Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439081000 | Resilient contact or to receive resilient contact | 89 |
20090017649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCTION OF EXTERNAL ELASTOMERIC CONNECTOR COMPRESSION FORCE - A connector system employs a first connector moiety on an insertable miniaturized form factor card. A mobile information device (MID) has a printed circuit board having a second connector moiety and a frame mounted on the MID PCB for receiving the card. A slot is present in the frame for engagement of an elastomeric connector element in alignment with the second connector moiety. The card is positioned by the frame for alignment of the first connector moiety with the elastomeric connector element. The contact surface of the first connector moiety, as an example, multiple contact pads on the card, is extended, accomplished in the example by a matching plurality of individual metallic conductor extensions affixed to the plurality of contact pads using surface mount technology, and a cover attached to the frame is provided for urging the card into the frame and urging the extended contact surface to compress the elastomeric connector for positive contact. | 01-15-2009 |
20090042418 | Camera modular connector having metal shell having deformable tab facilitating removal of connector assemble therein - A camera modular connector ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090053913 | Low profile electrical connector and assembly - An electrical connector defining a mounting plane adapted to be mounted on a PCB, comprises a dielectric housing and a plurality of socket contacts. The dielectric housing comprises a plurality of passages; each passage defines a mating opening facing the mounting plane. The plurality of socket contacts is respectively secured in the dielectric housing. Each the socket contact comprises a retaining section secured in the passages, a contacting section adapted to engage a contact pin of a complementary connector when the contact pin insert into the passage through the mating opening, and a tail extending out the passage through the mating opening and exposed on the mounting plane. | 02-26-2009 |
20090068863 | Connecting terminal - The invention relates to a connecting terminal with an insulating housing and a clamping contact positioned in the connecting terminal housing for the purpose of connecting an electrical conductor, such that a contact spring, which is electrically connected to the clamping contact in the housing, is guided through an initial hole in the housing of connecting terminal to the outside of the housing, and where the contact spring is so designed that it presses against the contact surface of the circuit board when the connecting terminal is mounted on a circuit board, to thereby produce an electrical contact between the circuit board and the clamping contact. | 03-12-2009 |
20090081894 | Insulative housing for configuring socket connector having pivotally mounted clip - A socket connector ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090111298 | Retention Member - An electrical connector may include a connector housing, a first leadframe assembly received in the connector housing, a second leadframe assembly received in the connector housing and a retention member. Each leadframe assembly may include a leadframe housing, and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts extending therethrough. Each leadframe housing may include a recess. The retention member may include a first body portion, a first member extending from the first body portion and a second member extending from the first body portion such that a face of the first member opposes a face of the second member. The first member may apply a first force against a first surface of each respective recess and the second member may apply a second force against a second surface of each respective recess. | 04-30-2009 |
20090124102 | Electrical connector with reduced stress between contacts and housing - A conductive contact ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090130868 | SOLENOID AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a solenoid and electrical connector assembly which includes a solenoid body having a pair of electrical terminals disposed on opposite sides of a plunger component and a connector having two corresponding electrical terminals and a non-conductive blade or tongue disposed therebetween. When assembled, the tongue of the connector seats between the terminals on the solenoid body and inhibits corrosion and ingress of foreign matter in the region between the terminals of the solenoid. | 05-21-2009 |
20090156026 | CONTACT AND CONNECTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a contact for connection with an electronic component. The contact includes: a base part; a supporting part, provided on top of the base part for supporting a lead terminal of the electronic component; and at least two clamp parts, provided on top of the base part so as to be located on respective outer sides of the supporting part. The clamp parts are adapted to sandwich the lead terminal of the electronic component between themselves and the supporting part. | 06-18-2009 |
20090239398 | PRESS FIT (COMPLIANT) TERMINAL AND OTHER CONNECTORS WITH TIN-SILVER COMPOUND - A tin-silver press-fit interconnect which includes a press-fit terminal having a coating or finish of a tin-silver compound for use with a terminal receiving device. The tin-silver compound serves to prevent the formation of tin whiskers which appear most frequently in pure tin coated electrical components under mechanical stress and which make the electronic device susceptible to short circuits. The tin-silver compound may include between 85 and 99.5% weight of tin and between 0.5 and 15% weight of silver and is applied at a thickness range between 0.4 and 5 microns using a technique such as electroplating, hot dip or immersion. | 09-24-2009 |
20090258515 | Connector - A connector includes a first connection member and a second connection member that come in electrical contact with terminal units of a board module. The first and second connection members have connection bodies with connection terminal units formed thereon, and press members that at the time of setting the board module, cause the connection terminals of the connection bodies to deform toward the terminal units of the board module and come in contact with the terminal units when the press members comes in contact with the leading edge of the board module. | 10-15-2009 |
20100055945 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT - A contact used in an electrical connector for mounting onto a PCB includes: a base portion with a horizontal bottom surface and at least one locking hole formed on the bottom surface, a spring beam bended from one end of the base portion and extending upwardly to contact with a mating object, and at least one soldering pad received in the locking hole correspondingly. The soldering pad includes a pair of soldering legs with soldering surfaces thereon for soldering onto the PCB. The soldering material on the soldering surfaces of the soldering pads is not easy to creep upwardly onto the spring beam so that the spring beam can keep a good performance during a mating process with a mating object. | 03-04-2010 |
