrically coupled to an external transmission line through the plurality of connecting terminals, and electrically coupled to a motherboard of an external electronic device through the plurality of soldered terminals, so that the network integrated circuit inside the network connector provide network signal encoding/decoding functions directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventor: Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130078831
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a vertical mount connector, which includes an insulating body, a metal casing, and a terminal assembly. The insulating body has a base and at least one tongue portion extended therefrom. A plurality of terminal grooves is formed and spaced on the insulating body, where each terminal groove concavely extends from the tongue portion to the base. The base defines a plurality of first openings in communication with the terminal grooves. The metal casing is engaged to the insulating body and defines in insertion opening. The terminal assembly includes a plurality of terminals disposed in the terminal grooves. Each terminal has a mounting portion and a connecting portion bendingly extends therefrom. The connecting portions protrude from the base of the insulating body via the first openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC., CAL-COMP ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIN-YU CHIU, CHENG-CHIH HSU
  • Patent number: 8403684
    Abstract: A tin-plated surface 7 is formed by hot-dip coating a solder containing a lead-free tin as the main component on an electrode 6 of a board 4 with which a connector terminal 1 comes in contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu Tateishi, Masaru Kibi
  • Patent number: 8388373
    Abstract: A connector soldered to a PCB has an insulating housing of which two opposite ends are recessed to form a pair of holding recesses, terminals mounted in the insulating housing with soldering portions projected out of a bottom of the insulating housing, a pair of supporting members mounted to two opposite ends of the insulating housing and a pair of supporting members. A bottom of the supporting member extends perpendicularly to form an inserting slice having a portion thereof punched sideward to form a projection. The positioning member mounted to the inserting slice has a soldering tail and a base slice having two opposite ends thereof bent sideward and then extended toward each other to form a pair of clasping portions. A guiding slot is opened in the base portion for receiving the projection. The projection can move up and down in the guiding slot to adjust the position of the positioning member to keep the soldering portions and the soldering tails level even when there is tolerance in production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Proconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Wang, Mei-Chuan Yang
  • Patent number: 8382487
    Abstract: A land grid array interconnect has a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface. The substrate has a plurality of vias extending therethrough. The substrate has first pads on the first surface electrically connected to corresponding vias and has second pads on the second surface electrically connected to corresponding vias and corresponding first pads. A contact array is coupled to the first surface of the substrate. The contact array has a metal plate that defines a carrier and a plurality of contacts formed from the metal plate and held by the carrier. The contacts have contact heels and beams extending from corresponding contact heels. The contact heels are soldered to corresponding first pads. The contacts are singulated from the carrier after the contact heels are soldered to the first pads. The carrier is removed from the substrate after the contacts are singulated leaving the individual contacts soldered to corresponding first pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Myoungsoo Jeon, Attalee Snarr Taylor, Craig Warren Hornung
  • Patent number: 8366452
    Abstract: A socket connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of receiving holes, and a plurality of contacts received in the receiving holes. The contact has a soldering portion, and a retaining arm and a resilient arm respectively extending upwardly from the soldering portion. The retaining arm has a broken edge facing downward, which is formed by breaking a carrier from the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8360790
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving slots formed through the insulating body; a plurality of conductive terminals, each disposed in one of the receiving slots, wherein the conductive terminal is formed with a solder contact surface, and the solder contact surface is substantially vertical; and a plurality of solders, respectively received in the receiving slots, in which the solder is in a flat shape, and each of the solders is formed with an abutting surface in a flat direction for abutting the solder contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Publication number: 20130005163
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact arrangement of a spring contact element (10) on a printed circuit board (12) with a soldering area (16) arranged on a surface of the printed circuit board (12) and a planar contact area (18) arranged on the soldering area (16), wherein the spring contact element (10) can be arranged on the contact area (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GMBH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Dieter Holste, Ulrich Rosemeyer
  • Patent number: 8337218
    Abstract: A surface mount connector includes first terminals and second terminals to be mated to counterpart terminals of a mating counterpart connector. The first terminals and the second terminals are mounted in a housing in an alternating array. Each of the first terminals includes a contact portion to be connected to a first counterpart terminal, a fixing portion connected to an outer side of the contact portion and fixed to the housing, and a surface-mounting soldering portion connected to an outer side of the fixing portion. Each of the second terminals includes a contact portion to be connected to a second counterpart terminal, a fixing portion connected to an outer side of the connecting portion and fixed to the housing, and a surface-mounting soldering portion connected to a mounting-surface side end of the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Toshihisa Hirata, Masami Sasao
  • Publication number: 20120322279
