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| 439620150 | Connector (e.g., plug, socket, etc.) on printed circuit board (PCB) includes or covers additional component | 36 |
| 20080233803 | Integrated connector apparatus and methods - An electrical connector mountable on a printed circuit board. In one embodiment, the electrical connector comprises an insulative housing comprising one or more electronic components, a plurality of electrical conductors in signal communication with the electronic components and adapted to interface with a plug and a plurality of terminals in signal communication with the one or more electronic components. In one aspect, the plurality of terminals are adapted to interface with one or more externally mounted electronic components on the printed circuit board thereby filtering signals passing between the electrical conductors and the printed circuit board, with the externally mounted electronic components mounted within the footprint of the electrical connector. Methods of manufacture for the aforementioned electrical connector and business methods are also disclosed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090209134 | MEMORY MODULE, MEMORY MODULE SOCKET AND MAINBOARD USING SAME - A memory module socket disposed on a principal surface of a mainboard, and adapted to mechanically receive and electrically connect a memory module with a mainboard, the memory module socket including a first unit socket having a plurality of first socket pins adapted to electrically connect a first connector disposed on an edge of the memory module, and a second unit socket having a plurality of second socket pins adapted to electrically connect to a second connector disposed on the memory module orthogonal to the first connector, wherein the memory module as installed in the memory module socket is parallel to the principal surface of the mainboard. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100022133 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH MAGNETIC MODULE - The electrical connector system comprises a substrate ( | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110201233 | MEMORY CARD ADAPTER - An adapter allows to connect two electronic devices at the same port, at the same time. The device allows to actuate two devices at one single port which originally allows the connection of one single device. The adapter device includes a primary connector | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110256770 | Receptacle for Electronic Devices - A socket to be connected to the printed circuit board of an electronic device contains at least one receptacle for the plug-in section of a connector. Contact elements for contacting the contact elements of the connector are arranged in this receptacle. These contact elements terminate in a printed circuit board element, which is arranged in the socket. Contact elements then emanate from this printed circuit board element, which contact elements project from the socket and are provided and formed for connection with the printed circuit board of the electronic device. The electrical connection between the socket contact elements, associated with the connector, and the device contact elements, associated with the device, is brought about over the circuit-board conductors on the printed circuit board element. This printed circuit board element contains at least one electronic component, over which the connection between a socket contact element and a device contact element is routed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120252273 | USB CONNECTOR STRUCTUE - A USB connector structure includes an insulating body, a circuit board, connecting terminals and conductive terminals. The insulating body includes a through notch therein and a plurality of terminal slots at a lower edge of the through notch; the circuit board is coupled to the through notch and has a first surface which set a plurality of goldfingers thereon, and a plurality of blind holes concavely formed at the rear of the goldfingers; each connecting terminal is coupled to a rear end of the circuit board and away from the goldfingers, and electrically connected to each goldfinger through the circuit board; each conductive terminal is coupled to the terminal slot and has a conducting portion disposed at the front of each conductive terminal, and the front of each conducting portion is disposed in the blind hole. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120329327 | UNIVERSAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - An advanced modular plug connector assembly incorporating an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. In one embodiment, the connector has a plurality of ports in multi-row configuration, and the insert assembly includes a substrate adapted to receive one or more electronic components such as choke coils, transformers, or other signal conditioning elements or magnetics. The substrate also interfaces with the conductors of two modular ports of the connector, and is removable from the housing such that an insert assembly of a different electronics or terminal configuration can be substituted therefor. In this fashion, the connector can be configured to a plurality of different standards (e.g., Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100). In yet another embodiment, the connector assembly comprises a plurality of light sources (e.g., LEDs) received within the housing. Methods for manufacturing the aforementioned embodiments are also disclosed. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130090011 | Backward Compatible Connectivity for High Data Rate Applications - The present invention provides a communication jack for connecting to one of a first plug and a second plug. The jack includes a housing, plug interface contacts, and coupling circuitry. The plug interface contacts are at least partially within said housing and include a plurality of contact pairs having at least a first contact pair and a second contact pair. The coupling circuitry is configured for engaging said first contact pair and said second contact pair when said first plug is inserted into said housing. The coupling circuitry is configured for disengaging from said first contact pair and said second contact pair when said second plug is inserted into said housing. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130164984 | DISPLAY HAVING ILLUMINATION FUNCTION AND COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH THE DISPLAY - A display includes a body, a first video graphics array (VGA) connector, and a light-emitting diode (LED). The first VGA connector is connected to a second VGA connector mounted on a motherboard. When the first VGA connector is connected to the second VGA connector, the signal pins of the first VGA connector are connected to the signal pins of the second VGA connector correspondingly. In addition, a first idle pin of the first VGA connector is connected to a second idle pin of the second VGA connector which is connected to a 5 volt standby power supply of the motherboard. An anode of the light-emitting diode is connected to the first idle pin. A cathode of the light-emitting diode is grounded. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130280956 | Electrical Wiring Device with High Current USB Charging Capabilities - The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes an AC power supply control circuit, an isolation interface circuit and a low voltage printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The low voltage PCB assembly includes a universal serial bus (USB) charging interface circuit configured to convert the modulated power signal into a low voltage direct current (DC) charging signal. The at least one low voltage PCB assembly includes at least one USB socket coupled to the USB charging interface circuit and accessible via the at least one USB aperture formed in the front cover member. The USB charging interface circuit is configured to provide the low voltage DC charging signal to at least one device-under-charge at a maximum predetermined charging current. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130309907 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a base board having a plurality of first contact pads and second contact pads exposed on one end of the base board, a plurality of first terminals each having one end thereof connected with the corresponding first contact pad of the base board, a plurality of second terminals each having one end thereof arranged alternately with the first terminals and connected with the corresponding second contact pad of the base board, and an insulating housing having a window. The other end of the first terminal is slanted downward at an angle and then curved upward back to form a barb-like contact portion. The other end of the second terminal defines a contact protrusion. The base board together with the first terminals and the second terminals are disposed in the insulating housing. The contact portions and the contact protrusions are exposed outside through the window. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130323974 | SUBSTRATE-BASED INDUCTIVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Low-cost and high-precision inductive devices and methods of manufacturing and using the same. In one embodiment, the inductive device comprises a substrate-based inductive device which utilizes inserted conductive pins in combination with plated substrates which replace windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In some variations, these substrate-based inductive devices are integrated into a discrete electronic device. In another embodiment, the substrate-based inductive devices are incorporated into integrated connector modules. Methods of manufacturing and utilizing the aforementioned discrete substrate-based inductive devices and substrate-based integrated connector modules are also disclosed. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140038462 | MANAGED FIBER CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS - A connectorized media cable includes at least one primary media segment; a first plug connector coupled to a first end of the media segment; and a second plug connector coupled to the second end of the media segment. Each plug connector includes a storage device having memory configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the cable. The storage device also includes at least four contacts that are electrically connected to the memory and isolated from the primary media segment. Certain types of cables include an electrical conductor extending along the media cable between a fourth one of the contacts of the first plug connector and a fourth one of the contacts of the second plug connector. The plug connectors of other types of cables have two data contacts coupled to the memory. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140045379 | Package Assembly and Methods for Forming the Same - A device includes a first package component, and a second package component underlying the first package component. The second package component includes a first electrical connector at a top surface of the second package component, wherein the first electrical connector is bonded to the first package component. The second package component further includes a second electrical connector at the top surface of the second package component, wherein no package component is overlying and bonded to the second electrical connector. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140045380 | MODULAR JACK HAVING TRANSFORMER WITH WINDING WIRES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An electrical connector ( | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140073187 | SMARTCARD CONNECTOR HAVING A CIRCUIT BOARD ON A TOP SIDE AND A WAVE ABSORBING ELEMENT ON A BOTTOM SIDE OF AN UPPER CASE - A smartcard connector with a RFID module is provided. The smartcard connector having a casing, a circuit hoard, a wave absorbing element, and a transmission element. The casing includes an upper case and a lower ease positioned with the upper case such that the upper case and the lower case define a smartcard receiving passageway. The circuit hoard is disposed on an outer side of a top side of the upper case and includes a smartcard connector wiring and an antenna loop. The wave absorbing element is disposed on an inner side of the top side and corresponding in position to and spaced apart by distance from one side of the circuit hoard. The transmission element is connected to a side of the circuit board. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140099824 | CONNECTOR - A connecting structure comprises a board-side connector and a wire-side connector. The board-side connector comprises a frame pedestal surrounding an accommodating chamber; a metal outer shell covering the exterior of the frame pedestal; a metal inner shell mounted to a mounting hole at a rear end of the accommodating chamber; and a transmission main body mounted to an interior of the metal inner shell. The wire-side connector comprises a transmission main body having multiple terminals having multiple first ends soldered to discrete core wires of a wire cable and multiple second ends configured to contact terminals of the board-side connector; a clamp cage at a rear side of the transmission main body; and a plastic case surrounding an accommodating chamber, wherein the accommodating chamber receives second ends of the terminals. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140113491 | AUDIO JACK CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An audio connector includes a receiving portion and a connector. The receiving portion includes a base plate, two opposite sidewalls, and an end wall. The connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of elastic metal fingers. The insulating body is positioned snuggly among the base plate, the two opposite sidewalls, and the end wall. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140134880 | SELF LOADING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND THE ASSEMBING METHOD THEREOF - An electrical connector for use with an electronic package, includes a base having two posts. A plurality of contacts is received in the base. A carrier defines a center opening to receive the electronic package and two holes corresponding to the posts. The holes of the carrier cooperate with the posts of the base to guide the carrier loading the electronic package mount to the base. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140179163 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector ( | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140213111 | CONNECTOR WITH EXPANDABLE CHIP - A connector with an expandable chip includes a base, a plurality of conductive terminals, and a plurality of connection terminals. The base has a front terminal surface and a rear terminal surface. The front terminal surface is extended forward to form a tongue portion, and the rear terminal surface is defined inward to form a slot. The conductive terminals are correspondingly arranged in upper terminal slots of the tongue portion, and one terminal of each conductive terminal is exposed from the slot. The connection terminals are correspondingly arranged in the lower terminal slots of the tongue portion, and one terminal of each connection terminal is exposed from the slot. When a circuit board with a chip is inserted into the slot, the circuit board can be simultaneously electrically connected to the conductive terminals and the connection terminals, thus providing the function of the chip mounted on the circuit board. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140273636 | ACTIVE HDMI CONNECTOR WITH INTEGRATED DESIGN - An integrated design for an active HDMI connector is presented. The active HDMI connector comprises an active module circuit board, a connector pin assembly, connector pins, an insulation housing, and a metal connector shell. The connector shell partially encloses and partially exposes the active module. The connector pins each have a bent segment embedded in a molding assembly to fixate the pins within the molding assembly. The molding assembly defines a recessed slot for the active module. The active module has a cutout on a side of the module that is aligned with a tab on the connector shell. The tab is bent toward the inside of the connector shell to secure the active module inside the shell. The insulation housing includes pin separators that do not fully surround the connector pins. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140308850 | CONNECTOR WITH PIERCING TAIL - An electrical connector and a terminal thereof are provided. The electrical connector comprises a housing, a circuit board and a plurality of terminals. The housing comprises a body and an assembly frame. The body is formed with a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, and includes a terminal mounting hole penetrating through the first surface and the second surface. The assembly frame extends outwardly from the second surface and forms a mounting surface. The circuit board is mounted to the mounting surface. The terminal comprises a main body, a plurality of pins and a pressing portion. The main body is mounted to the corresponding terminal mounting hole. The pins protrude out of the first surface from a side edge of the main body adjacent to the first surface. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140315434 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS HAVING OPEN-ENDED CONDUCTORS - Electrical connector including a plurality of mating conductors. Each of the mating conductors extends between an engagement portion and an interior portion. The engagement portions of the mating conductors are configured to engage contacts of the mating connector. The engagement portions are located proximate to one another at a first nodal region. The interior portions are located proximate to one another at a second nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a first open-ended conductor electrically connected to the engagement portion of a first mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the first nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a second open-ended conductor electrically connected to the interior portion of a second mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the second nodal region. The first open-ended conductor is capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductor. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150011125 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR TRANSMITTING DATA SIGNALS - Electrical connector including a connector body having a pathway assembly extending between mating and mounting faces of the connector body. The pathway assembly includes a signal conductor having separate conductor segments and a dielectric body that holds the conductor segments of the signal conductor. The conductor segments have respective interior ends that are positioned adjacent to each other with a signal gap therebetween. The pathway assembly also includes a signal-control component that electrically joins the conductor segments and is configured to modify current flowing through the conductor segments. The dielectric body forms an open channel having at least one of the conductor segments disposed therein. The at least one conductor segment has an exposed surface that interfaces with an air gap in the connector body. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150318650 | USB Connector and Wireless Network Access Device - A wireless network access device which includes a universal serial bus (USB) connector, the USB connector includes a substrate, a USB signal pin, a subscriber card mounting portion, and a subscriber card data signal pin, where the USB signal pin is disposed on a top of the substrate, and the USB signal pin is connected to a first circuit board, to transmit USB signals; the subscriber card mounting portion is disposed on a bottom of the substrate, to mount a subscriber card; and the subscriber card data signal pin is disposed on the subscriber card mounting portion, and the subscriber card data signal pin is connected to the first circuit board. The present invention achieves an objective of miniaturizing the wireless network access device and reduces impact on the subscriber card caused by heat generated in the wireless network access device. The present invention further provides a USB connector. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160006181 | ACTIVE CABLE - An active cable that is capable of reducing crosstalk is provided. A ground pattern is formed so as to sandwich one or both of a part of a transmission side transmission channel located at a side closer to the other side than a compensation circuit and a part of a reception side transmission channel located at a side closer to the other side than the compensation circuit. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160049757 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND PLUG-IN MODULE FOR THE SAME - The present disclosure discloses an electrical connector and a plug-in module. The plug-in module includes a base, a plurality of input terminals, a plurality of output terminals and a PCB module. The base includes a bottom plate, a front plate and a back plate, and a tongue plate extending from the bottom plate forward beyond the front plate; the plurality of input terminals are fixed to the back plate, and two ends of each of the input terminals extend respectively beyond a top end of the back plate and a bottom end of the bottom plate; the plurality of output terminals are fixed to the tongue plate and the front plate, and two ends of each of the output terminals extend respectively beyond a top end of the front plate and the tongue plate; and the PCB module includes at least one circuit board. | 02-18-2016 |
| 439620160 | Right-angle connector | 4 |
| 20150056863 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A connector that is configured to be installed on a printed circuit board (PCB) and electrically connected to an external terminal is provided. The connector may include a first port that is disposed on the PCB and is configured to accept a first external terminal into the first port in a first direction, and a second port that is layered on top of the first port and is configured to accept a second external terminal into the second port in a second direction that is formed at an angle from the first direction. | 02-26-2015 |
| 439620170 | Registered jack (RJ) plug or socket | 3 |
| 20090023340 | Electrical connector with improved contacts - An electrical connector ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090305563 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH COMPENSATION COMPONENT - An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of electrical mating contacts held within the housing. Each of the mating contacts extends from a first end portion to a second end portion. Each of the mating contacts has an intermediate portion extending between the first and second end portions. An electrical compensation component is held within the housing. The electrical compensation component includes a circuit board. The electrical compensation component is electrically connected to at least one of the mating contacts at a location along the intermediate portion that is spaced a distance from the first and second end portions. | 12-10-2009 |
| 439620190 | With shield surrounding housing | 1 |
| 20090137154 | Communications Connectors with Self-Compensating Insulation Displacement Contacts - Communications connectors are disclosed that include a housing having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the housing including a plurality of slits that define a plurality of pillars. First and second pairs of tip and ring insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) are mounted in the housing. Each of the IDCs has an upper end that has a first slot, a lower end that has a second slot and an intermediate portion between the upper end and the lower end, the lower end being offset from the upper end. The first slot of each IDC is aligned with a respective one of the slits. The housing further includes through slots that are separated by dividers, where each of the through slots is sized to receive the upper end of a respective one of the IDCs, and each slit of the plurality of slits exposes inner edges of the first slot of a respective one of the IDCs. | 05-28-2009 |
| 439620200 | Socket for dual inline package (DIP) or printed circuit board (PCB) | 4 |
| 20100136834 | IC SOCKET HAVING POSITIONING MEANS FOR PICK-UP CAP - An IC socket ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20140065881 | MULTI-SOCKET MEMORY MODULE T-CONNECTOR - Embodiments of apparatus, methods, systems, devices, and connectors are described herein for a connector having a longitudinal body configured to mount the connector to a PCB. In various embodiments, a first and a second socket may be respectively disposed at a first side and a second side of the longitudinal body. In various embodiments, the first and second sockets may removably receive a first memory module from a first direction and a second memory module from a second direction opposite to the first direction. In various embodiments, the second side may be opposite to the first side. In various embodiments, on insertion into the first and second sockets, the first and second memory modules may be coplanar and/or equidistant from the PCB along a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140141650 | Plug connection for the direct electrical contacting of a circuit board - In a plug connection for the direct electrical contacting of contact surfaces on a circuit board, having a plug receptacle associated with the circuit board, into which the circuit board extends, having a plug pluggable into the plug receptacle, which has a contact carrier having contact elements for the direct electrical contacting of the contact surfaces of the circuit board, and having a contact pressure spring device for pressing the contact elements of the contact carrier against the contact surfaces of the circuit board, the contact pressure spring device is provided in the plug receptacle. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140194006 | LOWER PROFILE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for being retained into a notch of a print circuit board includes an insulative housing defining a central slot extending along a longitudinal direction, a first wall and a second wall located on the opposite sides of the central slot and a fitting portion extending downwardly into the notch from a bottom portion of the first wall, the fitting portion defining a plurality of first terminal slots and the second wall defining a plurality of second terminal slots. A plurality of first terminals are received in the first terminal slots, and a plurality of second terminals are received in the second terminal slots. Each first terminal defines a first retaining portion received in the first terminal slot and a first soldering portion extending out of the housing forwardly, each second terminal defines a second soldering portion rearwardly extending out of the housing. | 07-10-2014 |