20100068904 | MODULAR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH OPPOSING CONTACT SUPPORT MEMBERS - A contact sub-assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact sub-assembly includes a base configured for mounting to a mating component. The base includes a pair of opposite side surfaces. A pair of separate contact support members are mounted on the base. Each contact support member holds a separate set of electrical contacts. Each contact support member includes a mounting portion engaged with a corresponding one of the side surfaces of the base such that a portion of the base extends between the mounting portions of the contact support members. The sets of electrical contacts held by the contact support members cooperate to define a mating interface for a mating connector. | 03-18-2010 |
20100087074 | ELECTRONIC CARD CONNECTOR WITH A LIMITING WALL FOR LIMITING AN ELECTRONIC CARD OBLIQUELY INSERTED THEREIN - An electronic card connector ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100130035 | Power Semiconductor Module with Prestressed Auxiliary Contact Spring - A power semiconductor module having a housing, a pressure member, a substrate including at least one contact surface, and at least one connection element leading towards the exterior of the housing. The connection element has a first contact device, a resilient section and a second contact device. The pressure member has two stop elements. The first contact device is electrically conductively connected to the contact surfaces of the substrate. The second contact device is arcuate in shape and has at least one deformation at the beginning and at the end of the arc, wherein, as a result of the deformations of the second contact device co-operating with the two stop elements of the pressure member, the connection element is prestressed. | 05-27-2010 |
20100184311 | Micro-Machined Structure Production Using Encapsulation - Micro-machined (e.g., stress-engineered spring) structures are produced by forming a release layer, forming a partially or fully encapsulated beam/spring structure, and then releasing the beam/spring structure by etching the release layer. The encapsulation structure protects the beam/spring during release, so both the release layer and the beam/spring can be formed using plating and/or using the same material. The encapsulation structure can be metal, resist, polymer, oxide, or nitride, and may be removed after the release process, or retained as part of the completed micro-machined structure. | 07-22-2010 |
20100190362 | Component Part Having an Electrical Printed Circuit Board - A component part has an electrical printed circuit board ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100216321 | ADAPTER APPARATUS WITH SLEEVE SPRING CONTACTS - An adapter apparatus includes a substrate having a plurality of openings defined therethrough. Further, a sleeve spring contact is mounted in each of the openings. | 08-26-2010 |
20100261359 | EMI SHIELD SPRING DEVICE - An electro-magnetic interference device attached to a surface of an object by soldering is disclosed. The device comprises a base comprising a surface defining at least one recessed portion. The at least one recessed portion comprises a side wall. An angle between the side wall and the surface of the base is equal to or greater than 90 degrees. | 10-14-2010 |
20100279523 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS WITH A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - In order to separably connect an electric conductor ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100311256 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACTS - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a receiving room having a bottom wall and a mating portion extending upward from an inner face of the bottom wall of the receiving room and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. The mating portion has a plurality of receiving passageways communicating with the receiving room and a plurality of nose portions are above the receiving passageways. Each contact defines an elastic portion, a soldering portion, and a fixing portion between the elastic portion and a soldering portion. The elastic portion includes a first contacting portion protruding from the nose portion in the receiving room, a second contacting portion extending from the fixing portion, and a connecting portion between two contacting portions and defining an arc portion extending in an upward-to-downward direction and under the nose portion. The arc portion defines a node extending far from the nose portion. | 12-09-2010 |
20110003492 | BOARD HAVING CONNECTION TERMINAL - A board includes a board body; a first conductor provided at a first surface of the board body; and an electrically conductive connection terminal having a spring property. The connection terminal includes a first end part fixed to the first conductor; a second end part to be connected to a first object of connection to be placed opposite the first surface of the board body; and a projection part provided on the first end part so as to project toward the first conductor. | 01-06-2011 |
20110003493 | USB MEMORY CARD HAVING AN INSULATOR FOR RETAINING RESELIENT CONTACTS - An USB memory card ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110021044 | LOW PROFILE ELELCTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals secured in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface and includes a plurality of posts extending from the mounting surface away from the mating surface, the posts defining a distal surface. The insulative housing defines a plurality of mating passageways penetrating through the mating surface of the insulative housing and the distal surfaces of the posts and a plurality of receiving passageways corresponding to the mating passageways. Each terminal includes a retention portion retained in the receiving passageway, an engaging portion extending in one corresponding mating passageway and a soldering portion extending in the mounting face. | 01-27-2011 |
20110053392 | BOARD WITH CONNECTION TERMINALS - Connection terminals each include: a bonding portion bonded to a pad of a substrate; a contacting portion disposed to face the bonding portion; a spring portion present between the bonding portion and the contacting portion; and an engaging portion engaged with a portion of a slit provided in a plate-like member. These constituent portions of the connection terminal are formed integrally with each other. The plate-like member has recessed portions formed at predetermined positions, and the connection terminals are electrically connected to the pads of the substrate with the bonding portions of the connection terminals being locked to the recessed portions. | 03-03-2011 |
