Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439607220 | IC card type | 17 |
20090098773 | SPACE MINIMIZED FLASH DRIVE - A space-minimized flash drive has a USB connector and a body, where the flash drive comprises a printed circuit board, a plurality of contact fingers, one or more memory devices, and a controller. The printed circuit board has a component section located inside the body and an insertion section extending into and located inside the USB connector. The memory device is disposed on the component section. The contact fingers are disposed on the top surface of the insertion section. The controller is disposed on the bottom surface of the insertion section located inside the USB connector. The footprint occupied by the controller and the corresponding empty footprint are saved to effectively reduce the length of the flash drive to miniaturize flash drives without interfering with the electrical connections of the contact fingers when plugging in the flash drive. | 04-16-2009 |
20090137151 | Receptacle connector assembly for ic card and ic card connector - Disclosed is a receptacle connector assembly for an IC card, comprising: a connector housing ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090137152 | MEMORY CARD SOCKET - A memory card socket has a plate-like antenna block having a coil-like secondary antenna which is opposed to an antenna incorporated in a memory card in a state where the memory card is attached to the card receiving portion. Openings as cavities are formed in portions of the antenna block inside of the coil of the secondary antenna. With this structure, it is possible to obtain a memory card socket having a compact and simple structure and having a non-contact communication function capable of preventing producing cost from increasing. | 05-28-2009 |
20090186525 | Shell for Circuit Board Connector - The invention relates to a circuit board connector capable of establishing an electrical connection between circuits on a circuit board and a mating electrical connector at a mating side of said circuit board connector. The circuit board connector includes a connector housing accommodating a plurality of terminals for establishing said electrical connection and an electrically conductive shell at least partially enclosing said connector housing. The shell includes a top wall and a rear wall, wherein said rear wall is connected to said top wall and is arranged opposite to said mating side. The shell further has a first and second extension connected to opposite sides of said rear wall and bent with respect to said rear wall to extend towards said mating side. First and second mounting posts are connected, respectively, to said first and second extension and third and fourth mounting posts are connected to said rear wall, wherein said mounting posts are arranged for mounting said shell on said circuit board. | 07-23-2009 |
20100003853 | USB ELECTRIC CONNECTOR FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN COMPUTERS - A (universal serial bus) USB electric connector for transferring data between computers includes an outer shell, a seat body, a terminal set, a bridge circuit board and a lid body. The outer shell has a hollow main body, in which a seat body is provided, on which a terminal set is disposed, one side of which is electrically connected to the bridge circuit board. The lid body is connected by sealing the bottom of the seat body. The electrically conductive legs on the bridge circuit board pass through the lid body and are electrically connected to the motherboard of an electronic device. By applying a USB electric connector for connecting two computers via a traditional USB transmission line, it is possible to inter-transfer data between two computers. | 01-07-2010 |
20100216341 | MEMORY CARD AND HOST DEVICE - A data storage device includes a memory card structure having an edge connector portion. The edge connector portion has a thickness that complies with a memory card specification. The data storage device also includes an electrical connector portion of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) compatible receptacle or of an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 1394 compatible receptacle. The electrical connector portion is attached within the edge connector portion of the memory card structure to remain stationary with respect to the memory card structure. | 08-26-2010 |
20110195602 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH ADJUSTMENT SECTIONS - A card connector includes an insulative housing having an elongated base and a pair of arms located at opposite sides of the base thereby defining a receiving cavity therebetween. Each arm defines a guiding slot extending along a rear-to-front direction and in communication with the receiving cavity. A plurality of contacts are retained in the base, each having a pin shaped contacting portion projecting into the receiving cavity and a solder portion extending out of the base. A shell device is attached to the insulative housing. Opposite sides of each guiding slot extend inwardly so as to form an adjustment section interconnecting with the base, which can ensure a card to be inserted accurately. | 08-11-2011 |
