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| 20080200042 | Land grid array module with contact locating features - A land grid array module is provided that includes a land grid array interface. The interface includes a substrate having a mating face. A contact pad is provided on the mating face of the substrate. The contact pad has an exposed surface with a depression that is configured to restrain transverse movement of a mating contact tip when the mating contact tip is loaded against the contact pad. The substrate layer may include a via having a diameter such that the depression is formed in the contact pad when the contact pad is plated over the via. The depression may also be stamped in the exposed surface of the contact pad. Alternatively, the depression may be surrounded by a raised conductive perimeter that is configured to retain the mating contact tip. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080207013 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector, for connecting an electronic device with a circuit board, comprises an insulating substance and conductive terminals, wherein the insulating substance configures a plurality of terminal containing holes and the conductive terminals are configured in the terminal containing holes. The electronic device and the circuit board thereon respectively configure a conductive section electrically connecting with on of the conductive terminals, and an elastic protruding section, pressing on the conductive section or around the conductive section, is configured around each of the terminal containing holes. When the elastic protruding section presses on the electronic device and the circuit board, contact points of the conductive terminals and the electronic device and the circuit board are sealed up in the space surrounded by the elastic protruding section, so as to decrease the contact with air and to decrease the rate of the oxidation of the contact points. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080227307 | Electrical interconnect system utilizing non-conductive elastomeric elements - An electrical interconnect system for providing electrical connection between two or more opposing arrays of contact areas, the electrical interconnect having a conductive substrate and conductors electrically isolated from the substrate. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080227308 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a wiring board. The upper substrate includes an upper conductive layer, a pair of upper electrodes, and upper electrode terminals. The lower substrate includes a lower conductive layer, a pair of lower electrodes extending orthogonal to the upper electrodes, and lower electrode terminals. The wiring board includes a substrate portion, L-shaped upper and cover sheets. The substrate portion has upper and lower wiring patterns on its top and bottom surfaces, respectively. The upper wiring patterns are connected to each of the upper electrode terminals, and the lower wiring patterns are connected to each of the lower electrode terminals. At least part of the top surface of the upper wiring patterns is covered with the upper cover sheet, and at least part of the bottom surface of the lower wiring patterns is covered with the lower cover sheet. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080227309 | Land grid array connector - A land grid array (LGA) connector, for electrically connecting an IC (Integrated Circuit) package to a printed circuit board, comprises a retaining frame, a plurality of sections mounted on the retaining frame and a plurality of contacts received in the sections. Each contact having a contacting portion extending beyond the top surface of the section to contact with the IC package, and the contacting portions of the contacts received in a same section have two opposed extending direction to evenly and elastically support the IC package when the IC package is pressed toward the contacts. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080242122 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080254651 | SPRING INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES - An interconnection element of a spring (body) including a first resilient element with a first contact region and a second contact region and a first securing region and a second resilient element, with a third contact region and a second securing region. The second resilient element is coupled to the first resilient element through respective securing regions and positioned such that upon sufficient displacement of the first contact region toward the second resilient element, the second contact region will contact the third contact region. The interconnection, in one aspect, is of a size suitable for directly contacting a semiconductor device. A large substrate with a plurality of such interconnection elements can be used as a wafer-level contactor. The interconnection element, in another aspect, is of a size suitable for contacting a packaged semiconductor device, such as in an LGA package. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080268667 | Elastic terminal structure - The present invention provides an improved elastic terminal structure, wherein an elastic terminal includes an extended portion, a soldering portion and an elastic portion. Embedding members corresponding to a base extend from the extended portion of the elastic terminal to enable firmly clasping the elastic terminal within the base. Moreover, the elastic portion formed by press machining extends from the extended portion, and a helical member extends from the elastic portion. Furthermore, an electrical conducting point that enables conducting of electric power extends from the helical member. Elastic compression of the helical member and extension of the electrical conducting point are used to enable a conducting member to compress the electrical conducting point, moreover, the cost of the manufacturing process is reduced and the problem of elastic fatigue is minimized. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080268668 | CONNECTOR - A connector capable of positively bringing terminals of connected objects into contact with associated portions of conductive films. The conductive films are formed in a film, for electrically connecting pads of two objects to be connected which are arranged on opposite sides of an elastic body. The film on which the conductive films are formed are bonded to the elastic body. A slit is formed in each of contact portions of the conductive films which are brought into contact with the pads of the objects to be connected so as to divide each contact portion into a plurality of parts such that the parts are independently displaceable. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080293263 | CONTACT MADE OF CERAMIC AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A contact of the invention includes a spring portion and a conductive portion. The spring portion is formed on the surface of a wiring substrate of a probe card, using ceramic. The conductive portion is formed thinly so as to cover at least the surface of the spring portion that faces the bump. Thus, as one of the features of a manufacturing method of the contact, the spring portion is formed at room temperature by an aerosol deposition method. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080299790 | METHOD OF ATTACHING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ATTACHING TOOL - An electronic component attaching tool suitable for an external shape of a semiconductor device is prepared. The electronic component attaching tool has a function of aligning a position of the semiconductor device to an IC socket. The electronic component attaching tool is mounted on the standard surface that is formed on the IC socket substantially regardless of the external shape of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device is then aligned and attached to the IC socket by using the electronic component attaching tool, and the electronic component attaching tool is removed from the IC socket. Another electronic component attaching tool suitable for an external shape of another semiconductor device is prepared, and the same procedure as the above is performed to align and attach this semiconductor device to the same type IC socket. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080305653 | Complant off-chip interconnects for use in electronic packages and fabrication methods - Disclosed are apparatus comprising single-path and multiple-path compliant interconnects that are coupled between electrical contacts and that allow for increased electrical performance without compromising mechanical reliability. Exemplary apparatus comprises a conductive vertical anchor coupled at a first end to an electrical contact; and one or more conductive arcuate beams coupled at a first end to a second end of the vertical anchor, and coupled at a second end to a second electrical contact. One electrical contact comprises a die contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a substrate contact pad. Alternatively, one electrical contact comprises a substrate contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a printed circuit board contact pad. Also, one electrical contact comprises a die contact pad and the other electrical contact comprises a printed circuit board contact pad. Methods of fabricating the apparatus are also disclosed. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080305654 | Land grid array socket with improved lever structure - An LGA socket includes an insulative housing with a number of terminals. A stiffener and a load plate are coupled to each other. The insulative housing is disposed between the load plate and the stiffener. A lever includes an actuating portion and a retaining portion rotatably mounted to the stiffener. The retaining portion has a neck portion and a stop portion at a free end thereof to prevent the lever taking side moving relative to the stiffener. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080311768 | LAND GRID ARRAY (LGA) INTERPOSER UTILIZING METAL-ON-ELASTOMER HEMI-TORUS AND OTHER MULTIPLE POINTS OF CONTACT GEOMETRIES - A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are arranged about the surface of the at least one hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. Provided is also a method of producing the land grid array interposer structure. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090004890 | SKIVED ELECTRICAL CONTACT FOR CONNECTING AN IC DEVICE TO A CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MAKING A CONTACT BY SKIVING - The disclosed embodiments relate to the formation of an electrical contact using a skiving technique. The electrical contact includes a spring structure that has been skived away from an underlying metal body, but the spring remains coupled with the metal body which provides a base for the spring structure. The skived spring portion of the electrical contact may comprise a cantilever-like spring, a coil-like spring, or any other suitable type of spring. Such a spring contact may be used to form an electrical connection between an integrated circuit device and a circuit board (or other substrate). Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090023310 | CONTACT ELEMENT FOR PRESS FITTING INTO A HOLE OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - The invention relates to a contact element for pressing into a hole of a printed circuit board, said contact element comprising a rod-shaped press-fit zone comprising an insertion region and an adjacent deformable region. The width of the deformable region is larger than the diameter of the hole, and the width of the insertion region is smaller than the diameter of the hole. The deformable region comprises a front region and a rear region that both have a closed opening, said openings being separated by a crossbar extending transversally to the insertion direction of the contact element. Said crossbar extends at least in one part at a pointed angle of between 5 and 85 degrees to the insertion direction, and is thus subjected to an elastic force when the limbs are pressed together, creating a steadily increasing compression force for pressing the limbs against the wall of the opening. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090023311 | TERMINAL ASSEMBLY WITH PIN-RETAINING SOCKET - Socket terminal assemblies and intercoupling components are configured to electrically connect a contacting area of an integrated circuit with a corresponding connection region of a substrate. The socket terminal assembly includes a socket shell, a pin, and a resilient member. The socket shell includes a portion defining an interior cavity and a protrusion extending inwardly relative to the portion, the protrusion defining an opening into the cavity within the socket shell. The pin includes a first portion having a first outer dimension and defining an interior cavity within the pin, and a second portion having a second outer dimension that is smaller than the first outer dimension. The first pin portion is received within the cavity of the socket shell with the second pin portion extending through the opening and out of the socket shell. In addition, the resilient member is interposed between the socket shell and the pin. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090029567 | LOW PROFILE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090029568 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector comprises an insulation body, a plurality of terminals, and an elastic part; the insulation body is provided with the first and the second sidewalls oppositing to each other; an accommodation space being formed and enclosed in the first and second sidewalls for accommodating a chip module. Each terminal is accommodated in the insulation body and is provided with an elastic arm protruding and stretching into the accommodation space; the elastic arm is provided with a contact portion for contacting an electrically conductive slice of the chip module. The elastic part is accommodated in the insulation body and used to precisely locate the electrically conductive slice and the contact portion. Being pressed downwards, the electrically conductive slice of the chip module presses the elastic arm, and the elastic arm bends toward the second sidewall and deforms, so that the chip module moves toward the second sidewall. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090029569 | BREAK APART POWER CONNECTOR - In one embodiment of the present invention a break apart power connector (e.g., for use with a personal computer power supply) is provided. In one example, the connector may comprise an integrally molded body portion, a plurality of electrical connecting elements mounted to the integrally molded body portion and a score line disposed on integrally molded body portion (the score line may permit the integrally molded body portion to be broken into at least two pieces). In another example, the connector may comprise an integrally molded body portion, a plurality of electrical connecting elements mounted to the integrally molded body portion and a hinge disposed on integrally molded body portion (the hinge may permit the integrally molded body portion to be broken into at least two pieces). | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090035957 | LEAD FRAME FOR CIRCUIT BOARD - A sub-component circuit board may be electrically and mechanically connected to a higher order circuit board using one or more leads extending from a lead frame embedded in the sub-component circuit board. The sub-component board is produced as a layered assembly with the embedded lead frame at the core. One or more dielectric layers and one or more circuitry layers are provided over the lead frame and then bonded using heat and pressure. Apertures in the dielectric and circuitry layers define a perimeter of the circuit board where the leads of the lead frame are exposed. The lead frame connects to the circuitry layer(s) using plated vias. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090035958 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELASTIC SHEET UNIT THEREOF - An electronic device includes a body, a first circuit board, an electronic element set and an elastic sheet unit. The body includes a first surface, a second surface and at least one through hole. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. The through hole passes through the body. The first circuit board includes a first conductive portion. The electronic element set is provided at the first surface. The electronic element set includes a second conductive portion. The elastic sheet unit includes a fixing element and two elastic sheets. The fixing element fixes the elastic sheets on the second surface. Each of the elastic sheets includes a first end and a second end. The first ends abut the first conductive portion, and the second ends pass through the through hole to abut the second conductive portion. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090035959 | INTERCONNECT ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS - Interconnect assemblies having resilient contact elements and methods for making these assemblies. In one aspect, the interconnect assembly includes a substrate and a resilient electrical contact element disposed on the substrate. A first portion of the resilient contact structure is disposed on the substrate and a second portion extends away from the substrate and is capable of moving from a first position to a second position under the application of a force. A stop structure is disposed on the surface of the substrate and on a surface of the first portion of the resilient contact structure. According to another aspect of the present invention, a beam portion of the resilient contact structure has a substantially triangular shape. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090042412 | Contact and Electrical Connector - A contact includes a substantially rectangular base plate. A linking member extends from the base plate such that the linking member is perpendicular thereto. A first elastic contact arm extends obliquely upward from a tip end of the linking member. The first elastic contact arm has a contact member for electrically connecting the first elastic contact arm to an integrated circuit socket. A second elastic contact arm extends obliquely downward from a tip end of the linking member. The second elastic contact arm has a contact member for electrically connecting the second elastic contact arm to a circuit board. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090042413 | Electrical connector and electrical system using the same - The present invention provides an electrical connector system comprising an IC package and an electrical connector. The electrical connector comprises a base defining a plurality of passageways, a plurality of contacts received in the passageways, and a cover moveable relative to the base from a first position to a second position. The contacts each have a resilient arm extending out of the passageway and extending in a space defined by a lower surface of the cover and a mating surface of the base. The IC package is mounted on an upper surface of the cover, defining a plurality of pins through a plurality of through holes of the cover. During movement of the cover from the first position to the second position, the pins press on a surface of the resilient arm of the contact in a vertical direction and the resilient arms deflect toward an adjacent passageway. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090042414 | LAND GRID ARRAY FABRICATION USING ELASTOMER CORE AND CONDUCTING METAL SHELL OR MESH - Methods for fabricating Land Grid Array (LGA) interposer contacts that are both conducting and elastic. Also provided are LGA interposer contacts as produced by the inventive methods. Provided is LGA type which utilizes a pure unfilled elastomer button core that is covered with an electrically-conductive material that is continuous from the top surface to the bottom surface of the button structure. In order to obviate the disadvantages and drawbacks which are presently encountered in the technology pertaining to the fabrication and structure of land grid arrays using electrically-conductive interposer contacts, there is provided both methods and structure for molding elastomer buttons into premetallized LGA carrier sheets, and wherein the non-conductive elastomer buttons are surface-metallized in order to convert them into conductive electrical contacts. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090053908 | Metalized Elastomeric Electrical Contacts - Techniques for forming enhanced electrical connections are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connecting device comprises an electrically insulating carrier having one or more contact structures traversing a plane thereof. Each contact structure comprises an elastomeric material having an electrically conductive layer running along at least one surface thereof continuously through the plane of the carrier. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090053909 | Electrical connector assembly having improved pick up cap - An electrical connector assembly ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090068857 | Electrically conducting contact and method for production thereof - A contact element for the intermittent contacting of conductor tracks on a circuit board, in particular, for flexible touchpads, for example for flexible input devices in the automobile industry, is made from a metal foam. The metal foam may be at least partly infiltrated by an elastomeric material which can also be the material of construction of the touchpad. The contact element has a very reliable construction which is particularly suitable for high voltage application. A method for production of the contact element, touchpads/input devices with such contact pads and the use of the contact pads is also provided. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090068858 | MINIATURE ELECTRICAL BALL AND TUBE SOCKET ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CAPTURING MULTIPLE-CONTACT-POINT COUPLING - A socket assembly for connecting an array of bulbous terminals such as balls wherein the female element is a miniature tube that has resilient prongs that grip the corresponding terminals with varying force during insertion and deletion. The tube is of resilient conductive material that has been sliced or helically partitioned into opposing prongs forming slots of a width that increases with axial distance from the end of the tube so as to allow the prongs of the connector to grip around the ball-like bulbous terminal and mechanically retain the terminal within the connector. The tubular element of the connector may be made by forming prongs in one or both ends of a tube by cuts of a width that increases with distance from the end of the tube. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090075497 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTROMECHANICAL CONTACT - A compliant electrical contact assembly for interconnecting a lead or terminal of an integrated circuit having two cantilever beams positioned within a slot in a housing arranged such that a portion of the beams slide along a portion of one another and within the housing as the beams are deformed elastically in order to allow more travel and compliance without yielding or totally deforming the beam. The sliding action during deformation effectively multiplies the total compliance in the assembly above and beyond the compliance otherwise available to elastic compression of the cantilever beams. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090075498 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector is disclosed. Connection targets have edges, respectively, on which conductive portions are formed. The electrical connector serves to electrically connect the conductive portions of connection targets with the edges facing each other. The electrical connector comprises an electrode sheet, a press member and a connection keeper. The electrode sheet comprises an insulation sheet and an electrode pattern formed on the insulation sheet. The press member is made of elastic material distinct from the electrode sheet. The press member is arranged to press the electrode pattern against the conductive portions of the connection targets when the press member is compressed, so that the conductive portions of the connection targets are connected to each other by the electrode pattern. The connection keeper is configured to keep the connection between the conductive portions of the connection targets with the press member compressed. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090081891 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LAND GRID ARRAY (LGA) INTERPOSER GROUPS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS UTILIZING METAL-ON-ELASTOMER HEMI-TORUS AND OTHER MULTIPLE POINTS OF CONTACT GEOMETRIES - A method of producing a land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and interposer groupings of different height being mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. Each interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are arranged about the surface of each hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090088005 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH CONTACT SHORTING PATHS - An electrical connector includes an insulator holding a plurality of contacts in an array corresponding to an array of pads on an electronic device. At least one shorting path electrically connects at least two of the contacts in the array. The insulator includes a plurality of apertures therethrough, with each aperture defining a contact location on the insulator. The insulator includes a channel formed between at least two contact locations. The channel defines a location of a shorting path and the shorting path is at least partially within the insulator. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090088006 | SOCKET FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A pressing surface portion of a presser member for selectively holding a semiconductor device is supported to be movable upward and downward in accordance with the up/down motion of a cover member to be close to or away from a alignment plate, as well as to be rotatable between a position directly above the alignment plate and a predetermined waiting position. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090093142 | Electrical connector assembly with fastening element - An electrical connector assembly, for electrically interconnecting an IC package with a printed circuit board, includes a printed circuit board, an electrical connector mounted on the printed circuit board, an IC package mounted in the electrical connector, a heat sink seated on the electrical connector, a backboard located under the printed circuit board and a plurality of first and second elements. The electrical includes an insulative base and a load plate mounted on the insulative base, and the load plate defines a plurality of first holes. The heat sink defines a plurality of second holes, while the printed circuit board defines a plurality of third holes, and the backboard defines a plurality of fourth holes. The first elements are inserted through the first, the third and the fourth holes to fasten the IC package, the electrical connector, the printed circuit board and the backboard together. The second elements fasten the heat sink with the electrical together through the second holes by engaging with the first elements. Accordingly, a reason can be found out easily when the IC package can't work normally. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090098745 | Wired circuit board - A wired circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a first wire formed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer so as to cover the first wire, and a second wire placed opposite to the first wire in a thickness direction and formed in a smaller width than that of the first wire. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090104794 | Land grid array connector - An LGA connector, for interconnecting an IC package with a printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing having a number of electrical terminals received therein, a metal stiffener mounted to the insulative housing, a cover and a lever pivotally engaged to two opposite ends of the stiffener, respectively. The insulative housing defines an opening for receiving the IC package and two walls extending upwardly thereof, and each wall disposes a first cutout. The stiffener surrounding the insulative housing defines two side walls adjacent and parallel to the walls of the insulative housing. Each side wall disposes a second cutout corresponding to the first cutout so as to so as to remove the IC package easily. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090111289 | Compliant Electrical Contact and Assembly - A compliant electrical contact and an assembly employing a plurality of the contacts that provides an interface between two electrical devices. The contact has a convoluted spring with convolutions and a contact point at each end. In one contact embodiment, the convolutions have appendages which electrically short adjacent convolutions throughout a significant portion of the compression range of the contact. An appendage may be a single finger that extends from one convolution toward the adjacent convolution, a pair of opposed fingers that extend toward each other from adjacent convolutions, or machined edges on adjacent convolutions. In some configurations, the fingers or a surface on the appendage or fingers are at a skew angle to the direction of compression. In another contact embodiment, a shunt attached at one contact point and parallel to the spring spans most or all of the convolutions longitudinally. The shunt electrically shorts adjacent convolutions by wiping on the abutting surface of the shunt or by a wiper extending from the convolution to the shunt. Alternatively, the shunt electrically shorts the two contact points, bypassing the convolutions. The contact is placed within a through aperture in a dielectric panel that has openings at each end through which the contact points protrude. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090111290 | ELECTROCOATED CONTACTS COMPATIBLE WITH SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of contacts that may be compatible with surface mount technology. The contacts may be surface mountable for establishing an electrical pathway (e.g., electrical grounding contact, etc.) from at least one electrically-conductive surface on the substrate to another electrically-conductive surface (e.g., EMI shield, battery contact, etc.). In one exemplary embodiment, a contact generally includes a resilient dielectric core member. At least one outer electrically-conductive layer is electrocoated onto the resilient dielectric core member. A solderable electrically-conductive base member may be coupled to the resilient core member and/or the outer electrically-conductive layer. The base member may be in electrical contact with the outer electrically-conductive layer. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090124100 | SHIELDED ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT - An electrical interconnect includes a contact array having an insulator holding a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts include a conductive polymer column having first and second opposite contact tips for interconnecting first and second electronic packages, wherein each of the contacts are individually shielded from adjacent ones of the contacts. Optionally, a frame may be provided on the insulator and positioned between each of the contacts, wherein the frame defines a shield concentrically surrounding each of the contacts. The frame may be conductive and non-coplanar with, and parallel to, the insulator, wherein the frame is electrically isolated from the contacts and provides shielding between adjacent ones of the contacts. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090156021 | Electrical contact used in electrical connector - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a number of passageways and a plurality of electrical contacts received in corresponding passageways of the insulative housing. Each contact is formed with a base portion, a solder portion bended from a bottom edge of the base portion, a spring portion and a connecting portion linking the base portion and the spring portion. The spring portion has a tip portion at a top end thereof, which is twisted and protrudes out of the insulative housing. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090156022 | Contact Member and Connector Including Same - A contact member is disclosed that includes a trunk part into which a strip-shaped part is formed substantially annularly; a first contact part at a first end of the trunk part; and a second contact part at a second end of the trunk part, the second contact part being positioned inside the first contact part. The first contact part and the second contact part face each other. The strip-shaped part is configured to be elastically twisted to cause the second contact part to come into contact with the first contact part in response to the second contact part being pressed in a direction of the axis of the trunk part. The strip-shaped part includes multiple turn-around parts between the first contact part and the second contact part. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090163049 | ELECTRONIC MODULE - An electronic module includes: a first circuit board and a second circuit board; and a conductive connector for electrically connecting a first conductive pattern of the first circuit board with a second conductive pattern of the second circuit board, wherein at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board is connected with the conductive connector through intrusion thereof. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090163050 | Electrical connector assembly having contacts without soldering legs - An electrical connector ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090176384 | Connecting Structure Of Circuit Board, Connecting Part of Circuit Board and Electronic Device - The invention provides a connecting structure of a circuit board, a connecting part of the circuit board, and an electronic device capable of alleviating a temperature difference between the connecting parts under hot pressure welding. A connecting structure | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090176385 | CONDUCTIVE CONNECTOR ATTACHMENT HAVING A SOLDER MATERIAL FOR A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - The present disclosure is directed to conductive connector attachments for use in electrically connecting printed circuit boards to absorbent products such as diapers, training pants, incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, and the like. Specifically, various configurations and methods of securely attaching conventional conductive hook and loop attachments to printed circuit boards are disclosed. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090186495 | Interposer Assembly and Method - An interposer assembly for forming electrical connections between contact pads on opposed substrates includes a top plate, a bottom plate, a lateral shift interface between the plates and a plurality of electrical circuit paths extending between contact surfaces at the top of the top plate and at the bottom of the bottom plate. The circuit paths maintain electrical connections between opposed pairs of pads on the substrates despite misalignment of the substrates or lateral shifting of the plates at the interface because of forces exerted on the substrates. The plates are secured together to permit limited lateral movement at the interface. The assembly may have a circuit board plate between the top and bottom plates and two lateral shift interfaces. The contacts may have very small and high contact pressure shear-formed contact tips. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090203235 | Electrical connector having terminals with improved wiping capability - An electrical connector ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090221156 | Signal terminal and plug connector with signal terminals - A plug connector has an insulative housing and a plurality of signal terminals. The insulative housing has a plurality mounting channels and each mounting channel has an interfering portion. The signal terminals are mounted respectively in the mounting channels and each signal terminals has a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion. Each of the first and second clamping portions has at least on barb stabbing and biting the interfering portion of a corresponding mounting channel to securely hold the signal terminal in the insulative housing. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090239396 | Compression Connector - A compression connector, a terminal for a compression connector and an assembly including a compression connector and a PCB. The compression connector including a housing; one or more terminals disposed in the housing; each terminal including a substantially U-shaped contact portion protruding above a surface level of the housing with a close end of the substantially U-shaped contact portion facing away from the housing, the substantially U shaped contact portion including a first leg connected to a main body of said each terminal and a second leg having a free end, the free end being disposed substantially at or below the surface level of the housing; wherein the first and second legs are angled with respect to each other in a quiescent state and such that the first and second legs are substantially parallel to each other in a contact state where the substantially U-shaped contact portion resiliently engages a contact through-hole of a PCB. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090253275 | CONNECTOR DEVICE FOR INTERCONNECTING CIRCUIT SUBSTRATES - A connector device for interconnecting circuit substrates is provided, in which no electric element for protection needs to be mounted separately on circuit substrates. A rectangular parallelepiped connecting element having an electrical component ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090263985 | Power connector - The electrical connector has an insulative housing and a number of contacts embedded in the housing and distributed in rows and columns. Each of the contact has a pair of contacting arms with a contacting portion thereon for electrically connecting with a pad of the electronic package. The contacting portions of the contacts are arranged in a pattern of contact portions of two adjacent contacts in same row can engage with a same pad on the electronic package when the electrical connector is coupled with the electronic package, such that the contacts of the row are coupled with each other in series. By way above mentioned, pitch between two adjacent contacts can be reduced and a high density of the contacts can be achieved. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090263986 | SPRING INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES - An interconnection element of a spring (body) including a first resilient element with a first contact region and a second contact region and a first securing region and a second resilient element, with a third contact region and a second securing region. The second resilient element is coupled to the first resilient element through respective securing regions and positioned such that upon sufficient displacement of the first contact region toward the second resilient element, the second contact region will contact the third contact region. The interconnection, in one aspect, is of a size suitable for directly contacting a semiconductor device. A large substrate with a plurality of such interconnection elements can be used as a wafer-level contactor. The interconnection element, in another aspect, is of a size suitable for contacting a packaged semiconductor device, such as in an LGA package. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090269949 | COMPRESSION CONNECTOR - Compression connectors and methods are provided that are suitable for mating a flat flexible circuit and a printed circuit board. A mounting assembly secures a locking compression assembly to a printed circuit board. Pliable compression springs mounted on rotatable levers engage the top surface of the flexible circuit and force the flexible circuit down onto an interposer, which in turn forces the interposer down onto the printed circuit board. Stop plates are biased towards the rotatable levers to hold the levers in the closed position. Latch members engage the stop plates to keep the connector closed. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090269950 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL - An electrical terminal ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090275219 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector configured to interconnect first and second electrical components. The connector includes a connector housing that is coupled to the first electrical component. The connector housing has a mating face that extends substantially in an axial direction and includes a slot opening. The connector also includes a connector contact that extends through the connector housing and the slot opening. The connector contact has a base portion located a depth within the connector housing and a curved portion formed along and protruding through the slot opening and beyond the mating face. The connector contact is configured to pivot about the base portion when a mating contact of the second electrical component is moved alongside the mating face in the axial direction and engages the curved portion. The curved portion is movable within and along the slot opening in the axial direction. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090280658 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a plug mounted on a lower surface of a printed circuit board, and a socket mounted on an upper surface of another printed circuit board. The plug is fitted in and electrically connected to the socket. A second support fitting is attached to both ends of a plug main body of the plug and is fixed to the printed circuit board. A first support fitting is attached to both ends of a socket main body of the socket and fixed to the another printed circuit board. The second support fitting is engaged to the first support fitting. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090305523 | MINIATURE ELECTRICAL BALL AND TUBE SOCKET ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CAPTURING MULTIPLE-CONTACT-POINT COUPLING - A socket assembly formed of hollow tubes for connecting an array of terminals off opposing electronic structures with both axial and lateral resilience, wherein the resilience is achieved through angular cuts in the tubes. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090311886 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH OVERLAPPING STRUCTURE - An electrical contact includes a first contact pin, a second contact pin and an elastic member surrounding the first contact pin and the second contact pin. Both of the first contact pin and the second contact pin include contacting portions. The first contact pin has a guiding portion including two lead-in arms and a stop portion between the two leading arms. The second contact has a main body and a protrusion on a top end of the main body. The leading arms define a guiding groove therebetween for the main body of the second contact pin moving up and down. The protrusion abuts against the stop portion of the first contact pin to prevent the second contact from sliding out of the guiding groove. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090325398 | Land grid array (LGA) socket with cells and method of fabrication and assembly - An LGA socket assembly comprising individual sockets cells, the methods of fabricating and assembling the socket cells into a socket assembly. In an embodiment of the invention, each socket cell comprises an insulative body and a wire. The insulative body is formed around the wire. A first portion of the wire extends from the top surface of the insulative body to form contact tip. A second portion of the wire extends from the bottom surface of the insulative body to form contact paddle. Socket cells are aligned to form a socket assembly. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325399 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING MOVABLE BASE UNIT - An electrical connector ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325400 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A ROLL-UP HEATING - The roll-up heating ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325401 | CONNECTOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A connector includes a contact pin in which a free end projecting from a supporting member comes into contact with an electrode of a first object and a second object, and a bending part is provided onto a base end such that the connector has an inclination against the first object and the second object. The rigidity of the bending parts is selectively set to be high by selectively increasing a thickness of the bending part. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100009557 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100015821 | SOCKET WITH AN IMPROVED COVER LID | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100022105 | Connector for Microelectronic Devices - One embodiment is a connector for making electrical connection to a bulbous terminal, the connector including: a metal tube with a cylindrical wall extending from a mating end, wherein: (a) two or more slots perforate the wall and extend from the mating end along the tube; (b) two or more apertures perforate the wall and are disposed in a circumferential array disposed a distance from the mating end; and (c) each of the two or more slots transects one of the two or more apertures to divide the mating end of the tube into resilient prongs. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100029099 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS - An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus comprises a support board having an upper surface and a lower surface, a block having an attachment surface directing downward and attached to the support board in a state where at least the attachment surface is located below the support board, a flexible circuit board having a contactor area in which a plurality of contactors are arranged and an outside area around the contactor area and attached at part of the outside area to the lower surface of the support board in a state where at least the contactor area is opposed to the attachment surface of the block, and a reference mark member having a lower end surface and a reference mark for positioning provided on the lower end surface and attached to the block in a state where the lower end surface is exposed to the lower side of the circuit board. Accordingly, the measurement accuracy of the probe tip position is heightened. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100029100 | CONTACT AND IC SOCKET USING THE SAME - A contact, above and below which two contact objects are present, comprises a first arm portion having a first contact portion at a tip end thereof, a first arcuate projection, a coupling portion, a second arcuate projection, and a second arm portion having a second contact portion at a tip end thereof. In the contact, the first arm portion and the coupling portion are connected to each other with the first arcuate projection therebetween to assume a substantially V-shaped configuration. The coupling portion and the second arm portion are connected to each other with the second arcuate projection therebetween to assume a substantially V-shaped configuration. The first arcuate projection is disposed below the first arm portion and outside an extension of the first arm portion. The second arcuate projection is disposed above the second arm portion and outside an extension n of the second arm portion. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100029101 | LOW-PROFILE CABLE ASSEMBLY AND ITS COMPLEMENTARY CONNECTOR - A connector assembly includes an electric connector, and a cable assembly mated with the electric connector. The electric connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts received in the housing. The cable assemble includes a base board with a plurality of golden fingers, and a plurality of wires electrically connected to the golden fingers. The base board includes a mating portion and a connecting portion connected to the mating portion. The golden fingers are arranged on the mating portion and the wires are physically connected to the connecting portion. The mating portion is inserted into the housing of the electric connector. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100029102 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING REINFORCED CONTACTS ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways, and a number of contacts receiving in corresponding passageways, respectively. The contacts comprises a first base portion having a first retaining portion for securing the contact in the passageway, and a second base portion having a second resilient arm extending therefrom. A first resilient arm extends upwardly from the first base portion and having a contacting portion disposed at a free end thereof. The second base portion and the second resilient arm are attached to the first base portion and the first resilient arm, respectively, from a lower position. Accordingly, an electrical connector with a large array pattern of the contacts is achieved under a condition that steady electrical connection is provided. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100035444 | IC ADAPTER - An integrated circuit (IC) adapter is disclosed to be adaptive sandwiched in between a ball grid array (BGA) integrated circuit (IC) and a printed circuit board to electrically couple the ball grid array IC and the printed circuit board. The IC adapter has a plurality of through holes therein, a resilient element in each of the through hole; in combination with a binding element for binding the integrated circuit (IC) onto the IC adapter such that the ball grid array IC can be removed, manually and without using any maintenance tool, from the IC adapter. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100035445 | SOCKET CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL CONTACT - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100041253 | Contact and Electrical Connector - A contact includes a substantially rectangular base plate. A linking member extends from the base plate such that the linking member is perpendicular thereto. A first elastic contact arm extends obliquely upward from a tip end of the linking member. The first elastic contact arm has a contact member for electrically connecting the first elastic contact arm to an integrated circuit socket. A second elastic contact arm extends obliquely downward from a tip end of the linking member. The second elastic contact arm has a contact member for electrically connecting the second elastic contact arm to a circuit board. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100062619 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS - The electrical connecting apparatus according to the present invention is used for providing electrical contacts for an electronic device and comprises a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts. At least one passageway is set on the housing. At least two ribs are set in the passageways. Within the passageways, at least one holding space is formed between two adjacent ribs. The electrical contacts are set in the passageways, respectively. In addition, portions of at least two electrical contacts are accommodated in the same holding space. The electrical contact has a base portion located underneath the rib. A pair of contact portions is formed by extending upwards from the base portion along corresponding two sides of the rib. Besides, at least one contact portion pass through the holding space. When the paired contact portions of each said electrical contact make contact with the electronic device, the contact portions move away from said rib. When the paired contact portions of each electrical contact of the electrical connecting apparatus according to the present invention make contact with an electronic device, the contact portions move away from said rib. Thereby, the electrical contact does not interfere with the housing. Consequently, the reliability of the product can be guaranteed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100062620 | SIM CARD CONNECTOR HAVING DUAL-SET FOOTPRINT ARRANGEMENTS - Provided is an electrical connector comprises an insulative housing defining a mounting surface and a mating surface in a parallel relationship and surrounded by a pair of end portions and side edges. A plurality of contacts are arranged into two distinct rows, and each contact comprises a first solder tail and a second solder tail respectively extending outward from the end portion and the side edge of the insulative housing. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100075512 | ROTATABLE CONNECTOR - A rotatable connector includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member rotatable relative to the first rotating member, at least one conductive connecting member sandwiched between the first rotating member and the second rotating member, and a shaft. The first rotating member includes a first rotating body and a first flexible printed circuit board fixed to the first rotating body. The first rotating body includes at least one conductive portion electrically connected to the first flexible printed circuit board. The second rotating member includes a second rotating body and a second flexible printed circuit board fixed to the second rotating body. The second rotating body includes at least one conductive protrusion. The at least one conductive connecting member electrically connects the least one conductive protrusion to the at least one conductive portion. The shaft extends through the first rotating body, the second rotating body and the second flexible printed circuit board. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100075513 | ORIENTATIONLESS SPRING PROBE RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly for establishing an electrical connection (for signal or current transfer) between two circuits or wiring assemblies. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100075514 | Method of making electrical connector on a flexible carrier - A compliant, scalable, thermal-electrical-mechanical, flexible electrical connector. In one configuration, the flexible electrical connector comprises a flexible substrate, a first and second conductive layer, and a plating contiguously applied over the conductive layers and holes through the substrate. The first and second conductive layers are adhered to opposite sides of the flexible substrate and have a plurality of raised contact elements in registration with at least a subset of the holes. At least some contact elements on the first and second conductive layers that oppose each other are in electrical communication with one another by way of the plating. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100087072 | Interposer Assembly with Flat Contacts - Interposer assembly includes an insulating plate with slots extending through the thickness of the plate and a flat metal contacts confined in the slots. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100093191 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH STOPPER AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING THE SAME - An electrical contact ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100105219 | BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR AND ARRANGEMENT WITH TWO CIRCUIT BOARDS - A board-to-board connector and an arrangement with two circuit boards. A body of the connector is provided with one or more electrically conductive contacts. Such a contact includes a soldering surface for the contact to be attached to a conductive pattern of a first circuit board. The contact further includes a contact surface to be arranged in contact with the conductive pattern of a second circuit board. The second circuit board is arranged at a distance from the first circuit board and substantially parallel therewith. The contact still further includes a spring part arranged between the soldering surface and the contact surface. The contact surface is in immediate contact with a part of the conductive pattern on the surface of the second circuit board and the spring part allows resilience between the soldering surface and the contact surface in a perpendicular direction with respect to a plane of the soldering surface. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100105220 | MINIATURE ELECTRICAL BALL AND TUBE SOCKET ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CAPTURING MULTIPLE-CONTACT-POINT COUPLING - A socket assembly for connecting an array of bulbous terminals such as balls wherein the female element is a miniature tube that has resilient prongs that grip the corresponding terminals with varying force during insertion and deletion. The tube is of resilient conductive material that has been sliced or helically partitioned into opposing prongs forming slots of a width that increases with axial distance from the end of the tube so as to allow the prongs of the connector to grip around the ball-like bulbous terminal and mechanically retain the terminal within the connector. The tubular element of the connector may be made by forming prongs in one or both ends of a tube by cuts of a width that increases with distance from the end of the tube. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100112828 | CARBON NANOTUBE CONTACT STRUCTURES - A carbon nanotube contact structure can be used for making pressure connections to a DUT. The contact structure can be formed using a carbon nanotube film or with carbon nanotubes in solution. The carbon nanotube film can be grown in a trench in a sacrificial substrate in which a contact structure such as a beam or contact element is then formed by metal plating. The film can also be formed on a contact element and have metal posts dispersed therein to provide rigidity and elasticity. Contact structures or portions thereof can also be plated with a solution containing carbon nanotubes. The resulting contact structure can be tough, and can provide good electrical conductivity. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100112829 | Electrical Interconnection Devices Incorporating Redundant Contact Points for Reducing Capacitive Stubs and Improved Signal Integrity - An electrical interconnection device for establishing redundant contacts between the ends of two conductive elements to be mated, creating a electrical interconnection without capacitive stubs. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100120267 | WAFER LEVEL INTERPOSER - Double-sided interposer assemblies and methods for forming and using them. In one example of the invention, an interposer comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite of said first surface, a first plurality of contact elements disposed on said first side of said substrate, and a second plurality of contact elements disposed on said second surface of said substrate, wherein said interposer connects electronic devices via said first and said second plurality of contact elements. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100124828 | SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT ENSURING RELIABLE AND ROBUST ALIGNMENT BETWEEN CONDUCTIVE CONTACTS - A socket connector comprises an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways and a receiving cavity for receiving an electrical package, and a plurality of contact respectively disposed in said passageways. The receiving cavity comprises a first cavity, and a second cavity smaller than the first cavity. The second cavity is in communication with the first cavity and outer space, the second cavity defining standoffs for positioning the electrical package when the electrical package is inserted into the receiving cavity. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100144166 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH LOW PROFILE - An electrical connector assembly ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100159718 | Coaxial Connector - A coaxial connector for connecting a first printed circuit board to a second printed circuit board is disclosed. The coaxial connector has an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric at least partially disposed between the inner conductor and the outer conductor. Each of the inner conductor, the outer conductor, and the dielectric is compressible. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100159719 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE - A package structure includes a first printed wiring board having mounted on a top surface a plurality of electronic components including at least one first electronic component, a second printed wiring board stacked on the top surface side of the first printed wiring board, and a plurality of connecting members for mechanically connecting the first and second printed wiring boards while maintaining a constant gap therebetween, the connecting members including a first cured resin for bonding a top surface of the at least one first electronic component to a bottom surface of the second printed wiring board. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100167560 | AREA ARRAY ADAPTOR - An adaptor for connecting ball grid array components to a circuit board with a leaded grid array joint, utilizing electric leads which can connect to a ball grid array on one end and a leaded grid array pad pattern on the opposite end. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100167561 | Structure and process for a contact grid array formed in a circuitized substrate - An elastic contact array circuitized substrate includes a circuitized substrate provided with circuit traces, and an array of three dimensional contact elements joined to the circuitized substrate and electrically coupled to the circuit traces. In one configuration, the array of three dimensional contacts are formed in a spring sheet material having anisotropic grains whose long direction is selected with respect to the longitudinal direction of elastic contact arms, in accordance with desired properties. In another configuration of the invention, the circuit traces are formed integrally within the spring sheet material. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100173505 | Topography compensating land grid array interposer - LGA connectors are fabricated with buttons or spring contacts preformed to different heights to accommodate the initial topography of a typical module or PCB of a particular product type. This is accomplished during fabrication by measuring topographies of mating surfaces of a first electronic device and of a second electronic device; fabricating interposer contacts to form opposing non-planar sides having respective inverse topographies for contacting the mating surfaces; and sandwiching the interposer between the first and second electronic devices with the opposing sides in contact with respective mating surfaces. For those LGA types made by molding techniques such as the metal-in-polymer type (eg. Tyco Electronics MPI, or Shin Etsu RP) or the Metal-on-Elastomer type (IBM), using molds with the desired topography provides the desired LGA topography. For those LGAs made of metal springs, cantilevers, armatures and the like, the desired topography is imposed by shaping of the buttons during or after fabrication using a sizing die with the desired topography. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100173506 | Substrate Connector - A substrate connector utilizes a plurality of conductive terminals, each of which are held in a single terminal-receiving cavity of a substrate. The terminals of the connector have a hook-shape with a retention portions in the form of a fork having a central slot and two free ends spaced apart from the retention portion and which protrude out of their cavities for contacting contact pads on opposing circuit boards. The retention portions engage abutments formed in the cavities to hold the terminals in place but do so in a manner that permits the terminals to move in both the vertical and horizontal directions. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100184309 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TWO ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CONNECTED TOGETHER BY A FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR - An electronic device includes least two electronic components linked electrically to one another using a flexible connector. The flexible connector includes multiple conducting blades, and is interposed between the two electrical components such that longitudinal edges of the flexible connector are held in contact against respective connection pads of each of the electronic components. The flexible connector is ultimately compressed, respectively, against both electronic components. The electronic device is equipped with two additional conducting blades for checking the state of compression of the flexible connector. The two additional conducting blades include an electrical circuit for determining the state of compression of the flexible connector by a resistive measurement and integrating at least one additional conducting blade of the flexible connector. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100197151 | SOCKET PACKAGE INCLUDING INTEGRATAED CAPACITORS - A socket package is provided to be positioned between a circuit package and a printed circuit board (PCB). The socket package includes a plurality of interconnects, to connect portions of the circuit package to portions of the PCB. Additionally, a plurality of capacitors are included with the socket package. The capacitors connect the interconnects provided to the socket package, and may be provided in lieu of capacitors in a circuit package, thus decreasing the complexity and build cost of the circuit package. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100203745 | LOW PROFILE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY FOR INTERCONNECTING CONDUCTIVE COMPONENTS IN A STACKED CONFIGURATION - A thin profile electrical connector assembly for interconnecting conductive components, such as circuit boards, in a stacked configuration, includes a frame-shaped insulating body member having opposite ends and opposite leg members. A plurality of adjacently disposed and spaced apart connector elements are configured on at least one of the leg members. Each connector element includes a lower arm held in the leg member and that terminates at a contact tail that extends outward from an outer side of the leg member, and a resilient arm that extends from the lower arm at an obtuse angle towards the opposite leg member. The resilient arm terminates in a resilient contact nose that extends above an upper surface of the leg members. The insulating body defines an open space between the opposite leg members whereby the resilient arms of the connector elements are pressed into the open space upon use of the connector assembly such that the connector assembly has a profile height in use that corresponds essentially to the thickness of the leg members. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100216320 | Separable electrical connectors using isotropic conductive elastomer interconnect medium - An electrical connector using an isotropic conductive elastomer as the interconnect medium. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100261358 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and an assembling method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first electronic module, a second electronic module, and a through connection element. The first electronic module includes a plurality of electronic units, a plurality of lead wires, a daughterboard, and a first connector. The first connector is disposed on the daughterboard. The lead wires are separately connected between the electronic units and the daughterboard. The daughterboard is electrically connected between the lead wires and the first connector. The second electronic module includes a motherboard and a second connector, wherein the second connector disposed on the motherboard is electrically connected with the motherboard. The through connection element being assembled between the first and the second connectors is electrically connected to the first and the second connectors to connect the first electronic module with the second electronic module. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100279521 | LAND GRID ARRAY (LGA) INTERPOSER UTILIZING METAL-ON-ELASTOMER HEMI-TORUS AND OTHER MULTIPLE POINTS OF CONTACT GEOMETRIES - A method of producing a land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically conductive elements are arranged about the surface of the at least one hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100291773 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DEFINING PLURALITY OF DISCRETE INTERCONNECTING SECTORS FOR RESPECTIVELY RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL IC PACKAGE THEREON - An electrical connector for receiving more than one IC packages ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100291774 | ELECTRICAL SOCKET HAVING CONTACT TERMINALS ARRANGED IN FAN-OUT PITCH ARRANGEMENT - An LGA socket used for connecting a chip module and a print circuit board includes an insulative housing and a number of terminals received in the housing. The housing has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other. Each of the terminals includes an upper arm extending beyond the top surface of the housing and a lower arm extending beyond the bottom surface of the housing. The upper arms and the lower arms of the terminals extend from the base portion with different lengths so as to form different pitches at top and bottom surfaces of the housing. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100311254 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH EMI SHIELD SPRING DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a circuit board, a conductive member, and a spring contact. The conductive member is spaced from the circuit board and comprises a surface opposite to the circuit board. The surface defines a recessed portion. The spring contact is connected to the conductive member and contacts the circuit board to achieve grounding. The spring contact comprises an end movably received in the recessed portion. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110003488 | CONNECTOR AND INTERPOSER USING CONNECTOR - A connector conducting electricity between external electrodes while the connector is being compressed, the connector including: a columnar main body made of an elastic dielectric; a first contact terminal made of an inelastic conductor including first and second electrode sections provided on a top surface and a side surface of the columnar main body and a coupling section interconnecting the first and second electrode sections; a second contact terminal made of an inelastic conductor including third and fourth electrode sections provided on a bottom surface and a side surface of the columnar main body and a coupling section interconnecting the third and fourth electrode sections, the fourth electrode section being disposed in a position in which the fourth electrode section does not contact the second electrode section; and a conductor provided outside the main body and conducting electricity between the second and fourth electrode sections. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110039424 | MINIATURE ELECTRICAL SOCKET ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CAPTURING MULTIPLE-CONTACT-POINT COUPLING - A socket assembly formed of hollow tubes for connecting an array of terminals off opposing electronic structures with both axial and lateral resilience, wherein the resilience is achieved through angular cuts in the tubes. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110045679 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL AND BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR WITH THE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL - An electrical terminal is adapted for being mounted in a connector. The electrical terminal includes an elastic portion of a substantially U-shape which includes a fastening arm and a contact arm spaced from the fastening arm, and a soldering tail connected with a free end of the fastening arm. The contact arm defines a contact area back to the fastening arm for electrically contacting an external mating terminal. The contact area includes a plurality of concave fillisters and contact ribs parallel one another to be alternately arranged and each extended at an incline to an inserting direction of the external mating terminal so that ensures a firm contact between the electrical terminal and the mating terminal. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110053389 | GROUND CONNECTOR FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes two PCBs and a ground connector. The ground connector includes a flat, two legs, and an arm. The flat attaches the grounding connector to one of the PCBs. The two legs project from the flat and cooperatively defining a receiving space. The arm, extending from the flat, is received and extends of the receiving space and electronically connecting to the other PCB. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110059631 | CONNECTOR AND INTERPOSER USING THE SAME - A connector includes a movable conductive element and an elastic body. The connector electrically conducts between opposed external electrodes disposed vertically. The movable conductive element has a pair of rigid contact. And the elastic body deforms elastically to receive the load caused by the movement of the movable conductive element. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110070750 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A SEQUENTIAL MATING INTERFACE - An interconnect assembly for interconnecting first and second electrical components includes a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces. The interconnect assembly also includes a first array of contacts on the first surface for engaging corresponding elements on the first electrical component. The first array of contacts have first and second subsets that extend different first and second distances from the substrate to define a compressible interface that sequentially mates with the first electrical component such that the first subset of the contacts engages the first electrical component prior to engagement by the second subset of contacts. The interconnect assembly further includes a second array of contacts on the second surface for engaging corresponding elements on the second electrical component. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110076861 | LAMINAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A laminar electrical connector is provided that is formed from multiple superimposed strips of conductive material that form a stack having at least two ends. A second conductive material is used to join adjacent superimposed strips. The resultant connector has ends that are adapted to engage electrical terminals and provide an electrical communication therebetween. The resultant connector lacks a sheath on the ends or a grommet extending through the stack. Such a sheath or grommet limits the operative lifetime of the resulting connector and also creates current focusing that diminishes overall connector efficiency. A connector having a continuous layer of the second conductive material joining adjacent strips along the entire interface between the adjacent strips is also provided and improves connector performance in ways that are especially beneficial to applications associated with an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110104912 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING PLATED CONDUCTIVE LAYER - An electrical connector for connecting two electronic devices includes a first housing having a plurality of first through holes, a second housing mounted under the first housing and having a plurality of second through holes respectively aligning with the first through holes. An inner wall of each second through hole is plated to have a conductive layer thereon. A contacting member is attached to the conductive layer and disposed beyond a bottom surface of the second housing for engaging with one electronic device. A plurality of contacts each includes a contacting portion disposed in the first through hole for engaging the other electronic device and an engaging section disposed in the second through hole and electrically contacted with the conductive layer. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110124207 | Separable electrical connectors using isotropic conductive elastomer interconnect medium - An electrical connector using an isotropic conductive elastomer as the interconnect medium. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110151687 | INTERCONNECT ASSEMBLY HAVING A SEPARABLE MATING INTERFACE - An interconnect assembly for interconnecting first and second electrical components includes a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces and a first array of contacts on the first surface for engaging corresponding elements on the first electrical component. The first array of contacts defines a compressible interface that mates with the first electrical component. The first array of contacts includes signal contacts transferring data signals across the compressible interface and the first array of contacts includes a combination of power contacts that jointly convey power across the compressible interface. The interconnect assembly also includes a second array of contacts on the second surface for engaging corresponding elements on the second electrical component. The second array of contacts having signal contacts electrically connected to the signal contact of the first array of contacts and power contacts electrically connected to the power contacts of the second array of contacts. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110151688 | A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH HOLES WITH CONDUCTORS COMPRESSING COMPLIANT PORTION OF CONTACT POSTS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing electrical connections for an area array device. Each of a plurality of holes in a circuit board has a conductor within it and has an opening on a side of the circuit board. Electrically conductive contact posts extend from the openings of the holes. The contact posts are in a pattern corresponding to contact pads on an area array device. A compliant portion of each contact post is inserted within a hole. The conductor compresses the compliant portion to removably secure the contact post within the hole. The conductors form an electrical connection with the contact post. A spring portion of each contact post extends away from the circuit board. The spring portion is compressible toward the circuit board, and provides an electrical connection between a contact post and a contact pad in response to contact with the contact pad. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110151689 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED INSULATIVE HOUSING - An electrical connector includes a substrate, an upper plate, a lower plate, and a number of contacts. The substrate has a number of passageways. The upper plate and the lower plate are mounted upon and below the substrate, respectively. The upper plate and the lower plate both have a number of apertures corresponding to the passageways and a recess to receive the substrate. The contacts are received in the passageways and the apertures. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110171839 | CONTACT TERMINAL FOR TEST SOCKET - An electrical connector contact comprises an upper and lower contact pins and a spring device disposed between the upper and lower contact pins. The upper contact pin includes a main portion, two pair of stopping portions respectively projecting from two sides of the main portion, and two guiding slots each formed between two stopping portions located at a same side of the main portion. The lower contact pin has a pair of elastic arms directly made from lacerating and bending a metallic plate and received in the guiding slots, a pair of clamping portions clamping the main portion, and two hooks abutting against the stopping portions to prevent the upper and lower contact pins separating from each other. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110189867 | ELASTIC-CUSHIONED CAPACITIVELY-COUPLED CONNECTOR - A connector according to the present invention is equipped with an elastic member with elasticity, at least one terminal including a connecting conductor portion formed on one side of the elastic member and connected to a circuit side conductor portion electrically continuous with a circuit provided on a first flat circuit substrate, a first opposing conductor portion formed on another side of the elastic member and opposed to a second opposing conductor portion electrically continuous with a circuit provided on a second flat circuit substrate, and a linking conductor portion linking the connecting conductor portion and the first opposing conductor portion with each other so as to allow them to make relative movement, and a dielectric portion formed at least on one of the first opposing conductor portion | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110207343 | CONTACT-TYPE ELECTRONIC INSPECTION MODULE - A contact-type electronic inspection module includes a carrying base, a plurality of terminal holes formed on the carrying base, and a plurality of conductive terminals coupled into the terminal holes respectively. Both ends of the conductive terminal are exposed from upper and lower sides of the carrying base. The conductive terminal includes an elastic pillar, and one or more electric conductive filaments buried in the middle of the elastic pillar, and the electric conductive filament includes an elastic portion formed at the middle and two conductive portions on both ends and exposed from both ends of the elastic pillar respectively, such that the contact-type electronic inspection module can be used for inspecting electronic products to achieve the effects of preventing the conductive terminals from being worn out or damaged, swapping or replacing the conductive terminals, and protecting the contact points of the circuit and enhance the electric conductivity. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110223778 | MULTI-CHIP MODULE WITH MULTI-LEVEL INTERPOSER - A multi-level interposer plate and a multi-chip module (MCM) that includes the multi-level interposer plate are described. First surfaces and second surfaces in different regions of the multi-level interposer plate have associated, different thicknesses. Moreover, first micro-spring connectors and second micro-spring connectors are respectively disposed on the first surfaces and the second surfaces. In the MCM, a given one of the first surfaces of the multi-level interposer plate faces a bridge chip in a first layer in an array of chips in the MCM so that first connectors, disposed on the bridge chip, mechanically and electrically couple to the first micro-spring connectors. Similarly, a given one of the second surfaces of the multi-level interposer plate faces an island chip in a second layer in the array of chips so that second connectors, disposed on the island chip, mechanically and electrically couple to the second micro-spring connectors. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223779 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SPRING CONTACT FOR SHIELDING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An EMI spring contact for shielding EMI comprises a first section having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, a second section connected to the first section and extending up and angularly from the first end of the first section, a third section connected to the second section and extending down from the second section, and a fourth section connected to the third section. An acute angle is formed between the first and second sections, and a first through hole is defined in the second section. The fourth section extends up and angularly from the third section through the first through hole of the second section and is movably received in the first through hole. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223780 | Electrical connector for connecting an adaptor board or electrical component to a main printed circuit board - An electrical connector electrically connects either an adaptor board or an electrical component to a main circuit board through the use of a thin printed circuit having an array of pads one each side where on one side the pads are connected to a main circuit board by solder balls, solder columns conductive epoxy or any other way practiced in the art and on the other side of the thin circuit the pads are connected to an adaptor board by a conductive compliant elastomeric material. The sides of the thin printed circuit are electrically connected to one another in ways practiced in the art. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110237096 | COMPRESSION CONNECTOR WITH SINK BOARD-MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A connector assembly includes a compression connector with a plurality of terminals received therein and a circuit board assembled to the compression connector. The compression connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a locating portion protruding upwardly from a top surface of the base and, each terminal having a spring portion received in the locating portion and an engaging portion extending forwardly from the spring portion. The circuit board forms a hole receiving the locating portion and makes electrically connection with the engaging portions. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120115339 | Pressfit Contact for Connecting an Electronic Component to a Circuit Board and Pressfit Tool and Method for Producing a Pressfit Contact - A press-in contact and a press-in tool for connecting an electronic component to a printed circuit board, the press-in contact of the electronic component being pressed into a contact opening of the printed circuit board by the press-in tool. Also a method for producing a press-in contact. The press-in contact includes at least one guide region which can be received in a guide contour of the press-in tool in a position-fixing manner. The maximum length of the guide region is a multiple of the maximum width or is substantially equal to or only slightly shorter than the maximum width and/or the guide region is highly rigid in the press-in direction (z direction) and flexible in the other directions (x/y directions). The method according to the invention is characterized in that contiguous, interlinked contours of the press-in contacts, which contours are produced as a ribbon or band, are supplied to a separating station and are separated at predetermined separation points into individual press-in contacts. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120156899 | LAND GRID ARRAY INTERCONNECT - 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. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120184116 | INTERPOSER - An interposer includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface with vias extending between the first and second surfaces. The interposer also includes a contact array mounted to the first surface that has a plurality of coil-shaped contacts. The contacts have heels terminated to corresponding vias. The contacts have beams defining a mating interface of the interposer configured for mating with an electronic component. The contacts may be conic helix shaped. The beams may include at least one turn. The beams may be free standing from the heel and may be compressible along contact axes toward the first surface of the substrate. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120202361 | Electrical connector incorporated with circuit board facilitating interconnection - An electrical connector ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120270421 | FASTENING DEVICE AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY HAVING SAME - A PCB assembly includes an FPCB, a connector, a rigid PCB, and a fastening device. The rigid PCB includes a loading surface, a bottom surface opposite to the loading surface, and two pins protruding from the bottom surface. The loading surface contacts the FPCB. The FPCB is electrically connected to the rigid PCB through the connector. The fastening device includes a pressing plate, two fastening bars and two connecting arms. The pressing plate includes a pressing surface contacting the FPCB. The fastening bars are parallel to the pressing surface. Each fastening bar includes a hook grappling with a corresponding pin. Each hook includes a resisting surface resisting on the bottom surface. Each connecting arm connects the pressing plate and a corresponding fastening bar. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130029500 | CONNECTOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a connector including a substrate, at least a conductive via disposed inside the substrate, a pad disposed on one surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive via, a resilient flange disposed on the pad, and an anisotropic conductive adhesive interposed between the pad and the resilient flange to electrically connect the pad with the resilient flange. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130040472 | SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT TERMINAL INCORPORATED WITH SELF-REPELLING CONTACT TIP - An electrical device for electrically connection an electronic component, comprises a substrate, and a plurality of contact units mounted on the substrate. The contact units each comprises a lower contact positioned on the substrate and an upper contact coupled to the lower contact. The upper contact is floatably received in a receiving space defined by the lower contact and upward and downward movement of the upper contact relative to the lower contact are limited by the lower contact. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130078826 | TORSIONALLY-INDUCED CONTACT-FORCE CONDUCTORS FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEMS - An electrical connector comprising a pair of elongated bodies, each having a facing ramp, the ramp having an notch, each having a rotatable torsion bar conductor with a tip located in the notch, the end of a tip spaced above the ramp such that when the two bodies are mated, the tips engage the ramp of the other connector and rotate against a torsional restoring force, and when fully mated, the two ramps abut each other, notches aligned, with the respective tips of the torsion bars engaging the torsion bar of the other body in the aligned notches. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130252443 | STRUCTURE HAVING CIRCUIT BOARDS CONNECTED THEREIN AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CIRCUIT BOARDS - An anisotropic conductive member is connected to a rigid circuit board having a first electrode and a flexible circuit board having a second electrode as a land. A plurality of conductive paths penetrate an insulating base material of the anisotropic conductive member. Each conductive path has a first protrusion and a second protrusion on respective first and second surfaces of the insulating base. The height of the second protrusion is equal to or less than double the thickness of the land. The first protrusion contacts a part of the first electrode. The second protrusion contacts part of the land. The base of the anisotropic conductive member is pressed such that the insulating material is not in direct contact with the flexible circuit board. When attaching the boards, a pressure of 300 MPa to 1,000 MPa is applied to the surfaces of the lands to reduce circuit board breakage. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130260578 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT DEVICE - An interconnect device for electrically connecting first and second electrical components together along a connection axis includes a contact assembly having an insulative carrier and electrical contacts held by the insulative carrier. The electrical contacts include mounting segments and mating segments. The mating segments are configured to be compressed along the connection axis. A frame includes a central opening and at least one perimeter segment that defines a boundary of the central opening. The contact assembly is held within the central opening. The frame includes a compression stop having a stop surface that is configured to engage the second electrical component to limit an amount of compression of the mating segments along the connection axis. The stop surface is aligned with a mating side surface of the perimeter segment. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130267103 | CONNECTOR - A connector | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130330942 | COMPLIANT CONDUCTIVE NANO-PARTICLE ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT - An electrical interconnect providing an interconnect between contacts on an IC device and contact pads on a printed circuit board (PCB). The electrical interconnect includes a resilient substrate with a plurality of through holes extending from a first surface to a second surface. A resilient material is located in the through holes. The resilient material includes an opening extending from the first surface to the second surface. A plurality of discrete, free-flowing conductive nano-particles are located in the openings of the resilient material. The conductive particles are substantially free of non-conductive materials. A plurality of first contact members are located in the through holes adjacent the first surface and a plurality of second contact members are located in the through holes adjacent the second surface. The first and second contact members are electrically coupled to the nano-particles. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130337666 | SUBSTRATE EMBEDDED ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT - Electronic assemblies and methods including the formation of interconnect assemblies are described. An electrical interconnection assembly may include a contact structure and a printed circuit board electrically coupled to the contact structure, the printed circuit board including an opening therein. The contact structure is positioned to extend within the opening in the printed circuit board and is movable in relation to the printed circuit board when a sufficient force is applied to the contact structure. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130344711 | BURN-IN SOCKET WITH IMPROVED TERMINALS - A burn-in socket includes an insulative seat with a plurality of terminal-retained passageways, a sliding member defining a plurality of terminal-receiving passageways, a driven frame and a plurality of terminal retained in terminal-retained passageways of the seat and received in the terminal-receiving passageways of the sliding member. Each of the terminal-receiving passageways defines two opposite inner sides. Each terminal includes a base portion, a board-connecting portion and a pair of clamping arm consisting of a movable arm and a static arm, the pair of clamping arms defining clamping end at tips thereof. The pair of clamping arms are located elastically against corresponding inner sides, the static arm defines a lower curved portion with a projecting end and an upper linear portion, the projecting end of the lower curved portion of the static arm elastically presses against the movable arm permanently. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140045350 | Interposer Plate - The disclosure relates to interposer assembly plates with large numbers of closely spaced contact apertures extending through the plates and contact members inserted into and retained in the apertures. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140099804 | CONNECTOR - A connector is mountable on a circuit board and mateable with a mating connector along a mating direction. The connector comprises a contact, a housing, an enclosing portion and a coupling portion. The housing holds the contact. The enclosing portion encloses an outer circumference of the housing in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction. The coupling portion directly or indirectly couples the enclosing portion with the housing so as to allow the enclosing portion to move along the mating direction relative to the housing. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140127915 | IMPLEMENTING CONNECTION OF TWO LARGE ELECTRONIC BOARDS UTILIZING LGA INTERCONNECT - A method and apparatus are provided for implementing electrical connection of two large circuit cards through multiple discrete land grid array (LGA) sites. Each of the circuit cards includes a plurality of LGA sites. A first circuit card includes a plurality of LGA interposers locally aligned at the respective LGA sites of the first circuit card. A board-to-board connection hardware assembly connecting a second circuit card to the first circuit card includes a elongated carrier defining a cavity receiving a plurality of load springs coupled to an associated bearing block for loading and maintaining flatness of the LGA sites. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140148020 | MECHANICAL SPACER WITH NON-SPRING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR A MULTIPLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY - A spacer and electrical connector assembly for printed circuit boards includes a first member to be placed between two of the printed circuit boards to provide a required spacing between the printed circuit boards. The assembly also includes at least one second member disposed adjacent to the first member, the second member extending along a length of the first member and at least partially bracketing an upper surface and a lower surface of the first member, thereby providing an electrical connection between the printed circuit boards. A plurality of contact portions that respectively receive the second member may be disposed on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140154893 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING IT - The present invention is an electrical connector in which a substrate (such as a printed circuit board or PCB) includes a plurality of apertures (or vias) and some of those apertures are filled with two materials to improve the characteristics of the electrical interconnection. The preferred process of crating the filled vias includes the steps of plating the vias with an electrically-conductive material to create an electrically-conductive path between portions of the substrate and components associated with the substrate and partially filling the apertures, then filling at least a portion of the apertures or vias with a second or different filling material to seal at least apart of the electrically conductive path through the plating. The second filling material may be chosen to provide thermal compensation for the connection. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140162472 | Impedance Controlled LGA Interposer Assembly - An interposer plate assembly having an insulating plate and metal contacts in the plate with contact points above and below the plate and a central portion in the plate. Two cantilever arms extend from the central portion to each contact point. The central portion may form an impedance shield for reducing impedance between adjacent signal contacts. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140193985 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTING MEMBER, METHOD OF FORMING AND USING THE SAME - An electrically conductive connecting member includes an electrically insulating elastomer and an electrically conducting elastomer. The conductive connecting member has a Shore Hardness type A from 5 to 90 degrees, water-resistant ability up to 0.1 kgf/cm | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140206206 | LAND GRID ARRAY (LGA) SOCKET CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF FORMING - Aspects of the present invention relate to land grid array socket cartridge structures. In one embodiment, a land grid array (LGA) cartridge structure includes: a deformable thin film having at least one aperture configured to hold a substantially liquid metal, whereby in a compressed state of the deformable thin film, the substantially liquid metal of the deformable thin film is configured to electro-mechanically couple a carrier and a socket base. Another embodiment includes a method of forming a LGA cartridge structure. The method includes: providing a deformable thin film having a first surface and a second surface, and forming at least one aperture within the deformable thin film through the first surface and the second surface, wherein the aperture is configured to hold a substantially liquid metal. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140273553 | VERTICAL SOCKET CONTACT WITH FLAT FORCE RESPONSE - An apparatus includes a plurality of contact elements to provide electrical continuity between an integrated circuit and an electronic subassembly, wherein a contact element includes a spring element and a separate lead element, wherein the spring element is arranged to be substantially vertically slidable over at least a portion of the lead element in response to a force applied to the contact element. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140308825 | CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a plurality of contacts which are formed using a plurality of conductive contact points provided on a first plate surface of an FPC as a connection object, a frame member which has an opening size and a height capable of receiving a mating connector and is attached to the first plate surface of the FPC so as to surround the contacts, and a plate-like member which is provided on a second plate surface of the FPC so as to extend over a region corresponding to the contacts. The frame member has locking holes which respectively engage with mating locking claws of the mating connector when the connector is fitted to the mating connector, thereby maintaining the fitting state of the connector and the mating connector. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140315398 | PCB connector - The invention relates to a PCB connector for fastening a first printed circuit board on a second printed circuit board. The PCB connector may have a longitudinal base body with a clamping and fastening device for tool-free fastening of the PCB connector on a printed circuit board. The clamping and fastening device has a put-through body and a spring body which is formed extendable upon putting-through the put-through body through the land. The base body is thus pressed against the printed circuit board by the spring body. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140357100 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150031221 | Printed Circuit Board Connectors - Contact pads on structures such as printed circuits may be coupled to each other using printed circuit connectors such as board-to-board connectors. A printed circuit connector may have interlocking metal frame structures. The metal frame structures may be soldered to traces on the printed circuits. Rectangular openings in the metal frame structures may receive a rectangular contact array structure that is separate from the metal frame structures. The contact array structure may include a dielectric carrier structure and an array of conductive contacts. The dielectric carrier structure may align the contacts with respect to pads on the printed circuits to which the metal frame structures are soldered. The contacts may be formed from metal spring structures or conductive elastomeric structures that are compressed between respective printed circuit contact pads when the metal frame structures of a printed circuit connector are attached to each other. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150037987 | CONTACT MEMBER BETWEEN A SUBSTRATE AND A DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING SUCH A CONTACT MEMBER - A contact member establishes an electrical contact between a substrate and a first device. The contact member includes: a base extending substantially along a plane (P) and having a first surface that can be fixed on to the substrate, and a second surface ( | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150087163 | CONDUCTIVE INK ELASTOMERIC MOLDED CONNECTOR - An electronic connector system includes one or more electronic components electronically coupled to one another by an elastomeric connector. The elastomeric connector is disposed in a compressed condition against the one or more electronic components to form a sound electrical connection therebetween. A casing is provided about the elastomeric connector to retain the elastomeric connector in the compressed condition as coupled to the one or more electronic components. The casing may be an overmolded polymer that is injection molded about the electrical connection between the elastomeric connector and the one or more electronic components. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150099376 | CONNECTOR - A connector reduced in height without reducing contact reliability. A contact of the connector includes a first spring portion that supports a contact portion, a second spring portion that supports a connection portion, and an integral connection portion that integrally connects the first spring portion and the second spring portion. The first spring portion and the second spring portion are arranged on an imaginary straight line that extends through the contact portion and is parallel to a connection direction, and the integral connection portion is made away from the imaginary straight line in a direction orthogonal to the connection direction. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150111400 | CONNECTOR - A connector including a soft spring portion. A connector that electrically connects a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board includes a contact portion that can be brought into contact with the first printed circuit board, a connection portion that can be connected to the second printed circuit board, and an elastic spring portion that connects the contact portion and the connection portion. The elastic spring portion includes a first spring portion and a second spring portion that are connected via an open loop-shaped integral connection portion. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150303602 | CONTACT LUG - A contact lug for electrically conductively connecting at least two components, wherein the contact lug is designed to apply a contact pressure to at least one of the components, the contact pressure being exerted by elastic deformation of the contact lug, wherein the contact lug is at least partially formed from a bimetal in such a way that an increase in the temperature of this bimetal leads to an increase in the contact pressure. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160036142 | FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A flexible connector includes a flexible substrate having a plurality of conductive pads and a plurality of conductive polymer springfingers. Each conductive polymer springfinger extends between a first end and a second end. The conductive polymer springfingers are mechanically and electrically connected to corresponding conductive pads at the corresponding second ends and the conductive polymer springfingers are configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to conductors of an electrical component at the corresponding first ends. The conductive polymer springfingers are internally conductive and compressible between the first and second ends. The conductive polymer springfingers are discrete and separated by gaps. The flexible substrate is flexible to allow the second ends of the conductive polymer springfingers to be non-coplanar and to allow the first ends of the conductive polymer springfingers to be non-coplanar for electrical connection with the electrical component. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160036148 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A plurality of upper plug contacts are each brought into contact with a master elastic piece and a slave elastic piece of a corresponding lower receptacle contact in accordance with elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece. A plurality of lower plug contacts are each brought into contact with a master elastic piece and a slave elastic piece of a corresponding upper receptacle contact in accordance with elastic deformation of the master elastic piece and the slave elastic piece. For example, as shown in FIG. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160043489 | Clamp Interconnect - An apparatus including a bridge member and a clamp is disclosed. The bridge member is positioned in a first plane and has a substrate with a first surface and a second surface; and a plurality of distinct conductive pillars formed on the second surface of the substrate. The clamp has a body, a proximal end and a distal end. The body is positioned in a second plane above the first plane with the second plane being within 2 degrees of parallel to the first plane. The proximal end is positioned along the second plane; and the distal end has a plurality of prongs. The distal end is offset from the second plane in a direction toward the bridge member such that each prong contacts the first surface of the substrate. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160056560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STACKING COMPRESSION CONNECTORS - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board comprising may include a substrate, a primary compression connector, and a second compression connector. The substrate may have a first side and a second side and may have formed therein a substrate retention channel. The primary compression connector may be coupled to the first side and have formed thereon a primary connector retention channel aligned with the substrate retention channel. The second compression connector may be coupled to the second side opposite from the first compression connector and may have formed thereon a secondary connector retention channel aligned with the substrate retention channel and the primary connector retention channel to define a circuit board retention channel. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160087360 | Interposer Assembly and Method - The application discloses an improved interposer assembly with a molded plastic plate and stamp-formed metal contacts inserted in through passages in the plate. The contacts have redundant separate metal circuit paths extending between opposed contact points to reduce inductance and contact resistance. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160099512 | INTERPOSER, PRINTED BOARD UNIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An interposer includes a first contact terminal pressed against a first fixed terminal for signal transmission; a pair of second contact terminals pressed against second fixed terminals for any one of power supply and grounding, the pair of second contact terminals being disposed with a gap in a pressing direction in which the pair of second contact terminals are pressed against the second fixed terminals, each of the pair of second contact terminals having a larger sectional area than the first contact terminal in a crossing direction that crosses the pressing direction; and a plurality of spring members arranged between the pair of second contact terminals, the plurality of spring members being electro-conductive, having a lower elasticity than the first contact terminal, and pressing the pair of second contact terminals against the second fixed terminals. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160141783 | SUBSTRATE-CONNECTING ELECTRIC CONNECTOR AND SUBSTRATE-CONNECTING ELECTRIC CONNECTOR DEVICE - A smooth mating operation is enabled by a simple configuration in a state in which electric connectors are easily and reliably positioned. A plug-side mating guide member made of metal projecting to an outer side from a wiring substrate is provided with guide surfaces, which contact part of a counterpart connector and slide so as to carry out positioning of a mating operation. Apart from which the plug-side mating guide member projects from the wiring substrate is directly or indirectly checked visually. As a result, the mating operation can be carried out while approximating the mutual mating positional relation of both of the electric connectors, and the mating positional relation is regulated to a predetermined state by guiding actions of the guide surfaces of the plug-side mating guide member so that the mutual mating operation of the electric connectors is easily and precisely carried out. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160149327 | ANGLED INTERPOSER INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS - A method and structures are provided for implementing angled interposer interconnect systems. The angled interposer interconnect systems include an angled interconnect having a selected interconnect angle including a plurality of land grid array (LGA) contacts. The selected interconnect angle is provided in a provided within a predefined range between zero degrees one hundred eighty (180) degrees. Selected connector LGA contacts have substantially matching length for enhanced signal integrity performance. | 05-26-2016 |
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