20110086522 | SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON A PRINTED CIRCUIT - A connector assembly includes a printed circuit having a component surface, and an electrical connector having a bottom side mounted on the component surface of the printed circuit. The electrical connector extends a length from a mating face to a rear side that is opposite the mating face. The electrical connector is configured to mate with a mating connector at the mating face. The assembly includes a support member that includes a body having a connector face and a circuit face. The support member is positioned such that the connector face engages the rear side of the electrical connector and the circuit face engages the component surface of the printed circuit to support the electrical connector on the printed circuit. | 04-14-2011 |
20110151691 | Contact Fixture - The patent deals with a contact fixture for a PCB with one first plug-in connector and one second plug-in connector, whereby the first plug-in connector has a number of first contact elements, the second plug-in connector has a number of second contact elements, the first plug-in connector is arranged on the first side of the PCB, the second plug-in connector is arranged on the second side of the PCB opposite to the first side, the first contact element and/or the second contact element is/are designed as a connector to establish a detachable electrically conductive connection with at least the second contact element or the first contact element, and the first contact element and the second contact element are connected through an opening in the PCB. | 06-23-2011 |
20110171841 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SOCKET - To provide an electronic device socket able to shorten conductive paths between terminals of an electronic device and contacts of a circuit board. An electronic device socket ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110177702 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH REMOVABLE HOUSING - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. Each contact includes a body portion, a spring portion and a soldering tail. The insulative housing includes a smooth top face, a plurality of generally parallel ridges extending from an opposite face to the top face to provide with interposed grooves between every adjacent ridges. The body portions of the contacts are individually engaged in the corresponding grooves and the spring portions extend forwards beyond a front face of the housing. The insulating housing includes a mounting face opposite to the smooth top face for confronting with a printed circuit board and the soldering tails extend downwards beyond the mounting face. | 07-21-2011 |
20110207346 | SOCKET AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SOCKET AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A socket includes: a circuit board; a plurality of connection terminals disposed on the circuit board; a plurality of contacts each fixed to a corresponding one of the connection terminals, wherein each of the contacts is formed of a conductive elastic member, each of the contacts comprising: a tail portion fixed to the corresponding connection terminal; an extending portion connected to the tail portion and extending in a direction substantially parallel with a surface of the circuit board; a rise portion connected to the extending portion and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the circuit board; and a tip portion connected to the rise portion. | 08-25-2011 |
20110294315 | CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Provided are a circuit board module and an electronic device provided with the same capable of increasing the strength of a card connector, with the configuration that the card connector is mounted to have a specific space from the board. The circuit board module is provided with a card connector portion | 12-01-2011 |
20120156903 | CONTACT NODE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A contact node of a portable terminal includes: a body fixed on a main board of the portable terminal; at least one first contact piece protruding through one side surface of the body; and at least one second contact piece protruding through another side surface of the body, wherein one of the first contact piece and second contact piece is disposed toward an outer side surface of the portable terminal. | 06-21-2012 |
20120184117 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF CONNECTOR FOR CIRCUIT BOARD - A mounting structure of a connector for a circuit board is provided. A circuit board is formed with a cutout, the cutout has a rectangular shape which is defined by three rectilinear side edges and one side edge is open, and one of the three side edge is a terminal arranging side edge part. Terminals are provided in the terminal arranging side edge part and are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the terminal arranging side edge part. A connector housing is formed with terminal containing grooves on a lower face thereof. The terminals are respectively contained in the terminal containing grooves when the connector housing is fitted into the cutout. By fitting the connector housing into the cutout, the terminals are contained in the terminal containing grooves, thereby to construct the connector for the circuit board in which the terminals are used as connector terminals. | 07-19-2012 |
20120258615 | SPRING TERMINAL, IN PARTICULAR A FRONT TERMINAL - An electrical connector for connecting the bare end of an insulated conductor with a circuit on a printed circuit board, including a horizontal printed circuit board having an electrical circuit thereon, an electrically conductive contact arrangement mounted on, and electrically connected with the circuit of, the printed circuit board, the contact arrangement including at least two spaced resilient contacts having adjacent end portions that are biased together, a housing formed from electrically insulating material and containing a conductor opening for receiving the conductor bare end; and a positioning arrangement operable by an actuating tool for positioning the conductor bare end in a clamped position between the contact end portions. When the contact arrangement is in the form of a pair of leaf spring contacts connected in a V-shaped manner, an adjusting device is provided for adjusting the space between the adjacent ends of the contacts. | 10-11-2012 |