20120244750 | MEMORY CARD - A memory card structure includes a memory card body dimensioned to house a memory and a controller, and the memory card body has an edge connector portion having a thickness that complies with a memory card specification. The memory card body includes a recessed portion dimensioned to receive an external plug. The memory card structure also includes an electrical connector that is coupleable to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug and that is electrically coupled to at least one of the memory and the controller. The electrical connector extends from the recessed portion of the memory card body. | 09-27-2012 |
20120295481 | CARD CONNECTOR ALTERNATIVELY RECEIVING TWO CARDS - A card connector ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130034994 | ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING ELECTRICAL PLUG AND COMPLEMENTARY PLUG - A low profile connector having a first mating slot and a second mating slot vertically stacked above and backwardly offseted from the first mating slot, and a complementary electrical plug. The electrical plug has a first mating card and a second mating card horizontally stacked above the first mating card forwardly offseted from the first mating card. The electrical connector is matable with an existing SFP or QSFP plug, and the first mating slot are used to receive a front card edge of the existing SFP or QSFP plug. | 02-07-2013 |
20130137301 | ELETRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TRAY FOR PLACING DIGITAL CARD - A tray includes a first slot and a second slot. The first slot is for placing a first digital card including contacts. The second slot is for placing a second digital card including contacts. The second slot is defined in the bottom of the first slot and is smaller than the first slot. An opening is defined on the bottom of the second slot. When the first digital card or the second digital card is placed into the tray, the contacts of the first digital card or the second digital card are exposed through the opening. When the tray is received in a connector of an electronic device, the exposed contacts of the first digital card or the second digital card are electrically connected to the connector of the electronic device. | 05-30-2013 |
20130323971 | CONNECTOR - A connector is fixable to an object such as a circuit board. The connector comprises a housing having a land extending long in a lengthwise direction, a power contact, a metal plate for protecting the connector from ESD, a shell (connection member) configured to be fixed and connected to the circuit board, and a coupling member coupling the metal plate and the shell with each other. The metal plate is inserted in and held by the land. The connector is thus configured so that a static electricity is grounded to the circuit board through the metal plate, the coupling member and the shell. Moreover, the power contact is locatable at an end of the land in the lengthwise direction so that it is possible to reduce the size of the connector. | 12-05-2013 |
20140030923 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes an insulating housing having a pair of side walls of which one protrudes outward to form two stop blocks spaced along a front-to-rear direction, a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housing, an upper shielding shell covered downward on the insulating housing, and a lower shielding shell covered upward under the insulating housing. The upper shielding shell has a top plate and a pair of side plates of which one is die-cut to form a positioning slice restricted between the stop blocks of the corresponding side wall. A front of each side plate is punched outward to form a vertical arched restricting portion. The lower shielding shell has a bottom plate and a pair of lateral plates of which a front of each top edge is concaved downward to form a restricting gap buckling the corresponding restricting portion therein. | 01-30-2014 |
20140213110 | USB PLUG CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A USB plug connector ( | 07-31-2014 |
20140256180 | USB Connector and Electronic Device - A universal serial bus (USB) connector and an electronic device including the USB connector are disclosed. The USB connector includes a USB head, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a shell element, where the USB head includes an insulation plastic core and a metal housing; a conductive layer is arranged on the surface of the PCB, the PCB is assembled inside the USB head and the PCB and the USB head are mutually positioned; and the USB head and the PCB are fastened at the shell element by using a fastening member, and the metal housing is pressure-welded on the conductive layer on the surface of the PCB. The USB connector has improved structural strength and enhanced grounding reliability, and can also achieve product miniaturization and cost reduction. | 09-11-2014 |
20140322975 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH GROUNGING PLATE - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a inserting slot. The contacts include a plurality of grounding contacts and signal contacts, the contacts each comprise a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a contacting portion extending forwardly from a side of the retaining potion and extending into the inserting slot and a soldering portion extending from the other side of the retaining portion. The shield shell has a top wall covering a top of the insulative housing and the shield shell comprising at least a pair of resisting arms, the pair of resisting arms resisting the two sides of the grounding contact along a left-to-right direction. | 10-30-2014 |
20150044907 | CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN IMPROVED CIRCUIT BOARD - A cable assembly ( | 02-12-2015 |