| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 439062000 | Panel mounted connector which receives edge of panel circuit | 52 |
| 20080200041 | STORAGE DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a storage device. The storage device comprises a frame having a hole and a printed circuit board embedded in the frame, wherein the printed circuit board has an extended part for forming a connector. The connector may pass through the hole and is exposed out the frame for interfacing the storage device with a host device. At least one memory device is mounted to the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the printed circuit board. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080305650 | CONDUCTING TERMINAL MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A conducting terminal mounting structure is disclosed to include a housing having an accommodation chamber and an insertion hole, a circuit board, which is mounted in the accommodation chamber inside the housing and has multiple electric contacts and an adapter interface electrically connectable to an external electronic apparatus, and a terminal set, which comprises multiple conducting terminals and an electrically insulative locating block formed integral with the conducting terminals and fastened to the circuit board to hold the conducting terminals in connection with the circuit board electrically. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080305651 | CARD EDGE CABLE CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for connecting a cable to a card edge interface has a housing portion. The housing portion has a first surface, and a second surface opposite said first surface, and the surfaces are spaced apart to define a housing portion slot for the card edge interface. Furcated contact elements are disposed within the housing. Each contact element has a first tine portion with an exposed contact interface portion, a second tine portion; a web portion connecting the first and second tine portions, and a wire termination portion for terminating a conductor of the cable. The first and second tine portions are arranged within the housing portion with the contact interface exposed for mating with a respective contact surface of the card edge interface. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080311767 | Surface mount electrical connector having insulated pin - A surface mount header is shown which may be mounted to a surface of a printed circuit board, where pins project away from the board. Alternatively, the surface mount header may be connected to a surface of a printed circuit board with the pins projecting downwardly through an opening in the board. Insulative sleeves surround the pins in order to protect the pins from contact with conductive paths within the board. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090017645 | CONNECTOR - A first contact and a second contact are inserted into one and the same inserting hole of a housing so that contact portions of the first and second contacts are facing to each other. The first contacts each include the contact portion at one end and a connection portion at the other end. The second contacts each includes a first piece having the contact portion at one end and a pressure receiving portion at the other end, a second piece having connection portion at an outer end, and an elastic jointing-portion for jointing the first piece and the remaining end of the second piece. A pivoting member includes an actuating portion, pushing portions, and anchoring holes. The pushing portions are pivotally moved between the pressure receiving portions and the connection portions of the second contacts, during which pivotal movement, the axis of rotation of the pushing portions is moved with their pivotal movement to achieve their compact rotation. The second contacts are each provided on the second piece with a fixing portion in the proximity of the elastic jointing-portion. The connector constructed as above described prevents the contacts from being warped or deformed when the pivoting member is being pivotally moved, and achieves a stable electrical connection, a reduced overall height of the connector and a high density of the conductors. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090023308 | Card edge connector with an improved latch - A card edge connector ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090042410 | Card for Information Equipment, and Terminal for Information Equipment - A PC card has a card body portion in which a first card terminal portion is formed in one end and a second card terminal portion is formed in the other end. The card terminal portion has a chip slot. A SIM card inserted through an insertion port into the chip slot is electrically connected to a printed circuit board. The insertion port of the chip slot is opened in an outer side face of the second card terminal portion. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090047803 | Method of producing a straddle mount connector and the resulting product thereof - An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing and a plurality of conductive contacts retained in the dielectric housing. The dielectric housing comprises a pair of guiding portions and an engaging portion between the guiding portions. The engaging portion comprises an upper engaging plane, and a parallel opposite lower engaging plane. A mounting plane defined between the upper engaging plane and lower engaging plane. The guiding portion defining a lower face aligned with the mounting plane. Each the contact comprises a tail portion extending to the mounting plane. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090075494 | BACK-TO-BACK MOUNTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - An electrical connector assembly is provided that includes a pair of connectors configured to be mounted onto a midplane circuit board in a back-to-back orientation. Each connector includes offset engagement members that mate with corresponding engagement members on the midplane circuit board. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090088003 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH PROTECTIVE MEMBER - A connector for connecting a card edge module to a circuit board includes a housing that extends along a longitudinal axis between opposite first and second end portions. The housing including a card slot configured to receive a mating edge of the card edge module and a channel proximate one of the first and second end portions. A protective member is received in the channel and positioned to inhibit contact between a side edge of the card edge module and the one of the first and second end portions of the housing when the card edge module is loaded into the connector. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090197431 | Electrical connector for receiving an electrical card assembly - An electrical connector ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090263981 | MIDPLANE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A midplane of a communication device, includes the first connectors and the second connectors which connect with each other via high-speed traces, the first connectors arrange in parallel at one side of the midplane, the second connectors arrange in parallel at the other side of the midplane and in parallel with the first connectors. The wiring of high-speed traces between the first connectors and the second connectors can be disposed on the whole midplane, so that it avoids the high density of wiring in part of midplane, reduces the number of layers of the midplane and the complexity of design, and reduces the crosstalk in signals. And the cooling of the whole communication device can be accomplished by only one heat dissipation system, it reduces the complexity of design of the communication device. The area between each frames of the midplane is provided to allocate electrical power in the communication device with two or multiple frames, it reduces the costs of the communication device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090269946 | CONNECTOR - A connector to be surface mounted on a wiring board has a base having an opening to be inserted with a tip portion of a flexible printed circuit board at a front surface, and having a plurality of insertion holes passing from the front surface to a rear surface juxtaposed at a predetermined pitch, a connection terminal arranged in a projecting manner with a substantially T-shaped operating piece having at one end a movable contacting point that comes into pressure contact with joints juxtaposed at the tip portion of the flexible printed circuit board, the connection terminal having one end that becomes a fixed contacting point inserted to the insertion hole from the rear surface side, and an operating lever in which a cam portion is fitted into a turning recessed portion arranged at an upper side of the connection terminal to act as a turning supporting point, the cam portion driving an operation receiving portion positioned at the other end of the operating piece. A position regulation contacting portion that contacts a position regulating portion arranged at the upper side of the connection terminal when the operating lever is turned and a locking operation is completed is arranged at a lower surface of the operating lever. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090280657 | CARD CONNECTOR MECHANISM AND CARD ADAPTER HAVING THE CARD CONNECTOR MECHANISM - [Object] To provide a low-profile card connector mechanism and a card adapter having the card connector mechanism. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090298305 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SPACER - A card edge connector for connecting a daughter board to a mother board, includes an insulative housing defining a front mating face, a top portion, a bottom portion opposite to the top portion, and a central slot recessed from the mating face between the top portion and the bottom portion to receive the daughter board, a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing, and a spacer disposed under the insulative housing. The spacer having a preselected height and a mounting surface toward the mother board. The spacer and the bottom portion of the insulative housing are assembled by snap-fastening. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090305522 | ELECTRICAL CARD CONNECTOR WITH AT LEAST A RETENTION PIECE EXTENDING VERTICALLY FROM CONTACT - 1. A card connector, comprising an insulative housing having a base, a plurality of passageways extending along a widthwise direction of the base, a plurality of retention slots defined on two lengthwise sides of each passageway, and a plurality of contacts received in the respective passageways. Each contact has a planar soldering section on a side of the planar section; a beam section extending from the side of the planar section opposite to the soldering section; the beam section defining an arc contact section on a free end; the planar section having a number of retention pieces received in the retention slots. The retention pieces are defined perpendicular to an extending direction of the soldering section. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100009553 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a substrate and a connector mounted thereon. The substrate defines a cutout. The connector includes a housing and an array of terminals. The housing has a pair of guiding arms and a cross bar bridged between the guiding arms to collectively define a receiving space therebetween corresponding to the cutout. The array of terminals is assembled on the cross bar and electrically connected to the substrate. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100136802 | TESTING DEVICE AND TESTING FIXTURES USED THEREIN - A testing device for testing a circuit board including a first connector includes a connecting circuit board including a second connector, a mounting board, a fixing board, and multiple fastening members. The mounting board includes multiple mounting holes. The fixing board includes a base and a cover. The base includes multiple stepped holes corresponding to the mounting holes. The connecting circuit board is fixed in the fixing board. Each of the fastening members includes a sleeve, a receiving fastener, and a threaded fastener. Each of the sleeves is mounted in a corresponding stepped hole, and an outer diameter of the sleeve is less than a least inner diameter of the stepped hole. The sleeve is longer than a depth of a least hole of the stepped hole. Movement of the connecting circuit board relative to the mounting board allows movement of the second connector relative to the first connector. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100167557 | MULTI-FUNCTION MODULE - An embodiment is a method and apparatus to provide a multi-function module. A circuit board has a form factor and a connector edge corresponding to a first interface standard. The connector edge includes first and second groups of pin-outs that are mapped to pin-out assignments compatible with the first interface standard and a second interface standard, respectively. A first interface is provided on the circuit board for a first set of devices connected to the first group of pin-outs to operate according to the first interface standard. A second interface is provided on the circuit board for a second set of devices connected to the second group of pin-outs to operate according to the second interface standard. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100203743 | CONNECTION METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE BOARD AND A FLEXIBLE BOARD CONNECTOR - The present invention suggests a flexible board connector having a frame element, which comprises an insertion opening, and a cover element. The frame element is provided and intended for being mounted to a circuit board. The insertion opening is provided and adapted to accept a flexible board, which has at least one conductive contact on a first side thereof. The cover element has at least an opened position and a closed position. When the cover element is in the closed position, the cover element is adapted for exerting a pressure against a second surface of the flexible board, when the flexible board is inserted through the insertion opening into the frame element of the flexible board connector. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100248502 | BOARD CONNECTING CONNECTOR - A board connecting connector configured to mount a mounting board on a motherboard, the board connecting connector includes a connector main body having one end fixed to the motherboard and another end including an inserting opening where the mounting board is inserted; a plurality of connector pins provided inside the inserting opening, the connector pins coming in contact with a plurality of terminals provided at an inserting side of the mounting board; and a board holding member elastically deformably standing at a side surface of the connector main body, wherein the board holding member is inserted in a position where the terminals of the mounting board come in contact with the connector pins and is engaged with an edge part of the mounting board, so that the mounting board is held in an inserting completion position. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100279520 | STORAGE CARD SOCKET FOR BIDIRECTIONAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTION - A storage card socket for a bidirectional electrical connection includes a plastic base, a connection slot, a metal casing, at least one row of lower contacts and at least one row of upper contacts. The connection slot disposed at a front end of the plastic base has an inserting port and opposite top and bottom surfaces, and may be connected to a plug of a storage card. The metal casing covers the plastic base and has an opening corresponding to the inserting port of the connection slot. The lower contacts are separately arranged in the connection slot and are directed to the top surface of the connection slot. The upper contacts are separately arranged in the connection slot and are directed to the bottom surface of the connection slot. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100323534 | APPARATUS FOR PCI EXPRESS ADD-IN CARD RETENTION - Apparatus for PCI express add-in card retention into PCI express female connector. Said apparatus prevents wiggling of PCI express add-in cards in case the PCI express connector has retention ridge or not. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100323535 | System and Apparatus for Reducing Crosstalk - An electrical system includes a backplane, a first electrical component, and a second electrical component. The backplane includes a first column of connectors, a second column of connectors, a third column of connectors, and a fourth column of connectors. The backplane also includes a first plurality of conductive paths that couple the connectors in the first column to an alternating sequence of connectors in the third column and the fourth column. Additionally, the backplane includes a second plurality of conductive paths that couple the connectors in the second column to an alternating sequence of connectors in the fourth column and the third column. The first electrical component couples to the backplane through the first column and the second column. The second electrical component couples to the backplane through the third column and the fourth column. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100323536 | BACKPLANE SYSTEM HAVING HIGH-DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - 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. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110053388 | EDGE CONNECTOR FOR REVERSE INSERTION OF DAUGHTER BOARD - A compact electrical connector assembly comprises a printed circuit board having a predetermined thickness and defining a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. A low profile electrical connector sits on the first face of the printed circuit board and comprises an insulating housing defining a longitudinal central slot opened forwardly with first contacts and second contacts respectively retained at opposite sides of the central slot. A card is inserted into the central slot at an angle with regard to the printed circuit board, and then rotated from the second face to the first face of the printed circuit board until reaching to a secured position which is substantially overlapped with the printed circuit board. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110065291 | ACCESSORY PCB FIXTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - An accessory printed circuit board (PCB) fixture is used in an electronic device to fix an accessory PCB. One end of the accessory PCB electronically connects to an edge connector of a main PCB located in the electronic device. The other end of the accessory PCB defines at least two holes. The accessory PCB fixture includes at least one positioning foot fixed on the main PCB, at least two latch portions and a connecting portion rigidly connecting the positioning foot with the latch portions. The latch portions match the holes of the accessory PCB to fix the accessory PCB. Each latch portion includes a supporting portion, a positioning portion and a hook. One surface of the accessory PCB is supported on the supporting portions. The positioning portions are received in the holes of the accessory PCB. The hooks are latched on the other surface of the accessory PCB. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110081791 | CONNECTOR FOR FLEXIBLE CABLE - A connector for a flexible cable is provided. Connection parts of an even terminal and an odd terminal alternately cross each other to align a rotation center with the center of an X-shape. Operation parts of the terminals are divided into rotation start sections and rotation end sections. Recesses of the rotation start sections are deeper than recesses of the rotation end sections. A stopper prevents reduction of a contact pressure after a rotator engages with the rotation end sections at an angle of 90°. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110111606 | FPC CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING AN FPC TO PCB AND FPC-CONNECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an FPC connector for electrically connecting an FPC to contact portion of a wirings printed on a PCB, and to an FPC connection method using the same, wherein an FPC ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110117754 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: a first connector; a second connector; a first electronic unit connectable to the first connector; a second electronic unit connectable to the second connector; and a printed circuit board that includes the first connector and the second connector between a first extended center line toward a unit board of the first electronic unit and a second extended center line toward a unit board of the second electronic unit on a first side of the printed circuit board when the first and second electronic units are connected to the first and second connectors, respectively. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110151683 | COMPUTER - A computer includes an expansion card, a mother board and a connector. The mother board includes an expansion slot thereon. The expansion slot corresponds to the expansion card. The connector connects the expansion card and the expansion slot. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110159707 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-E) connector and a fixing member. A groove is defined in the PCI-E connector and extends through an end of the PCI-E connector. The fixing member is fixed to the end of the PCI-E connector. A receiving slot is defined in the fixing member communicating with the groove of the PCI-E connector. The fixing member cooperates with the PCI-E connector to receive and protect a PCI-E card which has a length greater than the length of the PCI-E connector. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120088375 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CENTRAL SLOT - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing extending along an elongated direction thereof, and having a first housing half, a second housing half being discrete from the first housing half, and a central slot formed between the first and the second housing halves. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing, and each has a contact portion protruding into the central slot. A width of the central slot could be adjusted before mounting the card edge connector to a mother board for receiving different daughter boards with different thicknesses. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20130034972 | STRADDLE MOUNT CONNECTOR FOR A PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER MODULE - A straddle mount connector includes a connector body having a base and a plug. The plug extends a length from the base to an end surface of the plug. The plug has opposite first and second sides and is configured to be received within a receptacle of a receptacle connector. Electrical contacts are held by the connector body and include mating segments arranged in a row that extends along the first side of the plug. The mating segments extend lengths along the first side of the plug from the base to contact tips. The contact tip of a first of the electrical contacts is positioned closer to the end surface of the plug than the contact tip of a second of the electrical contacts such that the mating segment of the first electrical contact mates with a corresponding mating contact before the mating segment of the second electrical contact. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130072037 | HOUSINGLESS CONNECTOR - Provided is a housingless connector in which a plurality of cantilevers arranged in a comb shape and functioning as contacts is hardly damaged. A receptacle connector (housingless connector) is formed of a single metal plate and used to be mounted on a receptacle-side substrate. The receptacle connector includes a plurality of cantilevers arranged in a comb shape and functioning as contacts, and an outer frame body surrounding the cantilevers. The outer frame body includes a pair of side plates sandwiching the cantilevers in a direction parallel to a connector mounting surface of the receptacle-side substrate, and a top plate disposed on an opposite side of the receptacle-side substrate with the cantilevers interposed therebetween. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130095675 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing defining a mating slot, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulating housing and a shielding shell attached to the insulating housing. The terminals include contacting portions exposed to the mating slot and solder portions. The shielding shell includes a pair of connecting portions integrally extending in the mating slot, a locking portion integrally extending from each connecting portion and exposed to the mating slot and a releasing portion integrally extending from each connecting portion to the shell with an operating portion at one outer side of the connector. The locking portions move away from the mating slot in response to a movement of the releasing portions to the mating slot. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130149878 | EDGE MOUNT CONNECTOR - Connector receptacles that have a reduced height when combined with a printed circuit board and reduce wasted space inside an electronic device. One example provides a connector receptacle having contacts that may connect to edge contacts along an edge of a printed circuit board. This edge may be formed along a side of printed circuit board, by a hole or opening in a printed circuit board, or by a notch in a printed circuit board. Edge contacts may have straight surfaces, rounded surfaces, or they may have other types of surfaces. Connector receptacle contacts may have a “U,” fishhook, or other shape. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130164952 | DISPLAY CARD ASSEMBLY - A display card assembly includes a display card with a first circuit board, a straight through connector, and an expansion card with a second circuit board. A first edge connector is arranged on a bottom edge of the first circuit board and includes first power pins connected to a control chip and first storage chips, first ground pins, and first signal pins. A second edge connector connected to the straight through connector is arranged on an end edge of the first circuit board adjoining the bottom edge and includes second power pins connected to the first power pins, second ground pins, and second signal pins connected to the control chip. A third edge connector engaged in the straight through connector is arranged on an end edge of the second circuit board and includes third power pins and third signal pins connected to the second storage chips, and third ground pins. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130178075 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An electrical connector and electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The electrical connector includes a first set of terminals, a second set of terminals and an insulating body. The insulating body has a first mating portion and a second mating portion. First mating portion includes an inward wall surface. First contacts of the first set of terminals and first contacts of the second set of terminals are disposed in the inward wall surface of first mating portion. Second mating portion has an outward wall surface. Second contacts of the first set of terminals and second contacts of the second set of terminals are arranged on the outward wall surface of the second mating portion. The first contacts of the first set of terminals and the first contacts of the second set of terminals elastically contact to the corresponding pads of the PCB board without bonding. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130244454 | DAUGHTER CARD ASSEMBLY HAVING A LATCHING SUB-ASSEMBLY WITH A COUPLING ARM EXTENDING IN AN INSERTION DIRECTION - A daughter card assembly including a printed circuit board that defines a board plane and has a mating edge, a trailing edge, and a side edge that extends between the mating and trailing edges. The mating edge extends lengthwise along a longitudinal axis and has electrical contacts positioned therealong. The mating edge is configured to engage a card connector when the mating edge is moved in an insertion direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The daughter card assembly also includes a latching sub-assembly that is coupled to the circuit board and extends along the side edge. The latching sub-assembly includes a coupling arm that extends in the insertion direction and has a latch end that is proximate to the mating edge. The latch end is configured to removably couple to the card connector. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130273754 | CONNECTOR - Provided is a connector to be securely fixed on a board, especially, the connector having a high-strength shell prevented from detached from the connector. The connector has a mating portion, a plurality of the contacts, a holding member holding the contacts and a shell and to he connected with a mating connector in a front-back direction. The mating portion is positioned in forward part of the connector. The holding member is formed with a protrusive portion protruding back ward. The protrusive portion is formed with a receiving portion. An edge of the shell is formed a stopper portion. The stopper portion and the receiving portion face to each other in the front-back direction. The contact has a contact-fixing portion fixed on the board. The shell has a shell-fixing portion fixed on the board. A distance between the shell-fixing portion and the mating portion is larger than another distance between the contact-fixing portion and the mating portion. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140273549 | LOW FORCE ELECTRICAL CONTACT ON METALIZED DEFORMABLE SUBSTRATES - A system for measuring an analyte of interest in a biological fluid includes a test strip for receiving a sample of the biological fluid having multiple contacts formed thereon. A test device includes a circuit board having multiple conducting strips. A connector assembly is fixed to the circuit board and receives the test strip as the test strip moves in an insertion direction to a test position. The connector assembly includes a connector assembly body and multiple conductors. Each of the conductors includes a conductor contact body fixedly connected to the connector assembly body, and a contact arm integrally connected to the conductor contact body and freely extending entirely in the insertion direction. The contact arm is deflected when directly contacted by one of the multiple contacts of the test strip. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140308823 | SECURED CONNECTOR - A system is provided for protecting a signal within an electronic device. Such a system includes a connector and a printed circuit. The connector has a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape and includes: at its base, at least one solder termination corresponding to a contact region conveying the signal to be protected; and a slot for inserting a printed circuit. The printed circuit is housed in the insertion slot and shaped so that it covers the solder termination. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140342580 | HIGH SPEED NETWORK CABLE TRANSCEIVER CONNECTOR - A device connects a computer network cable transceiver to a printed circuit board. The device includes a high-profile connector body that mounts to a printed circuit board. The height of the device above the printed circuit board is greater than the width of the device on the printed circuit board. The device has a receiving element that receives and electrically connects the network cable transceiver to an electrical connection element. The rotated aspect of this device controls the profile of the network cable transceiver that is inserted into the device. The electrical connection element is mechanically and electrically attached to the printed circuit board to enable data transfer to and from the network cable transceiver. Some embodiments of the invention have a variable-length electrical communication element that permits the electrical connection element to mount to the printed circuit board in a variety of positions and orientations rather than the fixed position and orientation of a low-profile network cable connector. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150126048 | DATA STORAGE CONNECTING DEVICE - A data storage connecting device includes a circuit board, a first connector, a second connector and a third connector. The circuit board has a first connecting end and a second connecting end. The first connector and a second connector are both disposed on the first connecting end and respectively at two sides of a long axis of the circuit board, a location of the second connector connecting with a data storage device being opposite to that of the first connector connecting with another data storage device. The third connector is disposed on the second connecting end for transmitting data from two data storage devices connected to the first connector and the second connector, respectively, via the circuit to a server device, or vice versa. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150147895 | Techniques to Convert Signals Routed Through a Fabric Cable Assembly - Examples are disclosed for converting signals routed through a fabric assembly. In some examples, a connector housing may house a paddle card having a first edge portion coupled to a twin-axial cable having first signal pathways capable of routing first signals to/from a fabric controller integrated with a processor/processor package. The paddle card may have a second edge portion that may couple with an external fabric connector including a second plurality of signal pathways. In some examples, first signals received at the first edge portion may be converted to second signals following a coupling of the second edge portion with the external fabric connector. The second signals may then be routed via the second signal pathways included in and/or coupled with the external fabric connector. Other examples are described and claimed. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150318630 | DOUBLE-MATED EDGE FINGER CONNECTOR - A double-mated edge finger connector that is configured to double the connector density without resorting to a reduction in pitch. A first connector defines a first slot configured to receive and permit horizontal displacement of an edge finger of a second board relative thereto, while a second connector defines a second slot configured to receive and permit horizontal displacement of an edge finger of a first board relative thereto, to thereby establish an electrical connection between the first board and the second board. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150340817 | Shielding A Connector To Reduce Interference - In an embodiment, a connector such as an edge connector includes a connector housing, a first set of pins configured within the housing and having first ends to couple to corresponding signal lines of a first circuit board and second ends to couple to corresponding signal lines of a mating connector of a second circuit board, and a conductive material adapted to the housing to reduce interference caused by one or more sources of interference. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150372405 | NETWORK CARD FIXING STRUCTURE AND NETWORK CARD MODULE - A network card fixing structure adapted to fix a network card on a circuit board is provided. The network card fixing structure includes a main body, at least one cable arranging structure and a fixing component. The main body has a fixing slot, wherein the network card is fixed in the fixing slot. The cable arranging structure is connected to the main body, wherein a cable is connected to the network card and is position-limited on the main body by the cable arranging structure. The fixing component fixes the main body on the circuit board. In addition, a network card module including the network card fixing structure is also provided. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160020535 | RF COAXAIL CABLE CONNECTOR WITH RETENTION MEMBER - An electrical connector assembly is adapted for electrical connecting and retained on a wireless module with a receptacle RF connector mounted on an end of the wireless module is provided. The assembly includes a coaxial cable connector including a connector end and a coaxial cable extending from the connector end and a retention member including a main base and a retention cavity in front of the main base, the main base defining a corresponding cable receiving groove through a front end and a rear end of the main base. The retention cavity further defines a projecting portion elastically pressing against a surface of the end of the wireless module when the end of the wireless module, the receptacle RF connector and the connector end of the coaxial cable connector are receiving in the retention cavity and the coaxial cable go through the cable receiving groove. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160172772 | SOCKET DEVICE AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160380393 | SIDEBAND CONDUCTOR RESONANCE MITIGATION - An apparatus comprising includes a first pair of conductors to carry differential signals, at least one ground conductor neighboring the first pair of conductors, the ground conductor to be connected to a ground plane, and at least one particular conductor to carry sideband signals. The particular conductor is to be connected to a ground plane via a resonance mitigation circuit, and the resonance mitigation circuit comprises a resistor. | 12-29-2016 |