20120322278 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130029502 | Connector Assembly - A connector assembly includes an insertion member that includes a plurality of contact pads, and a housing that defines an opening at a first end configured to receive the insertion member. The upper inside surface and lower inside surface of the housing define a plurality of slots into which are placed electrical contacts. Each electrical contact includes a cross-member, a first and a second extension member, a resilient member, and a mating extension. The first and second extension members extend from respective ends of the cross-member and are positioned within respective slots of the housing. The resilient member extends from the cross member from a position between the first and the second extension members. A mating extension extends from the other side of the cross-member and through an opening defined in the rear wall of the housing. The resilient member is configured to make electrical contact with a contact pad of the insertion member. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029503 | Connector Assembly - A connector assembly includes an insertion member that includes a plurality of contact pads, and a housing that defines an opening at a first end configured to receive the insertion member. The upper inside surface and the lower inside surface of the housing define a group of slots. Electrical contacts are positioned adjacent to one another in the slots of the housing. Each electrical contact includes a cross-member, and a first and a second extension member that extend from respective ends of the cross member. At least one of the first and second extensions is configured as a resilient member configured to make electrical contact with a contact pad of the insertion member. A mating extension extends from the cross-member and through an opening defined in the rear wall of the housing. | 01-31-2013 |
20130078830 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING CIRCUIT DEFINING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENTIAL CHANNELS - An electrical connector has a circuit comprising a first side; a second side; a first differential channel located between the first side and the second side and comprising a first positive differential trace and a first negative differential trace for transmitting first differential signal; a second differential channel located between the first side and the second side comprising a second positive differential trace and a second negative differential trace for transmitting second differential signal; and a plurality of mating contacts connected to the second side and comprising a first contact connected to the first positive differential trace, a second contact connected to the first negative differential trace, a third contact connected to the second positive differential trace and a sixth contact connected to the second negative differential trace, the first contact, the second contact, the third second and the sixth contact are arranged one by one. | 03-28-2013 |
20130084718 | WIRING SUBSTRATE WITH SPRING TERMINAL AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR THE SAME, AND SOCKET - A wiring substrate with spring terminal, includes a wiring substrate including a first face and a second face on an opposite side to the first face, and a spring terminal mounted on the first face of the wiring substrate, wherein a wiring layer provided on the first face of the wiring substrate includes a first wiring pattern connected electrically to the spring terminal, and a first ground pattern grounded to a ground potential, and the first ground pattern is insulated from the first wiring pattern, and is formed on the first face to surround the first wiring pattern. | 04-04-2013 |
20130149879 | Connector - A connector adapted to: (a) extend through an opening in a board to protrude from both a top surface of the board and a bottom surface of the board, (b) secure the connector to the board, and (c) electrically connect a power supply to a terminal on the board. The connector includes a housing having: (a) a leg section, (b) a head section at a first end of the leg section of the housing, and (c) a receiving recess at a second end of the leg section adapted to receive the power supply board. This connector also includes an elastically deformable retainer piece having: a) a cantilever spring section fixed at a first end to the leg section of the housing and adapted to be below the bottom surface of the board, and (b) an apex section at a second end of the cantilever spring section adapted to bear against the bottom surface of the board. This connector further includes an elastically deformable contact protruding from the head section of the housing adapted to contact the terminal of the board. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149880 | ELECTRIC CONNECTING STRUCTURE BETWEEN SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF CONNECTION BETWEEN SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRIC COMPONENT - An electric connecting structure between a substrate and an electric component includes a substrate mounted in a case, an electric component assembled to a member which the case is mounted, a bus bar fixed to the case and connected to an electric circuit on the substrate at its one end and a spring disposed in compressed state between the bus bar and an electrode formed on the electric component. The substrate is electrically connected to the electric component through the bus bar and the spring and a held portion formed on the spring is held by a spring holding portion integrally formed on the bus bar. | 06-13-2013 |
20130244456 | CABLE CONNECTOR FOR ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes an elongated tube, a imaging unit in the elongated tube, and a cable structure, including plural signal lines, having first and second ends, the first end being connected to the imaging unit. A cable connector is connected with the second end, and couplable with a socket connector connectively. The cable connector includes a circuit board having a width in a manner passable through the elongated tube in an axial direction. A conductive land is formed on the circuit board, and coupled to the second end. A terminal pattern is formed on the circuit board, for connective coupling by reception in the socket connector. An advancing tip is formed on a front side of the circuit board in the axial direction, for initially advancing upon entry of the circuit board in the elongated tube, to enable the conductive land and the terminal pattern to pass safely. | 09-19-2013 |
20130330944 | SPRING-LOADED BLIND-MATE ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT - An electronic device, configured to be blindly mated with a printed circuit board, comprises a housing and at least one RF interconnect. The RF interconnect comprises an outer conductor, an insulator, and an inner conductor that function in a manner similar to the outer conductor, insulator, and inner conductor of a coaxial cable, respectively. The inner conductor comprises a spring-loaded electrical contact such as a POGO pin. An upper end of the outer conductor is electrically coupled to the housing and a lower end of the outer conductor is configured to electrically couple to a ground return path of the printed circuit board. In its normally extended position, the spring-loaded contact extends beyond the lower end of the outer conductor, and the outer conductor limits the compression distance of the spring-loaded contact. | 12-12-2013 |
20130330945 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN ADAPTOR FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND THE PCB - An electrical connector assembly includes a printed circuit board, an electrical connector assembled on the printed circuit board and an interposer assembled between the electrical connector and the printed circuit board, the electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals and a shielding element received therein, and wherein the interposer electrically connect the terminals and the shielding element and electrically connect the printed circuit board. | 12-12-2013 |