    Abstract: Provided is a solderable elastic electric contact terminal, which includes an elastic core having a height smaller than a width thereof, and including two or more through holes separately disposed therein and having a dumbbell shaped cross section, wherein the through holes extend along a longitudinal direction of the elastic core, an elastic rubber coating layer enveloping the elastic core to adhere thereto, and a heat-resistant polymer film having a surface adhered to the elastic rubber coating layer to envelop the elastic rubber coating layer, and another surface integrally formed with a metal layer. A top surface of the metal layer is horizontal for vacuum pickup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: JOINSET CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SUN-KI KIM
  • Patent number: 8334595
    Abstract: A silicon contactor of which a side contacts test terminals of a semiconductor testing device and of which an other side contacts ball leads of a semiconductor device so as to be used in the semiconductor testing device, including: conductive silicon parts which are formed opposite to the ball leads and/or the test terminals and include silicon rubber and conductive powders; and an insulating silicon part which is formed by filling silicon rubber among areas of the conductive silicon parts, which do not contact the ball leads, and supports the conductive silicon parts, wherein the conductive powders of the conductive silicon parts include plate type powders. Therefore, the plate type powders are used as the conductive powders of the conductive silicon parts to improve contact characteristics between the conductive silicon parts and the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ISC Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Seok Jung
  • Patent number: 8328564
    Abstract: A connector is provided for mounting a module to a printed circuit board. The connector includes a housing having end walls defining a slot for receiving a module. Terminals are mounted within the housing on either side of the slot. Each terminal includes a tail. A solder mass is attached to each tail and is used to bond the connector to the printed circuit board. The solder mass is attached to each tail without the use of a reflow process. The solder mass can be attached to the tail of the terminal either through a mechanical attachment or through bonding. A reflow process is then used to attach the connector to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Molex Incoporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Victor Zaderej
  • Patent number: 8323038
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals. The terminal includes a base having an upper end and a lower end, a flexible arm extending upward from the upper end of the base, a retaining portion extending upward from the upper end of the base, and at least one holding leg extended from the lower end of the base. Each holding leg includes a transition arm extending downward from the lower end of the base and a welding portion extending downward from the transition arm. The welding portion is formed with a substantially arc-shaped inner edge. The inner edge of the holding leg defines a claw structure to retain a solder ball with the insulating housing corporately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zuo-Feng Jin
  • Publication number: 20120295454
    Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) chip package component includes: a module board and an interface board. A first soldering pad is set on the bottom of the module board, a second soldering pad is set on top of the interface board, and the second soldering pad is of a castle-type structure. The first soldering pad includes a first soldering area, a second soldering area, and a connection bridge that connects the first soldering area and the second soldering area. The first soldering area corresponds to a top surface of the second soldering pad, and when the first soldering area is soldered to second soldering pad, the second soldering area is located outside the second soldering pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiwei Jiang, Xiaochen Chen, Zhipeng Guo
  • Patent number: 8303317
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a socket connector, and a plug connector including a plug housing and plug terminals disposed in the plug housing and each having a contact portion projected sideward out of the plug housing. The socket connector includes a socket housing defining an insertion space, plug terminals disposed in the socket housing and contact pads embedded in two opposite inner sidewalls of the insertion space to connect with the plug terminals and exposed in the insertion space. Two end edges of the inner sidewalls of the insertion space are designed with two arc-shaped guiding surfaces. A bottom of each contact pad is bent and embedded in the inner sidewall to realize a smooth connection of the contact pad and the guiding surface so as to guide the contact portions to be inserted into the insertion space along the guiding surfaces and electrically contact with the contact pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Gao, Bing-Tao Yang, Yin-Lung Wu, Ming-Chiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8303315
    Abstract: A lead arrangement suitable for an electrical connector includes a lead lane. The lead lane includes a pair of first differential signal leads, a pair of second differential signal leads, and a ground lead positioned between the two pairs of first and second differential signal leads. Each of the first and second differential signal leads has a surface mounting segment for being soldered onto a surface pad of a circuit board. The ground lead has a via passing segment for being soldered into a through via of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheng-Yuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20120276761
    Abstract: A header connector assembly and a process of fabricating a header connector assembly is disclosed. The header connector assembly includes a header subassembly and a module. The header subassembly includes an outer housing and an inner housing, the inner housing having contacts and a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is attached to the header subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Galen M. MARTIN, Joe Sakai, Naomi Ishikawa, Matthew Bryan Hitchcock
  • Publication number: 20120270422
    Abstract: A vertical connector including an insulating body, a conductive casing and a terminal set. The insulating body has a plurality of spaced formed terminal grooves thereon. The conductive casing is assembled with the insulating body and has an insertion opening. The terminal set has a plurality of terminals disposed on the terminal grooves. Each terminal has a fixing segment assembled on the bottom surface of the insulating body, an extending segment formed by bending the free end of the fixing segment toward the insertion opening and a connecting segment formed by extending from the free end of the extending segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC., CAL-COMP ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIN-YU CHIU, CHENG-CHIH HSU