20140017914 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - An electric connector includes at least one terminal pin having, at opposite ends thereof, terminals to be inserted into through-holes formed through printed circuit boards spaced away from and facing each other, and an aligner for aligning the terminal pins in a row in such a condition that the terminal pins are movable relative to the aligner, the terminal pin including a movement-limiter which restricts movement of the terminal pin in a direction of an axis thereof. | 01-16-2014 |
20140087572 | PLUG CONNECTOR FOR DIRECT CONTACTING ON A CIRCUIT BOARD - A plug connector for direct electrical contacting of contact surfaces on a circuit board includes at least one electrical end contact of an electric line inserted into the plug connector housing in a plug-in direction and at least one separate electrical contact element, which protrudes elastically beyond one housing side of the plug connector housing transversely to the end contact for electrical contacting of a contact surface of the circuit board and is in electrically conductive contact with the end contact, at least when the contact surface has been contacted. | 03-27-2014 |
20140141630 | CONTACT SET ARRANGEMENT FOR RIGHT ANGLE JACK - A connector system includes a jack module mounted to a circuit board, which is connected to at least one processor. The jack module is configured to receive a plug connector having a first set of contacts spaced from a second set of contacts. The jack module includes a first contact arrangement configured to engage the first set of contacts of the plug and a second contact arrangement configured to engage the second set of contacts of the plug. The second contact arrangement is provided on a media reading interface, which may provide presence sensing. The first and second contact arrangements engage landings on the circuit board. One example jack module defines a right-angle jack. | 05-22-2014 |
20140162477 | Communications Jacks Having Low-Coupling Contacts - Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture. A plurality of spring members extend into the plug aperture, and a plurality of plug contacts are mounted on respective ones of the spring members. The communications jack further includes a plurality of fixed contacts. Each fixed contact is configured to be in electrical contact with a respective one of the plug contacts when a plug is received within the plug aperture. | 06-12-2014 |
20140193987 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electrical contact device which comprises an electrically conductive base part, and an electrically conductive protruding part protruding from the electrically conductive base part. The electrical contact device also comprises an electrically conductive coil spring having a diameter that increases from a first end to a second end of the electrically conductive coil spring. The electrically conductive coil spring is arranged around the electrically conductive protruding part in such a manner that the first end of the electrically conductive coil spring faces the electrically conductive base part, and the electrically conductive coil spring extends further from the electrically conductive base part than the electrically conductive protruding part does. | 07-10-2014 |
20140199861 | ELECTRICAL PRESS-FIT PIN FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - An electrical module includes a housing, at least one electrical component mounted within the housing and an electrical press-fit contact. The electrical press-fit contact is located in part within the housing and has a press fit portion and a stop portion at its distal end and a mounting portion at its proximal end. The mounting portion is electrically coupled to the electrical component. The press-fit portion is located exterior of the housing such that the stop portion is able to block movement of the press-fit section into the housing when a press-in force is introduced onto the press-in contact to press the press-fit contact into the housing. | 07-17-2014 |
20140206209 | REVERSIBLE USB CONNECTOR - Embodiments can provide reversible or dual orientation USB plug connectors for mating with standard USB receptacle connectors, e.g., a standard Type A USB receptacle connector. Accordingly, the present invention may be compatible with any current or future electronic device that includes a standard USB receptacle connector. USB plug connectors according to the present invention can have a 180 degree symmetrical, double orientation design, which enables the plug connector to be inserted into a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two intuitive orientations. Some embodiments of the present invention may be used with or require a non-standard USB receptacle connector. Thus, embodiments of the present invention may reduce the potential for USB connector damage and user frustration during the incorrect insertion of a USB plug connector into a corresponding USB receptacle connector of an electronic device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140329394 | Connecting Structure and Connecting Method of Flat Circuit Body and Terminal - A portion of a flat conductor of a flat circuit board is exposed from an insulating layer covering at least one of surfaces of the flat conductor. A terminal includes a bottom plate on which the exposed portion of the flat conductor is provided, and crimp claws which are raised at two side edges of the bottom plate so that the exposed portion of the flat conductor is disposed therebetween. A spacer member is provided on the exposed portion of the flat conductor, and is configured to be plastically deformed so as to contact with inner surfaces of the crimp claws when the crimp claws are crimped onto the spacer member, thereby the terminal is crimped to the flat conductor in a state where the exposed portion of the flat conductor is in surface contact with the bottom plate. | 11-06-2014 |
20140357105 | REDUCTION OF RESONANCE IN CONNECTORS - Techniques for reducing resonance in contact fingers of a connector are described herein. An example of a device in accordance with the present techniques includes an add-in-card that includes a circuit board and an edge contact finger disposed on an outer surface of the circuit board. The add-in-card also includes a resonator disposed in an internal layer of the circuit board and coupled to the edge contact finger, wherein the resonator reduces a resonance in the edge contact finger. | 12-04-2014 |
20140370725 | ADAPTER APPARATUS WITH DEFLECTABLE ELEMENT SOCKET CONTACTS - An adapter apparatus includes a substrate having a plurality of openings defined therethrough. Further, a deflectable element socket contact is provided in each of the openings. When a conductive male pin is positioned in contact between first and second deflectable elements of the deflectable element socket contact, at least a portion of the first and second deflectable elements are caused to deflect within first and second deflection regions, respectively, of the defined opening. | 12-18-2014 |
20150072543 | STEPPED SPRING CONTACT - In an embodiment, a stepped spring contact may have a first portion, a transition portion, and a second portion. The first portion may include a plurality of windings whose pitch may vary. The second portion may include a plurality of windings that are closely wound. A pitch of the windings contained in the second portion may be, for example, constant. The transition portion may include a winding that may make mechanical and electrical contact with a first electrical conductor (e.g., a pad contained on a printed circuit board (PCB)). The first portion may include a tip. The tip may be, for example, flat shaped or conically shaped. The tip may make electrical contact with a second electrical conductor (e.g., a terminal connector). In operation, the stepped spring contact may provide electrical continuity between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor. | 03-12-2015 |
20150079818 | BOARD-CONNECTING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DEVICE - The operation of a lock member and the check thereof are easily and reliably enabled with a simple configuration while achieving downsizing. When a movable lock engagement part is moved along a lock guide part in a state in which a fixed lock latch part provided on either one of first and second electrical connectors is in an arrangement relation that the fixed lock latch part is overlapped with the lock guide part provided on the other one in a mating direction, the movable lock engagement part is engaged with or released from the fixed lock latch part. An operation of engaging or releasing the movable lock engagement part with/from the fixed lock latch part is carried out in a state in which the operation can be visually checked through a housing-operation opening and facing the electrical connectors. | 03-19-2015 |
20150295336 | SPRING POWER CONTACT HAVING NON-LINEAR SLOT - A power supply apparatus receives a voltage from power rails on a circuit board. The power supply apparatus comprises a frame and arms connected to the frame. Each of the arms comprises a contact end. The frame positions the contact end of each of the arms to contact the power rails of the circuit board. The contact end is biased towards the power rails to maintain the contact end in contact with the power rails. The contact end comprises a curved planar surface having a first edge and a second edge that terminates at an end edge. The first edge and the second edge follow a curved line, while the end edge follows a straight line. The contact end comprises a non-linear slot extending from the end edge along the curved planar surface and is positioned equally between the first edge and the second edge. | 10-15-2015 |
20150340779 | WIRE LUG CONNECTOR - A wire lug connector includes a lug having a termination end configured to be terminated to a conductor of a wire. The lug has a conductive base at a mounting end configured to be mounted to a substrate. The base has a plurality of compliant pins extending from a bottom of the base. The compliant pins are electrically connected to the conductor by the base. The compliant pins are configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to the substrate. The compliant pins may have double ended press-fit sections at opposite heads and tails of the compliant pins that are press-fit into corresponding openings in the base and vias in the substrate. | 11-26-2015 |
20160072207 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A connector includes: a press-fit pin wherein the press-fit pin includes a conductive press-fit portion configured to be press-fitted into a through hole formed in a substrate, and a non-conductive guide pin portion extending from a front end portion of the press-fit portion, the guide pin portion being configured to be inserted into the through hole. | 03-10-2016 |
20160079696 | ULTRA LOW PROFILE PCB EMBEDDABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR POWER AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - Methods and devices for interconnection of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and to one another or to other components using ultra low profile electrical connectors. Examples include male and female inserts for placement in the plane of a PCB, and PCB assemblies comprising one or the other of male or female inserts for such placement. Further examples include surface mounted male and female connectors and PCB assemblies, in which the connectors comprise base members and connector elements configured to couple to corresponding assemblies on other PCT assemblies by movement in a horizontal plane relative to the PCB. | 03-17-2016 |
20160093965 | Card Connector - A card connector is disclosed having a base and a plurality of contacts. The plurality of contacts is positioned on the base. Each of the contacts has a contacting portion electrically contacting an electrical card when the electrical card inserted into the card connector. Each contact has an outer facing surface, and a supporting portion having two elastic arms extending from the base and intersecting at the contacting portion. Each of the elastic arms has a guide arm portion extending from the contacting portion at an angle of approximately 0 to 90 degrees with respect to a card insertion direction. Each guide arm portions has a smooth, ridge-shaped convex surface extending to the contacting portion and a smooth transitional surface with the outer facing surface of the contacting portion. | 03-31-2016 |
20160197418 | CLAMPING SPRING | 07-07-2016 |
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20080227315 | Terminal and connecting structure between terminal and board - A terminal adapted to be inserted into a through-hole of a board from an insertion end and electrically connected to the board, includes a body portion in a cylindrical shape, a first retaining portion outwardly extending from the body portion so as to be elastically deformable in a perpendicular direction relative to an axial direction of the body portion and contacting a first surface of the board or a boundary portion between the first surface and the through-hole, and a second retaining portion positioned at a counter-insertion end side relative to the first retaining portion, outwardly protruding from the body portion and contacting a second surface, which is an opposite surface of the first surface, or a boundary portion between the second surface and the through-hole. | 09-18-2008 |
20080268675 | Contact and Electrical Connector - A contact that makes electrical contact with a flat plate-form mating contact includes a base having a fastening member for securing the base to an insulating housing of an electrical connector, a first spring that extends upward from the base, a linking member that extends downward from a tip end of the first spring, and a second spring that is more easily flexed than the first spring that extends upward from a lower end of the linking member. The second spring has a contact member at a tip end thereof. The first spring moves the contact member in a first direction when a contact force is applied to the contact member in a direction of the base, and the second spring moves the contact member in a second direction opposite from the first direction when a further contact force is applied to the contact member in a direction of the base. | 10-30-2008 |