  • Publication number: 20120270423
    Abstract: The connector includes a male connector block and a female connector block. The male connector block includes a base substrate formed of an insulating flat member; a conductive projection arranged on one surface of the base substrate; a first circuit pattern led out from the conductive projection; and a soldering terminal section electrically connected to the conductive projection through the first circuit pattern. The female connector block includes: an insulating film having a fitting insertion section; a conductive section formed on one surface of the insulating film and electrically connected to the conductive projection inserted into the fitting insertion section; a second circuit pattern led out from the conductive section; a soldering terminal section electrically connected to the conductive section through the second circuit pattern; and a second base substrate making close contact with the other surface of the insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Mituru Iida
  • Patent number: 8285343
    Abstract: A wireless headset has improved immunity to RF electromagnetic interference produced from wireless communications devices. A headset body is adapted to be worn by a user and includes a microphone and earpiece. An antenna receives wireless communication signals and passes them to RF and audio circuitry mounted within the headset body. The RF and audio circuitry include a Bluetooth module operatively connected to the antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless communication signals, an audio CODEC connected to the Bluetooth module, and audio connection lines connected between the CODEC and the earpiece and between the CODEC and the microphone. A filter is connected into each of the audio connection lines at the earpiece and microphone and operative for reducing the RF coupling from a mobile wireless communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Lizhong Zhu, George Mankaruse, Michael Corrigan
  • Publication number: 20120252236
    Abstract: A connector terminal structure is disclosed. The connector has a circuit board on which a first terminal set and a second terminal set are soldered. Each of the first and second terminal sets includes multiple terminals. Each terminal has a contact section and a soldered section. The contact sections of the first and second terminal sets together define a signal contact area. The connection terminal structure is characterized in that the soldered sections of the terminals of the first terminal set and the soldered points of the circuit board on which the soldered sections are soldered are positioned on a first side of the signal contact area, while the soldered sections of the terminals of the second terminal set and the soldered points of the circuit board on which the soldered sections are soldered are positioned on a second side of the signal contact area opposite to the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MAIN SUPER ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: MING-KUNG YANG
  • Publication number: 20120244728
    Abstract: A surface mount electrical interconnect adapted to provide an interface between solder balls on a BGA device and a PCB. A socket substrate is provided with a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of openings sized and configured to receive the solder balls on the BGA device. A plurality of electrically conductive contact tabs are attached to the socket substrate so that contact tips on the contact tabs extend into the openings. The contact tips electrically couple with the BGA device when the solder balls are positioned in the openings. Vias electrically couple the contact tabs to contact pads located proximate the second surface of the socket substrate. Solder balls are bonded to the contact pads to electrically and mechanically couple the electrical interconnect to the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: HSIO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: JAMES RATHBURN
  • Patent number: 8246360
    Abstract: An electrical connector with a plurality of solder balls arranged therein. In one embodiment, the electrical connector includes: an insulating body, wherein a plurality of receiving slots are formed through the insulating body, and at least one side surface of each receiving slot forms a stop wall; and a plurality of conductive terminals, received in the receiving slots. Each conductive terminal has a base, at least one fixing portion extends downwards from the base, and a soldering portion is bent laterally and extends from the fixing portion. The soldering portion includes a soldering arm and a hook portion bent and extending from a lower end of the soldering arm towards the stop wall. The solder ball is clamped between the soldering portion and the stop wall. The hook portion has at least one retaining point urging against a lower hemispherical surface of the solder ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang Ju Tsai, Yan Xian Yuan
  • Patent number: 8241046
    Abstract: A connector shell to be mounted on a board includes a shell body and a mounting piece. In the shell body, a plug inserting space is defined. The mounting piece is integral with the shell body, and is extended from the shell body through the board to be fixed to the board by soldering. A sectional area reducing part is provided in the mounting piece between the shell body and a distal end part of the mounting piece. The sectional area reducing part has a sectional area smaller than a sectional area at the distal end part, and is disposed so as to face the plug inserting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichi Takagi, Takaki Tsutsui, Tsuyoshi Eguchi
  • Patent number: 8235733
    Abstract: In an electrical connector to be attached to a circuit board, a terminal has a contact section on one free end side to contact with a terminal of a mating connector and has a connecting section on the other free end side to be connected by soldering to a circuit portion of a circuit board. The terminal has a holding section and a connecting section. The holding section has a face-contact section, a backside section, and a side-face section. The terminal has a low solder wetting area at least on a part of a circumferential area of the holding section in the longitudinal direction, and the contact section is formed above the upper end of the low solder wetting area on the backside section. The upper end of the low solder wetting area is provided below the upper end at the side-face sections and the contact-face section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Takamatsu Plating Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Yamashiro, Yohei Michida, Fumio Oshita, Tomoaki Katou, Hiroki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8235734