20080293270 | PRESS FIT ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Disclosed is a press fit electronic component for a light emitter. The electronic component comprises at least one light emitter and at least one connection lead in electrical communication with the light emitter, the lead being configured for forming a frictional fit with a corresponding hole, the lead further being sufficiently rigid to withstand a compressive insertion force into the hole. | 11-27-2008 |
20080318453 | Compliant pin - A pin for insertion into a hole having a diameter and a plating therein is provided. The pin includes a compliant portion including a pair of outwardly biased beam members having an elongate opening therebetween. Each beam has a beam thickness. The beam thickness and the elongate opening are optimized with respect to the diameter such when the pin is inserted into the hole that the compliant portion is limited to a predetermined level of plastic deformation and the compliant portion is limited to a predetermined level of damage imparted upon the hole plating. | 12-25-2008 |
20090017650 | Electrical connector having improved electrical contacts - An electrical connector ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090042419 | Electrical connection assembly - An electrical connection assembly includes a substrate having first and second sides and a substrate aperture formed therein. The substrate is made of an electrically non-conductive material. A busbar is attached to the first side of the substrate. The busbar has a busbar aperture formed therein. A trace is formed on the second surface of the substrate. The busbar and trace are formed of an electrically conductive material. A pin is disposed in both the substrate aperture and the busbar aperture, wherein the pin is in electrical communication with the busbar and the trace. | 02-12-2009 |
20090104798 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a terminal has the steps of disposing butt surfaces of a pair of forming dies and side surfaces of a linear conductive material having a square shape in cross section parallel to one another, forming cutting recesses on ridge lines of the linear conductive material by first pressing surfaces, each provided on each of the butt surfaces, forming tapered surfaces continuous with the cutting recesses by second pressing surfaces, each formed by cutting at least one side edge portion of the first pressing surface, and cutting the cutting recesses so that a unit-length terminal is cut out. | 04-23-2009 |
20090170355 | CONNECTOR - A connector connected with a circuit board includes a housing and a main body. The housing has an insert hole and an accommodating portion. The main body is fixed in the accommodating portion and has a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of pins arranged in the same direction. When a plug is plugged in the insert hole, a plugging direction of the plug is perpendicular to the circuit board. | 07-02-2009 |
20090197439 | ELECTRICAL PRESS-IN CONTACT - The present invention relates to an electrical press-in contact, particularly press-in pin con-tact, for transmitting electric current and/or electrical signals, comprising a press-in section and a mounting section which are mechanically coupled with each other via a relief section, and the relief section comprises a compensating portion and a stop portion, wherein the compensating portion allows a coupled relative movement of the press-in section and the mounting section, and the stop portion blocks a movement of press-in section and mounting section towards each other. | 08-06-2009 |
20090233468 | Electronic device and on-vehicle module - In a module, press-fit connection using a pin terminal including a connection part separated into two parts and a flat plane parallel to the lengthwise direction in the separation part and perpendicular to the separation direction of the pin terminal is performed. A through-hole of a board is structured so that an inner diameter of the through-hole at a middle part in the thickness direction of the board is smaller than that at obverse and reverse surfaces of the board and the length of the middle part of the through-hole connected to the pin terminal is shorter than the length of the flat plane of the pin terminal. | 09-17-2009 |
20090253279 | Socket with wire-shaped contacts - A socket connector, for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a base having a plurality of through holes, a cover mounted on the base and having a top plate, a plurality of wire-shape contacts bent from a metal haulm and an adapter assembled below the base. The contact has a contacting portion inserting into the top plate of the cover, a tail retained to the base and an elastic center portion connecting the contacting portion and the tail, the center portion is located between the base and the top plate of the cover. The adapter receives the tails of the contacts and has a plurality of exposed solder balls electrically connecting the tails. | 10-08-2009 |
20090275222 | Electrical connector with improved board mounting peg - An electrical connector ( | 11-05-2009 |
20090325406 | Press-fit contact, connector, and connection structure of press-fit contact - A press-fit contact to be press-fit into a hole formed in a substrate so as to be retained in and electrically connected to the substrate includes a retention part configured to be retained in the substrate by being press-fit into the hole and a contact part configured to be electrically connected to the substrate, wherein the retention part and the contact part are separated and spaced apart from each other. | 12-31-2009 |
20100048044 | COMPONENT HAVING A MECHANICAL CONTACT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT - A component having a mechanical contact for connecting the component to a carrier, particularly a printed-circuit board, a coating made of an adhesive material being formed on the contact; the adhesive material containing an encapsulated adhesive substance. A method for producing a component to be mounted on a carrier, particularly on a printed-circuit board; the component being provided with a mechanical contact for connecting the component to the carrier; a coating made of an adhesive material being applied to the contact; the adhesive material having an encapsulated adhesive substance. | 02-25-2010 |
20100093197 | CONNECTION DEVICE - The invention relates to contact pins for providing an electrical connection between electronic devices. In one aspect the pin is adapted to be inserted into a hole of a circuit carrier and the pin comprises at least three portions; namely a contact termination portion, an electrical contact portion and a mechanical fastening portion. The mechanical fastening portion preferably allows a fastening of the contact pin without any soldering. | 04-15-2010 |