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes: an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving holes disposed thereon, a plurality of solder balls, respectively received in one of the receiving holes, a plurality of terminals, in which each terminal has a base correspondingly received in one of the receiving holes, a first extending portion and a second extending portion extend downwards from the base, a first hook extends laterally from an end of the first extending portion, a second hook extends laterally from an end of the second extending portion, and the first hook and the second hook respectively hook a periphery of the solder ball under a horizontal center line of the solder ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Publication number: 20120190221
    Abstract: A connector soldered to a PCB has an insulating housing of which two opposite ends are recessed to form a pair of holding recesses, terminals mounted in the insulating housing with soldering portions projected out of a bottom of the insulating housing, a pair of supporting members mounted to two opposite ends of the insulating housing and a pair of supporting members. A bottom of the supporting member extends perpendicularly to form an inserting slice having a portion thereof punched sideward to form a projection. The positioning member mounted to the inserting slice has a base slice having two opposite ends thereof bent sideward and then extended toward each other to form a pair of clasping portions. A guiding slot is opened in the base portion for receiving the projection. The projection can move up and down in the guiding slot to adjust the position of the positioning member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: PROCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Wang, Mei-Chuan Yang
  • Patent number: 8226422
    Abstract: An improved plug connector (100) is disclosed. It includes: a generally U-shaped contact (102) including a first vertical leg (104), a second vertical leg (106) and a horizontal leg (108) connecting the first vertical leg (104)and the second vertical leg (106), the first vertical leg (104) being longer than the second vertical leg (106); and a retention block 110 connected to both sides (112) and (114) of the horizontal leg (108) configured to support the U-shaped contact (102).This design can stand up to the harsh environment that it will be exposed to and will provide improved resistance to failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Pongpinit Towashiraporn, Paul B. Crosbie, Gaurav Gupta, Maninder S. Sehmbey, Michael F. Spence
  • Patent number: 8221138
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and at least one contact (2) retained in the housing. The housing includes a base portion (11) and a mating portion (12) extending forwards from the base portion, and the base portion defines a mounting face (114) thereof and the mating portion defines a mating cavity (121) extending from a mating face (120) into the housing. The at least one contact defines a retaining portion (21) retained in the base portion, a resilient arm (22) extending from the retaining portion with a part projecting into the mating cavity and a soldering leg (23) arranged to parallel to the mounting face. The soldering leg is disposed within the scope of the mounting face and defines a first and a second soldering portion (231, 232) forming an angle therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Lin, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 8215968
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a dielectric housing and at least one pair of signal conductors adapted to mate with a printed circuit board. The pair of signal conductors include first and second conductors. The first conductor includes a first mating portion, a first contact portion remote from the first mating portion, and a the intermediate portion therebetween. The second conductor includes a second mating portion, a second contact portion remote from the second mating portion, and a second intermediate portion therebetween. Each of the first and second mating portions define a mating portion axis and each of the first and second contact portions define a contact portion axis. The contact portion axes are offset from the mating portion axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, Brian Kirk
  • Patent number: 8215998
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module includes: an insulating body, located below the chip module and opened with at least two rows of receiving holes arranged front and back in a staggered manner; a plurality of solder balls, accommodated in the insulating body; a plurality of conductive terminals, each having a base fixed in the receiving hole, in which an elastic arm is bent and extends upwards from the base, and the elastic arm has a contact portion for conducting the chip module upwards. The bases of the same row are arranged in the same line, the contact portions of the back row do not exceed the line of the front row before the chip module presses the contact portions downwards, and the contact portions of back row exceed the line of the front row after the chip module presses the contact portions downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ted Ju, You Hua Cai
  • Patent number: 8210867
    Abstract: A connection structure of a coaxial harness includes a coaxial harness, a ground bar, and a substrate. The coaxial harness includes a plurality of coaxial cables lined up. The coaxial cable includes a center conductor, an inner insulator, an outer conductor, and a jacket. The inner insulator and the outer conductor and the jacket are placed at an outer side of the center conductor in an order of the inner insulator, the outer conductor, and the jacket. The ground bar sandwiches a plurality of the outer conductor exposed at an end terminal part of the coaxial harness. The substrate is provided with a ground bar connection terminal and a center conductor connection terminal group. The ground bar connection terminal is connected with the ground bar. The center conductor connection terminal group includes an alignment of a center conductor connection terminal connected respectively to the center conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Kojima