20100173507 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING MULTIPLE GROUND PLANES - An electrical connector includes a first row of contacts, a second row of contacts, a first ground plane, a second ground plane, each extending in a first direction. The first row of contacts is located closer to the first ground plane than any other ground plane in the electrical connector. The second row of contacts is located closer to the second ground plane than any other ground plane in the electrical connector. The first row of contacts, the second row of contacts, the first ground plane, and the second ground plane oppose each other such that the first row of contacts, the second row of contacts, the first ground plane, and the second ground plane are arranged with respect to each other in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction. | 07-08-2010 |
20100330825 | CONDUCTIVE CONTACT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A conductive contact includes a contacting member and a resilient member. The contacting member includes a contacting component, a fastening component, and a rim. The fastening component includes a fastening neck, a guiding portion, and a blocking portion connected between the fastening neck and the guiding portion. A maximum width of the guiding portion is gradually decreased from a fixing end connected with the blocking portion to a free end opposite to the fixing end, and a thickness of the guiding portion is larger than that of the blocking portion. The rim is connected between the contacting component and the fastening neck. A maximum width of the fastening neck is less than that of the rim and the blocking portion. The resilient member slides through the guiding portion and the blocking portion to fixedly sleeve on the fastening neck. | 12-30-2010 |
20110039428 | PRESS-IN CONTACT HAVING A BASE, A CONTACT PIN AND A SECOND PIN - A press-in contact having a base, a contact pin and a second pin which extends parallel to the contact pin. The second pin projects beyond the contact pin and has a greatest circumference at the same level as a tip of the contact pin. Simple and accurate positioning between a circuit board and a contact pin disposed in a housing is made possible by the second pin which acts as a pre-centering pin. | 02-17-2011 |
20110076865 | ELELCTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING TERMINALS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAILS - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals secured in the housing. The insulative housing includes a mating face, an mounting face opposite to the mating face and a receiving slot penetrating through the mating face. The receiving slot has opposite first and second sidewalls. The first sidewall defines spaced first and second mating portions, the second sidewall defines a third mating portion. The terminals include first terminals and second terminals of different types. The first and second mating portions are loaded with the first terminals, and the third mating portion are loaded with the second terminals. | 03-31-2011 |
20120083141 | CONTACT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSERTION AND REMOVAL OF DEVICE UNDER POWER WITHOUT INTERRUPTION - A contact device enables a contact method for RIUP operations relative to a backplane. The contact device includes first and second contact portions, each including first and second spaced-apart contact arms. The first and second contact portions are located relative to each other on the backplane such that when the contact device is in a first operative condition, the respective first contact arms abut each other and define a first electrical conduction path and the second contact arms are spaced from each other. The device is selectively movable to a second operative condition when an associated circuit board or other removable device is inserted into a slot defined between the second contact arms such that outer ends of the respective first contact arms of the first and second contact portions are moved apart and are separated by the removable device and the outer ends of the second contact arms are electrically connected through the associated removable device so that a second electrical conduction path is defined by the respective second contact arms. A contact method using the contact device and a backplane including the contact device are disclosed. | 04-05-2012 |
20140213080 | PRESS-FIT PIN, CONNECTION STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE PRESS-FIT PIN, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE PRESS-FIT PIN - A tip end and a base end therebetween define an opening located between a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. The opening includes a pair of first linear portions, a pair of second linear portions, and a pair of third linear portions, which are located between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion. The pair of first linear portions is in straight liner shapes and distant from both the tip end and the base end. The second linear portions are in straight liner shapes and located on the side of the tip end to have therebetween a distance decreasing toward the tip end. The third linear portions are in straight liner shapes and located on the side of the base end to have therebetween a distance decreasing toward the base end. | 07-31-2014 |
20140335705 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a base an elastic terminal and an elastic terminal. The base has a recess. The elastic terminal is connected to the base and extends to the recess. When the contact moves towards the recess, the contact is capable of pushing the contact protrusion to bend towards the bottom of the recess. In addition, the electrical connector may further include a contact protrusion connected to the elastic terminal. When the contact moves towards the recess, the contact is capable of pushing the contact protrusion to make the elastic terminal bend towards the bottom portion of the recess. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335706 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a base and an elastic terminal. The base has a recess. The elastic terminal is connected to the base and extends to the recess. The elastic terminal has a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end is connected to the base, and the free end is located at the recess and is curved. When the contact moves towards the recess, the contact is capable of pushing the contact protrusion to bend towards the bottom of the recess so that the free end leans against the bottom of the recess. The electrical connector may further include a contact protrusion connected to the elastic terminal. When the contact moves towards the recess, the contact is capable of pushing the contact protrusion to make the elastic terminal bend towards the bottom portion of the recess so that the free end leans against the bottom of the recess. | 11-13-2014 |
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